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good article about JLew....several quotes from John Hackworth https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/jonathan-lewis-wants-nycfc-to-know-hes-ready-to-play/

quotes from Ben and Abdi in Beacon article https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190111/three-players-with-local-ties-selected-in-2019-mls-superdraft

cool to see Caleb...wearing the crew scarf...in coaches photo https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/11/2019-mls-head-coaches-photo-largest-league-history

https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/articles/1273-the-2018-college-soccer-season-it-was-a-season-to-remember-for-these-schools

this has Abdi at #17.... I believe that the Crew have the #18 pick would be great to have Abdi with the Crew https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2019-mls-draft-big-board:-version-30_aid45701

I would like Wil to get to play in Europe... but I also want him to play for Caleb next year https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-linked-with-mls-star-wil-trapp-as-brendan-rodgers-eyes-reinforcements-1-4853090

nice to see channel 3 in cleveland...giving coverage to new stadium for the crew https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/soccer/columbus-crew-plans-to-start-stadium-construction-this-summer/95-002e3439-956f-43c0-86cb-dd6a5bfd318e

good article on Abdi... I did not know that Akron did not make an offer to him when he was in high school https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/columbus-crew-sc/central-ohio-native-hopes-to-be-drafted-by-the-crew/

https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190108/university-of-akron-soccer-junior-marcel-zajac-turning-pro

his head coach at forge FC....is one of the co-founders of sigma FC (where he developed his game) The Canadian premier league will make its debut in 2019 Bobby Smyrniotis is a Canadian former soccer player, currently the head coach of Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. Smyrniotis is the co-founder of the Sigma FC soccer academy based in Mississauga. College career Smyrniotis played for the College of Charleston and York University.[2] Coaching career In 2003 and 2004, Smyrniotis was a coach in the academy system of Olympiacos F.C.. He co-founded Sigma FC, and was the team's head coach from 2005 to 2018.[3] On October 1, 2018 Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League announced Smyrniotis would be the club's first head coach and technical director.[4]

https://forgefc.canpl.ca/article/forge-fc-signs-forward-marcel-zajac press release from the club

interview with J-Lew

Abdi down to 30 in this draft. Big Ben at 59 https://sbisoccer.com/2019/01/the-sbi-mls-draft-big-board-version-2-0-2

2 great former zips mentioned in article https://the18.com/soccer-entertainment/mac-hermann-trophy-winners-professionally

very good news Looking forward to David Egbo, Marcel Zajac, Carlo Ritaccio and all of the zips having great years in the fall of 2019.

There are no akron players in the gen. adidas announcement https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/04/mls-announces-2019-generation-adidas-class-ahead-combine

That would be great if Abdi could stay in Ohio.

there must be a story here.....so I will bite..... when I look at the roster , there is a freshman kicker from Barberton or Norton and there is a junior kicker from Ravenna named Jim Embick what is the story for the kicker on the 76 team?

Abdi and Ben will definitely be at the MLS combine games will be televised https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/02/watch-2019-mls-player-combine-games-live-starting-saturday

Darlington gets an "A" from the Atlanta soccer blog https://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/2019/1/2/18150532/atlanta-united-final-exams-darlington-nagbe

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?n=david-m-bezbatchenko&pid=124135106 This lists Tim Bezbatchenko as a cousin to Marty's son. Several of the names mentioned in this young man's obituary are zip soccer season ticket holders.

here is an inspiring story about one of the sons of the former zip QB Marty Bezbatchenko https://www.si.com/vault/2006/09/11/8386254/seventeen-million-to-one I will attach a 2nd link.....that shows that Tim is a cousin of the young man that shot the hole in one