Alex Nitzl - Men's Soccer - University of Maryland Athletics

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The Breakdown: Has been a starter since he walked on campus, starting 68 of 71 matches in his Terrapin career.

As a Graduate (2024):

Team Captain
Played and started in 19 matches, playing 1,662 minutes.
Finished season with one goal and two assists.
Scored first career goal and picked up an assist in NCAA Opening Round match at home against LIU (11/21).
Got the start, playing 90 minutes and taking a shot against Michigan (10/25).
Played 86 minutes and had one shot attempt against George Mason (10/15).
Started against Washington, playing all 90 minutes (10/11).
Got the start and went the full 90 minutes aganist Michigan State (10/5).
Started against Penn State, playing all 90 minutes, taking one shot (10/1)
Started against Northwestern, playing all 90 minutes (9/27). This was his 60th start for the Terps.
Started against Indiana, playing all 90 minutes (9/21)
Started against Brown, playing all 90 minutes (9/6)
Started against Virginia, playing all 90 minutes (9/2)
Started against Detroit Mercy, playing 77 minutes, notching one assist (8/30)
Started against Georgetown, playing all 90 minutes (8/25)
Started at UMBC, playing all 90 minutes (8/22)

As a Senior (2023):

Started and played 59 minutes against Wake Forest (9/1).
Started and played 82 minutes at Virginia (9/4).
Started and played 90 minutes against Michigan (9/14).
Started and played 80 minutes at Penn State (9/19).
Started and played 84 minutes at Wisconsin (9/24).
Played a full 90 minutes with a shot against Northwestern (9/29).
Recorded an assist and a shot in a 90 minutes start against Rutgers (10/3).
Played 28 minutes in a start against Bowling Green (10/7).
Started against Indiana (10/20) and played 84 minutes.
Played 45 minutes in a 3-0 victory over Navy (10/24).
Started at Ohio State (10/29) and played 83 minutes.

As a Junior (2022):

Started all 16 matches he played. Played 1,359 minutes.
Notched four assists.
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
Started and notched an assist in 52 minutes against No. 9 New Hampshire.
Started and played 74 minutes against Liberty (8/28).
Started and played 90 minutes against No. 20 Denver (9/2).
Notched an assistant, started and played 77 minutes against Virginia (9/5).
Started and played 90 minutes at No. 21 Georgetown (9/10).
Started and played 90 minutes at Michigan (9/16).
Started and played 90 minutes against Penn State (9/20).
Started, played 90 minutes and recorded an assist against No. 13 Ohio State (9/26).
Notched an assist against Wisconsin (10/14).

As a Sophomore (2021):

Appeared in 16 matches and started 15.
Played in 1,342 minutes and notched an assist.
Played full time against Charlotte (8/26), UMBC (8/29), at Wisconsin (10/03), vs. Northwestern (10/8), vs. Pacific (10/16), at Michigan State (10/22), at Penn State (10/26) and Indiana (10/31).
Notched an assist at Michigan State (10/22).

As a Freshman (2020):

Established himself as a starter after becoming eligible, starting eight of the ninth matches he played.
Recorded an assist.
Played 760 minutes.
Made his Maryland debut with 52 minutes off the bench against Ohio State (2/27).
Started and played every minutes of Maryland following seven matches.
Started Maryland's Big Ten semifinal at Indiana before departing after 37 minutes due to a season ending injury (4/14).

Before Maryland:

Played for TSG Hoffenheim for the last two years after five years with FC Bayern Munich.
Played for coaches Marcel Rapp and Kai Herdling for Hoffenheim and Sebastian Hoene for Bayern Munich.
Helped Hoffenheim's U-19 team advance to the UEFA Youth League semifinals.
Appeared 31 times for Hoffenheim's youth set up.
Helped Bayern Munich's U-19 team advance to the 2018 UEFA Youth League Round of 16.
Appeared 84 times for Bayern Munich U-19 and U-17 sides.
Made 21 caps for German Youth National Teams.
Played for Germany at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup appearing in all five matches to help Germany make the quarterfinals.
Helped Germany advance to the semifinals of the 2017 UEFA European U-17 Championships.
Son of Alfred Schlager and Petra Nitzl.
Has one sibling: Tobias.

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