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  1. Why not tap into the community and try and get the students out? A buy one get one burrito from Chipotle for every Zip card holder at the game. Or a smoothie at Pulp, $5 off a Luigi’s personal pizza, anything tangible that a 18-22 year old might find motivating. I’m sure there is something that would prevent a Score Draft Room coupon, but food is almost as motivating. Especially post season where they will likely be charged for tickets.
  2. https://www.instagram.com/p/DB4fIaQhDei/?igsh=ejF3ZmVneWw4eHlm
  3. Zips still have work to do to lock up ncaaa spot.
  4. Zips are really struggling to start the second half. When #21 doesn’t play the attack is really, really poor.
  5. Devils advocate….why would any kid want to be the 28th non scholarship, tuition paying, player at Akron? You’re not going pro and your degree is debt free. Your parents can tell all their friends you’re on a full ride…..
  6. It’s also possible that some of those schools decide soccer isn’t worth it and drop the sport altogether.
  7. The power four conferences are required to fund up to the roster limits for all sports due to the NCAA lawsuit agreement. I can’t see a world where Akron can do that, remembering that Title IX still exists. 28 for men’s soccer means 28 for women’s soccer. This will greatly impact the ability to recruit against these schools. When every school was 9.9, you had a chance against big schools. Now it’s full ride in ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and SEC, which includes men’s soccer schools UCF (Big 12), Kentucky,(SEC) South Carolina (SEC) West Virginia (Big 12), and any other soccer school (Portland, James Madison, WMU, St Louis, etc) willing to invest. I guess Akron could possibly go to 12 or 15 and then cobble together depth players. I would also guess that some of the Akron players that were recruited by big conference schools prior to this, can hit the portal looking for a better financial deal. This, coupled with MLS Next Pro deals for 15 and 16 year olds, will be quite a challenge.
  8. There will be a large pool of Power 4 conference players looking for homes next season when the 28 roster limit is imposed. Many schools have 35-40 players on their roster. There are already a large number of Class of 25 players announcing on social media that their verbal offers have been revoked and they are looking for a new school. It’s likely a safe recruiting pitch to say to them, that they could come to Akron and “heavily contribute” immediately. It would take some financial creativity because Akron will definitely not fund 28 scholarships, but finding enough for 2 or 3 power four level, attacking players would be worth the investment and effort.
  9. Interesting that the East Division will likely have seeds 2-6, meaning that if the Zips get 1 or 2 seed they will have to play a Midwest division team for the second time this season in the first round. Hopefully Seton Hall and Providence can dispatch Xavier in the regular season. Don’t want to see them again.
  10. Zips need to finish this lousy team off.
  11. PK for DePaul overturned on video review. Free kick Zips
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