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Bowling Green State University Athletics
2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 5
Josh Erlandson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- Hometown:
- Dayton, Ohio
- High School:
- Dayton Christian
- Prev School:
- Huntington (Ind.) Univ.
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Bowling Green |
- Named to the Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, earning that honor for the second time
- Also was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
- Named to the MVC Honor Roll as well
- Started all 20 matches, and led BGSU's field players in minutes played
- Played 1,778 of the 1,809 total minutes
- Had three points on a goal and an assist
- Played all 90 minutes of the come-from-behind win over Wright State, and recorded an assist
- Assisted on BG's first goal in that 3-2 victory
- Played all 90 minutes of the Falcons' 1-0 win at Michigan State as well
- Was on the pitch for every second of the victory at IU Indy
- Played all 90 minutes at Michigan as well, and had a shot on goal
- And, played all 90 minutes of the wins over Butler and Northern Illinois at Cochrane, with a shot on goal in the latter match
- Played all 90 minutes at Northern Kentucky, too
- Was on the field for every second of the 2-1 win at Bradley
- Scored a goal in the Falcons' 5-0 obliteration of Eastern Illinois
- Played 75 minutes of that match, coming off the field with the Falcons up by five
- Played all 90 minutes and helped BGSU keep a second-straight clean sheet, this time against Belmont
- Played all 90 minutes at UIC
- Was on the field for 75 minutes of the 5-2 win over Detroit Mercy
- Had a plus/minus rating of +4, as he was on the field for all five BG goals, with one UDM goal coming after he was subbed out
- Was on the pitch for all 90 minutes of the scoreless draw with Drake
- Played every second of the match at #15 Missouri State as well
- And, played all 90 minutes at Evansville
- Was on the field for all 90 minutes of BGSU's 3-0 win over #14 Western Michigan at Cochrane Stadium
- Played all 90 minutes at Oregon State, and was on the pitch for every second of the Falcons' 4-1 win over UIC in the MVC Tournament
- Also played all 90 minutes of BG's 1-0 win vs. Drake in the league tourney semifinal round, and had a shot on goal
- Was on the field for all 98-plus minutes of the MVC Tournament championship match vs. Evansville
IN THE NEST: Erlandson Back for One More Go-Around with the Falcons (Sept. 4, 2024)
2023 | Covid Year
- Played in each of BGSU's first five matches of the season, starting all five
- Played all 90 minutes of the season-opening win over Cleveland State
- One of just two Falcon field players to play all 90 minutes at Michigan State
- Saw 80 minutes of action at Duquesne, heading a shot that hit the crossbar
- Played all 90 minutes of the Falcons' win over Michigan
- Was on the pitch for 66 minutes of the DePaul match, as the Falcons kept a clean sheet
- Missed BG's final 13 matches of the season due to injury
2022 | Senior
- Named to the Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA)
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Started all 16 matches, playing 1,435 of the season's 1,440 total minutes
- Had seven points on three goals and an assist
- Ranked fifth on the team in points, tying for third on the Falcons in goals
- Had one game-winning goal on the year
- Played all 180 minutes of the DePaul and Loyola (Ill.) matches in the season's opening weekend
- Also played every second of the home opener vs. Ohio State
- Played all 90 minutes of the scoreless draw at Michigan, helping hold the Wolverines to just one shot on goal
- Was on the field for the entirety of the Michigan State match as well
- Played all 90 minutes of BGSU's 3-1 win at Air Force
- Scored his first goal as a Falcon in the shutout win over Oakland, with a header in traffic off of a corner kick
- Played 85 minutes of that 6-0 victory
- Played all 90 minutes of the MAC opener vs. Western Michigan as well as the match at Georgetown
- Was on the pitch for every second of the 1-1 draw vs. #20 Akron
- And, played all 90 minutes of a shutout victory at Chicago State
- Played all 90 minutes as BGSU blanked #20 Akron on the road
- Had an assist in the 3-0 home win over Chicago State, again playing all 90 minutes
- Scored two goals in BGSU's next match, a 3-1 win at Northern Illinois
- Knocked home a loose ball off of a corner kick to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead
- Then, after the Huskies cut the lead in half with under nine minutes to go, headed home a Sergi Martinez free kick just 80 seconds later to cap the scoring
- For his efforts in the win at NIU, was named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week on Oct. 31
- Played all 90 minutes at Western Michigan
- Again played every second as the Falcons recorded a 6-0 home win over NIU, BG's seventh shutout of the season
- Wore uniform #26 during his first two seasons at BGSU
2021 | Junior
- Played in six matches, making one start
- Made his BGSU debut in the match against #6/7 Marshall
- Was in the starting lineup for that contest, playing 89 minutes vs. the Thundering Herd
- Played 19 minutes of the Falcons' 3-0 win over Wright State
- Was on the pitch for 24 minutes at Ohio State, with one shot attempt
- Saw action in the Georgia Southern match, as BG picked up a 4-0 win and did not allow a shot on goal
- Came off the bench to play 10 minutes of the MAC Tournament semifinal at Northern Illinois
- Played 24 minutes of the Falcons' NCAA Championships second-round match at Indiana
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Huntington |
Huntington, Ind. . |
- Earned two letters at Huntington University for coach Russ Lawson
- Played in a total of 35 matches, making 33 starts, for the Foresters
2019 | Freshman & 2020(-21) | Sophomore
- Started all 12 of the team's matches in the 2020-21 academic year, with four points on a pair of goals
- Both goals came against Bethel
- The Foresters, playing in the fall of 2020, went 6-4-2 overall and 4-3-2 in Crossroads League play
- Played in 23 matches in 2019, making 21 starts
- The team finished 15-5-3 and captured the CL Tournament title that year, earning the league's automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament for the second-straight season
- Foresters led the league in fewest goals allowed per game (0.78) that fall
- His brother Jacob was also on that 2019 Huntington club
Dayton Christian School |
Miamisburg, Ohio |
- Attended Dayton Christian, where he was a four-year starter and a team captain
- Helped lead the Warriors to the Division III state championship game in his senior year
Personal |
- An exercise science major at BGSU
- Brother, Jacob, was a teammate at both Huntington and BGSU and was selected by the Columbus Crew in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Off The Pitch: Gonzalo Carranza (Oct. 30, 2025)
Thursday, October 30
Off The Pitch: Jack Bennett (Oct. 22, 2025)
Thursday, October 23
Off The Pitch: Ryko Bodurov (Oct. 16, 2025)
Friday, October 17
Eric Nichols Post-Match Interview (Oct. 10, 2025)
Saturday, October 11
