Zip_ME87

Great posts. Fun ride home last night from a very successful road trip and happy celebration with our guys. We always get homered by the ref at MSU. We deserved many of our fouls but they were not called the same on Sparty. Love the depth on this team, their teamwork, and seeing the fight in these Zips in the face of adversity. Nice to see Tobias Bak's cheering section...a handful of friends must have made the drive from Muskegon CC...nice!!! On to the next one at home...Let's Go!!!

I like this team. I’ve met all but one of them now and will meet the remaining 2021 recruit tomorrow night. I challenge them to put ‘21 up on our NCAA Tournament banner. We haven’t had a year there since ‘18. I want to be with our team in Cary, NC in December 2021. Go Zips!!!

Aodhan Quinn has another former Zip as a teammate in Phoenix… Phoenix now has Aodhan Quinn Ben Lundt David Egbo Darren Mattocks on their roster.

Wil Trapp was MotM…

I posted this in another thread but realized it really should have one of its own. Absolutely incredible goal. Please give us more Dyson.

Replay of Dyson Clapier’s incredible goal v Niagara. More please…

Welcome to Akron Will, Ryan, Mitch, Kuz,, Renato, Malik, Tobias, Samu, Samuel, Connor, Santiago Labarca, Jonas (np), and Santiago Frias (np)! Go Zips!!! https://gozips.com/news/2021/8/6/mens-soccer-akron-unveils-talented-13-member-newcomer-class.aspx Donning the Akron uniform this fall will be Tobias Bak (Taastrup, Denmark), Mitch Budler (Lincoln, Nebraska), Jonas Buechte (Rantingen, Germany), Santiago Frias (Oakville, Ontario), Samuel George (Dagenham, England), Malik Henry (Hamilton, Ontario), Renato Kauzlaric (Zagreb, Croatia), Ryan Kingsford (Herne Bay, England), Santiago Labarca (Santiago, Chile), Connor Lee (Hudson, Ohio), William Portman (Sheffield, England), Samu Siemens-Brega (The Hague, Netherlands) and Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal (Carbondale, Ill.). ...

Welcome to Akron!!! Go Zips!!! 💪⚽️🔥

Apparently, Tonny Temple transferred to Ottawa University, AZ https://ouazspirit.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster

Henrique Cruz to Marist.

What marketing department?

Assuming the MAC returns to usual scheduling and looking at MAC home and away games in 2019, the schedule thus far looks like: Home: August 15 - Xavier (Exhibition) 5 pm (Sunday) September 10 - Indiana 7 pm (Friday) October 7 - Georgia Southern* 7 pm (Thursday) October 13 - Penn State TBA (Wednesday) October 23 - BGSU* 7 pm (Saturday) TBA - Georgia State* Away: September 15 - at Ohio State 7 pm (Wednesday) September 21 - at Marshall 7 pm (Tuesday) TBA - at WMU* TBA - at NIU* TBA - at WVU* *MAC

The crowd can be seen a few pages in ... https://digital.learfieldimgcollege.com/marshall-soccer-championship-guide.html

Looking at Georgia Southern's schedule page, it appears the MAC Men's Soccer Tournament may be returning this Fall.

Thanks to @TennZip for doing the research to get this thread started: Home: August 15 - Xavier (Exhibition) 5 pm (Sunday) September 10 - Indiana 7 pm (Friday) October 7 - Georgia Southern* 7 pm (Thursday) October 13 - Penn State TBA (Wednesday) Away: September 15 - at Ohio State 7 pm (Wednesday) September 21 - at Marshall 7 pm (Tuesday) *MAC

I took it differently, Zipmeister, as far as the elite program comment when I read it. Now that you point out how you read it, I'd say the words are confusing, and now I'm unsure what Clayton really meant to say. I'm happy the new AD reached out to him.

Olympian Clayton Murphy Sets His Sights on Gold in Tokyo and Reuniting with Akron ...While Murphy says there's been no movement on restoring the relationship, Akron's new athletic director, Charles Guthrie, has reached out to Murphy's team and hopes to arrange a meeting either before or after the Tokyo games. "I'm for sure willing to come back to the table and see what we can do about mending things with the university and make things right, because I think there's for sure an opportunity to continue to grow a program. It's hard to kind of deny that Akron isn't an elite program in the country and to continue to put limitations on it or take away support is just completely disappointing and shouldn't happen," Murphy said. ...

I watched. There was an outstanding crowd of Marshall fans at the final. Great support for the Herd. Cary, NC is not a bad drive from Huntington, WV (5 to 6 hours).

No one mentioned this transfer previously because the TDS Transfer Tracker was very recently updated to include that information. I've been watching but it hadn't been posted previously. Appears TDS just updated within the last day or so. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2021-ncaa-mens-transfer-tracker_aid48768

Oh, believe me, I know how special Akron Men's Soccer is. By the way, congratulations on Marshall winning the National Championship this Spring. I was cheering for you. Attending the Marshall-Akron match at Marshall in 2019 and the match at Akron this Spring, I realized how good Marshall had become. Akron's College Cups 1986 Runner up to Duke 2009 Runner up to Virginia (Akron gave up 0 goals in the NCAA Tourney) 2010 National Champions 2015 2017 2018 Runner up to Maryland I've been fortunate to attend all but the 1986 College Cup. 2 Hermann Trophy winners (Teal Bunbury, Darlington Nagbe) Numerous pro players, including 1 in EPL Several USMNT players; 1 in the 2014 World Cup

@BigGreenTruck I, too, wish Akron could join Conference USA for men's soccer. Unfortunate that Akron football is so bad, or perhaps we could join Conference USA as a full member. Also, please note, Akron's last NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament appearance was 2018, not 2019. However, 2018 was the last in a string of appearances that dates back to 2007. 5 College Cup appearances since 2009.

Thanks @Blue & Gold for posting that tweet / interview. Some notable items to me... Danny Strachan and Carlo Ritaccio in the middle of the back Retooling the midfield with some new guys coming in Up top ... Diogo [Pacheco], Jason Shokalook, Dyson Clapier + some new guys ... leads me to believe that Will Jackson may be moving to fullback as we saw him play well in the Spring. Happy that Danny Strachan, Diogo Pacheco, Hazem Sobhy, and Will Meyer are getting an extra season due to NCAA adding 1 season eligibility for seniors due to COVID As @zippypitt mentioned, 'lots of home games this Fall' ... I like the sound of that, too!

It would seem so... https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi 39 Akron 161 Xavier