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.
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. During the regular season, the Terrapins posted a relatively poor record of 7–6–3 overall, and 4–4 in Big Ten play. 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.
Player movement Departures
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure28Alexandria, VAGraduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United2Clarksville, MDSigned homegrown contract with D.C. United13Tampa, FLGraduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Houston Dynamo99Pickering, ONGraduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United10Berlin, GERGraduated; selected in 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact
Players arriving Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Sydney, NSWCharlton Athletic NR Atlanta, GAAtlanta United Johns Creek, GA Kalonji Academy Clarksville, MD Baltimore Celtic Tokyo, JPNTatung FC NR Aurora, ONVaughan SC NR Krško, SVNNK Krško NR Baltimore, MD Baltimore Celtic
Transfers
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Luke Brown 13 Cambridgeshire, ENG Transferred from Hofstra
Squad information Roster As of August 7, 2019
Coaching staff
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Preseason Preseason Big Ten poll Maryland was predicted to finish second in the Big Ten Conference. Coaches' Poll 1 Indiana 2 Maryland 3 Michigan 4 Michigan State 5 Wisconsin 6 Penn State 7 Northwestern 8 Ohio State 9 Rutgers
Schedule
!colspan=8 style=""| Spring season
!colspan=8 style=""| Preseason
!colspan=8 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| Big Ten Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Rankings
Statistics
Appearances and goals No. Pos. Player Regular season B1G Tournament NCAA Tournament Total Apps GoalsAsst. Apps GoalsAsst. Apps GoalsAsst. Apps GoalsAsst. 0 GK Craig Eichelberger 0 00 0 00 000 000 1 GK Russell Shealy 3+2 00 0 00 000 500 3 DF Ryan Blumberg 0 00 0 00 000 000 4 DF Marques Antoine 3+4 00 0 00 000 700 5 DF Johannes Bergmann 17+0 22 1+0 00 000 1822 6 MF David Kovačić 8+8 31 1+0 00 000 1731 7 FW Paul Bin 0 00 0 00 000 000 8 MF William Herve 2+0 00 0 00 000 200 9 FW Justin Gielen 10+6 31 1+0 00 000 1731 10 MF Eli Crognale 15+1 35 1+0 10 000 1745 11 MF Malcolm Johnston 13+3 34 1+0 00 000 1734 12 DF Brett St. Martin 16+1 11 1+0 00 000 1811 13 FW Luke Brown 5+10 01 0+1 00 000 1601 14 FW Louis Spicer 0 00 0 00 000 000 15 FW Eric Matzelevich 17+0 51 1+0 00 000 1851 16 MF Jacob Chakroun 0+8 00 0+1 00 000 900 17 DF Kenny Hiro 0 00 0 00 000 00018MF Chris Rindov0+701000000701 19 FW Brayan Padilla 1+0 00 0 00 000 100 20 MF Justin Harris 6+10 00 0+1 00 000 1700 22 DF Nick Richardson 17+0 00 1+0 00 000 1800 23 DF Isaac Ngobu 0+3 00 0 00 000 300 24 MF Mike Heitzmann 0+10 00 0+1 00 000 1100 25 DF Ben Di Rosa 17+0 12 1+0 00 000 1812 26 FW Tej Munshi 0 00 0 00 000 000 27 MF Matt Di Rosa 17+0 00 1+0 00 000 1800 29 FW Fola Adetola 0+9 01 0 00 000 901 30 GK Alejandro Chacon 0 00 0 00 000 000 36 GK Niklas Neumann 14+0 00 1+0 00 000 1500
Discipline No. Pos. Player Regular Season B1G Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 0 GK Craig Eichelberger 0 00 0 00 000 000 1 GK Russell Shealy 0 00 0 00 000 000 3 DF Ryan Blumberg 0 00 0 00 000 000 4 DF Marques Antoine 1 00 0 00 000 100 5 DF Johannes Bergmann 0 00 0 00 000 000 6 MF David Kovačić 2 00 0 00 000 200 7 FW Paul Bin 0 00 0 00 000 000 8 MF William Herve 0 00 0 00 000 000 9 FW Justin Gielen 0 00 0 00 000 000 10 MF Eli Crognale 3 00 0 00 000 300 11 MF Malcolm Johnston 1 01 0 00 000 101 12 DF Brett St. Martin 2 00 0 00 000 200 13 FW Luke Brown 1 00 0 00 000 100 14 FW Louis Spicer 0 00 0 00 000 000 15 FW Eric Matzelevich 1 00 0 00 000 100 16 MF Jacob Chakroun 0 00 0 00 000 000 17 DF Kenny Hiro 0 00 0 00 000 000 19 FW Brayan Padilla 0 00 0 00 000 000 20 MF Justin Harris 0 00 0 00 000 000 22 DF Nick Richardson 2 00 0 00 000 200 23 DF Isaac Ngobu 0 00 0 00 000 000 24 MF Mike Heitzmann 0 00 0 00 000 000 25 DF Ben Di Rosa 3 00 0 00 000 300 26 FW Tej Munshi 0 00 0 00 000 000 27 MF Matt Di Rosa 3 00 0 00 000 300 29 FW Fola Adetola 0 00 0 00 000 000 30 GK Alejandro Chacon 0 00 0 00 000 000 36 GK Niklas Neumann 0 00 0 00 000 000
Summary Competition P W L T GF GAGD PCT.Pts. Regular Season 17 9 6 2 23 18 5 .52929 20 01 Big Ten Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0000 0 00 NCAA Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0000 0 00 Total 17 9 6 2 23 185 .52929 20 01
2020 MLS SuperDraft
No Maryland players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
References
External links 2019 Maryland Men's Soccer Schedule