Coming into a pair of games this weekend, the MSU women’s soccer team is looking for a quick start and a full effort in each game, something the Spartans did not show in their previous game, a 3-2 loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday.
The Spartans will look to take last weekend’s lessons forward as they welcome Providence (1-0-1) for the team’s home opener, which is set for 5 p.m. Thursday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The MSU women’s soccer team’s Friday night win against Eastern Michigan became a distant memory Sunday when the Spartans lost to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3-2.
After a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory at No. 6 Maryland, the No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team finished its weekend East Coast road trip with a 4-0 loss at Georgetown on Sunday.
Behind an unforgiving defense and a relentless offense, the MSU women’s soccer team took down inter-state rival and previously unbeaten Eastern Michigan, 4-0, Friday night at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team started the season with a bang with a 4-3 overtime victory at No. 6 Maryland on Friday night.
The MSU women’s soccer team went with a new formation in an attempt to improve a struggling offense Friday against Eastern Michigan. The plan worked as the Spartans won 4-0.
The No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team hopes to start off the 2010 season with a bang as they open up with an East Coast road trip with stops at No. 6 Maryland and Georgetown this weekend.
A win in Friday’s game at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field might not have the same impact for the MSU women’s soccer team as it would for Eastern Michigan, but that doesn’t mean the Spartans are taking the competition lightly.
fter three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, the No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team looks to improve and make an even deeper push into the postseason in 2010.
Despite so much experience, MSU women’s soccer head coach Tom Saxton admits this year’s talent and depth has caused him to do things differently than he has done previously in his career.
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa pushed soccer back into the mainstream light, and college students especially began to watch soccer with extreme passion. Their passion doesn’t have to stop with the World Cup, as MSU’s soccer team’s are worth watching as well.
After three games last season, the MSU women’s soccer team had scored eight goals. In 2010, through the same amount of games, the team has tallied just two. The team’s second goal came in their home opener on Sunday against Western Michigan (1-2), a game the Spartans won 1-0, but left head coach Tom Saxton confused.
It was a bittersweet opening weekend for the MSU women’s soccer team, which kicked off its season on Friday in College Station, Texas at the Texas A&M Aggieland Invitational. The Spartans defeated St. John’s 1-0 Friday before losing 3-0 to No. 1 North Carolina on Sunday.
Men’s soccer senior goalkeeper Avery Steinlage and women’s soccer junior forward Laura Heyboer have been named to the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List, considered the highest honor in intercollegiate soccer.
When the Netherlands meets Spain in Sunday’s World Cup final, it will guarantee one thing: the first European champion when the World Cup is played on a continent other than Europe.
The Office for International Students and Scholars, or OISS, hosts a broadcast of the World Cup every four years as a way for international students to get together and cheer for their favorite teams. After success in 2006, OISS faculty decided to place a projection screen in the Crossroads Food Court to allow students from around the world to watch the World Cup action, which will continue until July 11.
This season was a practice run for the MSU men’s soccer team. And it still went pretty well.
The MSU men’s soccer team scrapped, clawed and left everything on the field.
Senior defender Tim Granaderos stood at the middle of the field with his hands on his head, soaking in every last moment.