Match Day Central: No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 13 Indiana

Clemson United to Start Nationwide Championship Protection Towards No. 13 Indiana

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26

🐾  No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 13 Indiana

📍 Clemson, S.C. (Historic Riggs Subject)

🗓 Friday, August 26, 2022 • 7:00 p.m.

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CLEMSON, S.C. — Coming off its 2021 Nationwide Championship, the No. 1 Clemson males’s soccer crew opens the common season at residence towards No. 13 Indiana on Friday, August 26 at 7:00 p.m. The match can be broadcast on ESPNU.

Friday night time will mark the Tigers’ twelfth encounter with the Hoosiers in program historical past. Clemson’s final assembly with Indiana was in 2012, leading to a 0-3 loss in Bloomington, Indiana. Clemson is 4-6-1 all-time towards Indiana, with its final win courting again to the November 1987 upset over the then No. 1 Hoosiers. Clemson went on to win this system’s second Nationwide Championship that season. Friday’s match would be the first between the 2 blue bloods at Historic Riggs Subject since 1998, the place Indiana gained, 2-1; Clemson final defeated Indiana at residence in October of 1986.

Two Tigers who earned All-ACC accolades from 2021 are returning for the 2022 marketing campaign. Junior defender Hamady Diop was an All-ACC Second Group choice after tallying three objectives and three assists on the yr. Moreover, junior midfielder Ousmane Sylla joined Diop on the All-ACC Second Group after amassing 5 objectives and 7 assists in 21 appearances final season. 

Clemson’s Head Coach Mike Noonan enters his thirteenth season main the reigning nationwide champions. Throughout his tenure at Clemson, Noonan has amassed a 140-72-35 document, with an 81-29-14 document the previous six seasons. Over the previous seven seasons, 23 of Noonan’s Tigers have been chosen within the MLS SuperDraft, most by any faculty in that time-frame. After Clemson’s Nationwide Championship victory this previous season, six Tigers have been chosen within the 2022 MLS SuperDraft, a college document and a tie for probably the most gamers drafted from one faculty in a single draft yr. 

Indiana homes the 2021 Massive Ten Defensive Participant of the 12 months, Daniel Munie. Beginning all 17 video games final season, Munie led IU’s protection to 13 clear sheets whereas amassing three objectives and two assists. Along with Munie, 4 different Hoosiers who earned All-Massive Ten accolades in the course of the 2021 season are returning for in 2022. Senior ahead Herbert Endeley earned a spot on the All-Massive Ten Second Group. Tommy Milhalic and Sam Sarver, who earned spots on the 2021 Massive Ten All-Freshman crew, additionally return for his or her sophomore campaigns. 

Hoosier’s Head Coach, Todd Yeagley, enters his thirteenth season at Indiana. Yeagley was a standout participant at Indiana from 1991-94 and has led the Hoosier to 3 nationwide titles since changing into head coach in December 2009. 

Todd Yeagley’s father, Jerry Yeagley, coached at Indiana from 1973-2003 and is taken into account probably the most profitable collegiate soccer coach within the historical past of the game. Jerry Yeagley gained six nationwide championships whereas teaching the Hoosiers and was beforehand inducted into the Nationwide Soccer Corridor of Fame.

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