July 18, 2005

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland men's soccer incoming class is ranked second in the country, according to CollegeSoccerNews.com. The Terps, the winningest program in the country over the past three seasons, added 11 players to the 2005 roster. Maryland begins the regular season on September 2 at Cal State Fullerton.

The Terps landed two Parade All-Americans in Robbie Rogers and Chris Seitz, and four high school All-Americans in Matt Beckman, A.J. Delagarza, Michael Marchiano and Kevin Tangney. Also in the class are members of the national champion club team Casa Mia's Bays (Beckman, Kwame Darko, Delagarza, Marchiano), transfer Marc Burch, adidas/ESP players Doug Rodkey and Michael Vallie and high-scoring forward Graham Zusi.

Indiana was ranked first, and Maryland led four other ACC schools in the top 10 (Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Virginia).

Click here to read the entire CollgeSoccerNews.com recruiting rankings.