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The conference standings will show why Sunday's game at BGSU is a big game

 

Tie for first 

Akron      3-2

Bowling Green   3-2

 

3. Western Michigan 4-3

4. West Virginia      3-3

5. Northern Illinois   4-4

6. SIU-Edwardsville 2-5

 

Remaining schedules

Akron 

April 11 at BGSU

April 14 ...home against Western Michigan

4 days...later...April 18.....play the same team ...Western Michigan at Kalamazoo

 

Bowling Green

all 3 remaining games are at home...but they play 3 very good teams

April   11    host the mighty Akron Zips

April    14 ....host West Virginia

April 18.....host Northern Illinois

 

Western Michigan

April  11.....host SIUE

April 14 and 18...away and home with Akron

 

West Virginia

April 11.....at Northern Illinois

April 14....at BGSU

April 18....home against SIUE

 

Northern Illinois

April 11....home with W. VA

April 18......away at BGSU

 

As mentioned before, NCAA bids will be announced on April 19

unless something changes, it looks like

Akron and Bowling Green will play 8 league games

Western Michigan and Northern Illinois will play 10 league games

SIU-E and West Virginia will play 9 league games

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32 minutes ago, bigzipguy said:

Very little continuity on offense, leading to the 1-0 loss in overtime. BG now in drivers seat to win the MAC. TO determine the MAC winner they are going by average goals per game?? 

going by average points per game...3 points for win....1 point for tie

so BG is 4-2.....6 games...12 points....2 points per game

West Virginia leads NIU 2-0 with 7 minutes to go.....

that would make WVU 4-3....12 points ...7 games 1.71 per game

Akron is 3-3...6 games...9 points...1.5 per game

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39 minutes ago, bigzipguy said:

Very little continuity on offense, leading to the 1-0 loss in overtime. BG now in drivers seat to win the MAC. TO determine the MAC winner they are going by average goals per game?? 

live stats showed

BG led 25-8 in shots

9-0 in shots on goal

12-4 in corner kicks

 

BG seemed to have no problems controlling the ball...playing the against the wind

when the zips were against the win in first half....I think it was 11-2 in shots and 8-0 in corner kicks

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1 hour ago, bigzipguy said:

I do not think w. mich and siue played today, even those mac schedule said there were scheduled. Neither team had it on their individual schedule

SIU-E schedule shows that they were supposed to play Bowling Green on April 4...

but that was postponed due to BG covid issues

https://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2020-21/schedule

so, they played western michigan on April 4....instead

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https://gozips.com/news/2021/4/11/mens-soccer-golden-goal-lifts-bowling-green-over-akron-1-0.aspx

 

"Congrats to Bowling Green on the win," Akron head coach Jared Embick commented. "They wanted it more and you could see that from minute one. We needed to have that same effort and intensity we had Wednesday night to compete while we are short-handed, but we couldn't find that competitiveness and effort today. Without that, you can't win a game. We will see who we have available on Wednesday and come out with a better mentality to compete in the game."
 

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from Bowling Green web site:

 

my comments below the standings

MAC STANDINGS
(through matches of Sunday, April 11)
School (Overall)           MAC   Pts.  PPG*
1. Bowling Green (6-4-0)  4-2-0   12   2.00
2. West Virginia (6-3-0)  4-3-0   12   1.71
   Western Mich. (6-3-0)  4-3-0   12   1.71
4. Akron (4-3-1)          3-3-0    9   1.50
5. Northern Ill. (5-7-1)  4-5-0   12   1.33
6. SIUE (5-5-0)           2-5-0    6   0.86
* points per game         

 

 

Bowling Green controls their own destiny.

if they win against WVU and NIU, they finish 6-2 in league....and win the MAC....18 points, 8 games...2.25 points per game

If Western Michigan wins both games against Akron, they finish    6-3 in league...18 points, 9 games, 2.0 points per game

If West Virginia beats Bowling Green and beats SIU-E, they also finish 6-3 in   league...18 points, 9 games, 2.0 points per game

the best that Akron can finish....is 5-3...15 points, 8 games...1.875 points per game

 

if Akron loses at home on Wednesday night, they can't win the league   

Akron needs a lot of help from NIU and SIU-E to win the league

and Akron needs a healthy Diogo Pacheco.........great player for the zips       

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There are no secrets around the MAC. Zips have had trouble with the high press since the get go and now every opponent is using it to keep the offense bottled up in their own end. BG played with confidence and with that unrelenting wind favoring them in the first half they dominated. Yet they couldn't score. Second half I expected the Zips to use that wind too, but it was BG who played like their hair was on fire. Our goalie was the only Zip who matched their intensity and he deserved better. Pacheco certainly could have made some kind of difference but good teams rise to the occasion. Today that didn't happen.

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12 hours ago, Akron Rick said:

There are no secrets around the MAC. Zips have had trouble with the high press since the get go and now every opponent is using it to keep the offense bottled up in their own end. BG played with confidence and with that unrelenting wind favoring them in the first half they dominated. Yet they couldn't score. Second half I expected the Zips to use that wind too, but it was BG who played like their hair was on fire. Our goalie was the only Zip who matched their intensity and he deserved better. Pacheco certainly could have made some kind of difference but good teams rise to the occasion. Today that didn't happen.

 

Agreed. Will Meyer had an outstanding game and deserves to be mentioned by name.

 

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14 hours ago, Akron Rick said:

There are no secrets around the MAC. Zips have had trouble with the high press since the get go and now every opponent is using it to keep the offense bottled up in their own end. BG played with confidence and with that unrelenting wind favoring them in the first half they dominated. Yet they couldn't score. Second half I expected the Zips to use that wind too, but it was BG who played like their hair was on fire. Our goalie was the only Zip who matched their intensity and he deserved better. Pacheco certainly could have made some kind of difference but good teams rise to the occasion. Today that didn't happen.

Astute observations! 

 

Zips' opponents have historically feared our counter attack too much to high press us.  The opposition is no longer afraid.   There is blood in the water and the Sharks are circling.  Passing forward is not always the best decision, but passing laterally (or back) is too often the default with this squad, ESPECIALLY among the underclassmen, who have evidently been coached to do so.  Older players are usually more discriminating with the ball. 

 

Until we clean up our possession, we are inviting the high press feeding frenzy.  Opponents must be punished for pressing our possession along the back.  

 

Overall, passing accuracy (completion rate) has been atrocious of late, which is a more fundamental problem.

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