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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

my two Cents- Victor Souto and Adam Najem have been publicly stating since Brazil that this Akron team can win it all. I really admire both great leaders. The coaches and the team leaders have created a family that believes....Go, zips ...and thanks to the Beacon for giving the zips some publicity (not holding my breath on the Johnny Manziel Plain Dealer to realize that there is a great college team in Akron) highlights from the Beacon article: The Zips have had their eye on a top-four seed and another national championship since August. “We created a family, we’re more mature. We worked hard through these 20 games. I think we’re ready to get a national championship,” junior midfielder Victor Souto said. “We knew if we could get a top-four seed we’d play all of our games at home going into the Final Four,” junior midfielder Adam Najem said. “Just the environment around here, having the best fans in the country, one of the best stadiums in the country, it’s really an advantage for us. Anyone who comes here is going to be nervous to play us at our home field.” UA is 8-2-1 at home this season, with its only losses to Wake Forest, seeded No. 1 in the tournament, and UCLA, unseeded. The Zips’ average attendance of 2,115 ranks eighth nationally after finishing 14th (1,825) a year ago. “The two years we went to the Final Four [2009, ‘10] we had all three home games and that helped,” UA coach Jared Embick said. “That’s a position of strength for us, that’s where you want to be in the tournament. If we can get everyone there, get the crowd behind us and make this a difficult place to play, it’s only going to spur us on to hopefully do what we really want do, which is win another national championship.” The Zips feature a balanced attack that has Najem and sophomore midfielder Richie Laryea leading the team with nine goals, redshirt sophomore Sam Gainford with eight, Souto with six and sophomore Stuart Holthusen with five, four in the past three games. The Zips are 8-1-1 in their past 10 matches and Najem cites chemistry and confidence as the reasons. “The team chemistry has really evolved since last year,” Najem said. “The team has an overall belief that we can win this thing. Everyone has the confidence we can do it and that’s showing on the field now.”

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpithis is the final NCAA rpi it is different from gaucho dan syracuse was #3 in final rpi...gaucho had them at 6 SMU really received no love from the NCAA. Denver was 18th in final rpi...and was seeded #13 SMU was #12 in NCAA Rpi....but was in effect...seeded #20 by the NCAA SMU has to win a match before they face #13 Denver Coastal Carolina at #22...could be tough round of 32 matchup for the tar heels Very happy with the #4 seed for the zips. Tremendous credit for the tough schedule and the players and coaches for for working hard and producing a 15-3-2 record.

photo of 2 great competitors

my sister in DC sent this article on Darlington Nagbe https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2015/11/15/u-s-national-team-newcomer-darlington-nagbe-is-all-smiles-and-so-is-jurgen-klinsmann/

great interview with Victor

when the opponent commits 19 fouls in the first half, you are not going to have a pretty game but I am very proud of Coach Embick and the Zips pre-season, several coaches predicted that the zips would not win the regular season or the tourney the zips will have to possess much better next Sunday....but survive and advance is the key...5 more wins is the target for the leaders on this team I sure hope that Danilo Radjen can get healthy before next weekend. Danilo has been a very pleasant surprise this year and he and Brad Ruhaak work well in the back. Very happy that Victor was the hero today ....

RPI SCHOOL W L D SOS OSS 1 Wake Forest 15 2 2 2 1 2 Clemson 15 2 2 6 2 3 North Carolina 14 1 3 16 5 4 Georgetown 15 2 2 15 17 5 Akron 15 3 2 17 25 6 Syracuse 13 5 3 4 4 7 Stanford 14 2 2 51 12 8 Notre Dame 11 4 5 3 3 9 Seattle 17 3 1 40 73 10 Creighton 17 3 0 60 39 11 Ohio State 13 6 2 12 33 12 SMU 13 2 4 52 22 13 South Florida 11 5 3 7 38 14 Maryland 10 5 5 11 11 15 Boston College 9 7 1 5 10 16 UC Santa Barbara 13 6 2 20 47 I have the feeling that the NCAA will want a west coast team in the top 4....and they will want the ACC tourney champ... my speculation...wake, clemson, syracuse and stanford are top 4 seeds.... unc 5, georgetown 6 and akron 7.... I hope I am wrong

#8 did indeed show his quality all weekend shameful that Victor was not first team all mac georgetown just defeated creighton 2-1 in double OT maryland defeated tOSU 2-0 syracuse won the acc with 1-0 win over notre dame dayton won the a-10 with 4-1 win over VCU

DVR alert today if you have the fox sports regional networks, you can tape lots of soccer games while you are at the zips buffalo game maryland vs. tOSU on big ten network at 1 eastern creighton vs. georgetown on fox sports 2 (directv 618) at 1 eastern a-10 final...vcu vs. dayton on FSNY(directv 639) at 12 eastern conference usa final...fla intl vs. marshall on FSFL (directv 654) at 2 eastern

I had to google it..... It is about 19 miles northeast of Greensboro and it is 5 miles away from Burlington, NC enrollment of 6,500...and Elon has a 1-0 win this year over Wake Forest (when Michael Gamble was healthy) with their RPI being 27, they could a round of 32 opponent for our zips (they were showing as 27 after the loss...now showing as 26) lots of upsets in the conference tourneys Old Dominion is down to 40 now....they will almost certainly miss the tourney...

SMU, #7 in the coaches polls loses on PK's to Tulsa in the AAC semis another big win for Coach Giffards....VCU 1 Fordham 0...VCU advances to A10 finals Elon , #27 in RPI ....loses to #81 Delaware on PK's in their conference semis

Maryland and IU play to 1-1 tie, Maryland advances to Big ten final on pk's Ohio State 4 Rutgers 0 Fla. International 1 top seed kentucky 0....to advance to conference usa final

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20151112qtxsnofirst off, I am very happy for the 8 young men selected and now, I am going to rant.... Victor Souto is one of the best 11 soccer players in the MAC. It is an absolute disgrace that he was not selected for the first team and it is unconscionable for him not to show up even on the 2nd team. Holding midfielder is not the most glamorous position but Akron would not be #4 in the RPI without Victor. I know that the players don't have time to read what the fans have to say but I greatly appreciate and respect the heart, the skill, the passion, the competitiveness that Victor brings to this team. Victor was the player on the Brazil trip that talked the most about bringing a 2nd star back to Akron. I am very happy that Victor is part of the Akron soccer family and I sincerely hope that he gets some All American recognition since the MAC coaches obviously have their own agendas. I know that Victor would much rather have a national championship than Individual glory but this all league team is a joke.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-soccer-enduring-five-surgeries-redshirt-sophomore-tyler-sanda-provides-season-s-turning-point-1.640080#tremendous credit to this hard working young man.... and thank you, Caoch Embick for giving him the opportunity to go to Brazil When Marla Ridenour writes an article on zips soccer, I always learn something. Very appreciative of this article giving some publicity to the zips

Georgetown advances to big east final with 1-0 win over Xavier. Georgetown is 12-0--0 in their last 12 games they play winner of Creighton vs. Providence on Sunday

VCU was seeded 8th in the Atlantic 10 conference tourney (overall record of 5-9-4)... VCU just defeated the #1 seed (George Washington) in their conference tourney QF's 4-0.... Hope that Mr. Giffards team can get 2 more wins to make the dance

Brad written up in college soccer news article http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/articles/858-difference-makers-don-t-overlook-their-impact

Gaucho Dan has updated the RPI with the ACC semis notre dame moves from 7 to 5 ; Syracuse moves from 9 to 6....wake and clemson stay at 1 and 2 I now think that Wake, Clemson and the ACC conference tourney winner...will get 3 of the top 4 seeds RPI SCHOOL W L D SOS OSS 3 1 Wake Forest 15 2 2 2 1 4 2 Clemson 15 2 2 6 2 5 3 North Carolina 14 1 3 16 4 6 4 Akron 13 3 2 12 24 7 5 Notre Dame 11 3 5 3 3 8 6 Syracuse 12 5 3 4 6 9 7 Stanford 13 2 2 56 11 10 8 Georgetown 13 2 2 21 16 11 9 Seattle 16 3 0 49 71 12 10 Creighton 16 2 0 89 44

#108 Marshall knocks off #25 Charlotte 5-3 on PK's Marshall plays S. carolina in a conference usa semi Florida International plays top seed Kentucky in the other conf. usa semi

final - Notre Dame 1 #1 Wake Forest 0 UND was #7 in RPI before this win Syracuse leads #2 Clemson 2-0 at 87:40 Louis Cross has an assist for Syracuse.....and it is now a final clemson led 15-8 in shots...but syracuse led 5-1 in shots on goal UND vs. Syracuse on Sunday for conference title on Sunday #25 Charlotte and #108 Marshall tied 1-1 after 90 minutes in their conference quarterfinals