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Mitch has great skills. He should have been drafted.

This mock draft column.....is very high on the Zips draft prospects He has Ashton being drafted by St Louis City. Would be neat to have Emil and Ashton playing together again. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2026-major-league-soccer-mock-draft_aid55491

I have as many questions as you do..... Malik and Dyson were both drafted and came back below is what MLS published https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2026-mls-superdraft-rules-and-regulations when I type in MLS draft eligibility rules into google, Artificial Intelligence gives me this info? who knows if AI is correct...about a formal player declaration? MLS Draft eligibility primarily includes college seniors who've exhausted NCAA eligibility, but it's expanded to cover sophomores, juniors, certain Generation adidas players, and some non-collegiate internationals, with the league compiling a list based on club/coach input rather than a formal player declaration. How Players Get on the List Unlike the NFL/NBA, there's no formal "declaration" process for players. MLS consults with clubs, scouts, and college coaches to create the official list of draft-eligible players each year.

Ashton and Mitch are both rated very highly in this article https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/news/mls-superdraft-2026-top-prospects-by-position

Excellent article on Jason Shokalook. article has many quotes from Jason. https://rg.org/news/soccer/mls-next-pro-mvp-jason-shokalook-road-top-american-soccer

Washington is a very deserving national Champion. They are the best team that I have watched this year. 6 wins.......none of them at home win at Oregon State in round of 64 win at #5 SMU win at #12 Stanford win at #4 Maryland win over #16 Furman in college cup semis win over #15 NC State in finals has any team defeated 5 seeds and won all of their matches on the road on the way to the title?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNvhpwiSWg/?img_index=1 defender from Indy 11

Josh Hardin was a starter in 2024 and he transferred out. I highly suspcet that was due to Pittsburgh poaching him with huge NIL dollars.

She did commit as a high school junior. She played high school soccer this year and was selected to the 2025 All American team. I will do some research on the club question. Edit- looks like she plays for Nanchoff team in Cleveland internationals SC https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/hattie-yugovich/pid-159356

Z.I.P. sent me an anrticle from the Mansfield newspaper. Said that this young lady was selected to the 2025 High School All American team. Z.I.P. also said that she had committed to the zips in the fall of 2024. Some links below.... https://www.instagram.com/p/DCsNeMhx0S6/?img_index=1 https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/09/18/ontario-warriors-soccer-hattie-yugovich-commits-to-university-of-akron/75245806007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115218d00----v115218d--52--b--52--&gca-ft=227&gca-ds=sophi

Congratulations to Maggie Kuhn I wish her much success https://gozips.com/news/2025/12/11/maggie-kuhn-named-akron-head-womens-soccer-coach1?fbclid=IwY2xjawOpN_FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEyWjB0RUFEWkd5czVhVDBoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnoNTqNfIcveQXMpK2XHhnbvsCybuYWwFJNQNjmXbCyApVnOE3duCUnUHBON_aem_PZ4Ozy8_n-hSS-cmUeva1A

Vermont won the national championship in 2024. Rob Dow, the head coach of that team, is now the new head coach of Penn State. The excellent teams in the American East continue to lose their coaches to the Power conferences New Hampshire had tremendous teams in the early part of the decade. At the end of 2023, NC State hired New Hampshire head coach Marc Hubbard. In Hubbard's 2nd year at NC State, the Wolfpack are in the final 4. https://gopsusports.com/news/2025/12/11/2024-national-champion-rob-dow-named-penn-state-mens-soccer-head-coach

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=26&articleId=55463&articleTitle=standouts-from-ecnl-boys-south-carolina Here are some of the standout performances from games watched by TDS. Calan DeWalt, Ohio Premier 08/07 – An Akron(m) commit for 2026, De Walt imposed himself on the game against Chattanooga in a 2-2 draw. He broke lines with the ball and made a couple of crucial defensive interventions.

Congratulations to Calan DeWalt and Londen Sears for being selected to the United Soccer coaches high school all American team. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/united-soccer-coaches-announces-2025-fall-high-school-all-americans/

Congratulations to Mitch Budler. He will participate in the pre draft showcase..... The MLS draft will be held on December 18th.

https://gozips.com/news/2025/12/6/mens-soccer-akron-falls-to-saint-louis-3-2 this link has a link to the Akron press conference and it also has a link to the St. Louis press conference It also has a PDF box score...which shows attendance of 1,918.

that was one very awesome goal by Coach Michael

Since I grew up in Stow, I obviously love the Zemanski jersey behind Coach Embick in this video. and I always love to hear @fknbuflobo tell the story about how Caleb Porter's first action as Akron U. head coach was to travel to Stow, Ohio. Ben Zemanski had committed to play soccer for Akron when Lolla was the coach. Caleb went to sit down with Ben Zemanski and Dan Zemanski to convince them that Akron was still the best choice for Ben's college career. Ben Zemanski was a great midfielder and he was a building block on those excellent teams from 2006-2009.

I think that this paper.....is very near Jared's home town (Granite City) https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/slu-akron-elite-eight-ncaa-soccer-embick-kalish-21219014.php

St. Louis men's soccer page...is previewing the big matchup.... it is cool that there are 3 watch parties that Billiken fans can attend. St. Louis and Furman are currently tied for having the longest current unbeaten streaks. Amazing that St. Louis won 10 national titles between 1959 and 1973. https://slubillikens.com/news/2025/12/4/mens-soccer-msoc-preview-billikens-zips-clash-for-college-cup-berth.aspx SERIES HISTORY -- SLU leads 8-5-1 in a series that dates back to 1960, though Akron is 4-0-1 in the last five meetings. -- The squads met earlier this year in Akron, with the Zips coming away with a 3-0 victory. Akron opened the scoring with a goal on a penalty kick at the 33:11 mark. The Zips tacked on two more in the second half, scoring in the 62nd and 67th minute for the 3-0 final. -- The last SLU win in the series came on Aug. 29, 2003, a 1-0 victory on a neutral field in Charlottesville, Va. -- The Billikens' last win against the Zips in Akron was in 1989, 1-0 on a game-winner by John Johnson.