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AGREED

Bad news...Venezuela U21 won 3-2 yesterday. So the Dominican Republic U21 did not advance to the semifinals. Great news...Thomas O'Rourke will be returning to Akron soon...hopefully in time to be available for the August 8th exhibition match. Go Zips!!!

will include in first post as well as here.

Those kits are SICK!!!

Roster is updated on GoZips.com. https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster

New addition, Benjamin Atiabou (D), on roster on GoZips.com.

Another goal for Stefan Dobrijevic who has “had himself a summer of scoring” 😊

Dominican Republic U21 1-1 draw with Mexico U21. Thomas O'Rourke got 30+ minutes in the 2nd half. DR and Mexico are tied for group lead with 4 pts each. Venezuela has 3 pts. Guatemala has 0 pts. DR can advance with a draw or win v Venezuela Monday night (tonight) at 7 pm. Unfortunately, Vermont Green won the USL2 Championship 2-1 on an own goal and a pk caused by the Flint GK. Matthew Paiva scored the Flint City goal on a header.

Nice service / assist from Wil Trapp. (14th MLS season.)

4 Zips players will be in action tonight. 7 pm EDT Thomas O'Rourke with the Dominican Republic U21 MNT v Mexico U21 MNT on YouTube (Centro Caribe Sports Channel) 7:30 pm EDT Matthew Paiva, Jack Roman, and Remi Agunbiade with the Flint City Bucks v Vermont Green for the USL2 2026 Championship on SportsEngine Play (https://sportsengineplay.com/leagues/USL-League-Two-205499?viewType=list) https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/news_article/show/1364426

For others who may be interested in watching Zips Men's Soccer's midfielder Thomas O'Rourke with the Dominican Republic U21 MNT, the remaining group stage games are as follows (Group A): Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 7:00 pm EDT v Mexico U21 Monday, August 3, 2026 at 7 pm EDT v Venezuela U21 The matches are streamed free on YouTube, and can be found be searching “Centro Caribe Sports Channel”. I think the stream became available last night ~5 minutes before kickoff. As I read the schedule (https://jcc2026.org/en/juegos/calendarios, select August and Football on the Sport pulldown), the top 2 teams from each group will play in the semifinals on Wednesday, August 5th (3 pm and 7 pm EDT) with the 3rd place and final games on Friday, August 7th (3 pm and 7 pm EDT).

Thomas (#8) with the assist on the lone and game winning goal in stoppage time!!!

Thomas O’Rourke into the match.

For others who may be interested, the Dominican Republic U21 v Guatemala U21 match is on YouTube. It started at 7 pm ET. Search “Centro Caribe Sports Channel” on YouTube. Then look for Futbol Masculino Republica Dominicana v Guatemala Santo Domingo 2026. Thomas O’Rourke is not on the pitch at this time, but he is among the subs.

Our All Star Richie Laryea…

The 2026 Roster has been revised on GoZips.com. It appears to include only those players remaining from the Spring but does not yet reflect those incoming this Fall. It also has some uniform number changes, for example ... O'Rourke 7, Morck 8, Roman 10. (https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster) I’ve revised the first post in this thread to reflect this roster and our Fall 2026 recruits.

Congratulations to Thomas O’Rourke on making the final U21 Dominican Republic roster… translation: These are the DOMINICANS who will represent us at the Central American and Caribbean Games 2026

A chance to see Zips MSOC’s Aiden Benitez who is on the El Salvador U20 MNT squad tomorrow night at 10 pm EDT on FS2.

On to the USL 2 Championship game on August 1st. Best wishes to Zips Men’s Soccer’s Jack Roman, Matthew Paiva, and Remi Agunbiade and the Flint City Bucks in their quest for the 🏆.

Wow!!! 🤯 incredible goal from midfield for former Zip Marco Micaletto.