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Top Drawer soccer says that the zips have two more recruits for the class of 2023. By my count, that is 7 already. I do not remember having so many committed more than 12 months away from the next season. Great jobs by the coaches in recruiting and getting kids committed to Akron Both young men are rated 3 stars by TDS. Nathan Ferguson is currently #181 in the country. He was written up by TDS in April 2022 for having 2 goals in an MLS Next game. SIMA Recruiting Roundup: August 22-28 BOYS NCAA DIVISION I Class of 2023 F Nathan Ferguson (St. Louis City SC) committed to Akron. M Alen Kapic (FC Cincinnati) committed to Akron.

season opening opponent FIU...is #23 traditional powers Stanford, North Carolina and Akron are not in the top 25 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

Gyuwon Chong is a transfer from Temple. Gyuwon started 10 games last year for Temple.

Zips are not in the top 30 of the college soccer news pre season poll FIU, the first game opponent, is number 18 Bowling Green is the only ranked MAC team at number 25 https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-2022-preseason-top-30-mens-college-soccer-national-poll/

Before today, I had never heard of prepsoccer.com the zips instagram page says that prepsoccer.com has the soccer zips ranked #4 for 2023 recruiting classes I went to prepsoccer.com but article said that I had to be a premium subscriber to access the article. article is written by JR Eskilson (he used to do tournament predictions ...and also write articles for top drawer soccer https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYEC9VjI0b/

https://www.wakingthered.com/2022/8/15/23306731/the-tenacity-of-richie-laryea-is-just-what-toronto-fc-was-missing

Dayton played an exhibition game on August 12th. Dayton beat Bowling Green 2-1 so they had a game under their belts before playing the zips.

twitter has photos of the 3 former zips

tremendous article https://isnsoccer.com/from-akron-to-columbus-micaletto-mohamed-and-strachan-thriving-with-crew-2/

I am totally intrigued by the comments on Ashton Kamdem. I really hope that Ashton Kamdem gets a tremendous amount of playing time at Left back. Embick on Kamdem – "Ashton is a quick left back that is a good two-way player. He can help us build out of the back and gives us a threat in final third as an overlapping fullback. He also is a solid defender that handles 1v1 situations well."

Jared and the coaches were allowed to start coaching the team yesterday. First exhibition game is 5 days away. Is today the day....that we finally get a news release...telling us about the new players that we will be joining the team this fall? I look forward to reading Coach Embick's words about Ashton Kamdem, Mansour Diop.....and any other new players joining the zips for the Fall 2022 campaign.

Welcome to Akron, Ryan from Moon Township, PA

Great tribute to DNag

It is great to see the zips sign another player from FC Cincinnati. Akron has always done well with players from the Columbus Crew Academy. I look forward to seeing Ashton Kamdem (FC Cincinnati) play for the zips in fall 2022. And now, I can look forward to Matt Dreas (FC Cincinnati) joining the zips in fall 2023. It is good to have 2 MLS teams in Ohio...and it is great to see the zips coaching staff signing good talent from both MLS academies.

this was from the Medina paper before Jackson Herbert's junior year (fall 2021) I like his speed in the 40 https://medina-gazette.com/news/271612/boys-high-school-soccer-opposing-teams-always-have-to-account-for-wadsworths-jackson-herbert/

Blue and Gold, really good find.... Thank you for sharing... The beacon had a subscriber only article this morning...where they listed the 16 boys soccer players to watch this fall. This is what they said about Jackson Herbert : Jackson Herbert, Wadsworth, midfielder, sr. There may not be a faster player in space than Herbert, who was a Division I second-team All-Ohio selection. The Akron commit led the Grizzlies in scoring with 15 goals and nine assists. He has 38 career goals and 16 assists.

does not have red hair https://www.mlsnextpro.com/players/caleb-borneo/

Here is a Cloumbus Crew article...where Caleb Borneo receives some very positive press from MLSsoccer.com https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/borneo-named-to-generation-adidas-cup-best-xi

Top Drawer soccer(TDS) is reporting that the Zips have their second recruit from the class of 2023 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/sima-recruiting-roundup:-july-18-24_aid51002 Class of 2023 M Caleb Borneo (Crew SC Academy) committed to Akron. From my limited research, this is an outstanding recruit for the Zips. Young Mr. Borneo (will turn 17 on July 20) is rated 4 stars by TDS...and Caleb is the 15th ranked player in TDS's class of 2023. Welcome Caleb Borneo to Zips Nation. Also, early happy birthday wishes to Caleb Borneo. another article from TDS. Caleb Borneo was selected to be part of the USA Under Mens National team camp https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/roster-announced-for-u19-mnt-camp_aid50744 Jared, Ger and Michael....have landed 2 very highly rated players for the class of 2023. Keep up the great work, coaches !!!

When is Akron soccer going to do a Darlington Nagbe bobblehead for season ticket holders? I love my DeAndre Yedlin bobblehead from a few years ago........but the DeAndre bobblehead is lonely. A DNag bobblehead is badly needed.