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When Andre U. Akpan ’10 donned the whites of the U-20 U.S. National Soccer Team for the first time, he was a member of a squad composed nearly entirely of professionals. He started against Haiti and scored three goals, one on a header. That summer, he played in the U-20 World Cup in Canada, helping the U.S. advance to the quarterfinals. At this point, he had played with and against some of the best soccer talents in the world. He had also just finished his freshman year at Harvard...
...Akpan, undoubtedly the best player on the Harvard team, scored 12 of the team’s 32 goals this season, and tied or broke nearly every Crimson offensive record in his career...
...captains Andre Akpan and Brian Grimm, defender Kwaku Nyamekye, and midfielders Adam Rousmaniere and Desmond Mitchell make up the five-some, all of whom held a starting spot on this year’s roster...
...Akpan missed a penalty kick in Sunday’s game—a goal that would have given him sole possession of the all-time Harvard scoring record—and remains tied with Chris Ohiri ’64. Akpan graduates at the end of this semester, and will very likely be drafted into Major League Soccer...
Rousmaniere, also in the midfield, is as a smart passer and goal creator, and tied for the team lead in assists. The “set-piece guy,” according to Clark, Rousmaniere was often the one to feed Akpan for a goal...