Men's Soccer

Offense necessary for soccer success

By Matt Smith · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 11:19 p.m.

Surely the Hoosier soccer team will score goals, lots of them. But the void of 2010 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Will Bruin and the lack of offense thus far this season has left lingering questions about whether or not the 2011 Hoosiers will repeat as Big Ten Champions under second-year coach Todd Yeagley.

Hoosiers work to overcome loss of Bruin to Houston Dynamo

By Nathan Brown · Friday, Aug. 26,2011 12:20 a.m.

IU men’s soccer’s hopes of defending their Big Ten championship took a sizable hit Dec. 29, 2010, when their leading scorer, junior Will Bruin, decided to forego his senior season and pursue a career in Major League Soccer.

IUSA platforms advance, solidify during summer

Friday, Aug. 26,2011 12:15 a.m.

IU men’s soccer’s hopes of defending their Big Ten championship took a sizable hit Dec. 29, 2010, when their leading scorer, junior Will Bruin, decided to forego his senior season and pursue a career in Major League Soccer.

Men’s soccer travels to South Bend for opener

By Dennis Glade · Friday, Aug. 26,2011 12:11 a.m.

The No. 17 IU men’s soccer team will open their season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in South Bend with renewed expectations. They’ll take on No. 12 Notre Dame in the team’s first season opener on the road since 2006.

Despite Indiana-Akron ties, Yeagley doesn’t see a rivalry

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 10:28 p.m.

Assistant coaches under famed former Indiana Coach Jerry Yeagley helped the Indiana men’s soccer program hoist the national championship trophy in both 2003 and 2004. Coaches Todd Yeagley and Caleb Porter returned only a few years after graduating to help their alma mater capture College Cup titles, which had eluded both men during their stints as leaders of the Hoosier soccer team.

Hoosiers drop pair of preseason contests versus Duke, Xavier at Shindigz Festival

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 10:18 p.m.

After two exhibition games with moments of poor communication, near misses and tough goals, the IU men’s soccer team left the Shindigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., with only one goal and zero wins for their preseason slate.

Men's Soccer vs. University of Evansville

Hoosiers find new scoring options in 5-2 win

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Monday, April 11,2011 12:05 a.m.

Will Bruin no longer charged down the field with the ball at his feet. Rich Balchan no longer defended the backfield. Andy Adlard no longer flipped after the goals. Three IU men’s soccer players from last season were gone, now playing on their respective Major League Soccer teams. However, that didn’t stop the post-Bruin squad from scoring five goals in a lopsided 5-2 win against Evansville, its first of two spring season home games on Jerry Yeagley Field.

Coach Yeagley and the Hoosier soccer program sign 8 new recruits

Monday, Feb. 7,2011 11:09 p.m.

IU men's soccer announced their 2011 recruiting class Monday

Hoosiers picked in first round of MLS SuperDraft

By Avi Zaleon · Friday, Jan. 14,2011 12:54 a.m.

Former IU soccer players Will Bruin and Rich Balchan were selected 11th and 12th respectively in the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday in Baltimore, Md.

Bruin to forgo senior year for MLS

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, Jan. 11,2011 12:34 a.m.

Will Bruin has withdrawn from all his spring semester classes and will forgo his senior season — all in the name of Major League Soccer.

Junior forward Bruin confirms decision to turn pro

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, Dec. 28,2010 1:38 a.m.

Junior forward Will Bruin said leaving college soccer behind will be difficult, but he will skip his senior season for an opportunity to play Major League Soccer. While IU coach Todd Yeagley backed Bruin's decision, the move also alters the makeup of IU in 2011.

Soccer's Bruin forgoes senior season for MLS

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, Dec. 23,2010 3:27 p.m.

The junior striker is one of seven soccer stars across the nation who signed a Generation adidas contract, according to Foxsoccer.com’s Ives Galarcep.

Akron now a soccer power under Porter

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Monday, Dec. 13,2010 12:38 a.m.

After former IU player and assistant coach Caleb Porter led the Akron men's soccer team to its first national championship Sunday, former IU coach Jerry Yeagley said the Zips, not the traditionally powerful Hoosiers, are the now the standard for college soccer in the Midwest.

Former men's soccer players benefit from Yeagley's legacy

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, Dec. 9,2010 12:31 a.m.

Former IU men's soccer coach Jerry Yeagley’s influence on the program for 31 years and 544 wins have led to 19 former players either at a head or assistant coaching position in college soccer programs.

Men's soccer falls 2-1 at Akron in NCAA Tournament

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, Nov. 28,2010 3:56 p.m.

Akron scored two early second-half goals in a two-minute span and the Hoosiers could not recover, as the Zips eliminated the IU soccer team from the NCAA Tournament in a 2-1 final.

Former IU soccer teammates set to coach against each other

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, Nov. 26,2010 11:53 a.m.

Todd Yeagley and Caleb Porter - former assistant coaches, former teammates and former roommates will meet as head coaches for the first time in the postseason when IU travels to Akron for a 4 p.m. Sunday third-round NCAA Tournament game.

Men’s soccer wallops Tulsa, will face Akron in third round

By Kevin Loughery · Sunday, Nov. 21,2010 8:19 p.m.

An IU offensive bombardment yielded a 5-1 final against Tulsa on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Defying the odds: soccer forward keeps life in perspective

By Kevin Loughery · Friday, Nov. 19,2010 12:18 a.m.

IU forward Alec Purdie had a change in life perspective following a fireworks accident this summer. As his team prepares for the NCAA Tournament, Purdie is thankful he can still play the game.

IU soccer followers stay passionate about program's storied legacy

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, Nov. 19,2010 12:14 a.m.

They’ve seen it all. They’ve watched the building of a legacy. Thirty-one years later, they saw the retirement of one of the greatest Division I coaches in college soccer. Then, they examined the successor whom IU Athletics Director Fred Glass didn’t think was the right fit.

The rattling cage: soccer student section keeps games lively

By Kevin Loughery · Thursday, Nov. 18,2010 9:13 p.m.

The IU men's soccer student section — The Cage — features avid fans supporting the Hoosiers, heckling the opponents, and ultimately, uniting the fan base.