2010 Akron Zips men's soccer team

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CoachesNo. 1

Record22–1–2 (6–0–0 MAC)

Headcoach

Caleb Porter (4th season)

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
Record	22–1–2 (6–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Caleb Porter (4th season)
Home stadium	Lee Jackson Field
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	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

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.

The 2010 Akron Zips roster.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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	USA	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

September 3	No. 1 Akron	3–0	No. 4 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC
7:00 p.m. EDT	Stevenson 8' Kitchen 22' Barson 55' Nagbe 64' Sarkodie 88'	Report	Ababio 55' McKinney 64'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Matt Jozadis Assistant referees: David McPhunn Assistant referees: Rick Guarino Fourth official: Ayman Nabulsi

September 5	No. 1 Akron	2–0	No. 3 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 p.m. EDT	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 Assistant referees: Ross Cox Assistant referees: Justus Agbeko Fourth official: Ryan Cigich

September 11	No. 1 Akron	2–0	Bowling Green	Bowling Green, OH
1:00 p.m. EDT	Sarkodie 64' Mattocks 81' 90'	Report	Jurtovski 38'	Stadium: Cochrane Field Attendance: 513 Referee: Karim Elfishawy Assistant referees: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Derrick Mroz Fourth official: MJ Caulfield

September 17	CSUN	0–3	No. 1 Akron	Akron, OH
7:30 p.m. EDT	Gil 28' Hohn 42' Bonvehi 84'	Report	Kitchen 5' Nagbe 28' Barson 43'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Derrick Mroz Fourth official: MJ Caulfield

September 19	Cincinnati	0–1	No. 1 Akron	Akron, OH
2:30 p.m. EDT	Klosterman 14'	Report	Ampaipitakwong 13' 54' Sarkodie 52'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Niko Bratsis Assistant referees: Islam Sallaj Assistant referees: Chris Penso Fourth official: Jordan Hardwick

September 24	No. 2 Tulsa	0–4	No. 1 Akron	Akron, OH
20:00 EDT		Report	Sarkodie 9' Kitchen 13' Mattocks 50' Ampaipitakwong 70'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 4,744 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Assistant referees: Brian Miller Assistant referees: Ioan Aldea Fourth official: Carl del Corral

September 29	No. 1 Akron	2–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 19 Ohio State	Columbus, OH
19:00 EDT	Nanchoff 38' Mattocks 68' 68' Barson 98'	Report	McAnena 30' Warzycha 52' Tiemstra 90' Scales 90'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,255 Referee: Benjamin Trevino Assistant referees: Brian Apwisch Assistant referees: Michael Kinder Fourth official: Trey Gaither

October 1	Florida Atlantic	0–3	No. 1 Akron	Akron, OH
17:30 EST	Merrigan 55'	Report	Sarkodie 10', 53' Kitchen 11'	Stadium: Lee Jackson Field Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Tony DeLois Assistant referees: Brian Miller Assistant referees: John Safar Fourth official: Jordan Hardwick

October 6	No. 1 Akron	5–0	Oakland	Rochester, MI
7:00 p.m.	Mattocks 3', 14' Barson 23' Nanchoff 25' Tulloch 75'	Report	Lipari 8' Timm 52'	Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Ted Grigoriou Assistant referees: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Donovan Noocha Fourth official: Elisabeth Putnam

October 9	No. 1 Akron	1–0	Northern Illinois	DeKalb, IL
16:00 EST	Mattocks 16' Stevenson 84' Balogun 90'	Report	King 50' Totsch 55' Jor 57'	Stadium: NIU Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Pawel Wydra Assistant referees: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Donovan Noocha Fourth official: Elisabeth Putnam

October 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

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

October 19	Michigan	1–7	No. 1 Akron	Akron, Ohio
7:30 p.m.				Stadium: Lee Jackson Field

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

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

October 30	No. 1 Akron	1–2	Cleveland State	Cleveland, Ohio
2:00 p.m.				Stadium: Krenzler Field

November 3	No. 2 Akron	1–0	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan
3:00 p.m.				Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex

November 6	No. 2 Akron	2–1	Hartwick	Oneonta, New York
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: Elmore Field

MAC tournament

Numbers in parentheses (#) represent tournament seed.

November 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

November 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 parentheses (#) represent tournament seed.

November 21 Second round	West Virginia	2–3	(3) No. 2 Akron	Akron, OH
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

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

December 4 Quarterfinals	(6) No. 6 California	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	(3) No. 2 Akron	Akron, OH
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

December 10 Semifinals	(10) No. 19 Michigan	1–2	(3) No. 2 Akron	Santa Barbara, CA
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

December 12 NCAA Championship	(3) No. 2 Akron	1–0	(1) No. 1 Louisville	Santa Barbara, CA
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

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Reinaldo Brenes MF	Bradenton, FL	Edison Academic Center	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
Reinaldo Brenes MF	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Richard Diaz, Jr. MF	Chesapeake, VA	Oscar F. Smith High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
Richard Diaz, Jr. MF	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Perry Kitchen DF	Indianapolis, IN	IMG Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)
Perry Kitchen DF	Recruit ratings: No ratings found

v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2010–2019)
2010	Akron Louisville Michigan North Carolina
2011	Charlotte Creighton North Carolina UCLA
2012	Creighton Georgetown Indiana Maryland
2013	Maryland New Mexico Notre Dame Virginia
2014	Providence UCLA Virginia UMBC
2015	Akron Clemson Stanford Syracuse
2016	Denver North Carolina Stanford Wake Forest
2017	Akron Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2018	Akron Maryland Michigan State Indiana
2019	Georgetown Stanford Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

v t e Akron Zips men's soccer
Venues	Rubber Bowl (1954–1965) Cub Cadet Field (1966–present)
People	MLS draftees
Seasons	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018
College Cup finals	2009 2018
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

2010 Akron Zips men's soccer team

Match results

Key

Preseason

Regular season

MAC tournament

NCAA tournament

NCAA College Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Transfers

In

Out

Awards

References

External links

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