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No. 20 Maryland men’s soccer defeats No. 9 New Hampshire, 2-1, in season opener
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With each offenses stagnant within the second half, the sport was free for the taking as No. 20 Maryland males’s soccer held a one objective lead over No. 9 New Hampshire.
The Terps desperately wanted to create offense and lengthen their lead in opposition to a ranked opponent. Maryland discovered its dependable redshirt sophomore star Joshua Bolma. The ahead acquired a move from junior defender Alex Nitzl and made his transfer.
Dribbling in the direction of the objective line, Bolma planted his foot and despatched a missile to the sting of the objective space. Freshman ahead Colin Griffith was in excellent place, redirecting the move straight into the middle of the objective for the primary time in his younger profession, giving Maryland a 2-0 lead within the seventy fifth minute.
Whereas New Hampshire made it shut, scoring its lone objective within the 83rd minute, it wasn’t sufficient to overhaul the Terps two-goal lead as they defeated New Hampshire, 2-1, on opening night time in Faculty Park on Thursday. With a top-10 win below its belt to open the season, Maryland ought to obtain a lift within the nationwide rankings.
“I’m clearly delighted with the efficiency and the outcome tonight. That was a nationwide contender in New Hampshire,” head coach Sasho Cirovski stated. “You may see the items within the entrance line had been beginning to come collectively at present and I believe that’s the beginning of some actually optimistic alternatives for us sooner or later.”
By the point 6 p.m. rolled round, Ludwig Discipline was rocking as Maryland welcomed again its diehard fanbase to Ludwig Discipline — The Crew.
New Hampshire utilized the stress early, although, because it tallied three free kicks within the first three minutes. Junior ahead Eli Goldman fired the primary shot of the sport within the seventh minute, but it surely was off beam.
The following seven minutes had been all Maryland, as they generated numerous alternatives. Bolma had his first shot blocked after which a Maryland nook kick shortly resulted in a throw-in.
Within the 14th minute, the Terps lastly broke by way of. Bolma snaked previous the protection with some nifty footwork earlier than the ball was blasted throughout the sector by redshirt senior defender Nick Richardson. His move was met by sophomore midfielder Griffin Dillion, who delivered a phenomenal header to senior ahead Hunter George. The superbly-placed help was lifted by George into the highest proper nook of the web, giving Maryland its first objective and lead of the season.
The Terps saved their foot on the fuel as they continued to play quick and aggressive. Their subsequent look got here by the hands of Dillion, who grounded the ball into the middle of the web, but it surely was simply saved by New Hampshire goalkeeper Jassem Koleilat, his first of the sport.
Dillion and Koleilat met once more within the twenty sixth minute. Dillion collected a nook kick and tried a shot on the left aspect of the web this time, but it surely led to the identical outcome — a Koleilat save.
A wave of substitutions put New Hampshire in an ideal place to even the rating. Maryland junior ahead Stefan Copetti dedicated a foul inside his first minute of play, giving the Wildcats a free kick. Senior midfielder Bilal Kamal’s first shot of the sport was subsequently blocked, nonetheless.
Maryland’s stifling protection continued to dam the Wildcats pictures, and Richardson discovered himself on the objective for the primary time within the recreation. Richardson tried to finesse the ball previous Koleilat, however the goalkeeper tallied his third save.
As the primary half got here to a detailed, Maryland had clearly outplayed the Wildcats on each side of the pitch. The Terps transformed one among their 4 pictures on objective, whereas their again line prevented any on the opposite finish.
With refreshed legs and minds, the 2 groups acquired off to a chippy begin within the second half. George was awarded the primary yellow card of the sport within the forty ninth minute, and simply three minutes later New Hampshire junior midfielder Yannick Shiny earned one himself.
With every offense at a standstill, Cirovski made a daring transfer, changing George, the lone objective scorer, with Copetti. He got here into the sport with some additional motivation, scorching down the sector and delivering the Terps’ first shot of the half.
Whereas the shot was off beam, Maryland’s defenders had been capable of hold New Hampshire at bay till its subsequent alternative arrived. The Terps secured a commanding 2-0 lead within the seventy fifth minute, when Bolma fired a phenomenal move into the sting of the objective space, which was completed off by Griffith.
With below 10 minutes to play, New Hampshire was working out of time. Though they scored a objective within the 83rd minute to chop Maryland’s result in one, it was too little, too late, because the Terps began the season with a victory.
Three issues to know
1. Joshua Bolma was a playmaker all night time lengthy. The 2021 Large Ten Freshman of the 12 months showcased his expertise Thursday night time, taking part in a vital function in each of Maryland’s targets. Bolma’s footwork opened up a possibility for the Terps to transform within the 14th minute, and his spectacular cross earned him an help on Griffith’s tally. He’ll proceed to be the important thing to Maryland’s offense this season.
“Josh is a flexible participant. We wish him to get on the ball extra,” Cirovski stated. “[Attacking midfielder] is a extremely great spot for him proper now as a result of he can affect the sport a lot extra.”
2. Regardless of a late objective, the Terps had been stout on protection. Maryland and New Hampshire each had 9 pictures Thursday night time, however the Wildcats struggled to get high quality possibilities, outdoors of Kamal’s objective. Senior goalkeeper Niklas Neumann didn’t must make a single save, a testomony to the efficiency by Maryland’s again line. The Wildcats are top-of-the-line groups on Maryland’s schedule, and the Terps’ efficiency bodes nicely for what to anticipate from them the remainder of the season.
“We simply acquired to outwork them. Yeah, they had been very gifted up entrance, they had been very tall, and also you simply acquired to outwork them within the air, outwork them on the bottom and beat them to balls,” senior midfielder Malcolm Johnston stated.
3. Hunter George is on hearth. With the departure of No. 1 MLS SuperDraft choose Ben Bender, Maryland recruited 5 forwards in an try to exchange his manufacturing. Fortunately for the Terps, the reply was already on their roster. George set Ludwig Discipline on hearth in the course of the preseason, scoring two of Maryland’s 5 targets, and he didn’t cease within the season-opener. George set the tone to start with of the match, giving Maryland a 1-0 lead that it by no means relinquished.
“It felt good. We’ve put plenty of work on this summer time,” George stated. “I believe it feels good for everybody to have a terrific first recreation. We wanted it.”
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Michigan State football opens as sizable underdog vs Maryland
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Who’s ready for Big Ten play to begin? In all honesty, I am not. I really wish Michigan State football had more tune-up games after seeing them struggle against Florida Atlantic and only win 16-10. But unfortunately, that is not how the schedule unfolds for Michigan State this season.
The Spartans will hit the road for an early Big Ten game as they face Maryland on Saturday at 3:30 pm. Going into the season I thought Michigan State and the Terps were on a pretty level playing field, but after seeing both teams play week one that doesn’t appear to be the case.
And Vegas agrees.
Michigan State opens as a 7.5-point underdog next week at Maryland. My guess is that grows to 8, 8.5.
— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) September 1, 2024
As you all know, Michigan State only beat Florida Atlantic by six and did not look very impressive, especially on the offensive side of the ball. So it’s no surprise that MSU will be the underdog next week. But 7.5 points feels like a lot, and according to the Lansing State Journal’s Graham Couch, it likely will only go up from there.
So does Vegas have it right or are they underrating Michigan State?
Looking at Maryland’s week one game against UConn it appears Vegas has this line right. The Terps were up 23-0 at halftime and never looked back and went on to win in dominant fashion 50-7. UConn and FAU are very similar in terms of what level they’re at in college football, so that drastic of a difference in the final score is very scary.
So Vegas probably could’ve gotten away with Maryland being even bigger favorites in this one.
But maybe Vegas saw what I did and thinks a lot of Michigan State’s mistakes on Friday are easy to fix. Maybe they think Aidan Chiles will be much better next week. The Spartan’s defense was also fairly dominant so there isn’t much of a chance Maryland scores 50 points next week either.
I tend to not bet on Michigan State games, but even if I did this would be a line that I would avoid because who knows how much Jonathan Smith’s squad will improve by next week, and who knows how much Maryland might struggle against a Power Four opponent.
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University of Maryland reverses decision to allow anti-Israel protest on October 7
The University of Maryland on Sunday reversed its decision to allow an anti-Israel protest on the first anniversary of the October 7 Massacre, following backlash from local Jewish groups.
UMD Students for Justice in Palestine and UMD Jewish Voice for Peace had been set to hold their October 7 vigil for Gazans killed in the Israel-Hamas War at the campus’s Mckeldin Mall, but the University System of Maryland (USM) said in a statement that on the day of the Hamas-led pogrom it would limit campus events requiring permits or approval to those supporting “a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”
“From the beginning of the war, we have come together as a University System to urge that we use this moment to encourage conversation, compassion, and civility; to engage with one another across our differences and draw on our shared humanity and our shared values to bridge what divides us,” said USM. “These dialogues aren’t new. Many of our universities have been hosting this kind of programming for several months. Reserving Oct. 7 gives us a chance to continue these urgent conversations and to mark this solemn anniversary in a way that gives students—all students—the time and space to share and to be heard.”
USM said that its intent was not to infringe of the free expression and speech of students, but to be sensitive to the needs of students as October 7 was a “day of enormous suffering and grief for many in our campus communities.”
UMD Jewish Student Union, Maryland Hillel, Terps for Israel, and Israeli American Council Mishelanu at Maryland welcomed the USM decision and thanked UMD leadership in a joint social media statement on Sunday.
“October 7, the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, is a day of mourning for the Jewish and Israeli community,” said the UMD JSU. “We are relieved that SJP will no longer to be able to appropriate the suffering of our family and friends to fit their false and dangerous narrative.”
The Jewish groups said that it was distraught that the decision to only hold university-sponsored event had to be made at all, and wished to used the campus space to “grieve together as a community” to promote unity at the university. The unideal situation was necessary, according to the Jewish groups, to ensure the physical and psychological safety of students on the day of mourning.
UMD JVP and SJP attacked the decision to cancel the event, claiming that the vigil for Palestinians killed since the October 7 Massacre was attacked without familiarity of the content. The anti-Israel groups said that the discourse was “the continuation inherently racist, Islamophobic, and dehumanizing rhetoric surrounding Palestinians.” JVP and SJP said that the actions against their event were an attempt to paint “Muslim, Arab, and anti-Zionist Jewish students as barbaric.”
The anti-Israel groups asserted that their vigil for Palestinians who died in the war was no threat to the campus’s Jewish community, but conflation of Zionism and Judaism did threaten UMD and the Jewish community.
“To claim that Palestinians cannot hold a day of remembrance in mourning one year of genocide, or lay claim to that date is an insult to every life lost in the Zionist entity’s genocidal campaign,” UMD SJP and JVP said on Instagram on Sunday. “The disproportionate scale of suffering experienced by the Palestinians over the past year necessitates their remembrance and our solidarity on this day. The suffering of all innocents killed must not be monopolized and necessitates a fair and just representation.”
SJP and JVP demanded the right to organize and exercise their right to free speech, accusing Zionists of attempting to stifle Palestinian voices.
The organizations indicated on their Sunday Instagram post that they still planned to hold their all-day event at Mckeldin Mall, and on Monday a link to register still active and listing the campus building as the rally location.
UMD Jewish groups said that they would be holding their own event to memorialize the victims of the October 7 pogrom at the Maryland Hillel.
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