Good morning! Did you know that on this date in 1793 that The Louvre opened in Paris—becoming the most-visited museum in the world over the years?

We’d like to nominate Christian Fitzpatrick’s one-handed catch in practice yesterday to go alongside the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.

What else are we serving in to today's Brew?

⚽ So close to women’s soccer opener
🏈 First of many
💚 And much, much more

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 One Week. We are just seven days away from Michigan State women’s soccer opening up DeMartin Stadium for the regular season against Cincinnati after tune-up exhibition matches against the Detroit Mercy and Loyola Chicago.

Get caught up as the Spartans gear up for returns to the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament this year ⤵️

📈 Michigan State women’s soccer earns preseason top-25 ranking from United Soccer Coaches Preseason.

🔥 Defender Raegan Cox named a Division I Defender to Watch.

🔼 Kicking Into High Gear. Michigan State men’s soccer has officially opened the season with their first training sessions this week ahead of their home opener in two weeks against Loyola University Chicago.

It’ll be head coach Damon Rensing’s 15th season at the helm with assistant coaches T.J. Kolba and Nick Barry also returning to the bench. New to the staff this season is Reid Friedrichs, who enters his first year with Michigan State, and has plenty of experience in the Green and White—as a player he earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors in 1996.

✍️ Read all about the first impressions of this year’s squad from players and coaches.

🎥 Watch highlights from the first day of practice on the pitch.

🎟️ Grab your season tickets for men’s and women’s soccer this season.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

First of many. We mentioned Christian Fitzpatrick’s one-handed catch earlier, but what about the dart by quarterback Noah Kim to get it there? That got us thinking…

Noah Kim registered his first career touchdown throw last season.

Our question today—who was it against?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

💚 ONE BIG THING

In case you missed it. Michigan State is 22 days away from kicking off their season against Central Michigan and if you missed our deep-dives on both sides of the ball… we’ve got you right here.

✍️ A new starting quarterback and an open competition in camp highlights the offense.

✍️ Plenty of depth and experience gives the Spartans a boost on defense and special teams.

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday 8/17

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. Cincinnati @ 7:30pm ET (Home Opener) | Live Stats | Tickets

Thursday 8/24

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Loyola University Chicago @ 7:00pm ET (Home Opener)

Friday 9/1

🏈 Football vs. Central Michigan @ 7:00pm ET on FS1 (Home Opener)

Friday 9/8

🏑 Field Hockey vs. St. Joseph’s @ 6:00pm ET (Home Opener)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Akron!

That was also the game where he completed his first official pass but the first touchdown was a 16-yard throw to Tre Mosley.

💚 Have a great Thursday, everyone!