2011 Akron Zips men's soccer team

Akron Zips

2011 season
Athletic Director	Tom Wistrcill
Head Coach	Caleb Porter
MAC Regular Season	1st
MAC Tournament	Semifinals
College Cup	Third round
All white jersey, gold sides with "AKRON" in blue letters across the chest. File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colors Dark blue jersey, with white down the sides and "AKRON" in blue letters across the chest. File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away colors

The 2011 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented the University of Akron during the 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips finished the season winning the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, making it the first time in their history to win the national title.

Match results

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

• Home team is listed on the right

Preseason

Creighton v #7 Akron

August 20, 2011	Creighton	1–1	#7 Akron	Fort Wayne, Indiana
16:00 EST	Ribeiro File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Report	Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Stadium: Hefner Soccer Complex
Note: Exhibition was part of the ShinDigz Soccer Festival. No formal box score was kept, and the tied stood at the end of regulation.

Regular season

Cleveland State v #2 Akron

August 27, 2011 Gameday 1	Cleveland State	0–5	#2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
19:30 ET		Report	Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 31' Bolgun File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Caldwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Barrett File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 5,241 Referee: Timothy Dicken

#2 Akron v Cal State Fullerton

September 1, 2011 Gameday 2	#2 Akron	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cal State Fullerton	Northridge, California
16:30 ET		Report		Stadium: CSUB Main Soccer Field Attendance: 539 Referee: Ali Hacock

#2 Akron v Cal State Northridge

September 3, 2011 Gameday 3	#2 Akron	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cal State Northridge	Northridge, California
TBD ET	Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Barson Yellow card 50' Gallego Yellow card 57' Red card 83' Caldwell gold-colored soccer ball 106'	Report	Hamilton Yellow card 4' Yellow-red card 18' Barak Yellow card 12' Rosas Yellow card 13' Rivas Yellow card 57' Azulay File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: CSUB Main Soccer Field Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Alex Gorin

#2 Akron v Saint Louis

September 10, 2011 Gameday 4	#2 Akron	4–0	Saint Louis	St. Louis, Missouri
TBD ET				Stadium: Hermann Stadium

#8 New Mexico v #2 Akron

September 16, 2011 Gameday 5	#8 New Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	#2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
19:00 ET	Sandoval Yellow card 54' Venter File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Gibbons Yellow card 84'	Report	Balogun File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Meves Yellow card 52' Mattocks Yellow card 58'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 4,301 Referee: Chris Penso

MAC Tournament

Main article: 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament

Western Michigan v #7 Akron

November 11, 2011 SF	Western Michigan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#7 Akron	Akron, Ohio
17:00 EST	Raak File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report	Dagilis File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 1,559 Referee: Michael Allie

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

#25 Northwestern v #10 Akron

November 17, 2011 R1	#25 Northwestern	1–3	#10 Akron	Akron, Ohio
19:30 ET	O'Neill File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Caldwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Quinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Ben Trevino

#10 Akron v #19 SMU

November 20, 2011 R2	#10 Akron	3–2	#19 SMU	University Park, Texas
20:00 ET	Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 76'	Report	Engel File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Ivo File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 890 Referee: Misail Tsapos

#10 Akron v #15 Charlotte

November 27, 2011 R3	#10 Akron	0–1	#15 Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina
20:00 ET	Trapp Yellow card 9' Yeldin Yellow card 80'	Report	Kirkbride Yellow card 6' Thomas Yellow card 12' Gentile File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Yellow card 58' Cowles Yellow card 41' Smith Yellow card 66'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Team

Roster

As of September 8, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	USA	Anthony Ponikvar
1	GK	RSA	JP Van Der Merwe
2	DF	COL	Cristian Arboleda
3	DF	USA	Chad Barson
4	DF	USA	Bryan Gallego
6	MF	USA	Wil Trapp
7	MF	CRC	Reinaldo Brenes
8	DF	ENG	David Mayer
9	MF	USA	Aodhan Quinn
10	FW	JAM	Darren Mattocks
11	FW	JAM	Akeil Barrett
13	MF	USA	Zac Portillos
14	MF	USA	Eric Stevenson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Scott Caldwell
16	MF	USA	David Murrow
17	DF	USA	DeAndre Yedlin
19	MF	USA	Dominic Bonilla
20	FW	ENG	Luke Holmes
21	DF	USA	Philip Spaniel
22	DF	USA	Kayvon Afsarifard
23	GK	USA	Andrian McAdams
24	GK	USA	David Meves
25	DF	USA	Matt Dagilis
26	FW	USA	Andy Chiu
27	MF	USA	Michael Balogun
30	GK	USA	Jake Fenlason

Transfers

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
5	DF	Perry Kitchen	D.C. United	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
6	MF	Darlington Nagbe	Portland Timbers	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
2	MF	Zarek Valentin	Chivas USA	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
8	DF	Kofi Sarkodie	Houston Dynamo	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
9	MF	Michael Nanchoff	Vancouver Whitecaps	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
16	DF	Chris Korb	D.C. United	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011
10	MF	Anthony Ampaipitakwong	San Jose Earthquakes	Selected in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft	January 13, 2011