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Daniel Strachan, a zip soccer recruit (from Lakewood- played club for Internationals SC) was scheduled to sign his NLI at 4;30 today Daniel is the young man on the far right (in the zips tie) Welcome to the Zips, Daniel

http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/sports/2017/02/01/hudson-resident-to-play-soccer-at-the-university-of-akron article from the Hudson newspaper

Congratulations to Braden Petno of CVCA for signing and joining the zips soccer program

Welcome to Faisal

http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2017/01/darlington_nagbe_us_mens_natio.html

the zips will be in Pittsburgh on Feb. 25 hopefully, several fans from the Akron/Cleveland area will make the trip to Pittsburgh to cheer on the zips...and my favorite all time Zip holding midfielder....(Victor Souto- now playing for the Riverhounds)

http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/20170124/union-camp-opens-with-veteran-onyewu-hopefuls-on-hand lots of quotes about Adam in article

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/soccer/20170125_Roster_in_flux_as_Union_begin_training.html article from the Philadelphia Daily News

http://fiftyfive.one/2017/01/ben-speas-signs-indy-eleven/ I don't believe that I have seen this posted on here. I believe...that Ben played for Minnesota of the USL last year. The Indy team is in the NASL

http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2017/01/caleb_porter_portland_timbers_6.html

http://section215.com/2017/01/23/philadelphia-union-look-to-aquire-the-rights-for-adam-najem/ You can not ask for a better first paragraph....where Akron....is described as the holy grail of college soccer development What I’m referring to is the Philadelphia Union’s recruitment of homegrown player Adam Najem. For those who don’t know, Najem is a highly rated member of the New York Red Bull’s academy who has graduated from Akron, the holy grail of college soccer development. Having produced talents such as DeAndre Yedlin, Perry Kitchen, Darlington Nagbe, and Will Trapp among others, Najem is in good company.

Chris, great job....finding that breaking news here is article from red bull fan site http://www.onceametro.com/2017/1/23/14354980/rumor-new-york-red-bulls-trade-adam-najem-mls-rights-to-philadelphia-union

super that DeAndre had such a great game thanks for finding the highlights and tweets and sharing

http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/011317aab.html comments from Robby on why he chose Pitt...and nice comments from Vidovich Robby Dambrot / D / Akron, Ohio / The University of Akron Had a standout junior campaign, appearing in 21 games including eight starts ... Played a major role in the Zips' 2015 run in the NCAA Tournament, as Akron fell in the College Cup to eventual champion, Stanford ... Made NCAA Tournament appearance all three years at Akron. Dambrot on why he chose Pitt: "I chose Pitt because of the great coaching staff and the competition in the ACC. I think I bring a lot of experience after being at a very competitive program at Akron, so I know what it takes to build a competitive culture. I hope my experiences can help get things going here at Pitt and we can start something special." Vidovich on Dambrot: "Robby is another player that brings experience after spending time at Akron, a highly respected program. He can get up and down the line, has a tremendous work rate and left foot. I think he will be a great help for us with the foreign players since he knows what college soccer is all about. He knows what it's like trying to compete for the top trophy, what it's like to train everyday with top players and play against the best teams in the country. He will be a big part of our future."

http://sbisoccer.com/2017/01/after-months-of-transfer-rumors-porter-determined-to-put-nagbe-in-position-to-succeed-with-timbers I hope that Darlington and Portland have a great season in 2017.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/13/no-3-pick-jonathan-lewis-thrilled-be-part-something-big-nycfc I love the first sentence....about the college program LOS ANGELES – Jonathan Lewis supports Manchester City, idolizes Jack Harrison and hails from a college program renowned for playing cultured possession soccer.

http://www.nycfc.com/post/2017/01/13/lewis-i-love-nycfc-s-style Jack Harrison and Jonathan Lewis...could make some magic together

Zip_ME87....thank you so much for posting the announcement of Jonathan. I was really impressed by his humbleness and his composure in his time at the podium Best wishes to Jonathan.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2017-mls-draft-big-board:-version-30_aid41309 Danilo at 58 and Brad at 68....in this list 3rd and 4th rounds in draft will be next week

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/13/armchair-analyst-2017-mock-superdraft-v2-0 JLew at #4...???? fun begins at 3 eastern time

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2017-mls-mock-draft:-version-20_aid41317

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1616/concacaf/2017/01/11/31402502/nagbe-agudelo-and-10-players-with-the-most-riding-on-the-us?ICID=HP_BN_1 Darlington one of the 10 featured....

http://sbisoccer.com/2017/01/sbi-2017-mls-draft-big-board-version-3-0 soccer by Ives...also mentions that Jonathan could move into top 3.... Ives currently has JLew going #5 to Columbus ....and last but not least, Ives predicts that Danilo wll be picked late in the 2nd round