Friday, October 30
Seattle, WA
8 PM
Maryland
at
Washington
10/28/2026 1:15:00 PM | Men's Soccer
No. 11 Maryland (10-3-1) at No. 7 Washington (9-3-3)
October 30, 2026
Husky Soccer Stadium
8:00 pm ET
Big Ten Network
Where We've Been
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Maryland holds a 10-3-1 record in the 2026 season and are ranked No. 11 in the Week 10 United Soccer Coaches Poll.
- The Terps ranked No. 3 in the first NCAA Committee Rankings of the season, the best mark in the Big Ten.
- Maryland's passionate fanbase, The Crew, has once again showed out at Ludwig Field in 2026 with 6,110 fans packing the stands vs. No. 5 Georgetown on Labor Day. The crowd marked the third-highest attendance in the NCAA in 2026 and the largest Maryland crowd since 9/8/17 vs. Indiana when close to 7,000 fans packed Ludwig.
Albi Ndrenika celebrating a goal vs. Ohio State (Oct. 24, 2026)
top drawer soccer top 100 players
- Two Terrapins were featured on the Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100 Players ranking that was released on Thursday, Oct. 22. Four Terps were featured on the Midseason Top 100 Freshmen list.
- Henry Bernstein was named the No. 17 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. Bernstein leads the Big Ten with eight assists and ranks second in the nation in assists per match.
- Farouk Cisse was named the No. 85 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. Cisse has scored one goal and recorded three assists this season while holding down the defensive line for Maryland.
- The four Terps featured on the Top 100 Freshman List were No. 10 Franklin Affanyi, No. 24 Rodrigo Neri, No. 40 Said El Eyssami and No. 91 Luka Juricic.
All 👀 on these two 🐢 Congrats to Henry and Farouk on being named to the @TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top 100 Players! 👏 https://t.co/Fctd9JjcJ4
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) October 22, 2026
4 of the best freshmen in the nation 🐢 https://t.co/4zuoepYsLJ
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) October 26, 2026
BIG TEN Players of the week
- After 10 weeks of Big Ten weekly awards, the Terps have earned multiple conference honors to open the 2026 season.
- Laurin Mack earned his second Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week of the season recording back to back clean sheet victories.
- Maryland opened the week with a shutout win over St. John's last Tuesday, as Mack made two saves to preserve the clean sheet. He followed that performance with a career-high-tying seven saves against Ohio State, coming up with several key stops to help the Terps secure another 1-0 victory.
- Said El Eyssami earned the first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award of the 2026 season before taking home his second on Sept. 22. El Eyssami scored the game winning goal in Maryland's 1-0 win over No. 7 Wisconsin.
- El Eyssami scored twice in his collegiate debut, leading Maryland to a 2-1 victory at Pitt to open the 2026 season. With his two-goal performance, El Eyssami became the first Terp to score twice in a season opener since Jake Rozhansky in 2017 and the first Maryland freshman to accomplish the feat since Graham Zusi in 2005.
- Albi Ndrenika was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8 for the second time in his career.
- Ndrenika helped lead Maryland to a 2-0 week, recording two goals and an assist. His biggest moment came against No. 5 Georgetown, when he scored a spectacular equalizing goal that was featured as the No. 9 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays and earned a shoutout from Maryland alum Scott Van Pelt.
- Rodrigo Neri has now taken home back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (Sept 1 and 8).
- Neri scored two goals and recorded one assist this past week to take home the honor for a second time.
- The previous week, Neri delivered the game-winning moment in the 81st minute, scoring the first goal of his collegiate career to lift Maryland past No. 9 High Point, 1-0. The freshman's late strike proved to be the difference in the Top-10 showdown, helping the Terps remain unbeaten to open the 2026 season.
Congrats to Laurin Mack on taking home his second Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week honor this season! 🐢 Laurin recorded two clean sheets this past week and tied his career-high with seven saves vs. Ohio State! 📰 https://t.co/bdaWExvOI0 https://t.co/Wq08OeBRUG
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) October 27, 2026
brilliant bernstein
- Sophomore Henry Bernstein has been one of Maryland's key players in 2026, leading the team with eight assists.
- Bernstein's eight assists leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth in the nation with 0.67 assists per match.
- Bernstein recordeded a spectacular goal in the eighth minute at Michigan to begin the scoring in Ann Arbor.
- The sophomore was named the #17 player on the Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100.
- Bernstein made the first start of his career in the 2025 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals as a true freshman and made an immediate impact, scoring the first goal of his young career. Bernstein finished his freshman season with seven points and will look to build on that momentum in 2026.
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