2015 Akron Zips men's soccer team

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2015 Akron Zips men's soccer
MAC Tournament champions
Georgetown Invitational champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 0–0 (7–8) vs. Stanford
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record18-3-2 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Leo Chappel (1st season)
  • Oliver Slawson (9th season)
  • Ger Coppinger (1st season)
Home stadium FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Akron4 0 118 3 2
Western Michigan 3 1 110 4 4
Buffalo 2 2 18 7 4
West Virginia 2 3 06 12 0
Northern Illinois 1 3 17 6 1
Bowling Green 1 4 09 9 1
As of December 5, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Akron Zips men's soccer team will represent The University of Akron during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It will be the 66th season of the university fielding a program. The Zips enter the season as the three-time defending MAC Men's Soccer Tournament champions.

Contents

The Zips begin the season on August 28 at VCU, and conclude the season at home against Bowling Green. [1]

2015 incoming team members

NamePos.HeightWeightClubHometownRecruiting Ratings

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Preseason
August 18*
No. 25 Oakland W 4–2 
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,154)
August 22*
No. 25 Bradley W 3–1 
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,299)
Regular season
August 28*
No. 25at No. RV  VCU
VCU Tournament
W 3–2 2OT1–0–0
Sports Backers Stadium (1,237)
August 30*
No. 25vs. No. 24  Old Dominion
VCU Tournament
L 1–4 1–1–0
Sports Backers Stadium (348)
September 4*
at No. 4  Georgetown
Georgetown Tournament
W 1–0 2–1–0
Shaw Field (1,137)
September 7*
vs. No. 6  Maryland
Georgetown Tournament
W 3–2 3–1–0
Shaw Field (4,003)
September 11*
No. rvNo. 16 Saint LouisW 3–2 4–1–0
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,734)
September 16*
No. 11 Ohio State T 3–3 2OT4–1–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (3,889)
September 22*
No. 9No. 15  Wake Forest L 1–2 4–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,516)
September 25*
No. 9at No. RV  UC Santa Barbara W 2–0 5–2–1
Harder Stadium (7,283)
September 30*
No. 9 Penn State W 1–0 6–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,103)
October 3*
No. 9at  UAB W 2–1 OT7–2–1
West Campus Field (632)
October 6*
No. 8 Santa Clara W 2–0 8–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,813)
October 9
No. 8at  Buffalo W 2–1 9–2–1
UB Stadium (512)
October 17
No. 6 Northern Illinois W 4–0 10–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,719)
October 21*
No. 5 Michigan State W 4–1 11–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,062)
October 24
No. 5at  Western Michigan T 1–1 2OT11–2–2
WMU Soccer Complex (971)
October 30
No. 6at  West Virginia W 2–0 12–2–2
Dlesk Stadium (1,238)
November 1*
No. 6No. 25  UCLA L 2–4 12–3–2
First Energy Stadium (2,169)
November 7
No. 10 Bowling Green W 4–0 13–3–2
First Energy Stadium (1,691)
MAC Tournament
November 13
No. 10 West Virginia
MAC Tournament Semifinal
W 3–2 14–3–2
First Energy Stadium (1,238)
November 15
No. 10 Buffalo
MAC Tournament Final
W 1–0 15–3–2
First Energy Stadium (1,335)
NCAA Tournament
November 22*
No. 5No. 23  Rutgers
NCAA 2nd Round
W 6–1 16–3–2
First Energy Stadium (2,025)
November 29*
No. 5No. 11  SMU
NCAA 3rd Round
W 2–1 17–3–2
First Energy Stadium (2,280)
December 5*
No. 5No. 9  Creighton
NCAA Quarterfinal
W 3–2 2OT18–3–2
First Energy Stadium
December 11
No. 5vs. No. 8  Stanford
NCAA College Cup Semifinal
T 0–0 (L 7–8 pen.) 2OT18–3–3
Children's Mercy Park
Kansas City, Kansas (4,047)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

  1. "Akron unveils challenging 2015 men's soccer schedule". GoZips.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.