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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Men’s soccer reshapes gameplan, formation

By Jacob Onak | October 10, 2012

Just like when a football offense goes into shotgun, or a defense into the nickel, there are many formations that a soccer team can play in. There is the traditional 4-4-2, which gives a team a balance in both attack and defense or an attacking 4-3-3,...

Golden Eagles soar to victory over men’s soccer

By Jacob Onak | October 9, 2012

Starting off one of their toughest weeks of the season NIU men’s soccer (3-6-2) took on the undefeated Marquette Golden Eagles (12-0) Tuesday night. Despite a solid team performance the Huskies fell, 1-0. On a cold, windy and rainy night, Marquette...

Men’s Soccer set to face off against Golden Eagles

By Jacob Onak | October 8, 2012

After earning its second conference win against Hartwick over the weekend, NIU men’s soccer will turn around and play the ninth-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles in Milwaukee, tonight. The Golden Eagles (11-0) are undefeated this season as they come off...

Men’s Soccer wins second MAC game against Hartwick

By Jacob Onak | October 7, 2012

After its first conference win against Florida Atlantic, NIU men’s soccer looked to remain undefeated in MAC play as it took on the Hartwick Hawks in a 1-0 game Saturday. The Huskies (2-5-2, 2-0-0 MAC) pressured the Hawks (3-5-2, 1-1-0 MAC) right out...

Men’s soccer defeats the Owls

By Jacob Onak | October 1, 2012

Coming into its first MAC conference game against Florida Atlantic, NIU men’s soccer’s players and coaches made it quite clear this was a new start to the season. The Huskies (2-5-2, 1-0-0 MAC) got the result they were looking for as they started...

Thornton brings strong offensive play to Huskies

By Jacob Onak | October 1, 2012

There have been a lot of opportunities given to some of the younger players on men’s soccer this season, and freshman attacker Parker Thornton is no exception. Thornton, a native of Buda, Texas, has slowly worked his way up to being one of the first...

Gael Rivera (4) of NIU takes the ball down the field against Drake in a September game. Rivera scored NIU's only goal in a draw game.

Men’s soccer looking for victory at weekend invitational

By Jacob Onak | September 20, 2012

After getting its first victory of the season against Iona, men’s soccer will try and take that momentum to the New Mexico TLC/Nike Invitational this weekend. The Huskies’s (1-3-2) first game is against the Denver Pioneers. The Pioneers (3-1-2) are...

Huskies, ‘clearly a better team,’ lose

By Jacob Onak | September 4, 2012

After a successful season last year, this isn’t the way men’s soccer wanted to start its season. The Huskies (0-2-0) lost their second game in a heartbreaking manner to the Phoenix, of UW Green Bay (2-1-0), after the game went into double overtime....

Men’s soccer needs to play entire match

By Jacob Onak | August 30, 2012

NIU men’s soccer looks to bounce back after its first loss, as it faces off against Phoenix of UW Green Bay, Friday. After seeing the Huskies (0-1-0) play a solid second half of soccer against the Creighton Bluejays, head coach Eric Luzzi wants a full...

Men’s soccer ready for new season, high goals

By Jacob Onak | August 28, 2012

Whenever a sports program has a successful year, professional or collegiate, the next year is crucial. If a team continues its success or has a bad year, proving that the previous season was a fluke, it’s sometimes known as the hangover affect. NIU...

Huskies rebuild with impressive recruiting class

By Jacob Onak | August 28, 2012

Successful athletic programs are born from quality recruitment classes. As players become older and start to graduate, it is important to keep bringing in highly recruited freshman into the athletic program. “It’s a constant process,” said head...

‘We need to be more ruthless’

By Matt Hopkinson | August 27, 2012

NIU men’s soccer lost its first game of the season, 3-1, against third-ranked Creighton. The Huskies (0-1-0) got off to a slow start in the first half as the Blue Jays (1-0-0) kept most of the possession and created all of the chances. “We didn’t...

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