2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

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.

2018 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 6
Record11–6–4 (4–4–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home stadiumLudwig Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
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 Maryland + 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

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 edit

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

Player movement edit

Departures edit

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 edit

Roster edit

As of August 16, 2018[1]

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
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

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 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 edit

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
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 edit

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

Awards edit

No. Pos. Player Award Source

See also edit

References edit

  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.