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Men’s soccer plays in first match of New Mexico Lobo Invitational

By Jacob Onak | September 23, 2012

After its first win against Iona last weekend, men’s soccer (1-5-2) faced off against Denver (5-1-2) in the first match of the New Mexico Lobo Invitational. The Huskies had a poor start to the first half as the Pioneers struck in the 14th minute. Defender...

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...

Darbaki and Kannah: two assets on men’s soccer team

By Jacob Onak | September 18, 2012

There is no secret that NIU men’s soccer as been struggling for goals. In six games the Huskies (1-3-2) have scored five goals, and have been shut out twice. What the stats don’t show is that there have been an abundance of chances created by the...

Jayson LeSeth: a key player in men’s soccer

By Jacob Onak | September 17, 2012

“Letting the ball do the work” is a common phrase in soccer. It’s a phrase that coaches tell players when they need to start passing more, opposed to trying to dribble past players. A fluid passing game is one of the Huskies biggest strengths, and...

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 wins against Iona on Sunday

By Jacob Onak | September 16, 2012

The battle for the LeWang Cup kicked off Friday, as NIU (1-3-2) took on UW-Milwaukee in the first game of the Northwestern Lakeside Classic. It was the Huskies who dominated play in the first half, but the Panthers took the lead in the 33rd minute off...

Men’s soccer opens up the NIU/Adidas Invitational Friday

By Jacob Onak | September 9, 2012

Playing at home for the first time this season, NIU men’s soccer opened up the NIU/Adidas Invitational against Rhode Island Friday night. In the first half it was all Huskies, (0-2-2) moving the ball through the mid-field. The best scoring opportunity...

Men’s soccer to host NIU/Adidas Invite

By Jacob Onak | September 5, 2012

Its been a tough couple games for men’s soccer, (0-2-0) but this weekend presents the team with a chance to get back in the win column, as they host their annual NIU/Adidas Invite. In their first game of the tournament, the Huskies will face Rhode Island,...

Soccer teams want lights

By Sean Anderson | September 4, 2012

On the days when it reaches close to triple digits outside and all you want to do is sit in the air conditioning and do nothing, men’s or women’s soccer is outside practicing or competing. Why? There are no lights at the stadium for either team to...

Support your Huskie teams

By Matt Hopkinson | August 27, 2012

There is something special about a new semester at NIU. First, my favorite: seeing actual people in DeKalb. And second: three sport teams with national level potential. Yes, amazingly enough, outside of football, two NIU teams have amassed the players...

Men’s soccer hosts opening round NCAA tournament against Leathernecks

By Brian Thomas | November 16, 2011

Today will mark only the second time in school history that NIU men's soccer will host an opening round NCAA tournament game at the NIU soccer complex. The Huskies (14-5-0) are looking to defend their home field, which they were 4-1 on during regular...

Men’s soccer wins MAC championship

By Brian Thomas | November 13, 2011

After missing the MAC tournament last season, NIU men's soccer was back with just one thing on its mind: a MAC championship. That's exactly what the Huskies (14-5-0, 4-2-0 MAC) accomplished after a pair of 1-0 shutout victories at Akron over Buffalo Friday...

NIU men’s soccer falls to Akron 2-0

By Brian Thomas | October 9, 2011

NIU men's soccer suffered a loss on the road Saturday 2-0 at the hands of the defending National Champions and No. 3 ranked Akron. This was the first match of the season where the Huskies (8-3-0, 0-2-0 MAC) were shutout and did not score one goal. "In...