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...Already, Akpan is dreaming of a career in the high-paying ranks of professional soccer. As early as his teenage years, when he starred at forward for the prestigious Dallas Texans soccer club, he attracted the attention of top college scouts...
...When you play soccer that long,” Akpan says, “and, you know, you’re just scoring goals, it doesn’t seem like it’s as big a deal. But afterwards is when it really...
...That’s when the interview requests rolled in—mainly from websites for soccer junkies, including ESPN.com’s popular Soccernet site. Message boards lit up with requests for more information about the unknown Ivy Leaguer. Soccer bloggers raised their eyebrows—“I can’t find too much fault with his game,” read one blog called Du Nord—and simultaneously downplayed Akpan’s performance against an unexceptional Caribbean team with a middling goalkeeper...
...tied, 0-0) and Panama (5-0). Today, Akpan is still considered an outside shot for the final roster of this summer’s U-20 World Cup in Canada. Thriving there would be a critical component of any courtship by professional teams from Major League Soccer (MLS) or Europe...
...Only Kevin Ara ’04, Tom McLaughlin ’98, and Will Kohler ’97 among recent Harvard soccer players held roster spots in the MLS. All three earned their degrees on time, and all three retired from the league after brief tours...