COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 18 Maryland men's soccer team is on the road again this weekend, traveling to No. 1 Wake Forest on Saturday, September 29 for a 7:00 p.m. match at Spry Stadium. It is just the fourth time in program history that the Terrapins will spend three consecutive ACC matches on the road and the first time since 1980.

Terps Face No. 1 Wake Forest In Third ACC Road Test
• The No. 18 Maryland men's soccer team heads to Winston-Salem, N.C. to try and knock off the top team in the country, Wake Forest, on Saturday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m.
• Last season, the Terrapins earned a stunning come-from-behind win at Spry Stadium. With the Demon Deacons up 1-0 in the second half, sophomore Jeremy Hall and junior Graham Zusi scored a pair of late goals for the Terps' win.
• Hall scored in the 79th minute and Zusi connected on a penalty kick in the 85th to lead the Terps to victory. The match was played in front of 4,413 spectators at Spry Stadium, the third largest crowd in the field's history.
• Maryland is coming off of a 2-1 double overtime loss at No. 12 Duke last Saturday.
• Wake Forest won its sixth straight game to open the season, a 1-0 triumph against Clemson on September 21.
• This trip marks just the fourth time in program history that the Terrapins will spend three consecutive ACC matches on the road and it is the first time since 1980.
• The Terps also played three-straight away conference matches in 1968 and 1970.

Duke Edges Terps In Double Overtime
• Cole Grossman scored with 1:33 remaining in double overtime as No. 12 Duke beat the No. 16 Maryland men's soccer team, 2-1, on September 22 at Koskinen Stadium. Sophomore Drew Yates scored the equalizer for the Terrapins and freshman keeper Will Swaim was credited with a career high nine saves on the night.
• The winning goal came with 1:33 left in the match as Joe Germanese found Grossman on the right side. Instead of sending in a cross, Grossman fired at goal and his shot nailed under the crossbar and went in for the game-winner.
• Yates' goal came in the 63rd minute with Duke up 1-0. Senior Stephen King created the initial chance as his shot was saved by Justin Papadakis, but the rebound fell right to Yates who cashed in the open net goal.

King Candidate For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
• Senior midfielder Stephen King was named one of 20 candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, presented annually in eight NCAA sports to a senior student-athlete who excels both on and off the field. This is the first time that this award will be given in soccer.
• King is one of four student-athletes from the ACC who are up for the honor, the most of any other conference in the nation. The other candidates from the conference include Duke's Tim Jepson, North Carolina's Andre Sherard, and Wake Forest's Julian Valentine.
• The award honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas: classroom, community, character and competition. The award program is designed exclusively for college seniors who are utilizing their complete athletic eligibility, remaining committed to their university and pursuing the many rewards that a senior season can bring.
• From the list of 20 candidates, a national media committee will select 10 finalists in October. Those names will then be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote spanning from October 16 to November 21. Fan balloting will be coupled with votes from coaches, media and sponsors to determine the recipient of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Winners will be announced during the NCAA Soccer Championship scheduled for December 14-16 in Cary, N.C.

Where There's A Will...
• Freshman keeper Will Swaim had quite a week in goal for the Terps last week as he went 1-1-0.
• The Ellicott City product earned a shutout win against Old Dominion, his second of the season, on September 19 after stopping three of the five shots he faced.
• In the 2-1 double overtime loss at Duke, Swaim racked up a career high nine saves, the most by a Maryland keeper since Christian Lewis saved nine in 2000, also against the Blue Devils.
• Swaim is tied for 27th in the nation with a save percentage of .846.

Scouting The Demon Deacons
• Wake Forest enters the match as the No. 1 team in the country and is a perfect 6-0-0 so far this season which matches the best start in school history.
• WFU advanced to the College Cup last season and took eventual champion Santa Barbara to a scoreless tie, but the Gauchos won the ensuing shootout, 4-3.
• The Deacons opened ACC play last Friday with a 1-0 win at Clemson.
• 2006 NSCAA High School Player of the Year Corben Bone leads Wake as a freshman with four goals, three assists, and 11 points. All of those numbers are tops on the team.
• Cody Arnoux has also scored four goals while Tracy Marcus has added two of his own with three assists.
• The Wake Forest defense has allowed just two goals in six matches as Pat Phelan and Julian Valentine are the senior center backs that anchor the back line.
• Brian Edwards returns in goal and has a goals against average of 0.39 while racking up 14 saves in five starts.

Series History
• Maryland owns 14-12-4 edge against Wake Forest in the all-time series.
• The Terps have won three-straight meetings by a combined score of 7-3.

Last 10 Meetings:
September 23, 2006: Maryland 2, WAKE FOREST 1
November 9, 2005: Maryland 2, Wake Forest 1 (ACC Tournament)
September 30, 2005: MARYLAND 3, Wake Forest 1
October 2, 2004: WAKE FOREST 4, Maryland 2
September 27, 2003: MARYLAND 1, Wake Forest 0
September 27, 2002: WAKE FOREST 3, Maryland 0
September 30, 2001: MARYLAND 2, Wake Forest 2 (2ot)
October 1, 2000: WAKE FOREST 4, Maryland 3 (ot)
October 23, 1999: Wake Forest 2, MARYLAND 1 (ot)
October 24, 1998: Maryland 2, WAKE FOREST 1
(Home team in CAPS)

King Of The Pitch
• Senior Stephen King is in his final season in red and black and has left an indelible impression in College Park. The second-year captain has started all 79 games Maryland has played since 2004, his freshman campaign.
• King's 23 career assists ranks sixth all-time at Maryland while his 29 goals is just outside the top 10. His 81 points puts him at sixth on the career list.
• His sophomore season, King scored 15 times and assisted others eight times. His goal number is tied for 10th all-time in a single season while his 38 points is tied for eighth.
• King was named to the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic All-Tournament Team on September 2 after scoring a goal and an assist in Maryland's 3-0 win against No. 10 Notre Dame.
• He was also named the Soccer America Player of the Week and was placed on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week.
• King added an assist in the 3-0 win against George Mason on September 9 and the 2-1 loss at Duke last weekend.

From A to Z-usi
• Junior Graham Zusi, the leading scorer for the Terps in 2006 with 11 goals and seven assists, will look to make an even bigger impact this season.
• So far, Zusi has done just that as he scored in both of Maryland's games at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. He was named the Offensive MVP at the tournament while being placed on the All-Tournament Team.
• Zusi scored two goals that came on eight total shots in the two games. His goal against No. 7 Indiana on August 31 equalized the score at 1-1, which was the final, and came just 71 seconds after the Hoosiers had taken the lead. His goal against No. 10 Notre Dame proved to be the game-winner in a 3-0 win against the Irish.
• The Longwood, Fla. native has added an assist in Maryland's wins against George Mason and Old Dominion and has scored in four of the Terps' seven games this season.
• Since his freshman season in 2005, the Terps are 21-1-2 when Zusi tallies a goal or an assist.
• The Terps went 13-1-1 in 2006 when Zusi tallied at least one point and are 3-0-1 to start this year.

Flood Yates Are Open
• Sophomore Drew Yates seems to be an important ingredient when it comes to the Terps getting a result.
• When the Severna Park native tallies a point in a match, Maryland has a record of 7-1-0 with its first loss coming against Duke last Saturday.
• Yates assisted on goals in four different games in 2006 which were all Terp wins, two of them by one goal.
• This season, Maryland is 3-1-0 when Yates records a point.

Cirovski's Legacy
• Head coach Sasho Cirovski has built Maryland into the premier soccer program in the country. He has guided the Terps to the 2005 National Championship, 12 NCAA postseason appearances, five appearances at the College Cup, and two ACC Tournament titles.
• Cirovski owns a record of 206-96-16 in 15 years at the helm of the program. His win total ranks second at Maryland all-time, just 13 behind Doyle Royal who went 217-58-58 with the Terps in 28 seasons.
• Along with all of the team accomplishments, Cirovski has mentored some of the top student-athletes in the game. He guided Jason Garey to the Hermann Trophy in 2005, the program's first-ever recipient.
• He has also produced two No. 1 overall MLS SuperDraft picks, three ACC Players of the Year, a national and ACC Freshman of the Year, 21 first team All-ACC selections, 19 All-Americans, and 28 MLS players.

The Ludwig Effect
• Ludwig Field has developed into one of the most exciting places to watch a collegiate soccer match in the country as the men's soccer team has increasingly attracted more and more fans to the pitch season after season.
• Maryland is 60-6-2 at Ludwig Field since 2002. Included in that number are two undefeated seasons in 2002 (13-0-0) and 2005 (11-0-2). The Terps have never lost more than two games at Ludwig in that span.
• Last year, Ludwig Field saw over 40,000 fans come out to watch the Terps which set a school record. The total was second best in the country.
• The Maryland soccer community came out in full force on Friday, September 29 as a record crowd of 6,489 fans watched their Terps take down No. 14 Duke, 1-0. The fans sparked an electric atmosphere for the match shown on Fox Soccer Channel. Maryland entered the field under a cloud of smoke and fireworks lit the sky during the national anthem and prior to player introductions.
• In Maryland's 2007 home opener against No. 20 West Virginia, 5,022 spectators came out to root on the Terps. That number ranks fifth all-time at Ludwig.
• So far this season, Maryland is averaging 2,614 fans per game and have yet to draw less than 1,000 to one of its three matches at Ludwig Field.

Top 10 Attendance Figures
• Maryland is drawing some of the top crowds in the country as three of the top 10 attendance figures this season involve the Terps, the only program in the nation that can boast that stat.
• The 5,022 fans that came out on September 7 to Ludwig Field is the sixth largest in the nation this season and is the fifth largest all-time at Ludwig Field.
• The 5,013 spectators that watched Duke and Maryland battle it out in Durham is the seventh biggest attendance number this year.
• A total of 4,240 fans came out to watch Indiana and Maryland play to a 1-1 draw at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. That number is the eighth highest in 2007.

Non-Conference Dominance
• The Terps have been impressive against non-ACC foes since the 2001 season, compiling a 79-18-5 record. Five of those losses came in a 10-5-0 2001 campaign.
• Maryland went a perfect 10-0-0 in 2006 in non-conference outings. The last time it was undefeated out of conference was in 1986 when it went 11-0-0.
• This year, the Terps are 3-1-1 playing outside of the ACC.

Lockdown Defense
• Maryland returned three starters on the back line from last year's squad that allowed just 16 goals, the fewest since 2003.
• Maryland's experience showed in the first weekend at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic by allowing just one goal in two matches.
• In the Terps' win against No. 10 Notre Dame, Maryland held the Irish to just three shots, all in the second half, and kept 2006 Hermann Trophy Winner Joseph Lapira in check.
• Junior Michael Marchiano, who started at defensive midfield, and sophomore Omar Gonzalez were both named to the All-Tournament Team.
• The Terps' defense did much of the same in their two games against George Mason and West Virginia as they only allowed one goal with the score coming in overtime to the Mountaineers.
• Maryland earned its third shutout of the season on September 19 night when it held Old Dominion scoreless in a 1-0 win. The Terps allowed just five shots, all in the second half, for the win.

Sunday Funday
• Maryland loves to score on Sunday's. In their two games on that day, the Terps are 2-0-0 while outscoring their opponents 6-0.
• The two 3-0 wins came against No. 10 Notre Dame on September 2 and George Mason on September 9.
• In their four other matches, the Terps are 1-2-1 and are being outscored 4-2.

First To Score Wins
• Last year, Maryland went 16-0-0 when it scored the first goal in a match. The Terps outscored their opponents 21-7 in the first half in 2006.
• This year, Maryland is 3-0-0 when it scores first with wins against No. 10 Notre Dame, George Mason, and Old Dominion.
• The Terrapins have not lost a match when they strike first since October 2, 2004 - a total of 42-straight matches.

International Experience
• Sophomores Omar Gonzalez and Jeremy Hall were both exposed to the international game over the summer as both competed for the United States at the Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro.
• The Americans did not make it out of group play, but both Terps saw plenty of action on the pitch in Brazil. Gonzalez started at forward all three matches and scored twice against Bolivia.
• Hall was the first player off the bench for the Americans in the first match and started the second.
• Gonzalez started all 22 games at center back and contributed on the offensive end with a goal and three assists last season for the Terps.
• Hall was second on the team with seven goals, and his three assists gave him 17 points, which was third on the squad. Two of his seven goals were game-winners.

Terps Beat Old Dominion, 1-0
• Sophomore Drew Yates scored his third goal of the season and the only one of the match as the No. 16 Maryland men's soccer team defeated Old Dominion, 1-0, on September 19 at Ludwig Field.
• Junior Graham Zusi was credited with the assist as he sent in the cross in the 32nd minute.
• Maryland dominated the Monarchs in the midfield in the first half with senior captains Stephen King and Spencer Allen commanding the pitch. The Terrapins' offense fired off five shots while the back line did not allow one.
• Old Dominion got off five shots in the second half and had its chances but came up empty.

Hall, Yates Lead Terps To 3-0 Win Against Mason
• Sophomores Jeremy Hall and Drew Yates led the Maryland men's soccer team in a strong second half as the Terrapins scored all of their goals after halftime in a 3-0 win against George Mason on September 9 at Ludwig Field. All of the Terps' goals came in the last 20 minutes of the match.
• Hall established career highs with his two goals and four points while Yates' three points is also a personal best.
• Hall's two scores were the first of this season for him while Yates added his second goal of 2007. Seniors Stephen King and Aki Kadotani and junior Graham Zusi were each credited with an assist in the match. Kadotani's helper was the first of his career.
• Freshman keeper Thorne Holder had to make just one save in his first collegiate start to earn the shutout.

Maryland Opens Up With Impressive Weekend
• The Terps opened the 2007 season on a high note as they won the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic last weekend after tying then-No. 7 Indiana, 1-1, and beating then-No. 10 Notre Dame, 3-0.
• The Terps and Hoosiers played to a thrilling draw on August 31. Kevin Noschang scored for the Hoosiers in the 25th minute but junior Graham Zusi responded just 71 seconds later with a goal of his own. Classmate Rich Costanzo provided the assist on a cross.
• Both teams had opportunities to score the game-winning goal but came up just short. Noschang almost ended the game in the first overtime when he fired a shot that freshman keeper Will Swaim dove to his left for. His fingertip save kept the game going into the second overtime session.
• Maryland was inches away from taking the win in the second OT as senior Stephen King hit the right post on a shot.
• In the 3-0 victory against the Irish on September 2, Maryland dominated the entire way by outshooting Notre Dame 17-3. The Terps did not allow a single shot in the first half and kept 2006 Hermann Trophy winner Joseph Lapira in check.
• King tallied a goal and an assist in the win while Zusi and sophomore Drew Yates scored the other two goals. Sophomores Jeremy Hall and Doug Rodkey were awarded assists as well.

Awards Roll In After Weekend At Indiana
• Maryland reaped numerous rewards for winning the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic after going 1-0-1 last weekend. Senior Stephen King was named the Soccer America Player of the Week and was placed on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week while junior Graham Zusi was named the ACC Player of the Week, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and was the inaugural Maryland Men's Player of the Week.
• King was instrumental in the Terps' 3-0 win against Notre Dame on September 2. The Medford, N.J. native recorded a goal and assisted on another to aid the Terps to their first win of the season. With the score 1-0 in the 41st minute, King had a defender on him on the left side of the box and kept trying to shake him to find an opening to deliver a cross. He faked towards the goal line and spun inside to send a pass into the box. The pass found sophomore Drew Yates who tucked a shot next to the right post to put the Terps up two.
• King's goal came in the 70th minute after sophomore Doug Rodkey sent a ball into the box. The Fighting Irish keeper came out to catch the pass but the ball slipped through his hands and King was behind him to put in the easy goal.
• Zusi scored a goal in each of Maryland's two games last weekend. His goal against No. 7 Indiana was the equalizer in the 1-1 tie as he scored just 71 seconds after the Hoosiers got on the board. His tally against No. 10 Notre Dame proved to be the game-winner in a 3-0 affair.
• Both King and Zusi were named to the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic All-Tournament Team while Zusi was also tabbed the Offensive MVP.

Zusi Named Offensive MVP; Four On All-Tourney Team
• Junior Graham Zusi was tabbed the Offensive MVP of the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic last weekend after scoring a goal in each of Maryland's matches.
• His goal against No. 7 Indiana was the equalizer and got the Terps a tie against the Hoosiers in the season opener.
• Zusi's score against Notre Dame proved to be the game-winner in a 3-0 win.
• He totaled eight shots on the weekend and five of them were on goal.
• Three other Terps joined Zusi on the All-Tournament team including senior Stephen King, junior Michael Marchiano, and sophomore Omar Gonzalez.
• King recorded a goal and an assist in Maryland's win against Notre Dame.

Draft History Made In 2007
• Junior midfielder Maurice Edu became the second men's soccer student-athlete in Maryland history to be drafted with the first overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft as he was selected by the expansion franchise Toronto FC with the draft's first selection on January 12, 2007 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Sophomore keeper Chris Seitz was taken fourth overall by Real Salt Lake.
• It marked just the fourth time in MLS SuperDraft history that two student-athletes from the same school were selected in the top five.
• It was the second time under head coach Sasho Cirovski that a Terp has been selected with the first overall pick. Leo Cullen was taken by Miami in 1998 with the first pick in the draft.
• Edu and Seitz were also the seventh and eighth student-athletes under Cirovski's guidance to be taken in the first round. Since the draft's inception in 1996, Cirovski has produced 21 MLS SuperDraft picks.
• Edu was the fifth student-athlete from Maryland to be selected first overall in his respective sport's draft. Men's basketball has had two top picks in John Lucas (1976) and Joe Smith (1995) and men's lacrosse had Joe Walters go first in 2006.