The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represents the
University of Maryland
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in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
college soccer
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competition. The program has won four
NCAA Division I College Cup national championships (1968, 2005, 2008, 2018). Maryland won nineteen
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season championships (1953–68, 1971, 2012, 2013) and six ACC tournament championships (1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) before joining the
Big Ten Conference
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on July 1, 2014. The Terps won the 2014, 2016, and 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer championships and the 2014 and 2015 men's soccer tournament titles.
History
Maryland fielded its first varsity soccer team in 1946. It was coached by
Doyle Royal, who remained in that position through 1973.
In 1948, Royal led the Terrapins to an undefeated record, including an upset that ended
Temple
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's 19-game winning streak. The only blemish on the season was a 4–4 tie against
Loyola of Maryland, and the team had one of the strongest cases in the nation for the title of the mythical national championship. The NCAA did not sponsor a championship until 1959.
In 1968, Maryland defeated
San Jose State
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, 4–3, to advance to the
NCAA National Championship game. There, they tied
Michigan State
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, 2–2, in order to take a share of their first national title. In 1974,
Bud Beardmore
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, a future
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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inductee, took over as men's soccer coach for one season.
[Clayton A. Beardmore]
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, retrieved July 8, 2010. Sasho Cirovski
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was hired as head coach in 1993. He led the Terrapins to capture three more national championships in 2005, 2008, and 2018.
Men's Division I Championship Brackets, Retrieved December 4, 2012
Current roster
Year-by-year record
file:Maryland v michigan state 08.jpg, Maryland entering to the field to play v Michigan State in October 2022
Professional players
EFL Championship
*Zack Steffen
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Ste ...
(Middlesbrough FC
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) * (on loan from Manchester City
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)
MLS
*Mikey Ambrose
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Career Youth, college and amateur
Ambrose spent four seasons with the FC Dallas Development Academy before signing a letter of intent to ...
(Atlanta United FC
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Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...
)
*Ben Bender
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Career Youth and colleg ...
(Charlotte FC
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)
* Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy
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) *
*Zac MacMath
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...
(Real Salt Lake
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)
*Omar Gonzalez
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A college soccer player for the Maryland Terrapins, he joined the LA ...
(New England Revolution
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) *
*Chris Odoi-Atsem
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Early life
Chris Odoi-Atsem was born and raised in Mitchellville, Maryland and attended Holy Trin ...
(D.C. United
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)
*Donovan Pines
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(D.C. United
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) *
*Jacen Russell-Rowe
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Early life
He began playing soccer at age three with Brampton Y ...
(Columbus Crew
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)
*Amar Sejdič
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(Atlanta United FC
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Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...
)
* Dayne St. Clair (Minnesota United FC
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) *
*Eryk Williamson
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College
Williamson attended the University of Maryland, where he played in the 2015 ...
(Portland Timbers
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) *
*Graham Zusi
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(Sporting Kansas City
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) *
MLS Next Pro
* Ben Di Rosa (St. Louis City SC 2
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)
*Jake Rozhansky
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(New England Revolution II
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USL Championship
* Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion FC
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)
* Tsubasa Endoh (LA Galaxy II
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)
* Christiano François (El Paso Locomotive FC
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Club crest and colors
The Locomotive brand was unveiled on Oc ...
) *
* Brett St. Martin (Charleston Battery
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)
3. Liga
*Mael Corboz
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Early life
Born to French-born parents, Michel and Christine, Corboz has a dual citizenship with France. Corboz's father is a fo ...
(SC Verl
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)
*Gordon Wild
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College career
Wild played one year of college soccer at University of South Carolina Upstate in 2015, before moving to the University of Maryland, where h ...
(MSV Duisburg
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)
Bahraini Premier League
* Sunny Jane (East Riffa Club
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Achievements
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*Bahraini Premier ...
) *
English National League South
*Luca Levee
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Levee started his career at Real Mona, before spending three years with Spanish side Valencia, after finishing as one ...
(Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
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The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. T ...
) *
Former professional players
* Keith Beach
*Danny Califf
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Career
Youth and College
Califf (pronounced kāl'ĭ-f) started his youth career in soccer for Canyon Hills Soccer Association, playing on t ...
*
* Judah Cooks
*Rich Costanzo
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* Eli Crognale
* Leo Cullen *
*A. J. DeLaGarza
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A United States international in ...
*
*Michael Dellorusso
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Career
College
Dellorusso grew up in Columbia, Maryland, attended Wilde Lake High School, and played college soccer at the Un ...
*Maurice Edu
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*
* Jeremy Hall *
*Jason Garey
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Career
Youth and College
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*Clarence Goodson
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Youth career
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Goodson attended Annandale High School his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to ...
*
*Jason Herrick
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College and amateur
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*Sumed Ibrahim
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Career
Ibrahim played five years of college soccer at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, playing in a total of 86 games while reg ...
*Taylor Kemp
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Career
College and Amateur
Kemp played college soccer at the University of Maryland between 2009 and 2012.
Professional
Kemp was drafted 17th overall by D.C. United in ...
*Stephen King
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* Chris Lancos
* Alex Lee *
* Ivan Magalhães
* Domenic Mediate
*Patrick Mullins
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*Robbie Rogers
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*
* Philip Salyer
*Chris Seitz
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Youth and college
Chris Seitz was awarded Gatorade's California High School ...
* Abe Thompson
*Casey Townsend
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Career
Prep career
Townsend played for Traverse City West High School in Michigan from 2004 to 2007. During his time there he was named the state's Pla ...
*Taylor Twellman
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Twellman is best known for his play with the New Eng ...
*
* Rodney Wallace *
*London Woodberry
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Career
Woodberry played college soccer at the University of Maryland between 2009 and 2012. He earned Third Team NSCAA All-American honors as a senior for the Maryland Terrapin ...
*Drew Yates
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Career
College and amateur
Yates attended Archbishop Curley High School and DeMatha High School, played club soccer for the two-time national champion Casa ...
* – Player has represented their country at the senior national team level
See also
* Maryland–Virginia men's soccer rivalry
References
External links
*
{{Big Ten Conference men's soccer navbox
Soccer clubs in Maryland
1946 establishments in Maryland