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This poll is a joke at this point in the season. The Zips continue to fall because our opponents have fallen. meanwhile BUGS, WMU, and WVU get a higher ranking by defeating or tying teams who aren't even mentioned in this poll.

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@MarkS ... Happy you and a few others were there to support our team. They deserve the support. This one wasn't to be for me, but I plan to be in St Louis next Saturday night. Thanks for the link to the replay. I've not been feeling well lately and could not stay up late (Eastern Time) for the match. Very happy to read recounts this morning and to watch excerpts from that link. Really happy for Marcel Zajac...that first goal was on heckuva a shot. WOW. I remember Marcel going down in the match at home vs UW, but he looked well and gave me a thumbs up that he was okay after the match. Great team effort by all of our Zips on this one, watching some of the replay. Can't wait to see them next weekend and when they get back home. GO ZIPS!!!

Jonathan Lewis... https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/09/06/jonathan-lewis-does-work-between-moments-armchair-analyst?autoplay=true Is it me, or is the ball out of bounds on the play where the commentator says "look here as he takes a touch and then skins Saad Abdul-Salaam..."?

Thanks TennZip. Even though I was there, I keep forgetting the Zips played Denver on a Monday and that could not be factored into the first week's rankings. It's too early in the season anyway to put much stock in these polls. Lots of soccer ahead of all these teams. I will say that neither UVU nor Denver impressed me. Not surprised at their losses, and unfortunately, I don't think either will help us with RPI later.

I don't understand what this poll is vs what was the NSCAA poll. I agree that it doesn't make sense to defeat the previous week's #10 team, but fall 10 spots from 24 to 34. Is this poll credible?

Week 2, United Soccer Coaches University of Akron at #34 Top 5: 1 Stanford University 2 Wake Forest University 3 Clemson University 4 Indiana University 5 University Of Maryland Week 1, United Soccer Coaches University of Akron at #24 Top 5: 1 Stanford University 2 Wake Forest University 3 University Of North Carolina 4 University Of Denver 5 Clemson University Pre-season, United Soccer Coaches University of Akron #16 Top 5: 1 Stanford University 2 Wake Forest University 3 University Of Denver 4 University Of North Carolina 5 Clemson University

I was waiting for that response. Thanks for not disappointing me.

Thanks for all of the responses. I didn't want to complain too much if it was my issue. I didn't think it was since I have the issue at home, work, and mobile,

Does anyone else have issues with the new GoZips.com? For me, it often takes much more time to load than I would expect. I also often get a message on my mobile, that it didn't load correctly and is reloading.

Suggestion...Could we start a thread to cover the rankings throughout the season? It would be nice (hopefully) to keep track of the changes in one place instead of a new thread for every poll, every week.

@ZipsVoice glad you made it to the Zips' match. Didn't mean to "shame" you into it, but glad I helped convince you. Glad to have had you in the crowd even though we haven't met (at least not to my knowledge) and didn't know you were there. Fun match...so much better in person.

Chad Barson in Sweden (interview from Aug 30th) https://www.svenskalag.se/linkopingcity/nyheter/1031203/efter-match-med-chad-mike

Great, complete game by the Zips. Happy to see Stuart Holthusen and Sam Gainford both score on a night that their families (from New Zealand and England) were in attendance. Mark Hothusen was among the AK-Rowdies on the hill when Stuart scored. From his recount, he wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else! Good turnout by the Rowdies and students last night. Good job!

Enjoy! Wish I could watch both, but I will be at First Energy Stadium Cub Cadet Field. No team (any level, any sport) comes before Zips Mens Soccer. I have the DVR set for the USMNT v Costa Rica match up. Go Zips! Go USA!

Hopefully the ZIps draw a decent crowd. This match up deserves it.

Totally agree. Issues are not finishing and 2 bad games for our GK. Match v DU was much better than that against UVU but our guys have to find a way to score and clean up their mistakes. Zips gave that game away last night. You can't sugar coat it.

The crowd was announced as a record for this 4-year old program. Folks were very welcoming of the few of us who traveled...Eric and Myra Shultz (Nate's parents), Stu Parry, and me. Great student support. Would love to see our AK-Rowdies get back to the number of students that UVU brought. The crowd was definitely there to support their team vs "National Powerhouse Akron". Very well done and great atmosphere. Great to see Elliott Rubio. Talked to him before the game and he made a point of coming over to talk to me the Shultzes following the match. Very nice young man. He deserves to be their starting GK. Diego Serna is not related to Dillon. I believe he was listed as from Mexico. Yes, I will be at the RSL-Rapids match tonight and travel to Denver tomorrow for the match on Monday night.

Very disappointing result to say the least. We still continue to struggle to score. Ok Sam was out, but Stuart and Ezana were in as well as Egbo. Someone needs to step up. Last night was not one of Ben's best games, and unfortunately, we needed it to be. Hopefully, we'll see better at Denver, but it's going to be tough.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/08/24/parchman-5-young-players-who-will-impact-2017-mls-playoff-race Jonathan Lewis (NYCFC) Had you been sleeping on Jonathan Lewis prior to this week, those moments are most likely dead and buried underground. Lewis was perhaps the least widely known of the Generation adidas class that splashed into the league in 2017. He’d played just a year of college ball at Akron, and while his numbers were stellar – particularly on the distributive end with 10 assists – his profile and the fact that he was added late contributed to make him a bit of a shadow. And the fact that Patrick Vieira played him 23 minutes of the first available 1,800 of the season seemed to echo those wonders. ...

Some nice goals by the Akron guys in this one...NE v NYCFC. NYCFC wins 2-1 on Jonathan Lewis' stoppage time goal.

Perhaps no confidence in themselves (the players that were forward) and lack of speed for the support to move up quickly. The match was frustrating..."stinker" as Jared called it.