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2022 Men's Soccer Roster

36 Niklas Neumann

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Position GK
  • Major Family Science
  • Hometown Kassel, Germany
  • High School KSV Hessen Kassel
  • Instagram niklasneumann36
  • Opendorse niklas-neumann

Biography

  • 2021 All-Big Ten Second Team
  • 2019 All-Big Ten Second Team
  • 2019 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
  • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10/29/19, 9/13/22)
As a Senior (2022):
  • Started 14 matches.
  • Notched a 1.36 goals against average. Made 35 saves. 
  • Went 7-4-3. 
  • Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week (9/13).
  • Played 90 minutes and gave up a goal in a win over No. 9 New Hampshire (8/25).
  • Made five saves against No. 20 Denver (9/2).
  • Made three saves, including a penalty kick save, against Virginia (9/5).
  • Made five saves at No. 21 Georgetown (9/10).
  • Made a pair of saves in a win over Rutgers (10/4).

As Junior (2021):
  • Started 14 matches and played in 15.
  • Second Team All-Big Ten selection.
  • Went 9-3-2 with a 0.88 GAA.
  • Recorded 39 saves.

As a Sophomore (2020-21):
  • Started three matches before a season ending injury.
  • Allowed two goals in 270 minutes.
  • Notched a clean sheet against Wisconsin (3/7). 

As a Freshman (2019):
  • Started 18 matches in his debut season with the Terps.
  • Went 9-6-2 with nine shutouts.
  • Played 1,593 minutes.
  • Notched a 0.90 goals against average.
  • Recorded 62 saves with a .795 save percentage.
  • Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors.
  • Was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team.
  • Named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10/29).
  • Named the 36th best freshman in the nation in Top Drawer Soccer's postseason rankings.
  • Made his first career start and notched two saves against eventual national runner up Virginia at Audi Field (9/2).
  • Notched his first win and shutout with two saves in a 1-0 win against defending national runner up Akron (9/13).
  • Recorded a shutout with four saves against St. John's in a 1-0 win (9/23).
  • Recorded a shutout with five saves at Wisconsin in a 0-0 draw (9/27).
  • Made starts in wins over Rutgers (3-1, 1 save) and Cal St. Fullerton (2-0, 5 saves).
  • Helped the Terps to a 1-1 draw at Michigan State with three saves (10/11).
  • Notched four saves in a 1-0 loss to eventual national champion Georgetown (10/14).
  • Notched two saves in a 1-0 shutout win over Yale (10/21).
  • Notched five saves at Ohio State in a 2-0 win (10/25).
  • Recorded a then career high seven saves at Penn State in a 3-2 loss (10/29).
  • Recorded four saves in a 4-2 loss to Michigan (11/3).
  • Notched a shutout with five saves in a 1-0 win in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals at Northwestern (11/10).
  • Was spectacular with a career high eight saves against Indiana in a 1-0 loss in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals (11/15).
  • Made three saves in a 4-0 win over Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/21).
  • Made three saves in the Terps loss to Wake Forest in the NCAA Tournament Second Round (11/24).

Before Maryland: 
  • Comes to Maryland after a spell with KSV Hessen Kassel in Germany
  • Spent multiple years in the youth set up at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, playing for their U-19 and U-17 squads.
  • Finished second in the junior Bundesliga U-19.
  • Practiced with Kaiserslauten's Bundesliga as a youth player.
  • Made his Regionaliga debut as a youth player.

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019Freshman

    Goal Keeper
    6'1" 182 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2020-21Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 182 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2021Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 195 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2022Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 195 lbs
    36