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Climbing up the national charts, the No. 7-ranked Harvard men’s soccer team is well on its way to putting Crimson soccer permanently on the map. Throughout the past year Harvard has been showered with accolades, both individual and team-wide. Sophomore Andre Akpan, who established himself as a national contender for the FIFA U-20 team with a hat trick in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament against Haiti last winter, returned to the FIFA scene once again this summer. Akpan made the final cut for the U-20 World Cup team, and helped supply the pressure that...
Harvard soccer’s two sophomore stars, forward Andre’ Akpan of the men’s team and goalkeeper Lauren Mann of the women’s, have both been named Ivy League Player of the Week. Akpan, named to College Sports’ Preseason All-America Second Team, scored game-winning goals in the Crimson’s contests against Boston University and Vermont last week before adding another in a win over Massachusetts on Sunday. Just for good measure, Akpan also assisted on sophomore Brian Grimm’s goal in Sunday?...
...hiccup, Harvard put in a solid two-goal effort and got an impressive outing from goaltender Adam Hahn that proved to be enough for the win against Massachusetts yesterday afternoon on Ohiri Field. Less than 10 minutes had gone by in the second half when sophomore Andre’ Akpan chested in the go-ahead score to lift the Crimson to a 1-0 lead. The unorthodox goal ended a chaotic scramble in front of the Minutemen net that saw co-captain Matt Hoff tip a ball to Akpan, who used his chest to redirect the pass just inside...
...Kerr said. Fucito, who was recently named to Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week, had a key showing. He registered the Crimson’s second goal of the match, and assisted on the first, with a beautiful pass ahead to sophomore André Akpan in the 25th minute. Harvard, which barely beat Vermont in overtime last year, was able to build on the successes of its previous matches to gain a decisive win. “We’ve used these first games well to figure out how to play with each other...
...reach of the Rhode Island keeper. Chi was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week after scoring a goal in the ninth minute of his collegiate debut. Chi was able to sneak in behind two defenders and one-touch a pass from sophomore André Akpan into the back of the net. “It was an excellent first day,” Chi said, with a large smile, after the game...