A connector and a connector assembly for electrically connecting an electrical cable to a circuit board is described. The connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of self-supporting terminals. Each of the self-supporting terminal has a retaining portion retained in a corresponding receiving through hole disposed through the housing, a contact portion extending from an upper end of, and perpendicular to the retaining portion such that the contact portion is disposed on an upper surface of the housing and a press-fit portion extending from a lower end of, and substantially parallel to the retaining portion, wherein the press-fit portion extends down from the lower surface of the housing. The connector electrically and physically connecting a conductive wire of an electrical cable with a conductive via of a circuit board by inserting each press-fit portion of the self-supporting terminals into said conductive via.