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2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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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
Team W   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

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

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

Changes from 2013

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

Preseason

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

Preseason poll

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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

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Stadia and locations

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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

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

Regular season

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Results

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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

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Big Ten Tournament

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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

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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)
1 Ohio State T, 1–1 W, 13–12 pen. vs. Akron(Columbus) L, 1–2 vs. Notre Dame(Notre Dame)
1 Penn State W 2–1 vs. Hartwick(Evanston) L, 1–2 vs. Syracuse(Syracuse)
4 Northwestern L, 0–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville(State College)

Statistics

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See also

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References

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  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.