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Men’s soccer ties its season home opener

By Marcel Carrasco | September 8, 2019

DeKALB — An overtime period was not enough to declare a winner during the men’s soccer match Friday.The Huskies opened their homestead with a 1-1 draw against University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.Green Bay was first on the score sheet with a goal...

Godsey ends historic career

By Jacob Onak | November 13, 2012

It’s tough to put an emphasis on how much senior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey meant to NIU men’s soccer over the past four years; the guy has been a rock in between the posts. In the past three seasons Godsey started a total of 54 matches for NIU, starting...

Men’s soccer defeats the Owls

By Jacob Onak | September 30, 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 | September 30, 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...

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 ready for new season, high goals

By Jacob Onak | August 27, 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 27, 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...

NIU men’s soccer looks ahead to difficult schedule

By Northern Star Staff | July 9, 2012

NIU men’s soccer’s schedule highlights a plethora of NCAA tournament as well as conference champions from last year. They will face five teams that were in the NCAA tournament last season, three of which finished in the top-10, as well as six conference...

No. 3 Story of the year: Men's soccer wins MAC Championship

No. 3 Story of the year: Men’s soccer wins MAC Championship

By Brian Thomas | May 2, 2012

NIU men’s soccer accomplished something that it had only done twice in school history: winning the MAC Championship. The Huskies (15-6-0) went through the MAC tournament and earned a pair of 1-0 victories - over Buffalo in the first round and Western...

No. 4 for top 10 NIU athletes: Jordan Godsey

By Brian Thomas | May 1, 2012

Jordan Godsey of NIU men’s soccer is no stranger to the Northern Star’s top 10 athletes of the year, as he has made the cut in each of his three seasons. He continues to move up in the rankings, as he earned the No. 10 his freshman year, and jumped...

Men’s soccer trying to find identity

By Brian Thomas | April 3, 2012

After winning the MAC championship and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament, NIU men’s soccer is in the midst of its spring season. The Huskies have played three games so far, two of them coming against conference champions from last...

Men’s soccer defeated by Creighton in NCAA tournament

By Brian Thomas | November 20, 2011

The run in the NCAA tournament came to a close Sunday for NIU men's soccer. The Huskies (15-6-0) were defeated at No. 2 seed Creighton 3-0 in the second round. "Obviously, it's hard, you don't want your season to come to an end," said NIU men's soccer...