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2019 Schedule (3-2-0) Men’s Soccer Game Notes Aug 29 USF (BTN+) W, 1-0 Sep. 02 vs. Virginia^ L, 0-2 Sep. 06 at UCLA (PAC-12 Networks) L, 2-3 Sep. 13 AKRON (BTN) W, 1-0 #25 MARYLAND Sep. 16 VILLANOVA (BTN+) W, 1-0 vs Sep. 20 NORTHWESTERN* (BTN+) 7:00 Sep. 23 ST. JOHN’S (BTN+) 7:00 Northwestern Sep. 27 at Wisconsin* (BTN+) 8:30 Friday - September 20, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. Oct. 2 RUTGERS* (BTN+) 7:00 Oct. 5 CAL STATE FULLERTON (BTN+) 7:00 BTN Plus Oct. 11 at Michigan State* (BTN) 6:30 Oct. 14 GEORGETOWN (FS1) 7:00 Oct. 18 INDIANA* (BTN) 6:30 Storylines Oct. 21 YALE (BTN+) 7:00 Oct. 25 at Ohio State* (BTN+) 7:00 • The No. 25 Maryland men’s soccer team welcomes Northwestern for the Big Ten Oct. 29 at Penn State* (BTN) 6:00 opener Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and fans can stream the game live on BTN Home matches in CAPS; All times Eastern; * - Big Ten match Plus. ^ - Washington D.C. (Audi Field) • The Terps will face off with Northwestern for the sixth time in program history on Friday Coaching Staff with all five previous meetings coming in the last five seasons. The Terps hold a 3-2-0 Head Coach Sasho Cirovski advantage in the all-time series and Maryland took down the Wildcats, 2-1, in overtime Alma Mater Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ‘85 last year with two goals from sophomore William James Herve. Record at Maryland (Yrs) 390-144-53 (27) Overall Record (Yrs) 416-157-60 (29) Assistant Coach Scott Buete • Maryland enters Friday’s contest after a pair of home victories. The Terps used a 76th Assistant Coach Jake Pace minute goal from junior right back Ben Di Rosa to defeat Villanova, 1-0, on Monday Volunteer Assistant Coach: Casey Beyers night. The goal was the second of Di Rosa’s career and helped him earn Big Ten Defen- Director of Operations Miles Vaughn sive Player of the Week honors. Media Relations Assistant Director of Media Relations Taylor Smyth • Maryland defeated Akron, 1-0, last Friday night, matching the scoreline from the Office 301-314-8052 team’s clash in the national title match last December. Junior Eric Matzelevich’s 18th Email [email protected] minute strike proved to be the difference as the Terrapins showed well against a quality Website www.umterps.com Twitter @MarylandMSoccer Zips side. Matzelevich has now scored twice this season. Instagram @MarylandSoccer Quick Facts • The Terps have opened up the season with three consecutive clean sheets at home, the Location College Park, Md. first time Maryland has held opponents scoreless at Ludwig Field to open a season for Conference Big Ten that long in 20 years. Enrollment 37,641 Founded 1856 • The Terps have started the season stronger offensively this season than in their title Colors Red, White, Black, Gold Nickname Terrapins, Terps season last year. The Terps have five goals in their first five matches in the current cam- Venue (Capacity) Ludwig Field paign after not netting a goal in their first four matches of 2018. President Dr. Wallace Loh Athletics Director Damon Evans • The Terps opened the 2019 season with a 1-0 win over USF at Ludwig Field. Fresh- 2018 Overall Record: 13-6-4 man netted the winner off an assist in the 70th min- 2018 Conference Record: 4-4-0 Malcolm Johnston Eli Crognale First Year of Soccer: 1946 ute. The Terps outshot the Bulls 10-2 during the match. Maryland is now 15-6-6 under NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last: 38/2018 Sasho Cirovski in season openers and are undefeated in its last nine (8-0-1) home National Championships: 3 (1968, 2005, 2008, 2018) openers. NCAA Final Fours: 14 (1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018) NCAA Sweet Sixteens: 18 (1960, 1952, 1963, 1968, 1969, 2002, • Cirovski, one of the most decorated coaches in college soccer history, is now 10 wins 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, away from 400 at Maryland. Cirovski currently has 416 wins all-time, the sixth-most 2015, 2018) among active coaches. Conference Championships: 31 (Tournament Champions — 1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; Regular Season Champions — 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, • In 2018, Maryland went 9-1-1 down the stretch and did not give up a goal over five 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, matches in the NCAA Tournament to eventually capture the national championship. 1971, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) The title was the third under head coach Sasho Cirovski, who is in his 27th season in charge of the Terps. • The Terps entered the season as the No. 1 team in the country. Maryland was not ranked in the entirity of the 2018 regular season. 2019 University of Maryland Men’s Soccer NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Club/Previous School No. Name ........................Position 0 Craig Eichelberger GK 6-2 200 RFr. Dunkirk, Md./Northern HS/Baltimore Armour 29 Adetola, Fola .........................F 1 Russell Shealy GK 6-1 195 RFr. Cartersville, Ga/Atlanta United Academy 4 Antoine, Marques ............... D 3 Ryan Blumberg D 6-2 193 So. Sydney, Australia/Charlton Athletic 5 Bergmann, Johannes ........ D 4 Marques Antoine D 6-1 180 Fr. Montreal, Quebec/Montreal Impact Academy 7 Bin, Paul ..................................F 5 Johannes Bergmann D 6-1 185 Sr. Erfurt, Germany/Pierre de Coubertin/RW Erfurt 3 Blumberg, Ryan ................... D 6 David Kovacic MF 6-0 172 Fr. Krsko, Slovenia/Gimnazija Krsko/NK Krsko 13 Brown, Luke ....................... MF 7 Paul Bin F 5-10 150 Sr. Seoul, South Korea/Mission Heights/RSL Academy 30 Chacon, Alejandro............GK 8 William James Herve F 6-0 155 So. Paris, France/Valenciennes FC 16 Chakroun, Jacob .............. MF 9 Justin Gielen F 6-0 185 So. Edgewater, Md./DeMatha/Baltimore Celtic 10 Crognale, Eli ....................... MF 10 Eli Crognale MF 6-0 170 Sr. Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln/Crew Academy/Belmont 25 Di Rosa, Ben .......................... D 11 Malcolm Johnston MF 5-11 160 Fr. Aurora, Ontario/Aurora High School/Vaughan SC 27 Di Rosa, Matt ........................ D 12 Brett St. Martin D 6-0 170 So. Mount Airy, Md. /Mount St. Joseph/Baltimore Celtic 0 Eichelberger, Craig ...........GK 13 Luke Brown MF/F 5-11 180 Sr. Cambridge, England/Hofstra 9 Gielen, Justin .........................F 14 Louis Spicer MF 5-10 165 Fr. Cambridge, England/Millfield School 20 Harris, Justin ...................... MF 24 Heitzmann, Mike ..................F 15 Eric Matzelevich F 6-2 185 So. Washington, D.C./DC United Academy 8 Herve, William James .........F 16 Jacob Chakroun MF 5-10 160 Fr. Johns Creek, Ga./KSA 17 Hiro, Kenny ........................... D 17 Kenny Hiro D 6-0 165 Fr. Tokyo, Japan/Toko Gakuen HS/Tatung FC 11 Johnston, Malcolm ......... MF 18 Chris Rindov D 6-2 180 Fr. Rockville, Md/Rockville HS/OGBC 6 Kovacic, David .................. MF 19 Brayan Padilla F 5-11 165 Fr. Frisco, Texas/FC Dallas Academy 15 Matzelevich, Eric ..................F 20 Justin Harris F 5-11 150 Fr. Clarksville, Md./River Hill/Baltimore Celtic 26 Munshi, Tej .............................F 22 Nick Richardson D 5-10 150 RFr. Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley/Baltimore Celtic 36 Neumann, Niklas ..............GK 23 Isaac Ngobu D 5-7 135 Fr. Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech/Baltimore Celtic 23 Ngobu, Isaac ......................... D 24 Mike Heitzmann F 5-9 160 Sr. Clarksville, Md./River Hill/ Severna Park Fever 19 Padilla, Brayan ......................F 25 Ben Di Rosa D 5-10 170 Jr. Washington, D.C./Bethesda Academy/Bethesda SC 22 Richardson, Nick ................. D 26 Tej Munshi F 5-10 140 Fr. Suwanee, Ga./Woodward Academy/Concord Fire SC 18 Rindov, Chris ........................ D 27 Matt Di Rosa D 5-10 170 Jr. Washington, D.C./ Bethesda Academy/Bethesda SC 1 Shealy, Russell ....................GK 29 Fola Adetola F 5-7 155 Jr. Bowie, Md./Bowie High School/DC United Academy 14 Spicer, Louis ...........................F 30 Alejandro Chacon GK 6-2 170 So. Caracas, Venezuela/Caracas FC 12 St. Martin, Brett ................... D 36 Niklas Neumann GK 6-1 182 Fr. Kassel Germany/KSV Hessen Kassel Coaching Staff Head Coach: Sasho Cirovski (27th season) Assistant Coach: Scott Buete (6th season) Assistant Coach: Jake Pace (6th season, 2nd as assistant coach) Volunteer Assistant: Casey Beyers (1st season) Director of Soccer Operations: Miles Vaughn (2nd season) Strength Coach: Ben Hoffman (3rd season) Athletic Trainer: Ryan Morrison (2nd season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE TERPS BY HOMETOWN TERPS BY CLASS Seniors ........................................................................... 6 Johannes Bergmann ........................ YO-hahn-ess Maryland ..................................................................... 9 Juniors ........................................................................... 4 William James Herve ...................................herv-AY Georgia ......................................................................... 3 Sophomores ................................................................ 5 Eric Matzelevich .........................MATT-zel-EH-vich Washington, D.C. ....................................................... 3 Redshirt Freshmen .................................................... 3 Eli Crognale ......................................... Crow-NALEY Canada .......................................................................... 2 Freshmen ...................................................................11 Brayan Padilla ..................................................... Brian England ........................................................................