COLLEGE PARK, Md. - On July 16, four former Maryland men's soccer stars gave back to the local soccer community. Marc Burch and Domenic Mediate of DC United and Robbie Rogers and Chris Seitz, who just returned home from the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, held a question and answer session with children participating in Sasho Cirovski's Maryland Boys Soccer Camp. Following the Q&A, umterps.com caught up with Rogers and Seitz to discuss their experiences at the World Cup.

Q: Why did you come back to the University of Maryland to do the question and answer session with the soccer camp?
Rogers: "I try to give back as much as I can. Finding out that these kids really appreciate it is great. I remember when I was little and I went to these sorts of camps, I loved it. So any chance I get to do this sort of thing is good."

Seitz: "It's always a lot of fun doing something like this. Robbie and I were talking about how we could give back to Maryland, because without it, we couldn't have done any of this. We chose to come back here and talk, and it's been a good experience."

Q: Overall, how was your experience at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup?
Rogers: "It was everything I expected. I had been looking forward to this since I was 15 or 16 years old, so I was just preparing for it. I'm happy that I got the chance to play in it."

Seitz: "Anytime you can represent your country is a great feeling. It was a really good experience for all of us to get out there and show what the U.S. has. A lot of people thought we didn't have much in soccer, but we showed that we are competitors, and at one point we were even called the favorites. So it was an interesting and good experience."

Q: Robbie, how did this compare to your other international experiences?
Rogers: "This was totally different. I have played in different tournaments with different athletes, but if you lose here, you're out and you have to go home. Other tournaments, you're trying to make the team and get the experience, but here you are just doing whatever it takes to win. It was great."

Q: How was it to be a part of the win against Brazil?
Rogers: "It was great. It felt like we let people know that the U.S. could do it, and showed young adults that we are changing soccer and proving the world wrong."

Seitz: "It was the first time an American team had beaten a Brazilian team in a FIFA tournament since the 1989 U-17 world championship. It was a great feeling, because not only did we beat Brazil, but we won the group with that win. It was a great feeling for our whole team because our first goal was to get out of the group and we were able to come out on top."

Q: Chris, how tough was it having to sit out in the game against Uruguay?
Seitz: "I was pacing the sidelines against Uruguay. I was happy for Brian Perk who came in and played awesome, but it was tough sitting there watching from the outside."

Q: How does this help you with your confidence?
Rogers: "Our coaches did a good job of helping us with our confidence, but when you're on that level, you have to have a lot of self-confidence and confidence in each other. If you don't, you're not going to be there very long. We just had to work hard."

Seitz: "You can't go into a situation like this thinking that you don't belong there. I always had confidence in myself. I always dreamt that I would play like that, so going out there and doing it was a good experience for me. Seeing Robbie play like that as well was great for him."

Q: Overall how successful was the United States in the tournament?
Rogers: "We're still really bummed that we lost, but we represented our country well. Every game was tough for us. I'm happy with how we represented ourselves, but it's still tough to have lost."

Seitz: "We talked about it as a group after the game. We were proud of what we did, but at the same time, we could have gone further. I think on a different day, the result could have gone to us. Sometimes it doesn't work out that way, so it was a little disappointing, but at the same time we were proud of what we did."

Rogers, a member of the Columbus Crew, dished out two assists in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He has accumulated three starts in his first season in MLS and has appeared in five games, scoring a goal and an assist. In his only season in red and black, Rogers recorded seven goals and five assists to help the Terps to the 2005 national championship.

Seitz, the No. 4 overall pick by Real Salt Lake in the MLS SuperDraft, was stellar in goal for the US during the World Cup. In the first game against Korea Republic, he was named the Sierra Mist Man of the Match after recording five saves. He stopped 14 shots in a thrilling 2-1 win against Brazil and racked up 32 saves in four matches, averaging eight per game. Seitz was the first freshman keeper to lead his team to the national championship since 1990 and left Maryland as the all-time career leader in goals against average at 0.77.

Burch, who was acquired by DC United from Columbus in April, has appeared in three games. He has appeared in 13 games in his MLS career and has notched an assist. Burch played one season at Maryland in 2005 and finished with four goals and six assists. His most important goal was the game-winner in the 1-0 win against New Mexico in the national championship game.

Mediate has appeared in one game this season for United after a injury-laden 2006 campaign with the club. In 2006, Mediate played in eight games and started two of them. In his rookie campaign, he appeared in 11 matches with four starts as he scored a goal and an assist. As a senior for the Terps, Mediate scored nine goals, including five game-winners, and dealt out nine assists. He ended his collegiate career with 27 goals and 17 assists.