Maryland Opens Season at Wake Forest Thursday Night

Thursday, August 21

Winston-Salem, NC

8 PM

Maryland

No. 6 Wake Forest

8/19/2025 3:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Maryland (0-0-0) vs. Wake Forest (0-0-0)

August 21, 2024

Spry Stadium

8:00 p.m.

ACC Network

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland men's soccer team opens its 2025 campaign against Wake Forest at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Thursday night. Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. and the match will air on ACC Network.

The Terrapins will look to return to the NCAA Tournament this season after making it to the Second Round a season ago. The Terps will host Bucknell for their home opener next Friday evening in front of The Crew at Ludwig Field with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Series History - Wake Forest

The Demon Deacons hold a slight lead over the Terrapins with a 20-15-5 record in the all time series. The last meeting between the two powerhouse programs was in the NCAA Tournament in 2024 where Wake Forest knocked out the Terps in the Second Round.
In the 2024 meeting, graduate Max Rogers evened up the game at one a piece a few minutes before the end of the first half. Now senior Luca Costabile recorded the assist on the play. The Demon Deacons scored in the 62nd minute to put the match away.

Junior midfielder Leon Koehl taking on Wake Forest in the 2024 NCAA Tournament

PREVIewING THE TERPS

The Terrapins enter the 2025 season with a combination of hungry returners and talented newcomers who will try and forge a winning identity as the Terps look to return to the top of college soccer.
The 2025 roster features 13 seniors and four juniors, good for 17 upperclassmen out of the 29 man roster. The squad also features 18 returners from the 2024 team, with eight in the projected starting 11.
Maryland netted 33 goals in 2024, and players responsible for 25 of them are back on the 2025 roster (76%).

Senior Colin Griffith looks to cap off his collegiate career in spectacular fashion

BIG TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH

Three Terps were named to the Big Ten Players to Watch list, the league announced Tuesday. The players are Luca Costabile, Leon Koehl, and Sadam Masereka.
Senior captain Luca Costabile headlines the back row for the Terps in 2025. In the two 2024 NCAA Tournament games for the Terps, Costabile netted one goal and added two assists.
Junior Leon Koehl will look to build off his terrific 2024 season where he was named First Team All-Big Ten after netting seven penalty kick goals for the Terps, a mark that led the NCAA.
Sadam Masereka, coming off a season with four goals and two assists, will look to cap off his collegiate career in a big way in 2025.

One of the three Big Ten Players to Watch for the Terps: senior forward Sadam Masereka.

Welcome the NEWCOMERS

The Terrapins have welcomed 11 newcomers, a combination of freshmen and transfers that will bolster the roster for the 2025 season.
Maryland picked up two senior transfers from UMBC: Joseph Picotto and Lasse Kelp. Kelp will look to add to the defensive line in 2025 while Picotto will play all over the field at the midfield position.
The Terps brought in seven incoming freshmen: Luke Burdett, Mateo Caride, Rocket Ritarita, Henry Bernstein, Alexander Milosevic, Emil Nymann, and Casey Price.
The final two transfers for Maryland are sophomore Stephane Njike and senior Tristen Rose. Njike joins the Terrapins after a year at LIU, whom the Terps defeated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Rose joins Maryland for his senior season after spending the previous few seasons at the University of Charleston. Rose was named a 2024 Division II Second Team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches. He helped lead Charleston to the 2024 Division II National Championship and three consecutive Mountain East Conference Championships.