Team looking to 'White Out' St. John's, 'Fill the Bill'
Sep 1, 2009 11:34 pmThe No. 7 IU men’s soccer team wants its opponent to be left seeing white on Friday.
The No. 7 IU men’s soccer team wants its opponent to be left seeing white on Friday.
Since exploring other coaching and professional careers elsewhere, coach Mike Freitag and assistant coaches Phil Presser and Aleksey Korol now make up the IU men’s soccer coaching staff.
Aleksey Korol, a former Big Ten Player of the Year in soccer, returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in February, less than 10 years after winning his second NCAA championship.
After losing their first preseason game since 2004 on Thursday, the Hoosiers recovered by beating DePaul 3-0 on Saturday.
Indiana fell 2-1 to Drake on a late goal in the final three minutes of Thursday night’s exhibition game in Ft. Wayne at the National Soccer Festival.
With more than half of last year’s roster returning, the Hoosiers’ expectations for this season are high.
The men’s soccer team will look to extend its unblemished preseason streak in Ft. Wayne against Drake University. The team will also play Depaul in the tournament.
IU senior defender Ofori Sarkodie has been added to the 2009 Soccer America’s Second Team All-American list.
The IU men’s soccer team heads into this season ranked No. 7 nationally and No. 1 in the Big Ten
They looked like a splatter of ketchup with a small dab of mustard. A
huddle of red jerseys, except for freshman goalkeeper Luis Soffner in
yellow, gathered on the field before their second game of the night.
Only 15 minutes divided Wednesday’s two matches for the IU men’s soccer
team, which tied Cincinnati, 0-0, and returned to the field to tie
IUPUI, also nil-nil.
Senior back Ofori Sarkodie dribbles the ball across the pitch April 8 at the soccer practice fields. The Hoosiers will compete in their third and fourth home contests, the first two having resulted in victories against Evansville and Butler.
The practice fields are barren. Nine players are gone. One assistant coach has been swapped for another.
With three additions to the IU men’s soccer team, the Hoosiers are
using the spring season to integrate a new starting lineup and a former
player turned coach.
Junior defender Kevin Alston has decided to turn pro, IU coach Mike Freitag confirmed Monday.
The first-team All-Big Ten player will most likely sign with an MLS team.
IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley officially accepted the head coaching position at Wisconsin, the University announced Thursday.
IU men’s soccer assistant coach Todd Yeagley is interviewing for the head coaching job at Wisconsin, IU coach Mike Freitag confirmed today.
The IU men's soccer team advanced to the round of eight after knocking off in-conference foe Michigan Saturday night.
It took the IU men’s soccer team 80 minutes Tuesday night to match their entire goal total from the Big Ten Tournament. It took nothing more to dispatch of the Saint Louis Billikens to get the Hoosiers out of the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in two years.
IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag is happy not to be dining with his family on Thanksgiving.
Every Thanksgiving away from the family means Freitag’s team is still
alive in its quest for the NCAA title, the eighth in program history.
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