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comments from Coach Embick: "When you look at the score you feel like there are no positives," said Akron head coach Jared Embick. "But I do think we can take away some things from this; UCLA is a great team and tonight like all good teams, they were ruthless." "We created many chances, but did not convert them in key moments. If we score, I think it changes the game. Even after halftime, we had a great 10 minute spell and almost scored. When we gave up the third goal we put our head down and they made us pay. We have to regroup, there is a lot of soccer left. We need to come back to our fans and get two wins against a pair of undefeated teams."

no Deandre in tuesday's night qualifier http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/2016/9/3/12789116/besler-yedlin-leave-usmnt-camp-bradley-orozco-set-to-join

The field did indeed look small....in person Very strange set up....the soccer field is on top of a two story parking structure. You park in the lot and then walk upstairs to see the game. That being said, San Diego State was much quicker to the ball and had many more good opportunities. The zips will learn from this.

Thanks, the zips will be without Victor and Stuart....so each team is missing star(s)

Did Abu Danladi play against Duke?

San Diego state really took control late in the half

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20160901ph40ns they have some quotes on the zip web site....and you can see the entire article by clicking on the PDF that the Zips SID has attached. Akron soccer is in a very good place right now....with Coach Embick and his staff.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-weekend-preview:-sept-2-5_aid39847 not surprisingly, Akron-UCLA is listed as one of the best games this weekend.....and it would be OK with this zip fan if Abu Danladi is not able to return this weekend from his injury. Georgetown vs. Maryland should be an interesting result to see.

http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/083116aab.html SDSU release on the game....

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