2010 Akron Zips men's soccer team

2010 Akron Zips men's soccer
2010 Akron Zips men's soccer
National Champions
MAC Regular Season Champions; MAC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Louisville, W 1–0
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
Record	22–1–2 (6–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Caleb Porter (4th season);
Home stadium	Lee Jackson Field
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

Last updated November 03, 2024

2010 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Akron†	6	–	0	–	0	22	–	1	–	2
Western Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	8	–	2
Buffalo	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	10	–	1
Bowling Green	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	9	–	3
Northern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0	9	–	6	–	2
Florida Atlantic	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	9	–	2
Hartwick	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	14	–	1


As of December 11, 2010 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2010 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented the University of Akron during the 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips finished the season winning the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, making it the first time in their history to win the national title.

Roster

The 2010 Akron Zips roster.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	USA	Anthony Ponikvar
2	DF	PUR	Zarek Valentin
3	DF	USA	Chad Barson
5	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen
6	MF	USA	Darlington Nagbe
7	MF	USA	Michael Balogun
8	DF	USA	Kofi Sarkodie
9	MF	USA	Michael Nanchoff
10	MF	THA	Anthony Ampaipitakwong
11	FW	JAM	Darren Mattocks
12	MF	CRC	Reinaldo Brenes
14	MF	USA	Eric Stevenson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Scott Caldwell
16	DF	USA	Chris Korb
17	MF	USA	Ben Speas
18	MF	USA	Martin Ontiveros
19	FW	JAM	McKauly Tulloch
20	FW	USA	Richard Diaz, Jr.
21	FW	USA	Thomas Schmitt
22	DF	VEN	Enrique Paez
23	GK	USA	Andrian McAdams
24	GK	USA	David Meves
25	DF	USA	Matt Dagilis
28	FW	USA	Gabe Genovesi

Match results

Key

Win Tie Loss

Home team is listed on the right

Preseason

2010-08-25	VCU	1–3	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.	Valentin 2' (o.g.)	Report	Sarkodie 29', 48' Nagbe 35'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,385

2010-08-28	^{No. 1} Akron	1–2	^{No. 16} South Florida	Tampa, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Nagbe 79'	Report	Añor 22', 76'	Stadium: USF Soccer Stadium

Regular season

2010-09-03	^{No. 1} Akron	3–0	^{No. 4} North Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Stevenson 8' Kitchen 22' Barson 55' Nagbe 64' Sarkodie 88'	Report	Ababio 55' McKinney 64'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Matt Jozadis

2010-09-05	^{No. 1} Akron	2–0	^{No. 3} Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Mattocks 15' Sarkodie 38' Nagbe 53' Valentin 68'	Report	Redmond 38' Arena 40' Delbono 68' Tulloch 74' Ibikunle 76'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Chris Penso

2010-09-11	^{No. 1} Akron	2–0	Bowling Green	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m.	Mattocks 81'	Report		Stadium: Cochrane Field Attendance: 513 Referee: Karim Elfishawy

2010-09-17	Cal State Northridge	0–3	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.		Report	Kitchen 5' Nagbe 28' Barson 43'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Sorin Stoica

2010-09-19	Cincinnati	0–1	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
2:30 p.m.		Report	Ampaipitakwong 13'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Niko Bratsis

2010-09-24	^{No. 2} Tulsa	0–4	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
8:00 p.m.		Report	Sarkodie 9' Kitchen 13' Mattocks 50' Ampaipitakwong 70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,744 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

2010-09-29	^{No. 1} Akron	2–2 (a.e.t.)	^{No. 19} Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio
7:00 p.m.	Nanchoff 38' Mattocks 68'	Report	McAnena 30' Tiemstra 90'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,255 Referee: Benjamin Trevino

2010-10-01	Florida Atlantic	0–3	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
5:30 p.m.		Report	Sarkodie 10', 53' Kitchen 11'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Tony DeLois

2010-10-06	^{No. 1} Akron	5–0	Oakland	Rochester, Michigan
7:00 p.m.	Mattocks 3', 14' Barson 23' Nanchoff 25' Tulloch 75'	Report		Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Ted Grigoriou

2010-10-09	^{No. 1} Akron	1–0	Northern Illinois	DeKalb, Illinois
4:00 p.m.	Mattocks 16'	Report		Stadium: NIU Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Pawel Wydra

2010-10-13	^{No. 1} Akron	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Penn State	University Park, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m.	Nagbe 7' Nanchoff 107' (pen.)	Report	Hertzog 6'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 2,856 Referee: Mark Gorak

2010-10-16	Buffalo	0–4	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-19	Michigan	1–7	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-23	Western Michigan	1–2	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-27	^{No. 9} Creighton	0–1	^{No. 1} Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-30	^{No. 1} Akron	1–2	Cleveland State	Cleveland, Ohio
2:00 p.m.				Stadium: Krenzler Field

2010-11-03	^{No. 2} Akron	1–0	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan
3:00 p.m.				Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex

2010-11-06	^{No. 2} Akron	2–1	Hartwick	Oneonta, New York
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: Elmore Field

MAC tournament

Numbers in parentheses (#) represent tournament seed.

2010-11-12Semifinals	⁽⁴⁾ Buffalo	1–3	^{(1) No. 2} Akron	Akron, Ohio
5:00 p.m.	Gradwell 11' Unwin 25' Woods 62' Craven 90'	Report	Nanchoff 29' Mattocks 8'69' Caldwell 89'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,407 Referee: Abdu Bensalah

2010-11-14MAC Championship	⁽²⁾ Western Michigan	0–4	^{(1) No. 2} Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Lemus 37'	Report	Kitchen 44' Nagbe 48' Caldwell 54' Mattocks 56', 70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 1,867 Referee: Tony DeLois

NCAA tournament

Numbers in parentheses (#) represent tournament seed.

2010-11-21Second round	West Virginia	2–3	^{(3) No. 2} Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Flott 24' Etuk 49' Gaddis 56' Sebele 81' Tayou 86'	Box Score	Mattocks 11', 31' Valentin 48' Caldwell 70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Ben Traveno

2010-11-28Third round	^{(14) No. 16} Indiana	1–2	^{(3) No. 2} Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Bushue 28' Adlard 82'	Report	Nanchoff 53' Mattocks 55'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,225 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

2010-12-04Quarterfinals	^{(6) No. 6} California	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	^{(3) No. 2} Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Avalos 31' Salciccia 57' Fitzpatrick 89'	Report	Nanchoff 41' 100' Caldwell 42' Kitchen 76'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Jiménez Soares Carrasco Davis Avalos		Nanchoff Kitchen Valentin Caldwell Sarkodie

NCAA College Cup

2010-12-10Semifinals	^{(10) No. 19} Michigan	1–2	^{(3) No. 2} Akron	Santa Barbara, California
11:00 p.m.	Meram 2' Pereira 74'	Box Score Report	Kitchen 33' Sarkodie 41', 74'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 7,650 Referee: Alex Gorin

2010-12-12NCAA Championship	^{(3) No. 2} Akron	1–0	^{(1) No. 1} Louisville	Santa Barbara, California
4:00 p.m.	Korb 56' Caldwell 79'	Box Score Report	Murray 54' Campbell 84'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Chico Grajeda

Statistics

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.^[2]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Regular season	MAC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	FW	11	Darren Mattocks	12	3	3	18
2	MF	9	Michael Nanchoff	7	1	2	10
3	DF	8	Kofi Sarkodie	7	0	1	8
4	FW	6	Darlington Nagbe	6	1	0	7
5	DF	5	Perry Kitchen	4	0	2	6
6	MF	15	Scott Caldwell	0	2	3	5
7	MF	10	A. Ampaipitakwong	3	0	0	3
8	DF	3	Chad Barson	2	0	0	2
8	MF	17	Ben Speas	2	0	0	2
10	MF	14	Eric Stevenson	1	0	0	1
10	MF	17	Thomas Schmitt	1	0	0	1
10	FW	19	McKauly Tulloch	1	0	0	1

Transfers

In

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Reinaldo Brenes MF	Bradenton, FL	Edison Academic Center	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
Reinaldo Brenes MF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Richard Diaz, Jr. MF	Chesapeake, VA	Oscar F. Smith High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
Richard Diaz, Jr. MF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Perry Kitchen DF	Indianapolis, IN	IMG Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)
Perry Kitchen DF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A

11 Darren Mattocks F Fr. 6-0 165 Portmore, Jamaica / Bridgeport HS
23 Andrian McAdams GK Fr. 6-0 170 Oberlin, Ohio / Oberlin HS
18 Martin Ontiveros MF Fr. 5-9 145 Pharr, Texas / Edison Academic Center [Fla.]
19 McKauly Tulloch F Fr. 6-1 180 Kingston, Jamaica / St. George's College HS

Out

Awards

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References

↑ "2010 Akron Men's Soccer Match Notes" (PDF). Akron Media Relations. July 26, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Akron Team Stats 2010-11". Akron Zips . GoZips.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

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[2010prospectus-1] "2010 Akron Men's Soccer Match Notes" (PDF). Akron Media Relations. July 26, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] "Akron Team Stats 2010-11". Akron Zips . GoZips.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

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v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2010–2019)
2010	Akron Louisville Michigan North Carolina
2011	Charlotte Creighton North Carolina UCLA
2012	Creighton Georgetown Indiana Maryland
2013	Maryland New Mexico Notre Dame Virginia
2014	Providence UCLA Virginia UMBC
2015	Akron Clemson Stanford Syracuse
2016	Denver North Carolina Stanford Wake Forest
2017	Akron Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2018	Akron Maryland Michigan State Indiana
2019	Georgetown Stanford Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

v t e Akron Zips men's soccer
Venues	Rubber Bowl (1954–1965) Cub Cadet Field (1966–present)
People	MLS draftees
Seasons	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018
College Cup finals	2009 2018
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

2010 Akron Zips men's soccer

National Champions
MAC Regular Season Champions MAC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Louisville, W 1–0
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
Record	22–1–2 (6–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Caleb Porter (4th season)
Home stadium	Lee Jackson Field
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →