2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Big Ten Conference
Season2014
ChampionsMaryland
PremiersMaryland
NCAA TournamentIndiana
Maryland
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 19 Maryland ‡ 5 –2 –1  13 –6 –3
Ohio State + 5 –3 –0  9 –8 –5
Northwestern + 4 –1 –3  9 –4 –6
No. 23 Penn State + 5 –3 –0  13 –6 –1
No. 8 Michigan St. + 4 –2 –2  12 –5 –6
No. 17 Indiana + 3 –3 –2  12 –5 –5
Michigan 3 –3 –2  6 –9 –3
Rutgers 1 –6 –1  6 –12 –1
Wisconsin 0 –7 –1  3 –12 –3
As of December 16, 2014; Rankings from NSCAA

Penn State Nittany Lions were the two-time defending regular season champions, while the Indiana Hoosiers were the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2013

Rutgers and Maryland joined the conference from the American Athletic Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference respectively.[1]

Preseason

Newcomers Maryland was picked to win the conference ahead of Penn State.[2]

Preseason poll
Projected
Rank		 School 2013 Finish
1 Maryland 2nd (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2 Michigan State 3rd
3 Michigan 4th
4 Penn State 1st
5 Indiana 5th
6 Northwestern 7th
7 Wisconsin 2nd
8 Rutgers 8th (American Athletic Conference)
9 Ohio State 6th

Teams

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, Indiana Armstrong Stadium 6,000
Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field 7,500
Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium 2,200
Michigan State Spartans East Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex 2,500
Northwestern Wildcats Evanston, Illinois Lakeside Field 900
Ohio State Buckeyes Columbus, Ohio Owens Memorial Stadium 10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field 5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000
Wisconsin Badgers Madison, Wisconsin McClimon Stadium 2,000
  • Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel
Team Head Coach Shirt supplier
Indiana Todd Yeagley Adidas
Maryland Sasho Cirovski Under Armour
Michigan Chaka Daley Adidas
Michigan State Damon Rensing Nike
Northwestern Tim Lenahan Under Armour
Ohio State John Bluem Nike
Penn State Bob Warming Nike
Rutgers Dan Donigan Adidas
Wisconsin John Trask Adidas

Regular season

Results
Home \ Away IND UMD MIC MSU NOR OSU PSU RUT WIS
Indiana — 1–2 — 2–3 1–1 — 0–1 — —
Maryland — — — 0–1 — 1–0 4–0 — 2–0
Michigan 1–3 1–1 — — — 1–2 0–1 — —
Michigan State — — 2–3 — 1–1 — — 0–0 2–1
Northwestern — 3–2 0–0 — — — 2–1 — 2–0
Ohio State 1–2 — — 3–2 2–0 — — 4–1 —
Penn State — — — 0–2 — 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
Rutgers 1–2 2–3 0–3 — 0–2 — — — —
Wisconsin 2–2 — 1–2 — — 0–2 — 2–3 —
Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament
Main article: 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinal Final
      
1 MarylandPKs 0(3)
5 Michigan State 0(2)
1 Maryland 2
6 Indiana 1
6 Indiana 2
2 Ohio State 1

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals
3 3 Michigan State BYE W 1–0 vs. Oakland – (East Lansing) T, 2–2 W, 4–3 pen. vs. Washington – (East Lansing) L, 2–3 vs. Providence – (East Lansing)
4 2 Maryland BYE L, 0–1 vs. UMBC – (College Park)
5 2 Indiana BYE L, 0–1 vs. Xavier – (Bloomington)
N/A 1 Ohio State T, 1–1 W, 13–12 pen. vs. Akron – (Columbus) L, 1–2 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)
N/A 1 Penn State W 2–1 vs. Hartwick – (Evanston) L, 1–2 vs. Syracuse – (Syracuse)
N/A 4 Northwestern L, 0–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (State College)

See also

References
  1. Brett McMurphy and Dana O'Neil (November 20, 2012). "Maryland accepts Big Ten invite". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. "Maryland Selected as Preseason Favorite". Big Ten. August 20, 2014. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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