2012 University of Akron Men’s SOCCER 2010 NCAA National Champions | Back-to-Back Hermann Trophy Winners (2009, ‘10) | 45 NSCAA All-Americans Men’s Soccer SID: Paul Warner | Office: 330-972-2677 | Mobile: 330-962-0352 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @ZipsPaul ZIPS TO HOST FLORIDA GULF COAST IN 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEASON OPENER No. 10 AKRON ZIPS (0-0-0) OVERALL: 0-0-0 | MAC: 0-0-0 • The No. 10 University of Akron men’s soc- vs. FLA. GULF COAST EAGLES (0-0-0) HOME: 0-0-0 | AWAY/NEUTRAL: 0-0-0 cer team will officially open the 2012 season against Florida Gulf Coast Friday at FirstEn- Match #1 • Aug. 24, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. ET AUGUST ergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. The Zips and FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field 24 Florida Gulf Coast 7:30 p.m. Eagles will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET. Akron, Ohio 31 at No. 3 Creighton# 8:30 p.m. • The first 3,000 fans to the game will receive a complimentary Akron men’s soccer poster. Television: None SEPTEMBER Radio: FOX Sports 1350 AM (WARF) 2 vs. SIUE# 1:00 p.m. ON THE AIR Live Stats: GoZips.com 7 vs. No. 12 Indiana 5:00 p.m. • Friday’s match will air live on FOX Sports Video Stream: GoZips.com (free) 9 at Notre Dame 2:15 p.m. 1350 AM (WARF). It is one of seven scheduled 14 No. 15 St. John’s^! 7:00 p.m. broadcasts this season. UP NEXT 16 No. 5 South Florida^ 7:30 p.m. • Longtime voice of the Zips’ Steve French The Zips will head to Omaha, Neb., next 22 at Bowling Green* 7:00 p.m. will handle play-by-play duties, while former weekend for the Ameritas Classic where they 29 Buffalo* 7:30 p.m. Akron All-American Simon Spelling will provide will face preseason No. 3 Creighton on Fri., analysis. Aug. 31, and Southern Illinois Edwardsville OCTOBER (SIUE) on Sunday, Sept. 2. UA’s match against 5 Florida Atlantic* 7:30 p.m. FOR STARTERS the Bluejays will air in Nebraska on NET (Ne- 10 at Penn State 7:00 p.m. • Friday’s match will mark the start of the braska Educational Telecommunications). 13 at Northern Illinois* 2:00 p.m. 58th season of Akron soccer. The Zips own an 16 Michigan 7:30 p.m. all-time record of 615-235-80 (.704) since 1955. 20 West Virginia 7:30 p.m. • It is the second straight year UA will start 23 at Ohio State% 8:00 p.m. the campaign at home after spending the previ- ABOUT FLORIDA GULF COAST 27 at Hartwick* 3:00 p.m. ous three on the road. • The Eagles, who are beginning just their 31 at Michigan State 3:00 p.m. • Akron has won its last five season openers, sixth season in program history, are coming including a 5-0 victory over Cleveland State off back-to-back Atlantic Sun regular-season NOVEMBER last fall that set an NCAA record for the longest championships and the school’s first ever NCAA 2 Western Michigan* 7:30 p.m. home unbeaten streak, and are 5-1 (.833) over- Tournament appearance in 2011. 9 MAC Tournament – Semifinal TBA all in openers under seventh-year head coach • FGCU (12-6-2 last fall) returns 15 players 11 MAC Tournament – Final TBA Caleb Porter. from a squad that won the A-Sun Tournament • The Zips are 35-16-6 (.667) all-time in sea- before falling to Central Florida (1-0) in the first DECEMBER son openers and 15-3-1 (.816) since 1993. 7 NCAA College Cup – Semifinals TBA round of the NCAA postseason. Deion Jones 9 NCAA College Cup – Final TBA ABOUT AKRON • Senior midfielder (1 G, 6 A), sophomore forward Xavier Silva (6 G, 3 A) and • The Zips return eight starters and 10 let- sophomore defender Federico Crespo (20 All rankings are according to the NSCAA poll. terwinners from a team that made another deep starts, 2 A) were named to the A-Sun preseason All times are ET and subject to change. postseason run – reaching the NCAA Round of Home games in bold. all-conference team. 16 for the fourth consecutive season – despite losing seven starters to MLS the previous year. Key FLORIDA GULF COAST SERIES NOTES * - Mid-American Conference game • In all, Akron posted a mark of 15-4-4 and • Friday’s match will also represent the first # - Ameritas Classic, Omaha, Neb. captured its seventh-consecutive Mid-American ever meeting between the Zips and Eagles. ^ - The University of Akron Tournament, Akron, Ohio Conference regular-season championship with a • Akron is 1-0 all-time against current schools ! - FOX Soccer Channel broadcast perfect 6-0 mark in league play. The Zips ended % - Big Ten Network broadcast from the Atlantic Sun Conference. UA posted a the year ranked 11th in the final National Soccer 5-1 victory over Northern Kentucky in 1987 in Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll. its only other meeting. AKRON IN THE NATIONAL POLLS • Headlining the list of returnees this fall are College Soccer News Preseason All-American Soccer Top Drawer College Soccer PRESEASON REVIEW Chad Barson (23 starts), Hermann Trophy NSCAA America Soccer Soccer News Times • Akron went 2-0 during the preseason, post- Preseason 10 2 4 6 - Watch List honoree Scott Caldwell (6 G, 11 A) ing victories against Saint Louis (1-0) and Wright Aug. 28 - - - - - and senior goalkeeper David Meves (22 starts, State (5-0) at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Sept. 4 - - - - - 0.73 GAA). The trio led UA to the school’s first Field. Sept. 11 - - - - - team national championship in any sport in Sept. 18 - - - - - • Yedlin netted the game-winner against the 2010 and has compiled an overall record of 60- Sept. 25 - - - - - Billikens in the 51st minute, while Eric Steven- 6-7 (.870) over the past three seasons. Oct. 2 - - - - - son led the charge against the Raiders with a • Other key returners include Freshman All- Oct. 9 - - - - - pair of goals and an assist. Oct. 16 - - - - - Americans Bryan Gallego (22 starts), Will Trapp • Caldwell also had a big game against WSU Oct. 23 - - - - - (23 starts, 5 A) and DeAndre Yedlin (20 starts, by assisting the first two goals and netting Oct. 30 - - - - - 1 G, 6 A). another in the lop-sided victory. Nov. 6 - - - - - • Akron will also welcome the No. 1-ranked Nov. 13 - - - - - • Meves played all 180 minutes between recruiting class in the nation in 2012. Included Nov. 13 - - - - - the pipes for Akron, allowing just one goal and in the 13-player class are four of the top 11 high Nov. 20 - - - - - making a pair of saves. school recruits in the country and SMU transfer Dec. 4 - - - - - • More than 3,700 fans came out to watch Dec. 11 - - - - - and former Freshman All-American Robbie the paid exhibitions with a high of 2,124 in at- Dec. 13 - - - - - Derschang, who will have two years of eligibil- tendance for WSU. ity remaining at UA. 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr.-Exp. Ht. Wgt. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Fernando Pina GK Fr.-HS 6-0 180 Houston, Texas (Challenge Early College HS) 2 Andrew Souders D Fr.-HS 5-11 165 Amherst, Ohio (Amherst Steele HS) 3 Chad Barson D Sr.-3L 5-10 170 Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy HS) 4 Bryan Gallego D/M So.-1L 5-10 165 Kinnelon, N.J. (Kennelson HS) 5 Matt Foldesy MF Fr.-HS 5-7 145 North Olmsted, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS) 6 Wil Trapp MF So.-1L 5-8 150 Gahanna, Ohio (Gahanna Lincoln HS) 7 Reinaldo Brenes MF Jr.-2L 5-10 155 San Jose, Costa Rica (Edison Academic Center [Fla.]) 8 Alfred Koroma F Fr.-HS 6-0 160 Dallas, Texas (Southlake Carroll HS) 9 Aodhan Quinn MF Jr.-1L 6-0 155 San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel HS/Bradley) 10 Dillon Serna MF Fr.-HS 5-7 135 Brighton, Colo. (Horizon HS) 11 Robbie Derschang MF Jr.-TR 6-0 165 Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek HS/SMU) 12 Omari Morris F Fr.-HS 5-4 145 Toronto, Ontario (Pickering HS) 13 Zac Portillos MF Jr.-1L 5-9 141 Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS/Washington) 14 Eric Stevenson MF Jr.-2L 5-8 145 Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Christian HS) 15 Scott Caldwell MF Sr.-3L 5-8 145 Braintree, Mass. (Edison Academic Center [Fla.]) 16 Phil Fives D Fr.-HS 5-9 145 Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Allegheny HS) 17 DeAndre Yedlin D So.-1L 5-8 150 Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea HS) 18 Osas Malkin MF Fr.-HS 5-11 165 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS) 19 Alex Ranalli MF Fr.-HS 6-0 170 Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty HS) 20 Brad Ruhaak D Fr.-HS 6-0 170 Akron, Ohio (Copley HS) 21 Thomas Schmitt F Sr.-2L 5-7 140 Berea, Ohio (Berea HS) 22 Kayvon Afsarifard D So.-RS 5-10 175 Chardon, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS/Loyola University Chicago) 23 Andrian McAdams GK So.-SQ 5-11 160 Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin HS) 24 David Meves GK Sr.-3L 6-1 195 Arlington Heights, Ill. (Christian Liberty Academy) 25 Saad Abdul-Salaam F So.-HS 6-3 170 Gahanna, Ohio (Gahanna Lincoln HS) 26 Andy Chiu F Fr.-RS 5-8 155 El Paso, Texas (Coronado HS) 27 Chase Jabbori MF Fr.-HS 5-8 143 Novi, Mich. (Novi HS) 30 Jake Fenlason GK Fr.-RS 6-0 157 San Diego, California (Rancho Bernardo HS) 2012 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No.