2015 Akron Zips men's soccer team

2015 Akron Zips men's soccer
2015 Akron Zips men's soccer
MAC Tournament champions; Georgetown Invitational champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 0–0 (7–8) vs. Stanford
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	18-3-2 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Jared Embick (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Leo Chappel (1st season); Oliver Slawson (9th season); Ger Coppinger (1st season);
Home stadium	FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

ConferenceMid-American Conference

Record18-3-2 (0–0 MAC)

Headcoach

Jared Embick (3rd season)

Assistant coaches

Leo Chappel (1st season)
Oliver Slawson (9th season)
Ger Coppinger (1st season)

2015 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Akron ‡	4	–	0	–	1	18	–	3	–	2
Western Michigan	3	–	1	–	1	10	–	4	–	4
Buffalo	2	–	2	–	1	8	–	7	–	4
West Virginia	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	12	–	0
Northern Illinois	1	–	3	–	1	7	–	6	–	1
Bowling Green	1	–	4	–	0	9	–	9	–	1

‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 5, 2015 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented The University of Akron during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 66th season of the university fielding a program. The Zips entered the season as the three-time defending MAC Men's Soccer Tournament champions.

The Zips begin the season on August 28 at VCU, and conclude the season at home against Bowling Green.^[1]

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Preseason
August 18*	No. 25	Oakland	W 4–2		FirstEnergy Stadium (1,154)
August 22*	No. 25	Bradley	W 3–1		FirstEnergy Stadium (1,299)
Regular season
August 28*	No. 25	at No. RV VCU VCU Tournament	W 3–2 ^2OT	1–0–0	Sports Backers Stadium (1,237)
August 30*	No. 25	vs. No. 24 Old Dominion VCU Tournament	L 1–4	1–1–0	Sports Backers Stadium (348)
September 4*		at No. 4 Georgetown Georgetown Tournament	W 1–0	2–1–0	Shaw Field (1,137)
September 7*		vs. No. 6 Maryland Georgetown Tournament	W 3–2	3–1–0	Shaw Field (4,003)
September 11*	No. rv	No. 16 Saint Louis	W 3–2	4–1–0	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,734)
September 16*	No. 11	Ohio State	T 3–3 ^2OT	4–1–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (3,889)
September 22*	No. 9	No. 15 Wake Forest	L 1–2	4–2–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,516)
September 25*	No. 9	at No. RV UC Santa Barbara	W 2–0	5–2–1	Harder Stadium (7,283)
September 30*	No. 9	Penn State	W 1–0	6–2–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,103)
October 3*	No. 9	at UAB	W 2–1 ^OT	7–2–1	West Campus Field (632)
October 6*	No. 8	Santa Clara	W 2–0	8–2–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,813)
October 9	No. 8	at Buffalo	W 2–1	9–2–1	UB Stadium (512)
October 17	No. 6	Northern Illinois	W 4–0	10–2–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,719)
October 21*	No. 5	Michigan State	W 4–1	11–2–1	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,062)
October 24	No. 5	at Western Michigan	T 1–1 ^2OT	11–2–2	WMU Soccer Complex (971)
October 30	No. 6	at West Virginia	W 2–0	12–2–2	Dlesk Stadium (1,238)
November 1*	No. 6	No. 25 UCLA	L 2–4	12–3–2	First Energy Stadium (2,169)
November 7	No. 10	Bowling Green	W 4–0	13–3–2	First Energy Stadium (1,691)
MAC Tournament
November 13	No. 10	West Virginia MAC Tournament Semifinal	W 3–2	14–3–2	First Energy Stadium (1,238)
November 15	No. 10	Buffalo MAC Tournament Final	W 1–0	15–3–2	First Energy Stadium (1,335)
NCAA Tournament
November 22*	No. 5	No. 23 Rutgers NCAA 2nd Round	W 6–1	16–3–2	First Energy Stadium (2,025)
November 29*	No. 5	No. 11 SMU NCAA 3rd Round	W 2–1	17–3–2	First Energy Stadium (2,280)
December 5*	No. 5	No. 9 Creighton NCAA Quarterfinal	W 3–2 ^2OT	18–3–2	First Energy Stadium
December 11	No. 5	vs. No. 8 Stanford NCAA College Cup Semifinal	T 0–0 (L 7–8 pen.) ^2OT	18–3–3	Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas (4,047)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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

v t e 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon League MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot League Southern Sun Belt Summit League WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll

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2015 Akron Zips men's soccer
MAC Tournament champions Georgetown Invitational champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 0–0 (7–8) vs. Stanford
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	18-3-2 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Jared Embick (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Leo Chappel (1st season) Oliver Slawson (9th season) Ger Coppinger (1st season)
Home stadium	FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →