The team has made twenty appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with the most recent coming in 2018.

Then, behind two-time All-American and Jamaican import Trevor Harris, who had followed fellow Jamaicans and All-Americans Payton Fuller and Tony Keyes to East Lansing, Michigan State won a co-national championship in 1967 with the championship game against Saint Louis tied 0–0 and called due to weather, after a 12–0–1 season.

14 Players in Michigan State history have been selected as first-team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches - Al Sarria (1958); Cecil Heron (1959); Enoch Streder (1959); Reinier Kemeling (1961, 1962); Rubens Filizola (1962); Payton Fuller (1964); Guy Busch (1965); Nick Krat (1965); Peter Hens (1966); Trevor Harris (1967, 1968); Tony Keyes (1968); Buzz Demling (1970); Jay Chapman (2014); and Giuseppe Barone (2018).

[4] Two Spartan men's soccer players have been honored as Academic All-American - Doug DeMartin in 2008 and Ryan Keener in 2014.

In addition, Trevor Harris played for the Jamaican national team and Jay Chapman has suited up for his home country of Canada.