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Congratulations to 2019 Zips recruit Bradley Chick and the U18 Socceroos...

Aodhan “Quinner”

Captain Wil Trapp to Pedro Santos...Goal!!!

Highlights of the U18 Socceroos win v Myanmar today:

Unfortunately, his arrival at Akron is delayed, but I love that he's getting big game experience.

With a 2-1 win over Myanmar, the young Socceroos are into the final vs Malaysia. I believe Bradley Chick played the full 90'.

2019 Recruit Bradley Chick starting for the young Socceroos in the AFF U18 Championship2019 semifinal today.

Thanks @TennZip for all of the research

Joey Paulus highlights... http://www.hudl.com/v/2873Cj

A native of Melbourne, Australia, Chick, a defender, is a member of the Australian U-18 National Team that will compete at the AAF U-18 Championships this month in Vietnam, before reporting to the Zips. He has garnered valuable playing experience with Melbourne City FC, Melbourne Victory and his state's U-15 team. The U-18 Socceroos (love that name) are 4-1 coming out of the group stage and could play through August 19th if they play for the Championship. The one loss --- Malaysia inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Australia in their penultimate group match to rise to the top of Group B in the AFF U18 Championship 2019 on Tuesday. (https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/1156960/aff-u18-championship-2019-defending-champs-malaysia-hammer-australia-3-0-hosts-vietnam-fail-to-capitalise/)

...The squad welcomed 15 newcomers to the fold as the Zips went through a 90-minute training session on the Shrank Practice Field. Akron is set to return seven starters in 2019, including 2018 All-Mid-American Conference performers, senior Skye Harter (Copley, Ohio), junior David Egbo (Enugu, Nigeria) and sophomores Carlo Ritaccio (Westbury, N.Y.) and Sam Tojaga (Erie, Pa.) from a squad that captured the MAC Tournament title en route to advancing to title match of the College Cup for the fourth time in program history on the strength of an overall record of 15-7-2. ... ...Four of the Zips' 2019 opponents are rated in the preseason top-25 led by No. 1 Maryland (Sept. 13), No. 5 Stanford (Sept. 2), No. 7 Michigan State (Oct. 15) and No. 23 West Virginia (Nov. 7). Akron will welcome Stanford and Michigan State to FirstEnergy Stadium on Sept. 2 and Oct. 15, respectively, while encountering road tilts at No. 1 Maryland (Sept. 13) and No. 23 West Virginia (Nov. 7). Additionally, the Zips will play at Creighton, who is receiving votes in the preseason poll, on Sept. 6, while hosting No. 24 Michigan in an exhibition tilt on Aug. 23....

You're welcome and thank you. It is pure pleasure for me to support this team. I wish I could do more for the program. I love getting to know all our players and wish the best for them in soccer, the classroom, and wherever life takes them. By the way, we know Michael Nanchoff is back as an assistant. I think Zips fans will be pleased when they see another former Zip helping out this Fall.

Back Row (L to R): 16 Henrique Cruz, 11 Will Jackson, 19 Nicolas Alt, 2 Pol Hernandez, 8 Colin Biros, 18 Ivan Nikolic, 3 Carlo Ritaccio (C), 27 Declan Watters, 7 Diogo Pacheco, 4 Marco Milanese, 6 Sammy Tojaga, 26 Jaden Wright, 20 Jonathan Boothe, 22 Marko Gasparac, (28) Kai Wagner Front Row (L to R): 15 Johnny Fitzgerald, 13 Joey Paulus, 25 Daniel Strachan (C), 21 Chris Lue Young, 5 Lenny Sohn, 24 Cam Victor, 34 Joe Bowles, 1 Tor Saunders, 31 Ricky Ceballos, 30 Grant Abbott, 9 David Egbo (C), 10 Skye Harter (C), 32 Peter Zecca, 12 Tom Smart, 23 Mani Austmann Not pictured: Bradley Chick, Natnael McDonald, Federico Serra

Thanks for the link to the article. 2 of the other 3...Without looking, I don't recall Indiana being on the Zips regular season schedule in 2019. Maryland and Michigan State, yes.