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Player to Watch: Emil Jaaskelainen, Akron

He is far from a secret, but what Jaaskelainen is doing this season deserves an isolated look. The graduate senior leads the country with 20 goals, six more than anyone else. Add the seven assists, and Jaaskelainen leads with 47 points, 14 more than the closest competitor. The British forward has been the best striker in college soccer while also peaking at the perfect time, with 17 of those goals coming in the last nine matches for the Big East regular season champions. Identified as a preseason transfer to watch, adding the two-time NEC Player of the Year from Long Island has clearly been a success for the Akron Zips. It must be the tips he learned from his father, Jussi Jaaskelainen, an English Premier League goalkeeping legend who played more than 800 matches.

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Jaaskelainen’s Legendary Record 

While Hughes chases the 50-goal club, Akron striker Emil Jaaskelainen recently became the highest-scoring NCAA DI player of the 21st century. His 63 career goals top the 62 Alon Lubezky managed for Harvard from 2001 to 2004.

It is important to note that 43 goals came while Jaaskelainen was at LIU from 2020 to 2023, receiving NEC Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year twice in his legendary tenure. The son of Jussi Jaaskelainen, an English Premier League goalkeeping icon, Emil has carved out his own lasting legacy.

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The top 15 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy should be announced very soon

 

Hermann Trophy Selection process

Mid November – The semifinalists (top 15 men and top 15 women) are announced. The voting of Division I coaches begins. 

Mid December – Top three women’s finalists announced at NCAA Women’s College Cup; Top three men’s finalists announced at NCAA Men’s College Cup.

Early January - The men’s and women’s winners are announced at press conference and honored at MAC Awards Banquet.

 

Emil currently has 6 goals more than the nation's 2nd highest scorer

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1

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Will probably need a decent NCAA run for him to get the Hermann.

 

Since 2009, only two winners were not on College Cup teams. The two were on teams in the final 8. 
 

Ten times since 2009, the nation’s leading goal scorer did not win the Hermann trophy.

 

The longer the team plays, the better the chance of Hermann success.

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25 minutes ago, TennZip said:

The top 15 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy should be announced very soon

 

Hermann Trophy Selection process

Mid November – The semifinalists (top 15 men and top 15 women) are announced. The voting of Division I coaches begins. 

Mid December – Top three women’s finalists announced at NCAA Women’s College Cup; Top three men’s finalists announced at NCAA Men’s College Cup.

Early January - The men’s and women’s winners are announced at press conference and honored at MAC Awards Banquet.

 

Emil currently has 6 goals more than the nation's 2nd highest scorer

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1

 

That same link also shows that we are the #6 highest scoring offense in the country. Pretty amazing considering how poorly the season started.

 

Also, Georgetown and UConn are top rated defenses. We broke through and drew blood to defeat one but not the other. It will be interesting how the balance of offensive strength versus defensive strength plays out in a rematch with Georgetown.

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1 hour ago, NYC ZIP said:

Will probably need a decent NCAA run for him to get the Hermann.

 

Since 2009, only two winners were not on College Cup teams. The two were on teams in the final 8. 
 

Ten times since 2009, the nation’s leading goal scorer did not win the Hermann trophy.

 

The longer the team plays, the better the chance of Hermann success.

@NYC ZIP ...so impressed by the stats that you mention in bold above....

 

I would have no clue....where to find great info....like that.......

 

since I am retired, I did a brute force exercise (going to teams individual web sites !!!) this afternoon

 

I could not find an NCAA site that showed current leaders in Points

 

We all know that Emil is much more than just a scorer.....

He is very unselfish and makes great passes

Emil always knows where he is on the field ...and is known for making one touch passes to open teammates

 

Emil  has 22 goals and 7 assists...51 points

 

Alex Harris from Cornell is #2 in goals....he has 16 goals and 5 assists....37 points

 

Missouri State is currently #7 in RPI....

you will see below....that I will list points leaders for the top 8 RPI teams in the nation

Jesus Barea of Missouri State is currently #3 in goals

he has 15 goals and 3 assists...33 points

 

You saw on the stat links that Owen Smith of Western Michigan leads the nation in assists with 15 assists

Owen Smith has 4 goals....so he currently has 23 points

WMU regular season is over

 

NYCZIP shows above that players that make it to the college cup....are much more likely to win the Hermann Trophy

 

Therefore, I decided to look at the top 8 teams currently in RPI

I covered Missouri State (#7) and Jesus Barea...above

 

Ohio State has had a tremendous year and they deserve to be ranked #1

Michael Adekokun gets credit for being their best player

Adekokun has 8 goals and 11 assists ...27 points

I would be very surprised if Michael Adekokun does not end up being one of the 3 finalists for the award.

Adekokun and Emil are both great soccer players.

 

Denver is currently #2 in RPI

when top drawer soccer did their mid season top 100, they had Emil at #2 and Sam Bassett of Denver at #1

Bassett has 7 goals and 10 assists...24 points

 

Pitt is currently #3 in RPI

their regular season is over

Luis Sahmkow is their points leader....with 21  (9 goals and 3 assists)

 

Hofstra is currently #4 in RPI

they have 2 players battling to be their points leader

Laurie Goddard has 9 goals and 5 assists (23 points)

Jacob Woznicki has 8 goals and 5 assists (21 points)

   Jacob Woznick seems to get a tremendous amount of respect nationally

 

Penn is currently #5 in RPI

Stas Korzeniowski is their points leader with 26  (12 goals and 2 assists)

 

Virginia rocketed up to #6 in RPI after upsetting Pitt in the ACC tourney quarterfinals

Virginia is a strange team....as their points leader only has 12 points

Nick Dang 6 goals and no assists

 

In the link that I posted, you probably noticed that Duke is the nation's leader in goals per game

Duke is currently #8 in RPI

Duke has an impressive 3 players with 20 points or more

Ulfur Bjornsson, has 29 points (13 goals and 3 assists)

Adam Luckhurts has 24 points (11 goals and 2 assists)

Drew Kerr has 20 points (5 goals and 10 assists)

   when I have watched ACC soccer on the ACC network....the announcers  rave the most about Drew Kerr

 

 

Obviously, this brute force "Hermann Trophy" analysis...ignores great defenders and great goalkeepers

 

speaking of defenders...when they name the 15 Hermann Trophy semifinalists in mid November, I know that I am biased...but I think that Beto Ydrach deserves to be considered for that elite group of 15 semifinalists.

 

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