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Congratulations to Jake Fenlason.

Fortunately, there are lots of great Zips players from whom to choose in those years. Unfortunately, there are lots of great players who can't all be selected. No right or wrong to this; no way to prove which of these players would play better together than others. Soccer America may have chosen Kofi Sarkodie as a better player than Darlington Nagbe in 2010, but the 2010 MAC Hermann Trophy (best player in D1 college soccer) went to Darlington Nagbe. Kofi was a phenomenal RB for the Zips... no question. DeAndre Yedlin may not be perfect; no one is. However, DeAndre Yedlin has gone on to be the most successful professional to have ever come out of the Akron ZIps Men's Soccer program. Started his first year with the Sounders; playing in the EPL; 2014 USMNT World Cup team, etc. So, if someone votes for DeA over Kofi, they have reason to do so. There are also reasons others may vote otherwise. Choosing between 3 great goal keepers was equally difficult. There were reasons to vote for any of them. Voting for all of the other positions is going to be just as tough. In the end, to me, this all decade team is just something that gives us reason to think back on these great players and how lucky we've been that they chose to come to Akron, be a fellow student and alumnus, and to play for themselves and us. EDIT 2/25/20: convinced now that there is a right and wrong approach to this voting.

Nice, but Teal Bunbury is not eligible for this. Players who played 2010-19. Teal left after the 2009 season. (Drafted In January 2010 by the then Kansas City Wizards.)

Congratulations to Abdi Mohamed. Former Memphis Player Joins Cousin on Greenville Squad

Congratulations to Morgan Hackworth

Congratulations to Danilo Radjen.

Sweet goal by Gio Reyna (future USMNT?) for Dortmund (~2:08 in the video).

https://gozips.com/news/2020/2/4/akron-announces-challenging-mens-soccer-spring-exhibition-slate.aspx https://gozips.com/news/2020/2/27/akron-mens-soccer-announces-schedule-changes-to-spring-exhibition-campaign.aspx 2020 Akron Men's Soccer Spring Schedule Sat., Feb. 22 - at Pittsburgh Riverhounds – Pittsburgh, Pa., 1 pm (2-2 draw) Sun., March 8 – at Penn State – University Park, Pa., 3 pm Sun., March 15 Sat, March 14 – at Columbus Crew (Closed Scrimmage) – Columbus, Ohio, 12 pm; vs. Notre Dame College, FirstEnergy Stadium – 6 12 pm Sat., April 4 – vs. Pittsburgh, FirstEnergy Stadium, 3 pm; vs. Ashland, FirstEnergy Stadium, 6 pm Sat., April 11 – at Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. – 10 am Sat., April 18 – vs. Vaughn U20, FirstEnergy Stadium, 7 pm

[University of] Pittsburgh at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, at FirstEnergy Stadium mentioned in ... https://gozips.com/news/2020/2/3/akron-to-unveil-all-decade-mens-soccer-team.aspx

For anyone who might have noticed and is wondering, Tor Saunders... https://goccusports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster

From the article above...

AKRON ADDS FOUR NEWCOMERS TO 2020 MEN’S SOCCER ROSTER Welcome Gabriel, Ryan, Jordan, and Hazem!

It’s extremely difficult for me to think of the Columbus Crew without my friend and their hometown Captain Wil Trapp. The 3+ hour round trip drive to attend Crew matches always felt shorter knowing I’d get to visit with Wil and his family and to see him play. I’m very happy to see the fans and media recognize the player whom they have lost. I hope this is his opportunity to continue to grow and improve his game. Zips, Crew, Miami, ..., forever a Wil Trapp fan!!!

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/02/01/inter-miami-move-timely-new-chapter-wil-trapp-charles-boehm

https://www.dispatch.com/sports/20200131/columbus-crew-trades-wil-trapp-to-inter-miami

? Keep up the hard work, LCJ. Hopefully, others will follow your example!!!

Darlington Nagbe hopes to create "something special" with Caleb Porter in Columbus

I'm in.

February 22nd is National Margarita Day... https://www.wincalendar.com/National-Margarita-Day

Also welcome Hazem ....

I previously put this in the 2020 Spring roster thread, but it belongs here too. Welcome Gabriel...

I believe Nick is a member of both... http://crew.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=3934180&player=264744693 http://intr.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=1400699&player=36590965

Welcome Nick Scott.

UMU Football is still much better than the crap poor job done by our AD and his top assistant finding someone qualified to run our D1 Program. I’m hopeful that Arth will do something given UA can not afford another change anytime soon. I will not hold me breath, though, given what I’ve seen thus far. Looks too much like 2010/11 Deja Vu. By the way, UMU came closer to beating the eventual D-3 Champion than any other team in the playoffs. 52-59 loss. Fun game. North Central College in Naperville IL (not far from our NIU buddies) looking like the newest D-3 powerhouse crushed one of UMU’s usual rivals in the Stagg Bowl.