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I'm with you a-zip. It will likely go to Arena, but I don't understand it. Been there; done that. In fact Gulati was the one who got rid of Arena. So, I don't understand going back to him. Caleb is a winning coach developed by a winning coach (Jerry Yeagley). I would love to see him with this opportunity where he could pick the players he wants from the best that the US player pool has to offer. I'm certain Darlington would be in the mix, and I would think DeAndre would still be there too. Perhaps Kitchen; perhaps Trapp. I would trust, though, that Caleb would utilize the players that put USMNT in the best position to win and they would be in positions that make sense.

Will be interesting to see which former Zips are invited to January camp and what this may mean, if anything, for our previous head coach.

For anyone still following the Mens Tournament, there is another Akron connection besides Phil Fives at Indiana... http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/coaches/berger_billy?view=bio SIUE - Director of Operations Billy Berger begins his fourth year with SIUE men's soccer program in 2016, and his second as the full-time Director of Operations. Berger previously spent two seasons on staff as a graduate assistant. Berger is directly involved in all off-field activities for the program including practice planning, travel, and video operations. Prior to coming to SIUE, Berger worked as the team manager for the Akron men's soccer program from 2009-2012. He assisted the Zips' coaching staff with training, equipment management, game day preparation and video analysis. During Berger's time with Akron, the Zips won the NCAA Championship in 2010 and finished as the NCAA Runner-Up in 2009. He graduated from Akron in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in sports management. He earned a master's in Kinesiology from SIUE in 2016. A native of Columbia Station, Ohio, Berger spent the 2012 season as an Assistant Varsity Coach at Columbia High School. He was named the Assistant Coach of the Year in Lorain County.

Giving up 4 goals in 13 minutes after leading 4-1...MAJOR collapse.

If you noticed, the writer said it was a small gripe. I would, however, prefer that it counted up. Soccer play by play is always in terms of what minute (total game) in which something happened. It's been done occasionally. They still stopped the clock at certain times per college rules. The sub rule is the biggest problem with developing players for the next level. College players who are not 90+ minutes fit can easily get overly inflated stats. I would continue to allow more subs in college than pros, but once a player is subbed out, they should not be allowed to re-enter. With the "bloated rosters", there are plenty of players available who could actually get more playing time.

http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/the-7-biggest-flaws-of-college-soccer-111816

Lest we not forget defeating IU November 28, 2010 in Akron in the round of 16 of that NCAA National Championship Season. http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2010-11/schedule or August 18, 2009 during the regular season at Akron as part of the 23 wins leading to the College Cup. http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/schedule

http://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/if-usmnt-fires-jurgen-klinsmann-here-are-the-top-candidates-to-replace-him/ ... 2. Caleb Porter ... Porter motivates his players and relates to them well, and he knows how to make proper changes mid-game to boost his team, especially in the attack. He guided the University of Akron to the national championship in 2010 and then took the Portland Timbers to the top of MLS in 2015. He's still coaching Portland and knows the game and the MLS-based players very well. He would be a darkhorse but he would be my pick. ... Mine, too.

“Playing on this campus and having one of the best fields in the country is absolutely an advantage for us, and we have the best fans in the country as well,” Najem said. “Having the opportunity for us seniors to play at least one more game on our field just means the world to me. Hopefully we can get that result and move onto the next round.”

Nevertheless, it is an NCAA Tournament match and deserves respect as such. Zips Mens Soccer's reputation, including sizable crowds, certainly helped to get Akron a home match this season. The UA Athletic Department owes it to this team to do everything possible to promote and encourage as large an attendance as possible. Zips Mens Basketball v American University is just another in a long tradition of cupcakes at the JAR .

Great job by our team that suffered numerous key injuries and losses this season. So happy for them that they dug deep and found their way to do as needed to win the MAC again and keep the NCAA Tourney appearance streak going. ?

http://www.nscaa.com/web/web/News/Articles/November_2016/Final_Fall_2016_NSCAA_College_Players_of_the_Week_Announced.aspx This is the final announcement of the NSCAA College Player of the Week for the 2016 Fall season. NCAA Division I Men's Winner Stuart Holthusen University of Akron Junior Forward Auckland, New Zealand

Great seeing Ritchie Layrea and Anthony Ampaipitakwong among alumni in the crowd last night supporting the Zips. We are so fortunate. Definitely will be rooting for Impact Montreal and GK Evan Bush v NYRB in MLS playoffs today. Also looking forward to seeing the USMNT roster announcement at 5:10 pm today for the matches this Friday in Columbus vs Mexico and the Nov 15th match in Costa Rica. #ZipsinthePros

Proud of this team for taking care of business tonight. Great senior night. Gotta take care of business next weekend now. Go Zips!

http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Match/Report/0,,10278~6044214,00.html ...DeAndre Yedlin played in Gouffran with a precise threaded pass, and the Frenchman made no mistake from eight yards, rifling beyond Amos to net his fourth goal of the season. ...

Also according to MAC website, the BGSU v Buffalo match is at BG. Another Zips fan told me it was at Buffalo, but I didn't verify. This is not good news.

WOW. Harvard has suspended its 2016 Men's Soccer Team currently ranked #15 in RPI at NCAA.com (http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi) http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/11/4/soccer-suspended-scouting-report-harvard/

The link I posted is to the game stats including play-by-play (p-b-p). Starters for OT1: For AKR: #1 LUNDT, Ben, #26 CORDEIRO, Manuel, #16 WIEDT, Shane, #11 LEWIS, Jonathan, #9 HOLTHUSEN, Stuart, #25 SOARES, Goncalo, #10 NAJEM, Adam, #3 HINDS, Nick, #4 DE VERA, Niko, #7 GAINFORD, Sam, #20 RUHAAK, Brad. No subs shown in OT1 p-b-p Starters for OT2: For AKR: #1 LUNDT, Ben, #10 NAJEM, Adam, #9 HOLTHUSEN, Stuart, #25 SOARES, Goncalo, #11 LEWIS, Jonathan, #7 GAINFORD, Sam, #4 DE VERA, Niko, #26 CORDEIRO, Manuel, #3 HINDS, Nick, #16 WIEDT, Shane, #20 RUHAAK, Brad. 102:47 AKR substitution: KAHSAY, Ezana for HINDS, Nick. No Belana in OT. From p-b-p, it appears Stuart played 45 min, 17 sec (59:01 - 104:18)

He didn't say saved "starters' legs". He made a large number of subs including one (Dener Dos Santos) who hasn't played at all this season. Also, which lead? When we gave up the first goal, all of this game's starters were in. When we gave up the 2nd goal, the only sub that we made from the lineup that scored our second goal was Nate Shultz for Goncalo Soares. Nate is usually a starter. I wouldn't say he was "bench". http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/boxscores/20161102_sjss.xml?view=plays

Grand Canyon currently sits at 151 RPI at NCAA.com (http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi)