Maryland–Virginia men's soccer rivalry

Maryland-Virginia men's soccer rivalry
Maryland Terrapins
Virginia Cavaliers
Sport College soccer
First meeting October 8, 1941
Maryland 12, Virginia 0
Latest meeting November 22, 2015
Maryland 1, Virginia 0
Next meeting TBD
Statistics
Meetings total 79
All-time series Maryland, 41–29–9[1]
Largest victory Maryland 12, Virginia 0 (1941)
Longest win streak 20, Maryland (1941–1969)
Longest unbeaten streak 23, Maryland (1941–1971)
Current win streak Maryland, 3
Current unbeaten streak Maryland, 5

The Maryland–Virginia men's soccer rivalry, sometimes referred to as the Tydings Cup[note 1], is a rivalry between the University of Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, and the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team. The rivalry is considered one of the most intense college soccer rivalries in the United States.[6] Much of this is due to the program's long-standing rivalries across other sports, competing for recruits in the Mid-Atlantic, and both of the programs participating in the Atlantic Coast Conference for over 60 years, before Maryland moved to the Big Ten Conference.

Both programs are two of the most decorated in men's college soccer. Maryland has won a total of 36 major college soccer trophies (NCAA, conference tournament, conference regular season), and Virginia has won a total of 35. Both programs are coached by two of the most reputable coaches in the collegiate game who have both coached their respective programs for over 20 years. Maryland is coached by Sasho Cirovski, and Virginia is coached by George Gelnovatch.

Rivalry

History

Klöckner Stadium, the home ground of Virginia.

The origins of both programs begin in the early to mid-1940s. In 1941, Virginia began sponsoring a varsity men's soccer program, while Maryland followed suit in 1946.[7] Prior to the 1946 meeting, Virginia's varsity team played Maryland's club team in the early 1940s in season fixtures. The first recorded meeting between both teams was on October 8, 1941 where the Maryland club team defeated the Virginia varsity team, 12-0, making it the largest defeat by either team in the series.[8] The first meeting between the two sides as varsity programs was on October 25, 1947, where Maryland defeated Virginia 3-0.[8]

The two teams met infrequently through the remainder of the 1940s into the mid-1950s. In 1955, the Atlantic Coast Conference began sponsoring men's college soccer as a conference sport, in which both Maryland and Virginia joined, thus causing the two teams to meet on an annual basis for the next half-century. The specific origins of the rivalry from this point are unknown, but much of it became rooted in the proximity between the two schools, and the fact Virginia and Maryland are border states.

The rivalry between both schools did not escalate until well into the 21st century, primarily due to the fact the school's until then saw periods of success on the pitch at different times. Maryland, for instance, saw much success in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, including a national title in the mid-to-late 1960s, whereas Virginia only qualified for one NCAA Tournament during that time. Conversely, Virginia saw much of their success come under Bruce Arena during their five-peat run in the late-1980s to mid-1990s. However, from 1976 to 1994, Maryland only qualified once for the NCAA Tournament.

In the late 1990s, the rivalry intensified with both teams regularly jockeying for ACC supremacy, which, at the time, was one of the top college conferences in the sport. This was due to the amount of national championships won, and at-large berths received in comparison to other collegiate conferences. Additionally, the rivalry intensified as both schools often tried to attract the top high school talents in the Mid-Atlantic region. Throughout the 2000s, the teams were both regularly ranked in the Top-10 of the NSCAA polls. Also during this team, Maryland's Sasho Cirovski and Virginia's George Gelnovatch were established as some of the most elite collegiate coaches in the United States. This was emphasized with Cirovski's National Coach of the Year Award in 2005, as well as both Cirovski and Gelnovatch's ACC Coach of the Year Awards earned throughout the late 1990s into the early 2000s.[9] Additionally, during this time, three of the ten national championships in the 2000s were won by either Maryland or Virginia. Maryland won the NCAA title in 2005 and again in 2008. The successive year, Virginia won the 2009 title. Furthermore, during the 2000s either one of the said teams reached the College Cup (Final Four) eight of the 10 occasions. The success of the two said programs during this time and said rivalry, earned national recognition. In 2011, College Soccer News rated the rivalry as the third most intense in the nation.[10]

Ludwig Field, the home ground of Maryland.

Some say the rivalry has weakened over the 2010s,[11] especially when Maryland left the ACC to move to the Big Ten Conference during the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment.[12][13] Since the move, the two sides have only met once: a 2015 NCAA Tournament match where Maryland emerged victorious. It is unknown if either program has attempted to schedule non-conference fixtures against each other.

ACC Era

Maryland was an inaugural men's soccer member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, when the conference began sponsoring the sport in 1953. Virginia joined the subsequent year, in 1954.[14] This resulted in the programs meeting on an uninterrupted annual basis for nearly 50 years.

The final match between the two sides as ACC teams came in 2013, when the programs met in the College Cup, or Final Four, of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.[6] Ahead of the match, Maryland's head coach, Sasho Cirovski praised the rivalry calling it "a dream scenario." Cirovski ahead of the clash emphasized how large ethe rivalry is in college soccer: "I’ve said it a thousand times: It’s the best rivalry in college soccer."[6] The American soccer publication, Soccer America called it the "end of one of college soccer's great rivalries".[15]

Maryland moves to Big Ten

Ahead of the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Terrapins moved to the Big Ten Conference. Since the move, the two teams have not scheduled non-conference fixtures against one another. However, the two sides met on November 22, 2015 in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.[16][17] There, Maryland posted a 1-0 victory thanks to a 38th-minute goal from Eryk Williamson.[18][19] Since this match though, the two sides have not met against each other in any competitive match.

Results

  Maryland win   Draw   Virginia win

Competition Date Home team Result Away team Venue Attendance Recap Series
1941 ISFA seasonOctober 8, 1941Maryland
12–0
VirginiaOld Byrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 1–0–0
1947 ISFA seasonOctober 25, 1947Virginia
0–3
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 2–0–0
1948 ISFA seasonNovember 17, 1948Maryland
5–0
VirginiaGriffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.UMD 3–0–0
1949 ISFA seasonOctober 14, 1949Virginia
1–10
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 4–0–0
1950 ISFA seasonOctober 20, 1950Maryland
3–1
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 5–0–0
1954 ACC seasonNovember 19, 1954Virginia
0–7
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 6–0–0
1955 ACC seasonNovember 18, 1955Maryland
3–0
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 7–0–0
1956 ACC seasonNovember 13, 1956Virginia
0–2
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 8–0–0
1957 ACC seasonOctober 25, 1957Maryland
2–0
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 9–0–0
1958 ACC seasonOctober 28, 1958Virginia
1–2
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 10–0–0
1959 ACC seasonOctober 30, 1959Maryland
5–1
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 11–0–0
1960 ACC seasonOctober 7, 1960Virginia
1–4
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 12–0–0
1961 ACC seasonOctober 6, 1961Maryland
3–0
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 13–0–0
1962 ACC seasonOctober 26, 1962Virginia
2–3
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 14–0–0
1963 ACC seasonOctober 23, 1963Maryland
7–2
VirginiaByrd Stadium, College Park, MarylandUMD 15–0–0
1964 ACC seasonOctober 22, 1964Virginia
0–2
MarylandScott Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaUMD 16–0–0
1998 ACC Regular SeasonSeptember 12, 1998Virginia
4–1
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, VirginiaRecapUMD 27–20–6
1999 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 12, 1999Maryland
1–0
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland2,034RecapUMD 28–20–6
1999 ACC TournamentNovember 11, 1999Virginia
2–0
MarylandSpry Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina2,201RecapUMD 28–21–6
2000 ACC Regular SeasonNovember 3, 2000Virginia
2–0
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia3,096RecapUMD 28–22–6
2001 ACC Regular SeasonNovember 4, 2001Maryland
0–3
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland1,673RecapUMD 28–23–6
2002 ACC Regular SeasonNovember 1, 2002Virginia
1–0
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia2,474RecapUMD 28–24–6
2002 ACC TournamentNovember 17, 2002Maryland
3–0
VirginiaSAS Stadium, Cary, North Carolina1,822RecapUMD 29–24–6
2003 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 31, 2003Maryland
1–0
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland2,245RecapUMD 30–24–6
2003 ACC TournamentNovember 16, 2003Maryland
1–1
VirginiaSAS Stadium, Cary, North Carolina3,287RecapUMD 30–24–7
2004 ACC Regular SeasonNovember 5, 2004Virginia
0–1
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia4,081RecapUMD 31–24–7
2004 ACC TournamentNovember 14, 2004Maryland
1–2
VirginiaSAS Stadium, Cary, North Carolina3,841RecapUMD 31–25–7
2005 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 19, 2005Maryland
3–0
MarylandLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland2,567RecapUMD 32–25–7
2006 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 11, 2006Virginia
3–0
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia3,618RecapUMD 32–26–7
2007 ACC Regular SeasonNovember 3, 2007Maryland
4–1
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland3,267RecapUMD 33–26–7
2008 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 31, 2008Virginia
1–2
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia1,737RecapUMD 34–26–7
2008 ACC TournamentNovember 16, 2008Maryland
1–0
VirginiaWakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina1,513RecapUMD 35–26–7
2009 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 31, 2009Maryland
0–0
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland1,112RecapUMD 35–26–8
2009 ACC TournamentNovember 11, 2009Maryland
0–1
VirginiaWakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina4,302RecapUMD 35–27–8
2009 NCAA TournamentDecember 3, 2009Virginia
3–0
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia4,900RecapUMD 35–28–8
2010 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 29, 2010Virginia
0–2
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia3,944RecapUMD 36–28–8
2010 ACC TournamentNovember 12, 2010Maryland
2–0
VirginiaWakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina1,937RecapUMD 37–28–8
2011 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 7, 2011Virginia
2–1
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia2,898RecapUMD 37–29–8
2012 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 5, 2012Maryland
1–0
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland4,846RecapUMD 38–29–8
2013 ACC Regular SeasonOctober 11, 2013Virginia
3–3
MarylandKlöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia1,708RecapUMD 38–29–9
2013 ACC TournamentNovember 17, 2013Maryland
1–0
VirginiaMaryland SoccerPlex, Boyds, Maryland4,763RecapUMD 39–29–9
2013 NCAA TournamentDecember 13, 2013Maryland
1–0
VirginiaPPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania4,172RecapUMD 40–29–9
2015 NCAA TournamentNovember 22, 2015Maryland
1–0
VirginiaLudwig Field, College Park, Maryland2,737RecapUMD 41–29–9
2018 NCAA seasonSeptember 3, 2018Maryland-VirginiaAudi Field, Washington, D.C.-

Honors

Team NCAA ISFA Conference
Tournament		 Conference
Regular Season		 Total
Maryland 3 0 9 24 36
Virginia 7 0 9 18 35
Combined 10 0 18 43 71

Notes

  1. ↑ The name Tydings Cup is referred to the named of the trophy received by the winning team of the American football rivalry from the 1920s until 1945.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Men's Soccer Series Records" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. College Sports Live. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Speck, Jason G. (2010). University of Maryland: The Campus History Series. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 25–41. ISBN 9781439641460.
  3. ↑ Wilkinson, Jack; Beck, Stan (2013). College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8108-9120-3.
  4. ↑ "Secretary William Jardine and Senator Millard Tydings with Tydings Trophy, November 13, 1926" (Photograph). digital.lib.umd.edu. University of Maryland Digital Libraries. November 13, 1926.
  5. ↑ University of Maryland Archives (August 17, 2016). "Twenty-four represents the number of years Millard Tydings served in the United States Senate" (Blog). umdarchives.wordpress.com. WordPress. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Goff, Steven (December 12, 2013). "At College Cup, 'the best rivalry in college soccer' gets a fitting send-off". The Washington Post. Nash Media, LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Maryland Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). umterps.com. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park. August 10, 2017. p. 2. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "All-Time Results - Virginia Men's Soccer" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. University of Virginia. July 23, 2017. pp. 1–6. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Virginia, Maryland Renew Men's Soccer Rivalry This Weekend". University of Virginia. CBSSports.com. September 12, 1998. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ CollegeSoccerNews.com (May 9, 2011). "The 5 Greatest Rivalries in College Soccer". First Point USA. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012.
  11. ↑ Edds, Kevin (December 4, 2014). "Death Of A Conference, Part 3". The Sabre. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  12. ↑ Prewitt, Alex; Svrluga, Barry (November 19, 2012). "Big Ten Expansion: Maryland leaves ACC, joins conference in financial move". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  13. ↑ Prewitt, Alex (June 30, 2014). "Maryland is a Big Ten school; who will be its rival?". The Washington Post. Jeff Bezos. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 16, 2017. pp. 82–91. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  15. ↑ "One last time for Terrapins and Cavs". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Eryk Williamson's strike pushes Maryland men's soccer past Virginia". The Diamondback. Maryland Media, Inc. November 22, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Terps, Virginia Battle in the NCAA Second Round". umterps.com. November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Williamson Goal Lifts Terps Past Virginia". umterps.com. November 22, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  19. ↑ Goff, Steven (November 22, 2015). "NCAA roundup: Terps, Hoyas men, Virginia women advance". The Washington Post. Nash Media, LCC. Retrieved January 15, 2018. Although they are no longer conference companions, Maryland and Virginia remain unbreakable rivals in men’s soccer because of their common recruiting territory and bounty of championships.
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