2008 Tryout Dates

September 4th
September 5th
September 8th
4-8 PM

Mark Your Calenders.

The tryouts will be held at Mitchell Field
The tryout fee will be $30, this includes a free Michigan Men's Club soccer T-Shirt.
We most likely won't play for the full four hours, but that is how long the fields are reserved for.

Email questions to club president:
Tom McCurdy - tmccurdy@umich.edu






Michigan's regular season is over with a record of 8-2-2. Although a good record Michigan will have to win the Regional Tournament for any hopes of going to Nationals in Florida.

The Regional Tournament grouping:

Group A Indiana Dayton Purdue

Group B Ohio State Michigan Western Michigan

Group C Michigan State Illinois Bowling Green

Group D UW-Milwaukee Iowa Ohio

Semi Finals are:
Winner of group A playing Group B
Winner of group C playing Group D

More information and times can be found at the League Website

Michigan had a new mindset comming into the Purdue game. Stats no longer mattered. They knew that for them to have any chance of going to Nationals to defend their title they were now going to have to win the Regional Tournament. This attitude allowed them to have a little fun in their last game. Michigan went up 3-0 before half time with goals from (Tom McCurdy, Cyrus Shabrang, and Kevin Savitskie) Purdue scored next. Michigan returned with a goal of their own from Gari. Purdue scored again to make the score 4-2. The final goal of the game came from a cross from Brent Medema to Tom McCurdy who assisted Aaron Swick to make the score 5-2.

Summary:
W - Purdue (5-2)
Overall Regular Season Record: 8-2-2
Michigan vs IUSB -Oct 13
The game started off looking pretty bad for Michigan.  At the very beginning of the game IUSB was awarded a free kick from about 35 yards back, and got a lucky bounce to put them up 1-0. Michigan responded eventually scoring two before half from Tom McCurdy and Jason Riley. After Michigan got the goals and calmed down, they were able to control the game fairly well. With two more goals in the second half from Tom McCurdy and Matt Hecker, Michigan won 4-1.

Michigan vs Buter -Oct 13
Michigan and Butler squared off later in the day, and although it was the second game of the day Michigan seemed for the most part ready. Although both teams battled back and forth and what seemed like Michigan control of the game, neither team was able to score, and the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

Michigan vs Ohio State Oct 14
Michgian faced Ohio State for the first time in recent years away.  It was clear from the beginning that Ohio State had a good team, and Michigan never seemed to get enough energy to compete with them.  Michigan went 2-0 and although a burst of energy after the second goal never scored.

Summary:
W - IUSB (4-1)
T - Butler (0-0)
L - Ohio State (0-2)
Overall Record: 7-2-2

The team played Michigan State at Howell in what started as almost complete darkness. After about 20 minutes the game was put on hold until lights could be found so the game could finish. Michigan State struck first with a goal just before half time. Michigan responded in style in the second half commanding much of the play, scoring two goals from Kevin Savitski and Nico Fotieo to take the lead. State held strong and squeaked one in near the end of the game to tie it up 2-2.

Summary:
T - Michigan State (2-2)
Overal Record: 6-1-1

Michigan played Central Michigan in a high scoring game. Michigan scored first from Ike. Michigan also scored the next goal putting Michigan up 2-0 from Kevin Savitskie. Central Michigan scored next making it 3-1 at half. Brad Murphy scored next putting Michigan up 3-1. Central Michigan rallied their effort and scored to make it 3-2. Any hopes of a comeback were gone after Michigan scored two more from Tom McCurdy.

Summary:
W - Central Michigan (5-2)
Overall Record: 6-1

The team had two games on Sunday. The first game was against Grand Valley at what may be considered the nicest complex yet this season. Michigan came out strong fast scoring their first goal within the first 30 seconds of the match from Tom off a ball from Gari. The next goal came from a nicely placed cleated ball from Jeff Jackson. Michigan scored two more goals from Jason and Gari to make the final score 4-0. W - Western MichiganUniversity (1-0)
Overall Record: 5-1

The second game on sunday was against Western Michigan University. As always the game was very physical. Both teams had opportunities throughout the match. Aaron Swick scored in the final minutes in the game allowing Michigan to win 1-0. Tucker had a spectacular match in goal coming up with many big saves including an incredible diving save to secure a shut out.

Summary:
W - Grand Valley State (4-0)
W - Western Michigan University (1-0)
Overall Record: 5-1

The team met Ferris State on Saturday and seemed determine to make up for its loss last weekend. The game was 4-0 at half time, and although there were no more goals in the second half, the team was able to end with maximum points securing the shut out.

On Sunday the team met what most would describe as a new team from Eastern. Although a quick goal to start the game off from Ike made it seem like it might be a blow out, Eastern's club team proved to be quite a match. The score remained 1-0 until Brad Murphy decided to duplicate a goal that was called offsides earlier in the match put the club up 2-0. And with a goal from Tom towards the end of the match the final score was 3-0.

Summary:
W - Ferris State (4-0)
W - Eastern Michigan (3-0)
Overall Record: 3-1

The Men's Club Soccer Team Kicked off it's season with a pair of games at Illinois against Illinois and Illinois State. The team came out strong in the morning game in less then favorable conditions to win 5-0. The second game did not go as well. Michigan game out sluggish against a very fired up Illinois team.


Summary:
W - Illinois State
L - Illinois
Overall Record: 1-1