2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Harry Townsend
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 166
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cornwall, England
- United Soccer Coaches All-West Region: 2023 (First Team)
- MVC All-Tournament MVP: 2022
- All-MVC: 2023 (Second Team)
- MVC Defensive Player of the Week: 9/6/22, 10/25/22, 8/29/23, 9/26/23
- MVC Honor Roll: 2023-24
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
2024
Played and started five matches for a total of 419 minutes…Recorded two shutouts against Pacific (8/26/24) and Tulsa (9/6/24)...Ended season with 25 career shutouts to tie Liam Priestley (2014-17) for third-most in Bears history…Made eight saves on 28 shots faced…Finished career with a 0.72 goals against average rating which is second-best in program history…His 29 career goalkeeper wins are fourth-most in team history.
2023
Played all 90 minutes in 17 games for total of 1,530 minutes, fourth-most on team...Recorded nine shutouts good to be tied for seventh-most of Division I goalkeepers...Ended season with 23 career shutouts, tied with Alex Riggs (2006-10) for fourth most in Bears history...Made 36 saves on 92 shots faced...Finished 10th in Division I in Goals Against Average (.706)...Had season-high six saves against Western Michigan (10/22/23)...Won MVC Defensive Player of the Week twice (8/29/23) and (9/26/23)...Named to United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team.
2022
Started all 18 games in goal for the Bears, logging a team-high 1,620 minutes while recording a 0.61 goals-against average...Registered 43 saves on the season for a save percentage of .795...Helped MSU to a national-best 12 shutouts (.667)…Only allowed 11 goals during the campaign which saw the squad make its fourth straight NCAA Tournament...Earned MVC Defensive Player of the Week honors on both 9/6/22 and 10/25/22.
2021
Appeared in three matches during the 2021 season...Logged 270 total minutes of action with opportunities in goal against Rockhurst (8/29/21), Eastern Illinois (9/15/21) and Kansas City (10/12/21)...Registered 4 saves on the season.
Appeared in one match of the spring 2021 split COVID season…Made his collegiate debut in the match at Evansville (3/30/21) … Logged 11:24 minutes in goal against the Purple Aces in that debut...Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.
Background
Played for Plymouth Argyle FC where he first started with the team's U10 squad...Spent his entire career training and developing his skills as a goalkeeper with the Pilgrims, earning a 2-year apprenticeship at age 16...Started 52 matches in goal for the U18 team which culminated with a promotion to the U23 team.
Personal
Harry Townsend was born on 10/17/01 in Cornwall, England...Son of Graham and Sharon Townsend...Has a sister, Molly...Earned his Professional Studies Graduate Certificate.
Updated: 1/1/2025
