Justin Meram on Ives Galarcep Draft Board

It has since been relowered back to 20 points, IIRC.

If I remember correctly, he was on the team briefly, but it obviously didn't work out.

Yeah not with that game against them coming up.

Congrats to Meram though.

Five of the top eight are from Akron. Yikes!

I didn't see anyone mention him kicking for the bowl game in the other "kicker recruit" post that referenced Justin's video.

He should be eligible, not sure why he wouldn't be.

When does the College Cup end?  Will need to check that but  should be in the next 10 days or so...

I was waiting for this topic to devolve into how Meram either saves RR's job with 50 yd booms, or gets RR even more bad pub by having to rely on a "futbol" player.

..of the content. I find it works out really well...one can open the threads they are interested in, or want to comment on, and NOT open the threads they may not be interested in...so if someone inadvertantly posts a duplicate (subject) or about something I'm tired of reading about, I just move on to the next one...really works! 

Excellent find. Good article on the program as a whole. +1 to you, sir.

It's important to note that soccer is very different from the NFL in that the collegiate game is not essentially a minor league system. Take a look at the USMNT's roster and you'll see that most players either spent a year or two in college or none at all.

Akron doesn't have 8 of the top 10 pro prospects in the nation, even if you take Ive's list as gold (and he's pretty good imo). Top tier prospects like Andy Najar and Spector play for academies either in the US or abroad until they're ready. Akron has 8 of the top 10 collegiate prospects, which is still pretty crazy if you ask me, but the difference is important.

College soccer is looked down on by the MLS and other leagues, and for good reason. The NCAA has more than a few rules that really hurts the quality of the game because they allow teams to de-emphasize skill in favor of running up and down the field. As US Soccer improves, less and less top tier kids are going to go the college route, and this will be great for the USMNT.

While he was the leading freshman goal scorer in the nation I'm pretty he he wasn't #1 overall. Hertzog from Penn State had 20 I believe. Still, he was Gatorade high school player of the year last year and he's obviously lived up to the hype and more.

He scored the lone goal against Akron earlier in the year, hopefully he can get another or two Friday.

LOL no. Believe it or not, the MLS is a serious thing, and they don't let their players walk out on to a football field just for shits and giggles.