2011 Akron Zips men's soccer team

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.

Akron Zips

2011 season
Athletic Director	Tom Wistrcill
Head Coach	Caleb Porter
MAC Regular Season	1st
MAC Tournament	Semifinals
College Cup	Third round
Home colors Away colors

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  12'	Report	Mattocks  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  7', 31' Bolgun  13' Caldwell  22' Barrett  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  25' Barson  50' Gallego  57'  83' Caldwell  106'	Report	Hamilton  4'  18' Barak  12' Rosas  13' Rivas  57' Azulay  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  54' Venter  81' Gibbons  84'	Report	Balogun  37' Meves  52' Mattocks  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  84'	Report	Dagilis  65'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 1,559 Referee: Michael Allie

NCAA Tournament

#25 Northwestern v #10 Akron

November 17, 2011 R1	#25 Northwestern	1–3	#10 Akron	Akron, Ohio
19:30 ET	O'Neill  63'	Report	Caldwell  27' Quinn  55' Mattocks  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  22', 76'	Report	Engel  82' Ivo  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  9' Yeldin  80'	Report	Kirkbride  6' Thomas  12' Gentile  25'  58' Cowles  41' Smith  66'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Team

Roster

As of September 8, 2011[1]

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

Statistics

Transfers

In

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

Awards

References

1. "2011 Men's Soccer Roster". University of Akron. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2011-09-08.