Following a 1-0 loss against Detroit to start the season, the MSU men’s soccer team travels east for the second consecutive year, opening with a game against a top-10 team.
After dropping its first game, the MSU women’s soccer team rebounded in the next two behind the leg of senior forward Laura Heyboer.
With her second-half break-away goal, senior forward Laura Heyboer became MSU’s all-time leading goal scorer and secured her place as one of the elite in the history of the program. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Heyboer’s record-setting goal and a late MSU rally wasn’t enough to overcome an early deficit, as they would fall to UW-Milwaukee, 3-2.
In a season-opening exhibition matchup, the MSU women’s soccer team came away with a 1-0 victory against in-state foe Eastern Michigan.
The White team shutout the Green team in the MSU men’s soccer team annual Green and White game on Friday.
With one of the deepest teams in the history of the program, MSU women’s soccer will look to start its season off strongly this weekend.
The Spartans will kick off their season with an exhibition match against Eastern Michigan at 5 p.m., Saturday in Ypsilanti, Mich. The match ultimately will serve as a tuneup before the Spartans hold their season opener, which will come on Aug. 19 at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field against Milwaukee.
After six decades as a vital part of the MSU soccer program, Joe Baum has announced he will retire at the end of June.
Graduating five seniors this season, the MSU men’s soccer team was a relatively new group playing together in the exhibition spring season.
In its first home exhibition match of the season, the MSU women’s soccer team tied Toledo 1-1, on Saturday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The MSU women’s soccer team has signed seven players to National Letters of Intent for the 2011 season.
Ian Givens was looking out for his two boys — Colin and Stewart — when he decided to apply for British citizenship.
In a season full of extreme highs and lows, the MSU men’s soccer team was able to overcome tons of adversity and make the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in more than 40 years.
The MSU men’s soccer team was a mere nine seconds away from advancing to the Elite Eight before giving up an equalizer to North Carolina forward Enzo Martinez and losing 5-4 in penalty kicks.
For the first time since 1968, the MSU men’s soccer team will play in the Sweet 16. The Spartans (13-7-1) will take on No. 4 seed North Carolina at 3 p.m. Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Strapped in shoulder pads, Jeff Ricondo propelled the MSU men’s soccer team past Butler on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Senior midfielder Jeff Ricondo scored in the 84th minute to propel the MSU men’s soccer team past previously-unbeaten Butler in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Junior forward Domenic Barone scored twice in the team’s 2-0 win against Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Despite being the first class in MSU history to make it to the NCAA Tournament all four years, the MSU men’s soccer team’s senior class has one more thing they’d like to prove against Oakland at 1 p.m. Thursday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field — they can win a tournament game.
The Spartans (11-7-1) will host Oakland (7-10-3) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 1 p.m. Thursday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. This is MSU’s 14th appearance in the tournament, as the Spartans have compiled an all-time record of 17-10-4.