INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's soccer program and Head Coach
Sid van Druenen announced its 2025 schedule on Thursday (May 22), highlighted by road matches against major conference foes including Notre Dame (Aug. 24) and Louisville (Aug. 29). The Jaguars will open the regular season at Bowling Green (Aug. 21) and will open the regular season home slate against future Horizon League foe Northern Illinois on Sept. 9.
The Jaguars full non-conference slate includes road games at BGSU (Aug. 21), Notre Dame (Aug. 24), Louisville (Nov. 29), Butler (Sept. 1), Southern Indiana (Sept. 6) and Western Illinois (Sept. 16). Home non-conference matches include meetings with Northern Illinois (Sept. 9) and Bellarmine (Oct. 14). The preseason slate includes a home match with Northwestern (Aug. 9) and road matches at Johnson University (Aug. 12) and Dayton (Aug. 16).
The Jags will open Horizon League play against Wright State (Sept. 13) and cap league play at Oakland (Nov. 4). IU Indy will face reigning league champion RMU on the road on Oct. 4.
van Druenen's team returns top scorers from a season ago in
Jose Antonio Herrera (6 goals),
Ethan Vermillion (2 goals, 2 assists) and
Tyson Aschliman (2 goals, 1 assist) and defensive pillars
Brady Horn,
Gijs Velings and
Jago Thompson-Roberts. Horn topped the team in minutes played with 1,341 from the defensive third while Velings was third on the squad with 1,202 in the midfield. Sophomore
Bali Esquivel also returns in the midfield, having played more than 1,100 minutes last season and totaling a goal and an assist.
Two goalkeepers from last year's group return in
Declan Finnegan (5 appearances, 0.86 GAA) and
Cameron Maung Maung (2 appearances, 3.00 GAA).
The group of newcomers includes midyear addition
Luke Kalavitz and Coker University-transfer Youri Keijser. Other newcomers include true freshmen Luke Correia, Jordin Jones and Shawn Seymour. Other newcomers will be announced at a later date.
