Terps Earn NCAA Berth, Face Missouri State in Opening Match
4/19/2021 12:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Maryland's match with Missouri State will take place on Sunday, May 2 at the UNCW Soccer Stadium on the campus of UNC-Wilmington. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. The Terps have won four national titles (1968, 2005, 2008, 2018) in school history and reached the round-of-16 in 19 of the last 26 years. Maryland's 20 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances represents the second longest active streak in the nation.
Maryland enters the tournament with a 4-1-2 record in its last seven matches after starting the season 0-3. Maryland features four All-Big Ten selections in Paul Bin, Brett St. Martin, Ben Bender and Jacen Russell-Rowe.
Preliminary round games of the tournament will take place at the campus venues of University of North Carolina Wilmington, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest, in addition to Bryan Park (Greensboro, North Carolina), J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex (Wilson, North Carolina), Sportsplex (Matthews, North Carolina) and WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, North Carolina).
Four first-round games will be played Thursday, April 29, while all second-round action will take place Sunday, May 2. The third round will be played May 6, while the quarterfinals will be played May 10.
For the first time the College Cup will feature the Division I men's and women's soccer national champions being crowned on the same weekend at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. The men's semifinals will take place on May 14 and national championship game on May 17 with all three matches being televised live on ESPNU.
