2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 3, 2019
Number of teams9
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickJack Maher, 2nd overall
Picked byNashville SC
Regular Season
Season championsIndiana
  Runners-upPenn State
Season MVPO: Nebojša Popović
M: Jack Maher
D: Aaron Molloy
G: Andrew Verdi
Top scorerNebojša Popović
Tournament
ChampionsIndiana
  Runners-upMichigan
Finals MVPO: Jack Hallahan
D: Jack Maher
Big Ten Conference men's soccer seasons
2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Indiana ‡ 7 – 1 – 0 15 – 3 – 4
No. 18 Penn State + 6 – 1 – 1 12 – 4 – 3
No. 17 Michigan + 4 – 1 – 3 11 – 5 – 6
Maryland + 3 – 3 – 2 11 – 8 – 2
Northwestern 3 – 3 – 2 8 – 8 – 2
Michigan State 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 12 – 3
Wisconsin 1 – 4 – 3 3 – 11 – 4
Rutgers 1 – 6 – 1 7 – 8 – 3
Ohio State 1 – 6 – 1 7 – 11 – 1
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 30, 2019, and concluded on November 3, 2019. The season culminated with the 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 10, 2019 and concluded on November 17, 2019.

Indiana finished the season as the Big Ten Champions. Maryland enters the season as the defending NCAA Tournament champions. Indiana went on to win the Big Ten regular season and tournament.

Background

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The previous season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The 2018 Big Ten regular season began on August 24, 2018 concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Indiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game.[1]

With the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths.[2] The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament.[3] Big Ten side, Maryland,[4] would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.[5][6]

Concluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy.[7][8] Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire[9] and signed with Celtic in Scotland.[10][11] Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall.[12] Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference,[13] and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.[14][15][16][17]

Coaching changes

Dan Donigan, the former head coach of Rutgers was fired following the 2018 season and was replaced by Fordham head coach, Jim McElderry.[18]

School Outgoing coach Manner of
departure 		Date of
vacancy 		Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Rutgers United States Dan Donigan Fired November 16, 2018 Preseason United States Jim McElderry December 8, 2018

Head coaches

As of the 2018 season
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school[19] Big Ten record[19] NCAA
Tournaments[20] 		NCAA
College Cups[20] 		NCAA
Titles[20]
Indiana Todd Yeagley Wisconsin 9 129–54–36 (.671)[21] 122–45–34 (.692)[21] 35–15–18 (.647)[21] 10 3 1
Maryland Sasho Cirovski Hartford 26 412–156–60 (.704)[22] 386–143–53 (.709)[22] 24–9–7 (.688)[22] 25 9 3
Michigan Chaka Daley Providence 7 151–165–48 (.481)[23][24] 61–54–21 (.526)[23][24] 23–20–9 (.529)[23][24] 3 0 0
Michigan State Damon Rensing Michigan State (asst.) 10 117–66–30 (.620)[25] 117–66–30 (.620)[25] 31–26–13 (.536)[25] 8 1 0
Northwestern Tim Lenahan Lafayette 18 295–209–72 (.575) 169–140–51 (.540) 36–60–20 (.397) 4 0 0
Ohio State Brian Maisonneuve Indiana (asst.) 2 1–15–2 (.111) 1–15–2 (.111) 0–7–1 (.063) 0 0 0
Penn State Jeff Cook Bethlehem Steel (asst.) 2 127–104–36 (.543) 6–9–2 (.412) 3–3–2 (.500) 9 0 0
Rutgers Jim McElderry Fordham 1 127–125–37 (.503) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 3 0 0
Wisconsin John Trask UIC 10 129–96–55 (.559) 75–72–29 (.509) 26–28–10 (.484) 2 0 0

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 26, 2019.[26]

Team Ranking
1. Indiana
2. Maryland
3. Michigan
4. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Penn State
7. Northwestern
8. Ohio State
9. Rutgers

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.

United
Soccer[27] 		CSN[28] Top Drawer
Soccer
Indiana 2 9 5
Maryland 1 4 1
Michigan 24 16 13
Michigan State 7 10 8
Northwestern — — —
Ohio State — — —
Penn State — — —
Rutgers — — —
Wisconsin RV RV —

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team Tournament Finish
Indiana IU Credit Union Classic 1st
Mike Berticelli Tournament 1st
Maryland Audi Field Classic 2nd
Northwestern IU Credit Union Classic 3rd
Chicago Classic 4th
Ohio State Dayton Classic 1st
Wolstein Classic 3rd
Wisconsin Chicago Classic 2nd

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Main article: 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The Big Ten Tournament was played from November 9–17. Indiana won the tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.

Semifinals Final
      
1 Indiana 1
5 Maryland 0
1 Indiana (pen.) 0 (4)
3 Michigan 0 (3)
2 Penn State 0
3 Michigan 1

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
5 Winston-Salem Indiana BYE W 3–0 vs. Kentucky – (Bloomington, IN) L 0–1 (OT) vs. UCSB – (Bloomington, IN)
13 Winston-Salem Michigan BYE T 0–0 (5–4 PKs) vs. Wright State – (Ann Arbor, MI) L 1–3 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem, NC)
15 Greenville Penn State BYE L 2–3 (OT) vs. Providence – (State College, PA)
— Winston-Salem Maryland W 4–0 vs. Iona – (College Park, MD) L 0–3 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem, NC)
W–L–T (%): 1–0–0 (1.000) 1–2–1 (.375) 0–2–0 (.000) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 2–4–1 (.357)

Rankings

National rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Final
Indiana USC 2 2 4 4 5 8 4 6 10 10 9 8 6 None released 9
TDS 5 5 4 4 5 8 7 7 7 8 9 8 8 6 6 9 9 9
Maryland USC 1 4 24 25 RV RV 25 25 22 17 23 22 RV None released RV
TDS 1 1 1 21 NV NV NV 13 15 7 6 14 14 16 20 20 20 20
Michigan USC 24 RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV 17 None released 17
TDS 13 13 RV 18 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV 24 17 11 16 13 13 13
Michigan State USC 7 16 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS 8 8 6 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Northwestern USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Ohio State USC NV NV NV RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Penn State USC NV NV NV NV RV RV NV RV 19 16 13 12 13 None released 18
TDS NV NV NV NV NV RV 20 22 RV 15 15 10 10 20 18 18 18 18
Rutgers USC NV NV RV 24 22 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV 25 25 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Wisconsin USC RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Regional rankings - USC North Region

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received

The USC North Region compares teams across the Big Ten Conference, Horizon League, and Mid-American Conference.

  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
Indiana 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maryland 1 5 6 10 6 2 2 3 3 4 3 5
Michigan NV 10 9 8 10 4 4 7 7 5 5 2
Michigan State 4 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Northwestern 7 NV NV 9 5 NV NV NV 10 10 9 NV
Ohio State NV 6 4 4 7 6 NV NV NV NV NV NV
Penn State NV 9 8 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 3
Rutgers 10 3 3 2 3 9 6 8 9 9 NV NV
Wisconsin 9 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Statistics

Shutouts

Rank Player College Shutouts[30]
1 United States Roman Celentano Indiana 3
United States Parker Siegfried Ohio State
Israel Oren Asher Rutgers
4 United States Sean Caulfield Indiana 2
5 Germany Niklas Neumann Maryland 1
United States Andrew Verdi Michigan
United States Hunter Morse Michigan State
United States Kris Shakes Penn State
Australia Dean Cowdroy Wisconsin

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Sep. 4 Jørgen Wisth Lie FW Rutgers Jack Maher MF Indiana
Sep. 10 Joe Ortiz FW Ohio State Sean Caulfield DF Indiana
Sep. 17 Devyn Etling FW Ohio State Ben Di Rosa DF Maryland
Sep. 24 Nebojša Popović FW Michigan Brandon Hackenberg DF Penn State
Oct. 1 Farai Mutatu FW Michigan State Josh Levine GK Penn State
Oct. 8 Aidan Morris FW Indiana Jackson Ragen DF Michigan
Oct. 15 Liam Butts FW Penn State Roman Celentano GK Indiana
Oct. 22 Aaron Molloy MF Penn State Johannes Bergmann MF Maryland
Oct. 29 Aidan Morris FW Indiana Niklas Neumann DF Maryland
Nov. 5 Christian Sload FW Penn State Jack Maher MF Indiana

Postseason honors

2019 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards[31]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Nebojša Popović, Michigan*
Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Molloy, Penn State*
Midfielder of the Year Jack Maher, Indiana
Goalkeeper of the Year Andrew Verdi, Michigan
Coach of the Year Todd Yeagley, Indiana
Freshman of the Year Aidan Morris, Indiana
2019 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[31]
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees All-Freshman Team Honorees Sportsmanship Award Honorees

Forward
Nebojsa Popovic, Michigan*
Liam Butts, Penn State
Midfield
Aidan Morris, Indiana
Eli Crognale, Maryland
Jack Hallahan, Michigan*
Aaron Molloy, Penn State*
Defense
Jack Maher, Indiana*
Johannes Bergmann, Maryland*
Jackson Ragen, Michigan
Brandon Hackenberg, Penn State
Goalkeeper
Andrew Verdi, Michigan

Forward
Eric Matzelevich, Maryland
Matt Moderwell, Northwestern
Midfield
Joshua Penn, Indiana
Marc Ybarra, Michigan
Jack Holland, Ohio State
Pablo Ávila, Rutgers
Defense
Spencer Glass, Indiana
Simon Waever, Indiana
Patrick Nielsen, Michigan State
Garrett Opperman, Northwestern
Goalkeeper
Niklas Neumann, Maryland

Herbert Endeley, Indiana
Aidan Morris, Indiana*
Joshua Penn, Indiana*
Malcolm Johnson, Maryland
Nick Richardson, Maryland
Derick Broche, Michigan
Liam Butts, Penn State*
Kris Shakes, Penn State
Jalen Watson, Penn State*
Hugo Le Guennec, Rutgers
Jackson Temple, Rutgers*

Jack Maher, Indiana
Nick Richardson, Maryland
Kevin Buca, Michigan
Cody Sweatte, Michigan State
Mac Mazolla, Northwestern
Parker Siegfried, Ohio State
Will Campbell, Penn State
Jake Longo, Rutgers
Noah Leibold, Wisconsin

* denotes unanimous selection

All-Americans

Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
None

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[32]

College Soccer News[33] Soccer America[34] Top Drawer Soccer[35] United Soccer Coaches[36]
First Team
None None None None
Second Team
Aaron Molloy – Penn State

Jack Maher – Indiana
Aaron Molloy – Penn State

None

Jack Maher – Indiana
Aaron Molloy – Penn State

Third Team

Jack Maher – Indiana

Aidan Morris – Indiana Jack Maher – Indiana Aidan Morris – Indiana

Other awards

2020 MLS Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Nine Big Ten players were selected in the draft, all in the first three rounds.

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 2 Jack Maher DF Nashville SC Indiana (So.)
1 16 Aaron Molloy MF Portland Timbers Penn State (Sr.)
1 23 Patrick Nielsen DF Atlanta United Michigan State (RS-Jr.)
2 46 Michael Wetungu DF Real Salt Lake Michigan State (Sr.)
2 50 Jack Hallahan MF Los Angeles FC Michigan (Sr.)
2 51 Simon Waever DF Real Salt Lake Indiana (Sr.)
3 53 Joris Ahlinvi MF FC Cincinnati Indiana (Sr.)
3 65 Andrew Verdi GK D.C. United Michigan (Sr.)
3 74 Parker Siegfried GK New York City FC Ohio State (RS-Sr.)

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[37] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[38] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Columbus Crew Aidan Morris MF Indiana (Fr.) [39]

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