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I will let fknbuflobo provide his analysis. Shokalook came in and was very active and made several good runs into the box. That opened up the sides for Pacheco and Clapier. AS the game got later, the strength and physicality of Pacheco and Clapier ....seemed to wear down the spartan defenders. Kauzlaric and Samu were better in the midfield late in the 2nd half. When Shokalook came in , they had Clapier, Pacheco and Kingsford all in the game. Shokalook was the up front forward and Kingsford kind of moved to an upfront midfield position.

Will Portman was great against Wright State. Will P. did not have a good game tonight passing ...and did not do as well on defense. Will got a yellow card in the first half and he was a little tentative after that. Credit to Coach Embick for making the change to Tobias Bak..

my man of the match is Diogo Pacheco.....2 assists zips score at 89:35 to break Sparty's heart.... I know I am biased....but the zips got homered tonight on foul calls....20 fouls to 9 passing was not as sharp tonight......but the zips were tested big time and got a huge win on the road. Tobias Bak came in during the 2nd half....and did a great job at right back

Tremendous, gutty win by the zips tremendous fight...tremendous comeback

https://gozips.com/news/2021/8/29/mens-soccer-akron-travels-to-battle-michigan-state.aspx

https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2021/matches/skcvscol-08-28-2021/ JLew with a goal

Is it too early to get excited about the next game? Sparty knocked off Cleveland State last night https://msuspartans.com/news/2021/8/26/mens-soccer-spartans-open-2021-season-with-2-1-victory-for-msu-over-cleveland-state.aspx article above...says that the game will be on big ten plus zips website says that the game will be on big ten plus.. Does anyone know if a subscription to ESPN+ gives you access to big ten plus?

Beacon Journal photo gallery - 13 photos https://www.beaconjournal.com/picture-gallery/sports/2021/08/27/zips-mens-soccer-defeats-wright-state-7-1/5610918001/

Love to see the new athletic director tweeting about soccer and the student fans

Wright State will be a high quality opponent in the season opener. Wright State had an excellent team in 2019. Wright State won the Horizon League tournament in 2019. In the first round of the 2019 NCAA, Wright State defeated Notre Dame (of the ACC) 3-2 in the 2nd round, Wright State had to travel to Ann Arbor to face number 13 seed Michigan. After 2 overtimes., Michigan and Wright State had played to a scoreless draw. Michigan ended up advancing on penalty kicks. Go, Zips !!!

in a preseason poll, only one Men's soccer coach predicted that our beloved zips would win the conference this year https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/8/25/west-virginia-selected-to-win-2021-mac-mens-soccer-title.aspx

I was thinking that Jonas Buechte is a defensive midfielder https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-di-preseason-best-xi-teams-announced_aid49741 Top Drawer soccer selected Jonas as a defender on their pre season all freshman team. Whatever position that he will play, I am looking forward to seeing Jonas on the pitch and I hope that he can contribute a great deal and help the Zips have a great season.

Mr. Gavin is now working for Mr. Porter (known as Caleb to his friends and family) https://www.massivereport.com/2021/3/9/22321915/columbus-crew-announce-staff-additions-for-2021

Jonathan Lewis was man of the match https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/recap-la-galaxy-1-colorado-rapids-2

https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-2021-preseason-top-30-mens-college-soccer-national-poll/ This Zips team....with 13 new comers ......is going to have to prove themselves to the so called soccer experts. The zips did not receive a single vote in the college soccer news top 30. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ The zips received 1 point (a 25th place vote) when the US soccer coaches did their pre season poll. The zips will step on the field as decided under dogs in several games this year. Diogo, Jason, Will Jackson, Carlo, Daniel, Dyson, Will Portman, Renato Kauzlaric, Ryan Kingsford, Malik Henry , Tobias Bak . Wan Kuzri, a very talented goal keeper and the 22 other zips are going to have to prove that they are top 25 team to their opponents and the US soccer coaches. That being said, Wright State is a quality team. The zips need a big crowd for the home opener on August 26 and this unproven team needs to get a home win and a road win at E. Lansing. START PROVING IT on Aug 26 and Aug. 29......Soccer Zips. Looking down the road, both polls have last year's college cup semifinalist Pitt ranked at #3. The first article says that Pitt returns 10 out of 11 starters from that high powered offensive team. Not sure when the students return........but the zips marketing department......needs to be working overtime....to get the AK rowdies out in force for that game. Cub Cadet Field at FES.....needs to be packed for that Akron - Pittsburgh game

Jared talks to Chad Welker about the games

Aaron, thanks much for the great info... today was first day that the coaches could work with the 13 new players and 22 returnees

Levi committed to Akron on May 26, 2020. Very belated welcome to Levi. I really look forward to seeing you play in Fall 2022. Levi has trained with the Philadelphia Union academy and he has represented the USA in many international soccer contests.

This was Stefan announcing his soccer commitment to Akron. I believe that Stefan goes to Green High School. Welcome , Stefan.

Earlier this week (before the Anis Smajlovic commitment), top Drawer soccer ranked the zips 2022 recruiting class as 8th best in the country. 2 very highly rated players. Welcome to Levi and Stefan. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/2022-mens-recruiting-rankings:-august_aid49670 8. Akron Commitments: F Stefan Dobrijevic (Internationals SC – No. 83), D Levi Stephens (Internationals SC – No. 84) Only two commitments have reported their decision to join Akron. But with both ranked in the Top 100, it propels Akron to this spot.

This is the zips 3rd recruit for 2022. However, I can't find a topic.....for 2022. I will post this here and I will go back and look for the first 2 recruits Welcome to Anis. PS.....we love top goal scorers !!!

A photo of the 6'4 defender Santiago Frias