Akron Summit Assault

Akron Summit Assault was an American soccer team based in Akron, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2010, they played their only season in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference.

Akron Summit Assault

Full name	Akron Metro Futbol Club Summit Assault
Nickname(s)	Summit Assault, Metro
Founded	2010
Dissolved	2011
Ground	St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Akron, Ohio
Capacity	3,000
Club President	Dave Laughlin
Head Coach	Denzil Antonio
League	USL Premier Development League
2011	5th, Great Lakes Playoffs: DNQ
Website	http://www.akronsummitassault.com/
Home colors Away colors
Current season

For the public transit agency serving the Akron metro area, see METRO Regional Transit Authority.

The team played the majority of its home games in the stadium at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, with selected games being held at Lee Jackson Field on the campus of the University of Akron. The team's colors were orange, lime green, and white.

History

Akron Summit Assault was announced as a USL Premier Development League expansion franchise on February 23, 2011,^[1] as an unofficial replacement for the Cleveland Internationals franchise which folded at the end of 2010. They played their first competitive game on May 14, 2011, in a 2-0 loss to Chicago Fire Premier.^[2] The first goal in franchise history was scored by Michael O'Neill in their next game, a 2-2 tie with the Cincinnati Kings.^[3] On Sunday, July 24, 2011, the Akron played their final game, a 1-4 loss against the Chicago Fire U-23 finishing the season with a 5-8-3 record. The Akron Summit Assault folded after the 2011 season for undisclosed reasons. Although it is generally understood that the reason was financial distress.

Players

Final roster

As of June 7, 2011.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Brad Stuver[5] 2 MF  USA Kyle Scharfenberg[6] 3 DF  USA Mike Matlock[7] 4 DF  USA Sean Sikich[8] 5 MF  USA Christian Dominguez 6 MF  USA Aodhan Quinn[9] 7 MF  NGA Michael Balogun[10] 8 MF  ENG Michael O'Neill 9 FW  USA Mariusz Trzeciak 10 FW  ENG Ashton Campbell 11 MF  USA Thomas Schmitt[11] 12 FW  USA Vaughn Spurrier[12]

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  USA Matt Dagilis[13] 14 DF  AUS Ryan Johnstone 15 MF  USA Ryan Minick [14] 16 FW  USA Aaron Adkins[15] 17 MF  ENG Rhys Cannella[16] 18 FW  USA Ben Truax 19 FW  BIH Admir Suljevic[17] 20 MF  ROU Vlad Muresan 21 DF  USA Kayvon Aserifard[18] 31 GK  USA Carl Contrasciere 32 GK  USA Richard Ott

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2011	4	PDL	5th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Denzil Antonio (2011)

Stadium

• Stadium at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School; Akron, Ohio (2011)
• Lee Jackson Field at the University of Akron; Akron, Ohio (2011) 2 games

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2011: 185