Bender joins good company as the third No. 1 overall pick out of UMD joining Maurice Edu (2007) and Leo Cullen (1998). The UMD to MLS path is a well-travelled road as well with 51 total Super ...

Behind the scenes, the top pick in the MLS SuperDraft is exactly what he portends to be: humble and unassuming. On the field, where he’s scored three goals and added five assists for Charlotte ...

Ben Bender: It’s been really, really exciting. My family was all there to celebrate it with me. I’m just so blessed to have them by my side. I can’t thank them enough.

Midfielder Ben Bender out of Maryland was the first pick in Major League Soccer's SuperDraft on Tuesday by expansion club Charlotte FC. Bender was named the 2021 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year ...

Charlotte FCs Ben Bender mingles with fans as he is crowned Man of the Match after the teams win, 2-0, over the New York Red Bulls at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in ...

ZANESVILLE - Two aspects of Ben Bender's life - faith and golf - came together for his final round on the course. The 93-year-old, who has hip bursitis, used his 5-wood to make a hole-in-one on ...

Tracking who Charlotte FC picks in the MLS SuperDraft. Ben Bender of Maryland was picked first by Charlotte FC in the 2022 Major League Soccer draft on Tuesday.

Bender is the third Maryland player in history to go No. 1 overall in MLS's draft, following Leo Cullen (1998) and Maurice Edu (2007).

Major League Soccer expansion club Charlotte FC selected Maryland midfielder Ben Bender with the No. 1 pick during the 2022 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday.

Ben Bender and Brett St. Martin started as rivals during their high school soccer days in Baltimore before becoming teammates at Maryland the past two years. On Tuesday, Bender, a 2020 Calvert Hall… ...

Jacob Bender went on to play for the USL's Charlotte Independence in 2017. The younger Bender said the two brothers are similar players. “We did have a lot of duels, between Jacob and I,” Ben ...