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I think that it is probably appropriate to have Joao Moutinho on the 2026 list. He is with Lech Poznan in the top tier league in Poland. From what I can tell, their season spans from July 2025 to May 2026. Lech Poznań, is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. https://www.lechpoznan.pl/en/schedule--results,47.html https://www.lechpoznan.pl/first-team,11,joao-moutinho,2931,zawodnik.html

For regular season games, yes for NCAA tournament, NCAA has different rules

Beto Ydrach and his Pittsburgh Riverhounds teammates will play for the USL championship on Saturday afternoon on network TV. Beto has had a tremendous rookie year. I believe that he has started every game ...except for when he was playing for the Puerto Rico national team. I believe that he is 3rd in minutes played on the team. He leads their center backs in a key category. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1350266 I am only allowed to post a few key tidbits from the article. Please click on the article above. At one point, there are 3 full paragraphs about the new kid, Beto Ydrach. Congratulations, Beto on an incredible rookie year. I will be watching CBS tomorrow and hope that Beto can lead the hounds to the league title excerpts from article: (Beto is also quoted at the beginning of the article and is also quoted about his friendships on the team - click the link!!!...go, Hounds, go Beto !!! Ydrach, meanwhile, has been one of the league’s rookie breakouts and a staple in the lineup. At 24-years-old, the former University of Akron defender is a unique first-year pro, with the experience of having made his debut and earned regular minutes for the Puerto Rico National Team in Concacaf competition while competing collegiately for the Zips and previously at the University of Central Florida. Ydrach may be the rookie in the squad, but his +5.73 Goals Added mark leads the club’s center back group.

another one from the players....

this was the final goal.......for WVA

Fill the Hill

President Nemer did a promotional instagram post for the mens soccer game on Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRSpiDwkqdo/

that was a beautiful game winning goal by Marcus Caldera. Hat trick for Caldera tonight.

Big Ten Tournament Champ UCLA goes down to automatic conference winner.....Grand Canyon Big Ten Tournament runner up Michigan.......goes down to the highest RPI non automatic conference winner Pathetic results for the Big Ten. Yet, Indiana (5-5 in that mediocre league).....gets the overall #6 seed in the tournament...... The mighty ACC is also not shining..... Number 37 RPI Syracuse controversially got a home game against number 27 RPI Hofstra Hofstra smoked the ACC team.....2-0 Western Michigan with the biggest upset of the day.... Western Michigan came into their conferencee tournament with a 5-9-3 record.... they won 2 games in regulation and one on PK's....in conf. tourney 7-9-4......coming into the NCAA's Mighty Clemson was 29 in RPI The NCAA committee gave Clemson a super favorable draw...... play 7-9-4 Western Michigan in first round..... Winner faces the highest seeded team....Number 16 Furman by the placement in the draw....NCAA committee said that Clemson was one of the 4 best non seeded teams Western Michigan beats the over rated ACC team 1-0 Number 50 RPI North Florida is about ready to go to 2nd overtime with #28 RPI North Carolina Go, North Florida !!!!

The Beacon Journal is doing a nice job of promoting Zips mens soccer this week. Malone Pioneer posted an excellent article from the Beacon(about zips seeding and possible opponents) .....under the ratings and RPI topic. This morning, The Beacon did a very good article on Stefan Dobrijevic. (attached below) I greatly admire Stefan for his tremendous improvement as a soccer player over the past 4 years. After reading this article, I also greatly admire Stefan as he is true definition of a "Student-Athlete". Congratulations to Stefan on his success on the soccer field and also for his succcesses in the class room. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/19/stefan-dobrijevic-akron-zips-soccer-ncaa-tournament/87320211007/ Dobrijevic grew up in Akron as an Akron Public Schools student, attending Salem Elementary School, STEM Middle School and Firestone High School. His family moved to Uniontown when he was 16, but he remained at Firestone, where he took engineering, college level and advanced placement classes, recorded a 4.7 GPA and graduated in December 2021. Dobrijevic played club soccer with Internationals Academy, which is based in Medina, and started taking classes at UA in January 2022. He has a 3.8 GPA, earned a degree in business administration with a minor in marketing in December 2024 and is working toward an MBA.

We have posted before about Kam Warnke... Kam had 20 goals and 10 assists this year for the state runner up Auroroa Greenmen. Nice to see all of the Akron logos in the signing announcement

Top Drawer soccer did a preview on the regional that the zips are in. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=55371&articleTitle=mens-ncaa-tournament-region-3-preview 4. Akron(m) (11-4-3) - 1.56 goals per game (76th ranked), .667 goals allowed per game (12th ranked) Offensive Leader: Stefan Dobrijevic (8G, 10A) + Strong defense + Performed well against nationally ranked opposition - Offense can be inconsistent There is no doubt Akron has the defense for a playoff run; the question is if the offense can score enough in a region packed with high-powered attacks. Losing the Big East semifinal was not encouraging, but the team will be well-rested after receiving a first-round bye.

I am not a fan of this guy(or gal?)'s predictions..... the predictor really seems to love teams from the Big Ten https://www.instagram.com/p/DRLqMDtjAx9/?hl=en

one game at a time........ Michigan has a win over #6 Indiana..... Michigan scored 3 goals against a very solid Creighton team I have not looked at Notre Dame record...... zips need a big, loud crowd on Sunday one game at a time...... worry about round of 16.....after winning the round of 32.......

the 2 possible 2nd round opponents played each other in the season opener (August 21) Game was in Ann Arbor.... 2 teams played to a 1-1 tie Let's hope they play a 2 overtime game on Thursday night...with penalty kicks Michigan had wins this year over 2 teams that faced Akron (Creighton and Ohio State) Michigan's best win was over tournament 6 seed Indiana their worst loss was against Michigan State. https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Notre Dame is the lowest rated RPI....selection.... St. John's at 42....Notre Dame at 44....both get in Georgia Southern at 34 and Gardner Webb at 35 do not get in.... Michigan lost 5-0 in the Big Ten final....to UCLA I like this draw for the Zips

I have never heard of college soccer source they predict that Akron will be seeded #15.... with Akron hosting the winner of Marshall vs. Cleveland State next Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRJOsKtDQcb/

The Zips have had a very good season. They deserve a top 16 seed.

They also sent Dyson Clapier to the hospital in that same game I think that Dice needed an overnight stay and some surgery.

And the really sad part of that story is that blue blood Indiana was 5-5 in that league. did not even qualify for conference tournament but yet, the blue blood Hoosiers will probably be seeded 9 or 10 overall in the NCAA tournament

Sunday November 16th Key Tournament Final games I will let others (smarter than I am)...fugure out the results that might be best for the Zips to receive a high seed All ratings shown are RPI as of 12:45 am on Sunday morning November 16th Ivy League Final - 11 am - broadcast on ESPNU #18 Cornell at #1 Princeton Big East Final - high noon - Boyds, MD #12 UConn vs. #17 Georgetown American East Final - 1 pm #4 Bryant (16-1-4) at #3 Vermont (13-0-5) Atlantic 10 final 1 pm #97 Dayton at #24 St. Louis Sunbelt Conference Final 1 pm #37 Central Florida at #14 Marshall ACC final - 1 pm........broadcast on ESPNU...game will be at Cary , NC #8 SMU at #2 Virginia Southern Conference final ...2 pm...... #27 UNC-Greensboro at #21 Furman Big Ten Conference final ....3 pm....game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network #34 UCLA at #26 Michigan

RPI final update for games on Saturday November 15th these results are after SAn Diego's win over Oregon State San Diego moves from 7 in RPI........up to #5 Maryland was at #5......when San Diego game started.....Maryland ends the day at #6 Portland drops from #6 to #7 Number 8 thru 11....look like this 8. SMU 9. Indiana 10. High Point 11. Akron 12 thur 17 look like this 12. UConn 13. Stanford 14. Marshall 15. NC State 16. Seton Hall 17. Georgetown Cornell started the day at #21 in RPI Cornell did not play today....but they ended the day at #18 in RPI Oregon State loss dropped them from #21 in RPI....down to #23 The Oregon State loss probably hurt Indiana and Stanford a little bit as the biggest non league win for both the Hoosiers and the Cardinal was over Oregon State.