Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:25

UA's Caleb Porter Accepts Portland Coaching Job Featured

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The Portland Timbers have officially named University of Akron men's soccer coach Caleb Porter head coach for the 2013 season.

The team's website made the annoucement Wednesday confirming the 37-year old Porter will  finish out the 2012 campaign with the Zips before taking the reins of the Timbers after the season concludes.

Porter led the Zips to their first NCAA Championship in 2010, the first in school history. In addition, he was named head coach of the  U.S. Under-23 Men's National Soccer Team.

Former Zip standout Darlington Nagbe is a member of the Portland Timbers, where he serves as the team's midfielder/ forward. Nagbe won the Hermann Trophy in 2010 as the best college soccer player in the nation.

In his seven seasons at Akron, Porter compiled a record of 106-17-14. 14 platyers currently playing in Major League Soccer were coached by Porter, including 9 first-round draft picks.

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Aaron has been working with RCRG since August of 2008 covering various news and sporting events. He graduated in 2003 from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. He then went onto the University of Akron in May of 2008 with a degree in Radio/TV & Media Productions and a minor in Psychology. It was at WZIP & ZTV where Aaron developed a passion for radio especially Sports Radio. While attending the University of Akron you could hear Aaron on Sundays doing the "Sports Power Talk" program. Aaron covers City Hall, County Council and Akron School Board beats and handles traffic updates weekday afternoons on 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE and 94.9 WQMX. You can contact Aaron through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or email acoleman@rcrg.net

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