No. 11 Maryland men’s soccer was knocking on the door all half after entering the final 45 minutes up a man against Virginia at Audi Field. The Cavaliers’ defense did their best to prevent Maryland from breaking the 1-1 tie, but that all changed in the 70th minute.
Defender Chris Rindov delivered a pass through two defenders to freshman midfielder Griffin Dillon. Upon receiving the pass, Dillon tapped it to forward Brayan Padilla, who uncorked a snipe from long distance that sailed into the top left corner of the net.
The writing was on the wall for Virginia’s second-half collapse following a late red card to finish out the first half, and the Terps fulfilled its goal by securing its first win against Virginia since 2015 by the score of 2-1.