#4 Maryland Welcomes Washington To College Park With A Trip To The College Cup On The Line

Saturday, December 6

College Park, MD

1 PM

Maryland

Washington

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#4 Maryland Welcomes Washington To College Park With A Trip To The College Cup On The Line

12/4/2025 12:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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No. 4 Maryland (13-1-4) vs Washington (13-6-2)

December 6, 2025

Ludwig Field

1:00 p.m.

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland men's soccer team looks to advance to the College Cup for the first time since winning the National Championship in 2018 as the Terps host Washington on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Ludwig Field. The Terps are the highest remaining seed of the eight teams left in the NCAA Tournament. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.

Where We've Been

The Terps advanced to the Quartefinals for the first time since 2018 after taking down UConn 3-0 in the Third Round.
In the Second Round win vs. UNC, Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Laurin Mack scored the game-winning PK goal for the Terps. He also stopped two shots in the PK and made three saves in the game.
Maryland finished its first unbeaten regular season since 2016, with a 12-0-3 mark, reaching No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll to end the regular season.
The Terps are currently third in the nation scoring offense (2.43 goals per game), third in points per game (8.11), and second in assists per game (3.22).
Maryland trailed for only 78 seconds throughout the entire regular season.
Maryland is second in the nation in average attendance with 3,251 per game. The Terps have drawn seven crowds of more than 3,000 this season including a high of 5,580 vs Indiana on Oct. 24.

#4 Maryland Men's Soccer vs. #13 Connecticut

Albi Ndrenika celebrates a goal vs. UConn (Nov. 29)

Series History - Washington

Sunday's matchup will be the fifth between the Terps and Huskies in each program's history.
Maryland holds a 3-1 record vs. Washington after taking down the Huskies earlier in the season.
Maryland is 2-0 vs. Washington in College Park.

Defender Tristen Rose (31)Maryland Terrapins Men's Soccer vs Washington Huskies at Ludwig Field in College Park, MD on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

Tristen Rose and Maryland taking on Washington earlier this season at Ludwig Field (Oct. 31)

BIG TEN Postseason awards

The Terps dominated the Big Ten postseason awards in 2025, securing six spots on the All-Big Ten First Team: Luca Costabile, Lasse Kelp, Laurin Mack, Sadam Masereka, Stephane Njike, and Leon Koehl.
The six selections to the first team is the most in program history since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Coach Cirovski earned his third Big Ten Coach of the Year honor as the Terps won the Big Ten Championship.
Lasse Kelp was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Laurin Mack was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year.
Albi Ndrenika was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
Rocket Ritarita and Farouk Cisse were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.

Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but 𝓢𝓘𝓧 All-Big Ten First Team members

The most in program history, notching the previous high of five in 2016 👏

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— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) November 13, 2025

terps in the Ncaa tournament

The Terps are competing in their 42nd NCAA Tournament, the fifth-most of any program in history.
With 63 wins in the NCAA Tournament, Maryland ranks sixth all-time in wins.
Big Ten Coach of the Year Sasho Cirovski is making his 31st NCAA Tournament appearance, the most by any coach in NCAA history. His 52 victories rank second all-time among all coaches.
Between 2001-22, Coach Cirovski led Maryland to 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances which is the second most in NCAA history.
A four seed has never won the College Cup in the current format.
In Maryland's three championships under Coach Cirovski, they won as the one, two, and 11 seeds.