It’s a cold, rainy day in October.
IU men’s soccer head coach Todd Yeagley and his team are out in the elements anyway, preparing for an upcoming clash with Michigan State. The starters scrimmage with the bench players and reserves, the two teams going back and forth until the ball falls to the feet of freshman defender Jack Maher. He doesn’t hesitate, dribbling to his right before surely pulling the ball back and passing to his left, keeping the ball moving.
The lone freshman in the starting lineup of a veteran team with monumental ambitions, Maher doesn’t stick out.