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Fair criticism in my book, as I was a bit shocked by the award too. The team struggled mightily outside the conference. The early OOC may have messed with this team's confidence looking back at it.

Thanks for the excellent analysis. Good point about the struggles in 2018 before the tourney run. Also, I agree about Egbo needing to step up the maturity.

I always enjoy the comments and positive overall vibe of this UA soccer forum. However, I'm a bit mystified by the lack of discussion on one topic: What the hell happened this season??? I attended a number of games and watched a couple of streams, but it was pretty apparent that this team didn't have it this year. It looked like we were turning the corner a bit (MAC record), but then the tournament was more of the same. I don't count myself among the experts on this board, so I need some help here. Bad team chemistry? Lack of player leadership? Were we lacking players in certain positions? Are we lacking the "one and done" star recruits of the past? Did Harter mean that much to this team? To start the year so highly ranked and finish with such a poor record and finish, were we grossly overrated? I admit that I did not see the level of talent depth that many on this board saw. I kept waiting for Coach to simply insert a guy off the bench and we would magically play better ball. It didn't happen. Watching Zip soccer has been a really enjoyable experience for many years, but the 2019 team did not perform. Why?

Attendance will not break 1k unless you count each buttcheek as one.

If they moved kickoff to 1pm and cancelled class for all students, would there be enough attendees to fill one section at the Info?

New announcer matched the Zips in quality last night = With some adjustments, both will be fine. I'm pumped for some Zips bball!!

WOW, WOW, WOW

3-2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-2!!!

2-1 with 8 min to go

2-0 Huskies on PK...shots 20-4 and corners 11-1 at this point...unreal.

1-0 Huskies on their ONLY corner kick of the game...unbelievable.

Halftime: Statistically dominating the Huskies, but ZERO goals.

For a school dripping in red ink, I was a bit surprised by the high quality of the ticket package. Thick card stock, high gloss, spiral bound, perferated, and die cut (parking passes). How much did that cost?? And my GA ticket is only $60! BTW, already used my City BBQ coupon from the package. EXCELLENT BBQ!!

Haters gonna hate. Your next positive post will be your first.

Agreed. We have four more games of this sh$tshow and Arth is going to coach them. On the plus side, I like Arth as the person and he doesn't wear his laminated play call sheet inside his pants.

Four games left, with three on weekdays. UGGGGHH...

Truth. Listening to Frenchy in these blowouts is worth it though.

Great win by the Zips. We are really gaining some nice momentum playing our brand of soccer and finally putting the ball in the back of the net.

I was taking the same approach, but it is getting really tough to be optimistic looking forward. Hard to find any silver linings in this mess of a football team.

The "crowd" in the background is nothing short of an embarassment. SMH.

Labas has three offers according to this Tweet: UA, BG, and Toledo. Unfortunately, it looks like the big schools are circling. https://twitter.com/BillBankGreene/status/1182331663428268034?s=20

The Egbo goal was unreal. He worked the defender and hit a laser beam top shelf.

I'm no GT fan, but he nailed it with this column. It's too early to pass judgement on the current staff. The Ianello era zapped the good will and patience of most Zips fans, but Arth is a different guy. More telling: Does the team show any significant improvement at the END of the season?

Question: Say we learn to defend a critical cornerkick overnight. Can we still host the MAC tourney if we run the league table?