Scorers replace last year’s offense
Even after losing more than 75 percent of last season’s team’s goal scoring to graduation and the MLS, IU Coach Todd Yeagley still knew he had the offensive firepower his team needed for success.
Even after losing more than 75 percent of last season’s team’s goal scoring to graduation and the MLS, IU Coach Todd Yeagley still knew he had the offensive firepower his team needed for success.
Indiana, the Big Ten preseason favorite to take home the regular-season crown, will likely be the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Michael Soderlund, redshirt freshman midfielder Kerel Bradford, sophomore midfielder/forward Blake Wise, true freshman defender/forward Jack Coleman and junior midfielder Aris Zafeiratos took an unconventional path to travel a great distance to come to Bloomington and wear the cream and crimson for one reason — tradition.
The No. 10 IU men’s soccer team travels to conference leader Northwestern with a shot to win the Big Ten if it wins its final two games.
Despite having freshman Michael Soderland in goal for the full game, Soderland’s teammates put together enough offense to give him his first win as a Hoosier, defeating the Purple Aces 2-1.
Junior Joe Tolen has seen action in only five games. The midfielder said he hopes, as he returns to his native Evansville on Wednesday for a game against the Aces, that he’ll get another opportunity to play in front of his old home crowd.
The No. 13 Hoosiers are back to conference play against Michigan State on Sunday in Bloomington. The game is their fourth to last of the regular season.
Zavaleta scored two goals Saturday to lead the Hoosiers to a 4-1 win against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The No. 18 Hoosiers (7-3-2, 1-1) are looking to start a new unbeaten streak. The rest of Indiana’s season includes four of its final six games against Big Ten opponents.
It looked as if the IU men’s soccer team was headed for an overtime period Wednesday until freshman forward Eriq Zavaleta connected on the go-ahead goal to give IU a 1-0 victory against Butler.
The throw-in is one of the simplest plays in soccer when it is performed to precision. IU’s Jamie Vollmer specializes in this area.
Today, as the IU men’s soccer team faces in-state rival Butler at 7 p.m. in Indianapolis, no one wants that win more than sophomore Jamie Vollmer.
The No. 10 Hoosiers lost their third straight game — second straight at home — Sunday, falling 1-0 to No. 5 Creighton.
With 18 minutes left in regulation, the IU men's soccer team thought they had it all wrapped up. But in the span of less than a minute, Louisville stormed back with two goals, pushing the game into overtime.
Kenney Walker's overtime goal in the 94th minute gave IU a 3-2 loss tonight at Jerry Yeagley Field.
Today’s match at Jerry Yeagley Field, featuring No. 10 Indiana and No. 11 Louisville, has the makings of a classic.
Utilizing both Facebook and Twitter, the men’s soccer team’s newly founded student fan section has blossomed from a simple idea early last summer into a nationwide movement with almost 1,000 members spanning across the country.
Two years ago, as a junior soccer player at Neuqua Valley High School in Wisconsin, Patrick Doody hoped he would one day play college ball under Todd Yeagley.
Yeagley. To some it may be just a name, but to the Indiana men’s soccer program it stands for so much more.
Senior midfielder Alec Purdie earned his second Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors after he netted the only goal of IU’s victory against No. 16 Penn State. The senior leads the team with five goals.Junior goalkeeper Luis Soffner also earned his second Big Ten Player of the Week honors. His net has been untouchable in the last three games. He’s made 33 saves on the season and the Northwestern victory recorded his fourth season shutout.