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I am chagrined, but nonetheless grateful, to be taught policy regarding flying an official flag at half staff. Rest assured that my miss-statement was born from respect for the man remembered, rather than from disrespect toward our nation's traditions. https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/halfstaff.pdf Those even tangentially associated with an educational institution such as UA should remain receptive to new knowledge. And I am not too old to have learned a lesson. Go Zips.

American Soccer has lost one of it's best and brightest. The US flag at the NCAA match vs. Rider should fly at half mast. I truly hope that someone with juice will read this and make it so. Steve parker was an astute student of the game and a true gentleman. He communicated and read about futbol incessantly. The best Parkerism I recall is one that makes sense today (at least to me): "Defense is too important to leave to underclassmen" It was typical for Freshmen to start by playing Forward and work their way back as they matured. The 1986 squad (NCAA runners up) was comprised of all seniors along the back four. Unlike the Zips of the past 20 years, the 1980s squads were primarily defensive sides. They gave no more than .5 GPG for 10+ seasons So, they would get their goal and then just "Park" it. Parker's squads were very traditional English 4-4-2 and physically imposing (bordering on dirty) forcing referees to make difficult booking decisions every match. Akron Soccer would not be what it is now but for the contributions of Steve Parker.

Marcel had an excellent Spring season. During this past summer, Zajac was tearing it up in both goals and assists. Many of us expected the stat stuffing to carry over into this season. But then the foot injury happened. He is now back in form.

I would guess that the margin was even slimmer than that loss. The home loss to West Virginia was all it took.

Zips are peaking at the right time. Squad improved 100% over past month. RPI is #14 and SOS is #10. 10 wins total with 4 Top50 wins. Plenty of pedigree in the past decade. I say Zips get one of the last 4 seeds and do not play until weekend.

Well done, Simon!

https://gozips.com/sports/2017/5/25/athletics-development-varsitya-hall-of-fame.aspx

Much better. We want a home match.

For the dozen Zips fans heading to Morgantown: Make good wardrobe decisions. I believe that we will win! See you in WVA.

Better mark that cat!

USSF and MLS should be coordinated enough to schedule international friendlies in between MLS matches. I would hope they could accomplish that. Every other country does it. No big deal.

I believe that Nagbe and Trapp will play their respective MLS Playoff matches on November 11th. They will then immediately board a plane for Europe, where they will both sit the USMNT bench for the upcoming friendlies. Point is that there is no way either will miss an MLS playoff match. This point is difficult to research. Post if you find anything.

Zajac's goal was a cannon blast.

Ezana Kahsay put in a blue collared shift tonight. He repeatedly and strongly received the ball with his back to goal. In five years, tonight may have been his best. No taking plays off. No stupid fouling. No bitching at team mates. Nice all around match EZ! Well done. Take us to the NCAA Tourney.

I happen to think that this squad would do quite well in MLS. The separation between the two leagues is not as great as many think.

Still waiting.

Way to go, Alex!

24 hours is too late for the communication you are suggesting. That message is not already here because it is never coming. I reject your defenses of this shabby athletic department. Our Soccer team is NOT because of them; it is IN SPITE of them. I will happily apologize when I am proven wrong. Just to be clear: Lack of lighting at First Energy Field is a colossal embarrassment. BUT setting the playoff match at 16:00 in deference to BB opener is far worse. Larry Williams! Yeah. YOU. If you do not care about your athletic programs, do not expect me to care about them. So, don't ask me for money. Next time I donate is once you are gone.

Combined with the Gridiron disaster in Nebraska, Larry Williams and company no longer deserve their positions of employment. From an event planning perspective, the MAC Soccer playoff should already have been arranged, just in case. If hosting two athletic teams playing simultaneously is such a logistical problem (I challenge whether it actually is) then do not schedule the BB opener on a potential Soccer playoff date. Or schedule Soccer playoff on Monday. Do something else. Figure out a way to avoid making your fanbase(s) suffer. Instead, UA AD failed to learn from past heartburn, and repeated same mistake from years ago. My greater fear is that Larry Williams DID anticipate this scheduling conflict, and that this is his remedy. He. Just. Does. Not. Care. If that is the case, then I really do look forward to him moving on. Now. Tonight. UA can do better.

Yeah. And maybe they just plain suck.

University of Akron Athletic Department should be ashamed. They owe a public explanation.

So. Embarrassing.

It was only a matter of time before the hall monitor caught on.