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  1. NCAA Tournament

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

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    Wow.  You guys really are new to this.  No Big Deal.  There are fewer rules in soccer than in other sports. 

     

    Any infraction in one's own Penalty Area will result in a Penalty Kick by the opposition from the "spot" 12 yards from goal.  PK is the vernacular.  Our guy kicked their guy in the face, while both were in the Penalty Area.  That is (understandably) a foul.  Colin Biros did not connect much, but it was enough.  I have seen exponentially much worse, some really gruesome stuff.  And that kind of stuff is what we all want to avoid.  Ref could have let this one go, but he didn't.  By the letter of the law, it was the correct call for the Ref to make.

     

    BTW, dimensions on Penalty Area, Goal Area, Center Circle and actual Goal are some of the only things that have rigorously standardized dimensions.  Field length and width have a general range.  Wikpedia is all over this one.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_area

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  3. NCAA Tournament

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

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    Congratulations Maryland Terrapins! 2018 NCAA National Champions!

     

    The better team won tonight, which is not always the case in this sport.  I would still much rather win undeservedly than to lose while deserving victory.  Let's be clear on that point.  But Terps were the better side, if not by much. 

     

    The most important tactic on the night is how Maryland anticipated Akron's passing lanes so uncannily in the middle third.  They successfully clogged our possession game.  I guess that should be attributed to Coach Sasho Cirovski, who has seen a thing or two in NCAA Soccer.

     

    Both PKs awarded were good calls.  Colin Biros needs to run through that ball, carrying it on his chest out of the box.  Ben Lundt needs to get his hands on that ball as he goes to ground, not try to play it with his feet.  Tough breaks, but fair calls.

     

    I would argue with the straight red card to Carlo Ritaccio.  It was definitely a foul.  No doubt the referee's interpretation is that the offensive player had a clear path to goal, and that Ritaccio was last line of defense.  That is how the rule reads.  I have not the heart to quote chapter and verse right now.  Somebody else look it up in the NCAA rule book.  I think Ritaccio just as easily could have instead received a yellow card there.

     

    I am tremendously proud of our Staff and of our Players.  No one in this program should hang their head for more than 24 hours.  Spring ball will be here sooner than we think.  And 2019 may be an even better season.  Go Zips!

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  6. NCAA Tournament

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

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    45 minutes ago, ZipsVoice said:

    I envy you guys and gals out there, but someone has to stay here and keep the bar open at the JAR Watch party!  B)

     

    I can't believe the excitement level I'm feeling with just 3 plus hours left.  In 2010 it was excruciating nerves, but tonight it just seems like excitement....not over-confidence.  I just feel good about the level these guys have been at ever since the power-outage match didn't happen.  It's been so positive, so disciplined, so....Zips!  Fknbuflobo and I will be sat the JAR (won't we?) and I just watched the Browns win a big one, so bring it home, Boys, and bring it home ZN posters....we'll be waiting when you return, with the Cup!

    Yes.  We will be there.

  8. NCAA Tournament

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

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    On ‎12‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 9:16 AM, NWAkron said:

    Very new to this soccer thing but my observation: this is what a culture and tradition gets a team and a school.   Like the Dukes and Gonzagas in BB, when the Zips are in the tourney the magic happens and can never be counted out even if the regular season was nothing special.   A culture like this takes a generation to develop.  It's an intangible, a confidence that every Akron Zip soccer player must have when he walks on the field.  I'm sure our AD is thinking about that while he looks for our new "football" coach.  I know budgets, recruiting, available scholarships are part of the mix.  But this is a world class program right in the heart of our city.

    Not nearly enough folks, even Akron natives, are aware of the length and the depth of Akron Soccer.  In short, not many know all the soccer things contained in Stu Parry's head.  Soccer is part of Akron community, even beyond our proud Zips program.  And we Zips fans are So. Very. Proud.  But truly, our soccer roots trace way back, before WWI, maybe earlier.  That rich lineage is vibrant and healthy today in NEO.  Soccer is not new here.  This is not a revolution; this is a renaissance.  Someday this history must be told.  

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  15. NCAA Tournament

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

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    2 hours ago, TennZip said:

    I apologize for posting too much....I am just excited about what this team has accomplished

    I know that it is popular on this board to bash the hometown newspaper....

    But, I think that the Beacon has done a great job of covering the team this year....and I think that Marla Ridenour is a very good writer

    https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181204/college-cup-zips-find-belief-in-system-each-other-to-recover-from-6-6-2-start

    Don’t go changin fer me, TennZip.

     

    ABJ is doing a righteous job of late.  Marla is superb, as always.  Fantastic article, among her best.

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