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Pratt and Stein have been great today!

We played National Champion Stanford to a 0-0 tie two days prior from Clemson getting blown out 4-0 yet they are ranked ahead of us. I see us as #2. Getting one round further at this stage is meaningless in that regard. I can make a strong argument for Wake Forest being ranked ahead of Syracuse too. We prevail over Stanford and the National Championship was likely ours.

Interesting note: In 5 games at the College Cup since 2009, we have only been scored on once and that was against Michigan.

The team with the better goalie in regulation of the last semi-final won. Let's hope that holds here.

It drives me nuts how successful packing it in and just counter attacking can be against a better quality side. This was UVA's strategy in the 2009 Final, and it worked.

These videos are great for getting amped for the match tonight. Yes, the media coverage is often disappointing, but don't give into it. Instead, embrace this season's success and the pursuit of #2ndStar!

One of my favorite UA Soccer moments occurred in 2009 against Stanford when Teal Bunbury scored on a header and ran to the corner where Ampi was holding the flag like a golf caddy. Bunbury made the stroke of a put and followed it with a finger point while taking bouncy steps towards the flag and finished with a triple fist pump a la Stanford Alum, Tiger Woods. Mind you, this was right around the time when Tiger's personal scandal was blowing up. The celebration was in the southeast corner where many in the crowd (myself included) were gathered at the ropes laughing our asses off over the skit. Well done, fellas!...Classic! Beat the Cardinals!

Right on the money, Dr. Z. Based on the RPI rankings, Akron is 76 and USU is 69. I really like the match-up because the teams are so even and have a history of struggling but are both recovering programs. USU is just a bit ahead of us in rebuilding though, so it's like we are playing our big brother. http://www.realtimerpi.com/college_football/ncaaf_power_rankings.html

Great win! I thought this would be the game that conceding shortly after we score would bite us in the ass, but this team has something special. They just know how to win. On to Stanfod/Wake at KC!

The two out of three that we got were in a big way, and basketball was respectable in spite of injuries. I'll take it! Good weekend to be an Akron Zips fan...wait, did I just say that?

It's rivalry week. As far as anyone associated with Akron Football should be concerned, we are 0-0. Beat Can't; nothing else matters.

This is nuts!...5-0 after 18 minutes!!! Hello 3rd round.

What an amazing start! 3-0 Zips after 14 minutes.

It's really nice to be excited about Akron Football again.

Super psyched about the game! Anyone have a free online link? Marylander here without cable and hope I am not relegated to only listening to Frenchy over iHeart.

That is an impressive amount of data! Too bad DiG isn't into men's soccer so much. He'd be licking his chops!

I like this match-up. Rutgers has a decent soccer tradition and is a fairly well-recognized name. Anytime we can play at home against a B1G team, it is good for the program. As others have mentioned, having just played in OT in poor weather, going on the road will be a tough turn around for Rutgers. Rutgers will be respectable and will likely keep it close, but I think we win.

We beat 3 of the top 16 teams on the road this season, tied one, and lost to the #1. We beat the B1G and Big East Champions. Pretty impressive. I have a good feeling about this team and the outcome of the season.

A justified seed, and some interesting opponents in our region!...UNC could be playing in Akron in December...what a dream! Looks like the committee got most of the seeds and the bracket as a whole fairly distributed. Creighton paid the price for a weak schedule...that could be a nice pay back game for them knocking us out a few years back when one of our defenders slipped and gave an easy chance for the tying goal.

I can't view/hear/read it. Would someone mind please sharing? What seed? Who do we play the winner of? Who else formidable is in our regional?

What happened?

Is it playing for anyone else?

Anyone have a link to a live bracket that updates when teams are announced or do I have to wait for a gozips release or a complete bracket posting?

The wins against Georgetown, Maryland, and UCSB on the road and St. Louis, Santa Clara, Penn State, and Michigan State at home are all very strong. The losses (ODU, Wake Forest, and UCLA) and tie against OSU are acceptable. The only red mark is the tie against Western Michigan. Our RPI is #5, and all rankings have us in the top 10. Anything less than a 5-8 seed is robbery. A 4 seed is justifiable, but given the committee's history with us, it would be unprecedented. I see a 7 seed and two home games in our future.

27-7...barring some major errors in the second half, that should be the ball game. No way a team like Miami comes back against our defense. It is nice to see that we will be back to .500 late in the season. For all the complaining about Bowden, this program is light years ahead of where it was after the Pigskin Holocaust. There is a big difference between 7-5 and 5-7, and this season could still go either way. To this point though, I am satisfied.