2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

Maryland Terrapins
2008 season
Head Coach	Sasho Cirovski
Stadium	Ludwig Field
ACC	2nd
ACC Tournament	Winners
NCAA Tournament	Winners
Highest home attendance	11,074 vs. GU
Lowest home attendance	978 vs. VT
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2007 2009 →

Head CoachSasho Cirovski

StadiumLudwig Field

ACC2nd

ACC TournamentWinners

The 2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2008 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The team won its third NCAA College Cup title, and their first since 2005. The team included several future professional players, most notably, Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Record	Conf.	Ref.
Preseason
08/16/08	7:00 pm	at VCU	No. 8	Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA	D 0–0^2OT		1,066	0–0–0		^[1]
08/22/08	7:30 pm	South Florida	No. 8	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	L 1–2	Costanzo	1,244	0–0–0
Regular season
08/29/08	10:30 pm	at No. 14 UCLA*	No. 8	The Home Depot Center • Carson, CA UCLA Tournament	W 2–1^OT	Flatley, Wallace	3,214	1–0–0		^[2]
08/31/08	6:30 pm	vs. No. 23 California*	No. 8	Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA UCLA Tournament	L 0–1		755	1–1–0		^[3]
09/05/08	7:00 pm	Hartford*	No. 9	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 3–0	Rodkey, Gonzalez, Townsend	3,009	2–1–0		^[4]
09/07/08	7:00 pm	Davidson*	No. 9	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 4–1	Hall (2), Townsend, Wallace	1,258	3–1–0		^[5]
09/12/08	7:30 pm	No. 9 Boston College	No. 8	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 1–0	Zusi	2,750	4–1–0	1–0–0	^[6]
09/19/08	7:30 pm	No. 25 Duke	No. 4	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 1–0	Gonzalez	6,083	5–1–0	2–0–0	^[7]
09/23/08	7:30 pm	American*	No. 2	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 4–0	Townsend (2), Gonzalez, Oduaran	1,034	6–1–0		^[8]
09/26/08	7:30 pm	No. 1 Wake Forest	No. 2	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	L 2–4	Herrick, Townsend	6,500	6–2–0	2–1–0	^[9]
09/30/08	8:00 pm	Binghamton*	No. 4	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 1–0	Kassel	517	7–2–0		^[10]
10/03/08	7:00 pm	at Clemson	No. 4	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	L 3–5	Hall (2), Townsend	828	7–3–0	2–2–0	^[11]
10/07/08	7:30 pm	No. 21 Charlotte*	No. 10	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 2–1^OT	Hall, Townsend	746	8–3–0		^[12]
10/10/08	7:30 pm	at Virginia Tech	No. 10	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 4–0	Hall (2), Herrick, Cortes	737	9–3–0	3–2–0	^[13]
10/14/08	6:00 pm	Lehigh*	No. 6	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 2–1^OT	Gonzalez, Townsend	908	10–3–0		^[14]
10/17/08	7:30 pm	Evansville*	No. 6	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 4–0	Townsend (2), Hall (2)	1,823	11–3–0		^[15]
10/21/08	7:00 pm	at West Virginia*	No. 6	Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WV	W 1–0	Hall	1,346	12–3–0		^[16]
10/25/08	7:00 pm	at NC State	No. 6	Method Road • Raleigh, NC	W 2–1	Herrick (2)	800	13–3–0	4–2–0	^[17]
10/31/08	7:30 pm	at Virginia Rivalry	No. 5	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–1	Hall, Zusi	1,747	14–3–0	5–2–0	^[18]
11/07/08	7:30 pm	No. 20 North Carolina	No. 5	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	W 2–1	Yates, Zusi	3,506	15–3–0	6–2–0	^[19]
ACC Tournament
11/12/08	3:00 pm	vs. (7) No. 23 North Carolina	(2) No. 3	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Quarterfinals	W 1–0	Hall	822	16–3–0		^[20]
11/14/08	5:00 pm	vs. (3) Boston College	(2) No. 3	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Semifinals	W 1–0	own goal	1,068	17–3–0		^[21]
11/16/08	12:00 pm	vs. (5) No. 19 Virginia	(2) No. 3	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC ACC Championship	W 1–0	Hall	1,068	18–3–0		^[22]
NCAA Tournament
11/25/08	4:00 pm	George Mason	(2) No. 3	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD Second round	W 2–0	Townsend, Zusi	2,064	19–3–0		^[23]
11/29/08	4:00 pm	No. 11 California	(2) No. 3	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD Third round	W 2–1	Gonzalez, Hall	2,531	20–3–0		^[24]
12/06/08	7:30 pm	(7) No. 7 Creighton	(2) No. 3	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD Quarterfinals	W 1–0	Wallace	2,902	21–3–0		^[25]
12/12/08	7:30 pm	vs. (3) No. 4 St. John's	(2) No. 3	Pizza Hut Park • Frisco, TX Semifinals	W 1–0^2OT	Zusi	6,134	22–3–0		^[26]
12/14/08	12:30 pm	vs. (13) No. 10 North Carolina	(2) No. 3	Pizza Hut Park • Frisco, TX National Championship	W 1–0	Zusi	6,594	23–3–0		^[27]
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from NSCAA. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during ACC or NCAA Tournament is seed.

v t e Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
Venues	Old Byrd Stadium (1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) Maryland Stadium (1950–1994) Ludwig Field (1995–present)
Rivalries	Virginia
People	Doyle Royal Sasho Cirovski
Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland
Seasons	1947 1968 2005 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020
College Cup finals	2018
NCAA/ISFA/NSCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2000–2009)
2000	Connecticut Creighton Indiana SMU
2001	Indiana North Carolina St. John's Stanford
2002	Creighton Maryland Stanford UCLA
2003	Indiana Maryland Santa Clara St. John's
2004	Duke Indiana Maryland UC Santa Barbara
2005	Clemson Maryland New Mexico SMU
2006	UCLA UC Santa Barbara Virginia Wake Forest
2007	UMass Ohio State Virginia Tech Wake Forest
2008	Maryland North Carolina St. John's Wake Forest
2009	Akron North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

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