2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2024 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 22 - December 16, 2024
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2025 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Champions	Indiana, Ohio State
Tournament
Champions	Ohio State
Runners-up	Michigan
Finals MVP	Parker Grinstead
Men's Soccer seasons
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2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	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 both 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

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

Regular season

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

Postseason

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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External links

• Big Ten Men's Soccer