2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2024 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 22 - December 16, 2024
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2025 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
ChampionsIndiana, Ohio State
Tournament
ChampionsOhio State
  Runners-upMichigan
Finals MVPParker Grinstead
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Ohio State ‍†‍‡‍ 7 – 1 – 2   .800 16 – 2 – 4   .818
No. 11 Indiana ‍†‍‍y 7 – 1 – 2   .800 11 – 5 – 5   .643
Maryland ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 2   .600 9 – 6 – 5   .575
Washington ‍‍‍y 4 – 3 – 3   .550 8 – 6 – 7   .548
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 5 – 7 – 5   .441
UCLA ‍‍‍y 3 – 4 – 3   .450 7 – 6 – 6   .526
Michigan ‍‍‍y 2 – 3 – 5   .450 9 – 5 – 7   .595
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 1   .350 9 – 7 – 1   .559
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 1   .350 6 – 9 – 2   .412
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 7 – 5 – 3   .567
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 5 – 9 – 2   .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 B1G tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2024 NCAA Tournament
As of December 18, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season will be the 33rd season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This is Big Ten's first season with UCLA and Washington as conference members.[1][2]

The Maryland Terrapins are the defending champions.[3]

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Rutgers won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament for the first time in program history,[4] and won their first conference tournament championship since 1997.[5] Maryland won their first Big Ten Conference regular season championship since 2016. MD Myers of Rutgers won bother the regular season and tournament Player of the Year award.[6]

In the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, four Big Ten teams received bids into the tournament. Rutgers earned the automatic bid, while Maryland, Ohio State, and Indiana received at-large bids.[7] Maryland and Ohio State reached the second round of the tournament before being eliminated, while Rutgers was eliminated in the first round.[8] Indiana reached their NCAA-record 17th NCAA National Championship game, but lost in penalty kicks to Syracuse in the final.[9]

In the 2023 MLS SuperDraft, Maryland sophomore, Joshua Bolma, was the first Big Ten player to be drafted, selected fourth overall by the New England Revolution.[10]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Bill Armstrong Stadium 6,500
Maryland College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field 7,000
Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium 2,200
Michigan State Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex 2,500
Northwestern Evanston, Illinois Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium 3,000
Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium 10,000
Penn State State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field 5,000
Rutgers Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000
UCLA Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 2,145
Washington Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 3,250
Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Don McClimon Stadium 2,000

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team Rivals[11] Scout & 24/7[12] On3 Recruits[13] Signees
Indiana 64 65 63 17
Maryland 32 38 44 24
Michigan 13 16 15 26
Michigan State 44 42 43 20
Northwestern 81 80 74 17
Ohio State 4 5 3 22
Penn State 17 15 16 25
Rutgers 35 35 40 26
UCLA 85 90 69 11
Washington 56 47 49 16
Wisconsin 19 23 22 22

Preseason poll

Big Ten preseason poll
Predicted finish Team

Preseason national polls

United
Soccer 		CSN Top Drawer
Soccer
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin

Preseason awards

Preseason results

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Away team listed first, home team listed second. Teams in bold represent Big Ten teams.

Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 25)

Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)

Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)

Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)

Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)

Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)

Week 7 (Sep. 30 – Oct. 6)

Week 8 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)

Week 9 (Oct. 14 – Oct. 20)

Week 10 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)

Week 11 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 3)

Postseason

B1G Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
TBD
W–L–D (%): 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–0–0 (1.000)

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer 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		 Final
Indiana USC None released
TDS
CSN
Maryland USC None released
TDS
CSN
Michigan USC None released
TDS
CSN
Michigan State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Northwestern USC None released
TDS
CSN
Ohio State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Penn State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Rutgers USC None released
TDS
CSN
UCLA USC None released
TDS
CSN
Washington USC None released
TDS
CSN
Wisconsin USC None released
TDS
CSN

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 United Soccer Coaches' North region ranks teams across the Big Ten, Horizon, and Ohio Valley Conferences.

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Big Ten conference officials select the players of the week.

Week Offensive Defensive Goalkeeper
Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Team
1 (Aug. 27) Dean Boltz FW Wisconsin Joey Zalinsky DF Rutgers Matisse Hébert Wisconsin
2 (Sept. 3) Tommy Mihalic FW Indiana Shakir Nixon DF UCLA Sam Joseph UCLA
3 (Sept. 10) Noah Glorioso MF Wisconsin Chris Meyers MF Washington Matisse Hébert (2) Wisconsin
4 (Sept. 17) Max Rogers FW Maryland Chris Meyers (2) MF Washington Max Trejo Ohio State
5 (Sept. 24) Luciano Pechota MF Ohio State Nick McHenry DF Ohio State Jadon Bowton Washington
6 (Oct. 1) Jonathan Stout MF Michigan State Matthew Henderson DF Penn State Zac Kelly Michigan State
7 (Oct. 8) David Wrona MF Ohio State Siggi Magnusson DF Ohio State Max Trejo (2) Ohio State
8 (Oct. 15) Jose Contell FW UCLA Jansen Miller DF Indiana Wyatt Nelson UCLA
9 (Oct. 22) Justin Weiss FW Indiana Quinton Elliot DF Indiana Wyatt Nelson (2) UCLA
10 (Oct. 29)[14] Michael Adedokun MF Ohio State Ryan Quintos DF Wisconsin JT Harms Indiana
11 (Nov. 5)[15] Tommy Mihalic (2) FW Indiana Alex Barger DF Indiana Jadon Bowton (2) Washington

Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.

2024 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards[16]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
Midfielder of the Year Michael Adedokun, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year William Kulvik, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the Year Zac Kelly, Michigan State
Coach of the Year Brian Maisonneuve, Ohio State
Freshman of the Year Dean Boltz, Wisconsin
2024 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees All-Freshman Team Honorees Sportsmanship Team Honorees

Forward
Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
Samuel Sarver, Indiana
Midfield
Patrick McDonald, Indiana
Leon Koehl, Maryland
Michael Adedokun, Ohio State
Andre Ochoa, UCLA
Defense
Quinton Elliot, Indiana
William Kulvik, Maryland
Siggi Magnusson, Ohio State
Deylen Vellios, Ohio State
Goalkeeper
Zac Kelly, Michigan State

Forward
Max Rogers, Maryland
Colin Griffith, Maryland
Marko Borkovic, Ohio State
Dean Boltz, Wisconsin
Midfield
Collin McCamy, Northwestern
Luciano Pechota, Ohio State
Curt Calov, Rutgers
Peter Kingston, Washington
Defense
Jansen Miller, Indiana
Bryce Blevins, Michigan
Nigel Prince, Northwestern
Nico Cavallo, UCLA
Caden Buckley, Washington
Goalkeeper
JT Harms, Indiana

Charlie Heuer, Indiana
Josh Maher, Indiana
Laurin Mack, Maryland
Kamau Brame, Michigan
Brandon Munson, Michigan State
David Ajagbe, Ohio State
Nick McHenry, Ohio State
Malick Daouda, Penn State
Allan Legaspi, UCLA
Zach Ramsey, Washington
Dean Boltz, Wisconsin
Matthew Zachemski, Wisconsin

Jack Wagoner, Indiana
Alex Nitzl, Maryland
Ethan Wood, Michigan
Jonathan Stout, Michigan State
Thaddaeus Dewing, Northwestern
Parker Grinstead, Ohio State
Ben Liscum, Penn State
Aidan Flynn, Rutgers
Andre Ochoa, UCLA
Chris Peretti, Washington
Ryan Keefe, Wisconsin

2025 MLS Draft

Main article: 2025 MLS SuperDraft

The 2025 MLS SuperDraft was held in December 2024. Sixteen Big Ten players were selected in the draft, all in the first three rounds.[17]

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 3 Dean Boltz FW Chicago Fire Wisconsin (Fr.)
1 8 Jansen Miller DF Sporting Kansas City Indiana (Sr.)
1 13 Michael Adedokun MF CF Montréal Ohio State (Sr.)
1 20 Jason Bucknor DF LA Galaxy Michigan (Sr.)
2 31 Harrison Bertos DF San Diego FC Washington (So.)
2 34 Anthony Samways DF Sporting Kansas City Ohio State (Sr.)
2 37 Joey Zalinsky DF St. Louis City SC Rutgers (Sr.)
2 41 Sam Sarver FW FC Dallas Indiana (Sr.)
2 50 Caden Grabfelder FW CF Montréal Penn State (So.)
2 54 Collin McCamy MF New York City FC Northwestern (Sr.)
2 57 Collins Oduro FW Orlando City SC Indiana (So.)
3 64 Leon Koehl MF Sporting Kansas City Maryland (So.)
3 71 Mohamed Cisset DF FC Dallas Penn State (So.)
3 83 William Kulvik DF Atlanta United FC Maryland (Sr.)
3 85 Nick Collins DF Minnesota United FC Rutgers (So.)
3 88 Nicholas Cavallo DF New York City FC UCLA (Sr.)

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