Indiana men’s soccer announced its 2024 schedule Monday, featuring 18 regular season games, 11 of which are at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
The schedule also includes an expanded Big Ten regular season with the inclusion of UCLA and Washington.
“I’m excited to play two really good teams that are now part of our schedule,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said Monday. “[UCLA and Washington] will now boost our entire conference when it comes to quality, RPI and national exposure."
Indiana opens the regular season on the road against Saint Louis University in a battle of historic programs. The two teams faced off in the spring, with the Billikens besting the Hoosiers 1-0. The match will mark graduate student defender Joey Maher’s first time facing Indiana since announcing his departure Feb. 6.
Indiana will host the University of Notre Dame next in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. Revenge will likely be on the mind of the Hoosiers considering the Fighting Irish defeated them on penalty kicks in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight last season.
Before the Big Ten play begins, Indiana will host Yale University and the University of Dayton, two NCAA Tournament teams in 2023. Sandwiched between the two matches is a mid-week trip to Indianapolis to face Butler University in an annual matchup that started in 1994.
The conference season begins in Piscataway, New Jersey, against Rutgers. Indiana returns home four days later to face the University of Evansville, another non-conference opponent, but Big Ten play resumes with a matchup against Maryland at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Indiana travels to Ohio State and Wisconsin for its next two games, then it hosts the next three matches. The homestand features Big Ten newcomer Washington, non-conference powerhouse University of Kentucky and reigning co-Big Ten regular season champions Penn State.
The Hoosiers then travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to face Michigan before hosting Michigan State three days later. UCLA is the next team on the ledger, with a trip to Los Angeles marking Indiana’s second meeting with the Bruins since 2014.
Indiana hosts the final two matches of its regular season, the first being a bout against Northwestern in the final Big Ten regular season match. The second is a matchup against Trine University, a team Indiana has beaten by a combined score of 14-0 in the last three seasons.
Following a co-Big Ten regular season title as well as a Big Ten Tournament title in the 2023 campaign, Indiana will attempt to complete its quest for a ninth national championship.
