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.

Match results

Win Tie Loss

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date
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

^ "2011 Men's Soccer Roster". University of Akron. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2011.