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One indisputable fact that is a takeaway from the Grand Canyon game...Akron should never schedule another 4 pm game on a weekday. I know it was a result of a football game being moved to Wednesday for TV purposes. However, many season ticket holders could not come to a 4 pm game. Students did not have time for both the football game and the soccer game. The soccer student athletes were the ones that did not benefit as they did not have the normal crowd support that they have earned and that they did deserve. Moving the game to 4 pm on a weekday to accommodate football...was not a good decision for zips mens soccer

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-soccer-stuart-holthusen-s-goal-lifts-zips-over-grand-canyon-3-2-in-double-overtime-1.724266?cache=18961415304345%2525252525252525252fnews%2525252525252525252fohio%2525252525252525252fcss%2525252525252525252fresul interesting quote....from Coach Embick...gambled a bit to save some legs for saturday's match

I am obviously home in Tennessee following on game tracker... glad to see Stuart to be able to enter the game with Robby and they both made a difference quickly 60:17GOAL by AKR HOLTHUSEN, Stuart, Assist by DAMBROT, Robby, goal number 3 for season....akron leads 2-1 59:17Corner kick by AKR HARTER, Skye [59:17]. 59:01AKR substitution: HOLTHUSEN, Stuart for LEWIS, Jonathan. 59:01AKR substitution: DAMBROT, Robby for KAHSAY, Ezana.

Looks like Skye and Reggie replaced Sam and Nick at halftime Will Stuart Holthusen and Danilo Radjen be able to return from their injuries and be available for the MAC tournament? 45:00For AKR: #1 LUNDT, Ben, #15 KAHSAY, Ezana, #10 NAJEM, Adam, #11 LEWIS, Jonathan, #21 HARTER, Skye, #13 BELANA, Pau, #12 LARYEA, Reggie, #16 WIEDT, Shane, #20 RUHAAK, Brad, #25 SOARES, Goncalo, #4 DE VERA, Niko.

I think they play Toledo at 7 or 7;30...that was why the soccer game time was changed

Hopefully, today will be a very good day....for Northeast Ohio...a convincing win for the zips soccer team...and then the Indians win the series. Go, soccer zips....Go Tribe.

I don't see the zips in person as often as many of you. However, the lineup that faced BGSU had nowhere near the talent as last year's final four team BGSU - Shane Wiedt and Brad Ruhaak...as Danilo has been injured last two matches College cup...Danilo and Brad... Shane has improved greatly but he is not at Danilo's level Left Def. back...Andrew Souders vs. Niko De Vera...Niko played behind Andrew last year. Andrew was all league multiple times. No comparison in talent level of the 4 defensive players Forward - Stuart was at the top of his game last year in the NCAA's. Stuart played very little against BGSU. Stuart has dealt with knee issues all year so the center forward position does not have the same talent level. Midfield - Richie Laryea was the #6 or #7 overall pick. His speed opened up so much space for Adam, Sam, and Stuart. As ZIPME87 said, Nick and Jonathan will improve greatly but they would not be a top 7 draft pick after this year. Holding midfield...Victor will go down in Akron history as one of the best holding midfielders to ever play at Akron. Pau Belana and Goncalo Soares have gigantic shoes to fill on both defense and offense. This team can still do well....but they need Stuart and Danilo back healthy and they need to have the same 11 players available for the remaining matches in the regular season and post season. To say that the talent is very similar.......is a statement that I can not agree with

I think that a large % of people from the Copley/Fairlawn areas will be traveling to BGSU for this game. I sure do hope that the Copley/Fairlawn folks supporting Brad Ruhaak and Skye Harter are much happier at the end of the game than the copley fans pulling for Chris Brennan. I hope that both Brad and Skye have big games.

3:08 GOAL by AKR HINDS, Nick, Assist by RUHAAK, Brad, goal number 1 for season. 2-0 Nick Hinds in the midfield.....looks like a shrewd mover

from tOSU twitter 5' | Goal Akron. Pass deflected and played to Jonathan Lewis who scores from 12 yards out.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/102516aaa.html live stream for Zips at the Buckeyes will be on Big Ten Plus ($$$$) thanks in advance to the many zip fans that will travel down to Columbus

ME87....thanks for your "pitch side" observations....just to give everyone a clue which comment that I am referring to....I added "on-field leaders" to your original quote Missing 2 out of the 3 names....clearly has made a huge difference. I think that my feelings about Victor were made pretty evident in my October 1 'treatise" but I will just say that his will to win is unmatched and I am thankful that Victor came to Akron and I loved to watch this young man do his best for Akron. Jake was a very underrated competitor. We all watched Jake out compete and out work a much more talented GK in Fernando Pina. My praise of Jake is in no way an indictment of Ben Lundt. The final score may show that Ben allowed 3 goals. With a less skilled goalie, the count easily would have been 5 or 6. The stats showed that the WVA goalie made 5 saves and Ben only made 4 saves. In the business world, we often say that there are 2 kinds of statisticans...Liars and dam*n liars. The stats clearly lie here as they don't measure the difficulty of the save. The WVA keeper's saves came on shots from the side that had no hope of finding the net or on 40 foot shots where the zips were playing 2 vs 6. Ben had several punch outs that were very good. Ben was asked to make saves on 1 vs. 2 breaks where the WVA 1 was much faster than our 2 DB's or on 2 vs. 3 breaks where the WVA 2 were much faster than our 3 DB's. I know that I share in everyone's discouragement but Ben Lundt was the zip that I had the most empathy for on Saturday night. The stats will show that the other team scored 3 goals. To me, that does not mean that Ben Lundt did not make some spectacular saves. Jake was a senior that had earned the respect of his teammates by outworking Pina. Jake had earned the right to be vocal and a leader. Ben is a first year zip and it is much harder for him to bark out orders to a 3 or 4 year starter like a Brad Ruhaak or 2 year starters like senior Danilo Radjen or junior Nate Shultz. I have really liked what I have seen from Ben and I really felt empathetic for Ben on Saturday night.

It is unbelievable to me that Portland did not win a game on the road all year. After Saad's penalty kick last year that bounced off the cross bar many times (and helped Portland to advance), I will be rooting for sporting KC to do well this year.

Zach, I don't sit close enough to the field to hear the talk. On last year's team, who were the "on-field leaders"?.

beacon already has an article up with many quotes from Coach Embick http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-soccer-visiting-west-virginia-hands-zips-first-home-loss-since-september-2015-1.721498?cache=18961415304345%2525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252fnews%2525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252fohio%2525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252fcss%2525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252fresults%25252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525%25252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252527+

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2016/10/everybody-lost-in-the-needless-nagbe-klinsmann-showdown/ I have always been a huge fan of Darlington Nagbe's skill set. Conversely, I am not a Klinsmann fan. After reading this article, I am even less of a Klinsmann fan. Darlington can do things on a soccer field that others on the USMNT can not do.

In Nick Hinds defense, he made a beautiful entry pass to Stuart on the 2nd goal. There was Stuart and 4-5 nittany lions in the box and Nick hit a beautiful cross into the box.

http://news.psu.edu/story/388208/2016/01/19/athletics/paralysis-fails-slow-athletes-drive this is a good article on why Penn state is honoring the former Akron/Penn State player. When Penn State played at akron last year, several Akron players posted very nice photos and kind words about Brett.

http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/101716aab.html writeup from the Penn State web site... very nice that they are honoring former Akron and Penn State soccer player Brett Gravatt. Brett is a very courageous young man. The match will also feature a special halftime presentation to honor former men's soccer player Brett Gravatt and all Ability Athletes.

impressive results today ....for the next 2 big ten opponents...that the zips will face Penn State defeated Michigan State 1-0 in double overtime Ohio State played to 2-2 tie with highly ranked Indiana (Hoosiers now 8-1-5)

zios in sole possession of first place in the mac with a 2-0-0 record Bowling Green is 1-0-1 after 1-1 tie against WMU (WMU now 0-0-2) Buffalo def. WVU 2-1 to move to 1-1 NIU 0-1-1 and West Virginia is now 0-2

Reminder to everyone...the next zips soccer game at penn state on Tuesday October 18th will be televised on the big ten network...at 7 pm eastern (tribe game 4 is at 3;30) channel 610 on directv congratulations to the zips on a big win tonight... cool to see LeBron congratulate Robby and great to see Reggie Laryea get his first goal (I am sure that Richie is smiling in orlando)

NIU played Western Michigan to a 0-0 tie last weekend Western Michigan is 0-0 right now with bowling Green at 51 minute mark it is very hard to score 6 against anyone.....zips must be doing a great job of finishing tonight