2013 University of Akron Men's Soccer AKRON Combined Team Statistics (As of Sep 01, 2013) 2013 Akronall Seasongames STATISTICS
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2013 UNIVERSITY OF AKRON MEN’S SOCCER 2010 NCAA National Champions | Back-to-Back Hermann Trophy Winners (2009, ‘10) | 49 NSCAA All-Americans Men’s Soccer SID: Paul Warner | Office: 330-972-2677 | Mobile: 330-962-0352 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @ZipsPaul ZIPS CONTINUE ROAD SWING AT ST. 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS JOHN’S TOURNAMENT No. 5 AKRON ZIPS (2-0-0) OVERALL: 2-0-0 | MAC: 0-0-0 • The No. 5 University of Akron men’s soccer at No. 23 ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (1-1-0) HOME: 0-0-0 | AWAY/NEUTRAL: 1-0-0 team will continue their season against a pair of Match #3 • Sept. 6, 2013 • 8:00 p.m. ET non-conference opponents this weekend at the Belson Stadium • Queens, N.Y. AUGUST St. John’s Tournament. 30 at College of Charleston$ W, 2-0 • The Zips will face the No. 23 Red Storm Television: None • Radio: None from the Big EAST Friday in Queens, N.Y., at Live Stats: RedStormSports.com SEPTEMBER 8 p.m. ET before crossing the boarder to face Video Stream: StormTracker (Subscription) 1 vs. Furman$ W, 1-0 Rutgers, which will soon join the Big Ten Con- 6 at St. John’s# 8:00 p.m. ference, Sunday in Piscataway, N.J. at 1 p.m. 8 vs. Rutgers# 1:00 p.m. No. 5 AKRON ZIPS (2-0-0) 13 VCU^ 7:00 p.m. TRACKING THE ZIPS vs. RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS (0-1-1) 15 San Diego St.^ 1:00 p.m. • Live stats will be available for both matches Match #4 • Sept. 8, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. ET 21 Bowling Green* 1:00 p.m. this weekend via RedStormSports.com and Yurcak Field • Piscataway, N.J. 24 Ohio State! 7:00 p.m. ScarletKnights.com, respectively. 29 at West Virginia* 7:00 p.m. • Video for both matches will also be Television: None • Radio: None streamed on-line. Friday’s contest at St. John’s Live Stats: ScarletKnights.com OCTOBER will require a paid subscription while Sunday’s Video Stream: RVision (Free) 5 Hartwick* 7:00 p.m. match at Rutgers will be available free of 9 at Cleveland State 7:30 p.m. charge. 15 Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. • Follow @ZipsMSoc on Twitter for updates UP NEXT 18 at Buffalo* 7:30 p.m. during each match this weekend as well as The Zips will return home for the annual Univer- 23 Michigan State 7:00 p.m. insider access throughout the season. sity of Akron Tournament next weekend (Sept. 26 Northern Illinois* 7:00 p.m. 13-15). Akron will take on VCU Friday at 7 p.m. 30 at Michigan 7:30 p.m. ZIPS RESET ET and San Diego State Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. • Akron posted a pair of shutout victories NOVEMBER against the College of Charleston (2-0) and Fur- 6 Penn State 7:00 p.m. man (1-0) to open the 2013 season last week- 9 at Western Michigan* 1:00 p.m. end and win the Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial ABOUT ST. JOHN’S 15 MAC Tournament – Semifinal TBA Classic in South Carolina. • The Red Storm went 1-1 during their 17 MAC Tournament – Final TBA • The Zips used second-half goals to earn season-opening weekend, registering a 2-1 vic- the result in each match with senior midfielder tory against NJIT at home and enduring a 2-0 DECEMBER Aodhan Quinn bagging the game-winner in loss on the road to then-ranked No. 20 Virginia. 13 NCAA College Cup – Semifinals TBA the 80th minute against the host Cougars and • St. John’s, which enters the week ranked 15 NCAA College Cup – Final TBA senior striker Reinaldo Brenes, who paced the No. 23 in the NSCAA poll, advanced to the club with 11 goals in 2012, burying the match’s NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five lone goal in the 59th minute against Furman. seasons last fall. The Red Storm suffered a 1-0 All rankings are according to the NSCAA poll. • Junior defender and Tournament MVP defeat to Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round. All times are ET and subject to change. Bryan Gallego logged all 180 minutes from his • Junior defender Tim Parker was named Home games in bold. center back position as UA limited CofC to just to the Hermann Trophy Watch List last month. Key five shots overall and the Paladins to a single Parker was one of 10 defenders and one of * - Mid-American Conference game shot on goal. three BIG EAST players on the list. $ - Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. • Joining Gallego on the All-Tournament • St. John’s earned a 2-0 win at Maryland # - St. John’s Tournament, Queens, N.Y. Team were Brenes, Quinn and Eric Steven- during the preseason on Aug. 24. Sophomore ^ - The University of Akron Tournament, Akron, Ohio son midfielder Danny Bedoya scored the eventual ! - NSCAATV.com broadcast , who is tied with Quinn for the team lead with three shots on goal through the first two game-winner on a direct free kick in the 64th matches. minute. AKRON IN THE NATIONAL POLLS GALLEGO GARNERS PRAISE ST. JOHN’S SERIES NOTES Soccer Top Drawer College Soccer • In addition to being named Tournament • Friday’s match will represent the fourth all- NSCAA America Soccer Soccer News Times MVP, Gallego’s play earned regional and nation- time meeting between the Zips and Red Storm Preseason 8 11 11 9 8 wide acclaim. and just the second time the teams have faced Sept. 3 5 9 8 9 7 • The three-year starter was dubbed Mid- off in Queens, N.Y. Sept. 10 - - - - - American Conference Player of the Week and • UA and St. John’s played to a scoreless Sept. 17 - - - - - named to National Teams of the Week by Col- draw at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field Sept. 24 - - - - - last September in a match that was broad- Oct. 1 - - - - - lege Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer. Oct. 8 - - - - - cast nationally by FOX Soccer Channel as the Oct. 15 - - - - - HOMEWARD BOUND NSCAA Game of the Week. Oct. 22 - - - - - • This weekend’s contests will represent a • The Zips and Red Storm were fairly evenly Oct. 29 - - - - - homecoming of sorts for a trio of Zips with New matched with Akron earning the slight edge in Nov. 5 - - - - - Jersey ties. shots, 9-7, and shots on goal, 4-3. Nov. 12 - - - - - • Gallego (Kinnelon HS) and sophomore New • Akron will be looking for its first ever win Nov. 19 - - - - - against St. John’s after going 0-1-2 (.333) in Dec. 3 - - - - - Hampshire transfer Clint Caso (St. Benedict Dec. 10 - - - - - Prep) are from Kinnelon, N.J. while true fresh- three previous meetings. UA earned a 2-2 draw man Adam Najem (Paramus Catholic HS) hails in its first and only match at St. John’s during from Clifton, N.J. the 2005 season. 2013 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr.-Exp. Ht. Wgt. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Fernando Pina GK Fr.-RS 6-0 180 Houston, Texas (Challenge Early College HS) 2 Andrew Souders D So.-1L 5-11 165 Amherst, Ohio (Amherst Steele HS) 3 Saad Adbul-Salaam F Jr.-1L 6-3 170 Gahanna, Ohio (Gahanna Lincoln HS) 4 Bryan Gallego D Jr.-2L 5-10 165 Kinnelon, N.J. (Kennelson HS) 5 Matt Foldesy MF So.-SQ 5-7 145 North Olmsted, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS) 6 Adam Najem MF Fr.-HS 5-8 140 Clifton, N.J. (Paramus Catholic HS) 7 Reinaldo Brenes F Sr.-3L 5-10 155 San Jose, Costa Rica (Edison Academic Center [Fla.]) 8 Victor Souto MF Fr.-HS 5-11 165 Sao Paolo, Brazil (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista) 10 Aodhan Quinn MF Sr.-2L 6-0 155 San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel HS/Bradley) 11 Ismail Seremba F Fr.-HS 5-8 135 London, England (Chelsea Academy) 12 Sam Gainford F Fr.-HS 6-1 165 Whitehaven, England (Liverpool Academy) 13 Zac Portillos MF Sr.-2L 5-9 141 Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS/Washington) 14 Eric Steveson MF/F Sr.-3L 5-8 145 Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Christian HS) 15 Louis Cross D Fr.-HS 6-1 165 Lancashire, England (Blackpool Academy) 16 Phil Fives D So.-1L 5-9 145 Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Allegheny HS) 17 Riley Grant F Fr.-HS 6-1 160 Copley, Ohio (Copley-Fairlawn HS) 18 Osas Malkin MF Fr.-RS 5-11 165 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS) 19 Tyler Sanda MF Fr.-HS 6-0 180 North Royalton, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS) 20 Brad Ruhaak D Fr.-RS 6-0 170 Akron, Ohio (Copely HS) 21 Brett Gravatt D Fr.-HS 6-0 160 Dunn Loring, Va. (IMG Academy [Fla.]) 22 Robby Dambrot MF/D Fr.-HS 6-0 150 Akron, Ohio (St. Vincent-St. Mary HS) 23 Robbie Derschang MF Sr.-1L 6-0 165 Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek HS/SMU) 24 Jake Fenlason GK So.-SQ 6-0 157 San Diego, California (Rancho Bernardo HS) 25 Clint Caso MF So.-TR 6-0 165 Kinnelon, N.J. (St. Benedict Preparatory School/New Hampshire) 26 Jonny DeMoya GK Fr.-HS 5-10 180 Olney, Md. (Sherwood HS) 27 Keisuke Ohata MF/F Fr.-HS 5-10 165 Chiba Prefecture, Japan (Kokugakuin Kugayana HS) 28 Alex Shedloski GK Fr.-HS 6-1 170 Alexandria, Ohio (Northridge HS) Head Coach: Jared Embick (First Season; Indiana Weslyan, 2000); Assistant Coaches: Carl Capellas (First Season; Marshall, 1997), Oliver Slawson (Eighth Season; Leeds Carnegie Metropolitan University, 2003); Director of Soccer Operations: Donny Sheehan (First Season; SIU-Edwardsville, 2004); Goalkeepers Coach: Stuart Dobson (Second Season; Portland, 2003).