2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25, 2017 and concluded on November 5, 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2017 – November 5, 2017
Number of teams	9
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Francis Atuahene, Michigan
Picked by	FC Dallas, 4th overall
Regular Season
Season champions	Michigan
Runners-up	Indiana
Season MVP	FW: Chris Mueller, Wisconsin MF: Eryk Williamson, Maryland DF: Grant Lillard, Indiana GK: Jimmy Hague, Michigan State
Top scorer	Tom Barlow (10)^[1]
Tournament
Champions	Wisconsin
Runners-up	Indiana
Finals MVP	Tom Barlow
Big Ten Conference men's soccer seasons
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2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	1			12	–	6	–	2
No. 2 Indiana +	5	–	0	–	3			18	–	1	–	6
No. 6 Michigan State +	5	–	0	–	3			13	–	3	–	4
Maryland +	5	–	1	–	2			10	–	5	–	4
No. 10 Wisconsin ‡	4	–	3	–	1			12	–	5	–	5
Ohio State	3	–	5	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
Penn State	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	10	–	2
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0			7	–	12	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	8	–	0			4	–	13	–	1
‡ – 2017 Big Ten Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The Maryland Terrapins entered the 2017 season as both the Big Ten regular season and tournament defending champions. Maryland was unable to defend either title, heavily due to a late season slump in form, that culminated with a double overtime loss to Michigan.^[2][3] Wisconsin won their first Big Ten Tournament since 1995,^[4] defeating Indiana in the championship in penalties.^[5] The Michigan Wolverines posted a 6–1–1 Big Ten record, giving the Wolverines their first ever Big Ten regular season title, besting Indiana on points.^[6][7][8]

The Big Ten sent five teams to the NCAA Tournament, three being seeded (Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State), and three unseeded (Maryland and Wisconsin). Indiana advanced the furthest of all the Big Ten teams, reaching the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, before losing in overtime to Stanford.^[9][10][11]

Background

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school^[12]	Big Ten record^[12]	NCAA Tournaments^[13]	NCAA College Cups^[13]	NCAA Titles^[13]
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Wisconsin	8	91–49–29 (.624)	84–40–27 (.646)	22–14–12 (.583)	7	1	1
Maryland	Sasho Cirovski	Hartford	25	387–160–52 (.689)	361–148–46 (.692)	15–4–5 (.729)	23	8	2
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Providence	6	127–138–42 (.482)	37–43–15 (.468)	13–17–6 (.444)	1	0	0
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Michigan State (assistant)	9	90–58–22 (.594)	90–58–22 (.594)	22–24–8 (.481)	6	0	0
Northwestern	Tim Lenahan	Lafayette	17	282–188–67 (.588)	156–119–46 (.558)	35–48–17 (.435)	9	0	0
Ohio State	John Bluem	Fresno State	21	284–181–69 (.596)	198–151–57 (.558)	60–49–13 (.545)	9	1	0
Penn State	Bob Warming	Creighton	8	448–222–78 (.651)	65–42–14 (.595)	17–18–6 (.488)	2	0	0
Rutgers	Dan Donigan	Saint Louis	8	165–111–36 (.587)	47–69–14 (.415)	5–16–3 (.271)	2	0	0
Wisconsin	John Trask	UIC	8	107–85–48 (.546)	53–61–22 (.471)	16–23–9 (.427)	1	0	0

Preseason

Recruiting

National Rankings

Team	CSN^[14]	TDS^[15]	Total Signees
Indiana	4	4
Maryland	12	10
Michigan	9	11
Michigan State	NR	NR
Northwestern	NR	NR
Ohio State	7	13
Penn State	NR	NR
Rutgers	NR	35
Wisconsin	NR	NR

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 16.^[16]

	Team Ranking
1.	Maryland
2.	Indiana
3.	Wisconsin
4.	Michigan State
5.	Michigan
6.	Penn State
7.	Ohio State
8.	Northwestern
9.	Rutgers

Regular season

Results

Team/Opponent	IND	UMD	MCH	MSU	NWU	OSU	PSU	RUT	WIS
Indiana Hoosiers		0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–1
Maryland Terrapins	0–0		1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	5–4
Michigan Wolverines	1–1	2–1		0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1
Michigan State Spartans	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Northwestern Wildcats	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2		0–1	1–2,	3–0, 3–2	1–3
Ohio State Buckeyes	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–5	1–0		3–0	1–0	0–2
Penn State Nittany Lions	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–3		6–2	0–1
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0–5	0–3	1–3	1–2	0–3, 2–3	0–1	2–6		2–3
Wisconsin Badgers	1–2	4–5	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–2

Rankings

United Soccer Coaches National

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll

		Pre^[17]	Wk 1^[18]	Wk 2^[19]	Wk 3^[20]	Wk 4^[21]	Wk 5^[22]	Wk 6^[23]	Wk 7^[24]	Wk 8^[25]	Wk 9^[26]	Wk 10^[27]	Wk 11^[28]	Wk 12^[29]	Final
Indiana	C	7	7	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Maryland	C	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	24	RV	RV
Michigan	C			RV	18	22	20	RV	24	23	19	12	10	16	11
Michigan State	C	22	13	13	6	6	4	6	6	9	7	8	14	15	6
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	C				RV	25	16	RV	RV	RV
Penn State	C
Rutgers	C
Wisconsin	C		RV										RV	20	10

United Soccer Coaches Midwest Regional

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Wk 1^[30]	Wk 2^[31]	Wk 3^[32]	Wk 4^[33]	Wk 5^[34]	Wk 6^[35]	Wk 7^[36]	Wk 8^[37]	Wk 9^[38]	Wk 10^[39]	Wk 11^[40]	Wk 12^[41]
Indiana	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maryland	C	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	9	9
Michigan	C	6	5	4	6	6	6	5	4	4	2	2	3
Michigan State	C	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	C			7	5	5	5	7	8
Penn State	C
Rutgers	C
Wisconsin	C		10		10	10	8	6	5	8	7	5	2

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Main article: 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Michigan	0
	5	Wisconsin	4
						5	Wisconsin (pen.)	0 (4)
						2	Indiana	0 (2)
	6	Ohio State	0
	2	Indiana	4

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2	4	Indiana	BYE	W 3–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Bloomington)	W 2–1 vs. New Hampshire – (Bloomington)	T, 1–1 ^W, 3–2 pen. vs. Michigan State – (Bloomington)	W 1–0 vs. North Carolina – (Chester)	L 0–1 ^OT vs. Stanford – (Chester)
7	4	Michigan State	BYE	W 3–0 vs. Virginia Tech – (East Lansing)	W 3–2 vs. Western Michigan – (East Lansing)	T, 1–1 ^L, 2–3 pen. vs. Indiana – (Bloomington)
13	2	Michigan	BYE	L 2–3 vs. Colgate – (Ann Arbor)
—	2	Wisconsin	W 4–1 vs. UIC – (Madison)	W 1–0 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)	L 2–3^OT vs. Akron – (Akron)
—	4	Maryland	T, 0–0 ^L, 4–5 pen. vs. Albany – (College Park)

Awards

2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[42]
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Chris Mueller, Wisconsin
Defensive Player of the Year	Grant Lillard, Indiana
Midfielder of the Year	Eryk Williamson, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the Year	Jimmy Hague, Michigan State
Coach of the Year	Chaka Daley, Michigan
Freshman of the Year	Mason Toye, Indiana

2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[42]
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	All-Freshman Team Honorees	Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Forwards: Chris Mueller, Sr., Wisconsin Mason Toye, Fr., Indiana Jack Hallahan, So., Michigan Midfield: Eryk Williamson, Jr., Maryland Ken Krolicki, Sr., Michigan State Jake Rozhansky, Sr., Maryland Francesco Moore, Jr., Indiana Defense: Grant Lillard, Sr., Indiana Jimmy Fiscus, Sr., Michigan State Andrew Gutman,Jr., Indiana Goalkeeper: Jimmy Hague, Jr., Michigan State	Forwards: Griffin Dorsey, Fr., Indiana Francis Atuahene, Jr., Michigan DeJuan Jones, Jr., Michigan State Ryan Sierakowski, Jr., Michigan State Midfield: Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State Charles Mertz, Jr., Michigan Mark Segbers, Sr., Wisconsin Defense: Donovan Pines, So., Maryland Timmy Mehl, Jr., Indiana Marcello Borges, Jr., Michigan Goalkeeper: Trey Muse, Fr., Indiana	Mohammed Zakyi, Michigan Marc Ybarra, Michigan Umar Farouk Osman, Michigan Garrett Opperman, Northwestern Ethan Beckford, Penn State Mason Toye, Indiana Griffin Dorsey, Indiana Trey Muse, Indiana Tommy Katsyiannis, Northwestern Vincent Borden, Rutgers Bryce Washington, Rutgers	Jack Griffith, Sr., Indiana Andrew Samuels, Jr., Maryland Tristan Jacob, Sr., Michigan Brad Centala, Sr., Michigan State Francisco Tomasino, Sr., Northwestern Hunter Robertson, Sr., Ohio State Dani Marks, Jr., Penn State Erik Sa, Sr., Rutgers Isaac Schenkler, Jr., Wisconsin

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2018 MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Indiana	1	0	0	–	1
Maryland	0	2	0	–	2
Michigan	1	0	0	–	1
Michigan State	0	0	1	–	1
Northwestern	0	0	0	–	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	–	0
Penn State	0	0	0	–	0
Rutgers	0	0	0	–	0
Wisconsin	2	1	1	–	4

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	4	FC Dallas	Francis Atuahene	FW	Michigan	Generation adidas
1	6	Orlando City	Chris Mueller	FW	Wisconsin
1	7	Minnesota United	Mason Toye	FW	Indiana
1	9	New England Revolution	Mark Segbers	DF	Wisconsin
2	37	Atlanta United	Gordon Wild	FW	Maryland	Generation adidas
2	39	New York Red Bulls	Tommy Barlow	FW	Wisconsin
2	44	Columbus Crew	Jake Rozhansky	Midfielder	Maryland
3	53	Montreal Impact	Ken Krolicki	Midfielder	Michigan State
3	54	Philadelphia Union	Mike Catalano	Midfielder	Wisconsin

Homegrown contracts

Main article: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Notes	Ref.
Chicago Fire	Grant Lillard	Defender	Indiana	2017 Big Ten Defender of the Year	^[43]

See also

• Big Ten Conference
• 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2017 in American soccer

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