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  1. Meves – 6 - Why is he consistently outkicked by counterpart (punts and GKs)?Yedlin – 7 - superb except in his passing.Gallego – 5 - What is up with this young man? He has lost his way.Barson – 7 - Mr. Consistency.Mayer – 6 – erratic but talentedBrenes – 4 - tentativeTrapp – 7 - anchor in the middle of the pitchCaldwell – 7 – Scotty on the spot.Quinn - 5 - looked tiredStevenson – 7 – good and improvingBarrett – 3 - He looks only for through ball, never to post up. How many offsides?Schmidt – 7 – spark of the benchBalogun – 7 – solid - Does he start for the rest of season?Portillos – 5 – valuable off the bench but not yet at his best
  2. I too look for Holmes in the withdrawn F role, which is essentially what everyone is trying to find a different way to say.Incidentally, Yedlin played a whale of a match Sunday.
  3. Is Balogun injured? I did not notice during the match, but after viewing the recorded broadcast, I wonder if Brenes will start vs. CalPoly.Also, I wonder who will start at Forward with Mattocks serving a minimum (and well deserved) one game suspension.I would rather a look at Chiu than see Schmidt start.
  4. Sounds like the "host" is trying to make amends for referring to the AK-Rowdies by some other name a year ago -- what was it? He's a good guy, though, so humor him! I remember the soccer games were played between the HS band show and the football pre-game during Acme-Zip Saturdays -- however I never witnessed one as they always came about 3-4 hrs before the football game. Not sure how many folks were present -- but probably more than the 500 or so who watched at Lee Jackson in the day. I hope I can get off work at 1 o'clock to watch Friday. Go Zips!Z.I.P.,If what you are saying is accurate, then there probably were not so many people watching the Soccer matches several hours before the Football games. It certainly seemed like a huge crowd to me at the time. Memory is often distorted when recalling from age 11. Regardless, I am positive that I saw many of the Soccer matches. My father made that happen. We would generally arrive before half time of the Soccer, eat after the match, watch warm ups and first half of Football. There were sometimes fireworks, I think at half time of Football.
  5. My earliest exposure to Zips Soccer was in the Rubber Bowl circa 1976. Old timers remember that Soccer matches were played directly before Football games. The ACME Zips game at the beginning of the Fall seasons used to be a hunormous local draw. Consequently, sellout crowds were introduced to Zips Soccer.George Nanchoff is still the best Offensive MF I have seen play for the Zips. He was unstoppable! Off the dribble, long pass, short pass; he could do it all. George was just as technical and creative as his son is, but superior to his son athletically (sorry, Mikey). George had good straight on speed and was strong on the ball.
  6. Gallego under red card suspension?Mayer still injured?Dagilis at CB? Way to go Matty!
  7. Very sad tidings!Shaun was an excellent player, one of the best Zips ever.
  8. Adam,Consider this incident part of your education. We the Faithful accept your apology; time to move on.Give a Zips' shout out to both Coach Giffard and Yoram Mwila.If ever in the NEO, stop in to catch a soccer match. You will not be disappointed.
  9. No doubt that Zakuani should have won the Hermann. The Zips just didn't get enough credit at the time. I think we were still considered to be in a weak conference (still true) without much regard to our out-of-conference schedule. The Sounders taking Steve #1, followed by the Zips' outstanding performance in 2009 finally got everyone on board that Akron Soccer is the real deal.Where others fault the writers for not checking facts, I credit them for recognizing Zakuani was the true best mens' collegiate soccer player in 2008. (In fact, who won the Hermann for 2008? I don't remember.)Marcus Tracy from Wake Forest. Not a bad player at all, but Zak11 was better.Regardless, a journalist should get his facts straight.
  10. I actually saw loads of raw talent in 2009, and I was sad to see Mwila leave for VCU. He sure could be starting on this current team right now, though probably not last year.
  11. That is a good comparison. In 2008, Zakuani was to NCAA soccer as Henry was to the EPL in 2004. Both were playmaking Forwards equally capable of passing or beating to goal. They even both preferred starting from the left side with the ball.
  12. My question would be....would you really want to add to the negative stigma of soccer in American as an insignificant Euro-sport? As I've run around bragging about Akron being national champs in soccer since December, this is normally the response I get from people outside of the Akron soccer community. Wouldn't european flags just add fuel to that fire, and place a major obstacle in front of our efforts to make the sport, especially at the college level, more appealing to American sports fans?Let's all give Skip-Zip a break. He thinks the term "Becks" refers to a TV actor bloviating in front of a blackboard, rather than an over-the-hill Chelsea footballer. Not the best example, but it does give an idea of what futbol is up against in the USA. The Univ of Hawaii men's volleyball team normally has players from several differrent counties, and fans bring flags from all the counties to wave. I once brought a flag to wave for a Serbian. Ended up getting in trouble that way -- seems they had sold me the flag of Yugoslavia, pre-1990. That'll teach me. It always pays to do your homework.
  13. We're definitely going to have to grab a Puerto Rican flag next season with Abreu and 'Melo. Zach, please expound. Who are these guys?
  14. Bravo AkronZip54321! As a very long time player, at not quite a high level, I agree with everything you say in your long-winded post. You have the eventual lineup nailed, and your analysis on its functionality is dead on target. I would call Porter’s system a 4-2-2-1-1. And yes, it is exactly what we had 2007-2009. I have two points: 1) Yes, I too believe Holmes would have started the previous two years, likely displacing a very good player. Holmes is that good; just you wait and see. Personally, I think Holmes would play best as replacing Ampai in the hole, but we really do not have another proven F. Barett and Chiu may mature quickly. I assumed that this is where Speas would have fit; his mysterious departure continues to irk me. 2) Present formation accentuates the real and irreplaceable value of Perry Kitchen. He operated the holding MF all by himself, thereby enabling a formation of 4-1-3-1-1, with one more in attacking MF. Trapp and Balogun are much more like Gavin and Zemanski, respectively. I genuinely hope that this will not be the reason 2010 will be our only championship. Your post makes me wonder who you really are………..
  15. An interesting discussion….. I see your point, skip-zip. True, the sport is rooted in Europe, and some of our players are foreign born. But our identity and style, though arguably derivative (Barcelona), are American, and unequivocally Akron. Flying foreign flags serves no purpose. We are not the United Nations. Would you propose the same for Basketball or Baseball? I believe we have foreign bred players on those teams as well. Please do not interpret my sentiment as xenophobic or jingoistic. I simply am confused at the notion of other county’s flag flying here. I doubt a European university (name one) would fly a US flag just because one of the Basketball players is from Ohio.
  16. I wondered about Mayer as well. He was kicking ball around with other subs at half time of CSUN game and appeared to be OK. Porter is still probably experimenting with the starting XI. I thought for sure that Mayer had the starting LB spot, but maybe it's still up in the air between him and Stevenson? As for Portillos, I'm pretty sure it's just a thing of figuring out that spot. That's the one position that I figured would be up in the air more so than the other ones. I'm glad to see Tommy start because he really does seem to be a hard worker who puts 110% on the field. I am predicting though that when Luke Holmes returns he will probably be fighting for that spot as well. Based on what has transpired so far, I would bet heavily on Holmes starting when available. Where and in place of whom are the questions. Zips are having trouble linking in the final third. Holmes is a perfect remedy to that. I too am troubled by Mayer's absence and sporadic playing time. Mayer seems much better fit than Stevenson at LB. I think Portillos was always going to be the utility guy, much as Speas was the previous two seasons. The one I am really wondering about is Brenes. Seems we could have used some of his nastiness vs. Fullerton.
  17. Looks like it. Schmitt started again too though, so I'm sure that will make up for it. Mayer looked good vs. Cleveland State. Maybe he is injured?
  18. I agree. Ashley Cole was the first of this breed, to my knowledge anyway, especially when with Arsenal. Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) was the first of this breed 15 years ago. Right On! How could I have forgotten him!?! How long did that dude play professionally? 20 years?
  19. Let the officals do what they will, and then adjust to the officials. Akron failed to adjust to the officials. When they ain't calling it, meet thugery with greater thugery! The beautiful game be damned! "He sends one of yours to the hospital; you send one of his to the morgue." Frankly, it is very difficult for a predominantly finesse team to win a championship, regardless of the sport. We sorta pulled it off last year. It will not likely happen that way again. Bitching about officials is exceedingly weak. pardon me for adding my 2 cents I was not bitching about the refs, I was just commenting on what refs in America are taught to allow. It's opions such as yours that will distroy the game in America I sincerely welcome your two cents, taxguy. In fact, I love it. No insult is intended. I merely want to reinforce the fact that physicality, even brutality, is and always has been a part of this sport. Football is a very old sport, older even than our Baseball. Despite efforts to “clean it up,” there are intrinsic elements to the game that will never leave, unwritten codes, if you will. Americans are historically soft in this regard. I want Our Zips to realize this and be able to prevent less talented squads from taking us from our attractive soccer, and stealing a draw. Fullerton did exactly what I would do facing a superior opponent. In short, I want Our Zips to learn how to win ugly, if need be. Let’s hope they learn from this minor setback. Perhaps the officiating stunk last night. I did not see the game, only listened. But I suspect some of our young boys were not mentally prepared to be bullied about the pitch. At some point, if the ref is not controlling the match, one must take matters into one’s own hands. I suggest that someone from Akron should have earned a yellow, just to send a message. I do not prefer that style of play, but I am intimately aware that it is sometimes exactly what is required. Our Zips are sure to see more of the same this year. You can count on it. What do think Hartwick is going be like? Does anyone out there remember Caleb Porter as a player? That dude was downright nasty. Thanks for the retort. I invite you to have the last word, if you like.
  20. I agree. Ashley Cole was the first of this breed, to my knowledge anyway, especially when with Arsenal.
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