Chippewa Soccer Announces 2025 Schedule
6/25/2025 1:16:00 PM | Soccer
Nine-match home slate led by visits from Butler, Loyola Chicago; August road trips to Wisconsin, Cincinnati
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — The 2025 schedule for Central Michigan Soccer was announced Wednesday, featuring a nine-match home slate that opens Aug. 14.
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The nonleague portion features home contests against Butler (Aug. 14), Loyola Chicago (Aug. 17) and Wright State (Sept. 11). The season-opener against the Bulldogs represents the lone first-time opponent on the schedule for the Chippewas, after the 2024 slate featured four first-time matchups (Texas, TCU, Green Bay, South Dakota).
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The early season road schedule includes visits to Wisconsin (Aug. 21), Cincinnati (Aug. 28) and South Dakota (Sept. 7). CMU took down the Bearcats, 2-1, in 2024 for the program's first victory over a power conference opponent since 2019; the Chippewas defeated the Badgers, 2-1, in Madison, Wis. in the programs' lone meeting in 2011. The trip to South Dakota closes out a home-and-home series that began last season.
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The Mid-American Conference slate will change for the first time since 2005 with the addition of Massachusetts as a full member of the conference. UMass's first visit to Mount Pleasant as a conference member in any sport, aside from football, will take place Oct. 5 at the CMU Soccer Complex.
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The Chippewas will visit reigning champion Western Michigan on the final league Sunday (Oct. 26), then host Eastern Michigan (Oct. 29) to conclude the regular season. All three Michigan-based MAC matchups resulted in a tie in 2024—Central Michigan was the only team in the MAC to collect at least one point toward the league standings from both of its top two seeds (Buffalo; Oct. 12).
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The MAC slate opens Sept. 14 as the Chippewas host Ohio. The remaining home conference schedule in order: Toledo (Sept. 25), Northern Illinois (Oct. 2), Kent State (Oct. 16).
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The 2025 season unofficially opens Aug. 7 with a traditional preseason exhibition at Detroit Mercy.
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The nonleague portion features home contests against Butler (Aug. 14), Loyola Chicago (Aug. 17) and Wright State (Sept. 11). The season-opener against the Bulldogs represents the lone first-time opponent on the schedule for the Chippewas, after the 2024 slate featured four first-time matchups (Texas, TCU, Green Bay, South Dakota).
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The early season road schedule includes visits to Wisconsin (Aug. 21), Cincinnati (Aug. 28) and South Dakota (Sept. 7). CMU took down the Bearcats, 2-1, in 2024 for the program's first victory over a power conference opponent since 2019; the Chippewas defeated the Badgers, 2-1, in Madison, Wis. in the programs' lone meeting in 2011. The trip to South Dakota closes out a home-and-home series that began last season.
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The Mid-American Conference slate will change for the first time since 2005 with the addition of Massachusetts as a full member of the conference. UMass's first visit to Mount Pleasant as a conference member in any sport, aside from football, will take place Oct. 5 at the CMU Soccer Complex.
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The Chippewas will visit reigning champion Western Michigan on the final league Sunday (Oct. 26), then host Eastern Michigan (Oct. 29) to conclude the regular season. All three Michigan-based MAC matchups resulted in a tie in 2024—Central Michigan was the only team in the MAC to collect at least one point toward the league standings from both of its top two seeds (Buffalo; Oct. 12).
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The MAC slate opens Sept. 14 as the Chippewas host Ohio. The remaining home conference schedule in order: Toledo (Sept. 25), Northern Illinois (Oct. 2), Kent State (Oct. 16).
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The 2025 season unofficially opens Aug. 7 with a traditional preseason exhibition at Detroit Mercy.
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Soccer vs Ohio
Sunday, September 14
Soccer vs Wright State
Thursday, September 11
Soccer vs Loyola Chicago
Sunday, August 17
Soccer vs Butler
Thursday, August 14