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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

31 Bjarne Thiesen

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position D
  • Major Information Systems
  • Hometown Kiel, Germany
  • High School Holsten Kiel / West Virginia
  • Instagram bjarne.thiesen
  • Opendorse bjarne-thiesen-profile

Biography

As a Graduate Student (2024):
  • Played and started in 15 matches.
  • Finished season with one goal.
  • Took a shot in Big Ten Quarterfinal match against UCLA (11/7).
  • Fired two shots on target on the road against Michigan (10/25).
  • Got the start and went 90 minutes against George Mason (10/15).
  • Played the full 90 minutes and fired a shot against Michigan State (10/5).
  • Started against Penn State, playing 71 minutes, taking one shot (10/1)
  • Started against Northwestern, playing all 90 minutes (9/27)
  • Started against Indiana, playing 58 minutes (9/21)
  • Started against Wisconsin, playing 67 minutes and scoring one goal on three shots (9/13)
  • Started against San Diego St., playing 41 minutes, putting one shot on goal (9/9)
As a Graduate Student (2023):
  • Got a shot off in 79 minutes against Missouri State (8/24).
  • Started and played 90 minutes against UNC Greensboro (8/27).
  • Got a shot off in 90 minutes against Wake Forest (9/1).
  • Had a shot on goal in 67 minutes at Virginia (9/4).
  • Started and had a shot in 85 minutes against Michigan (9/14).
  • Started and played 90 minutes at Penn State (9/19).
  • Started and played 90 minutes at Wisconsin (9/24).
  • Played a full 90 minutes against Northwestern (9/29).
  • Started and played 10 minutes against Rutgers (10/3).
  • Started and played a full 90 minutes, recording a goal and a pair of shots in the 6-4 victory over Villanova (10/10).
  • Played a full 90 minutes at Michigan State (10/15).
  • Started and played 90 minutes against Indiana (10/20).
  • Played 45 minutes in a 3-0 win over Navy (10/24).
  • Notched a goal in 90 minutes of play at Ohio State (10/29).

Before Maryland: 
  • Comes to Maryland after three years at West Virginia.
  • Started all 48 matches he played for the Mountaineers.
  • Scored five goals and added an assist.
  • 2022: started 19 matches and led WVU with 1,579 minutes…led a backline that notched six clean sheets..2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Regional Second Team selection…2022 All-Sun Belt Second Team…2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Award Watch List…preseason All-American.
  • 2021: 2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American…2021 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First-Team…TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team…Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team…started 21 matches and totaled 1,980 minutes…helped the Mountaineers post nine clean sheets.
  • 2020: started all eight matches and played 726 minutes…scored two goals and had one assist.
Personal
  • Son of Dirk Thiesen and Astrid Lorenzen

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2023Graduate Student

    Defender
    6'5" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Defender
    6'5" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2024Graduate Student

    Defender
    6'5" 180 lbs
    31