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DeAndre Yedlin is my current favorite as well. HE's SOOO FAST!!!!! I love watching him explode past defenders. He's probably faster than everyone on the football team.

Who's your favorite soccer player from Akron, any time period? Mine is Sinisa Ubiparipovic

I believe a NASL or USLPro team could average above 2,000 people per game in Akron. Give me 5-10 years and I'll hopefully be in a position to fund one.

a USLPro or NASL team could do well in Akron.

Both Perry Kitchen and Chris Korb started and played 90 minutes to help DC win 2-0

Skip, the data shows that soccer is on the rise. Attendance and tv ratings continue to increase. NBC Sports is hitting there very low goal of 100k viewers per game. ESPN just had record ratings for an EPL game. You could debate the EPL or La Lig vs the MLS, that would be more logical than poo pooing the latest trend facts.

This spring league idea should be in its own thread so I can ignore it. This thread should focus on conference realightment in the current reality we live in.

Big East would create a nice rivalry with Cinci. I favor staying in the MAC unless the Big Eastallover calls

If you go through previous threads, you'll find a certain someone liked to reply with a sleeping icon when threads were started for soccer.

To be fair, there are traveling baseball and basketball leagues that can be costly. Basketball has AAU or something like that. Almost all the sports except for football have expensive or cheap leagues. It's up to the parents about the expense. I am not aware of any expensive football leagues. I played for CYO and Paterson Park. It's around $90 for Springfield baseball unless you sell candy which I ended up buying most of And I think $65 for Springfield soccer. I do not recommend the Springfield league for young kids btw, horrible experience. I was going through the soccer board today and have noticed that Skip has been trolling soccer since 2006. Zipsnation needs a way for people to opt out of certain boards, self-control doesn't always work.

There are several old threads worth reviving, this one needed to be brought back to life seeing you were left hanging. I can't remember if soccer had its own board back then or was in the "other sports" area. I'd like to see Akron compared to other Ohio schools.

the all time series record against Indiana is 6-24-2 according to this http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/releases/204796260_1 I have Akron going undefeated next year so it will be 7-24-2

Update on Zips stats in the MLS, middle of week 10

Akron is 2-2-0 against Virginia http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/releases/204847862_1 2-2-0 against North Carolina 8-3-0 against Cincinnati 2-2-1 against Wake Forest I can not find the last time we played Maryland

Akron's all-time record against: OSU 25-6-3 St. Louis 3-7-0 Penn State 14-13-5 Michigan 7-4-0 Michigan State 24-11-1 Northwestern 2-1-0 Cleveland State 35-11-3 Bowling Green 40-8-3

SMU, Memphis, and UCF are joining the Big Eastallover. If the MAC can get JMU and ODU, we're looking at a very strong soccer conference.

I don't understand why non-soccer fans are always up in arms when soccer fans mention soccer growth information and trends. A lot of US soccer fans support football, baseball, and basketball.

I mentioned soccer participation as an observation. Im confused by your questions. Pro soccer is the 2nd most popular sport for the high school and college age according to ESPN. Re-reading this thread might answer questions you have.

I did say that pro soccer is easily accessible today, but did not say that's the reason for youth's strong participation numbers. What I am saying is that pro soccer's easy access to these youths could be the reason why these youth's continue to support soccer. I made the argument above that pro soccer's lack of access could be a major reason why a lot of youth's during the 70's, 80's, and 90's moved away from the sport. It's hard to support a sport no one knows about. examples of this denial please? I don't believe soccer fans deny why kids play soccer.

You could argue that the lack of access of professional soccer was a reason why soccer's growth was slow during the 70's, 80's and 90's. This could also be the reason why a lot of youth's during those times grew away from the sport. Professional soccer is easily accessible today, which could be the reason why a lot of youth's are continuing to support it. We (soccer fans) are very happy with our soccer coverage. ESPN Sportscenter is for old people looking for old news. The MLS provides all the highlights I need within 5-10 minutes of it happening. Soccer haters have lost their battle with killing soccer in America.

Children look up to pro-athletes. I didn't know anything about professional soccer in my youth because it wasn't easy to access. The MLS is very easy to access and follow these days which could be the difference. Times have changed. Edit: Barcelona and Real Madrid are very easy to access these days. Most of these youth soccer participants know who Messi and Ronaldo are. I had no idea who Pele was when I played soccer.

I'm a big MLS supporter and have watched every game highlight this year for every game. The MLS is doing very well this year. I've started to pay attention to NASL and USL Pro matches and have noticed that both of those leagues are doing very well this year. The article isn't trying to say soccer is going to takeover American sports, it's basically saying soccer is here to stay.

Dear American Soccer Haters: We Don't Need You Anymore (A Thank You Note) An interesting article that's relevant to Akron as we've seen soccer's growth firsthand. What do you guys think? I coach a little league baseball team and have noticed that soccer participation in the Akron area greatly outnumbers baseball. Will these kids continue to support soccer?

Considering the recruits Akron gets every year, this could possibly be the reason and a selling point. I assume the MLS (or professional soccer somewhere else) is the ultimate goal for these players. Going to Akron is better than going to a top academy and helps them prepare for their last 2-3 years at another college.