Akron Rick Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 I'm new here and I'm certainly nothing more than a fan of Zips soccer , but from looking at Indy's roster these may be 3 players to watch Friday.... 1.Probably the guy most would know is Victor Bezerra, who has missed a few games this year but came back last match vs. Xavier. He scored 15 times last season and was Hermann Trophy runnerup. Trains with the Chicago Fire...not their club team, the actual Fire! Wears #7. 2. Forward Sam Sarver from Beachwood, Ohio scored the only goal of their last game as they beat X 1-0. He was rated #32 in U.S. last year by Top Drawer and is a freshman wearing #9. 3. Ben Yeagley is a midfielder and a redshirt junior. He is the son of the Hoosier coach Todd Yeagley and wears #20. Of course as the #1 team in the country they'll be throwing a lot more talent at the Zips than these three. My hope is by mentioning them by name I'll be jinxing at least three of their better players. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Akron Rick said: I'm new here and I'm certainly nothing more than a fan of Zips soccer , but from looking at Indy's roster these may be 3 players to watch Friday.... 1.Probably the guy most would know is Victor Bezerra, who has missed a few games this year but came back last match vs. Xavier. He scored 15 times last season and was Hermann Trophy runnerup. Trains with the Chicago Fire...not their club team, the actual Fire! Wears #7. 2. Forward Sam Sarver from Beachwood, Ohio scored the only goal of their last game as they beat X 1-0. He was rated #32 in U.S. last year by Top Drawer and is a freshman wearing #9. 3. Ben Yeagley is a midfielder and a redshirt junior. He is the son of the Hoosier coach Todd Yeagley and wears #20. Of course as the #1 team in the country they'll be throwing a lot more talent at the Zips than these three. My hope is by mentioning them by name I'll be jinxing at least three of their better players. However tough were the PIT Panthers, IND Hoosiers will be a sterner foe. These guys got talent to burn! (How the @#$%! did Samuel Sarver end up at Indiana!) 2021 Men's Soccer Roster - Indiana University Athletics (iuhoosiers.com) Also keep an eye on GK Roman Celentano #1, D and Joey Maher #2. Hell, keep an eye on ALL of them; lots of future pros on this roster. I fully realize what I am saying here: Rarely has there ever been a greater assemblage of blue chip talent in NCAA history. Mid 1990s Viginia, maybe? 2009 Akron? That. Does. Not. Mean. that Zips cannot emerge victorious. And for the record, Ben Yeagley is the grandson of Jerry Yeagley. 😏 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-national-top-100/men top drawer soccer thinks that Hoosier player Victor Bezerra is the 2nd best player in college soccer TDS has Indiana goal keeper Roman Celentano as the top rated GK in college soccer...and the 9th best player in college soccer Defender Spencer Glass is rated by TDS as the 18th best player in college soccer You will remember that TDS says that Pitt had 3 of the top 7 players in the Country. Akron, according to TDS ....has no upperclassmen worthy of being in their to 100 hmmm.....and Akron won when they played Pitt !!!! continuing the Hoosier ranking fest... Defender Daniel Munie is rated at the 36th best player in college soccer Forward Herbert Endeley is rated as the 75th best player in college soccer Akron and Indiana each had one player selected to the TDS pre season All American freshman team Freshman Best XI F: Caden Stafford (Maryland), Sandor Pelle (Yale), Ilijah Paul (Washington) M: William Reilly (Stanford), Bailey Sparks (SMU), Zemi Rodriguez (American), Tommy Mihalic (Indiana) 😧 D Kieran Sargeant (Georgetown), Dante Huckaby (Louisville), Jonas Buechte (Akron) GK: Emmanuel Smalios (St. John's) In their weekly polls this week, top drawer soccer does not have Akron in the top 25 College soccer news does not have Akron in their top 30 In this week's college soccer coaches poll (voting was done before the game against Pitt....Indiana was voted number 9 and Akron was voted number 16 https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Bezera is definitely their key guy Bezera finished 2nd last year for the hermann trophy https://www.idsnews.com/article/2021/09/star-forward-victor-bezerra-returns-from-injury-for-indiana-mens-soccer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Top Drawer soccer....obviously chooses the zips and the Hoosiers as a huge Friday night game https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-weekend-preview:-huge-friday-games_aid49843 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 20 minutes in, both team working hard to get anything going. One goal may win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 0-0 at the half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GoZips88 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 HUGE save by Meyer just under 9 minutes into 2nd half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Indinia up 1-0 on a corner-header redirect with about 24:00 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 PACHECO knots it up at 1-1 on nice ball from Shokalook with 22:00 to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Love College Cup matches in early September! Going to OT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 1-1 draw. Excellent match. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Nice to see that the program has seemingly returned to form. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Both teams played tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 great college soccer game Will Meyer had a huge save in each overtime Will Jackson had his best game as a Zip. Endeley is an absolute beast for the Hoosiers and Jackson battled him all night Jason Shokalook had always been rated slightly lower than Sam Sarver when they were juniors. Shokalook outplayed Sarver tonight Jared and staff made great coaching adjustments at half time Hoosiers were better team in first half. Akron was the better team in 2nd half. Great performance by Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal and Ranato Kauzlaric in the midfield. Playing 2 college cup caliber teams ....without your best defensive midfielder....(Samu) and coming out with a 1-0-1 record is outstanding. It was very nice to see Captain Carlo Ritaccio in uniform. When Carlo comes back, the zips great depth will become even stronger Mailik Henry was a beast in the 2nd overtime. Great coaching decision by Jared to have Malik rested so he could run at tired legs in overtime Very proud of the Zips. playing preseason 2 and 3 in the 3rd week of the season..........great , great week for the Zips, This young team will continue to gel 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malonepioneer12 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Let me copy off of Top Drawer Soccer - AKRON IS BACK!!! Great game by both teams - a draw is a fair result but if we continue to improve - watch out!! Great crowd and atmosphere - it was a fun night. Go Zips! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Hats off to the AK Rowdies! Most of you need some work on the finer points of hooliganism 😏, but your support and influence was undeniable. I salute you! Bravo! See you in CBUS. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TennZip Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 https://www.idsnews.com/article/2021/09/no-9-indiana-mens-soccer-takes-overtime-draw-against-no-16-akron Almost 3,400 fans packed into FirstEnergy Stadium, the largest crowd Indiana has seen this season. “That was an excellent college soccer game. Quality from both sides,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said after the match. “This was a tough environment to play in and we are happy to walk away with a point. Of course, we wanted to get three points, but we are happy with the result.” “I thought both goalkeepers were great tonight. Meyer had two or three phenomenal saves,” Yeagley said. “The save he made in overtime on the shot from Vic, that was phenomenal. Like I said, that was a well-played college soccer match.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Heck of a job by Embick to get this program back to where it belongs. Watched almost the entire match on my phone at the Indians game last night. Phenomenal match. The quick answer to their goal shows where this program is competitively. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Well deserved honor for Will Meyer https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-september-14_aid49865 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 The Mid American conference...gave Will a well deserved honor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Well-earned accolades continue for Will Meyer… 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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