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emil ties Louie Nanchoff for 2nd place at 22

Good first half by the zips. Malik was really dangerous. Mailk deserves recognition when the all league teams are announced next Tuesday or Wednesday. Great finish on the first goal by Victor The referee made several poor calls that hurt the zips. The foul call on Malik (when Malik was having his jersey pulled) was horrible and gave DePaul a free kick in a good location. The Akron back 4....has really improved during the season. Ashton and Josh are both very solid. The 2 captains...Beto and Josh...are outstanding.

In the first Big East tournament game today, Georgetown defeated Creighton 1-0 from the writeup and the stats, it looks like it was a very competitive game Georgetown moves to the Big East semis and awaits the winner of the Akron-DePaul game at 4:55 pm on Saturday, Georgetown is up to #8 in RPI Akron is currently #29 in RPI https://guhoyas.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-hoyas-down-creighton-to-advance-to-big-east-semifinal.aspx

very good post by @YipaZip. This team has played amazingly good soccer over the past 8 or 9 weeks. Emil is having a season to remember. I believe that the Big East all league teams will be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday. I will be very disappointed if Beto and Mitch do not join Emil on the first team. This team deserves the support of the community and the students. I am glad that the Beacon Journal has done 2 articles in the past 10 days. Hopefully, that will help fill a few seats tomorrow.

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this one ???? 😎 https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/11/08/akron-zips-mens-soccer-emil-jaaskelainen-big-east-tournament-jared-embick-long-island-england-usa/76108092007/

Good suggestions...... Charles Guthrie and the marketing department are not even trying...... How many kids that play high school soccer......in the 5 county area....will end up going to Akron for college (for education , not soccer)? How much work....would it be for the UA marketing person......or Marcus (Charles's #2).....to send e-mails........to the coaches Hudson , Stow, Jackson, Revere, Medina, Copley, and 45 other schools (boys and girls teams)in the 5 county area........and offer them a deal.........(coach and 9 high school players get in for $50 for 10 tickets)....and offer them a chance to see the nation's leading scorer....and the 13th ranked team in the country? the kids would have a fabulous time cheering with 8 or 9 of their high school soccer team mates.......These kids would remember the great time that they had at the Big East tournament game.....when they come to Akron for their education....they would be likely to come to games when they are at Akron for their education. Shoot, carve out a section of the grand stand....where the Hudson kids could sit in a row behind the Revere kids or besides the Copley kids or a row in front of the Stow Kids and the Medina kids. The kids would want to be creative and outdo the other kids in cheering for the zips.....Get 300 to 400 high school kids in one area....it would be alive and festive and you would have $1,500 to $2,000 of revenue that you would not have had. who knows, these high school kids.....might even become fans for life.....and support the zips as the adults......... Charles Guthrie and Marcus are doing absolutely nothing in being creative to attract fans from the community. Thundersticks is the best they can do ??? We all know that Akron student enrollment is down is because the previous presidents and the board of trustees have not been creative in trying to attract students. Rob Nemer did well for the Business School. I am pleased that he is president..... Charles Guthrie and Marcus and the marketing person hired by Guthrie are failing the university in attracting new fans to mens soccer.

Charles Guthrie and the marketing department have their A game going on promotions (insert picture of Sheldon Cooper ...asking if that was sarcasm !!!) Free Thundersticks (be still, my heart !!!)

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=54016&articleTitle=best-of-mens-college-soccer-week-11 Jaaskelainen’s Legendary Record While Hughes chases the 50-goal club, Akron striker Emil Jaaskelainen recently became the highest-scoring NCAA DI player of the 21st century. His 63 career goals top the 62 Alon Lubezky managed for Harvard from 2001 to 2004. It is important to note that 43 goals came while Jaaskelainen was at LIU from 2020 to 2023, receiving NEC Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year twice in his legendary tenure. The son of Jussi Jaaskelainen, an English Premier League goalkeeping icon, Emil has carved out his own lasting legacy.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/signing-for-newcastle-united-was-a-big-moment-for-me-but-my-time-with-sunderland-was-probably-one-of-the-most-important-chapters-of-my-life-deandre-yedlin-was-born-in-the-usa-but-made-in-the-north-east-of-england

I would like to recognize and celebrate Malik Henry today. Josh Hardin was one of the players sitting on 4 yellows. For the majority of the 2nd half, Josh came out of the game. Malik moved from right winger to right back...with Maximus Barboto and Jack Roman getting most of the time at right winger I thought that Malik was outstanding in the 2nd half at right back. Malik would probably get more all league and all region recognition if he played all of his time at right winger. Malik probably does not get the recognition that he deserves because he splits his time between right winger and right back. This Akron fan.....greatly appreciates Malik being a true unselfish team player....and doing what is best to help the soccer zips win. Thank you much, Malik.

How far away do you live from Big East semifinals site? Akron vs. Georgetown would be a good game to watch in person . Of course, both teams need to get wins at home on Nov. 9th.

thought that this might interest the out of town zips fans https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/11/01/akron-zips-mens-soccer-big-east-regular-season-champions-emil-jaaskelainen-malik-henry-dyson-clapier/75945806007/

DePaul men's soccer twitter says that they will be playing in the Big East tournament

agree completely with you they must get a win in the quarterfinals while today's game was being played, Akron was 26 in RPI after the tie, Akron is showing at 29 in RPI (RPI as of 4:25) DePaul is 93 in RPI Marquette is 113 Georgetown is currently 12 Zips must get a home win.......on Saturday November 9 losses to IU_indy (currently 146 in RPI) and Temple (currently 111 in RPI)...are really hurting the zips

Seton Hall beat nova 1-0 standings before today The current standings: 1. Akron 21 points (clinched top seed) 2. Georgetown 16 points 3. Providence 14 points (by virtue of beating UConn and tied St John's) 4. St John's 14 pts (tied UConn) 5. UConn 11 points 6. Creighton 10 points (tied Providence) 7. Seton Hall 10 points (lost to Providence) 8. Marquette 8 points standings after today 1. Akron 22 2T. Providence and St. Johns tie with 17 4. Georgetown 16......could face Akron in semis 5T. Seton Hall and Creighton 13 7. UConn 12 8T. Marquette and DePaul 8

akron will host DePaul next Saturday (using MD Zip analysis) DePaul 5 Butler 3 Creighton 5 Marquette 2 both Marquette and DePaul finish with 8 points MD Zip analysis If DePaul wins (they have Butler) and Marquette and Xavier lose, DePaul gets the 8 seed because their best result is a win over Creighton. Xavier loses 1-0 to Providence St. John's gets 2 seed with 2-0 win over Georgetown

UConn leads 5-2 in shots Akron leads 3-1 in corners UConn has ball possession edge

DePaul leads Butler 4-0 at half time.... so , they stand very good chance of getting 8 seed DePaul is rooting for Providence win or Tie and Marquette loss Creighton leads Marquette 2-0 at half time Xavier and Providence 0-0 at half time Xavier needs a win and Marquette loss to get 8 seed Seton Hall leads Villanova 1-0 at half time Georgetown and St. Johns 0-0 at half ftime

This article says that the last Akron vs. UConn matchup .....was in 2005 https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2024/11/1/mens-soccer-huskies-host-no-13-akron-on-senior-day.aspx