No. 1 Clemson defeats No. 13 Indiana, 3-2

After losing six players to the MLS SuperDraft (a school record), the Tigers are returning three key players from last year’s championship team, one in each unit of the outfield.

Junior defender Hamady Diop was an All-ACC Second Team selection but is the only player from the backline to remain at Clemson. In midfield, junior Ousmane Sylla returns to pull strings and create chances as he did with five goals and a team-leading seven assists in 2021. At the point of the attack, senior forward Isaiah Reed looks to match or better his team-high nine goals from a season ago.

Clemson starting XI: GK Trevor Manion; DEF Ben Erkens, Diop, Enrique Montana, Joseph Skinner; MID Sylla, Alvaro Gomez, Derek Waleffe, Elton Chifamba; FWD Reed, Mohamed Seye

The Hoosiers, henceforth, welcome back 20 of 25 players who saw minutes a year ago. At the back, the center-back duo of Joey Maher and Daniel Munie started all 22 games last season and recorded 13 clean sheets. Munie was awarded the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for his contributions and is ranked as the No. 3 player in the country (and best defender) by TopDrawerSoccer.

Starting XI sets.#IUMS pic.twitter.com/ebbkSDCVr4

Indiana Men’s Soccer (@IndianaMSOC) August 26, 2022