2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The previous season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The 2018 Big Ten regular season began on August 24, 2018, and concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Indiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game.^[1]

With the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths.^[2] The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament.^[3] Big Ten side, Maryland,^[4] would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.^[5][6]

Concluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy.^[7][8] Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire^[9] and signed with Celtic in Scotland.^[10][11] Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall.^[12] Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference,^[13] and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Dan Donigan, the former head coach of Rutgers was fired following the 2018 season and was replaced by Fordham head coach, Jim McElderry.^[18]

School	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Rutgers	Dan Donigan	Fired	November 16, 2018	Preseason	Jim McElderry	December 8, 2018

As of the 2018 season

The preseason poll was released on August 26, 2019.^[26]

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

The Big Ten Tournament was played from November 9–17. Indiana won the tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.

The USC North Region compares teams across the Big Ten Conference, Horizon League, and Mid-American Conference.

* denotes unanimous selection

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.^[32]

• TopDrawerSoccer.com National Freshman of the Year Award: Aidan Morris, Indiana

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Nine Big Ten players were selected in the draft, all in the first three rounds.