Men's Soccer

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.

No. 17 men's soccer steadies for Penn State

Redemption is near. After tying unranked Kentucky 1-1 on Wednesday, the No. 17 IU men’s soccer team travels to University Park, Penn., for its second-to-last conference match against Penn State.

Momentum carries Hoosiers into home battle with Kentucky

With an upset, a penalty kick victory and a last-minute win behind them, the No. 17 Hoosiers have experienced a wide variety of matches.

Hoosiers brace for must-win against Buckeyes

With two consecutive wins against top-15 teams, the IU men’s soccer team hopes to continue the momentum when it travels to Ohio State in a critical conference battle Sunday afternoon.

Confident Hoosiers ready to swat down Cardinals

Only five games remain before the Big Ten tournament, but the No. 22 Hoosiers aren’t about to look ahead. Coming off a 3-1 upset win against then-No. 9 Notre Dame, IU (7-4-2) wants to build off its victory going into the match against No. 14 Louisville (9-3-2) at 7:30 p.m. today. Sophomore forward Andy Adlard said a key component to the win was a good week of practice preceding the match. Leading up to the Notre Dame game, every Hoosier showed up motivated and prepared, Adlard said.

Finally

The bench players stood in their black warm-ups, some wearing red beanies, waiting for the game to end and for the celebration to begin. The Hoosiers (7-4-2) finally lived up to past legends and current expectations as they defeated No. 9 Notre Dame 3-1 on Thursday. Their first home victory since a 3-2 win against Big Ten foe Wisconsin on Sept. 21 and first upset of the year, Thursday’s match marked a turning point in the season. Brushing off an away defeat to Michigan State last week, the Hoosiers entered the match ready to start a winning streak. In a team meeting this week after practice, the players and coaches discussed their strengths and weaknesses. “It’s a game that shows the players have a feeling what’s it like to have to play a 90 minute game,” said IU coach Mike Freitag. “It’s a feeling we’ve had in other games, but now we can’t forget it.” One strength of the Hoosiers, depth, was forced into action in the game’s opening minutes. Sophomore defender Rich Balchan had his nose broken in a tussle in the sixth minute and left the game, Freitag said. Freshman Tommy Meyer took his place for the remaining minutes. In the 24th minute junior defender Kevin Alston rifled the ball from 25 yards out into the right corner for his second goal of the season. “It was a rush,” Alston said. “I didn’t really expect it. It felt great.” Three minutes later, senior forward Kevin Noschang hit the ball into the bottom left corner.

Do-it-all Dan: sophomore willing to play any position for the soccer team

IU soccer plans to dominate Spartan resistance

I agree, Ring: It’s ‘time to turn that potential into something’

It’s time for the IU men’s soccer team to live up to its potential.After opening the Big Ten campaign with an exciting 3-2 overtime win against Wisconsin, the Hoosiers dropped two of three games before getting back on track with a 2-0 victory against Butler on Tuesday night.Soccer can be a fickle game because no matter how dominant a team is, unless that team can finish its scoring opportunities, the opponent will always be one goal away from pulling an upset.For the Hoosiers, it’s been the type of season where good play has not always translated to wins.