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Such a sad day. Thoughts and prayers are with his family.

@Station14, you are correct. In soccer, they go by points. 4-1 Zips would have 12 points. 3-0-2 WMU would have 11 points. Zips would host MAC Tourney in that scenario. Of course this scenario also assumes we don't pee our shorts vs Northern Illinois or Buffalo. It sucks that we no longer control our own destiny and have to rely on BG or WVU for help. Ask the Portland Timbers how great it was to win their game Saturday only to have Vancouver also win and take the last playoff spot. @SwitchIt: Sparks flying in the film session is not as impactful as standing on the field immediately following a loss in front of fans, friends and family and not being able to go enjoy your evening with your girl for comfort right away. There needs to be some fear of losing for motivation. Even without colorful language, I'm sure "the circle" is something the players would be motivated to avoid. As far as missing Richie, this is not the beginning of the season. These guys better darn well know by now how to step it up to fill in for 1 guy no matter what position against a crap team like WMU. This is D1 NCAA soccer, not pre-teen academy. I'm not as upset by the mistake of giving up the goal as I am by how much of the game was played in front of our own goal/on our half of the field and that we had no shots on goal until around the 80th minute. Totally unacceptable. Also unacceptable that Jake seemed to be the only player directing anything. Where the heck were our captains and upper class players? That should have been corrected at half time. The HC can't be the players buddy. That's for assistants. The HC needs to call out his players and remind his captains and upper classmen they have a responsibilty to lead.

“We were outplayed and I think they deserved the result,” Embick said. Coach, we were outplayed because our players didn't show up. It's time to start calling them out. You don't play for Akron and not give a crap. How can you stand on the sideline and not get in their faces? These guys need to learn that if you don't show up ready to play at your best, there are consequences. Standing on the field for however long it takes after the game to go through every poopy pass, mistake, lazy play, etc. each player made and how they won't play like that again, running sprints after the game, being called out in front of teammates for laziness/poor attitude/stupidity, etc. One missing starter should not result in a loss, at home, to crappy WMU. This is unacceptable.

Every one of our players should be embarrassed about tonight's game. I saw no heart / desire to win. It's one thing to lose to a better team, but WMU sucks. To let them win on our field, ugh If my team can't bother to show up, I don't know why I bother. I don't miss home games, happily getting there an hour before kickoff to show how much I care about and support them. I have plans to go to Northern Illinois, but if tonight"s performance reflects how much our players care, then why should I make that long trip? What's with all the backward passing and screwing around in front of our own goal. A bunch of wusses who are afraid to pass the ball forward? I don't get it. How many times do they have to be punished before they realize how stupid that is to be so timid. There's a time to pass backwards, but they're doing it way too often. I accepted this team is young, but that only goes so far. The talent is there; they've been playing together for sometime now and have shown how good they can be. Their testicles have dropped. It's time to stop being afraid and assert themselves. This is Akron. It's totally unacceptable to step on Cub Cadet Field and not give a crap. Jared needs to start holding everyone of them accountable. They should not have been allowed to leave that field so quickly after that lack of performance.

As I suspected, Notre Dame didn't deserve to jump from #11 to #1.

Seems incredible to move all the way from #11 to #1 [Notre Dame] by defeating Northwestern & Duke. http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3678/NCAADivisionI/men/Poll8

Columbus Crew's Wil Trapp admits to getting "goosebumps" when hearing praise from Thierry Henry ...“It’s a great honor to hear that from one of the greatest players to ever play the game,” he said. “To single me out for a game I played, it’s pretty awesome. Obviously, it makes you feel good. But so many guys played well; everyone played well. It’s not even fair to single out one player.” ...“He’s obviously a great student of the game, and when he speaks you should listen because he has a great understanding of the game,” Trapp said. ...“You get goosebumps,” he said. “To hear one of your role models and idols growing up say that about you is fantastic.”

High praise for Wil from Thierry Henry after the Crew defeated the NY Red Bulls yesterday. “Wil Trapp was outstanding today,” Henry said. “I know (Federico) Higuain usually gets all the (credit), their striker will get (some too) I’m sure because he scored two goals, and (Ethan) Finlay wasn’t bad either, but Wil Trapp is the key of that team. “Today, he was giving the tempo of the team, bringing the ball out from the back, Higuain doesn’t have to drop and get the ball, he will get it in a good position because Wil Trapp does his job. Difficult to stop. He has, hopefully for him, a good future. As Americans, you should be happy. “Today I thought he was the difference.”

Clint did an awesome job stabilizing the defense. Kudos to the team for maintaining composure and coming back in the face of adversity. Also, a huge THANK YOU to Jesse Garcia-Aguilar for preserving the 3-2 lead/win with that clearance in goal with about 1:15 to go in the match.

If no profanity or threatening type argument occurred, there should have been no ejection. From your description, I really don't know enough about what occurred to take sides. As far as the chants, the match last night was streamed nationally. The university has a right to tell the Rowdies which chants cannot be sung to maintain a good image. It's no different than the announcement they make that any fan can be removed for using profanity or threatening language. The Rowdies are awesome...great support of our team last night and throughout this season. I'm not a university official, but I am an alumnus and fan. Please understand the Rowdies represent us all, and they do it well. Have fun, but realize that there has to be some restraint to ensure our image is properly projected.

I believe Andrew will return for the Western Michigan game. It's nice the Zips have 8 days until their next match, and the next 2 are still at home.

Thanks (but no guarantee for short term). Perhaps I can put away my pitchfork; perhaps not. EDIT: BTW, note they are discussing sharing a training facility, not Crew Stadium. My only argument is and has always been not to use FES-CCF.

Nice. However, I'll still be monitoring this. While the Crew and Browns may have long term plans, I don't see this precluding the Browns from coming to UA for a short term stint if UA were interested. (Until I definitively hear there is no chance, I won't give up the mantra that I have no problem with the Browns coming to UA, even for a short while, but DON"T practice in FES-CCF.) Along with the unveiling of the #NewCrew, Anthony Precourt confirmed Columbus Crew SC and the Cleveland Browns have had talks regarding sharing a training facility. Crew SC are in need of a new training facility to continue the push towards becoming a world class club, and the Browns are in search of some new digs for training camp. That’s enough common ground to finding a solution that would benefit both sides. Back in September, Tom Reed wrote of the possibility that the Browns may head down I-71 as a possible site for training camp, and Precourt’s comments at the #NewCrew launch event confirmed that discussions between Crew SC and the Browns are ongoing. Reed wrote back in September of the battleground for NFL franchises that Central Ohio has become with the Browns, Bengals, Colts, Lions, and Steelers all within a reasonable drive of Columbus. Moving training camp to Columbus would give the Browns an inroad to an emerging metropolitan area that is diversifying in its NFL fanhood. “The Browns are talking to a lot of people and we’re certainly having conversations,” he said. “We want to have conversations with everyone. I don’t know where it’s going yet, but yeah, we’re having conversations.” As someone with family and friends in Columbus, who feels a connection to both the state’s capital and the C-L-E, the idea of meshing together sports franchises is mouth wateringly appetizing. Imagine sending the Cavaliers to play five home games a year at Nationwide Arena and the Blue Jackets coming up north to play five home games at Quicken Loans Arena. All of those games are for sure sellouts. Who doesn’t win in that situation?

Soccer is one sport in which The University of Akron competes well with all D1 foes. That is the reason why I feel so strongly that the university should not take a chance on letting any other sport utilize FES-CCF. Find other options but don't unduly risk damaging a very successful program. BTW, attendance was good, especially given the weather forecast. It's fun to watch our Zips beat the B1G.

I know the score differential wasn't as large, but the 2-1 win over Michigan in the 2010 College Cup semifinal on the way to the National Championship was huge! EDIT: If I remember correctly, this was in the same season as the 7-1 win. Not bad, 9-2 total vs UM that season.

Marketing SUCKS worse than Can't State. At least Can't State exists (for whatever reason the world will never know), but UA athletics marketing became extinct 2 or 3 AD's ago.

Dillon Serna with U-23 MNT in Brasilia for match tomorrow night, October 13th.

USA vs Ecuador player grades from ESPNFC M DeAndre Yedlin, 8.5 -- The best U.S. player all night. Provided the assist on Mix Diskerud's goal, and was active and clever going forward, which he did often from his right midfield spot. Defensively sound, too. DeAndre will also be with the USMNT vs Honduras Tuesday night October 14th.

Perhaps. While it is not a scenario that I would promote, it is possible to win the MAC Tournament without hosting it. EDIT: BGSU is about 140 miles from Akron. Is anyone going? Unfortunately, I cannot this year as I have a family commitment that evening. I sure was happy to be there in 2010 rather than watching iCoach kick off at the beginning of both halves and go on to lose to FCS powerhouse Gardner Webb.

Zips made a costly mistake and couldn't find the equalizer. Richie was 1 on 1 with the Sparty GK in the penalty area and couldn't get the ball over the keeper's foot. Best opportunity. Should have scored on that one, but there were others. One of those games where the Zips just couldn't finish. Time to forget and move on. Conference play, which is crucial, starts Saturday.

If I read the article correctly, his complaint is that they left early. Not that they didn't show up. Perhaps they were cold, tired, tipsy, etc. and figured the game was in hand...so they left. I'd be happy if our student section was filled for 3 quarters. I don't blame anyone for being too cold and tired after sitting out there for a time, especially if the game started at 8 pm.

Interesting perspective. Yet, in another thread, you got all p.o.'d about my going off on the Cleveland Browns. NFL (Nab the Fans Loot) billionaire owners and millionaire players who take great care of their fans, shaking them down weekly. It will be interesting to see if attendance figures change with the FCC ending the blackout rules.

Gotta go down to Cincinnati and bring back one of these.

At least they had a crowd of students early in the game. Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and a few Spartans players said they noticed the evaporating crowd during the fourth quarter. The noise decreased, they said, during Nebraska's late comeback bid.

Courtesy flush removed iCoach at the end of the 2011 season. However, a single flush wasn't powerful enough to pull down the top of the dung pile with it. He's switched to the fabreeze that someone else handed him to cover himself ever since.