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40 days until the exhibition opener....

Sigma FC won 2-1 yesterday with goals by Marcel Zajac and zip recruit Faisal Ghaffur How many days until Captain's practice starts for the zips?.....the fall soccer season....will be here soon !!!

Aodhan played an outstanding game. He had several good long passes due to his excellent vision on the field.

Congratulations to Richie

fall 2017 recruit Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal scored 2 goals on Thursday in the Development Academy championships Sounds like game 2 for sporting KC is this afternoon https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/06/23/sporting-kc-u-16s-and-u-18-rack-big-wins-kick-development-academy-playoffs

nice to see a former zip get his first start of the year and his first goal of the year

6 goals in 6 games for EZ..... http://www.goerie.com/sports/20170621/kahsays-three-goals-lead-commodores-to-lopsided-win

Congratulations to Adam Najem for making the USL team of the week http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/805818?referrer_id=2333971

Sam Gainford scored another goal...on a penalty kick but Marcel Zajac was the star current zip tonight Akron Zips M Soccer Retweeted L1OLive‏ @L1OLive 5h5 hours ago *GOAL* 38' @SigmaFC brings it to 2-1 thanks to a cheeky back heel into the bottom corner from previous scorer Zajac! #SIGvMAST Akron Zips M Soccer Retweeted L1OLive‏ @L1OLive 6h6 hours ago *GOAL* 4' @SigmaFC's Zajac equalizes after @MastersFA opener. The game is opening up fast! Don't sleep on this one. It's 1-1 #SIGvMAST 0 replies 3 retweets 10 likes and I also see a zip recruit....in the starting lineup...with Marcel

Welcome to another highly sought after soccer recruit. Welcome, Sammy. And I would also like to say that Jonathan Lewis is one very classy, super nice young man. Jonathan replied back to the newest recruit. Joining a legendary program. Congrats. Sammy, looking forward to seeing you on Cub Cadet field in fall 2018. it appears that this young man is with Real Salt Lake Academy now and has spent time with the Canadian national team.

excellent ratings for the 2 former zips http://www.espnfc.us/team/united-states/660/blog/post/3140704/darlington-nagbe-the-conduit-for-the-us-christian-pulisic-the-closer-vs-tandt

zips voice....thanks for the heads up....I had missed the mac news release yesterday http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2016-17/releases/20170608ofjavy

a positive addition to the calendar...add a 12th home game.... Friday October 13th....against a quality opponent http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20170609j4cf36

https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/post/2017/06/05/news-crew-sc-captain-wil-trapp-named-usmnt-gold-cup-preliminary-roster

http://www.espnfc.com/team/united-states/660/blog/post/3137576/deandre-yedlin-makes-an-impression-as-usa-struggle-to-a-draw-vs-venezuela america's most consistent player not on gold cup roster??

as zip_me87 stated, SIU-E is definitely a program on the upswing.... they hired a Ken Lolla assistant in January 2015 - Mario Sanchez..... Their last 2 years have been excellent..... I expect that 2017....will be another very good year for them Sanchez has agreed to restart their matchups with St. Louis University. They used to draw some great crowds at Busch stadium for the battle of St. Louis. SIU-E stadium seats 4,000. Soccer is very important to SIU-E.

SIU-E last year....knocked off Michigan State (which akron did not last year)...they tied in regulation and won on PK's they went to top 16 seed Butler....and won on PK's.... then in the round of 16, they lost 2-1 to a very good Wake Forest team. St. Louis ....has always been a hot bed for excellent junior soccer....Edwardsville gets a lot of kids from the St. Louis area. They are not an unknown school for soccer. SIU-Edwardsville will raise the bar for other teams in the MAC. Having the certainty of a 6th team in the MAC and having another consistent top 30 RPI team in the league to compete with Akron will help coach Embick in recruiting.

SIU-E won 2 matches last year in the NCAA's and made it to the round of 16. I believe that they defeated Michigan State on PK's. They will help Zips soccer in the RPI. Tremendous upgrade over Buffalo. Edwardsville is 525 miles away from Akron. I do hope that the mens soccer team will be able to fly to St. Louis when they play at SIU-E.

Congratulations to Sam

http://www.jardinefh.com/obituaries/William-Berger-4/ The University of Akron Men's Soccer family is deeply saddened by the loss of Billy Berger ('08 - '12), who passed away Sunday, May 28th at the age of 27. While some may have already been informed, we wanted to forward his visitation and service information in the event that they be able to attend his services. Billy was team manager during his time with the Zips, and became an important part of the National Championship team in 2010. Most recently, Billy was the Director of Soccer Operations at SIUE, helping lead them to the NCAA tournament 3rd round this season.

Looks like Kofi Sarkodie got the start last night for San Jose...and played 45 minutes https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-05-27-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-la-galaxy/boxscore