Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
St. John's
adidas/IU Credit Union Classic Opens 2015
8/27/2015 7:29:00 PM | Men's Soccer
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana opens the 2015 season with St. John's and No. 4 Notre Dame at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington. Maryland will serve as the fourth team in the tournament.
• Friday night's opponent - St. John's - is one that the Hoosiers have history with. The Red Storm lead the all-time series, 3-2-2 with the last meeting coming in 2011 and ending in a 0-0 draw in Queens, N.Y. In fact, the last two meetings have ended with a 0-0 score, as the game in Bloomington in 2009 also ended that way.
• IU and Notre Dame will meet for the 15th straight season when they matchup on Sunday. The Hoosiers defeated the Irish in Bloomington last year by a score of 1-0.
• The all-time series with the Irish is in the Hoosiers favor by a wide margin, sitting at 28-8-2 entering Sunday's match.
• Indiana went 2-1 in exhibition games over the last two weeks. After opening with a 2-1 loss to Valparaiso, IU rebounded to post a 2-0 shutout against Western Michigan and followed that up with a 2-0 shutout of Marquette in Fort Wayne as part of the Shindigz National Soccer Festival.
Friday, Aug. 28 (Buy Tickets)
Maryland vs. Notre Dame, 5:00 p.m. (BTN Plus | Live Stats)
Indiana vs. St. John's, 8:00 p.m. (BTN Plus | Live Stats)
PROMOTIONS: 1,000 Hoosier Army T-shirts, Postgame Fireworks show
Sunday, Aug. 30 (Buy Tickets)
Maryland vs. St. John's, 11:30 a.m. (Live Stats)
Indiana vs. Notre Dame, 2:00 p.m. (Big Ten Network | Live Stats)
PROMOTIONS: 750 Hoosier Army bandanas
NEWS AND NOTES
• Indiana returns 21 players from last year's roster, including 19 letterwinners.
• Among those returning include junior midfielder Tanner Thompson, who was a First Team NSCAA All-American last year after leading IU in goals (6) and points (15).
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen, a senior from Goshen, Ind., also returns for his final season after scoring five goals last year on his way to First Team All-Big Ten honors.
• Grant Lillard, a sophomore defender, will once again be a big part of the attack as a defender that stands 6-foot-4 and scored five goals as a freshman.
• Junior Colin Webb played every minute of all 22 games in goal last year and posted a 0.96 goals against average and made 70 saves.
• The team features a freshman class of nine players and a pair of transferes in forward Ben Maurey (Brown) and goalkeeper Christian Lomeli (IUPUI).
• After qualifying for the NCAA Tournament last year, the Hoosiers extended their streak to 28 straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
• In the three exhibition games, the Hoosiers had a balanced attack with five different players scoring goals - Maurey, Jordan Kleyn, Femi Hollinger-Janzen, Phil Fives and Timmy Mehl.
ADIDAS/IU CREDIT UNION CLASSIC HISTORY
• The adidas/IU?Credit Union Classic is the nation's premier regular season college soccer tournament. This year's field features No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 13 Maryland, No. 14 Marquette and St. John's.
• Indiana is looking for its 14th adidas/IU Credit Union Classic title since the tournament began in 1983.
• On 11 occasions, the NCAA?Champion has played in the Classic:
1983 - Indiana
1984 - Clemson
1985 - UCLA
1988 - Indiana
1989 - Virginia
1998 - Indiana
1999 - Indiana
2003 - Indiana
2004 - Indiana
2012 - Indiana
2013 - Notre Dame
• On 25 occasions, a team in the Classic has played in the College Cup. The most notable of these years in 1984, when Clemson, Indiana, and UCLA?all played in both the Classic and the College Cup, with Clemson winning the NCAA?title.
• Notre Dame is the most recent Classic team to make the College Cup, earning a trip in 2013.
• Teams in the Classic have reached the NCAA?Tournament on 101 occasions.
• More than 25 players that participated in the Classic have gone on to the Olympics or the World Cup. Below is a sampling:
• Brian Maisonneuve, Indiana (1998 World Cup, 1996 Olympics)
• Juergen Sommer, Indiana (1994 and 1998 World Cup)
• John Stollmeyer, Indiana (1990 World Cup, 1998 Olympics)
• Frank Hejduk, UCLA?(1998, 2002, 2006 World Cup, 2000, 1996 Olympics)
• Brad Friedel, UCLA?(1994, 1998, 2002 World Cup, 1992, 2000 Olympics)
• Eddie Pope, UCLA (1998, 2002, 2006 World Cup, 1996 Olympics)
• Brian McBride, Saint Louis (1998, 2002, 2006 World Cup; 2008 Olympics)
• Danny Califf, Maryland (2000 Olympics)
• John Harkes, Virginia (1990, 1994 World Cup)
| Year | Champion | The Field |
| 1983 | Indiana | San Francisco, Long Island, Duke |
| 1984 | Indiana | UCLA, Clemson, Virginia |
| 1985 | Clemson | Indiana, Connecticut, UCLA |
| 1986 | South Carolina | Indiana, UNLV, Virginia |
| 1987 | South Carolina | Indiana, Evansville, SMU |
| 1988 | Indiana | UCLA, Evansville, North Carolina |
| 1989 | Virginia | Indiana, Saint Louis, Notre Dame |
| 1990 | Indiana/Saint Louis | San Francisco, Virginia |
| 1991 | Indiana | Stanford, Penn State, Saint Louis |
| 1992 | Duke | Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA |
| 1993 | Notre Dame | Indiana, Rutgers, UNLV |
| 1994 | Saint Louis | Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina |
| 1995 | Indiana | Saint Louis, North Carolina State, |
| 1996 | UCLA | Indiana, SMU, Duke |
| 1997 | Indiana | Clemson, Rutgers, Saint Louis |
| 1998 | Indiana | California, Charleston, Butler |
| 1999 | Saint Louis | Indiana, Butler, Maryland |
| 2000 | Portland | Indiana, UCLA, Butler |
| 2001 | St. John's | Indiana, Butler, Kentucky |
| 2002 | Clemson | Butler, Indiana, Rutgers |
| 2003 | Indiana | California, Notre Dame, UAB |
| 2004 | Indiana | Notre Dame, Boston University, Oregon State |
| 2005 | Indiana | Notre Dame, SMU, Wake Forest |
| 2006 | Saint Louis | Indiana, Notre Dame, Connecticut |
| 2007 | Maryland | Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA |
| 2008 | Akron | Indiana, Notre Dame, Duke |
| 2009 | St. John's | Indiana, Notre Dame, Wake Forest |
| 2010 | California | Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA |
| 2011 | Indiana | Notre Dame, Saint Louis, Dayton |
| 2012 | Notre Dame | Indiana, Clemson, San Diego State |
| 2013 | Notre Dame | UCLA, Indiana, SMU |
| 2014 | Indiana/Notre Dame | Georgetown, Marquette |
