2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team

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2017 Akron Zips men's soccer
Akron Zips logo.svg
MAC Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup
Conference Mid-American Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 3
Record18–3–2 (4–1–0 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Leo Chappel (3rd season)
  • Ger Coppinger (3rd season)
  • T.J. Kolba (3rd season)
Home stadium FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Western Michigan + 5 0 017 4 1
No. 3 Akron4 1 018 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 2 3 07 10 1
West Virginia 1 2 29 6 4
Bowling Green 1 3 17 9 1
Northern Illinois 0 4 13 11 1
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented The University of Akron during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips, played in the Mid-American Conference.

Contents

The Zips ended their 12-year reign as the MAC regular season champions, as an upstart campaign by Western Michigan saw the Broncos beat the Zips on tiebreaker. In the Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Akron defeated Western Michigan, 3-1, in the championship match to win their sixth straight MAC Tournament championship. The championship ensured the program's 14th-straight berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, Akron advanced to their fifth-ever College Cup after posting victories over Seattle U, Wisconsin, and Louisville.

The Zips were guided by fifth-year head coach, Jared Embick.

Background

Roster

As of December 1, 2017 [1]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Ben Lundt
2 DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR João Moutinho
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nick Hinds
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Niko de Vera
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marc Alexander
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Skye Harter
7 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Gainford
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Hackworth
9 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Stuart Holthusen
10 MF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Manuel Cordeiro
11 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Marcel Zajac
12 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Reggie Laryea
13 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pau Belana
14 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA David Egbo
15 FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI Ezana Kahsay
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane Wiedt
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joe Korb
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nate Shultz
19 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Dener Dos Santos
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Mapp
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christian Lue Young
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson Crawford
23 MF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Barth-Luther Mouafo
24 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tor Saunders
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daniel Strachan
26 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Faisal Ghaffur
27 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Declan Watters
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nick Costa
29 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Braden Petno
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Codie Lynd
31 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nate Brown

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Exhibition
August 16*
1:00 p.m.
No. 16 Penn State W 1–0 
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,154)
Akron, OH
August 19*
4:00 p.m.
No. 16 Loyola (MD) L 0–1 
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,195)
Akron, OH
Regular Season
August 25*
9:00 p.m.
No. 16at No. 18  Utah Valley L 0–1 0–1–0
Clyde Field (4,351)
Orem, UT
August 28*
7:00 p.m.,  SLTV
No. 16at No. 3  Denver L 0–1 0–2–0
CIBER Field (503)
Denver, CO
September 1*
7:00 p.m.,  ESPN3
No. 24No. 10  Washington W 2–0 1–2–0
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,987)
Akron, OH
September 9*
10:00 p.m.
at  UC Santa Barbara W 3–1 2–2–0
Harder Stadium (1,759)
Santa Barbara, CA
September 16*
7:00 p.m.,  A10N
at  Saint Louis T 0–0 2OT2–2–1
Hermann Stadium (601)
St. Louis, MO
September 24*
12:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 21  UMass Lowell W 5–0 3–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,320)
Akron, OH
September 27*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 4  Michigan State W 4–1 4–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,454)
Akron, OH
September 30*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
St. Mary's W 2–1 2OT5–2–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,813)
Akron, OH
October 3*
7:00 p.m.,  ACCN
No. 25at  Syracuse W 1–0 6–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (1,172)
Syracuse, NY
October 7
1:00 p.m.,  WMTV
No. 25at No. 12  Western Michigan L 0–1 6–3–1
(0–1–0)
WMU Soccer Complex (923)
Kalamazoo, MI
October 10*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Cleveland State W 2–0 7–3–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,844)
Akron, OH
October 13
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
SIU Edwardsville W 3–1 8–3–1
(1–1–0)
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,560)
Akron, OH
October 17*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 19No. 12  Notre Dame W 2–0 9–3–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,905)
Akron, OH
October 21
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 19 Bowling Green W 2–1 OT10–3–1
(2–1–0)
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,809)
Akron, OH
October 24*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 14at  Pittsburgh W 3–0 11–3–1
Ambrose Urbanic Field (707)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 27
7:00 p.m.,  WVUS
No. 14at  West Virginia W 4–0 12–3–1
(3–1–0)
Dick Dlesk Stadium (832)
Morgantown, WV
November 1*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 10 Marshall W 2–0 13–3–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,252)
Akron, OH
November 4
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 10 Northern Illinois
Senior Night
W 4–0 14–3–1
(4–1–0)
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,061)
Akron, OH
MAC Tournament
November 10
11:00 a.m., WMTV
(2) No. 7vs. (3) SIU Edwardsville
Semifinals
W 2–1 2OT15–3–1
WMU Soccer Complex (479)
Kalamazoo, MI
November 12
1:00 p.m., ESPN3
(2) No. 7at (1) No. 4 Western Michigan
MAC Championship
W 3–1 16–3–1
WMU Soccer Complex (650)
Kalamazoo, MI
NCAA Tournament
November 19*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3
(5) No. 4No. 23  Seattle U
Second Round
W 3–0 17–3–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,739)
Akron, OH
November 25*
4:00 p.m., ESPN3
(5) No. 4No. 20  Wisconsin
Third Round
W 3–2 18–3–1
FirstEnergy Stadium (2,089)
Akron, OH
December 1*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
(5) No. 4at (4) No. 9  Louisville
Quarterfinals
T 0–0
(W 4–3 PK)
 2OT
18–3–2
Lynn Stadium (3,179)
Louisville, KY
December 8*
6:00 p.m.,  ESPNU
(5) No. 4vs. (9) No. 3  Stanford
Semifinals
L 0–2 18–4–2
Talen Energy Stadium (4,948)
Chester, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

National rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer [2] 1624RVRVRVRVRV19141074Not released 
TopDrawer Soccer [3] 1313162481215953333
CollegeSoccerNews.com [4] N/A202625RV291721171511105Not released 

Regional rankings

Ranking movements
Week
Poll123456789101112Final
USC Midwest Region

Season statistics

Individual Player Statistics (As of December 2, 2017) [5]
PlayerAppGoalsAsstPointsShotsShot%SOGSOG%GWPk-AttGASavesSO
Forwards
Egbo, David1714621.0487.33310-0000
Gainford, Sam171052540.20024.48052-3000
Holthusen, Stuart231232752.23123.44252-2000
Kahsay, Ezana2123722.0915.22720-0000
Petno, Braden00000.0000.00000-0000
Zajac, Marcel1841926.15411.42310-0000
Midfielders
Belana, Pau2103311.0002.18200-0000
Cordeiro, Manuel2225934.05913.38200-0000
Crawford, Jackson310211.00011.00000-0000
Dos Santos, Dener30000.0000.00000-0000
Ghaffur, Faisal141023.3331.33310-0000
Harter, Skye23461418.2229.50010-0000
Lue Young, Christian00000.0000.00000-0000
Mouafo, Barth-Luther710211.00011.00000-0000
Defenders
Alexander, Marc30002.0000.00000-0000
Brown, Nate60001.0000.00000-0000
De Vera, Niko220445.0002.40000-0000
Hackworth, Morgan210556.0002.33300-0000
Hinds, Nick 22641620.3009.45010-0000
Korb, Joe110225.0003.60000-0000
Laryea, Reggie81022.5001.50000-0000
Mapp, Alex00000.0000.00000-0000
Moutinho, Joao23351138.07917.44710-0000
Schultz, Nate2222611.1824.36410-0000
Strachan, Daniel230224.0001.25000-0000
Watters, Declan00000.0000.00000-0000
Wiedt, Shane110001.0000.00000-0000
Goalkeepers
Costa, Nick00000.0000.00000-0000
Lundt, Ben190000.0000.00000-0104610
Lynd, Codie00000.0000.00000-0000
Saunders, Tor40000.0000.00000-0282
Total235054154334.150136.407184-5125912
Opponents2312933172.07071.41331-259865
Legend
 App Appearances  Asst Assists  Shot% Shots to Goals
 SOG Shots on Goal SOG% Shots on Goal Percent GW Game Winning Goals
  PK-Att Penalty Kicks-Attempts  GA Goals Against  SO Shut Outs
   Team high

MLS Draft

The following members of 2017 Akron Zips men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. [6]

PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
João Moutinho 1 1 DF Los Angeles FC [7]
Niko De Vera 231 DF New York Red Bulls [8]

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