The 2020 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team represented Indiana University Bloomington in men's college soccer during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and 2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. It was the 48th season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer program, and the 30th season the program played in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana played their home games at Bill Armstrong Stadium and were coached by 11th-year head coach, Todd Yeagley.
The season was originally scheduled to begin on August 28, 2020, and conclude on December 15, 2020; but was postponed to a February 19, 2021 start and May 17, 2021, end due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
The 2019 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team represented Indiana University Bloomington in men's college soccer during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. It was the 47th season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer program, and the 29th season the program played in the Big Ten Conference.
During the regular season Indiana completed the league double by winning both the Big Ten regular season, and the 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, successfully repeating their 2018 successes. The Hoosiers were seeded fifth overall in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they reached the Third Round before losing to UC Santa Barbara.
Three Indiana players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Jack Maher was selected by expansion club, Nashville SC with the second overall pick. Simon Waever was drafted by Toronto FC late in the second round with the 51st overall pick. Joris Ahlinvi was selected early in the third round by FC Cincinnati with the 53rd overall pick. After one season with the Hoosiers, Aidan Morris signed a homegrown player contract with his parent MLS team, Columbus Crew.
Team information Roster Players and squad numbers last updated on February 25, 2021. Appearances include all competitions.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Name Nat Position(s) Year Height Weight Hometown Previous school (college) Previous club MLS rights 0 Bryant Pratt 190 Columbus, Ohio Bishop Watterson Ohio Premier 1 Roman Celentano 200 Naperville, Illinois Neuqua Valley Chicago Sockers Chicago Fire 2 Joey Maher 160 Caseyville, Illinois Althoff Catholic Saint Louis FC 3 Lawson Redmon 160 Glen Carbon, Illinois Edwardsville Saint Louis FC 4 A.J. Palazzolo 165 St. Louis, Missouri Christian Brothers College Saint Louis FC 5 Daniel Munie 180 Maryland Heights, Missouri Parkway North Saint Louis FC 7 Victor Bezerra 175 Chicago, Illinois Jones College Prep Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 8 Joe Schmidt 165 Bainbridge Township, Ohio University School Cleveland Internationals 9 Thomas Warr 175 Zionsville, Indiana Zionsville Indiana Fire Chicago Fire 10 Tommy Mihalić 165 Skokie, Illinois Niles North FC United 11 Nyk Sessock 5-7 150 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania YSC Academy (Pitt) Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia Union 12 Quinten Helmer 6-0 155 Amsterdam, Netherlands St. Michael College AZ Alkmaar 13 Emerson Nieto 5-10 150 Fort Wayne, Indiana Bishop Dwenger Indiana FireChicago Fire 14 Maouloune Goumballe 6-2 163 Cincinnati, Ohio Walnut HillsColumbus CrewColumbus Crew 15 Kyle Folds 6-2 200 Berea, Ohio St. IgnatiusIndiana FireChicago Fire 16 Lukas Hummel 5-11 160 Fenton, Missouri Rockwood Summit Saint Louis FC 17 Herbert Endeley 5-10 152 Blaine, Minnesota Totino-Grace Minneapolis UnitedMinnesota United 18 Ryan Wittenbrink 6-1 165 Libertyville, Illinois Libertyville FC United 19 Brett Bebej 6-0153 Shorewood, Illinois Minooka Chicago FireChicago Fire 20 Ben Yeagley 5-9 150 Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington South Alliance FC 21 Spencer Glass R-Sr. 6-0 165 Fort Wayne, Indiana Carroll (IN) Indiana FireChicago Fire 22 Ian Black R-Sr. 5-10 165 Dublin, Ohio Dublin Jerome Club Ohio 23 Isaac Sarosy 5-11 170 Fair Oaks, Indiana Andrean Indiana FireChicago Fire 24 Andrew Goldsworthy R-Fr. 6-1 180 Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington North Indiana FireChicago Fire 25 Trey Kapsalis 5-7 140 Fishers, Indiana Cathedral Indy Premier 26 Nate Ward 5-11 160 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Greensburg Central Catholic Beadling SC 27 Alex McGill 6-0 160 Columbus, Indiana Columbus North Indiana FireChicago Fire 28 Grant Yeagley 6-0 160 Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington South Alliance FC Academy 29 Luke Boha 5-11 150 Bloomington, Indiana Center Grove Alliance FC 32 Austin Himebaugh 6-2 175 Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington North Alliance FC
Coaching staff 2020 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer coaching staff Name Position Seasons atIndiana Alma mater Todd Yeagley Head Coach 11 Indiana (1994) Kevin Robson Assistant Coach 6 Indiana (2007) Danny O'Rourke Assistant Coach 3 Indiana (2004) Christian Lomeli Assistant Coach 2 Indiana (2008)
Player movement Departures Arrivals Transfers Nyk Sessock 11 Philadelphia, PA Transferred from Pitt
Competitive Big Ten regular season
Results summary
Results by round
Match results
Big Ten Tournament
NCAA Tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final United Soccer None Released None Released Top Drawer Soccer 7 7 7 7 Soccer America None Released CollegeSoccerNews.com 6 6 6 6
2021 MLS SuperDraft
Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref. Joshua Penn 1 10 FW Inter Miami
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