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I would be remiss if I also did not talk about Beto Ydrach. He is an absolute warrior. Georgetown really concentrated their attack ....using their left winger to attack the zips right back..... Beto was constantly in the right place.....and he battled all game against Georgetown's big, talented front line.

the video of this goal does not give enough credit to Dyson Dyson made great run up the field short pass to Emil (Emil is such a good passer) emil one touch back to Dyson Dyson one touch to Malik Malik adjusted his footing and got his first goal great unselfish passing.....zips futbol

Mitch Budler was absolutely phenomenal He had 2 one handed left handed saves that were out of this world. the first one was world class The Georgetown coach will definitely be voting for Mitch for Big East GK of the year Mitch also had 2 other pretty solid saves The zips had excellent defensive positioning on a corner kick....as Emil was on back line and saved a goal with a header out Right before Akron goal, Beto had a kick save on the right side that saved a goal. Georgetown easily could have scored 3 to 4 goals......but Akron was excellent defensively This was Mitch Budler's audition to be first team All American and he passed with flying colors it is impossible to describe....how good that Mitch Budler was today

Solid first half for the zips. Beto Ydrach was fantastic in the first half Hot, humid day...I would like to see some subs in the midfield (Maximus Barboto, Nicolas Beier) to start 2nd half Georgetown is really concentrating their attack on their left side (against RB Josh Hardin) hopefully, coaches can make some adjustments at half time to help on left side

who's excited about paying $30 a month for FLO-FC? not me, but I will

Busy night in the Big East #15 Seton Hall 2 Lehigh 0 #18 Providence 2 Brown 1 #20 Penn 2 Villanova 2 (Villanova is now 0-4-4...good result to tie a Penn team that upset #3 Pitt early in the year) #24 UConn played to 0-0 tie with Fairfield Georgetown 2 Princeton 0 Wright State 3 Butler 2 Penn State 2 St. Johns 1 Xavier 2 Evansville 0 DePaul 3 Loyola Chicago 1

Jack Roman with the start tonight

https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/deandre-yedlin-usmnt-fc-cincinnati/blt3bfe768faecc7943

Wow....I knew absolutely nothing about St. Francis University I had no clue that they are the Red Flash...... St. Francis is a private Catholic university with 1,639 undergraduate students St. Francis is located in Loretto, PA . Loretto has a population of 1,302. Loretto's main claim to fame is that industrialist Charles Schwab was raised in Loretto. Charles Schwab built a 44 room mansion in Loretto. Loretto is 17 miles west of Altoona. 25 miles southwest of Johnstown Ok back to soccer...... The Red Flash have a YTD record of 2-3-1 St. Bonaventure 3-0 win #3 West Virginia 4-0 loss Wright State 3-1 loss Robert Morris 2-1 loss Bucknell 3-0 win Canisius 3-3 tie as of 6:30 pm on Sunday night, the Red Flash were #133 in RPI zips (as of 6:30) were #63 in RPI

With Ashton Kamdem out due to a red card, I hope that James Buebendorf gets a chance to play a lot of minutes against St Francis. I really like the speed and potential of James Buebendorf. It is always hard for freshman to make an impact on an experienced team but I really like what I have seen from James Buebendorf and Jack Roman.

Beto has been a great addition to the Zips. Maximum effort all of the time.

the 3 big east night games (not including Akron) Providence 1 #8 Seton Hall 0 Georgetown 1 Creighton 0 Xavier 1 St. Johns 0 Xavier, Akron and Marquette 1-0 in Big East Midwest DePaul, Butler and Creighton all started their big east campaigns with a loss next league games are Saturday September 28 Akron at Georgetown 1pm Xavier at DePaul 3pm Creighton at Providence 7 pm Villanova at St. Johns 7 pm Seton Hall at UConn 7 pm Butler at Marquette 8 pm 10 of the 12 teams will play non conference contests on Sept. 24

The zips players and the zips coaches should all be extremely proud of the effort and determination tonight. They could have hung their heads numerous times during the match....but they battled their keisters off. Embick did well to substitute Nicholas Beier and Jack Roman at half time. Nicholas Beier played very well and almost won a PK. Jack Roman was absolutely fantastic. The young man really impacted the game. Malik Henry deserves a lot of credit for moving to the back and doing what the team needed to get a win. I said after the Temple game that Emil Jaaskilainen might be the best #9 that the zips have had in many, many years. Emil showed once again tonight that he is a very talented, hard working player. It was super to see the zips get a rebound goal in the first half. Great job by WKWK to step up. This was a truly team win. Sleep well, tonight.......zips WELL DONE !!!

announcers are wrong.....Hardin does not have a yellow card live stats only show the 2 yellows for Kamdem Hardin got a foul that resulted in a PK....Hardin did not get a yellow

very soft 2nd yellow on Ashton Kamdem..... ref should have gone to VAR to look at the PK call against Akron Zips will have to do a lot of chasing in 2nd half.... Embick needs to use subs in the last 15 minutes of the 2nd half

Friday Sept. 20 results Marquette 3 Villanova 2 UConn 3 DePaul 2

Providence 4-2-1 earlier in the week, they were showing as being #1 in strength of schedule Quinnipac 2-0 Boston College 1-1 Hofstra 0-2 U Mass 2-1 Rutgers 1-0 Rhode Island 0-1 Bryant 2-1 Villanova 0-3-3 they have 2 common opponents with the zips St. Peters 2-2 Temple 2-3 Michigan State 0-1 Western Michigan 1-5 Lafayette 1-1 Fairleigh Dickinson 2-2 St. Johns 2-2-3 they have tied 2 teams ranked in the top 15 Rhode Island 0-2 Stony Brook 1-1 Manhattan 2-1 Albany 3-0 #12 N. Carolina 2-2 Princeton 1-2 #6 Marshall 1-1 Georgetown they were the highest ranked Big East team at the start of the year picked to win the big East....East division 2-2-3 record Pittsburgh 0-2 Maryland 2-0 UNC Greensboro 1-0 FLA International 0-0 Cornell 2-2 James Madison 0-1 Long Island University 2-2 UConn at DePaul starts at 3 today Marquette at Villanova starts at 4 today other 4 league games start at 7 Butler at Akron St. Johns at Xavier Seton Hall at Providence Georgetown at Creighton

Seton Hall 6-0-0 record FLA Intl 1-0 Albany 2-1 Manhattan 1-0 Columbia 2-0 Rutgers 3-1 Harvard 3-2 UConn 5-0-1 record Stonehill 6-0 NJIT 2-1 LIU 0-0 Central Conn. 2-1 Siena 2-1 Dartmouth 2-1

Big East play starts Friday night with the Zips being inconsistent, I have lost touch with how other teams are doing. I will try to post some interesting info...(before the Guardians start playing at 1:10...BTW....how bout those 88-65 Guardians !!! Magic number of 4) Friday Sept. 20 action #8 Seton Hall at Providence #25 UConn at Depaul Marquette at Villanova Butler at Akron Georgetown at Creighton St. Johns at Xavier I will try to post YTD results first for the Big East - Midwest teams)...before the Guardians game at 1:10 How did the coaches expect the teams to do in pre season poll? 1. Akron 2. Xavier 3. Creighton 4. Butler 5. Marquette 6. DePaul Where do the 12 Big East Teams rank right now in RPI? #8 Providence with a record of 4-2-1 (providence is currently #1 in strength of schedule) #18 Georgetown #22 Seton Hall with an impressive record of 6-0-0 #36 Connecticut has a record of 5-0-1 #46 Creighton #67 Xavier #68 Marquette #71 St. Johns #75 DePaul #85 Akron #89 Butler #195 Villanova How are the Big East - Midwest teams doing so far? A few of the teams have played the Buckeyes Butler record of 3-2-2 Southern Indiana 2-1 W. Illinois 1-1 Oakland 2-1 Indiana 1-1 Bowling Green 2-3 Evansville 4-1 Ohio State 0-1 Xavier record of 2-2-3 Northern KY 0-0 Cal St. Fullerton 4-1 #2 Marshall 2-0 Duquesne 0-1 Bradley 2-2 #21 Ohio State 1-3 Siena 0-0 Creighton record of 4-1-2 FLA Atlantic 0-0 Drake 5-3 Loyola Chicago 1-1 San Francisco 4-2 #3 Denver 1-3 Grand Canyon (RV) 1-0 Tulsa 3-0 Marquette Record of 4-3-1 Drexel 2-0 Marist 6-1 Yale 1-0 #22 Wisconsin 1-2 Purdue Ft. Wayne 0-0 #9 Northwestern 0-1 Edgewood 1-0 Illinois-Chicago 0-2 DePaul Record of 2-3-1 Illinois Chicago 4-3 Northwestern 1-2 St. Thomas (MN) 1-1 Drake 1-2 Wright State 4-1 Mercyhurst 2-3 If anyone wants to add some of the Big East - East...team records, please feel free...... if not, I will try to add records tomorrow for Seton Hall, Georgetown, Villanova, etal

OK, back at it...... lets look at the teams projected to finish 7 thru 10 3 of those teams also played Oakland....you all probably have Akron's score against Oakland imprinted in your brain...so I will not highlight the comparison score @Z.I.P. was kind enough to share via facebook message...the historical significance of Colorado College in women's soccer. Colorado College twice lost in the NCAA finals to UNC. @Z.I.P. and @fknbuflobo are both much better soccer historians than I am. Perhaps the 2 great minds can grace us with a prediction for how women's soccer will do in the MAC??? PLEASE !!! Northern Illinois picked 7th in pre-season poll impressive win over a team that the lady zips tied 6-1-1 record DePaul 0-0 (DePaul also played to 1-1 tie with league favorite Western Michigan) St. Thomas (MN) 4-1 Southern IN 6-1 Oakland 1-0 #9 Notre Dame 0-4 E. Illinois 3-0 (lady zips played to 1-1 tie with E. Illinois in 2nd game of season) Illinois St 1-0 Valparaiso 2-1 Toledo picked 8th in league 3-3-1 IU Indy 1-1 Cincinnati 2-3 Northwestern 0-1 Detroit Mercy 1-0 Loyola Chicago 1-2 Oakland 1-0 Ohio Dominican 3-0 Miami picked 9th in league 4-1-2 Eastern Kentucky 4-0 Tennessee Tech 2-2 Indiana State 0-2 Northern Kentucky 3-1 #21 South Carolina 0-0 ...I thought that was an impressive result for a team to picked to finish 9th Southern Indiana 2-0 Chicago State 4-0 Eastern Michigan picked 10th in the league 4-3 record Oakland 1-0 UIC 3-2 Youngstown State 2-0 (YSU had played to 2-2 tie with Kent State (picked 4th in league) Purdue Fort Wayne 1-0 Cincinnati 1-3 Valparaiso 0-1 Loyola Chicago 0-1 I am very impressed by the non conference records of the 12 teams. I had done a combined record for the teams picked to finish 1 thru 6. The very knowledgeable and all around good guy @NYC ZIP kidded me when I did too much math in another post.....so I will refrain from doing more math. Best wishes to the lady Zips.....as they begin their journey.....thru a tough MAC schedule

Let's look next at the teams predicted to finish 1, 3 , 4 and 6 in the league there are some common opponents that the lady zips have played....(I will try to highlight those) Oakland has played 3 MAC teams shown below Western Michigan picked to finish first in the league 3-1-3 record N. Kentucky 3-0 #24 Iowa 1-1 Marquette 3-0 Creighton 0-3 Wisconsin 1-1 Det. Mercy 3-0 DePaul 1-1 Ohio Bobcats picked to finish 3rd in the league 5-1-1 record...very impressive against zip common opponent Butler 1-1 (this is good result for Ohio as Butler defeated Ball State (picked 2nd in league ) 3-0 N. Kentucky 4-0 #8 Mich. St 0-3 (item of interest ...Grace Jackson played 26 minutes for spartans...yes, she has a brother named Will) Valparaiso 5-0 Marshall 2-0 W. Kentucky 2-1 Oakland 7-0 (akron def. Oakland 1-0) Kent State picked 4th in league Cleveland State 2-1 (akron beat the Vikings 1-0) Youngstown St 2-2 Oakland 4-0 (again, akron won 1-0) Colgate 3-2 Duquesne 2-4 #21 Kentucky 1-3 Bowling Green picked 6th in the league 3-2-1 record Detroit Mercy 3-1 Findlay 3-0 Duquesne 0-2 Loyola Chicago 0-1 Cleveland State 2-0 (again, Zips 1-0) Oakland 0-0 )again, zips 1-0) I am going to take an hour or two break....before looking up records for the teams predicted to finish 7,8.9 and 10 in the league the teams picked to finish 1 thru 6 in the league had a combined non- conference record of 24 wins , 8 losses and 8 ties