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https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/soccer/2026/08/24/akron-mens-soccer-army-college-soccer-live/91392058007/ Akron coach Jared Embick said the result was "disappointing but not devastating." "We had a lot of the ball, but I don't think we created a lot of quality chances Embick said. "Army is a very disciplined, tough team. We knew all that coming in. I felt we needed to have a bit more killer instinct in areas we should have had it."

Monday August 24 Number 15 SMU defeated number 4 St. Louis 4-0 SMU completely dominated 19-5 on shots 6-2 on corners 5-1 in SOG Ohio State pounded DePaul 6-0 Quinnipiac upset Providence 3-2 Number 23 West Virginia got a 1-0 win over St. Bonaventure Villanova 1 St. Peter’s 0

Will be good to see tri-captain Matt Dreas back on the pitch.

Zips are #6 in This week's top drawer soccer poll https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

In the late Sunday games Dayton got a late call to beat Western Michigan 2-1 number 5 Georgetown earned a 2-1 win over Rutgers Wake Forest and VCU - 0-0 draw Butler and Bradley ended 0-0 after 90 minutes

Early scores from Sunday August 24 New Hampshire defeated Syracuse 3-2 Creighton and Drake ended in a 1-1 tie. Robert Morris got a 1-0 win over Canisius. Marquette record is now 1-0-1 after they won 2-0 over St. Mary's (CA) Seton Hall evened their record at 1-1...with a 3-2 win over Campbell. Massachusetts got a 3-1 upset win over #24 UConn. In an encouraging score for zips fans, Dayton leads Western Michigan 1-0 at 48 minutes. Go, Flyers....get some RPI points for the Zips Wake Forest and VCU were 0-0 at half time.

St. Louis hosts SMU (ranked 15 in preseason coaches poll) on Monday the 24th. That should be a great matchup and will also help the RPI for the Billikens.

The box score on the Dayton website…shows attendance in Akron was 1,422 https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2026/8/20/UD-UA.PDF

St. Louis finished with a 4-0 win over Seattle. Seton Hall lost 2-1 at Duke. Wake Forest opened with a 4-2 home win over San Francisco. Cornell (the opponent for Sept. 8 ) does not open their season until August 29.

Army started off their year with a home game against Air Force the two teams played to a 1-1 tie. West Virginia had a tough start to the season. They played at Charlotte and Charlotte won 3-0 Butler opened the season by losing 2-0 at home to Northern Illinois. Creighton opened the season at home and they put on a scoring exhibition for their fans. Creighton with a 6-2 win over FIU. Marquette opened at home and battled to a 2-2 draw with Oakland University. Providence with a 4-1 home win over Sacred Heart. Syracuse traveled to UConn and the Orangemen got a 2-1 road win. Villanova opened at home with a 1-0 win over crosstown rival, Temple. Xavier earned a 2-1 home win over Purdue Fort Wayne. Robert Morris lost their season opener...2-1 to Drexel. Depaul traveled to Bradley and the 2 teams each ended with 2 goals. St. John's traveled to Baltimore and put a 5-0 beatdown on Loyola Maryland. Cleveland State went out to the west coast and they lost 2-1 to Santa Clara. Georgetown opened at home and they finished 1-1 against the UNC Tar Heels. will update more scores later.....St. Louis shows as leading Seattle University 4-0 at 65 minutes.

No, he is serving red card suspension incurred in last game of last year.

Dream start for the zips 3-0 at 38 great defense by Tommy O and Londen unselfish assist by Londen great finish by Jack Sullivan

First time starters Londen Sears and Francisco Tolaba have both looked good. Brett Kaminski had nice save 3 minutes into game. Sam Bunch and Nolan McGuire have done well at FB.

Goal Londen Sears

Dayton preview article lists ESPN+ https://daytonflyers.com/news/2026/8/19/mens-soccer-udmsoc-opening-season-at-no-12-akron-thursday.aspx

I am very disappointed that the Beacon Journal did not do a pre season article on the 12th ranked soccer zips. Would have been nice to get some local press...and maybe put a few more fans in the seats Thursday night. Hopefully, they send a reporter to tomorrow's game.

Dayton is going to be a challenging first game. They are picked to finish 2nd in the Atlantic 10 and 3 of their players were selected to the pre season All League team. https://atlantic10.com/news/2026/8/17/saint-louis-picked-unanimous-mens-soccer-favorite-ahead-of-2026-campaign.aspx

Mid American Conference coaches poll https://getsomemaction.com/news/2026/8/10/womens-soccer-western-michigan-selected-as-favorite-in-mac-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

thanks much @Zips1991 1 Brett Kaminski 21...4...12...23 ....Sam Bunch, Freddy K. ; Cole Perez ; Braxton Hayes 20...19...11....Francisco Tolaba ; Jack Sullivan ; Leo Morana 14...9...24....Aiden Benitez ; Farrell Ngongang ; Noa Testa At 60 minutes: 15 for 19...Austin Thum for Jack S. 5 for 4...Ioannis Gazis for Freddy At 66 minutes: 2 for 21...Nolan McGuire replaces Sam Bunch At 70 minutes: 27 for 24...Ivory Covington for Noa At 73 minutes: 8 for 11 (injury)...Tyler Morck back in to replace Leo M. At 80 minutes: 17 for 14....Nacho...(Ignacio Alem)...comes in for Aiden Benitez from quick perusal....not used...London Sears, Calan DeWalt, Benji Atiabou ; Kam Warnke and the non starter GK's Did Brett K. play the entire game?

I am anxious to hear everyone's first impression of the Mighty zips. I really like the depth that Jared and staff have assembled at CB and FB.

#8 in Top Drawer Soccer - pre season poll https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men