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USA Under-20 national team starts 2016 with two 3-0 friendly victories in Miami US U-20s 3, Weston Select 0 Goals: 10’ Emmanuel Sabbi; 40’ Eryk Williamson (Danilo Acosta); 54’ Eryk Williamson USA U-20 Lineup (4-3-3): Jonathan Klinsmann (Mason Stajduhar, 45) — Malcolm Jones, Miles Robinson, Tommy Redding (Hugo Arellano, 57), Diego Silva — Eryk Williamson (Juan Flores, 61), Danilo Acosta, Jackson Yueill (Martin Salas, 56) — Emmanuel Sabbi-CAPT (Jeremy Ebobisse, 71), Josh Perez (Abu Winter, 45), Victor Mansaray (Evan Waldrep, 83)

10 Things About Richie Laryea: His love for Toronto, his mom, and, yes, Drake

Not sure if this was the best place for this, but I thought other Zips Soccer fans might be interested to know... Nagbe becomes all-time leading scorer as Falcons beat Concord, 86-74 SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- History was made on Sunday afternoon as Martha Nagbe became the all-time leading scorer in Notre Dame College women's basketball history, and led the Falcons to a 86-74 home win over Concord.... From Martha Nagbe's roster page: Personal: Martha Joan Nagbe … born March 18, 1993 … daughter of Joe and Somah Nagbe … brother Darlington led University of Akron to their first ever NCAA-I Men's Soccer National Championship in 2010, picked No. 2 in the 2011 MLS Draft by Portland Timbers.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/01/09/josh-yaro-leads-way-georgetown-trio-shine-combine-performance-tests Speed Test (30-meter dash) Name School Position Time (seconds) 1. Hadji Barry Central Florida F 3.88 2. Josh Yaro Georgetown D 3.93 3. Alex Morrell North Florida M 3.97 4. Kevaughn Frater International F 3.99 Colin Bonner UNC-Wilmington F 3.99 Richie Layrea Akron M 3.99 5. Taylor Washington George Mason D 4.01 6. Darius Madison UMBC F 4.03 7. Omar Holness North Carolina M 4.04 Jamie Luchini Lehigh F 4.04

Bangkok United FC Midfielders A. Ampaipitakwong 27 years old 25 2

Although the scores at the MLS Combine don't matter, I still like seeing our Head Coach & his Timbers assistant, Team X coaches, win. Team X 1-0 first day at the combine. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/01/08/highlights-team-x-vs-team-ace-mls-combine-2016?autoplay=true

Our game on ESPNU tonight... “I didn’t measure the trouble I was getting into,” Abreu told ESPN.com about his time at Akron, which will face Western Michigan at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU on Friday night. “Let me serve as an example.” Great story of someone learning from a huge mistake and turning his life around. Good for Alex and good for Coach Dambrot for helping him.

Perry Kitchen added to USMNT January camp call up.

Gotta love the respect we get in the great Pacific NW. Chris Rifer ‏@ChrisRifer Valentin makes tons of sense. Nice piece of depth at fullback. And, for the #narratives lovers out there, went to a good college. #RCTID 11:13 AM - 8 Jan 2016

Link sent to me by another ZN.o member. I thought others might enjoy. Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter hosts Q&A at MLS Cup documentary premiere

Assuming Wikipedia is correct, Zarek is now a free agent after 2015 with Bode/Glimt (Norway?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarek_Valentin

Michael Nanchoff to NASL to team with former Zip Zac Portillos. Rowdies Sign Attacking Midfielder Michael Nanchoff

The MLS Cup champs are set to make a pair of solid additions to an already stacked team, with sources telling Goal USA Portland is ready to sign Ned Grabavoy and Zarek Valentin. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2016/01/08/19119552/sources-timbers-set-to-add-grabavoy-valentin

Goal of the Season Winner Re-Signs with LouCity USL Goal of the Season winner Aodhan Quinn will return to Louisville City in 2016, the Club announced Tuesday. Last season, the San Diego, Calif., native dazzled with a pair of unforgettable goals — one that was immortalized by a national fan-vote as Goal of the Season. Quinn was a key component in the offense that tallied the most goals in the league last season. ...

Fans Vote Quinn for Goal of the Season The final six hours of the USL Goal of the Season online voting erupted on Wednesday, as Louisville City midfielder Aodhan Quinn propelled up the ranks. Beginning the day with less than 10 percent of the vote, Quinn’s swirling free kick against the Tulsa Roughnecks surged into a landslide victory by the 3 p.m. voting deadline. ... ...Already in a packed local news cycle (with the University of Louisville playing in the Music City Bowl), Quinn’s Twitter handle was the No. 1 trending item in Louisville. When the poll closed, Quinn finished with a 39 percent margin and 3,193 of the more than 8,000 total votes. ...

I know that the News Collector has this since it is on gozips.com, but when I read through it, I just had to post the following from it (http://gozips.com/sports/track/2015-16/releases/20160106f7k8wq): SHAWN BARBER – CANADA/UNIVERSITY OF AKRON (FORMERLY) • 2015 IAAF World Outdoor Pole Vault Champion • 2015 Pan American Games Champion • 2015 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Pole Vault Champion • Holds No. 2 World Ranking in Pole Vault • 2014 NCAA Indoor Pole Vault Champion • 2012 World Junior Championships Bronze Medalist • Canadian Pole Vault Record Holder Career-Best Marks Outdoor – 5.93 (19-5 1/2) [7/25/15] Indoor – 5.92 (19-5) [9/2/15]

He'll get it once he's joined us. I had a private message conversation on twitter with Richie Layrea yesterday which reminded me just how proud our players are to be Zips.

Per Travis Clark a few minutes ago on twitter... Travis Clark ‏@travismclark 6m6 minutes ago Some more @ZipsMSoc commitments for 2016: @SoundersAcademy GK Tor Saunders, Australian GK Jeremy Pollard (Manly United) Edit2: Height: 6'4" (http://ussda.demosphere.com/teams/68797515/47187224-68797602/70869067.html)EDIT: Tor Saunders ‏@SaundersTor 8:14 PM - 4 Nov 2015

Reggiee Retweeted A. Totera ‏@4totera 2h2 hours ago Just been told Richie Laryea has signed Generation Adidas deal #2016 20 retweets 10 likes I'm assuming since Richie's brother retweeted that this is true.

Per Travis Clark tweet about 3 hours ago, Andrew Souders not pursuing a soccer career. Going to grad school instead. Good for Andrew. Travis Clark ‏@travismclark .@ZipsMSoc defender Andrew Souders, who pulled out of MLS Combine, plans on going to grad school instead. Has a 3.9 GPA. Retweets 13 Likes 19 4:33 PM - 4 Jan 2016

2016 MLS Transactions December 29, 20151:35 PM EST[in the interest of saving space and since this is a Zips' forum, I deleted all but former Zips except in the case of NYRB] Columbus Crew SC transactions PLAYERS OUT:M Ben Speas (12/7/15 - out of contract) D.C. United transactions PLAYERS OUT: M Perry Kitchen (12/7/15 - out of conract) Houston Dynamo transactions PLAYERS OUT: D Kofi Sarkodie (11/30/15 - out of contract) Portland Timbers transactions PLAYERS OUT: M Michael Nanchoff (12/7/15 - option declined) Also of note, with all these HG siginings, I hope Adam has decided to stay for his senior season with the Zips: New York Red Bulls transactions PLAYERS IN: D Tyler Adams (11/1/15 - USL / Homegrown) F Brandon Allen (12/21/15 - Homegrown) M Derrick Etienne (12/21/15 - Homegrown) F Alex Muyl (12/22/15 - Homegrown) M Chris Thorsheim (12/23/15 - Homegrown) M Mael Corboz (12/23/15 - Homegrown) D Scott Thomsen (12/23/15 - Homegrown)

Welcome back. I was just coming on here to post this and was pleasantly surprised to see you had. I knew Jared was going to coach one of the teams. Happy to see he's teamed with a Timbers' assistant. I do love our continued connection to the current MLS Cup Champions. More promising Timbers' Academy players, please. I'm hoping that the Crew claimed Andrew as a Homegrown, but I have no information. I've been wondering why he wouldn't be considered a homegrown for them, though. Andrew Souders, Wil Trapp, and Chad Barson on the same team would be sweet. Edit: After posting this above, I saw on twitter that supposedly Crew said on Dec 11th they weren't offering Andrew a contract. (disappointing)

According to SBI, looks like a good chance we get confirmation on Richie's status today: Ives Galarcep Verified account ‏@SoccerByIves MLS should unveil initial Generation adidas class today. Yaro, Harrison, Laryea, Holness, Herbers, Tarbell all done or close. #MLSDraft 9:30 AM - 4 Jan 2016

Emmanuel Sabbi called into USMNT U20 Camp. FORWARDS: Coy Craft (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Jeremy Ebobisse (Duke; Bethesda, MD), Sebastian Elney (Maryland; West Chester, PA), Juan Flores (Houston Dynamo; Houston, Texas), Victor Mansaray (Seattle Sounders; Des Moines, WA), Josh Perez (AFC Fiorentina; La Habra, Calif.), Emmanuel Sabbi (Chicago Magic; Libertyville, Ill.), Abu Winter (Philadelphia Union; Newtown Square, PA), Isaiah Young (PDA; Berlin, NJ)

Update on GA class from SBI http://bit.ly/1ReIcfj 4- RICHIE LARYEA, Akron Has been offered a Generation adidas deal, but has yet to sign a deal. If Yaro and Danladi bolt to Europe, MLS could push harder to ensure Laryea signs. He’s a sure-fire Top 5 pick.