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Congratulations to Jake Fenlason, who got his first career shutout in Orlando City B's 3-0 win over USL East Divison leader Louisville on Saturday night.

zips bio lists only a sister for Dillon http://www.gozips.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2112

welcome..... a midfield of Cordeiro, Harter and Hinds....sounds much better than Cordeiro, Hackworth and Belana Moutinho has been an incredible late addition. Hopefully, Niko can recover quickly from his injury...Moutinho and Brown as the 2 center backs would work well with Nate and Niko Announcers were very complimentary of Nate Shultz last night. Nate's game has really improved over the past few years

utah valley site....shows the corner kick goal... my video was frozen .....last night and I missed it live injuries hurt the zips last night...but utah valley played without their all american...hoffmeister hope to see Nick Hinds playing 90 minutes on Monday embick's comments on zips site: "We are disappointed with the result, especially with the manner in which we gave up the goal," Akron head coach Jared Embick commented. "We have a tough schedule and to open up on the road in a difficult environment is not easy. We had some positives and we will have to build on them. Right now we need to focus on rebounding for Monday." http://gouvu.com/news/2017/8/25/mens-soccer-no-16-wolverines-knock-off-no-13-akron-1-0.aspx

have to agree with Jonathan lewis Nick Hinds not playing until the 60th minute......is not good for the zips

awful clearance kick by Ben Lundt... they scored on the ensuing corner kick.... Ben's clearance kick went sideways and backwards

have been told that Sam was injured in exhibition game against Loyola (MD)

and Nick Hinds is not starting in the midfield

going to be very tough tonight without Sam Gainford and Niko DeVera

this is not worth creating a separate list for... Top Drawer soccer put together a top 20 player list for each conference (which is a joke....because....it is tough to compare defenders to midfielders, forwards and goalies)....plus, they show Nick Hinds as a defender...and he will be playing in the midfield this year I will say that a healthy Stuart Holthusen (like we saw in the magical 2015 NCAA tournament run) deserves to be much higher on their list) 1 Sam Gainford ForwardAkron 2 Nicholas Hinds DefenderAkron 3 Kyle Dal Santo GoalkeeperSIUE 4 Pau Belana MidfielderAkron 5 Devyn Jambga ForwardSIUE 6 Jad Arslan MidfielderWest Virginia 7 Zachary BockDefenderWestern Michigan 8 Stuart Holthusen ForwardAkron 9 Brandon ByeMidfielderWestern Michigan 10 Anthony MwembiaGoalkeeperBowling Green 11 Mohamed AwadMidfielderSIUE 12 Tate RobertsonForwardBowling Green 13 Andrew ShepherdGoalkeeperWestern Michigan 14 Niko De VeraDefenderAkron 15 Louis ThomasDefenderWest Virginia 16 Greg SolawaMidfielderSIUE 17 Keegan McHughMidfielderSIUE 18 Luke ReadDefenderNorthern Illinois 19 Ben LundtGoalkeeperAkron 20 Steven JamesDefenderWest Virginia

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-di-preview:-five-matches-to-watch_aid42328 No. 13 Akron at No. 16 Utah Valley, 9:30 p.m. (www.wacsports.com) The Zips are on the road to open the season for a Top 20 clash against Utah Valley. Both teams have an opportunity for a statement result as they work through early season growing pains. Akron’s back line needs to be filled in, though they are well-stocked going forward with Nicholas Hinds, Sam Gainford and Stuart Holthusen all fit and ready to fire. German midfielder Paul Hoffmeister is the focal point for the Wolverines, who should be a formidable force in the WAC.

https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-soccer-highly-ranked-zips-get-ready-for-another-run-at-a-title Nice that the Beacon does an article.... However....someone needs to explain to Mr. Bournival....that 1) the NY Cosmos are not in the MLS 2) that Jon Lewis was a very high draft pick and is playing major minutes in the MLS...and 3) that some guy named Najem....was the MAC player of the year...and has played some for the Union in the MLS.

good article from the Utah Valley U. student newspaper Zips will probably be facing a former teammate http://vegor.wpengine.com/recent/sports/mens-soccer-hoffmeister-vasquez-voted-preseason-wac-team-gears-2017-season/ Elliot Rubio, who started last season as UVU’s number one goalkeeper, reclaims the spot for the season opener. Halfway through the season, Rubio went out with a shoulder injury, opening the door for Jensen to step in and perform flawlessly. Now, a role reversal has Rubio hoping to take advantage of his opportunity. The season’s opening game against the University of Akron might have extra meaning to Rubio, who spent two seasons at Akron before transferring to UVU.

http://gouvu.com/news/2017/8/24/mens-soccer-16-uvu-hosts-16-13-akron-on-friday-in-season-opener.aspx story has a link to live video.... Hoffmeister for Utah Valley....will be a good test for the Zips

Top Drawer soccer has the zips higher than the coaches's poll and college soccer news https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

Sam ......on a pre season all american list https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2017-preseason-tds-best-xi-announced_aid42265

long article about Adam http://www.csnphilly.com/philadelphia-union/rookie-adam-najem-hopes-prove-hes-playmaker-union-need

nice quotes from the Beacon: https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-coach-jared-embick-confident-in-zips-after-1-0-exhibition-victory-over-penn-state

great that the other teams support each other.

for those that were able to see the game....thought you might want to see where Penn State is picked to finish in the league. Penn State is expected to be better than John Bleum and his unmentionable team that is no longer on our schedule http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/081617aaa.html

Beacon not doing much reporting.... https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/on-the-record-ua-soccer-team-ranked-in-preseason-polls-will-host-penn-state-in-exhibition-opener-wednesday

Thank you for taking the time to identify all of the players. When all of the new players have the same haircut, it can be hard to tell the young men apart. Let the games begin !!!!

did not want to create a separate topic...for the MAC poll SIU-Edwardsville is ranked #21 in the poll above....but one coach in the MAC thinks that WVU will finish ahead of the zips and SIU-E http://www.mac-sports.com/news/2017/8/15/mac-announces-2017-mens-soccer-preseason-poll.aspx

hopefully, some of you in Ohio have spectrum and can see the game http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/soccer/fc-cincinnati/2017/08/14/how-watch-fc-cincinnati-u-s-open-cup-semifinal-vs-new-york-red-bulls/565773001/

Aodhan with blond hair in the first photo? I had to look at the #5 to be sure it was him. Good luck to Cincy tonight!!!