To an outsider, it might seem Norman was living the college soccer dream. But for the senior midfielder, something just wasn’t right, and when the opportunity to return to his home state and play as a Spartan arose, he had to jump at it.
The corner kick is one of the most mystifying things in soccer. Each time the ball is kicked, it’s a crapshoot concerning what will happen next. It could be safely cleared out of play or pinball off of three players and go into the net.
When the MSU men’s soccer (2-5-1) team took the field Sunday against Marquette, it was just another must-win game for the players. For Tim Kreutz, it was personal.
In a chippy game against undefeated Big East opponent Marquette (7-0-0), the MSU men’s soccer team fell 2-1 in a double-overtime loss, bringing its record to 2-5-1.
Almost 100 minutes and one dramatic corner kick into the game, the MSU women’s soccer team beat Purdue 2-1 on a header by junior defender Annie Steinlage in overtime.
Two years ago, Domenic Barone played a game against Notre Dame he’ll never forget. Nearly 24 hours earlier, so did the MSU football team.
?In the last game before the start of the Big Ten season, the MSU women’s soccer team defeated Western Michigan on a goal by senior forward Olivia Stander that moved her into a tie for 10th all time on the career scorers list.
Most people feel comfortable belting out their favorite tune in the shower, but when it comes to singing in front of Simon Cowell, that’s a completely different story. In many ways, this season for the MSU women’s soccer team can be seen the same way. No disrespect to Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan, but the Big Ten is the Simon Cowell of the season.
With the Big Ten season just days away, the MSU women’s soccer team (5-1-1) wraps up nonconference play against Western Michigan (4-3-0) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
All the scoring for the MSU women’s soccer team happened in the second half, as they defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 2-0 Sunday afternoon.
Following a pair of games over a long weekend on the East Coast, the MSU men’s soccer team (2-3-1) will return to East Lansing with a loss and a win.
With just two games to go until the Big Ten season starts, the MSU women’s soccer team has its eye set on a Big Ten championship — its first since 1994.
It will be a battle of the conferences as the MSU men’s soccer team (1-2-1) heads out to the east coast for the first time this weekend to test its Big Ten skills against Big East and Ivy League opponents.
Two overtimes weren’t enough as the MSU women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against Oakland on Wednesday night.
The MSU football team has been getting attention lately because of some players’ tweets about the U-M football loss to Alabama, but one MSU student-athlete has been making an impression for quite some time — and causing much less trouble along the way.
With the Big Ten season looming, the MSU women’s soccer team looks to take its level of play to the next level in the next three games, which all are against in-state teams.
It sounds like the sentiments of a hopeless Detroit Lions fan circa 2008, but the above statements fit the MSU men’s soccer team (1-2-1) better than any other to this point in the season. Junior keeper Bryce Dobbins summed up the season perfectly last week, saying the team is always right there.
The MSU men’s soccer team (1-2-1) fell victim to the No. 1 Connecticut’s (3-0-0) undefeated record in a 1-0 loss Monday afternoon.
The Big Ten conference office announced on Monday that junior defender Annie Steinlage has been named Defensive Player of the Week after scoring a goal and tallying an assist in the Spartans’ 2-1 defeat of Akron on Sunday.
The MSU’s women’s soccer team defeated Akron 2-1 after a late goal by junior defender Annie Steinlage.