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It's MatchDay! Let's Go Zips!!!

So used to going to post season that it just blends in with regular season.

LtoR Row 1: Niko De Vera, Braden Petno, Stuart Holthusen, Manel Cordeiro, Cody Lynd, Ben Lundt, Nick Costa, Tor Saunders, Sam Gainford, Nate Shultz, Pau Belana, Dener Dos Santos Row 2: Jared Embick, Ger Coppenger, Drew ?, Barth-Luther Muafo, Nate Brown, Shane Wiedt, Declan Watters, Ezana Kahsay, Morgan Hackworth, Alex Mapp, TJ Kolba, Leo Chappel Row 3: David Egbo, Christian Lue Young, Faisal Ghaffur Joao Moutinho, Daniel Strachan, Joe Korb, Skye Harter, Nick Hinds, Marc Alexander, Marcel Zajac, Reggie Laryea, Jackson Crawford

Captains Sam Gainford, Ben Lundt, and Nick Costa...

I believe it will also be streamed on ussoccer.com...so, anyone in the USA should be able to watch. EDIT: Now that I opened the link, I see that FC Cincy has a link to the stream: fccincinnati.com/match-stream

Aodhan Quinn In Fall’s Absence, Who Steps Up for FCC?  Three options that could play a key role in Tuesday’s Open Cup clash

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2017/08/its-time-to-pay-attention-to-nycfcs-jonathan-lewis/

Vote Jonathan Lewis Goal of the Week thru August 17th https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/08/13/vote-goal-week-week-23

Could the 1 pm start time be Penn State's request? Bus over in the morning for the exhibition; bus home after.

I will also be part of the "dozens" for the full match. Go Zips!

Bunbury’s Goal Lifts Revolution to 1-0 Win Over Vancouver http://m.golocalprov.com/sports/bunburys-goal-lifts-revolution-to-1-0-win-over-vancouver

Chad Barson starting today

Received my Mens Soccer season tickets today. I was out of town and just had my mail resumed today. So, I don't know whether they arrived prior to today. Per the enclosed information, we will not get our scarves until the UMass Lowell game.

Royal Cascadian Technological Institute Discovery ... #RCTID (Rose City 'Til I Die)

Great come back after the Caleb Porter - led (Akron tie-in) Timbers recently defeated the LA Galaxy. This is a great response to the Timbers "diving" meme that the Galaxy released late last season.

When we won in 2010, I remember a Western Michigan team in the 1960's being mentioned. Had to look it up...apparently Men's Cross Country 1964 & 65. http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2009/09/1964_65_cross_country_teams_ge.html

And... FFT: That 2015 championship has to be the high point in your career. CP: Absolutely. I try to have in my office, on my little mantle, I like to have the lowest moment and the highest moment always. So I've got the Olympic moment, a picture of that – a picture of me in my national team [gear] – as a reminder of the lowest, and the highest moment, for sure, is the MLS Cup. And then, obviously, the national championship was a really big one, too. That had never been done at Akron in any sport, and only one other time in the entire Mid-American Conference had a national champion happened. So that was pretty cool.

And this... I also think it's been good for me, because I've had to coach my team in games where sometimes the opponent's more talented. And at Akron, that was rarely the case.

Good find @TennZip. I didn't even get very far into this article. I love this... CP: Absolutely. There's pros and cons to both levels. And let's be honest, the job I was in at Akron was a great job. But I'd been there seven years, and I'd accomplished really everything I could accomplish in terms of developing players for the next level. I had 20 guys who went on to the pro ranks, and I won a national championship [in 2010], and I saw so many of my guys leave that I felt like, you know what, maybe it's time for me to leave and make that jump and challenge myself at a higher level.

I don't know why the roster on GoZips.com hasn't been updated with the incoming class yet. Maybe they can't do that until the first practice with the coaches. With that said, I think we may see Freshmen David Egbo and Mark Alexander step up in their first season. Sam and Ezana both had great summer seasons in the development leagues. I look for significant numbers from Sam. If Ezana can get control of his "competitiveness" on the field, and really step up as a team player, he could also contribute heavily. I hear that Nick Hinds has been working really hard...proud of him and how he has stepped up. I look for him to be a key on both defense and offense. As TennZip mentioned, I hope that Manel and Stuart can stay healthy and on the field more often than off. If so, I know they will significantly contribute. Reggie Laryea should also contribute, and I also see Niko and Nate on the back line. I'm not sure how all the positions will fill in, but I think Jared and staff have good options. If past recruiting is any indication, I'm also expecting to see some additional players of whom we might not yet know. A little more than 2 weeks until we get to see some action. Go Zips.

With New England's 3-0 win last night and 2 assists for Scott Caldwell, I couldn't help but post, probably re-post, this interview from November 2016. Around 11:30 in they reminisce about Scotty's time at Akron.

USA !!! Congrats to Darlington on winning another Cup... College Cup, MLS Cup, Gold Cup.