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https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-zips-blank-eighth-ranked-notre-dame-2-0-to-stay-perfect-at-home

http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx In the important rankings...RPI....Zips are #23 tonight's opponent...Notre Dame is #4 next tuesday's opponent ...Pitt is #14 WMU is #11 in RPI In the link above...college soccer coaches poll...Western Michigan jumped from #13 to #8 Notre Dame dropped from #7 to #12 and the mighty zips jumped from #27 to #19

http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20171017/crew-sc-owner-without-downtown-stadium-team-is-moving very good article from Columbus paper... has a link to a letter that Precourt sent to fans Andrew Erickson is the soccer writer for the dispatch...below is a link to his twitter account https://twitter.com/AEricksonCD

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-oct-9-15_aid43080 top drawer recognizes Skye

I would hate it that Wil would not get to play in front of his family and friends. Cincinnati has shown that they are a great soccer town and they do deserve and MLS franchise.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-national-freshmen-top-100/men are there really 12 freshman in the country that are better than Joao Moutinho? very glad to see Daniel Strachan at #31 Where would this zips team be without these 2 talented freshman starting for them? Congratulations to both hard working young men

Erik Wynalda tweeted this article today similar thoughts to an article that fknbuflobo posted a few days ago http://theconversation.com/until-youth-soccer-is-fixed-us-mens-national-team-is-destined-to-fail-85585

http://www.und.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/101617aaa.html the Irish have not been to Akron since 2002.

https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/team-of-the-week/1102-college-soccer-news-national-team-of-the-week-week-ending-october-15-2017 Congratulations to Skye Harter. Selected to team of week for goal against CSU and assists against SIU-E

http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/844690?referrer_id=2333971 Adam Najem selected as man of the match today

and they have no lights at their facility....so Friday games would have to be at 11 am and 2 pm The zips would have to go 3-0-0 in last 3 while WMU would have to go to 1-1-1 against BGSU, SIU-E and West Virginia Like zipsvoice....I would not bet on that occurring

West Virginia...has had an up and down lat 8 days...this week , they upset #1 RPI Michigan State the previous saturday, they tied a poor Northern Illinois team tonight, WVU....played to 0-0 stalemate with Bowling Green (BGSU lost last week 3-1 to SIU-E) in other mac news ...Western Michigan 5 Northern Illinois 0

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/10/should_the_united_states_mens.html Plain Dealer actually has an article about soccer....and Caleb Porter

Skye Harter did an outstanding job on corner kicks tonight. The young man from Copley has improved tremendously during his time at Akron.

http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/10/12/mens-soccer-no-12-akron-resumes-league-play-hosting-siu-edwardsville.aspx look at the all time record....for the zips vs. the cougars..... it is time for the zips to start cutting into that deficit....

Add in SIU-E....and that is 5 games in 15 days...that are going to be challenging... SIU-E spanked a top 20 team in Butler... BGSU has had some down results recently but Copley's Chris Brennan will want he and his teammates to do well at Cub Cadet Field

Congratulations to Barth on his first career goal as a zip and Congratulations to Tor on his first shutout as a zip.

With last night's win, the zips moved up from #25 to #21 in the RPI 3 upcoming opponents...had wins last night SIU-E had a monster 2-0 win over Butler (Butler was #13 in RPI before last night)....hopefully, the Indians are playing in game 1 of the ALCS on Friday night...but the Zips need a huge crowd Friday night...against an SIU-E team that has won 3 straight games by 2 goals (Milwaukee, Bowling Green and Butler) Notre Dame moved up to #4 in RPI with 3-1 win over Michigan (Michigan was #18 in RPI before last night) a very improved Pitt team is #33 in RPI after a 3-2 overtime win over Penn State Quote from SIU-E coach about their next game: SIUE returns to Mid-American Conference play Friday with a 6 p.m. CT game at Akron. "A game like this is why we joined the MAC," Sanchez said. "As players and as coaches we want to test ourselves. The reason we play the Syracuses, the Michigan States, the Butlers is to prepare for games like Friday night. And we're not going there just to compete. We are going there to get a result."

https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/mens-soccerakron-2-cleveland-state-0-skye-harter-barth-luther-mouafo-score-goals-to-propel-zips-past-vikings Red-shirt freshman Tor Saunders made his Zips debut at goalkeeper and posted a shutout with two saves. “He made a big save [of a Pio shot] right after we scored [the first goal],” Embick said. “He has been playing well in training and we thought it was a great game to see what he could do. We will see. I think we have two very good goalkeepers [in Saunders and junior Ben Lundt]. It is always nice to get them both involved, and if one is lacking confidence we can go with the other.”

More kind words in print about Adam Najem Adam has exploded with some intricate passing, smart decision making and the ability to set up anyone at any time. https://www.brotherlygame.com/2017/10/10/16451094/2017-usl-match-preview-bethlehem-steel-fc-vs-rochester-rhinos-time-how-to-watch-online-streaming

http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx zips are #27 in the coaches poll.... I think that SIU-E plays #20 Butler tonight. an SIU-E win tonight and a zips win over SIU-E on Friday night ...would really help the zips in the RPI and of course, a 4-0 homestand...would be the best dose of medicine for the Zips RPI

https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-top-30-poll/1099-college-soccer-news-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-october-8-2017 zips drop from 17 to 21 in college soccer news western Michigan stays at 13 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men zips are at 12 in top drawer soccer In the only poll that matters...the zips dropped to 25 yesterday in RPI Washington lost yesterday to UCLA,(who had a 4-5 record) and Utah Valley is killing the zips...UVU is now 2-8-1 when they don't play the zips...as they lost 3-0 yesterday to Texas Rio Grande Valley and they lost earlier in the week to Incarnate Word

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/world-cup-qualifying-deandre-yedlins-evolution-gives-usmnt-a/en7mtqlgrze71hjelj79wlepc

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/player-ratings-pulisic-altidore-star-014352658.html RB — DeAndre Yedlin: 7 — So that’s what it’s like to have a right back who’s meant to be playing right back. I’ve defended Graham Zusi, Right Back, on a number of occasions (and I’ll continue to do so), but there’s no two ways about it: Yedlin, at age 24, is the right back of the present and the future. In a game that got a little too stretched for most Americans’ liking, his recovery speed snuffed out would-be chances before they could be taken on a number of occasions.

Akron has quality wins over Michigan State and Washington. Western Michigan has quality wins over top 25 teams Michigan and Butler. Akron still has two top 30 RPI teams (Notre Dame and Pitt) on schedule. As long as they both keep winning, both will be in NCAA.