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another top 25 team to start off the tough 2 game road trip I did not realize that San diego State plays in the pac-12 for soccer. We all remember that UCLA scored 4 goals against akron in early November last year (Richie and Danilo did not play in that game). 2 weeks after UCLA and Akron played....San Diego State defeated UCLA 1-0 on Nov. 16, 2015. I am sure that Coach Embick and the seniors on this team....will have the Zips ready for another very tough team on Friday night http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/083016aaa.html

that is fantastic for a new program. The south Carolina/clemson mens soccer game last Friday drew 6,900. Interesting attendance numbers for UCLA. Their soccer facility has a capacity of 11,700, I was very surprised to see that last week's UCLA-Maryland game was moved to the Stub Hub Center. Attendance at the Stub Hub Center was 1,134. UCLA hosted Cal State Fullerton this past Monday at Drake Stadium (their stadium with 11,700 capacity. Attendance was 746. Will be interesting to see the attendance for the Akron-UCLA game on Labor Day.

http://www.nscaa.com/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx soccer coaches have the zips at #1.... stanford dropped from #1 to #15 after ties against Penn State and St. Mary's

The honors continue.... http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/tds-mens-team-of-the-week:-aug-30_aid39805 Ben Lundt is the goal keeper on Top Drawer Soccer's team of the week

We may see Seattle again deep in the post season. Very talented team. All kinds of credit to them for playing up and down the field soccer against the Zips. I also think that Coach Embick and his staff deserve a great deal of credit for making adjustments at half time. Like several others, I sure do not think that Adam was awfully quiet.. He threaded several passes thru heavy traffic. Adam truly has a special vision on what will work on the field. For both games, I tried to watch the action but I also tried to focus on Adam and Victor. They both were all over the field on defense and both are so calm(while being decisive) in making passes and advancing the ball up the field. Victor and Adam's talent and intense competitive fire are going to lead this team to a great season . I thought that both Adam and Victor were outstanding in both games. With all of the surgeries that he has endured, very happy for Tyler Sanda to be the hero. Great student athlete.

Brad Ruhaak was recognized on the national level http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/team-of-the-week/949-college-soccer-news-national-team-of-the-week-week-ending-august-28-2016

Named to the Akron Classic All-Tournament team for the Zips were Lundt, Najem and seniors Danilo Radjen (Broadview Heights, Ohio) and Victor Souto (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

some scores from top 25 and zip future opponents San diego State 1 Bradley 0 Cal 2 Penn State 1 Stanford and st. Marys played to 2-2 tie Buffalo 1 Canisius 0 North Carolina 3 St. Louis 0 Syracuse 2 Loyola Marymount 1 Clemson 2 providence 1 Indiana 3 Cal Irvine 1 Western Michigan 2 Dayton 0 Denver 1 rutgers 0 sept. 9 zip opponent oregon state 4 wright state 0 (oregon state had 1-1 tie with DePaul Friday night) on Friday night, Va. Tech defeat Ohio state 1-0 in 2 ot's tonight, Ohio state is playing future zip opponent cal santa barbara ...they are 0-0 after 90

Beacon already has an article up (no photos) http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-soccer-tyler-sanda-s-goal-ben-lundt-s-shutout-lift-zips-to-1-0-victory-over-seattle-1.707974?cache=18961415304345%2525252525252525252525252Fnews%2525252525252525252525252Fohio%2525252525252525252525252Fcss%2525252525252525252525252Fresults%252525252525252525

If I remember correctly, Seattle shut out a very high powered UCLA team last year to advance in the NCAA tournament and they also have 2 pre season all americans on their team. Great credit to Coach Embick for starting the season with 2 top ten teams.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2016-08-26/mens-college-soccer-no-2-akron-scores-final-minute-bests-no-10 inside the article, you can click on a 2 minute 6 second press conference with Coach Embick, Brad and Ben Lundt. really shows a nice angle of Brad's goal

soccer by Ives is impressed by the deandre bobblehead

One possible other score of interest Akron's next Friday opponent...San Diego State opened their season by playing Illinois-Chicago to a 1-1 tie in the Gonzaga tourney San Diego State will face Bradley on Sunday

I am getting the scores from top drawer soccer...so I am using their ratings Penn State, Michigan and Mich. State did well for the Big Ten #1 North Carolina 3 Cal Poly 0 #2 Maryland and #6 UCLA 1-1 tie Penn State and #4 Stanford 0-0 #5 Syracuse 3 U Mass 0 Michigan State 2 #8 SMU 1 #10 Clemson 2 #25 S. Carolina 1 St. Louis 1 #11 Wake Forest 0 Monmouth and #12 Denver 1-1 #13 Indiana 1 #30 New Mexico 0 #14 Creighton 2 Rutgers 0 #15 Boston College 2 Quinnipac 0 #16 UConn 3 Iona 1 Michigan and #17 S. Florida 0-0 #27 Virginia 2 #18 Coastal Carolina 1 #19 Notre Dame 4 Cal Irvine 0 #24 Utah Valley 2 #20 Washington 1...Elliot Rubio was GK for UVU #21 Kentucky 4 Marquette 0 #23 Cal Santa Barbara 2 Oakland 1 Northern Illinois and SIU-Edwardsville 1-1 Bowling Green 4 IUPUI 0 Western Michigan 2 Marshall 0 Buffalo 9 Daemen 0 Daemen????...Russell Cicerone - 5 goals and 1 assist

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-soccer-brad-ruhaak-s-goal-with-36-seconds-to-play-lifts-no-2-zips-to-1-0-win-over-no-7-georgetown-in-season-opener-1.707618# I love the first photo.....Victor and Brad = passion

I absolutely love this tweet from Zarek......Darren, Ben, Darlington and Zarek are rocking the scarves great to see former zips supporting the team.... I saw that Wil Trapp also tweeted that he was loving listening to Robbie Derschang on the live feed

great student crowd. very good to see the interim president and AD Larry Williams in the crowd Akron was the better team and deserved the win. The veterans...Victor, Adam, Sam, Danilo and Brad all really had outstanding games

this is down the road a little bit (and hopefully, Stuart will be 100% healthy by then)....but I just noticed that one zip soccer game this year will be televised on the big ten network The zips road game at Penn State will be televised on October 18 (hopefully, no zips jerseys will be stolen this year) http://www.btn2go.com/schedule?date=2016-10-18&sids=MSC

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-soccer-second-ranked-zips-motivated-by-heartbreaking-loss-in-ncaa-tournament-1.707184 please get well, quickly....Stuart Holthusen

yes......just getting ready to post article from Marla Ridenour

soccer america http://www.socceramerica.com/article/70095/soccer-america-mens-preseason-top-25.html

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/divison-i-mens-soccer-preview:-aug-26-28_aid39719 top Drawer talks about the akron game and 4 other games. One encouraging note. We know that Georgetown's goalie is a first team all american pre season selection. The encouraging note is that Georgetown's 2 center backs and 2 outside backs from last year....all graduated. Go, Zips.

I sure hope that Marla Ridenour of the Beacon does an article Friday morning about the season opener. I know that she has been busy writing articles about Clayton Murphy and he deserves all of the credit that he is getting. However, I do hope that she finds time to write about Akron U.s best sports team.

Coach Embick is quoted several times in this article from a North Canton and Plain township newspaper http://www.northneighbornews.com/sports/20160824/zips-ranked-high-still-seeking-right-lineup-as-season-launches

September not far away http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/2016/8/23/12549910/usa-world-cup-qualifying-roster-squad-trinidad-tobago