Terps Travel to Face Rutgers Wednesday Night

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – After a loss to Wisconsin, the Maryland men's soccer team will attempt to get back on track in a midweek clash with Rutgers at Yurcak Field Wednesday night. Fans can watch the action on BTN Plus.

Storylines

Maryland is 10-1-0 against Rutgers all-time, including a 5-0-0 mark since the two schools joined the Big Ten prior to the 2014 season. The Terps used three second half goals to defeat the Scarlet Knights, 3-0, last year, with Gordon Wild (2) and Eli Crognale tallying for the home team.
Junior Paul Bin scored his first career goal as a Terp on Friday night against Wisconsin, coming off combination play from William James Herve and Eric Matzelevich.
Maryland opened Big Ten play with a come-from-behind victory over Northwestern on the road. After the Wildcats pulled ahead in the 61st minute, freshman William James Herve scored with just minutes left in regulation before notching the winner in the first overtime period. The tallies were the first of Herve's Maryland career.
After his performance, Herve was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Herve was the first Terp freshman to score two goals in a game since Eryk Williamson in 2015. He was also an honorable mention selection to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week.
Maryland notched its first win of the season against West Virginia. Senior Amar Sejdic bagged the winner late in the match off a cross from Chase Gasper.
The Terrapins two other results this season were draws with top-10 opponents. The Terps earned scoreless decisions with then-No. 10 Stanford and then-No. 7 Virginia. The Terps renewed their rivalry with Virginia at DC United's Audi Field, as the matchup was the first college soccer match played at the brand new venue.
Junior center back Donovan Pines has emerged as one of the top defenders in the country. The Maryland native led the Terps to their two shutouts over Stanford and Virginia and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Week as a result. Pines team with German Johannes Bergmann to form one of the top center back duos in the country.
Maryland boasts two of the top three single game attendances in the country this season, drawing 5,875 against Wisconsin and 5,802 against Stanford. The Terps rank No. 2 in average attendance this season with 3,961.

Terps on TV

Maryland will have at least seven contests broadcast on national television, including five on the Big Ten Network. Maryland's first nationally televised contest of the fall made history as the Terps took on defending national champions Stanford live on FS1. The match was be the first Big Ten Olympic sport broadcast on FS1.
The Terps are featured five more times on BTN throughout the fall, including a marquee non-conference match-up with UCLA (Sept. 7, 7 p.m.) and Big Ten contests vs. Wisconsin (Sept. 21, 7 p.m.), vs. Michigan State (Oct. 5, 7 p.m.), vs. Penn State (Oct. 23, 6 p.m.) and at Michigan (Oct. 28, 4 p.m.). Maryland's seven national broadcasts lead all men's soccer programs in the conference.
All other home matches at Ludwig Field will be streamed live on BTN2Go.

Big Ten Preseason Honors

Senior midfielder Amar Sejdic, redshirt junior goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair and junior defender Donovan Pines were named to the Big Ten Preseason honors list.
Sejdic, a 2016 first-team All-Big Ten selection, is Maryland's top returning assist man with four. Pines was a second-team All-Big Ten selection a season ago after being named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in his debut campaign.

Meet The New Guys!

Top Drawer Soccer named Maryland's incoming recruiting class the 12th best in the nation, continuing the program's legacy of top rated classes. Frisco native Brayan Padilla (FC Dallas), the 58th ranked player in TDS' rankings headlines the class with fellow ranked recruit Russell Shealy (102, Atlanta United) and MLS academy product Vinicius Lansade. All three have had success in the US Soccer Development Academy, with Lansade leading NYCFC to a U-19/18 title this year.
Four Maryland natives feature in Maryland's class; Justin Gielen (Baltimore Celtic), Nick Richardson (Baltimore Celtic), Brett St. Martin (Baltimore Celtic) and Craig Eichelberger (Baltimore Armour). The trio from Celtic are proven winners, with St. Martin helping the club win a US Youth Soccer U-19 National Championship prior to Richardson and Gielen leading the outfit to a U-18 crown.
Maryland's class is completed by a pair of international players; Slovakia native Richard Bedats and France native William James Herve. Bedats has a distinguished youth pedigree, captaining Slovakian youth sides from the U-15 to U-19 level. He chose the Terps over a number of national bluebloods including North Carolina, Indiana and Wake Forest.

Captains

Dayne St. Clair, Amar Sejdic and Chase Gasper are the captains of this year's squad. St. Clair and Sejdic are first-time captains while Gasper was named a captain midway through the 2017 season after transferring to Maryland from UCLA.

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Players Mentioned

#8 Gordon Wild: F; 5' 10"; Junior

#19 Eryk Williamson: F/MF; 5' 9"; Junior

#5 Johannes Bergmann: D; 6' 1"; Junior

#18 Paul Bin: F/MF; 5' 10"; Junior

#20 Eli Crognale: MF; 6' 0"; Junior

#28 Chase Gasper: D; 6' 0"; Senior

#15 Eric Matzelevich: F; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#2 Donovan Pines: D; 6' 5"; Junior

#10 Amar Sejdic: MF; 5' 10"; Senior

#99 Dayne St. Clair: GK; 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

#8 Gordon Wild
: 5' 10"; Junior
: F

#19 Eryk Williamson
: 5' 9"; Junior
: F/MF

#5 Johannes Bergmann
: 6' 1"; Junior
: D

#18 Paul Bin
: 5' 10"; Junior
: F/MF

#20 Eli Crognale
: 6' 0"; Junior
: MF

#28 Chase Gasper
: 6' 0"; Senior
: D

#15 Eric Matzelevich
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: F

#2 Donovan Pines
: 6' 5"; Junior
: D

#10 Amar Sejdic
: 5' 10"; Senior
: MF

#99 Dayne St. Clair
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior
: GK