Men’s Soccer Coaches Select Indiana as 2024 Big Ten Favorite

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Indiana Hoosiers have been selected as the favorite to claim their 17th Big Ten Conference title, according to a vote of the league’s coaches released on Wednesday.

Ranked No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll, Indiana was a unanimous first place selection by the conference’s 11 coaches. Penn State was selected second, followed by the Big Ten’s members UCLA and Washington in third and fourth places, respectively, with Michigan State rounding out the top five.

The conference also unveiled the 2024 Big Ten Players to Watch List on Wednesday, as selected by the league’s coaches. Included in the list are 15 student-athletes who earned all-conference recognition in 2023. Among last season’s honorees are six All-Big Ten First Team performers, Indiana’s Patrick McDonald, Samuel Sarver, and Justin Weiss, Michigan State’s Jonathan Stout, and Northwestern’s Collin McCamy and Nigel Prince.

The 2024 Big Ten Men’s Soccer season kicks off this weekend, as nine teams to take the pitch on Thursday, with the remaining two teams kicking off on Friday.

The complete 2024 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll and Players to Watch List can be found below.

2024 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll

1. Indiana (Unanimous
2. Penn State
3. UCLA
4. Washington
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Maryland
8. Northwestern
9. Rutgers
10. Michigan
11. Wisconsin

2024 Players to Watch List

Patrick McDonald (SR, M), Indiana
Samuel Sarver (SR, F), Indiana
Justin Weiss (Grad., F), Indiana
William Kulvik (SR, D), Maryland
Alex Nitzl (GR, M), Maryland
Bjarne Thiesen (GR, D), Maryland       
Bryce Blevins (SR, M), Michigan
Jason Bucknor (SR, D/M), Michigan
Nolan Miller (JR, D), Michigan    
Jeremy Sharp (JR, D), Michigan State    
Jake Spadafora (JR, F), Michigan State
Jonathan Stout (JR, M), Michigan State
Collin McCamy (SR, M), Northwestern
Nigel Prince (JR, D), Northwestern
Fritz Volmar (SO, D), Northwestern
Michael Adedokun (SR, M), Ohio State
Siggi Magnusson (SR, D), Ohio State
Luciano Pechota (JR, M), Ohio State   
Mohamed Cisset (SO, D), Penn State
Caden Grabfelder (SO, M), Penn State
Matthew Henderson (JR, D), Penn State   
Curt Calov (SR, M), Rutgers
Ola Maeland (GRAD, F), Rutgers   
Joey Zalinsky (SR, D), Rutgers
Jose Contell (R-SR, F)), UCLA
Pablo Greenlee (SR, D), UCLA
Andre Ochoa (SR, F), UCLA
Richie Aman (JR, M), Washington
Peter Kingston (SR, M), Washington
Sean Sent (SR, M), Washington
Kevin Andrews (SR, F), Wisconsin
Birgir Baldvinsson (SR, D), Wisconsin
Trip Fleming (SO, M), Wisconsin