2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Football league season
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| Season | 2014 |
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| Champions | Maryland |
| Premiers | Maryland |
| NCAA Tournament | Indiana Maryland Michigan State Northwestern Ohio State Penn State |
← 2013 2015 → | |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
- 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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Postseason
Big Ten 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
| 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
See also
- Big Ten Conference
- 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
- 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
- 2014 in American soccer
