Casey Townsend became the eighth Terrapin to be drafted with a top five pick in the MLS SuperDraft Thursday. The senior forward was selected fifth overall by Chivas USA.
Townsend was named an NSCAA Second Team All-American and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist this season while garnering first team All-ACC honors for the second straight year. The Traverse City, Mich., product racked up 17 goals as a captain for the Terps.
Townsend, a four-year starter, is tied for third on … Read More »
The Classic Trap game—Sandwiched between last Friday’s game against #2 Creighton and this Friday’s game against arch rival UVA, the Terps just were not up to their usual aggressiveness as they barely got past a 4-4 Rutgers team.
Sasho commented after the game:Memo(8)
Tonight the Terrapin wore Pink jerseys as UA sponsored a night to join the fight against Breast Cancer.
Early in the 2nd half goalie Will Swaim stopped a barrage of shots any of which would have … Read More »
What a great night at the Legends Museum!!! I was host at 8PM to a panel comprised of much of the Coaching hierarchy at the University of Maryland, as well as many of the leading players. I want to thank Museum Director Mike Gibbons for giving me the honor of hosting this event. Randy Edsall, Cathy Reese, Erik Bakich, Sasho Cirovski, and Assistant Field Hockey Coach Tjerk Van Herwaarden manned the stage with me. Some of the players present were … Read More »
Maryland defender Ethan White has signed to play professionally with Major League Soccer’s D.C. United, becoming the squad’s fourth Homegrown player, the club announced Tuesday morning. White, a sophomore, progressed from United’s Academy to Maryland, where he led the Terps to back-to-back NCAA Quarterfinal appearances and a 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference title. The Kensington, Md., product helped Maryland equal its program-best mark for shutouts in a season (15) and was tabbed a second team All-ACC selection for his efforts.”It’s always … Read More »
This was a heartbreaker. A packed house showed up at Ludwig Field to hopefully watch the Terrapins vault into another College Cup nexyt week in Santa Barbara. But it was not to be. The Terps squandered scoring chance after scoring chance in the first overtime and were beaten on a passive 4 foot shot by the Big Ten Champs. Casey Townsend played a miraculous game scored 1 of the goals with his running mate Jason Herrick getting the other. Sasho … Read More »
No. 2 seed Maryland hopes to punch its ticket to the College Cup when it plays host to Michigan Saturday at 1 p.m. at Ludwig Field in the quarterfinals of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. Taylor Kemp’s first career goal secured Maryland’s helped defeat Penn State and secure the Terps’ quarterfinal bid last Sunday. The sophomore defender, who was named to both College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com’s National Team of the Week, also quelled Corey Hertzog, holding the … Read More »
Three of the final 4 teams in the final four of Field Hockey are members of the ACC. Maryland plays Ohio State in the semis and the winner faces the winner of UVA and Carolina on Sunday at high noon. It’s Redemption weekend for the Lady Terps, as one way or another Katie O’Donnell arguably one of the best American Field hockey players ever!!!—will play her last game for Maryland.
On the Men’s Soccer NCAA draw–Sasho’s guys will face the … Read More »
A Matt Kassel penalty kick goal followed by a tremendous defensive effort provided Maryland with its fourth league tournament title Sunday, as the Terps dropped North Carolina, 1-0, in the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. Maryland (17-2-1) goalkeeper Zac MacMath was named the ACC Championship Most Valuable Player after tallying six saves to preserve the Terps’ 13th shutout this season. Kassel, Casey Townsend and Jason Herrick were also tabbed to the all-tournament team.
Field Hockey–The #2 Lady Terps won twicw this weekend 7-5 at Old Dominion on Friday and 7-2 at home against Delaware on Sunday. Katie O’Donnell’s 2 goals on Sunday allowed her to pass Nicole Muracco as Maryland’s leading goal scorer in history.
#4 Men’s Soccer defeated Clemson 3-2 on Saturday night as Senior Jason Herrick headed home the game-winner at 75:32 off a perfectly served ball from Matt Kassel in the deep central midfield. Midfielders Sunny Jane and Paul Torres … Read More »
The Maryland men’s soccer team notched their first ACC win of the season Saturday at home against NC State. Jason Herrick scored the first and third goals, while Casey Townsend added the second goal. Maryland and Zac MacMath would have had a shut-out were it not for a slip-up between Paul Torress and MacMath which led to an empty net shot on goal for the Pack’s Chris Zuerner.
Freshman Patrick Mullins tallied the first two assists of his career. Mullins … Read More »
