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Zips are not in the top 30 of the college soccer news pre season poll FIU, the first game opponent, is number 18 Bowling Green is the only ranked MAC team at number 25 https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-2022-preseason-top-30-mens-college-soccer-national-poll/

I think everybody is going to really like Sammy Hunter. The stretch 4 we have been looking for to give Freeman some room to work around the basket. Ryan Prather is the real deal too.

Cool video. Figured I'd post it here:: UA Athletic Facilities Upgrade

He's headed to Montenegro:

That Akron Echo is a really good page. I follow them on twitter for nearly all my summit county news.

A couple of Nike products with the new logo! But those prices are...a bit much.

I checked the online store on GoZips.com just now and they have some more options now, although not a bunch, but more than before. Just an FYI.

That is a lot to get done in one summer. Well done Mr. Guthrie.

Before today, I had never heard of prepsoccer.com the zips instagram page says that prepsoccer.com has the soccer zips ranked #4 for 2023 recruiting classes I went to prepsoccer.com but article said that I had to be a premium subscriber to access the article. article is written by JR Eskilson (he used to do tournament predictions ...and also write articles for top drawer soccer https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYEC9VjI0b/

Nice! That’s the type of ooc opponent I’ve been dying to schedule for years! How many beers did #51 have the night before that picture was taken?

Zips headed to Peoria to play Bradley on December 22, per Bradley schedule release:

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I am totally intrigued by the comments on Ashton Kamdem. I really hope that Ashton Kamdem gets a tremendous amount of playing time at Left back. Embick on Kamdem – "Ashton is a quick left back that is a good two-way player. He can help us build out of the back and gives us a threat in final third as an overlapping fullback. He also is a solid defender that handles 1v1 situations well."

Jared and the coaches were allowed to start coaching the team yesterday. First exhibition game is 5 days away. Is today the day....that we finally get a news release...telling us about the new players that we will be joining the team this fall? I look forward to reading Coach Embick's words about Ashton Kamdem, Mansour Diop.....and any other new players joining the zips for the Fall 2022 campaign.

The wood outside the 3pt line will be a bit darker, but still nice. Some schools try too hard to get noticed and do crazy stuff with their floors and fields. NIU's dark floor with the weird eyes, Kent State's giant lighting bolts and Eastern Michigan's gray field are all terrible. I really wasn't really even a fan of our most recent court with the kangaroo heads in the key. Follow the KISS theory. Keep It Simple Stupid. We have a nice new logo. Let it shine.

Blue and Gold, really good find.... Thank you for sharing... The beacon had a subscriber only article this morning...where they listed the 16 boys soccer players to watch this fall. This is what they said about Jackson Herbert : Jackson Herbert, Wadsworth, midfielder, sr. There may not be a faster player in space than Herbert, who was a Division I second-team All-Ohio selection. The Akron commit led the Grizzlies in scoring with 15 goals and nine assists. He has 38 career goals and 16 assists.

Top Drawer soccer(TDS) is reporting that the Zips have their second recruit from the class of 2023 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/sima-recruiting-roundup:-july-18-24_aid51002 Class of 2023 M Caleb Borneo (Crew SC Academy) committed to Akron. From my limited research, this is an outstanding recruit for the Zips. Young Mr. Borneo (will turn 17 on July 20) is rated 4 stars by TDS...and Caleb is the 15th ranked player in TDS's class of 2023. Welcome Caleb Borneo to Zips Nation. Also, early happy birthday wishes to Caleb Borneo. another article from TDS. Caleb Borneo was selected to be part of the USA Under Mens National team camp https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/roster-announced-for-u19-mnt-camp_aid50744 Jared, Ger and Michael....have landed 2 very highly rated players for the class of 2023. Keep up the great work, coaches !!!