Eli Crognale recalls sitting on Maryland men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski’s “recruiting couch” over five years ago while on a visit to College Park for his older brother, Alex. Even though it was his brother being recruited at the time, the younger Crognale knew College Park was the place he wanted to be.
“Wow, this is an awesome place,” he remembered thinking. “I would love to come here.”
Eli came to as many games as he could at Ludwig Field during his older brother’s illustrious four-year career. He found Maryland’s fan section, “The Crew,” entertaining and the soccer atmosphere enticing.