EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State men’s soccer opens the home schedule against Bowling Green on Monday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. Monday is Welcome Back Students Night at DeMartin.
In the season opener, the Spartans tied No. 25 SIUE 1-1 in Edwardsville, Illinois on Thursday, Aug. 22. Senior midfielder Sean Kerrigan provided the offense converting a penalty kick in the first half.
Brad LaPlante and Joe DesVergnes are on the call for B1G+.
LOOKING AT THE FALCONS
Bowling Green earned a season-opening win against Wright State on Friday, 3-2. After trailing 2-0 at half time, the Falcons came fighting back to score three second-half goals.
BGSU was picked to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Falcons return 17 of 20 players from last year’s team. Alberto Anaya and Trace Terry were both named All-MVC honors last season.
SERIES HISTORY
Michigan State leads the overall series with Bowling Green 25-17-7. In East Lansing, MSU holds a 10-3 advantage, while having a slight lead at Bowling Green 11-10-4. Last season’s meeting was also MSU’s home opener with the Spartans coming out on top 3-0. Michigan State got goals from Efosa Emovon, Jake Spadafora and Colin Arce. MSU is 8-1-1 against BGSU in the last 10 games.
RULE CHANGES THIS SEASON
This season the clock will stop on substitutions with 15 minutes left if the game is tied or the winning team makes a sub.
Substitutions can be made during any stoppage of time.
Another change is to allow teams six moments to make substitutions in a game. Current substitution exceptions for goalkeepers, injury caused by an opposing player who was cautioned or ejected, bleeding injury, blood on the uniform, concussion evaluation and a permanent medical condition will not count as a moment as long as no other substitutions are made at the same time by that team. If a coach has used all of their moments and there is an injury not covered by the current exceptions listed previously, the team will play short. For postseason overtime games, any unused moments will carry over and one additional moment for all of overtime will be awarded.
PK KING
Senior midfielder Sean Kerrigan scored the Spartans’ only goal in the 1-1 tie against No. 25 SIUE. Kerrigan continues to shine from the penalty spot….
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