DeKALB | The NIU identity has been lost for the men’s soccer program, but after three straight wins, it may be found again. After defeating Holy Cross 2-1 and Gonzaga 1-0 in the Lakeside Classic in Evanston, the Huskies look to be back on track, but...
DeKALB | Finding the will to win has not come early in the season for the NIU men's soccer team, but there is still a glimmer after its first win of the year. The Huskies split the weekend with a 2-1 loss to Oregon State Friday and then a 2-0 win over...
Energy should be high when the NIU men’s soccer team takes the pitch in its 2010 home opener. The Huskies play host for the NIU Adidas/Magnuson Inn Invitational to Oregon State and former head coach Steve Simmons today at 5 p.m. and finish the weekend...
Looking to continue its success from the undefeated offseason, the NIU men's soccer team took a minor stumble out of the starting gate of the 2010 campaign. As the dust settled on opening weekend, the Huskies left Oregon without a win after a scoreless...
"Our attitude for the whole season is going to be: the next game is the most important no matter who it is." This is the mentality that NIU head coach Eric Luzzi and the men's soccer team will not give up on after starting it last season. No. 19 Portland,...
As the NIU men's and women's soccer seasons get underway, the teams will be without some familiar faces. The Northern Star's Andrew Singer and Mike Buda take center ice to see who will be the Huskies' bigger loss: Lindsey Curnock or Josh Karsten. Andrew...
Bringing in international talent has been a constant for American soccer over the past few decades to improve the game in the States. The NIU men's soccer program has a history of acting similarly and has holstered top overseas recruits, which includes...
Is ESPN going through a fad, or has it just gone certifiably insane? I really can't think of another explanation to rationally break down its coverage of the past eight months. First there was Tiger Woods, then Tim Tebow, Stephen Strasburg, LeBron James...
Excited would be an understatement on Eric Luzzi, NIU men's soccer head coach, feels about the 2010-2011 season. Luzzi, who signed a contract extension which will keep him as the Huskies head coach until 2014, declared three specific reasons why he is...
NIU forward Juan Hoyos had been working soccer summer camps all day. So when he got a text message from his coach Steve Simmons he expected a motivational talk was on the horizon. "We thought he was going to tell us to stay in touch," Hoyos said. "You...
Can you feel it, NIU? Temperatures are up, the sun is out and I can almost taste the brats. Summer is nearly here. The flip side is that another summer brings the end of another year of NIU sports and the inevitable evaluations of how the school's programs...
Bob Brigham took over as NIU's athletic director in 1968. He achieved his first major accomplishment in 1969 by getting the Huskie football program into NCAA Division I-A. Brigham donned the cardinal and black for 50 years as a student-athlete, assistant...
