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That is absolutely outstanding to have 13 student athletes on the list. The 2nd highest team in the MAC had 10. Some schools only had 5 or 6. 3.933 GPA in Biology ; 3.933 in Marketing Management, 3.829 in Business ; 3.733 in Mechanical engineering ; 3.71 in Economics....those are some outstanding gpa's for any student. With the time commitment that these young men have with soccer, those are simply top notch numbers. These young men have so much to be proud of. Congratulations to these outstanding young men.

it is not just the students.... my row in section 203 yesterday.....24 seats in the row.....there were 6 seats filled and 18 open weather forecast for Saturday....is sunny...high of 51 ....low of 30 This team is so exciting to watch....great, hard working young men..... and coach Embick and his staff deserve a ton of credit for the personnel changes and player positioning changes that they have made during the season. At the beginning of the season, I would have never expected Danilo Radjen to be such a key contributor. This coaching staff has really "coached" this year.

I have not looked at any of the press conferences....but I thought that Goncalo Soares was phenomenal in the first half. Adam, Stuart and Richie really took charge in the 2nd half but I thought that Goncalo was the man of the match in the first half. He made several very confident runs, and he passed well and intercepted well. His confidence has really grown over the season. Victor is such a super holding midfielder that the other HMF was probably overshadowed at the beginning of the season. Goncalo really has a very high soccer IQ and it is great to see him contribute so much.

Syracuse leads Seattle 2-0 at halftime Boston College leads Georgetown 1-0 at halftime...that game could bust a lot of brackets Indiana and #1 Wake Forest 0-0 after 48 minutes Indiana leds 5-1 in shots...1 shot for Wake?....they are not the same team without Michael Gamble Phil fives and matt Foldesey both started as midfielders for the hoosiers

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/sports/soccer/versatile-standout-finds-a-position-and-a-home-with-portland-timbers.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone&_r=0ny times article on DarNag

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-soccer-balanced-five-man-attack-provides-rare-challenge-for-zips-foes-1.644002?cache=18961415304345%25252525252525252525252funknown

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/ncaa-tourney:-mens-third-round-preview_aid38463Predictions from J.R. Eskilson at Top Drawer soccer. He predicts a rough weekend for the ACC with Notre Dame, North Carolina and Wake not reaching the elite 8. Astute observation on his part about how important that Victor Souto is to the zips (I know that I should let sleeping dogs lie...but it is unconscionable that Victor was not chosen as one of the top11 players in the MAC).

I am just glad that he is on the radio giving the zips soccer team some good publicity. He is obviously not a super college soccer expert with his comments about all of the players wanting to get a degree. The diehard fans know that Perry Kitchen and Dillon Serna were one and dones and that Akron has been hurt badly by players leaving early. Terry Pluto wrote several excellent articles in the 2009-2012 time frame about the team. Hopefully, he will write something in the Plain Dealer over the next few days. If his appearance on the radio show gets 100 to 200 more fans to attend the SMU game, every little bit of home field advantage will help this team of hard working, talented young men in their path for that coveted 2nd star.

http://www.wCan't State.org/news/story/45030quote from the article: "I think once in a while, Akron fans need to say, 'We need to be very grateful for what we have here.'" And, most of the games are played here. "Their average attendance this year is over 2,100. I just think it's something that's going on right under our nose here. Big time college soccer right here in Akron." (could just as easily be a quote from ZipME87 or Fknbuflobo )

this is from mac sports web site... I love the pure happiness on the faces of Victor and Richie

Skip-zip....I went back and looked at 2009 and 2010... 2009...rd of 32...vs. s. fla 2,700 ; rd of 16 vs. stanford 2,806 ; qf's vs. tulsa 4,254 2010 ...rd, of 32 vs. w. VA 2,825 ; rd of 16 vs. the hoosiers 3,225 ...qf's vs. California...snow and brutal cold 3,442 I know that the plain dealer gave much better coverage to the soccer team in 2009 and 2010. Their coverage this year has been non existent

last week, I kept seeing messages ...500 student tickets gone, 250 more gone....100 more available , were there 850 students at yesterday's game? I saw that total attendance was 2,025 Here is how Akron's attendance compared to the other 16 seeds 1) Wake Forest 2,699 2) Clemson 1,941 3) Georgetown 844 4) Akron 2,025 5) N. Carolina 1,036 6) Syracuse 1,120 7) Notre Dame 222 8) Stanford 1,709 9) Ohio State 851 10) Maryland 2,737 11) Seattle 1,100 12) Creighton 2,212 13) Denver 1,103 14) S. Florida 1,105 15) Santa Barbara 2,519 16) Indiana 618 looks like Akron was 5th out of 16....This team is exciting to watch...hope to see 2,500 to 3,000 against SMU

Santa Clara has been the upset team of the tourney so far. In first round, they defeated Cal State Fullerton 3-0 (Fullerton had upset Santa Barbara to win conference tourney) as I started typing this, Santa Clara led #8 Stanford 1-0 after 55 minutes stanford just tied it at 57 minutes 6 yellow cards combined in first 58 minutes

the rutgers coach is really a class act... very complimentary of Akron..very high praise about Sean Sepe

first you tube video is about 2 minutes...shows all 6 goals 2nd you tube video is about 7 minutes....has longer answers from Stuart, Sean , Coach and Richie

both teams are good...2 losses between them...Denver is 17-0-3 and SMU is 14-2-3 let's enjoy this win for a while....Jason Wright for Rutgers was big ten offensive player of the year and Mr. Radjen and Mr. Ruhaak both did a great job in the back. Great to see Danilo back healthy. Hopefully, Sam Gainford can come back from his injury. Sean Sepe came in like a house on fire and probably had his best game as a zip. Stuart Holthusen has had an outstanding month of November. Goncalo Soares and Victor Souto were both very good with their passes....and Victor was a ballhawk on defense. very happy that so many players could get rest after 60-65 minutes. Zip soccer after Thanksgiving !!!!....I know that makes fknbuflobo quite happy. Very happy for the coaches and the players...

Ohio state knocks off dayton 4-3 on PlK's boston college defeated #14 s. fla 2-1 in 1 ot creighton leads drake 4-0 at 73 minutes tulsa and notre dame 1-1 at 77 syracuse leads dartmouth 2-1 at 75 minutes

Wake Forest advances to face Indiana with a 1-0 win over Charlotte Wake still playing without Michael Gamble Georgetown 3 Hofstra 0 Hofstra got red card at 78 minutes and G' town scored 2 after that Boston College and S. Florida 1-1 after 90...S. FLA scored at 88 minutes to tie it winner faces Georgetown Ohio State and Dayton 1-1 after 90 Notre Dame leads Tulsa 1-0 at half Creighton leads Drake 2-0 at half Syracuse and Dartmouth 1-1 at half

not many goals so far today Indiana is first team in sweet 16 with 1-0 win over Connecticut Wake Forest and Charlotte 0-0 at half Ohio State and Dayton 0-0 at half Georgetown leads Hofstra 1-0 at half South Florida and Boston College 0-0 at half

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-ncaa-preview:-upset-watch-for-seeds_aid38431J.R. Eskilson predicts the round of 32 games. He predicts a 3-1 zips win. His big upset pick is for ACC tourney champ Syracuse to lose.

Rutgers defeats Long Island-Brooklyn 3-2 on PK's 1-1 tie after 110 minutes rutgers led 27-10 in shots and 12-5 in corners lots of rain and puddles on the field

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2015/11/canzano_tour_of_caleb_porter_m.htmlin a few weeks....would love to see a gatorade bath for Coach Embick I will post the photo from the article in next reply

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-soccer-zips-find-more-motivation-for-ncaa-title-run-during-september-trip-to-santa-barbara-1.641515?hash=d75e1cdcff105d413a7a0d9f44d87ad8&id=keraff@yahoo.com&site=akron#the beacon is giving the zips some good PR this week.... survive and advance.....1 at a time, Zips.....this team can get hot and win it all

http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/5005/NCAADivisionI/men/Poll12zips moved from #10 up to #5 in the final soccer coaches poll. Rutgers finished at #23 the NCAA has Denver at 13 and SMU at 20 in the tourney draw they were 10 and 11 in the final coaches poll