For the first time since they won the NCAA Soccer Championship in 2010, the University of Akron men’s soccer team will return to the College Cup this weekend at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
The Zips (18-3-2) take the pitch on Friday against the eighth-seeded Stanford Cardinal at 8:30 p.m. In the other semi-final game the sixth-seeded Syracuse Orange meet the second-seeded Clemson Tigers at 6 p.m. The two winners will meet in the championship at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Let’s take a look at the teams that will be competing this weekend; first let’s look at the Zips’ next opponent, the Stanford Cardinal.