Until Sunday’s 4-2 loss against UC Davis, the MSU men’s soccer team hadn’t given up four goals in a game since Oct. 12, 2003. Strong defensive play is something head coach Joe Baum has always stressed to his teams while serving at MSU, and he isn’t satisfied with his squad giving up seven goals in two games this weekend.
It started off as something she could only hang her head about. Junior forward Lauren Hill started to realize that her first-game suspension — from a red card in last year’s finale — would give her the motivation and appetite to come out in game two hungrier than ever.
It wasn’t quite as high scoring or dazzling as games in the past, but the outcome was just the same — victory for MSU. The Spartans women’s soccer team held off Loyola 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Soccer Stadium at Old College Field — extending their overall record to 5-0, a feat only achieved three other times in the program’s 22-year history.
Each of the MSU women’s soccer team’s games have been a mirror of the previous one — score early, add insurance goals and don’t allow the opponent a chance to get back in the game.
Athletes have always worn numbers that mean something special to them, and freshman midfielder Cyrus Saydee is no different.
The MSU men’s soccer team fired 16 shots in Sunday afternoon’s final game of the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic against Vermont but were only able to find the back of the net once in a 2-1 loss.
The kickoff to the MSU men’s soccer season and the first game in the new DeMartin Stadium featured the Spartans posting a commanding 4-0 victory over St. Francis (Pa.).
The new DeMartin Soccer Complex will see its first action from the Spartans this weekend as they host the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic.
When someone is labeled as “bad at dealing with a loss,” it normally indicates that person shows poor sportsmanship or struggles at bouncing back from defeat.
It didn’t take MSU women’s soccer freshman forward Laura Heyboer long to bring her habit of winning awards to the collegiate level.
With the departure of goalkeeper Chris Austin, the MSU men’s soccer team was left with a vacancy in net.
The MSU men’s soccer team hit the field for the first time in an exhibition game Saturday and fell to Louisville, 2-1, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Only four players found the back of the net for MSU during the 2007 women’s soccer season. After just one game this season, the Spartans are more than a quarter of the way to passing the 18-goal mark they posted in last year’s 19 games.
MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum started coaching the Spartans when gas prices were under 75 cents, when Earvin “Magic” Johnson was still in high school and when most of our parents were our age.
MSU men’s soccer senior defender Rauwshan McKenzie was selected as one of 54 NCAA Division I players to attend the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, the team announced Friday.
The reactions and the looks on the faces of the players told the story following Saturday’s NCAA Tournament game between MSU and Oakland.
As the 2007 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship Selection Show announced it was down to the final 12 teams for the NCAA Tournament, the chatter among the MSU men’s soccer team began to subside, and nervous glances toward one another filled the room.
It’s been over a week since the MSU men’s soccer team wrapped up its regular season with a loss to Indiana in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
In a matchup as even as it gets, the MSU men’s soccer team ousted Penn State from the Big Ten Tournament to advance to round two.
Despite losing its final three regular season games, spirits are high for the MSU men’s soccer team as it heads into the Big Ten Tournament. It also doesn’t hurt that the Spartans will host the tournament starting at 9 a.m. Thursday at Old College Field.