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very nice find.....Always nice to see the zips adding players ....from academies where they have not had a lot of success. Nice words in his announcements about Coach Nanchoff and Coach Embick.

William Arnesen joined the zips in January (from Old Dominion) William Arnesen is back in the transfer portal https://www.instagram.com/p/DJHwUniyAId/

thank you much for taking the time to register and to share your thoughts. Very kind and much appreciated.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/2025/04/19/darlington-nagbe-columbus-crew-cleveland-mls-akron-zips/83128556007/ Nagbe said his time at Akron had a profound effect on him. "I think Akron turned me into the player I am today," he said. "It helped me grow as a person as well. I had some success there. It's great for me and [Crew goalie] Evan Bush to come back here and play together. I'll always love Akron."

Congratulations to all of the Zips soccer fans.....that donated to the program on "Giving Day". Zips set a target of $25,000. By 8 pm, the zips had accepted donations of almost $27,000. Great job, zips Nation !!!!!

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/mls/2025/04/17/lionel-messi-game-cleveland-inter-miami-cf-vs-columbus-crew-darlington-nagbe-evan-bush-homecoming/82762394007/ Nagbe, 34, had a tremendous collegiate career with the Zips. As a freshman, he was named the Mid-American Conference Newcomer of the Year, and was a Soccer America first-team all-freshman honoree. He led the Zips to the NCAA tournament every season, and helped them win their first national title in 2010. "Akron was definitely life changing for me," he said. "I was able to be close to home, play for a great team and a great coach. Being able to represent Akron, it was a huge accomplishment. Being from Ohio and getting the chance to stay and be a part of a championship team and bring back the first national champion, it was definitely a special moment in my career. I owe so much to that school."

3 minute video with Darlington and Evan Bush talking about playing in Cleveland https://www.beaconjournal.com/videos/sports/college/zips/2025/04/10/columbus-crew-video-inter-miami-mls-cleveland-akron-soccer-darlington-nagbe-evan-bush-sean-zawadzki/82970341007/

the riverhounds did a nice news release on Beto (has a picture) https://www.riverhounds.com/news/2025/04/01/ydrach-team-of-the-week-mertz/ Ydrach assisted the Hounds’ second goal in their 2-0 win Saturday night over Birmingham Legion FC, slipping a well-weighted pass through the middle for Danny Griffin to apply a sliding finish. Spending most of the match at center back before moving to a holding midfield role, Ydrach also won all five of his aerial duels, claimed possession a team-high nine times and led the Hounds with nine clearances. this tweet.....will show Beto's assist......

Congratulations to Teal Bunbury. On Saturday, Teal became only the 14th player in history to play in 400 MLS games. Teal Bunbury has truly had an outstanding pro career. https://www.tennessean.com/videos/sports/nashvillesc/2025/03/29/mls-nashville-sc-teal-bunbury-400-games/82725205007/

https://gazette.com/sports/marco-micaletto-nets-a-pair-as-colorado-springs-switchbacks-earn-first-win-of-2025-at/article_56fb8375-ca18-4974-9a7c-696501dd4db7.amp.html Micaletto is making the case for being one of the team's best acquisitions this past offseason. The Italian midfielder came to Colorado Springs in late January from rival New Mexico United. He has three goals in four games for the Switchbacks, tied with Dhillon for the team lead

She was put on leave on Feb. 14. Today is March 28. It should not take that long for an investigation. I know that there is not a permanent athletic director. However, someone needs to step up and make a decision. If they don't do something soon, the May transfer window will be upon us.

Zips played 4 exhibition games this spring. in 3 of the games, the zips did not score

Attendance has dfinitely dropped off for soccer. You write about sustained success for the last 20+ years. However, Akron did not win an NCAA soccer game for a 5 year period. (2019 to 2023). Also, there has been very little done to promote Akron soccer to the students or the Northeast Ohio soccer community.

the man and his mustache !!! 4 minute 30 minute interview

https://gazette.com/sports/marco-micaletto-colorado-springs-switchbacks/article_ea41f7a6-f625-11ef-a97f-b3e1cfe47a7b.amp.html

zips lose a close one today at Dayton (2nd game of the spring league)

Congratulations to Malik.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=54390&articleTitle=college-rookies-in-the-usl-championship Beto Ydrach, Pittsburgh Riverhounds – It’s been quite the roundabout journey for Ydrach, a former Red Bulls and Orlando City SC Academy player. He originally began his college career at UCF in 2019, which he missed due to injury. Possessing an extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic, Ydrach excelled with Akron last fall, leveraging a Big East Defensive Player of the Year season into an opportunity with the Riverhounds. He’ll provide depth at a number of different spots, including fullback.

Thanks much for the updates.

any new tweets today by GVD (as he is known by Lane Kiffin)? I hope that Nemer does not choose GVD.

Perry will always be loved in Akron for his fierce mid-field play and his golazo to tie the NCAA semifinals game against Michigan.

https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2025/february/13/-for-me-to-be-a-part-of-a-project-like-that--it-s-something-unique-----jonathan-lewis-on-joining-the-reds/