2014 Northwestern Wildcats men's soccer team

Northwestern Wildcats
2014 season
Head Coach	Tim Lenahan
Stadium	Lakeside Field
Big Ten	3rd (4–1–3)
Big Ten Tournament	Quarterfinals
NCAA Tournament	1st round
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Northwestern Wildcats men's soccer team was the college's 35th season of playing organized men's college soccer.

2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 Maryland ‡	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	6	–	3
Ohio State +	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	8	–	5
Northwestern +	4	–	1	–	3	9	–	4	–	6
No. 23 Penn State +	5	–	3	–	0	13	–	6	–	1
No. 8 Michigan St. +	4	–	2	–	2	12	–	5	–	6
No. 17 Indiana +	3	–	3	–	2	12	–	5	–	5
Michigan	3	–	3	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	12	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	7	–	1	3	–	12	–	3


‡ - Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 16, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA

Background

In the 2013 season, Northwestern finished at the bottom of the conference standings.^[1] Despite this, the team won their first Big Ten Tournament game against Wisconsin before losing to Michigan State in the semifinal.^[2] Northwestern would go on to lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Bradley.^[3]

Roster

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	USA	Zak Allen
1	GK	USA	Tyler Miller
4	DF	USA	Nathan Dearth
5	DF	NZL	Nikko Boxall
6	MF	NZL	Riley Kelliher
7	MF	USA	Sam Forsgren
8	DF	USA	Sagar Jambusaria
9	FW	USA	Elo Ozumba
10	FW	USA	Joey Calistri
11	MF	USA	Eric Weberman
12	FW	USA	Peter Horner
13	MF	USA	Connor Holloway
14	DF	USA	Henry Herrill


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Cole Missimo
16	FW	USA	Mike Roberge
17	MF	USA	Nati Schnitman
18	DF	USA	Mick Maley
19	MF	USA	Jeffrey Hopson
20	MF	USA	Brandon Medina
21	FW	USA	John Moderwell
22	GK	USA	Brendan Gruenwald-Schmitz
23	FW	USA	Getenet Tuji
24	MF	USA	Drew Rosenberg
25	DF	USA	Drew Beasley
26	DF	USA	Grant Wilson
27	GK	USA	Francisco Tomasino

Competitions

Preseason

August 16	South Jersey All-Stars	1–4	Northwestern	Pomona, New Jersey
3:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: G. Larry James Stadium

August 19	Fairleigh Dickinson	0–1	Northwestern	Hackensack, New Jersey
11:00 am CT		Report		Stadium: University Stadium

August 22	St. John's	0–0	Northwestern	Pomona, New Jersey
6:30 pm CT		Report		Stadium: G. Larry James Stadium

Regular season

Big Ten Standings

Team^[5]	Conference								Overall
Team^[5]	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Maryland	8	5	2	1	15	8	+7	16	22	13	6	3	35	19	+16
Ohio State	8	5	3	0	14	8	+6	15	22	9	8	5	28	22	+6
Northwestern	8	4	1	3	11	7	+4	15	19	9	4	6	22	12	+10
Penn State	8	5	3	0	7	9	–2	15	20	13	6	1	29	18	+11
Michigan State	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3	14	23	12	5	6	31	19	+12
Indiana	8	3	3	2	13	12	+1	11	22	12	5	5	35	22	+13
Michigan	8	3	3	2	11	10	+1	11	18	6	9	3	20	23	–3
Rutgers	8	1	6	1	7	17	–10	4	19	6	12	1	23	36	–13
Wisconsin	8	0	7	1	7	17	–10	1	18	3	12	3	20	34	–14

Match results

August 29 1	Northwestern	2–0	Quinnipiac	Evanston, Illinois
7:40 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 314 Referee: Alex Beeler

August 31 2	Northwestern	3–0	Hofstra	Evanston, Illinois
1:45 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 447 Referee: Edwin Jurisevic

September 5 3	UCSB	1–1	Northwestern	Santa Barbara, California
9:05 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 1605 Referee: Rene Nunez

September 7 4	Cal State Fullerton	0–0	Northwestern	Santa Barbara, California
2:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 67 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

September 14 5	Ohio State	2–0	Northwestern	Columbus, Ohio
12:04 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 748 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

September 17 6	Northwestern	1–0	Valpariso	Evanston, Illinois
9:30 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 2151 Referee: Keith Angel

September 21 7	Northwestern	0–0	Michigan	Evanston, Illinois
4:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 754 Referee: Jorge Cuate

September 24 8	Northwestern	1–0	DePaul	Evanston, Illinois
7:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 854 Referee: Pawel Wydra

September 28 9	Indiana	1–1	Northwestern	Bloomington, Indiana
1:45 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1966 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

October 5 10	Northwestern	3–2	Maryland	Evanston, Illinois
12:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 1012 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

October 8 11	Northern Illinois	0–2	Northwestern	DeKalb, Illinois
7:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: NIU Soccer Complex Attendance: 316 Referee: Jorge Cuate

October 14 12	Notre Dame	1–0	Northwestern	Notre Dame, Indiana
6:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 761 Referee: Pawel Wydra

October 18 13	Rutgers	0–2	Northwestern	Piscataway, New Jersey
6:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 554 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

October 26 14	Michigan State	1–1	Northwestern	East Lansing, Michigan
12:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: DeMartin Stadium Attendance: 1007 Referee: Jorge Cuate

October 29 15	Loyola	1–0	Northwestern	Chicago, Illinois
7:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 423 Referee: Greg Dopka

November 2 16	Northwestern	2–1	Penn State	Evanston, Illinois
1:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 762 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

November 5 17	Northwestern	2–0	Wisconsin	Evanston, Illinois
7:00 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 479

Big Ten Tournament

November 9 QF	Northwestern	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Indiana	Evanston, Illinois
12:00 p.m. CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 624 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

NCAA Tournament

November 20 1st round	Northwestern	0–1	SIU Edwardsville	Evanston, Illinois
4:30 pm CT		Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 255 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Statistics

Transfers

References

^ "2013 Big Ten men's soccer standings". Big Ten. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "Northwestern 2013 season". Big Ten. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "2013 Division 1 Men's Soccer Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "2014 Men's Soccer Roster". NUsports.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "2014 SEASON IN REVIEW" (PDF). Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[1] "2013 Big Ten men's soccer standings". Big Ten. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[2] "Northwestern 2013 season". Big Ten. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[3] "2013 Division 1 Men's Soccer Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[4] "2014 Men's Soccer Roster". NUsports.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[5] "2014 SEASON IN REVIEW" (PDF). Retrieved October 21, 2017.

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