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Michigan State will play Marshall in the title game next Saturday in Columbus. With a win or tie today against Dayton, the Zips will finish 2nd in the league..... again, I only want to see the zips make some progress on offense.... 1 goal from the run of play in the previous games......looks too much like the last half of last year.

Player ratings for the last MLS game played by FC Cincinnati RWB – DEANDRE YEDLIN – 9 (MAN OF THE MATCH) Yedlin is my man of the match. His play high up the pitch and creativity brought tons of stress on the Charlotte defenders to cover space was promising. It is really hard to believe Yedlin has only been with the squad for just over three weeks. The way he can read his teammates’ movements and anticipate what runs to make is a credit to his soccer IQ. The back-heel assist to spring Aaron Boupendza’s game-tying goal was a thing of beauty. Yedlin read what Sergio Santos was doing and drew the eyes of the entire Charlotte backline, giving Boupenza a wide-open net. https://cincinnatisoccertalk.com/2024/04/04/players-ratings-fc-cincinnati-1-charlotte-fc-1/

the winner of the North.....will play Marshall in Columbus on April 13 for first place in the league with a win or a tie against BGSU, Michigan State would be the team to battle an excellent Marshall team Zips can guarantee finishing no lower than 2nd......with a win over Dayton. Ohio State hosts Xavier this weekend...with a win , Ohio State would finish 2nd in the south Louisville has already played all of their 4 matches so they will end with 6 points Marshall plays Butler in the other match this weekend

Akron hosts Dayton next week BGSU hosts Michigan State those are the last 2 matches in regular part of College spring league North If Michigan State wins at BG, Michigan State wins the north division with 10 points If Michigan State ties BG, Michigan State wins the North Division with 8 points Akron could also reach 8 points with a win at home. However, Michigan State wins the tiebreaker against Akron because MSU won the PK shootout after the 2 teams tied Is there any way that Akron can win the college spring league North? answer is yes Akron beats Dayton at home BG beats Michigan State at home both finish with 8 points and MSU ends with 7 points Akron wins the tiebreaker against BG.....because Akron won the PK shootout after the two teams finish tied if both games next week finish in a tie 1. MSU 8 2. Akron 6 3. BG 6 (loses TB) 4. Dayton 5 If Akron ties and BG beats Michigan State 1. BG 8 2. MSU 7 3. Akron 6 4. Dayton 5 if Akron loses and BG and MSU tie 1. MSU 8 2. Dayton 7 3. BG 6 4. Akron 5 even after laying out the scenarios, I can not root for BG and their thuggish style of soccer..... What matters to me......is that the zips need to get their offense going and establish some positive momentum.....headed into the fall As NYC Zip pointed out, the soccer zips have scored 1 goal from the run of play in 3 spring games..... I only care about results in the fall........what I want to see in the game against Dayton....and the game in Columbus.......is to get the offense humming....assists from Caleb Borneo, Maximus Barboto...and goals by Dyson and Malik and Stefan....... I hope that the soccer faithful that live in NE Ohio....see some forward passes and some goals next weekend

Michigan State is now in the lead in the North division of the College spring league see their tweet below Michigan finishes the spring lead with 0 wins and 4 losses Michigan State is now 2-0-1 and has 7 points Akron is 1-0-2 and has 5 points If BG beats Dayton tomorrow, BG will have 7 points after 3 games Michigan State and BG play next week If Dayton beat BG tomorrow, Dayton will have 6 points after 3 games

Credit to the Bowling Green web site......for informing their fan base......about spring soccer.... Akron soccer SID......appears to be in hibernation.

zips and bowling green played to a 0-0 result in 90 minutes Zips 1-0-2 ...after 3 games ...5 points BG 1-0-1 after 2 games....4 points Michigan State.....1-0-1 after 2 games......4 points Michigan State hosts Michigan tomorrow....they can surge to 7 points....with a win at home over 0-2-0 Michigan

I was sad to read that Richie Laryea needed to have surgery. He will be out for 3 months Zips Nation is pulling for you, Richmond Laryea. https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/toronto-fc-s-richie-laryea-out-long-term-with-hamstring-injury

I think that Michigan State defeated Dayton 3-2 yesterday in the spring league Bowling Green had defeated Michigan a few weeks ago I think that BG is 1-0-0 and has 3 points MSU is 1-0-1 and has 4 points...won PK shootout against Zips so they win tiebreaker if zips and spartans tie Akron is 1-0-1 and has 4 points Dayton is 0-1-0 and has no points... Michigan is 0-2-0 and has no points I believe that this week's games are Dayton hosting Michigan on March 23 at 3 pm and the zips playing at BG on March 22 Dayton hosts BG on March 30 Michigan and Michigan State must also play that weekend....game is at Michigan State In the final weekend...Akron hosts Dayton on April 6 BG will host Michigan State on April 6

Congratulations to Stefan Dobrijevic and the soccer zips

Top drawer soccer is showing that the zips have a new commit for fall 2024 a GK from LAFC I found this instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/C4OHuy2rqTb/?img_index=1

I think that Stefan is going to have a big year in 2024. I think that Stefan also had an assist in the first game. Malik Henry had 1 goal and 2 assists in the first game. first college league spring game this saturday Michigan State at Akron at 5 pm.... Go, Zips !!!

best stadium??? https://www.wlwt.com/article/fc-cincinnati-soccer-defender-deandre-yedlin/60101305

Maximus Barboto is deservedly mentioned in this College Soccer News article https://collegesoccernews.com/mens-college-soccer-ten-transfers-with-the-potential-to-be-difference-makers-in-2024/

really nice quotes about Richie....in this article https://wakingthered.com/2024/02/23/14503/richie-laryea-returns-to-toronto-fc-on-3-year-deal/

nice writeup on fire 2 website https://www.chicagofirefc.com/two/news/chicago-fire-fc-ii-signs-2024-mls-superdraft-pick-jason-shokalook-to-mls-next-pr

Good wishes to Jason Shokalook https://www.instagram.com/p/C3tNvVSSuO-/?hl=en

Welcome home, Richmond Laryea https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/toronto-fc-sign-richie-laryea-from-nottingham-forest

11 am on March 2nd....the zips kick off their spring schedule https://gozips.com/news/2024/2/22/akron-mens-soccer-announces-spring-exhibition-schedule

On Saturday March 2nd, the zips soccer fans....that live in NE Ohio .....will get to see the Zips debut of 8 exciting new players....as the zips will play 2 games on March 2nd against an under 19 Canadian soccer club...and against an under 21 team from that same soccer club.... Making their Zips Debuts - 6 January additions Maximus Barboto Joshua Bartels James Buebendorf Nicholas Beier Beto Ydrach Devin Armstrong and 2 very talented redshirt freshman (injured, could not play in the fall) Caleb Borneo Nathan Ferguson You will notice that the Zips .....will have a lot of players on their team.....with a last name beginning with B How many of the 11 zips starters in the fall...will have a last name beginning with B? Jonas Buechte ? Mitchell Budler ? Caleb Borneo ? Maximus Barboto ? James Buebendorf ? Nicholas Beier ? Joshua Bartels ? I am really excited.......to see how this exciting group of zips do in the spring campaign.....Go, Zips !!!

Michigan State will play at Akron on Saturday March 9 We now know that Akron's 2 home games in the college spring league will be Dayton on April 6 and the Spartans on March 9 We know that the zips...play at Bowling Green on Friday March 22. The zips will play at Michigan in their 4th college spring league game (that date has not yet been published by either Michigan or Akron)

I still think that AD Guthrie is comparing total attendance for 12 home games in 2023......vs. 10 regular season home games in 2022. McFall and Guthrie need to stop trying to snow us.... Women's attendance was better....when you look at the box scores 2022 YSU 250 ; Niagara 202 ; Kent St 273 ; E. Mich 218 ; BG 294 ; CMU 322 ; Toledo 407 ; Ohio 246 8 games ...total attendance of 2,212 ...avg. attendance of 276.5 2023 - games 6 to 8 this year.....were much higher than the first 5...that is encouraging Rob Morris 142 ; Dayton 442 ; Boston 395 ; Buffalo 318 ; NIU 238 ; W. Mich 705 ; Ball St 662 ; Miami 719 ; Ohio 319 9 games...total attendance of 3,940 ...avg. attendance of 437.8 437.8 in 2023 is 58.3% improvement over 276.5 in 2022....

Soccer wire......shows that the lady zips have added another recruit for 2025 Olivia is from the state of New York. for the true soccer purists on the board (hmmmm....could that apply to someone whose monitor ends in Buflobo?), Olivia is kind enough to list the soccer numbered positions that she can play. https://www.soccerwire.com/player/olivia-pilato/

The Dayton Flyers will be playing at Akron on Saturday April 6......at 5 pm...in the spring college league I would suspect that the zips 3 other spring college league games against Michigan, Michigan State and Bowling Green will occur on Saturdays in the month of March. I am really looking forward to seeing how all of these new players do. Go, Zips !!!.....I think that they have a good chance of playing in Crew Stadium on April 13. https://daytonflyers.com/news/2024/1/29/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-announces-spring-schedule.aspx

spring roster https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/2024