The 2011 draft class is simply put, loaded. MLS coaches and scouts are drooling over the talent of a deep and talented group of players with tons of potential. As always many of the players are young so they may take some time to develop, but the draft pool gets better and better each year. Several likely draftees gained the attention of foreign scouts and were linked to moves overseas. 1. Vancouver – MID Perry Kitchen, University of Akron. Kitchen
John Carroll senior forward played 110 minutes, finishing the match with 5 shots. A hat trick by Mount Union’s Thomas Beck wasn’t enough to get the Purple Raiders past John Carroll on Tuesday night as Mount fell 5-4 on penalty kicks. John Carroll advanced to play at number one seeded Heidelberg on Thursday night. The game certainly had a bit of everything: a freshman phenom scoring three goals, two legit pro prospects, acrobatic saves, a substitute scoring two goals, two overtime
Mount Union men’s soccer team (10-6-2) finished off the regular season with a 1-0 victory against Otterbein (3-14-2). Mount Union played to win despite having already clinched a berth in the OAC Tournament. The Purple Raiders would be without star keeper Jon Critell, who was out with an ankle injury. Alex Bable, a freshman who landed a four- save shutout against Muskingum, would get the call in goal for the Purple Raiders. Bable would have big shoes to fill, taking
Mount Union's Critell has already accumulated 58 saves this season, leading the Purple Raiders to a 8-4-1 record. Columbus Crew defender Shaun Francis was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft out of NAIA powerhouse Lindsey Wilson College (KY). The young Jamaican was considered to be a “diamond in the rough,” a project, a sleeper, a developmental player. Francis has turned out to be so much more, logging 903 minutes over 11 appearances, 9 of them starts. Well we
Two goals from sophmore striker Joey Merlo helped the Mount Union Men’s Soccer team deliver a 3-0 win over Marietta. Marietta was no match for Mount Union as the Purple Raiders rolled to a 3-0 victory. Mount dominated the game with quick offensive strikes and solid defensive play. The first goal of the match came in the 20th minute as Kevin Cindric set up Merlo with a pass in the box. Marietta keeper Chris Stollar couldn’t keep this one out despite ending
Duran brings instant credibility to the UD soccer program. First, it was the Dayton Dutch Lions and the creation of a first-class organization at the PDL level. Sources tell us that the Dutch Lions are contemplating a move to USL-2 or a refurbished USL-1 in 2011. Second, news of quite a recruiting coup came as the University of Dayton landed one of the nation’s best players. Central midfielder Marlon Duran was ranked #6 in the country overall and was the captain of