2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season explained

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Soccer
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Duration:August 24, 2018 – October 28, 2018
No Of Teams:9
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Indiana
Second Place:Wisconsin
Draft:2019 MLS SuperDraft
Draft Link:2019 MLS SuperDraft
Top Pick:Griffin Dorsey, 9th overall
Picked By:Toronto FC
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Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Finals Champ:Indiana
Finals Runner-Up:Michigan
Finals Mvp:Andrew Gutman
Seasonslistnames:Big Ten Conference men's soccer
Prevseason Link:2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Prevseason Year:2017
Nextseason Link:2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Nextseason Year:2019

The 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 24, 2018, and concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Michigan entered the season as the defending regular season champions, while Wisconsin entered the season as the defending tournament champions.

Indiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game.

With the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths. The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament. Big Ten side, Maryland, would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.

Concluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire and signed with Celtic in Scotland. Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall. Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference, and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.

Background

Head coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at school[1] Big Ten recordNCAA
Tournaments[2]
NCAA
College Cups
NCAA
Titles
IndianaTodd YeagleyWisconsin8[3] 921
MarylandSasho CirovskiHartford25[4] 2482
MichiganChaka DaleyProvidence6[5] [6] 200
Michigan StateDamon RensingMichigan State (assistant)9[7] 700
NorthwesternTim LenahanLafayette18900
Ohio StateJohn BluemFresno State22910
Penn StateJeff CookBethlehem Steel (asst.)1000
RutgersDan DoniganSaint Louis9200
WisconsinJohn TraskUIC9200

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 15.[8]

Team Ranking
1.Indiana
2.Michigan State
3.Maryland
4.Michigan
5.Wisconsin
T-6.Ohio State
T-6.Penn State
8.Northwestern
9.Rutgers

Preseason national polls

Five of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

United
Soccer
[9]
CSN[10] Hero
Sports
[11]
Soccer
America
[12]
TopDrawer
Soccer
[13]
style= width=75Indiana 2 2 2 1 5
style= width=75Maryland NR23 22 16 21
style= width=75Michigan 21 17 28 11 15
style= width=75Michigan State 7 4 10 4 9
style= width=75Northwestern NR NRNRNRNR
style= width=75Ohio State NR NRNRNRNR
style= width=75Penn State NR NRNRNRNR
style= width=75Rutgers NR NRNRNRNR
style= width=75Wisconsin 12 26 13 NR18

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Three Big Ten teams participated in four early season tournaments, three of which they themselves hosted.

Team Tournament Finish
Indianaadidas/IU Credit Union Classic1st
NorthwesternLakeside Classic1st
Ohio StateDayton Classic4th
Wolstein Classic3rd

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

See main article: 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

The Big Ten Tournament was held from November 3 - 11. The semifinal and championship rounds were held at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.[14] Indiana won the Big Ten Tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.[15]

NCAA Tournament

See main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

SeedRegionSchool1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
2BloomingtonIndianabgcolor=#ddd W 4–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington, IN) W 2–0 vs. Air Force – (Bloomington, IN) W 1–0 vs. #7 Notre Dame – (Bloomington, IN) L 0–2 vs. #11 Maryland – (Santa Barbara, CA)bgcolor=#ddd
11LexingtonMarylandbgcolor=#ddd W 1–0 vs. NC State – (College Park, MD) W 2–0 vs. #6 Duke – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. #3 Kentucky – (Lexington, KY) W 2–0 vs. #2 Indiana – (Santa Barbara, CA) W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Santa Barbara, CA)
BloomingtonMichigan T 1–1 (W 11–10 PK) vs. Princeton – (Ann Arbor, MI) T 0–0 (L 11–12 PK) vs. #7 Notre Dame – (South Bend, IN)bgcolor=#dddbgcolor=#dddbgcolor=#dddbgcolor=#ddd
LouisvilleMichigan State W 2–0 vs. UIC – (East Lansing, MI) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville, KY) W 1–0 vs. #13 Georgetown – (Washington, DC) W 2–1 vs. James Madison– (East Lansing, MI) L 1–5 vs. Akron – (Santa Barbara, CA)bgcolor=#ddd
W–L–T (%): Total:

Rankings

National rankings

  Improvement in ranking
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RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NVNo votes received
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Final
Indiana2642222422221None released3
553522224443311113
MarylandRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV15None released1
2121NVNVNVNVNVRVNVNV22RV10108731
Michigan21NVRVRV2119141618RVRVRVRVNone released24
1515NVNVNVNVNV221817RVNVNVNV21212121
Michigan State753455138131217RVRVNone released4
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NorthwesternNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV
NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Ohio StateNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV
NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Penn StateNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV
NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
RutgersNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV
NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Wisconsin12RVNVNVNVNVRVRVNVNVNVRVNVNone releasedNV
1818NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

WeekOffensiveDefensive
PlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeam
Week 1[16] A.J. PalazzoloMFIndianaJimmy HagueGKMichigan State
Miha MiškovićGKNorthwestern
Week 2[17] Andrew GutmanDFIndianaTrey MuseGKIndiana
Week 3[18] DeJuan JonesFWMichigan StateMiha MiškovićGKNorthwestern
Week 4[19] William HerveMFMarylandJackson RagenDFMichigan
Week 5[20] Ryan SierakowskiFWMichigan StateRyan GallagherDFPenn State
Week 6[21] Umar Farouk OsmanFWMichiganDean CowdroyGKWisconsin
Week 7[22] Noah MelickFWWisconsinPatrick NielsenDFMichigan State
Josh LevineGKPenn State
Week 8[23] Andrew GutmanDFIndianaDani MarksDFPenn State
Week 9[24] Trevor SwartzMFIndianaDean CowdroyGKWisconsin
Week 10[25] Andrew GutmanDFIndianaTrey MuseGKIndiana

Postseason honors

2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards[26]
AwardRecipient(s)
Offensive Player of the YearChris Mueller, Wisconsin
Defensive Player of the YearGrant Lillard, Indiana
Midfielder of the YearEryk Williamson, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the YearJimmy Hague, Michigan State
Coach of the YearChaka Daley, Michigan
Freshman of the YearMason Toye, Indiana
2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team HonoreesSecond Team HonoreesAll-Freshman Team HonoreesSportsmanship Award Honorees
Forwards:
Chris Mueller, Sr., Wisconsin
Mason Toye, Fr., Indiana
Jack Hallahan, So., Michigan

Midfield:
Eryk Williamson, Jr., Maryland
Ken Krolicki, Sr., Michigan State
Jake Rozhansky, Sr., Maryland
Francesco Moore, Jr., Indiana

Defense:
Grant Lillard, Sr., Indiana
Jimmy Fiscus, Sr., Michigan State
Andrew Gutman,Jr., Indiana

Goalkeeper:
Jimmy Hague, Jr., Michigan State

Forwards:
Griffin Dorsey, Fr., Indiana
Francis Atuahene, Jr., Michigan
DeJuan Jones, Jr., Michigan State
Ryan Sierakowski, Jr., Michigan State

Midfield:
Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State
Charles Mertz, Jr., Michigan
Mark Segbers, Sr., Wisconsin

Defense:
Donovan Pines, So., Maryland
Timmy Mehl, Jr., Indiana
Marcello Borges, Jr., Michigan

Goalkeeper:
Trey Muse, Fr., Indiana

Mohammed Zakyi, Michigan
Marc Ybarra, Michigan
Umar Farouk Osman, Michigan
Garrett Opperman, Northwestern
Ethan Beckford, Penn State
Mason Toye, Indiana
Griffin Dorsey, Indiana
Trey Muse, Indiana
Tommy Katsyiannis, Northwestern
Vincent Borden, Rutgers
Bryce Washington, Rutgers
Jack Griffith, Sr., Indiana
Andrew Samuels, Jr., Maryland
Tristan Jacob, Sr., Michigan
Brad Centala, Sr., Michigan State
Francisco Tomasino, Sr., Northwestern
Hunter Robertson, Sr., Ohio State
Dani Marks, Jr., Penn State
Erik Sa, Sr., Rutgers
Isaac Schenkler, Jr., Wisconsin

National awards

AwardWinnerSchoolRef.
Hermann TrophyAndrew GutmanIndiana[27]
TDS National POTY Award[28]

2019 MLS draft

See main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Five 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players were drafted in the first round of the 2018 draft (Griffin Dorsey - 6th, Dayne St. Clair - 7th, DeJuan Jones - 11th, Chase Gaspers - 15th, Ryan Sierakowski - 23rd)[29] [30] and 12 were drafted overall in the draft.[31] [32]

PlayerTeamSchool
16FWToronto FCIndiana (So.)
17GKMinnesota UnitedMaryland (Sr.)
111MFNew England RevolutionMichigan State (Sr.)
115DFNew England RevolutionMaryland (R-Sr.)
123FWPortland TimbersMichigan State (Sr.)
228DFColorado RapidsMichigan (Jr.)
230GKFC CincinnatiMichigan State (R-Sr.)
232DFNew York Red BullsIndiana (Sr.)
233DFHouston DynamoMaryland (Sr.)
234MFMontreal ImpactMaryland (Sr.)
371DFPortland TimbersIndiana (Sr.)
476MFColorado RapidsMichigan (Jr.)

Homegrown players

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[33] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[34] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Four 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players signed homegrown contracts with their parent clubs ahead of the 2019 MLS season.

Original MLS teamPlayerSchoolclass=unsortableRef.
Chicago FireIndiana (Sr.)[35]
D.C. UnitedMaryland (Jr.)[36]
New England RevolutionIndiana (So.)[37]
Seattle Sounders FCIndiana (So.)[38]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book. Big Ten Conference. July 18, 2017. December 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221090825/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. July 17, 2017.
  3. Web site: Todd Yeagley. iuhoosiers.com. Indiana University. November 11, 2018.
  4. Web site: Sasho Cirovski. umterps.com. University of Maryland. November 11, 2018.
  5. Web site: Michigan Men's Soccer Year-by-Year Results. mgoblue. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. November 11, 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 Men's Soccer Record Book. issuu.com. Issuu Inc.. November 11, 2018.
  7. Web site: Damon Rensing. msuspartans.com. Michigan State Spartans Athletics. November 11, 2018.
  8. Web site: Indiana Unanimously Claims First Place In Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035520/https://bigten.org/news/2018/8/15/indiana-unanimously-claims-first-place-in-mens-soccer-preseason-poll.aspx?path=msoc . dead . September 9, 2018 . . September 8, 2018 . August 15, 2018.
  9. Web site: 2018 NCAA DI MEN - PRESEASON . United Soccer Coaches . August 7, 2018 . August 7, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121210/http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx . December 15, 2018 . dead .
  10. Web site: College Soccer News 2018 Preseason National Poll . CollegeSoccerNews.com . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018 .
  11. Web site: D1 Mens Soccer Rankings . HERO Sports News . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018.
  12. Web site: Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25 . Soccer America . August 24, 2018 . August 24, 2018 .
  13. Web site: Men's DI Top 25 . Advanced Sports Media, LLC . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018 .
  14. Web site: Big Ten 2018-2019 Championship/Tournament Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073657/https://bigten.org/sports/2018/8/20/championships-2019-schedule.aspx . dead . September 9, 2018 . . September 8, 2018.
  15. Web site: Indiana wins Big Ten men's soccer title. Peegs.com. en-US. 2019-01-14.
  16. Web site: Indiana, Michigan State and Northwestern Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035709/https://bigten.org/news/2018/8/28/indiana-michigan-state-and-northwestern-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-awards.aspx?path=msoc . dead . September 9, 2018 . . September 8, 2018 . August 28, 2018.
  17. Web site: Indiana Earns Men’s Soccer Player of the Week Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035617/https://bigten.org/news/2018/9/4/indiana-earns-mens-soccer-player-of-the-week-awards.aspx?path=msoc . dead . September 9, 2018 . . September 8, 2018 . September 4, 2018.
  18. Web site: Michigan State and Northwestern Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912022128/https://bigten.org/news/2018/9/11/michigan-state-and-northwestern-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx . dead . September 12, 2018 . . September 11, 2018 . September 11, 2018.
  19. Web site: Michigan and Maryland Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133903/https://bigten.org/news/2018/9/18/michigan-and-maryland-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  20. Web site: Michigan State and Penn State Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133940/https://bigten.org/news/2018/9/25/michigan-state-and-penn-state-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  21. Web site: Michigan and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232619/https://bigten.org/news/2018/10/2/michigan-and-wisconsin-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  22. Web site: Michigan State, Penn State and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232613/https://bigten.org/news/2018/10/9/michigan-state-penn-state-and-wisconsin-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  23. Web site: Indiana and Penn State Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133854/https://bigten.org/news/2018/10/16/indiana-and-penn-state-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  24. Web site: Indiana and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133826/https://bigten.org/news/2018/10/23/indiana-and-wisconsin-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  25. Web site: Indiana Sweeps Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232508/https://bigten.org/news/2018/10/30/indiana-sweeps-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc. dead. December 26, 2018. Big Ten Conference. en. 2018-12-26.
  26. Web site: 2018 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Postseason Awards.
  27. Web site: Andrew Gutman, Catarina Macario named Hermann Trophy winners . . . March 10, 2019 . January 4, 2019.
  28. Web site: Staff . 2018 Men’s Division I Postseason Awards . . March 10, 2019 . December 17, 2018.
  29. Web site: MLS SuperDraft 2019: Full Results . Hero Sports . March 10, 2019 . January 11, 2019.
  30. Web site: Jones . Matt . MLS SuperDraft 2019: Complete Round-by-Round Results and Twitter Reaction . . . March 10, 2019 . January 11, 2019.
  31. Web site: Ten Big Ten Students Selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft . https://web.archive.org/web/20190112052139/https://bigten.org/news/2019/1/11/mens-soccer-ten-big-ten-students-selected-in-2019-mls-superdraft.aspx . dead . January 12, 2019 . . March 10, 2019 . January 11, 2019.
  32. Web site: Clark . Travis . 2019 MLS SuperDraft Grades . MLSSoccer.com . March 10, 2019 . January 11, 2019.
  33. Web site: MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines. Sporting News. 2019-03-10. 2013-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130312005637/http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/story/2013-01-16/mls-draft-2013-fc-dallas-new-england-revolution-la-galaxy-schellas-hyndman-gyasi. dead.
  34. Web site: MLS 2012 Roster Rules . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220005943/http://www.mlssoccer.com/2012-mls-roster-rules . 2012-02-20 .
  35. Web site: Fire add Jeremiah Gutjahr on Homegrown deal College Soccer. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-03-10.
  36. Web site: D.C. United reaches deal with Maryland star Donovan Pines. Goff. Steven. January 18, 2019. The Washington Post. March 10, 2019.
  37. Web site: New England Revolution sign forward Justin Rennicks to Homegrown deal. Rosano. Nick. January 18, 2019.
  38. Web site: Sounders take Air Force standout Tucker Bone in first round of 2019 MLS SuperDraft. Baker. Geoff. January 11, 2019. The Seattle Times.