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Austin Bold visits Pittsburgh Riverhounds June 6, 2021. https://www.riverhounds.com/game-schedule

Just a reminder about this ... https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/21ZIPS Many thanks to all who continue to do what they can to support our Akron Men's Soccer Program and student-athletes, be it through donations, attending games, etc.

Kudos to the Zips for hanging in to the very end.

Final

@bigzipguy I did. I can't realistically see that happening given current RPI, limited number of teams in the tournament, and not enough games to establish a resume for it. For anyone wondering about goal differential, this is what I came up with as far as current goal differential in MAC games played. Please feel free to check my numbers. If the Zips win and Falcons lose on Sunday, we would be no worse than tied on goal differential in conference games since a team obviously cannot win or lose by less than 1 goal.

My post shows what is mathematically possible without any reference to likelihood. It's been a rough season, with much happening outside of the team's control. Those who were available to play last night didn't show any signs of giving up. So, I'll just say ... GO ZIPS!, hope we get some players back on Sunday, and take care of our part of the equation.

https://gozips.com/news/2021/4/14/mens-soccer-akron-and-western-michigan-battle-to-a-0-0-double-ot-draw.aspx Senior GK Will Meyer (Solon, Ohio) was stellar in net for the Zips recording three saves, and numerous punch-outs in the box to thwart shot attempts by the Broncos. Isaac Walker pulled in four stops for Western Michigan. "It is an opportunity lost when you look at the standings," Embick said. "It's a tremendous effort. When you look at our situation with four subs and a lot of them are guys that don't play a lot. They're guys that are here for the future. They had to play a lot of minutes and they're not fully fit. It was a lot of heart. I don't want to call it an opportunity lost because I know where we're at. I want to praise the determination and the effort to try to get the win."

On Sunday, if UA, NIU, and SIUE win...

Agreed. Will Meyer had an outstanding game and deserves to be mentioned by name.

https://sondasports.com/blog/soccer-tracker-improve-your-teams-performance/ ...There are several types of soccer trackers. One of the first to be introduced were cameras with an optical sensor. They were responsible for following a player throughout the game to record his basic statistics. Not only did they mark his route and the “heat zone”, but they were also able to recognize tackles, shots at goal, passes, etc. ... ...Today, most GPS soccer tracking systems include a GPS tracker, Heart Rate Monitor, and an application gathering and combining the measured data. The information we gather using such systems can be divided into three important sections. The first includes biological data, consisting of internal factors such as the heart rate, oxygen and fatigue, as well as measurements of values such as lactic acid and others. These measurements can be performed for example, by tracking the High Metabolic Distance using GPS soccer trackers. ...

Agreed @fknbuflobo ... I loved Will Jackson's play at left back. Nate Metsack stepped up at right back. Lots of work to be done but what a team effort.

Colin Biros was instrumental. CK serve led to Carlo Ritaccio Goal 25 yd rocket to score (set up by a fantastic run down the left side by Jason Shokalook) Free kick serve to Shookalook in the penalty area started the sequence that led to the golden goal

Incredible win!!! I'm very proud of this team. Great posts @TennZip. GO ZIPS!!!

Welcome, and as Blue & Gold said, please stick around! 3 of the last 4 games are scheduled on ESPN+. Also, when MLS and USL start playing, you can see some of Zips Men's Soccer's professional alumni. When MLS Direct Kick went away, MLS games moved to ESPN+ which made the ESPN+ subscription so much more worth the money.

Jonathan Lewis started for US U23s today...

Great win on the road yesterday for our Zips. Most impressive given the travel home from NIU, presumably Sunday night, a day at home and then travel to Edwardsville on Tuesday with the match at 1 pm local Wednesday afternoon...iron man soccer. Kudos to the players, coaches, and training staff for that quick turnaround and positive result. Seems like the players took ownership of the previous result, and showed it yesterday. Keep it going Zips!!! 👊

I’m not so sure about that. As I recall, the MAC uses tiebreakers that are not the usual soccer tie breakers.

For the whole team, I hope. The coaches need to figure out the best players for the positions, and the players have to perform during all of their minutes in those positions. I don't think we've seen either, yet. It will help to have Pol Hernandez back.

Yep.

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2020/10/12/general-mac-announces-fall-sports-operational-plan.aspx "Men’s Soccer To compete in 10 conference matches in a double round robin format over a seven-week period between March 7th and April 18th. The regular season champion will receive the Conference automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament. Matches will be played on Wednesday/Sunday "

https://www.massivereport.com/2021/3/9/22321915/columbus-crew-announce-staff-additions-for-2021 ...Gavin comes to the Crew from the USL Championship. The Black & Gold’s new video analyst was the assistant coach for Phoenix Rising FC the last three years in USL. He is also a former MLS player from 2010-17 where he made appearances for Chivas USA, the Seattle Sounders and the New England Revolution. Gavin played college soccer for Akron under current Crew head coach Caleb Porter. ...