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excerpt from yesterday's press conference..... but the tweet message....is strong...... zips need 2,500 plus in the stands on Sunday

Just looked at the stats for the St. Louis at Indiana game. Indiana led 8-0 in corner kicks. Indiana led 16-3 in shots. 3 to 1 in shots on goal. St. Louis was totally dominated but took advantage of their only chance. Zips have been focused all year on taking one game at a time. Duke tied Georgetown during the season. Any team that can hang with Georgetown is an excellent soccer team. Duke at Akron will be 2 very good soccer teams doing battle on Sunday.

2 goals from the weekend...that others might enjoy seeing

and the even neater part...is that their women's soccer team also lost on PK's this afternoon in Charlottesville....so 2 PK losses on one day on their home field for the uppity Hoo's. Congratulations to former Zip Seth Wilson (he was the GK today for UNC-Greensboro).

Southern Conference...looking strong...with their two teams Furman and UNC-Greensboro in the final 16..... Big East is the lone big conference where their seeded teams have met expectations. ACC tournament finalists (2 Virginia and 5 SMU ) both gone the Big Ten (or Little Ten ??)....both tournament finalists Michigan and UCLA dumped in round of 64....and the 6 seed Indiana (the most over seeded team in the tourney) goes belly up in their first game By my count ...so far..... Conferences in sweet 16 Big East 3 7 seed Georgetown ; 13 seed UConn ; 14 seed Akron Atlantic 10 1 unseeded St. Louis American East 1 11 seed Bryant Big Ten 2 4 seed Maryland ; unseeded Washington ACC 2 15 seed NC State ; unseeded Duke Coastal Athletic 1 unseeded Hofstra Southern Conference 2 16 seed Furman ; unseeded UNC Greensboro 12 spots earned 8 remaining teams High Point from the Big South looking good against West Virginia from the Sun Belt Summit league could get 2 teams in sweet 16....Denver or Kansas City West Coast Conference could get 2 teams...Portland or San Diego Grand Canyon from the WAC...trying to pull an upset Stanford from the ACC is trying to give the ACC 3 teams

Forecast for Sunday hi of 40 ; lo of 31 I am very impressed by Duke's non league schedule. they started their year with a 2-1 home win over NCAA tournament 9 seed San Diego their first 2 road games...a 1-1 tie at NCAA tournament 16 seed Furman and a 2-2 tie at NCAA tournament 7 seed Georgetown https://goduke.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

go, Zips !!! note the change in date

Excellent crowd......today

Another view of the goal..... while we all celebrate Matthew Paiva for the goal, let's not forget that Remi hustled his backside off to earn a corner kick for the zips. Remi always gives great effort.

I think that it is probably appropriate to have Joao Moutinho on the 2026 list. He is with Lech Poznan in the top tier league in Poland. From what I can tell, their season spans from July 2025 to May 2026. Lech Poznań, is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. https://www.lechpoznan.pl/en/schedule--results,47.html https://www.lechpoznan.pl/first-team,11,joao-moutinho,2931,zawodnik.html

For regular season games, yes for NCAA tournament, NCAA has different rules

Beto Ydrach and his Pittsburgh Riverhounds teammates will play for the USL championship on Saturday afternoon on network TV. Beto has had a tremendous rookie year. I believe that he has started every game ...except for when he was playing for the Puerto Rico national team. I believe that he is 3rd in minutes played on the team. He leads their center backs in a key category. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1350266 I am only allowed to post a few key tidbits from the article. Please click on the article above. At one point, there are 3 full paragraphs about the new kid, Beto Ydrach. Congratulations, Beto on an incredible rookie year. I will be watching CBS tomorrow and hope that Beto can lead the hounds to the league title excerpts from article: (Beto is also quoted at the beginning of the article and is also quoted about his friendships on the team - click the link!!!...go, Hounds, go Beto !!! Ydrach, meanwhile, has been one of the league’s rookie breakouts and a staple in the lineup. At 24-years-old, the former University of Akron defender is a unique first-year pro, with the experience of having made his debut and earned regular minutes for the Puerto Rico National Team in Concacaf competition while competing collegiately for the Zips and previously at the University of Central Florida. Ydrach may be the rookie in the squad, but his +5.73 Goals Added mark leads the club’s center back group.

another one from the players....

this was the final goal.......for WVA

Fill the Hill

President Nemer did a promotional instagram post for the mens soccer game on Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRSpiDwkqdo/

that was a beautiful game winning goal by Marcus Caldera. Hat trick for Caldera tonight.

Big Ten Tournament Champ UCLA goes down to automatic conference winner.....Grand Canyon Big Ten Tournament runner up Michigan.......goes down to the highest RPI non automatic conference winner Pathetic results for the Big Ten. Yet, Indiana (5-5 in that mediocre league).....gets the overall #6 seed in the tournament...... The mighty ACC is also not shining..... Number 37 RPI Syracuse controversially got a home game against number 27 RPI Hofstra Hofstra smoked the ACC team.....2-0 Western Michigan with the biggest upset of the day.... Western Michigan came into their conferencee tournament with a 5-9-3 record.... they won 2 games in regulation and one on PK's....in conf. tourney 7-9-4......coming into the NCAA's Mighty Clemson was 29 in RPI The NCAA committee gave Clemson a super favorable draw...... play 7-9-4 Western Michigan in first round..... Winner faces the highest seeded team....Number 16 Furman by the placement in the draw....NCAA committee said that Clemson was one of the 4 best non seeded teams Western Michigan beats the over rated ACC team 1-0 Number 50 RPI North Florida is about ready to go to 2nd overtime with #28 RPI North Carolina Go, North Florida !!!!

The Beacon Journal is doing a nice job of promoting Zips mens soccer this week. Malone Pioneer posted an excellent article from the Beacon(about zips seeding and possible opponents) .....under the ratings and RPI topic. This morning, The Beacon did a very good article on Stefan Dobrijevic. (attached below) I greatly admire Stefan for his tremendous improvement as a soccer player over the past 4 years. After reading this article, I also greatly admire Stefan as he is true definition of a "Student-Athlete". Congratulations to Stefan on his success on the soccer field and also for his succcesses in the class room. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/19/stefan-dobrijevic-akron-zips-soccer-ncaa-tournament/87320211007/ Dobrijevic grew up in Akron as an Akron Public Schools student, attending Salem Elementary School, STEM Middle School and Firestone High School. His family moved to Uniontown when he was 16, but he remained at Firestone, where he took engineering, college level and advanced placement classes, recorded a 4.7 GPA and graduated in December 2021. Dobrijevic played club soccer with Internationals Academy, which is based in Medina, and started taking classes at UA in January 2022. He has a 3.8 GPA, earned a degree in business administration with a minor in marketing in December 2024 and is working toward an MBA.

We have posted before about Kam Warnke... Kam had 20 goals and 10 assists this year for the state runner up Auroroa Greenmen. Nice to see all of the Akron logos in the signing announcement

Top Drawer soccer did a preview on the regional that the zips are in. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=55371&articleTitle=mens-ncaa-tournament-region-3-preview 4. Akron(m) (11-4-3) - 1.56 goals per game (76th ranked), .667 goals allowed per game (12th ranked) Offensive Leader: Stefan Dobrijevic (8G, 10A) + Strong defense + Performed well against nationally ranked opposition - Offense can be inconsistent There is no doubt Akron has the defense for a playoff run; the question is if the offense can score enough in a region packed with high-powered attacks. Losing the Big East semifinal was not encouraging, but the team will be well-rested after receiving a first-round bye.

I am not a fan of this guy(or gal?)'s predictions..... the predictor really seems to love teams from the Big Ten https://www.instagram.com/p/DRLqMDtjAx9/?hl=en

one game at a time........ Michigan has a win over #6 Indiana..... Michigan scored 3 goals against a very solid Creighton team I have not looked at Notre Dame record...... zips need a big, loud crowd on Sunday one game at a time...... worry about round of 16.....after winning the round of 32.......