2008 Men's Soccer Roster

Misha Rosenthal
Jersey Number 1

Misha Rosenthal

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    185
  • Position:
    GK
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Miami, Fla.
  • High School:
    Gulliver Prep


2009: Second-team All-Great Lakes Region selection of NSCAA ... Completed career as school's all-time leader with 29 shutouts, including six in 2009 ... Posted a 0.95 goal-against average and a .832 save percentage ... Posted career-high 11 saves in win over Notre Dame in second round of NCAA tournament (11/22) ... Also named to Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for the effort ... Posted seven saves in a shutout win over No. 15 Ohio State (10/4) to be named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week ... Also earned the honor after recording consecutive shutouts against Loyola Chicago (10/20) and Indiana (10/25).

2008: Second-team All-Big Ten selection ... Set a school single-season record with 13 shutouts, including seven consecutive at one point ... Held opponents scoreless over a stretch of 805 minutes and 30 seconds, spanning nine matches ... Ranked fourth in the nation with a 0.48 goals-against average and 13th with a .851 save percentage ... Named National Player of the Week by College Soccer News Nov. 23 and by Top Drawer Soccer Sept. 22 ... Earned three Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week distinctions (9/22, 9/29, 10/13) ... Posted a season-high seven saves in a win at Wisconsin (10/12) and again in an NCAA tournament victory at Notre Dame (11/25).

2007: Second-team All-Big Ten pick... Named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 17 after posting shutout wins over Butler and UMKC ... Played the entirety each of the first 11 matches this season before sitting out the next seven and a half games due to injury ... Notched five consecutive shutouts from Sept. 9-26 and seven overall, tying him for the school single-season record (J.D. Martin, 2002) ... Made a season-high five saves in a win over Loyola Sept. 26 ... Named to Yale Soccer Classic all-tournament team ... ranked 14th nationally with a 0.63 goals-against average

2006: Did not see any game action.

2005:Appeared in nine games, starting all nine ... tallied 799:12 total minutes ... Led the team in wins with five and was tied for the lead in saves with 31... Recorded the first shutout of his Northwestern career against St. Francis (Pa.) (9/4), sealing a victory for NU in the title game of the Lakeside Classic ... Earned a shutout and six saves versus Northern Illinois in the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational ... Played all 90 minutes in his third-career shutout versus Loyola Marymount.

High School: Member of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) ... Part of ODP's Florida team for the past three years ... Four-year letterwinner ... Played club soccer five years with the Miami Galaxy and two with the West Kendall Optimist Tiburones ... Both club teams won numerous tournaments with him in goal ... Named to honor roll three years ... Awarded Barry University's Book Award for 2004.

Personal: Born Michael Jonah Rosenthal ... Son of Joel and Emily Rosenthal ... Chose Northwestern over Lafayette ... Major is communication studies.

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