The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represents the

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in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

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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

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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

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, who remained in that position through 1973. In 1948, Royal led the Terrapins to an undefeated record, including an upset that ended

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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. Duke v maryland soccer match 1964

In 1968, Maryland defeated

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, 4–3, to advance to the NCAA National Championship game. There, they tied

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, 2–2, in order to take a share of their first national title. In 1974, Bud Beardmore, a future

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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 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 Zackary Thomas Steffen (born April 2, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Premier League club Manchester City, and the United States national team. Ste ...

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) ^* (on loan from

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MLS

Mikey Ambrose Michael Ambrose (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. 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 Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...

) * Ben Bender (

Charlotte FC Charlotte FC is an American professional soccer club based in Charlotte. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The team is owned by David Tepper, who was awarded the expansion franchise ...

) * Chase Gasper (

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) ^* *

Zac MacMath Zachary Michael MacMath (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake. MacMath was drafted No. 5 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Philadelphia Union. ...

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) * Omar Gonzalez (

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) ^* * Chris Odoi-Atsem (

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) *

Donovan Pines Donovan C. Pines (born March 7, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for D.C. United in Major League Soccer and the United States national team. Pines previously played college soccer for the University of ...

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) ^* * Jacen Russell-Rowe (

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) * Amar Sejdič (

) * Dayne St. Clair (

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) ^* *

Eryk Williamson Eryk Tyrek Williamson (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers. College Williamson attended the University of Maryland, Colle ...

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Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

) ^* * Graham Zusi (

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MLS Next Pro

* Ben Di Rosa ( St. Louis City SC 2) * Jake Rozhansky (

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USL Championship

* Alex Crognale (

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) * Tsubasa Endoh (

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) * Christiano François (

El Paso Locomotive FC El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. Club crest and colors The Locomotive brand was unveiled on October 4, 2018, beating ...

) ^* * Brett St. Martin (

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)

3. Liga

* Mael Corboz (

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) * Gordon Wild (

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Bahraini Premier League

* Sunny Jane ( East Riffa Club) ^*

English National League South

* Luca Levee ( Dulwich Hamlet F.C.) ^*

Former professional players

* Keith Beach *

Danny Califf Daniel Benjamin Califf (born March 17, 1980 in Orange, California) is an American retired soccer player. 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 * Eli Crognale * Leo Cullen ^* *

A. J. DeLaGarza Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza (born November 4, 1987) is a former professional soccer player. He was a constant fixture in the LA Galaxy teams of the early 2010s that won three MLS Cups and two Supporters' Shields. A United States international in 201 ...

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Michael Dellorusso Michael Dellorusso (born August 22, 1983 in White Plains, New York) is an American former professional soccer player. Career College Dellorusso grew up in Columbia, Maryland, attended Wilde Lake High School, and played college soccer at the ...

Maurice Edu Maurice Edu (born April 18, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player. A highly touted prospect, Edu was the first overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and won the MLS Rookie of the Year Award with Toronto. His performances for ...

^* * Jeremy Hall ^* *

Jason Garey Jason Garey (born July 19, 1984) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and College Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Garey, who grew up in Gonzales, Louisiana, attended St. Amant High School and played for the Baton Rouge Soccer Club. He co ...

Clarence Goodson Clarence Edgar Goodson IV (born May 17, 1982) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. Youth career Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Goodson attended Annandale High School his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to W ...

^* * Jason Herrick *

Sumed Ibrahim Sumed Ibrahim (born December 30, 1980, in Tamale, Ghana) is a Ghanaian soccer player. Career Ibrahim played five years of college soccer at the University of Maryland, playing in a total of 86 games while registering 25 goals and 28 assists. He w ...

Taylor Kemp Taylor Eric Kemp (born July 23, 1990) is a former American soccer player. 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 t ...

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Chris Lancos Christopher J. Lancos (born July 12, 1984) is an American soccer defender who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Lancos played collegiate soccer at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he made 93 appearances for th ...

* Alex Lee ^* * Ivan Magalhães * Domenic Mediate *

Patrick Mullins Patrick Michael Mullins (born February 5, 1992) is an American retired soccer player. A left-footed forward, he was a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the top men's college soccer player and was the leading scorer in NCAA Division I ...

Robbie Rogers Robert Hampton Rogers III (born May 12, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player. He played as a winger and as a left back. Rogers has also represented the United States men's national soccer team. In February 2013, Rogers came ou ...

^* * Philip Salyer *

Chris Seitz Christopher Seitz (born March 12, 1987) is an American former soccer player. He played as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer from 2007 until his retirement in 2021. Youth and college Chris Seitz was awarded Gatorade's California High School So ...

Abe Thompson Abraham Broman "Abe" Thompson (born January 12, 1982) is an American former soccer player. Youth and college Born in Tucson, Arizona, Thompson attended Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School in Virginia, and played college soccer at the University ...

* Casey Townsend *

Taylor Twellman Taylor Timothy Twellman (born February 29, 1980) is an American former soccer player who played professionally from 1999 to 2010. He now works in the media as a soccer television commentator. Twellman is best known for his play with the New Eng ...

^* * Rodney Wallace ^* * London Woodberry * Drew Yates ^* – Player has represented their country at the senior national team level

References

External links

* {{Big Ten Conference men's soccer navbox Soccer clubs in Maryland 1946 establishments in Maryland