2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 24, 2018 and 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. Michigan entered the season as the defending regular season champions, while Wisconsin entered the season as the defending tournament champions.

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24, 2018 – October 28, 2018
Number of teams9
2019 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickGriffin Dorsey, 9th overall
Picked byToronto FC
Regular Season
Season championsIndiana
Runners-upWisconsin
Season MVP
Tournament
ChampionsIndiana
  Runners-upMichigan
Finals MVPAndrew Gutman
2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Indiana ‡ 8 –0 –0  20 –3 –1
Wisconsin 6 –2 –0  10 –6 –2
No. 4 Michigan State + 4 –2 –2  14 –5 –4
No. 24 Michigan + 4 –2 –2  12 –5 –4
No. 1 Maryland + 4 –4 –0  12 –6 –4
Penn State 3 –3 –2  6 –9 –2
Rutgers 2 –6 –0  4 –13 –1
Northwestern 0 –5 –3  6 –9 –5
Ohio State 0 –7 –1  1 –15 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

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.

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. 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. Big Ten side, Maryland, would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.

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. Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire and signed with Celtic in Scotland. Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall. Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference, and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.

Background

Head coaches
As of the 2017 season
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school[1] Big Ten record[1] NCAA
Tournaments[2]		 NCAA
College Cups[2]		 NCAA
Titles[2]
Indiana Todd Yeagley Wisconsin 8 109–51–35 (.649)[3] 102–42–33 (.669)[3] 27–15–18 (.600)[3] 9 2 1
Maryland Sasho Cirovski Hartford 25 400–150–56 (.706)[4] 374–137–49 (.712)[4] 20–5–7 (.734)[4] 24 8 2
Michigan Chaka Daley Providence 6 139–160–44 (.469)[5][6] 49–49–17 (.500)[5][6] 19–18–7 (.511)[5][6] 2 0 0
Michigan State Damon Rensing Michigan State (assistant) 9 103–61–26 (.611)[7] 103–61–26 (.611)[7] 27–24–11 (.524)[7] 7 0 0
Northwestern Tim Lenahan Lafayette 18 289–200–67 (.580) 163–131–46 (.547) 36–55–17 (.412) 9 0 0
Ohio State John Bluem Fresno State 22 292–201–70 (.581) 206–161–58 (.553) 63–54–13 (.535) 9 1 0
Penn State Jeff Cook Bethlehem Steel (asst.) 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Rutgers Dan Donigan Saint Louis 9 169–124–37 (.568) 51–82–15 (.395) 5–24–3 (.203) 2 0 0
Wisconsin John Trask UIC 9 119–90–53 (.555) 65–66–27 (.497) 20–26–10 (.446) 2 0 0

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 15.[8]

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

Preseason national polls

Five of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

United
Soccer[9]		 CSN[10] Hero
Sports[11]		 Soccer
America[12]		 TopDrawer
Soccer[13]
Indiana22215
MarylandNR23221621
Michigan2117281115
Michigan State741049
NorthwesternNRNRNRNRNR
Ohio StateNRNRNRNRNR
Penn StateNRNRNRNRNR
RutgersNRNRNRNRNR
Wisconsin122613NR18

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Three Big Ten teams participated in four early season tournaments, three of which they themselves hosted.

Team Tournament Finish
Indiana adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 1st
Northwestern Lakeside Classic 1st
Ohio State Dayton Classic 4th
Wolstein Classic 3rd

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament
Main article: 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The Big Ten Tournament was held from November 3–11. The semifinal and championship rounds were held at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.[14] Indiana won the Big Ten Tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.[15]

Semifinals
November 9 		Final
November 11
      
1 Indiana (p) 1 (4)
5 Maryland 1 (3)
1 Indiana 3
3 Michigan 0
3 Michigan 1
2 Wisconsin 0

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 Bloomington Indiana BYE W 4–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington, IN) W 2–0 vs. Air Force – (Bloomington, IN) W 1–0 vs. #7 Notre Dame – (Bloomington, IN) L 0–2 vs. #11 Maryland – (Santa Barbara, CA)
11 Lexington Maryland BYE W 1–0 vs. NC State – (College Park, MD) W 2–0 vs. #6 Duke – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. #3 Kentucky – (Lexington, KY) W 2–0 vs. #2 Indiana – (Santa Barbara, CA) W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Santa Barbara, CA)
— Bloomington Michigan T 1–1 (W 11–10 PK) vs. Princeton – (Ann Arbor, MI) T 0–0 (L 11–12 PK) vs. #7 Notre Dame – (South Bend, IN)
— Louisville Michigan State W 2–0 vs. UIC – (East Lansing, MI) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville, KY) W 1–0 vs. #13 Georgetown – (Washington, DC) W 2–1 vs. James Madison– (East Lansing, MI) L 1–5 vs. Akron – (Santa Barbara, CA)
W–L–T (%): 1–0–1 (.750) 3–0–1 (.875) 3–0–0 (1.000) 3–0–0 (1.000) 1–2–0 (.333) 1–0–0 (1.000) Total: 12–2–2 (.813)

Rankings

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors
Week Offensive Defensive
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Week 1[16] A.J. Palazzolo MF Indiana Jimmy Hague GK Michigan State
Miha Mišković GK Northwestern
Week 2[17] Andrew Gutman DF Indiana Trey Muse GK Indiana
Week 3[18] DeJuan Jones FW Michigan State Miha Mišković GK Northwestern
Week 4[19] William Herve MF Maryland Jackson Ragen DF Michigan
Week 5[20] Ryan Sierakowski FW Michigan State Ryan Gallagher DF Penn State
Week 6[21] Umar Farouk Osman FW Michigan Dean Cowdroy GK Wisconsin
Week 7[22] Noah Melick FW Wisconsin Patrick Nielsen DF Michigan State
Josh Levine GK Penn State
Week 8[23] Andrew Gutman DF Indiana Dani Marks DF Penn State
Week 9[24] Trevor Swartz MF Indiana Dean Cowdroy GK Wisconsin
Week 10[25] Andrew Gutman DF Indiana Trey Muse GK Indiana

Postseason honors
2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards[26]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Chris Mueller, Wisconsin
Defensive Player of the Year Grant Lillard, Indiana
Midfielder of the Year Eryk Williamson, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the Year Jimmy Hague, Michigan State
Coach of the Year Chaka Daley, Michigan
Freshman of the Year Mason Toye, Indiana
2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[26]
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees All-Freshman Team Honorees Sportsmanship Award Honorees

Forwards:
Chris Mueller, Sr., Wisconsin
Mason Toye, Fr., Indiana
Jack Hallahan, So., Michigan

Midfield:
Eryk Williamson, Jr., Maryland
Ken Krolicki, Sr., Michigan State
Jake Rozhansky, Sr., Maryland
Francesco Moore, Jr., Indiana

Defense:
Grant Lillard, Sr., Indiana
Jimmy Fiscus, Sr., Michigan State
Andrew Gutman,Jr., Indiana

Goalkeeper:
Jimmy Hague, Jr., Michigan State

Forwards:
Griffin Dorsey, Fr., Indiana
Francis Atuahene, Jr., Michigan
DeJuan Jones, Jr., Michigan State
Ryan Sierakowski, Jr., Michigan State

Midfield:
Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State
Charles Mertz, Jr., Michigan
Mark Segbers, Sr., Wisconsin

Defense:
Donovan Pines, So., Maryland
Timmy Mehl, Jr., Indiana
Marcello Borges, Jr., Michigan

Goalkeeper:
Trey Muse, Fr., Indiana

Mohammed Zakyi, Michigan
Marc Ybarra, Michigan
Umar Farouk Osman, Michigan
Garrett Opperman, Northwestern
Ethan Beckford, Penn State
Mason Toye, Indiana
Griffin Dorsey, Indiana
Trey Muse, Indiana
Tommy Katsyiannis, Northwestern
Vincent Borden, Rutgers
Bryce Washington, Rutgers

Jack Griffith, Sr., Indiana
Andrew Samuels, Jr., Maryland
Tristan Jacob, Sr., Michigan
Brad Centala, Sr., Michigan State
Francisco Tomasino, Sr., Northwestern
Hunter Robertson, Sr., Ohio State
Dani Marks, Jr., Penn State
Erik Sa, Sr., Rutgers
Isaac Schenkler, Jr., Wisconsin

National awards
Award Winner School Ref.
Hermann Trophy Andrew Gutman Indiana [27]
TDS National POTY Award [28]

2019 MLS draft
Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Five 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players were drafted in the first round of the 2018 draft (Griffin Dorsey — 6th, Dayne St. Clair — 7th, DeJuan Jones — 11th, Chase Gaspers — 15th, Ryan Sierakowski — 23rd)[29][30] and 12 were drafted overall in the draft.[31][32]

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 6 Griffin Dorsey FW Toronto FC Indiana (So.)
1 7 Dayne St. Clair GK Minnesota United Maryland (Sr.)
1 11 DeJuan Jones MF New England Revolution Michigan State (Sr.)
1 15 Chase Gasper DF New England Revolution Maryland (R-Sr.)
1 23 Ryan Sierakowski FW Portland Timbers Michigan State (Sr.)
2 28 Marcello Borges DF Colorado Rapids Michigan (Jr.)
2 30 Jimmy Hague GK FC Cincinnati Michigan State (R-Sr.)
2 32 Rece Buckmaster DF New York Red Bulls Indiana (Sr.)
2 33 Andrew Samuels DF Houston Dynamo Maryland (Sr.)
2 34 Amar Sejdič MF Montreal Impact Maryland (Sr.)
3 71 Francesco Moore DF Portland Timbers Indiana (Sr.)
4 76 Robbie Mertz MF Colorado Rapids Michigan (Jr.)

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,[33] 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.[34] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Four 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players signed homegrown contracts with their parent clubs ahead of the 2019 MLS season.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Chicago Fire Jeremiah Gutjahr DF Indiana (Sr.) [35]
D.C. United Donovan Pines DF Maryland (Jr.) [36]
New England Revolution Justin Rennicks MF Indiana (So.) [37]
Seattle Sounders Trey Muse GK Indiana (So.) [38]

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