The 2018 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented The University of Akron during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips, played in the Mid-American Conference.
Background
Player movement Departures A program record of 19 players departed the program following the 2017 season. Most players either graduated or declared for the MLS SuperDraft while others transferred to local NCAA Division II soccer programs.
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure João Moutinho 2 DF 6'1" 170 Freshman Lisbon, POR Declared for MLS SuperDraft. Selected 1st overall by Los Angeles FC. Signed with club. Nick Hinds 3 DF 5'8" 150 Sophomore Plantation, FL Signed with Seattle Sounders FC 2Niko de Vera4DF5'5"140Senior Camas, WA Declared for MLS SuperDraft. Selected 28th overall by New York Red Bulls. Signed with New York Red Bulls II.Marc Alexander5DF6'0"180FreshmanPittsburgh, PATransferred to Hartford.Sam Gainford7FW6'1"168RS SeniorWhitehaven, ENGGraduated.Stuart Holthusen9FW6'1"151SeniorAuckland, NZL Declared for MLS SuperDraft. Selected 64th overall by Portland Timbers. Did not sign with club.Manuel Cordeiro10MF5'9"153RS SeniorPorto, PORGraduatedReggie Laryea12MF5'11"151SophomoreToronto, ONLeft the program. Signed with Sigma FCPau Belana13MF5'11"162RS SeniorBarcelona, ESPGraduatedShane Wiedt16DF6'3"180RS JuniorAkron, OHTransferred to Pittsburgh.Nate Shultz18DF6'0"160SeniorMayfield, OH Declared for MLS SuperDraft. Selected 48th overall by LA Galaxy. Signed with LA Galaxy IIDener Dos Santos19MF5'8"154RS SeniorJoinville, BRAGraduatedAlex Mapp20DF6'0"175RS FreshmanMedina, OHTransferred to Ashland.Jackson Crawford22DF5'9"164RS FreshmanMassillon, OHTransferred to Ashland.Barth-Luther Mouafo23MF6'0"197RS SeniorDouala, CMRGraduatedNick Costa28GK6'0"215RS SophomoreNorth Royalton, OHTransferred to Ashland.Codie Lynd30GK5'9"175FreshmanBelleville, ILTransferred to Maryville.Nate Brown31DF6'2"162SeniorScarborough, ONGraduated
Transfers
Name Nat. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Dennis Cole 5'7" 143 Sophomore Freetown, SLE Transferred from Sacramento State. Abi Mohamed 5'11" 151 Senior Westerville, OH Transferred from Ohio State. Daniel Oliveira 5'7" 145 RS Freshman Lisbon, POR Transferred from Técnico. Diogo Pacheco 5'10" 160 RS Sophomore Lisbon, POR Transferred from Lusófona. Leonard Sohn 5'10" 151 Junior Richmond Hill, ON Transferred from Manhattan. Peter Zecca 5'10" 162 Sophomore Weston, MA Transferred from St. John's.
Recruits
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Ahmed Allen Stafford, VA Bethesda SC Dion Akhigbe Copley, OH OYSA North Challenger Colin Biros Canton, OH Columbus Crew U-17 Ricky Ceballos Mexico City, MEX UNAM U-20 Pol Hernández Teià, ESP Espanyol U-18 Nick McCausland New Franklin, OH Cleveland Internationals Marco Milanese Isernia, ITA Napoli U-17 Ivan Nikolić Toronto, ON Sigma U-20 Carlo Ritaccio Westbury, NY BW Gottschee Nick Sibila Munich, GER Deisenhofen U-19 Sam Tojaga Erie, PA Real Salt Lake U-17
Squad information Roster
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Schedule
!colspan=8 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=8 style=""| Regular Season
!colspan=8 style=""| MAC Tournament
!colspan=8 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Statistics
+Individual Player Statistics (As of December 2, 2017) PlayerAppGoalsAsstPointsShotsShot%SOGSOG%GWPk-AttGASavesSOGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
References