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This is the best I can find for Koroma NLI: http://www.dallasjuventus.com/news.aspx

I disagree. Darren Mattocks was a "late" addition...more, please.

I read similar accounts in Steve's blog, but thanks for posting this. I'm hoping somehow, some way, Steve will be able to be on the field by May 23rd. I don't know how I'm going to get a ticket, but I arrive in Seattle that day to begin an Alaska cruise on the 25th. The Sounders just happen to be home to play the Columbus Crew on the night of May 23rd. Even if Steve isn't playing, I don't want to pass up the opportunity to experience a Sounders home game.

Ted Curtis hasn't retired to my knowledge. He was sitting behind the Akron bench at the Toledo game Wednesday night. I also saw him in the audeince on the video of the Tressel press conference today.

Interesting Chase Blackburn article, NY Post today http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/supe...6JbeaTmLD3PyaRI

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Here we go again. Whoa is me, Northeast Ohio sports. Winning has to begin somewhere. We've finally hired a head football coach who knows the game and brings a winning tradition with him. Be optimistic. Jump on the "bandwagon" and help him out. Yeah, it could possibly be a slow start given from where he has to build, but I believe he'll do it and we'll all be discussing how to get to Mobile or Boise in the near future. Stop dissing our soccer success when someone brings it up. Even if you don't like the game, you have to respect Coach Porter for the attitude that he brought to Akron...It CAN be done at Akron. This is Akron. We Akron alumni and long-time fans need to give up the apathy/pessimism and do our part and be proud like Caleb Porter, Keith Dambrot, Dr. Proenza, Terry Bowden, ... GO ZIPS!

Good summary...I agree.

"All the coaches are great people," Pratt said. "I definitely think they know what they are doing and they are going to turn around the program. I want to be part of that turnaround." "After I made my highlight tape, I sent it out and Akron got back to me," Pratt said. "I visited last weekend and pretty much fell in love with the place. With all the facilities and everything, you can't get much better than that. I went and watched Akron beat K.e.n.t State [in a men's basketball game], which was a lot of fun." Nice

Try http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7505578 (I see the "Heisman pose" Zippy bobblehead in front of Golic's laptop. EDIT: At about 00:06, I see the other Zippy to "Greeney's far right".)

Probably an error, like misspelling Souders.

I guess this is all personal taste, but I don't like the dark grey. I actually prefer the light grey the Zips chose this season. However, I'd like to see a similarly lightened gold version (not yellow...I hate that).

Did you notice they have Andrew Souders listed as Andrew Sounders?

In typical, UA Athletic Dept fashion, the parking information is not clear. The term "general lot" is nowhere to be found on the Football Gameday Central parking map. If they're referring to the $5 public parking lots, then why don't they use that reference or change the parking map to use the "general lot" term?

US U23s in Costa Rica Jurgen Klinsmann talks to the U23s in Carson

I like that uniform that McClanahan is wearing. Didn't the Zips wear those for the FAMU game? I'd think a "light" gold version would make a nice alternate uniform rather than the "silver" or gray.

I'm with you. Did you see that Teal played for both the U23s (1st half) and the USMNT (2nd half) in a 1-1 scrimmage draw yesterday (January 17, 2012)? U23s hold senior team to 1-1 draw Edit: Another article on USSoccer.com prior to the first scrimmage with the senior team. Caleb Porter Pursues Continuity Within U.S. U-23 MNT Field Edit 2: Listening to Porter in that interview following the 1-1 draw with the USMNT, I realize Caleb's coaching the U23s is not only awesome from the perspective of the additional prestige it brings to our Head Coach and UA in the "soccer world", but also from the perspective of the learning experience it provides our head coach to work with Jurgen and the other coaches in the US Soccer system.

Although I agree with much of your sentiment, if I don't support the Crew, then I don't have close access to our professional Zips Soccer players. Also, the Crew Academy has provided us Chad Barson, Thomas Schmitt, Eric Stevenson, Will Trapp, and Ben Speas. (I apologize if I left anyone out.) EDIT: To keep this on topic, I hope Luke gets an invite to try out for an MLS club. I wish the Crew would give him a chance.

The Crew's colors don't go over too well with a lot of fans in Ohio, either. I attend matches at Crew Stadium for the sole purpose of supporting our former Zips. I've always cheered against the Crew in the past since they had no players with connections to Akron. With Ben on the team, that changes somewhat. I will still continue my support of the professional, former Akron players. My support depends upon who is on the pitch.

Not sure if this was already posted. This seemed like a good place to put it. Teal Bunbury on Soccer Today (ESPN Dallas) January 14, 2011 Teal's interview starts around 11 minutes in. EDIT: By the way, I'll try to join the group at Manny's Saturday night. U-S-A!

Zen, I believe you meant JD as in JD Brookhart. As far as TW's mistake in hiring RI, I think it's time to put it behind us. What good does it do to keep bringing it up on this forum? If TW makes another significant mistake (hopefully not), then all of these things could be used to move in a different direction. But, at this time, things seem to be going well for the Zips. As the old adage goes, Don't Worry...Be Happy.

Draft Analysis on MLSSoccer.com Montreal Impact (4) – The Impact came into the draft lacking one thing: speed up top. They came out of the draft lacking one thing: speed up top. Andrew Wenger could possibly be a guy you build a defense around, but nobody’s really sure what his best spot is. That could mean he’s the next Geoff Cameron, but it could also mean he’s the next Blake Camp. And Calum Mallace could provide nice depth at defensive midfielder, but will he really get off the bench? Vancouver Whitecaps (9) – Consensus was that Darren Mattocks was the most exciting draft prospect since Steve Zakuani. And he fell right into Martin Rennie’s lap, giving the Scotsman a perfect fit for the right side of the 4-3-3. Versatile fullback Chris Estridge makes this a transformative draft for the ‘Caps.

Channel 3 ended their 6 pm news broadcast with the story of Darren Mattocks being drafted today. They had a nice graphic with Darren's accomplishments over the past 2 seasons including his 39 goals and repeated several times that he went #2 overall. They also had a clip of his interview at the draft, gave accolades to UA Soccer and then joked about measuring snow tonight using a vuvuzela. It was an excellent story and not just a mere mention. Thanks Jim Donovan and WKYC!

Video is blurry, but I believe Ben was wearing his Zips' National Championship ring...nice.

I've told them that every time they've called me trying to sell tickets.