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Zips have made it into the top 20 of the RPI...with tonight's win.... they are currently showing as #19 in RPI zips need to take it one match at a time...but they have some great RPI matchups over the next 3 weeks Western Michigan currently shows as #12....Notre Dame is currently #6 Pitt (under legendary coach Jay Vidovich) is at #20 in the RPI.....Pitt beat Syracuse last weekend and had a great win at #13 Columbia tonight former zip Bryce Cregan...is in his 2nd year playing for the zips and was selected as ACC defender of the week ...last week hopefully, zips soccer fans.....will be willing to travel to Pitt on the 24th for that matchup

http://getsomemaction.com/news/2017/10/3/mac-announces-mens-soccer-player-of-the-week.aspx yet another honor for Nate

http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx the college soccer coaches......remain the toughest critics for the zips zips were 42 last week zips are #26 this week akron beat Michigan State 4-1 ; tOSU lost to Michigan State 5-1 coaches have Ohio State at 27.... Michigan State barely dropped in the rankings Western Michigan only dropped from 9 to 12 after losing 4-1 to Portland. Syracuse is still receiving votes in this poll.....Wins over Syracuse and Western Michigan...both on the road....would clearly help the zips in both the coaches poll and in the most important....RPI

another honor for Nate: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-sept-25-oct-1_aid42881

http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/10/2/mens-soccer-no-8-akron-travel-for-showdown-at-no-19-syracuse.aspx looks like fans will be able to see game on ESPN3

WMU has wins over two top 25 caliber teams....Michigan and Butler... they are not a fluke....zips have a lot of injuries right now at forward...Sam and David Egbo... winning on the road is not easy....zips have 2 tough road games this week...Syracuse and W. Michigan

zips jump from #24 to #8 in top drawer soccer poll https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-top-30-poll/1095-college-soccer-news-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-october-1-2017 zips go from 29 to 17 in college soccer news

press conference....has 30 seconds of ads at the beginning pr

http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=12524&SPSID=101565&DB_OEM_ID=21400 I just noticed....that St. Mary's played at Denver on September 17 and St. Mary's came away with a 1-0 win.

http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/9/29/mens-soccer-no-24-akron-closes-homestand-hosting-saint-mary-s.aspx first meeting for the zips and St. Mary's

http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/9/26/mens-soccer-no-24-akron-set-to-host-no-1-michigan-state.aspx wish....that Steve French and Oliver Slawson....were the ones talking on ESPN3

nice article about Darren Mattocks https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/09/25/darren-mattocks-finds-rhythm-renewed-timbers-its-strikers-dream

The Beacon came through with an article...that will be published tomorrow morning (on game day) https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/ua-soccer-tested-zips-prepare-for-another-tough-match-against-unbeaten-michigan-state

Huge game and scarves are available to be picked up by the season ticket holders E-mail from the athletic department Zips Fan, I wanted to follow up the email I sent you on the weekend. Your STH gift has arrived safely in Akron. We appreciate your patience on this issue. You may pick up your scarf at the marketing table until the 80th minute of tomorrow's game with Michigan State. I spoke earlier with Coach Embick and he wanted me to stress the importance of tomorrow's match with the top-ranked Spartans. This is a crucial match in our 20117 campaign. Kickoff is at 7:00. He and I hope to see you there!

I am not in the area, either.... I would say no to your first question another point....the recruiting class for last year....was ranked #1 or #2 in the country....there was tremendous excitement about Jon Lewis, Nick Hinds, Marcel Zajac, etal Add that to most players returning from the final four and the product sold itself. this year's recruiting class was not highly ranked...and the team lost several key players from a team that lost in the round of 32 Not to beat a dead horse...because others have said it already....Having 4 out of your first 5 matches on the road and backloading the schedule with games is not a way to build interest. Next year, I would hope that the 2nd home game of the year will occur before Sept. 24th.

http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx zips at #42 in the United soccer coaches poll Michigan State received 2 first place votes...and is #4 overall Western Michigan debuts in the top 10 at #9 for those...that want to check out a future zip opponent...#7 Notre Dame plays at #1 Indiana tonight on the big ten network at 7 pm eastern time and if you look closely at the poll....some coach(s) that voted in this week's poll was completely oblivious to this week's results as U Mass Lowell is higher than the zips in this poll

the team opened at home last year against two teams ranked in the top 10...Georgetown and Seattle Last year's team was coming off a final four appearance and they were ranked in the top 3 or 4 in the country. First home game was after 2 losses on the road. 2nd home game....was scheduled at a horrible time...noon on a Sunday...and it was 90 degrees outside A noon game has to compete with people watching the Browns on their TV in their air conditioned home. As bad as the Browns are, sports fan still want to watch their game. that being said, the zip athletic department does a horrible job of promoting zips mens soccer to the community and to the students. The #1 team in the country is coming to Cub Cadet field on Wednesday night. I would hope that Larry Williams is calling the editor of the Beacon Journal and requesting an article in Wednesday's Akron Paper.....but I would not be surprised if that is not happening. I would hope that the Student Union and all academic buildings are covered with signs promoting the Zips vs. #1 Michigan State....to help get the AK rowdies out.

honors piling up for the zips congratulations to Sam http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/9/26/gainford-garners-mac-mens-soccer-player-of-the-week-accolades.aspx

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/tds-mens-team-of-the-week:-sept-18-24_aid42805 honor for David Egbo

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Top Drawer soccer has Michigan State at #1 ; Western Michigan at #11 and the zips at #24

from the beacon Zips host the #1 team in the nation on Wednesday night? Will the beacon send an actual Beacon reporter? Will the plain dealer send someone to cub cadet? sadly, I bet no on both https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/mens-soccer-university-of-akron-5-umass-lowell-0-zips-continue-home-dominance-with-rout

no scarves for season ticket holders

A week after hosting the zips....the billikens hosted two time defending national champion Stanford and the Cardinal went down to defeat 2-0 Billikens weird stats 16-9 shots for stanford but st. Louis led 6-1 in shots on goal and the cardinal led 9-2 in corners

http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/9/21/mens-soccer-zips-open-three-game-homestand-hosting-no-21-umass-lowell.aspx David Bacon and Otto Orf calling the action Otto Orf is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the United Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League.

http://www.wmubroncos.com/news/2017/9/20/mens-soccer-broncos-defeat-wolverines-in-front-of-record-crowd.aspx The zips really will need their A+ game on October 7. WMU got 2,317 fans out on a Wednesday night. For a weekend game against the Mighty Zips, they will pack a lot of Bronco fans into the stands. I watched Michigan play Indiana a few weeks ago to a 1-1 tie. Michigan is very good this year. Super impressive result for WMU. Earlier in the year, WMU had gone to Indy and beat #15 Butler on the road. Zips will have to improve a ton from their performance against St. Louis...to win the MAC this year. Bowling Green was tied 1- 1 earlier this week at 77 minutes at #1 Notre Dame(Irish won 2-1...but still a strong performance for falcons...chris Brennan from Copley scored the BG goal) zips will have the opportunity this year....to dramatically improve their RPI...NotreDame currently #1 ; Mich. State #2 ; Western Michigan currently #16 zips currently #123....let the ascent.....begin at noon on Sunday !!!