anonymous hippo

You are correct... from the ncaa men's soccer handbook. the campus of one of the participating institutions. An evaluation will be made of institutional facilities to determine if they are acceptable for championship play. Selection of host sites will be based partly on the quality of the playing facility. A facility evaluation form will be made available on the NCAA website to the directors of athletics of all institutions and will be one of the tools used in making this determination. Institutions interested in hosting are to submit the form online by the indicated deadline. Institutions submitting proposed budgets for preliminary rounds must have played the majority of their home games at the site listed on the facility evaluation form. Institutions with inadequate playing surfaces (e.g., inadequate artificial surface, minimum dimensions, etc.) may request a waiver of the policy. Site Selection. The site selection criteria for the Division I men’s soccer championship are as follows (see Appendixes F and G): 60 percent Committee ranking 40 percent (1) Facility— Quality of field surface (60 percent) Evaluation of facility (30 percent) Game management (10 percent) So, basically the ncaa chooses. We'll see how that goes. Based upon this criteria, Akron has a GREAT chance of hosting this sweet 16 game (Defending Nat'l Champs!).

Do you think TONIGHT?!

I thought we got a helluva bracket. Easy drive to Charlotte straight down I-77 from Akron. Hope it's an early-afternoon game time if we have to play down there. I'd like to make the trip too, if it's at Charlotte, or Akron for that matter. (cross fingers for @ Akron!)

It's next Sunday and my source was pretty sure it would be in Akron the way things worked out tonight. Apologies.. SUNDAY. I truly hope we get one more HOME game this year.

It's official Akron v. Charlotte on Saturday.. Do we know it is for SURE at the Pouch?

ZIPS WIN.. WHEW!!

Darren could have iced it there with 1:30 left.. 1v1 with the goalie..

Yeah, this is a bit insane right now.

WTF?!?! PK... phantom PK?? 3-2

Way to jinx us. I take full responsibility.

uhh, 'stangs on the board.. 3-1

Keeping the clean sheet is big, sends a message to Charlotte that we are a PHYSICAL, "grind it out team"

I love seeing the Blue Flag waving in front of the camera, I wonder how many Zips fans are there representing.

MATTOCKS STRIKES AGAIN!

P S lol, that's about as enthusiastic as the "P S" is on gameday at home.

Ha, according to Gametracker, Schmitt came in for Quinn right before the foul, Also Holmes FK was 28yards out and a LASER! Let's Go ZIPS! Z I

Agreed, my best guess was Quinn.. Kinda looked like Schmitt too.

ROCKET SHOT FROM HOLMES!!! 2-0 ZIPS!!!

No, not even close, SMU might have 2 SOG

THANK YOU !

unbelievable. Louisville with the miracle at the end.

For everyone's halftime enjoyment http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82022216/

SO CLOSE.. Gezz with under 30 secondes left the Zips almost give up a cheap goal. Need to tighten it up back there!

Yeah it'd be the FROZEN tundra of Soccer in December.

SMU looks like a mediocre version of the Zips, they try to pass around (mimicking their style), but have zero precision and Akron's pressure is suffocating them.