COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski today released the men's soccer schedule for the 2006 regular season. The 2005 National Champion Terps will go against 10 teams that competed in the 2005 NCAA Tournament, including fellow College Cup participant Clemson. Maryland will play 13 games at Ludwig Field, and the 2006 ACC Tournament will be played in Germantown, Md.

"This is another challenging, exciting schedule for the soccer program that has a little bit of everything," head coach Sasho Cirovski said. "The ACC schedule alone is extremely demanding because it is, in my opinion, the strongest and most balanced conference in the country. We then add to that national powers in UCLA, Penn State, Old Dominion and Hartwick, and top it off with dangerous teams like Loyola, Louisville, Binghamton, Albany, Bucknell and Mt. St Mary's."

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Maryland will prep for the regular season with exhibition contests against Georgetown at the SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md., and against Indiana at the IPFW Soccer Showcase in Fort Wayne, Ind.

"These preseason games will be excellent challenges for us because we get to face a regional rival in Georgetown and a national rival in Indiana," Cirovski said.

The Terps pursuit of another National Championship begins on the road on Aug. 25 against 2005 NCAA Tournament qualifier Old Dominion. Maryland will then begin a three-game homestand on Sunday, Aug. 27, against Binghamton. For the third time in four years, the Terrapins will face UCLA in the regular season on Friday, Sept. 1. Maryland defeated the Bruins two seasons ago at Ludwig Field, but UCLA blanked the Terps 4-0 last season in Los Angeles. The homestand will conclude on Monday, Sept. 4, against Louisville.

Maryland will begin ACC play on the road against Clemson on Friday, Sept. 8, before another three-game homestand against Mt. St. Mary's (Sept. 13), NC State (Sept. 16) and Penn State (Sept. 20).

The Terps will then enter a stretch where they will play three of their next five games on the road, including key ACC matchups against Wake Forest (Sept. 26), North Carolina (Oct. 6) and Virginia (Oct. 11). In between those games, Maryland will play host to non-conference foe Loyola (Sept. 26) and 2005 ACC Tournament champion Duke (Sept. 29).

The Terrapins will play its final five regular season games in the friendly confines of Ludwig Field. Boston College (Oct. 14), Hartwick (Oct. 19), Albany (Oct. 22), Bucknell (Oct. 24) and Virginia Tech (Oct. 27) wrap up the regular season for Maryland.

The ACC Tournament will be played Nov. 1-5 in Germantown at the SoccerPlex. The NCAA Tournament will begin Nov. 10-11, and will conclude Dec. 1-3 with the College Cup in St. Louis.