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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.

Nice facilities are great but as long as your playing crappy football it's lipstick on a pig.

I don't think locker rooms and other facilities are at the top of our problems list.

It's a good start. I'll take it seriously when it is structured like a pro sports league with 30-35 teams organized to win the championship like the NFL. It will never happen for a lot of reasons, but that's my line. I don't even take the basketball tournament seriously because it's more likely to crown a hot team and not the best team. Multi game tournaments like the NHL and NBA do that. I actually think the NCAA tournament should have fewer teams and require more than one loss to be eliminated.

Players get drafted and come back pretty frequently. Probably works like baseball except you don’t get locked into not being drafted for multiple years but you get the option to go to college

The Hockey explains a lot. I distinctly remember Shooky, after earning a red card, cheering on his teammates from the stairwell to the locker room. I kept whispering, “keep quiet so the AR does not realize you are still watching.” He just could not stop exhorting his team. Loudly. The AR eventually caught on, prompting the HR to stop the game clock so that Shooky could be escorted to the locker room. Kind of funny. Kind of moving.

I am admittedly always lost on MLS roster rules, despite being a massive Crew fan. I never take the time to learn the roster rules. Did Remi and Freddy declare for the draft? Are they able to come back if they are not drafted or do not sign? I seem to remember Dyson Clapier doing that.

I look at all those Q4 wins for the Zips and it makes me scratch my head. The names of those programs are far from what I think of as programs that are typically Q4… hopefully a bunch of them build their numbers going foward.

Catdaddy's keeping on top of this but I was also pleased to see the ABJ tracking the fluid situation

I like your distinction between playoff and invitational tournament. Let me expand on that... For me to take it seriously as a playoff, it would have to be setup like other NCAA Tournaments where conference champions get an automatic berth. This would discourage all of the ridiculous conference consolidation and ensure that, from the start of the season, everyone has a legit shot of winning the title (however stretched those odds may be). The fact that the ACC Champion (Duke) was excluded while a team not even eligible to play in its conference championship game got into the "invitational tournament" is ridiculous, regardless of other logical justifications.

I'm not bored by college football. I just don't take it as seriously as the people who run it want me to. For example, Friday Im going to see a band call Parks Brothers play. The playoff will be on. Every once in a while I'll look at the screen to see what's going on. The point I'm making is this. As much as they want us to believe it's a playoff, it simply isn't. It's an invitational tournament and the winner is called the National Champion after. To me, they are at the same level of champion as they were when they used to vote for the national championship. They just go about it a different way.

Akron has the best stadium in the MAC but locker room and overall facilities they do not. Miami’s locker room, indoor, meeting rooms etc blow away Akron’s - not even close

One of my top 5 favorite games at the JAR

Yes I do!

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

Thankfully, college basketball and NHL. The NBA is unwatchable, and beyond the Zips, college football bores me to death anymore.

Ragging on Miami's schedule is independent of Akron's schedule. Miami didn't even try to schedule tougher competition. Nobody is bragging about Akron's schedule outside of the margin of victory, which is far greater than Miami's margin of victory vs. even lesser competition. The ragging will continue. Miami is in for a rude awakening come MAC play I feel.

Miami and Travis = Buffalo and Nate 9th seed. Unstoppable unless they get tripped up by NIU.

Maybe the rest of the MAC should go for the easiest schedules possible (provided they win them). Gives us a shot at a real Q1 win.

You typed all that out just to further my point. Their win @ Wright State is better than any of our wins. In fact, it very well might end up being a Q2 win come March. Their NET is better than Iona and Miami got their win on the road while we got ours on a neutral court. They also have 2 Q3 wins to our 1. I'm not saying they're better. I'm more pointing out the fact we also just beat up on cupcakes during OOC play (evident by the fact all but 1 of our wins were Q4 wins). The better teams we played we lost to. We also played a very weak OOC schedule (#252 per kenpom). Not as weak as Miami who had the 4th worst (#362), but still nothing to brag about.

I’ll give you the practice facility and Miami hockey’s arena, but Yager Stadium itself was a dump when I went in 2019, and I’ve heard the locker rooms are equally as bad. I actually think the locker rooms are a bigger selling point than the stadium which Akron had state of the art when I was a student. Plus, Miami has the worst hoops setup in the country.

The MLS 2026 Super Draft takes place Thursday, December 18, 2026 at 2 pm ET. https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/news/mls-superdraft-2026-tracker-order-selections Here is the list of draft eligible players...https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2026-mls-superdraft-eligible-players Akron players listed: Remi Agunbiade (2025 So) Mitch Budler (2025 Sr) Stefan Dobrijevic (2025 Sr) Ashton Kamdem (2025 Sr) Freddy Kossahasse (2025 Jr)

Miami OH's schedule thus far (Where, Opponent, NET, Score, Result)... Q1 Games None Q2 Games None Q3 Games @ - UNC Asheville (229 NET): 90-87 OT W @ Wright State (146 NET): 83-76 W(Wright State shot 14% from 3P vs. Miami OH's 53%) Q4 Games Home - Old Dominion (245 NET): 87-72 W @ - Air Force (303 NET): 76-61 W Home - Mercyhurst (318 NET): 76-71 W Home - Ark. Pine Bluff (296 NET): 111-84 W Neutral - UNC Greensboro (295 NET): 82-71 W Home - Maine (330 NET): 93-61 W @ - Eastern Kentucky (289 NET): 79-69 Akron's Schedule... Q1 Games @ - Purdue (9 NET): 79-97 L Neutral - Yale (45 NET): 94-97 L Q2 Games Neutral - Murray St. (80 NET): 100-115 L Q3 Games Neutral - Iona (160 NET): 96-75 W Q4 Games Home - James Madison (200 NET): 85-71 W Home - Princeton (298 NET): 104-69 W Netural - Evansville (282 NET): 97-59 W Home - Milwaukee (248 NET): 105-81 W Home - Bucknell (311 NET): 97-77 W @ - Tulane (260 NET): 88-71 W Miami OH Opponent Average NET: 272.33 Miami OH Average Margin of Victory: 13.89 Akron Opponent Average NET: 189.3 Akron Victory Average NET: 251.29 Akron Average Margin of Victory: 24.14 Conclusion: Akron has played vastly better opponents, their average victory is against tougher opponents, and their margin of victory is substantially larger. Miami OH scheduling ragging will continue.