2019 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Patrick Nielsen
- Position:
- D
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 187
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- High School:
- Rungsted Gymnasium
- Prev School:
- Cincinnati
2019: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors ... Spartan Captain along with Giuseppe Barone and Michael Pimlott ... Named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List ... Missed the first seven games of the season due to injury ... Made his first appearance of the season against No. 22 Rutgers, playing nine minutes ... Played 45 minutes against Wisconsin (10/6) ... Started his second-straight game against No. 25 Maryland, playing 71 minutes (10/11) ... Played 66 minutes against Akron (10/15) and a full 90 minutes against Ohio State (10/19), Oakland (10/22), Northwestern (10/25), Michigan (10/29), No. 10 Indiana (11/3) and Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament (11/10).
2018: Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors ... Named first-team All-North Region honors ... The transfer from Cincinnati has started all 23 games this season ... Part of the MSU defense that allowed only 22 goals in 23 games ... Earned his first Spartan point against Canisius (8/31) ... Scored first goal of the season against Yale in a 2-2 tie, playing all 110 minutes (9/14) ... Played all 97 minutes against Wisconsin (9/30) ... Scored his first game-winning goal at Maryland (10/5) ... Earned Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors (10/9) ... Played all 110 minutes against Northwestern (10/19) and Michigan (10/23) ... Has played over 90 minutes in five of the last six games, including 92 against No. 4-seeded Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Earned an assist on the game-winning goal against James Madison in the Elite Eight (12/1) ... Sored a goal against Akron in the National Semifinals (12/7) ... Averaged 93.8 minutes per game.
Personal: Majoring in economics.
