Men's Soccer

Men's soccer gets boost from program alumnus

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.

Hoosiers rebound from preseason loss

After losing their first preseason game since 2004 on Thursday, the Hoosiers recovered by beating DePaul 3-0 on Saturday.

IU falls 2-1 to Drake in season-opening exhibition

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.

Highly-touted Hoosier squad sets lofty expectations for upcoming season

With more than half of last year’s roster returning, the Hoosiers’ expectations for this season are high.

Hoosiers travel to Ft. Wayne for 1st exhibition game

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.

Sarkodie in Soccer America’s All-American list

IU senior defender Ofori Sarkodie has been added to the 2009 Soccer America’s Second Team All-American list.

Men's soccer begins season as No. 7 in the land

The IU men’s soccer team heads into this season ranked No. 7 nationally and No. 1 in the Big Ten

Hoosiers tie in 2 scoreless games

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.

Spring tune-up

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.

IU prepares for first road match of spring season

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.

Soccer player leaves IU for professional ranks

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.

Todd Yeagley takes head coaching job at Wisconsin

IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley officially accepted the head coaching position at Wisconsin, the University announced Thursday.

Yeagley seeks head job at Wisconsin

IU men’s soccer assistant coach Todd Yeagley is interviewing for the head coaching job at Wisconsin, IU coach Mike Freitag confirmed today.

Risk and reward: Sommer goes from unknown to the World Cup

Hoosiers push past Michigan to round of 8

The IU men's soccer team advanced to the round of eight after knocking off in-conference foe Michigan Saturday night.

ANALYSIS: Soccer pushes past Billikens, Michigan waiting in second round

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.

ANALYSIS: Men's soccer thankful for Alston’s play, defeat Saint Louis In NCAA Tournament

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.

Men's soccer takes Big Ten Tourney 1st round match

Hoosiers close out regular season with ranked match

With returning All-Americans, depth at all positions and a top recruiting class, the IU men’s soccer team entered the season considered one of the best squads in the country.

Offense goes missing in men's soccer team's loss to Penn State

Five times this season, the IU men’s soccer team has been held scoreless in the first half of play and come back to win.