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@72Roo @Hilltopper what you say may be true, but part of an AD's job is not only connecting with Deep pocket and other wealthier donors but also with his employees, the general alumni / fan base and student athletes. He did little of that. Only once when he and I talked near the end of his time at UA did he ever give credit to his staff for any of the good work "he" had done. "Some say he was all about himself. I can see that, but if he was making athletics better I feel some leaders are like that." Leaders are NOT like that. Leaders empower, enable, and give credit to their team whom they entrust to do the job. Leaders inspire their team. Charles is NOT a leader.

WOW...THANKS @TennZip. Brought tears to my eyes to watch that. Fantastic team who deserved better than to have a home NCAA Tournament game taken away from them. 2008 could easily have been the first Zips' appearance in the College Cup since 1986.

Yeah, Zips Men's Soccer was nothing until Chuckles came to Akron. 😴 Ofc, he told me. 💤

Adding insult to injury, Chuckles replaced the fence coverings in our soccer stadium, and not one of the logos has a star for our national championship. Add to it the small print of all of our NCAA Tournament appearances to squeeze them all into a small section. Sucks to not properly advertise our successes to visitors and viewers.

Thanks for all these updates everyone. I hope the Zips get into the tournament. The Big East regular season champs, especially Beto and Emil, deserve the opportunity to continue to showcase their talents.

Congratulations to our Zips on a good season. Hopefully, we will get an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Looking at the box score, it seems the team with the deeper bench and fresher legs prevailed. Lots of talent sitting on our bench who could have possibly helped but not to be (throughout this season). I still find what I see as an over tendency to go backward frustrating. I understand the need to send the ball back to reset and try to open up the defense, but it seems in some games that is done more often than putting the ball in the box. A shot not taken is guaranteed not to score. We’ve seen a number of goals scored this season on some unexpected rebounds yet at times our guys seem to be looking for the perfect shot rather than taking a not so perfect opportunity.

Guaranteed would be difficult to predict, but chances are good with our Zips ranked #29 and the Hoyas #8 in RPI. Have to play well, which I'm confident in our team. Intangibles, such as referee who over or under controls the game, concern me. Playing in Georgetown's backyard is also a concern, but I would suggest our Zips look at 2018 ... MAC Tournament in Morgantown and NCAA Tournament matches at Syracuse, at Wake Forest and at Stanford. Tough places to play, but those Zips were on a roll, not to be denied and got it done.

My point wasn't that more injuries occur during OT, but that the NCAA soccer season is so compressed, our team sometimes plays 3 games in the span of a week. That's a lot of wear and tear with little time for recovery which leads to nagging injuries. Some of our players are nursing injuries and playing through them now. OT does not guarantee additional wins.

Providence defeated UConn 2-0.

during the Georgetown versus Creighton game this afternoon, the announcers mentioned the Zips and said Clapier, Jaaskelainen and Henry are as dangerous as they get.

Every one of our goals tonight were incredible. So much fun to relive them watching the replays. WOW x 3!!!

Great game overall and win tonight. Nice to see so many fans in attendance for our well-deserving team. Best wishes v Georgetown Thursday. Wish I could be there; work travel keeps getting in the way this season.

The Zips need to clean that up. Playing around with the ball in front of our own goal against a better team could cost the game.

Agreed @YipaZip Our team is on a roll. They deserve the university and fan support as much as we expect them to keep this going. Marketing has been useless. All the interest seems to be in saving rather than growing. It takes money to make money. As you said, there’s a game to win tomorrow. Go Zips!!! Looking forward to it.

The game should be played by FIFA rules.

I’ll disagree with both of you. Full 20 minutes of OT should be played as opposed to sudden victory which is a travesty to the sport like skipping OT and going straight to PKs, counting away goals as more than home goals, or the clock counting down rather than up.

I respectfully disagree. The extra minutes are a lot of wear and tear on our players in a compressed season. We'd likely see more injuries.

IndyEleven lost 3-2, but what an AWESOME goal by former Zip Aodhan Quinn…

Pathetic that there has been no strategic plan for growth...seemingly, just cuts and more cuts. That's as unsustainable as the debt. Hopefully, Nemer has or can develop a plan and put the right leaders in place to help him.