DALLAS – Jamil Roberts’ goal in the 70th minute lifted No. 10-ranked and Conference USA champion Marshall to a 1-0 victory over No. 7-ranked and defending national champion Georgetown in Cary, North Carolina to advance to the semifinals of the 2020 NCAA Men’s College Cup.
 
It is the first time a Conference USA team has advanced to the semifinals since 2013, and the fifth time overall (1996, 1997, 2005, 2013 and 2020). It is also the first time that Marshall will play in the NCAA Men’s College Cup semifinal round.

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The Thundering Herd (11-2-3) will play No. 16-ranked North Carolina (9-4-4) on Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m. CT from Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. The winner of that game will advance to the College Cup Final in Cary on Monday, May 17 to face the winner of Indiana-Pittsburgh in the other semifinal.
 
The Hoyas (10-2-2) were the defending national champions from 2019.
 
After a 0-0 first half, which featured a 4-2 shots edge, including 2-0 in shots on goal by the Hoyas (10-2-2), Marshall broke through with 20 minutes to play in the second half. Vitor Dias took a pass at the upper right corner of the 18-yard box and dribbled down to the bottom of the six-yard box next to the end line on the right side. Dias’ shot attempt from there deflected off a Georgetown defender across the mouth of the goal and caromed to a waiting Roberts, who easily slotted it home for his third goal of the season.
 
Georgetown out-shot the Herd 7-3, but Marshall had a 3-2 edge in shots on goal. The Hoyas took five corner kicks to the Herd’s two. Marshall goalkeeper Oliver Semmle made two saves in the game, including one on a header by Georgetown’s Zach Rivere with under a minute left in the second half. Giannis Nikopolidis made two saves for the Hoyas.