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I think Wadszip might have been asking about this young man....on the u-20 team John Nelson (Internationals SC; Medina, OH), if you were, John Nelson is a high school junior....and he is the #1 rated high school junior. From what I have read, Nelson wants to play in Europe as soon as he is done with high school. The top 7 or 8 ranked players in the country have all been bypassing college. This year, Emmanuel Sabbi is ranked #11 or #13 (depending on ranking) and he is the 3rd highest ranked player that will be attending college.

congratulations and best wishes to Emmanuel Sabbi in the upcoming u-20 games U.S. U-20 MNT Gordon Jago Super Group A Schedule: March 20 U-20 MNT vs. CF Monterrey Rayados Cotton Bowl at 6:30 p.m. CT March 21 U-20 MNT vs. Fulham FC Richland College at 4 p.m. CT March 23 U-20 MNT vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim TBD ROSTER BY POSITION: GOALKEEPERS (2): Jonathan Klinsmann (University of California; Newport Beach, Calif.), James Marcinkowski (Georgetown; Alamo, Calif.) DEFENDERS (8): Marcello Borges (Michigan; Kearny, N.J.), Auston Trusty (Philadelphia Union; Media, Pa.), Aaron Herrera (New Mexico; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Andrew Lombard (Northeastern; Montclair, N.J.), John Nelson (Internationals SC; Medina, OH), Matthew Olosunde (Manchester United; Trenton, N.J.), Tommy Redding (Orlando City SC; Oviedo, Fla.), Miles Robinson (Syracuse; Arlington, Mass.) MIDFIELDERS (7): Danilo Acosta (Real Salt Lake; Salt Lake City, UT), Amir Bashti (Stanford; Cupertino, Calif.), Brooks Lennon (Liverpool; Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Cameron Lindley (Indiana Fire; Carmel, Ind.), Joshua Perez (AFC Fiorentina; La Habra, Calif.), Eryk Williamson (Maryland; Alexandria, Va.), Jackson Yueill (UCLA, Minneapolis, Minn.) FORWARDS (5): Jeremy Ebobisse (Duke; Bethesda, Md.), Sebastian Elney (Maryland; West Chester, Pa.), Victor Mansaray (Seattle Sounders; Des Moines, Wash.), Emmanuel Sabbi (Chicago Magic; Libertyville, Ill.), Sebastian Saucedo (Veracruz; Casa Grande, Ariz.)

that looks like a championship group.....even though I was no where close to identifying the 21 players and the team manager correctly add in an Emmanuel , a Jon, a Nicolas, an Alex, a Marcel, a Reggie, a Jesus, and a Tor....and I am looking forward to watching this team play some great soccer and ME87....was kind enough to tell me in a note that Niko De Vera, Tyler Sanda and Adi Dakwar were not in the photo above.....add Niko, Tyler and Adi and the new recruits and hopefully that group of 32 players will be providing great soccer all the way to Houston in December go, Zips

article from the oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2016/03/report_portland_timbers_set_to.html#incart_river_index

retweet by Travis Clark Travis Clark ‏@travismclark 7h7 hours ago Travis Clark Retweeted Jamie Goldberg and added a comment about the timbers being the mls zips The Timbers really are the MLS Zips. Travis Clark added, Jamie Goldberg @Jamiebgoldberg Report: Portland Timbers set to acquire Vancouver Whitecaps forward Darren Mattocks #RCTID #MLS http://s.oregonlive.com/wwsANBI

photo from zips mens soccer twitter...leave it to Victor....to have the funky head wear

good luck to Jesse. news release below from oregon st website. Like Fknbuflobo, I like the midfielders that coach Embick is bringing in. http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=210795801

best article that I have seen about Perry and his new team. I will always remember the poise, the composure, the instincts and the toughness that this young man showed for the Zips in 2010. Perry will always remembered as a gigantic reason why the zips got their first star. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2016/03/11/perry-kitchen-looks-to-find-recipe-for-success-at-hearts/

Sinneh Kamara was announced by the Columbus Crew academy.......as someone that would be coming to Akron.

http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/5038 2.5 year deal for Perry Kitchen

nice photo of Jonathan Lewis....that was posted to zips mens soccer twitter. Welcome to Akron, Jonathan....Looking forward to watching you at Cub Cadet Field in the fall.

http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=41060 I hope that Scott....got a nice pay raise. Glad he gets to play near where he grew up.

they just don't show Victor in the article because they only list players who were selected All-MAC. The biased MAC coaches did not select Victor as one of the best 22 players in the conference. Can you say travesty? joke? laughable? I think top drawer listed Victor as the 20th best player in the country. ZipsNation is certainly glad to have Victor on our team. Great student athlete.......and I hope that a 2nd star is in the future for Victor and Akron soccer.

http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4175/major-league-soccer/2016/03/02/20926592/sources-darlington-nagbe-signs-new-deal-with-portland well deserved new contract.....for young Mr. Nagbe and I just read an article.....that Portland vs. Columbus will be televised on espn at 4:30 on Sunday

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20160302h1damc

http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2016/03/diego_valeri_darlington_nagbe.html hard to believe that Darlington and Wil will be matching up on Sunday....seems like the season just ended Does anyone know if the Timber-Crew game will be televised on Sunday?

http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2016/2/29/11135706/should-the-timbers-be-looking-at-darren-mattocks

http://www.gozips.com/general/2015-16/Releases/2015_Dean-s_List.pdf?preview=true Congratulations to some true student athletes. The list above.....shows the soccer zips that made the deans list for spring 2015 and fall 2015 listed as making the deans list (above 3.50) are Robbie Dambrot, Dener Dos Santos, Jake Fenlason, Ezana Kahsay, Nate Shultz, Andrew Souders, Victor Souto and Shane Wiedt. 3 zips have an asterisk by their name...indicating a 4.0 GPA....Tyler Sanda, Danilo Radjen and Adam Najem. Great job by all of these young men. They will be honored at halftime of the basketball game against Can't State.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/os-orlando-city-news-0226-20160225-story.html article about Richie's adjustment to MLS

Teal Bunbury scored a goal last night for the revolution. No Darlington Nagbe in the starting lineup for the Timbers...but there were still 2 zips in their starting lineup Timbers XI vs. VAN: Gleeson, Peay, Manning, Valentin, Thoma, Jewsbury (c), Grabavoy, Zemanski, Brett, McInerney, Polk

I knew that Bowling Green had added Chris Brennan, a very good player from Copley. I wanted to see who else that they added and what they said about Chris Brennan I hope that chris Brennan does well....except for when he plays against Akron. http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2016/2/4/MSOC_0204165130.aspx BG only added 4 players Western Michigan really had a nice team last year so I wanted to see what they added. they added 4 transfers....most from big name schools...Indiana, Ohio State, Connecticut and Bradley they added 6 recruits...one article says they lost 10 seniors http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24072&SPID=1912&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210703887&DB_OEM_ID=4600 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24072&SPID=1912&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210684557&DB_OEM_ID=4600 West Virginia added 15 recruits http://www.wvusports.com/2016signingday/msoccer.html Buffalo added 2 transfers, one domestic recruit and 2 international players I did not take the time to look for NIU info http://www.ubbulls.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20160205j1nq5t

http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/6326935-mount-carmel-soccer-players-off-to-the-ncaa/ Marcel Zajac pictured in the article...with a brief quote

Great photo of @yedlinny defending the legendary Wayne Rooney in Sunderland's 2-1 win over Manchester United.

Michael Beaven has a few new quotes from Jared: http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-soccer-zips-2016-recruiting-class-ranked-no-2-in-country-according-to-topdrawersoccer-com-includes-area-players-alex-mapp-jackson-crawford-1.660565