At Akron, Life Beyond Caleb Porter's Successful Run As Soccer Coach

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Blog entry: December 14, 2012, 10:06 am | Author: JOEL HAMMOND

Caleb Porter caused plenty of worry in Akron after the national title-winning coach announced in the summer he would leave for Major League Soccer after this season, which ultimately ended in Akron losing in an upset in the NCAA tournament.

But it appears there's life after Porter, and The New York Times analyzes the next step for the Zips, who have been an MLS feeding ground of late:

Coaching a possession-oriented style has yielded impressive results for Akron. Fourteen of Porter's former players have progressed to M.L.S., including Teal Bunbury, Perry Kitchen, Darren

Mattocks, Darlington Nagbe and Steve Zakuani. Another few could follow at next month's 2013 M.L.S. draft in Indianapolis, led by New England Revolution academy product Scott Most Read Blog Caldwell. Items from the past seven days Says new coach Jared Embick: 1. PPG deal for AkzoNobel's paint “Nothing's really going to change much. Kids have come here recently because of the way we business could play. We want to develop them to become pros and we continue to do that better than have Sherwin- anyone. It's the same formula.” Williams seeing red More soccer: The Columbus Dispatch analyzes how Major League Soccer's plan to help 2. The Cleveland develop homegrown soccer stars hasn't quite worked out. The league's program allows teams Browns can make to sign players who trained in their academies without t hose players being exposed to the the playoffs;

draft. here's how 3. At Akron, life But, according to The Dispatch: beyond Caleb Porter's successful Since 2006, MLS has given teams first crack at signing players who develop in their academy run as soccer systems. If a player has trained with a club's youth development program for at least a year, coach he can be signed without first being exposed to the draft. 4. Seeking funding for your startup? Consider According to the league, 37 active homegrown players have been on MLS rosters for at least nontraditional one season. sources 5. College conference

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