2010 Akron Zips men's soccer team

The 2010 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.

2010 Akron Zips men's soccer
National Champions
MAC Regular Season Champions MAC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Louisville, W 1–0
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
2010 record	22–1–2 (6–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Caleb Porter (4th season)
Home stadium	Lee Jackson Field

2010 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Akron†	6	–	0	–	0			22	–	1	–	2
Western Michigan	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	8	–	2
Buffalo	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	10	–	1
Bowling Green	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	9	–	3
Northern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			9	–	6	–	2
Florida Atlantic	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	9	–	2
Hartwick	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	14	–	1
As of December 11, 2010; Rankings from NSCAA

Roster

The 2010 Akron Zips roster.[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 2 DF  PUR Zarek Valentin 3 DF  USA Chad Barson 5 MF  USA Perry Kitchen 6 MF  LBR Darlington Nagbe 7 MF  USA Michael Balogun 8 DF  USA Kofi Sarkodie 9 MF  USA Michael Nanchoff 10 MF  THA Anthony Ampaipitakwong 11 FW  JAM Darren Mattocks 12 MF  CRC Reinaldo Brenes 14 MF  USA Eric Stevenson

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Scott Caldwell 16 DF  USA Chris Korb 17 MF  USA Ben Speas 18 MF  USA Martin Ontiveros 19 FW  JAM McKauly Tulloch 20 FW  USA Richard Diaz, Jr. 21 FW  USA Thomas Schmitt 22 DF  VEN Enrique Paez 23 GK  USA Andrian McAdams 24 GK  USA David Meves 25 DF  USA Matt Dagilis 28 FW  USA Gabe Genovesi

Match results

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

• Home team is listed on the right

Preseason

2010-08-25	VCU	1–3	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.	Valentin  2' (o.g.)	Report	Sarkodie  29', 48' Nagbe  35'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,385

2010-08-28	^No. 1 Akron	1–2	^No. 16 South Florida	Tampa, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Nagbe  79'	Report	Añor  22', 76'	Stadium: USF Soccer Stadium

Regular season

2010-09-03	^No. 1 Akron	3–0	^No. 4 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Stevenson  8' Kitchen  22' Barson  55' Nagbe  64' Sarkodie  88'	Report	Ababio  55' McKinney  64'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Matt Jozadis

2010-09-05	^No. 1 Akron	2–0	^No. 3 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Mattocks  15' Sarkodie  38' Nagbe  53' Valentin  68'	Report	Redmond  38' Arena  40' Delbono  68' Tulloch  74' Ibikunle  76'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Chris Penso

2010-09-11	^No. 1 Akron	2–0	Bowling Green	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m.	Mattocks  81'	Report		Stadium: Cochrane Field Attendance: 513 Referee: Karim Elfishawy

2010-09-17	Cal State Northridge	0–3	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.		Report	Kitchen  5' Nagbe  28' Barson  43'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Sorin Stoica

2010-09-19	Cincinnati	0–1	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
2:30 p.m.		Report	Ampaipitakwong  13'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Niko Bratsis

2010-09-24	^No. 2 Tulsa	0–4	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
8:00 p.m.		Report	Sarkodie  9' Kitchen  13' Mattocks  50' Ampaipitakwong  70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,744 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

2010-09-29	^No. 1 Akron	2–2 (a.e.t.)	^No. 19 Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio
7:00 p.m.	Nanchoff  38' Mattocks  68'	Report	McAnena  30' Tiemstra  90'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,255 Referee: Benjamin Trevino

2010-10-01	Florida Atlantic	0–3	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
5:30 p.m.		Report	Sarkodie  10', 53' Kitchen  11'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Tony DeLois

2010-10-06	^No. 1 Akron	5–0	Oakland	Rochester, Michigan
7:00 p.m.	Mattocks  3', 14' Barson  23' Nanchoff  25' Tulloch  75'	Report		Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Ted Grigoriou

2010-10-09	^No. 1 Akron	1–0	Northern Illinois	DeKalb, Illinois
4:00 p.m.	Mattocks  16'	Report		Stadium: NIU Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Pawel Wydra

2010-10-13	^No. 1 Akron	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Penn State	University Park, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m.	Nagbe  7' Nanchoff  107' (pen.)	Report	Hertzog  6'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 2,856 Referee: Mark Gorak

2010-10-16	Buffalo	0–4	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-19	Michigan	1–7	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-23	Western Michigan	1–2	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-27	^No. 9 Creighton	0–1	^No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

2010-10-30	^No. 1 Akron	1–2	Cleveland State	Cleveland, Ohio
2:00 p.m.				Stadium: Krenzler Field

2010-11-03	^No. 2 Akron	1–0	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan
3:00 p.m.				Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex

2010-11-06	^No. 2 Akron	2–1	Hartwick	Oneonta, New York
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: Elmore Field

MAC tournament

Numbers in parenthesis (#) represent tournament seed.

2010-11-12 Semifinals	^(4) Buffalo	1–3	^(1) No. 2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
5:00 p.m.	Gradwell  11' Unwin  25' Woods  62' Craven  90'	Report	Nanchoff  29' Mattocks  8'  69' Caldwell  89'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,407 Referee: Abdu Bensalah

2010-11-14 MAC Championship	^(2) Western Michigan	0–4	^(1) No. 2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Lemus  37'	Report	Kitchen  44' Nagbe  48' Caldwell  54' Mattocks  56', 70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 1,867 Referee: Tony DeLois

NCAA tournament

Numbers in parenthesis (#) represent tournament seed.

2010-11-21 Second round	West Virginia	2–3	^(3) No. 2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Flott  24' Etuk  49' Gaddis  56' Sebele  81' Tayou  86'	Box Score	Mattocks  11', 31' Valentin  48' Caldwell  70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Ben Traveno

2010-11-28 Third round	^(14) No. 16 Indiana	1–2	^(3) No. 2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Bushue  28' Adlard  82'	Report	Nanchoff  53' Mattocks  55'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,225 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

2010-12-04 Quarterfinals	^(6) No. 6 California	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	^(3) No. 2 Akron	Akron, Ohio
4:00 p.m.	Avalos  31' Salciccia  57' Fitzpatrick  89'	Report	Nanchoff  41'  100' Caldwell  42' Kitchen  76'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Jiménez Soares Carrasco Davis Avalos		Nanchoff Kitchen Valentin Caldwell Sarkodie

NCAA College Cup

2010-12-10 Semifinals	^(10) No. 19 Michigan	1–2	^(3) No. 2 Akron	Santa Barbara, California
11:00 p.m.	Meram  2' Pereira  74'	Box Score Report	Kitchen  33' Sarkodie  41',  74'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 7,650 Referee: Alex Gorin

2010-12-12 NCAA Championship	^(3) No. 2 Akron	1–0	^(1) No. 1 Louisville	Santa Barbara, California
4:00 p.m.	Korb  56' Caldwell  79'	Box Score Report	Murray  54' Campbell  84'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Chico Grajeda

Statistics

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.[2]

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Regular season	MAC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	FW	11	Darren Mattocks	12	3	3	18
2	MF	9	Michael Nanchoff	7	1	2	10
3	DF	8	Kofi Sarkodie	7	0	1	8
4	FW	6	Darlington Nagbe	6	1	0	7
5	DF	5	Perry Kitchen	4	0	2	6
6	MF	15	Scott Caldwell	0	2	3	5
7	MF	10	A. Ampaipitakwong	3	0	0	3
8	DF	3	Chad Barson	2	0	0	2
8	MF	17	Ben Speas	2	0	0	2
10	MF	14	Eric Stevenson	1	0	0	1
10	MF	17	Thomas Schmitt	1	0	0	1
10	FW	19	McKauly Tulloch	1	0	0	1

Transfers

In

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Reinaldo Brenes MF	Bradenton, FL	Edison Academic Center	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Richard Diaz, Jr. MF	Chesapeake, VA	Oscar F. Smith High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Perry Kitchen DF	Indianapolis, IN	IMG Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A

• 11 Darren Mattocks F Fr. 6-0 165 Portmore, Jamaica / Bridgeport HS
• 23 Andrian McAdams GK Fr. 6-0 170 Oberlin, Ohio / Oberlin HS
• 18 Martin Ontiveros MF Fr. 5-9 145 Pharr, Texas / Edison Academic Center [Fla.]
• 19 McKauly Tulloch F Fr. 6-1 180 Kingston, Jamaica / St. George's College HS

References

1. "2010 Akron Men's Soccer Match Notes" (PDF). Akron Media Relations. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
2. "Akron Team Stats 2010-11". Akron Zips. GoZips.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.