Follow Akron Men's Soccer on Twitter and Facebook Purchase 2017 Men's Soccer Season Tickets Click Here The University of Akron men's soccer team will enter its season-opening showdown at Utah Valley on Friday, Aug. 25, ranked No. 13 nationally after Soccer America released its preseason Top 25 Poll on Thursday, Aug. 24.The Zips were earlier selected 13th, 16th and 18th, respectively, in the TopDrawerSoccer.com, United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News preseason national polls.Akron is set to return seven starters, including all Mid-American Conference performers in seniors(Barcelona, Catalonia),(Liverpool, England) and(Auckland, New Zealand), junior(Berlin, Germany) and sophomore(Plantation, Fla.) in 2017 from a squad that captured MAC regular season and tournament titles en route to advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the 31st time in program history on the strength of an overall record of 13-6-3 during the 2016 campaign.Six of the Zips' 2017 opponents were rated in the preseason top-25; No. 7 Denver, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 11 Syracuse, No. 14 Washington, No. 20 Utah Valley and No. 21 UMass Lowell.Akron will host Notre Dame (Oct. 17), Washington (Sept. 1) and UMass Lowell (Sept. 24) this season at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field.Akron is making final preparations for its 2017 season opener on Friday, Aug. 25, as the Zips travel to Orem, Utah, to face Utah Valley in a 9 p.m. ET tilt.Limited Reserved Bleacher Back ($110) and General Admission ($60) season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by logging on to GoZips.com/tickets , calling 1-888-99-AKRON (25766) or visiting The C.P. and Cornelia S. Chima Athletics Ticket Office at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field (located at 375 E. Exchange Street, near Gate 1 at the southwest corner of the venue, at the corner of E. Exchange and S. Union streets) Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Discounted general admission season tickets for Akron faculty/staff are also available for $48 and must be purchased in person or on the phone. Additionally, general admission family plans ($200), which include a combination of two adult and two youth tickets or one adult and three youth tickets, are available for the fall at this time.Individual single-game tickets for all of Akron's home matches are now on sale.As another option, all Akron Alumni are eligible to purchase the Alumni all-sport season-ticket package for $175, which includes general admission season tickets for men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and a reserved seat for football.Group experiences that include discounted tickets are on sale now for a minimum of 15 people. These include line-up buddies when the players are announced and chances to be ball boys during the game.