Z.I.P.

I'm fascinated by the confident passes Colin Biros has made this game -- from his left wing, he fires balls across the field onto the toe of open players on the opposite wing. What a passer! Akron maintaining possession against the run of play, but Washington counter very dangerous. Micaletto looking excellent as he subs in. Good weekend for Marco.

Jared, interviewed before the 2nd half restart was totally dejected. We can't compete to get back in this unless we can win first or second balls was his judgement. Just look to figure out the fundamentals. We had one shot on goal the first half, yet still aren't out of it. And early in the half UW transition makes us look sick, and it's nearly 3 nil.

The best thing I can say is, we are so young, and the best of the youth seem to be the attacking wingers, Biros, Petno both freshman set up a couple if balls late in the half, but the finish wasn't there (Gaiffur had an opportunity go high) and a Biros centered a ball that the runner (who??) was late to. UW has a very good team -- definitely top-10 in my opinion, but we don't appear on their level, physically or maturity wise.

Two early goals for the UW Huskies. 12:00 minutes in! Our back line is slower and poorly organized than I've seen since well before the Porter era. I don't know what can be done. We were pressuring early and had some runs, but Washington is making us look statuesque in their run backs. Skye almost pulled one back at the 16 min. mark, but off the post and saved on the line. No luck to match a clear deficit of athleticism. Need to get Egbo in space, but we have trouble getting our lanes open to create trouble. Mohammed departs. He seems a no-show physically on the pitch. All Washington, as they break the defense and SHOULD have had a third! Not sure how much more I can watch... Announcers forced to say "Two zero is the worst lead in football" May not be for long the way this is going. Well, the last time I recall these teams playing, UW won in Portland 4-0.

Clock stopped for an injured Seattle player with 5:15 to play. The injured player is the Red Hawk captain. Still 2-1.

2-1 Seattle. Three consecutive near-calls, beginning with a goal called back for off-side, followed by a play that an Akron defender had to clear off the goal line, and seconds later-- while the camera was reviewing the previous play, they score to go ahead 2-1. No offensive attack by Akron tonight!

Unfortunate end to the half, but we were frankly outplayed by a motivated Red Hawk group looking for NCAA tournament revenge. I dare say that this opponent is not nearly as good as the one we face on Sunday afternoon! Yikes.

OMG! Seattle gets an unbelievable goal with exactly ten seconds to play -- inbounding from the half line, did our back three fall asleep?? The guy threw the ball forty yards, into the box and a Seattle player looked to be alone for a one timer to the left of a diving Lundt! Goodness! Halftime. 1-1. Zips hot just 2 shots in the first 45, 1 on goal by Nicoletto. Seattle had 8 shots, five on goal. Four saves by Ben.

Ezana Kahsay and Ivan Nikolic sub in with ten to play in the half.

Marco Micaletto scores on Akron's first serious attacking play Egbo dribbled through -- he's looking like the most dangerous player on the pitch tonight. 1-0 Akron 23rd min.

Torrential rain in Seattle early in the contest. Even possession thru first fifteen. Ben Lundt has made 2 or 3 saves, so maybe more attack in the box from the RedHawks. Edit: SU 4 shots to 1 for Akron after 22 minutes. Guessing 3 sog to 0.

Get the Rowdies ready for the new chant. Ali Ali Oxen Free!

Strange that a quick kudo to his commitment came from Lloy Ball, Volleyball legend from Ball State and at least two time USA Olympian. Wonder if Ali played HS volleyball. Let's see him "ROOF" the opposition.

Yep. Officially Cancelled. Per @Huskers.

Nebraska twitter saying game tomorrow 10:30 a.m. CST. Who knows???

Too bad, but I gotta leave for Aloha Stadium! Navy vs Hawaii. Hoped to get this in before. Oh, well... ? Beautiful weather today in Hawai'i.

You're talkin about the Nebraska locker room?? ?

Thought ESPN+ was a television package from cable. Is that still available? So much easier to turn on the TV!

Good thing -- if there is one -- is he has a redshirt year remaining, having played last year.

I remember that name -- vaguely! 72 R-O-O, I couldn't find what was the last year for men's swimming -- but I recall it was while I was a student. Around 1980? Anyone?

has anyone heard directly, or can venture a guess...why has Chad decided to return to soccer...after deciding not to play professionally...to go into coaching? I always considered one of the most underrated Akron defenders ever!

The situation seriously reminds me of how the women's soccer program was treated with -- was it back-to-back interim coaches effectively before Noreen Herlihy was hired as part of a "long-term plan". They're just playing around, with no idea and little or no concern about developing a winning program. Very sad. I hope those with any input rate the AD's effectiveness on his treatment of women's sports at the UofA!

It's a hire that first of all says, "We don't care about this program!" And that is not to prejudge the competency of Melissa Jackson. As I wrote weeks again, she seemed to be out recruiting players and gaining the respect of admin and players. However no other D1 school would have considered this coach for a HC position. Was anyone else seriously considered, or are we so weak we cannot afford to look around? I'm sure there are many here who will agree with the attitude that we shouldn't use resources on a "minor sport". I had hoped we were well beyond those days, but the overall department seems to be slipping these days -- and I do blame the bean counters who don't understand the importance of investing in the future, or the need for a balanced department of athletics.

There she goes!

Spin -- was that during the 1980s? The only outdoor pro team I remember in Cleveland was the Cleveland Cobras, in the 70s. I guess they must have been in the NASL.