2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
NCAA Tournament National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 6
Record	11–6–4 (4–4–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sasho Cirovski (26th season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Buete (5th season); Jake Pace (1st season);
Captains	Amar Sejdic; Andrew Samuels;
Home stadium	Ludwig Field

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Indiana ‡	8	–	0	–	0	20	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	6	–	2
No. 4 Michigan State +	4	–	2	–	2	14	–	5	–	4
No. 24 Michigan +	4	–	2	–	2	12	–	5	–	4
No. 1 +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	4
Penn State	3	–	3	–	2	6	–	9	–	2
Rutgers	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	13	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	5	–	3	6	–	9	–	5
Ohio State	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	15	–	2

$ – Conference champion As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference

The 2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. The Terrapins were led by 26th year head coach, Sasho Cirovski.

Despite a relatively poor regular season performance in Big Ten play, a strong RPI allowed the Terps to earn an at-large berth as the 11th seed in the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Terps went on their 14th ever College Cup run.

Background

Ahead of the 2018 season, seven year assistant coach, Brian Rowland, left Maryland to take the head coaching position at Temple.

Player movement

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Gordon Wild	8	FW	5'10"	170	Junior	Cologne, Germany	Declared for MLS SuperDraft. Selected 37th overall by Atlanta United.

Squad information

Roster

As of August 16, 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Craig Eichelberger
1	GK	USA	Russell Shealy
2	DF	USA	Donovan Pines
4	MF	USA	Paul Frendach
5	DF	GER	Johannes Bergmann
6	MF	SVK	Richard Bedats
7	FW	USA	Justin Gielen
8	MF	FRA	William James Herve
9	FW	USA	Sebastian Elney
10	MF	BIH	Amar Sejdič
11	MF	USA	D.J. Reeves
12	DF	USA	Brett St. Martin
13	MF	USA	Andrew Samuels
14	MF	JAM	Luca Levee


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Eric Matzelevich
18	MF	KOR	Paul Bin
19	FW	USA	Brayan Padilla
20	MF	USA	Eli Crognale
21	FW	FRA	Vinicius Lansade
22	DF	USA	Nick Richardson
24	MF	USA	Mike Heitzmann
25	DF	USA	Ben Di Rosa
27	MF	USA	Matt Di Rosa
28	DF	USA	Chase Gasper
29	FW	USA	Fola Adetola
30	GK	VEN	Alejandro Chacon
31	MF	USA	Connor Smith
99	GK	CAN	Dayne St. Clair

Coaching staff

Front office
Athletic Director	Damon Evans
Deputy Athletic Director	Colleen Sorem
Chief Development Officer	Cheryl Harrison
Assistant Director	Kayley McInerney
Business Operations	Eric Reinke
Coaching staff
Head coach	Sasho Cirovski
Assistant coach	Scott Buete
Assistant coach	Jake Pace
Director of Operations	Miles Vaughn

Last updated: December 1, 2018
Source: UMTerps.com

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
August 24* 11:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 24 Washington	L 0–2	0–1–0	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,354) Seattle, WA
August 31* 6:00 p.m., FS1		No. 10 Stanford	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–1–1	Ludwig Field (5,802) College Park, MD
September 3* 7:00 p.m.		vs. No. 7 Virginia Tydings Cup	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–1–2	Audi Field (3,527) Washington, DC
September 8* 7:00 p.m., BTN		UCLA	L 0–1	0–2–2	Ludwig Field (2,973) College Park, MD
September 10* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		West Virginia	W 1–0	1–2–2	Ludwig Field (1,195) College Park, MD
September 14 8:00 p.m., BTN+		at Northwestern	W 2–1	2–2–2 (1–0–0)	Martin Stadium (791) Evanston, IL
September 21 7:00 p.m., BTN		Wisconsin	L 1–2	2–3–2 (1–1–0)	Ludwig Field (5,875) College Park, MD
September 26 12:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers	W 2–0	3–3–2 (2–1–0)	Yurcak Field (109) Piscataway, NJ
September 30* 1:00 p.m.		at No. 18 Coastal Carolina	W 3–1	4–3–2	CCU Soccer Field (70) Conway, SC
October 5 7:00 p.m., BTN		No. 13 Michigan State	L 0–2	4–4–2 (2–2–0)	Ludwig Field (3,145) College Park, MD
October 8* 3:00 p.m.		at Georgetown	T 0–0 ^2OT	4–4–3	Shaw Field (1,493) Washington, DC
October 12 7:30 p.m., BTN+		at No. 4 Indiana	L 1–2	4–5–3 (2–3–0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,856) Bloomington, IN
October 16* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 7 Denver	W 1–0	5–5–3	Ludwig Field (1,115) College Park, MD
October 19 7:00 p.m., BTN+		Ohio State	W 5–0	6–5–3 (3–3–0)	Ludwig Field (3,107) College Park, MD
October 23 6:00 p.m., BTN		Penn State	W 3–2 ^2OT	7–5–3 (4–3–0)	Ludwig Field (1,818) College Park, MD
October 28 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 25	at No. 24 Michigan	L 1–2 ^OT	7–6–3 (4–4–0)	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,006) Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Tournament
November 4 1:00 p.m., BTN+	(5) No. 23	at (4) No. 17 Michigan State Quarterfinals	W 1–0	8–6–3	DeMartin Stadium (638) East Lansing, MI
November 9 1:00 p.m., BTN	(5) No. 23	vs. (1) No. 2 Indiana Semifinals	T 1–1 L 3–4 (p) ^2OT	8–6–4	Grand Park (360) Westfield, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 1:00 p.m., BTN2Go	(11) No. 15	NC State Second Round	W 2–0	9–6–4	Ludwig Field (1,266) College Park, MD
November 24* 7:00 p.m., WatchESPN	(11) No. 15	at (6) No. 10 Duke Sweet Sixteen	W 2–0	10–6–4	Koskinen Stadium (362) Durham, NC
November 30* 6:05 p.m., SECN+	(11) No. 11	at (3) No. 3 Kentucky Elite Eight	W 1–0	11–6–4	Bell Soccer Complex (3,228) Lexington, KY
December 7 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	(11) No. 3	vs. (2) No. 1 Indiana College Cup	W 2–0	12–6–4	Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA
December 9 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	(11) No. 3	vs. No. 4 Akron National Championship	W 1–0	13–6–4	Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season			B1G Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Asst.	Apps	Goals	Asst.	Apps	Goals	Asst.	Apps	Goals	Asst.
0	GK	Craig Eichelberger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	Russell Shealy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Donovan Pines	16	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	20	1	2
4	MF	Paul Frendach	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
5	DF	Johannes Bergmann	16	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	1
6	MF	Richard Bedats	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	FW	Justin Gielen	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	1	2
8	MF	William Herve	13	3	2	2	0	1	3	1	0	17	3	3
9	FW	Sebastian Elney	14	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	19	4	2
10	MF	Amar Sejdic	16	5	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	21	7	1
11	DF	D.J. Reeves	16	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	0
12	DF	Brett St. Martin	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0
13	MF	Andrew Samuels	16	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	1
14	MF	Luca Levee	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
15	FW	Eric Matzelevich	16	1	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	21	2	3
18	MF	Paul Bin	15	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	19	4	3
19	FW	Brayan Padilla	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
20	MF	Eli Crognale	15	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	20	0	2
21	FW	Vinicius Lansade	13	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	1	1
22	DF	Nick Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Mike Heitzmann	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
25	DF	Ben Di Rosa	5	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	10	1	0
27	MF	Matt Di Rosa	12	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	17	0	1
28	DF	Chase Gasper	9	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	13	0	5
29	FW	Fola Adetola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Alejandro Chacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Connor Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Dayne St. Clair	16	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	0

Discipline

No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season			B1G Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
0	GK	Craig Eichelberger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	Russell Shealy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Donovan Pines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Paul Frendach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Johannes Bergmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Richard Bedats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Justin Gielen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	William Herve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Sebastian Elney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Amar Sejdic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	D.J. Reeves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Brett St. Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Andrew Samuels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Luca Levee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Eric Matzelevich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Paul Bin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Brayan Padilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Eli Crognale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Vinicius Lansade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Nick Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Mike Heitzmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Ben Di Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Matt Di Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Chase Gasper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Fola Adetola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Alejandro Chacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Connor Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Dayne St. Clair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summary

Competition	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	PCT.	Pts.
Regular Season	16	7	6	3	20	15	+5	.531	24	19	1
Big Ten Tournament	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	.750	4	1	0
NCAA Tournament	4	4	0	0	7	0	+5	1.000	11	4	0
Total^[2]	22	12	6	4	29	16	+11	.619	40	24	1

Awards

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source

References

^ "Maryland Men's Soccer – Roster". University of Maryland. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
^ "2018 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". University of Maryland Athletics. November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

[2018_roster-1] "Maryland Men's Soccer – Roster". University of Maryland. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

[2] "2018 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". University of Maryland Athletics. November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final Spring Men's College Program
Rankings & awards	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans