No. 10 Terps Suffer 3-1 Loss At Rutgers

Tuesday, October 29

Piscataway, NJ

7 PM

Maryland

8-3-5, 5-2-2

Rutgers

5-9-2, 2-6-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Maryland	0	1	1
Rutgers	1	2	3

10/29/2024 7:30:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 10 Maryland men's soccer lost to Rutgers 3-1 at Yurcak Field on Tuesday. It moved to 8-3-5 overall and 5-2-2 in conference action.

Maryland is in third place in the Big Ten standings with 17 points, behind Indiana (23 points) and Ohio State (20 points), heading into its Sunday regular-season finale at Ludwig Field against No. 1 Ohio State. The Hoosiers clinched a share of the conference title with their win against Northwestern tonight.

Matias De Jesus netted Maryland's lone goal in the 72nd minute. It was his second of the season and came off a rebound shot by William Kulvik that a Rutgers defender blocked. The Terps could not find the equalizer despite drawing opportunities late in the game.

Terps pull one back

De Jesus puts it away to get the Terps on the board pic.twitter.com/LMqvhP9aRT
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) October 30, 2024

The match was tightly contested and physical on both ends, with a combined eight yellow cards. The Terps had advantages in shots (15-13) and corner kicks (10-3). Freshman goalkeeper Laurin Mack made three saves, bringing his season total to 40 saves.

Rutgers improved to 5-9-2 on the season, and 2-6-1 in Big Ten play. Its goals occurred in the 44th, 62nd minutes and 87th minutes.

Cirovski's Take
"It was a very disappointing result for the team tonight. It felt like from the beginning of the match, nothing seemed to break our way. It is time now for our team to reset and refocus as we prepare for the season finale on Sunday."

The XI

Goalkeeper: Laurin Mack
Defenders: Jace Clark, Luca Costabile, Bjarne Thiesen and William Kulvik
Midfielders: Albi Ndrenika, Alex Nitzl and Chris Steinleitner
Forwards: Colin Griffith, Max Rogers and Sadam Masereka

Breaking Down The Action

Jace Clark sent a header toward the net that missed right in the 23rd minute, giving the Terps an early scoring opportunity.
Late in the 44th minute, a foul within the box led to a penalty kick goal for Rutgers. It led 1-0 at the half.
Matias De Jesus had a near goal-tying opportunity that was blocked by a Rutgers player in the 53rd minute.
Colin Griffith put Maryland's second shot on goal in the 56th minute, which was saved low-centered by Rutgers's goalkeeper.
In the 59th minute, De Jesus created another scoring chance with a nice stop-and-go move to create a low shot that was saved.
Rutgers scored their second goal off a deflection in the 62nd minute.
De Jesus connected with a low shot to the net, making it a one-score game in the 71st minute.
Less than two minutes later, a free-kick opportunity saw Max Rogers nearly tie the game with a shot that missed high of the upper net.
Laurin Mack made a huge low save in the 75th minute to keep the Terps down by one goal.
Clark nearly netted the equalizer a minute later, but his shot went just high on the net.
Rutgers scored in the 86th minute off their second pk goal of the night.

Numbers To Know

2: Matias De Jesus scored his second goal of the season.
10: Maryland checked in at No. 10 in today's United Soccer Coaches DI Men's Soccer Rankings.

Up Next

The Terps return home for their regular season finale on Nov. 3, when they play No. 1 Ohio State at Ludwig Field. The game starts at 1 p.m. and airs on B1G+.