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did not know about soccer almost being cut there.... Coach Grassie, Coach Porter and Coach Embick deserve a ton of credit for competing against the big guys I will always root for schools like Marshall and Akron

fall 2022 https://www.localdvm.com/sports/gold-and-blue-nation/wvu-mens-soccer-to-join-conference-usa-in-2022/

Very nice post by one of the 6 young men that will transfer to Akron BTW, in the first 11 regular season games for Harcum, Ryan Kingsford had 19 goals and 14 assists Zips nation....is very glad to have Ryan Kingsford as part of the Zips family.

soccer pitch looks outstanding 😁

Samuel George is one of the 6 transfers to Akron for next fall Samuel is joining the zips from Ottawa, AZ. Samuel must have been a team mate of Hazem Sobhy at Ottawa This summer, Samuel is playing in USL 2 with Florida Elite Last night, Florida Elite won their game 2-0 Samuel scored one of the 2 goals...see highlight below 4 fall 2021 Zips....started in last night's USL 2 game for Florida Elite...Samuel George, Hazem Sobhy, DeClan Watters and Will Meyer...with the clean sheet

To have all of the new incoming players in one thread, below is the list of transfers coming to Akron NCAA Division I Transfer Tracker Player Former School New School F Malik Henry North Carolina Akron M Ryan Kingsford Harcum College Akron D William Portman Louisville Akron F Samuel George Ottawa (Ariz.) Akron M Renato Kauzlaric Massachusetts-Lowell Akron D Tobias Bak Muskegon Community College Akron a little bit of research...always good to know where our future players are from Malik Henry.....Hamilton, Ontario Canda Ryan Kingsford....Herne Bay, England William Portman....Sheffield, England Samuel George.....Sittingbourne, England Renato Kauzlaric....Zagreb, Croatia Tobias Bak,......Taastrup, Denmark Welcome to the zips......all 6 of you.... looking forward to a great season in 2021

Top Drawer soccer is now showing that the zips have added a 4 star recruit from the Philadelphia Union Academy Mitchell Budler, a goal keeper Top Drawer soccer has him ranked as the 38th best player in the class of 2021 The class of 2021 includes Giovanni Reyna. of Top Drawer soccer's top 25, 23 of them are going pro Mitchell Budler is currently the 9th highest rated player...that has announced plans to attend college in fall 2021 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-soccer-details/men/akron/clgid-438/tab-commitments#tabs https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/mitchell-budler/pid-107391 I believe that Mitchell Budler is in the middle of the 5 players shown in the tweet Welcome to the Zips, Mitchell Budler !!!

the June 7 transfer tracker......made me a happy Zips fan we had all previously seen that 3 zips were transferring out..... today's updated transfer report shows 6 players transferring to Akron https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2021-ncaa-mens-transfer-tracker_aid48768

zippyfan34...that is a good find on this year's roster, Daniel Strachan shows as a senior...and Diogo Pacheco shows as a redshirt senior I have attached below the 2018 roster...where Daniel shows as a sophomore...and Diogo showed as a redshirt sophomore in fall 2017, Daniel showed as a freshman..so Daniel played fall 17, fall 18, fall 19 and spring 2021. due to covid cancelling the fall 2020 campaign, will Daniel and Diogo be able to come back for another year in fall 2021? Pol and Marco played 3 years for Akron...will they get to play for 1 or 2 years at new school? I have not kept up with the changes.....resulting from Covid. https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/2018

welcome to another talented player.....from the academy....that sent the zips....Richie Laryea...and Marcel Zajac

Thanks for posting....I had not seen this news

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2021/05/03/uwgb-athletic-director-charles-guthrie-expected-take-akron-opening/4930071001/ has a photo likes to give long contracts

this deserves its very own topic truly great article.... love how Kofi mentions...his former Akron teammates https://www.bgn.fm/a-decade-after-he-was-drafted-kofi-sarkodie-is-back-in-texas-to-help-lead-bold-fc/

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/4/16/update-regarding-upcoming-siue-at-wvu-mens-soccer-match.aspx West Virginia is going to end the season with a 4-3-1 record They have a huge advantage in goal differential

from Bowling Green web site: my comments below the standings MAC STANDINGS (through matches of Sunday, April 11) School (Overall) MAC Pts. PPG* 1. Bowling Green (6-4-0) 4-2-0 12 2.00 2. West Virginia (6-3-0) 4-3-0 12 1.71 Western Mich. (6-3-0) 4-3-0 12 1.71 4. Akron (4-3-1) 3-3-0 9 1.50 5. Northern Ill. (5-7-1) 4-5-0 12 1.33 6. SIUE (5-5-0) 2-5-0 6 0.86 * points per game Bowling Green controls their own destiny. if they win against WVU and NIU, they finish 6-2 in league....and win the MAC....18 points, 8 games...2.25 points per game If Western Michigan wins both games against Akron, they finish 6-3 in league...18 points, 9 games, 2.0 points per game If West Virginia beats Bowling Green and beats SIU-E, they also finish 6-3 in league...18 points, 9 games, 2.0 points per game the best that Akron can finish....is 5-3...15 points, 8 games...1.875 points per game if Akron loses at home on Wednesday night, they can't win the league Akron needs a lot of help from NIU and SIU-E to win the league and Akron needs a healthy Diogo Pacheco.........great player for the zips

https://gozips.com/news/2021/4/11/mens-soccer-golden-goal-lifts-bowling-green-over-akron-1-0.aspx "Congrats to Bowling Green on the win," Akron head coach Jared Embick commented. "They wanted it more and you could see that from minute one. We needed to have that same effort and intensity we had Wednesday night to compete while we are short-handed, but we couldn't find that competitiveness and effort today. Without that, you can't win a game. We will see who we have available on Wednesday and come out with a better mentality to compete in the game."

need to root fervently for Northern Illinois to beat BG next Sunday

SIU-E schedule shows that they were supposed to play Bowling Green on April 4... but that was postponed due to BG covid issues https://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2020-21/schedule so, they played western michigan on April 4....instead

live stats showed BG led 25-8 in shots 9-0 in shots on goal 12-4 in corner kicks BG seemed to have no problems controlling the ball...playing the against the wind when the zips were against the win in first half....I think it was 11-2 in shots and 8-0 in corner kicks

going by average points per game...3 points for win....1 point for tie so BG is 4-2.....6 games...12 points....2 points per game West Virginia leads NIU 2-0 with 7 minutes to go..... that would make WVU 4-3....12 points ...7 games 1.71 per game Akron is 3-3...6 games...9 points...1.5 per game

youtube link to watch the game go, Zips I know we have some great fans...that made the drive up north....go, zips !!!

The conference standings will show why Sunday's game at BGSU is a big game Tie for first Akron 3-2 Bowling Green 3-2 3. Western Michigan 4-3 4. West Virginia 3-3 5. Northern Illinois 4-4 6. SIU-Edwardsville 2-5 Remaining schedules Akron April 11 at BGSU April 14 ...home against Western Michigan 4 days...later...April 18.....play the same team ...Western Michigan at Kalamazoo Bowling Green all 3 remaining games are at home...but they play 3 very good teams April 11 host the mighty Akron Zips April 14 ....host West Virginia April 18.....host Northern Illinois Western Michigan April 11.....host SIUE April 14 and 18...away and home with Akron West Virginia April 11.....at Northern Illinois April 14....at BGSU April 18....home against SIUE Northern Illinois April 11....home with W. VA April 18......away at BGSU As mentioned before, NCAA bids will be announced on April 19 unless something changes, it looks like Akron and Bowling Green will play 8 league games Western Michigan and Northern Illinois will play 10 league games SIU-E and West Virginia will play 9 league games