2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

The 2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 74th season of the university fielding a program. The Terrapins were led by 27th year head coach, Sasho Cirovski.

2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 20
2019 record	11–8–2 (3–3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sasho Cirovski (27th season)
Assistant coaches	Scott Buete (6th season) Jake Pace (2nd season) Casey Beyers (1st season)
Home stadium	Ludwig Field

2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Indiana ‡	7	–	1	–	0			15	–	3	–	4
No. 18 Penn State +	6	–	1	–	1			12	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	3			11	–	5	–	6
Maryland +	3	–	3	–	2			11	–	8	–	2
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	8	–	2
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	1			3	–	12	–	3
Wisconsin	1	–	4	–	3			3	–	11	–	4
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	1			7	–	8	–	3
Ohio State	1	–	6	–	1			7	–	11	–	1
‡ – 2019 B1G Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

Background

The Maryland Terrapins entered the 2019 season as the defending national champions, winning their first national title since 2008, their fourth NCAA National title, and their fifth claimed national title.[1][2] During the regular season, the Terrapins posted a relatively poor record of 7–6–3 overall, and 4–4 in Big Ten play.[3] In the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, the Terrapins defeated Michigan State in the quarterfinals before losing to Indiana in the semis. Despite this, the Terrapins had a strong Top 20 RPI and earned an at-large berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament as an 11 seed, allowing them to earn a second round bye. During their tournament won, they did not concede a single goal, and won all their matches in regulation time. Maryland midfielder, Amar Sejdič and Dayne St. Clair earned the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player award for offense and defense, respectively.[4]

Player movement

Departures

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Chase Gasper	USA	28	DF	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Senior	Alexandria, VA	Graduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United
Donovan Pines	USA	2	DF	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Junior	Clarksville, MD	Signed homegrown contract with D.C. United
Andrew Samuels	USA	13	MF	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Senior	Tampa, FL	Graduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Houston Dynamo
Dayne St. Clair	CAN	99	GK	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Senior	Pickering, ON	Graduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United
Amar Sejdič	GER	10	MF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Senior	Berlin, GER	Graduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Ryan Blumberg DF	AUS	Sydney, NSW	Charlton Athletic	NR[5]
George Campbell DF	USA	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta United	[6]
Jacob Chakroun MF	USA	Johns Creek, GA	Kalonji Academy	[7]
Justin Harris MF	USA	Clarksville, MD	Baltimore Celtic	[8]
Kenneth Hiro Huang DF	TPE	Tokyo, JPN	Tatung FC	NR[9]
Malcolm Johnston MF	CAN	Aurora, ON	Vaughan SC	NR[10]
David Kovačić MF	SVN	Krško, SVN	NK Krško	NR[11]
Isaac Ngobu DF	USA	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore Celtic	[12]

Transfers

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Luke Brown	ENG	13	FW		Senior	Cambridgeshire, ENG	Transferred from Hofstra[13]

Squad information

Roster

As of August 7, 2019[14]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Craig Eichelberger 1 GK  USA Russell Shealy 3 DF  AUS Ryan Blumberg 4 DF  CAN Marques Antoine 5 DF  GER Johannes Bergmann 6 MF  SVN David Kovačić 7 FW  KOR Paul Bin 8 MF  FRA William James Herve 9 FW  USA Justin Gielen 10 MF  USA Eli Crognale 11 MF  CAN Malcolm Johnston 12 DF  USA Brett St. Martin 13 FW  ENG Luke Brown 14 FW  ENG Louis Spicer

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  USA Eric Matzelevich 16 MF  USA Jacob Chakroun 17 DF  TPE Kenny Hiro 19 FW  USA Brayan Padilla 20 MF  USA Justin Harris 22 DF  USA Nick Richardson 23 DF  USA Isaac Ngobu 24 MF  USA Mike Heitzmann 25 DF  USA Ben Di Rosa 26 FW  USA Tej Munshi 27 MF  USA Matt Di Rosa 29 FW  USA Fola Adetola 30 GK  VEN Alejandro Chacon 36 GK  GER Niklas Neumann

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

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Maryland was predicted to finish second in the Big Ten Conference.[15]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	Indiana
2	Maryland
3	Michigan
4	Michigan State
5	Wisconsin
6	Penn State
7	Northwestern
8	Ohio State
9	Rutgers

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Spring season
March 3* 12:00 p.m.		West Virginia	Postponed		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
March 31* 12:00 p.m.		at Philadelphia Union	Cancelled		Talen Energy Stadium Practice Field Chester, PA
April 5* 7:00 p.m.		Loudoun United	W 3–1[16]		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
April 20* 2:00 p.m.		West Virginia	W 4–2[17]		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
April 27* 1:00 p.m.		Bethlehem Steel Maryland Day	W 2–0[18]		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
May 4* 2:00 p.m.		at Army	T 0–0[19]		James Clinton Field West Point, NY
Preseason
August 18* 1:00 p.m.	No. 1	Temple	W 3–2[20]		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
August 24* 4:00 p.m., WUMC	No. 1	No. 6 North Carolina	L 1–3[21]		Ludwig Field College Park, MD
Regular season
August 29* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 1	South Florida	W 1–0	1–0–0	Ludwig Field (0) College Park, MD
September 2* 6:00 p.m.	No. 1	vs. No. 12 Virginia Rivalry	L 0–2	1–1–0	Audi Field (1,884) Washington, DC
September 6* 10:00 p.m., P12N	No. 4	at UCLA	L 2–3	1–2–0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,192) Los Angeles, CA
September 13* 6:30 p.m., BTN	No. 24	Akron	W 1–0	2–2–0	Ludwig Field (4,403) College Park, MD
September 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 25	Villanova	W 1–0	3–2–0	Ludwig Field (2,867) College Park, MD
September 20 7:00 p.m.	No. 25	Northwestern	L 1–3	3–3–0 (0–1–0)	Ludwig Field (3,992) College Park, MD
September 23* 7:00 p.m.	No. 25	No. 9 St. John's	W 1–0	4–3–0	Ludwig Field (1,083) College Park, MD
September 27 8:30 p.m., BTN+		at Wisconsin	T 0–0 ^2OT	4–3–1 (0–1–1)	Dan McClimon Stadium (204) Madison, WI
October 2 7:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 22 Rutgers	W 3–1	5–3–1 (1–1–1)	Ludwig Field (1,003) College Park, MD
October 5* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 14 Cal State Fullerton	W 2–0	6–3–1	Ludwig Field (2,494) College Park, MD
October 11 6:30 p.m., BTN	No. 25	at Michigan State	T 1–1 ^2OT	6–3–2 (1–1–2)	DeMartin Soccer Complex (1,041) East Lansing, MI
October 14* 7:00 p.m.	No. 25	No. 12 Georgetown	L 0–1	6–4–2	Ludwig Field (3,000) College Park, MD
October 18 7:00 p.m., FS2	No. 25	No. 6 Indiana	W 3–0	7–4–2 (2–1–2)	Ludwig Field (4,888) College Park, MD
October 21* 6:30 p.m., BTN+	No. 25	No. 24 Yale	W 1–0	8–4–2	Ludwig Field (1,081) College Park, MD
October 25 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	at Ohio State	W 2–0	9–4–2 (3–1–2)	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Columbus, OH
October 29 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 17	at No. 16 Penn State	L 2–3	9–5–2 (3–2–2)	Jeffrey Field (657) State College, PA
November 3 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 17	No. 22 Michigan	L 2–4	9–6–2 (3–3–2)	Ludwig Field (3,128) College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
November 10 2:00 p.m., BTN+	(5) No. 23	at (4) Northwestern Quarterfinals	W 1–0	10–6–2	Martin Stadium Evanston, IL
November 15 2:00 p.m., BTN+	(5) No. 22	(1) No. 8 Indiana Semifinals	L 0–1 ^2OT	10–7–2	Ludwig Field (1,660) College Park, MD
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m., BTN+		Iona First Round	W 4–0	11–7–2	Ludwig Field (751) College Park, MD
November 24 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		at (4) No. 9 Wake Forest Second Round	L 0–3	11–8–2	Spry Soccer Stadium (1,765) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
United Soccer[22]	1	1	3	24	25	RV	RV	25	25	23	17	23
Top Drawer Soccer[23]	1	1	1	21	RV	NR	NR	13	15	7	6	14
College Soccer News[24]	4	4	3	14	14	25	24	19	18	19	15	21
Soccer America[25]	7	7	13	21	14	RV	NR	22	17	17	16	24

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season			B1G Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
			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	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
3	DF	Ryan Blumberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Marques Antoine	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	DF	Johannes Bergmann	17+0	2	2	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2	2
6	MF	David Kovačić	8+8	3	1	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	1
7	FW	Paul Bin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	William Herve	2+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW	Justin Gielen	10+6	3	1	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	1
10	MF	Eli Crognale	15+1	3	5	1+0	1	0	0	0	0	17	4	5
11	MF	Malcolm Johnston	13+3	3	4	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	4
12	DF	Brett St. Martin	16+1	1	1	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	1
13	FW	Luke Brown	5+10	0	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1
14	FW	Louis Spicer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Eric Matzelevich	17+0	5	1	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5	1
16	MF	Jacob Chakroun	0+8	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
17	DF	Kenny Hiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Chris Rindov	0+7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
19	FW	Brayan Padilla	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Justin Harris	6+10	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0
22	DF	Nick Richardson	17+0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0
23	DF	Isaac Ngobu	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	MF	Mike Heitzmann	0+10	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
25	DF	Ben Di Rosa	17+0	1	2	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	2
26	FW	Tej Munshi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Matt Di Rosa	17+0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0
29	FW	Fola Adetola	0+9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
30	GK	Alejandro Chacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	Niklas Neumann	14+0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0

Discipline

No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season			B1G Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
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
3	DF	Ryan Blumberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Marques Antoine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Johannes Bergmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	David Kovačić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	FW	Paul Bin	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	Justin Gielen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Eli Crognale	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF	Malcolm Johnston	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
12	DF	Brett St. Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	FW	Luke Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Louis Spicer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Eric Matzelevich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF	Jacob Chakroun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Kenny Hiro	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	Justin Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Nick Richardson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	DF	Isaac Ngobu	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
26	FW	Tej Munshi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Matt Di Rosa	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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
36	GK	Niklas Neumann	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	17	9	6	2	23	18	5	.529	29	20	0	1
Big Ten Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0
NCAA Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0
Total	17	9	6	2	23	18	5	.529	29	20	0	1

2020 MLS SuperDraft

No Maryland players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.

References

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16. @MarylandMSoccer (April 5, 2019). "Right where we left off 👏👏 Boys get a 3-1 dub over @LoudounUnitedFC! Goals from @brayanpadilla_, Matzelevich and Bergmann. #FearTheTurtle" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. @MarylandMSoccer (April 20, 2019). "Another spring dub ✅ Boys win the border battle against WVU 4-2! Goals: Matzelevich, Bin, Gielen and Heitzmann. #FearTheTurtle" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. @MarylandMSoccer (April 27, 2019). "Successful #MarylandDay for The Champs! 🙌🏆 Hung out with the best fans in college sports ✅ Beat Bethlehem Steel 2-0 (Goals: Matzelevich/Padilla) ✅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
19. @ArmyWP_MSoccer (May 4, 2019). "Battled the defending national champs at our house today. #GoArmy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
20. @MarylandMSoccer (August 18, 2019). "A tune up dub for the boys! 👏👏 3-2 over Temple" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
21. @UNCmenssoccer (August 24, 2019). "FINAL: No. 6 Carolina tops No. 1 Maryland 3-1 in final preseason exhibition" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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External links

• 2019 Maryland Men's Soccer Schedule