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.
Preseason Newcomers Maryland was picked to win the conference ahead of Penn State.
Preseason poll
ProjectedRank School 2013 Finish1Maryland2nd (Atlantic Coast Conference)2Michigan State3rd3Michigan4th4Penn State1st5Indiana5th6Northwestern7th7Wisconsin2nd8Rutgers8th (American Athletic Conference)9Ohio State6th
Teams
Stadia and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, Indiana Armstrong Stadium Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium Michigan State Spartans East Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex Northwestern Wildcats Evanston, Illinois Lakeside Field Ohio State Buckeyes Columbus, Ohio Owens Memorial Stadium Penn State Nittany Lions State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field Rutgers Scarlet Knights Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field Wisconsin Badgers Madison, Wisconsin McClimon Stadium
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
Postseason
Big Ten Tournament
NCAA Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals 3 3 Michigan State 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 MarylandL, 0–1 vs. UMBC – (College Park) 5 2 IndianaL, 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 NorthwesternL, 0–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (State College)
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
References