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Noooooooooooooo!

TennZip has it right. Our biggest improvement over the last weeks of the season has been the growing effectiveness of our midfield. Ty has emerged as the leader of that group. He is very confident in tight spaces, the same as O'Rourke, but not as dangerous with his shot. He gets us out of trouble. Slowly and quietly Jack Roman has found his form. When he is going forward he is capable of beating the defender. He has topped thinking and now commits to quick action. Sullivan is not as dangerous offensively, but he is a great assist man. Sears may have regressed a bit, but only because he does not play as great of D as the rest of the mids. Of course the best of all is Dreas coming out of his offensive mid position. He is a good at stopping an attack and quickly starting the counter. Play like today and we will go deep.

Thank you! Thank you1 Thank you! MDZip for staying home. We all hope you don't attend another game. 😁

Matthew got screwed. He was clearly the best defender on the field regardless of who we played. He is an all-around player who is a beast on corners and close in set pieces.

You are not alone. I had us at 6-6 this season. Sadly the talent is there, except for maybe the defensive backfield.

This is noble of you and I believe nearly 100% of the following on this site support the players too. Yet there is the issue of playing crappy football, being under-prepared, being undisciplined and consistently poor coaching. Those issues are what cause loss of support of the program.

The split season plan was overwhelming supported by the best soccer playing conferences in the country - the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and CUSA. Just think if a change in football, such as a 24 team playoff, was supported by the powers in the CFP. It would happen no matter what, as it has. I believe that if the NCAA would listen to the coaches and AD's the sport would grow and make money eventually. Make the games meaningful. Capture the public's attention by competition in line with the academic year. Market the games. MLS is growing rapidly. Make college soccer a viable entry in the pros. There are great coaches in college soccer. Get out of their way and let them do what is best for the players and sport, which are not mutually exclusive. End of rant.

This an outstanding explanation of why soccer needs to adopt a split season approach if the college game is to grow. Sasha Cirovski presents a logical, feasible, financially responsible and athlete centered solution to the failings of the current season. Akron has had three games in 7-8 days almost every season. These point out the wear and tear taken on the players. The current setup cares nothing about that. A split season allows for one game a week, lots of development, lots of rest and rehab, and lots of time for academics. The biggest objections I have heard to this plan is games will be played in February and March. What isn't said is coaches in the north will schedule southern games for better weather or play later in the spring season. The season may be extended to give better weather dates too. This plan failed because the stupid, corrupt NCAA allowed 76 schools with no soccer to vote. That is like allowing Akron to vote on rodeo (yes, the NCAA does sponsor rodeo). The benefits of this plan to the players, game and future are invaluable.

Yes, a neutral site in Georgetown's backyard. They will have the home field advantage.

This relegates soccer to continue as a minor sport that cares little about the players health or academics. This proposal was overwhelmingly favored by the schools that took the game seriously.

Unfortunately too many. Those type of losses are now a habit.

You have way too much time on your hands my friend. Go Zips and Go Zips1991!

There is no logic to it. It was flat out stupid. Bad coaching. Bad football. Bad season. Andrew Goodrich, please find a way to make a change. This isn't working and one more year of this while waiting for his contract to end will kill the program, even if the current state of G5 football is tacked against us.

By all accounts Evan is a great guy. If he wants it I believe he would make a great coach one day, perhaps at his alma mater.

You've got to go. When you threaten any poster you should be banned.