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stop with the negativity Arth was 3-24 Jared has taken the team to 3 college cups and lost in the finals of 2018 there is one soccer coach to be fired and her name is Noreen Herlihy She has been there 6 years lady zips were 3-15-1 this year and 1-9-1 in the MAC

Akron is fortunate......to be 2-2 at the half Akron needs to play Akron soccer too many long balls in the air up the field by Akron......when it is 1 vs 4 Akron can not play ball in the air with Western Michigan.... Western Michigan has too many tall, strong guys great pass by Shokalook...to set up 2nd goal....great finish by Pacheco ball on the ground soccer.......and the zips.....win....this one... go, Zips

fknbuflobo....posted an excellent article......in MAC 2021 tourney topic probably deserves its own topic https://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/sun-belt-confirms-mens-soccer-being-reinstated/article_e08dea8c-b0bd-51cd-9810-0a1365bdc1e5.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social my comments MAC down to 4 soccer teams (Akron , NIU, WMU and BUGS) when GA State and GA Southern return to Sunbelt West Virginia had announced plans to move to conference usa for soccer Conference USA has imploded...they would be down to Fla Intl and affiliate teams....Kentucky, South Carolina and West Virginia...well short of 6 teams needed makes sense for WVU to join Marshall in Sunbelt....Kentucky would be a good soccer fit for the Sun Belt

Akron soccer has also been impacted by the financial troubles of the university. Program used to have head coach, 2 full time assistants , a volunteer assistant coach and a director of soccer operations. In Spring 2021, they had Jared, Ger, and Michael Nanchoff. This fall, there appears to be a volunteer assistant coach on the sidelines. I would think that the budget for recruiting trips was also cut. Prospective student athletes are smart enough to distinguish between well run universities and a university that is having to cut back on essentials. With Covid, face to face recruiting was also limited and international recruiting did not happen for fall 2020. Former Athletic Director Larry Williams.....always prioritized football and basketball over Men's soccer. I am confident that Charles Guthrie and the new associate AD Marcus.....will value the excellence of the soccer program. I do strongly disagree with the MLS pipeline comment. The players that joined Akron from 2007 to 2011 (Nagbe, Yedlin, Trapp, Kitchen, Sarkodie, Caldwell etal)....would never go to college in today's environment. The top 17 year olds and top 18 year olds are going to MLS academy teams or they are going to Europe. In the Porter era, it was not unusual for Caleb to sign 5 of the top 25 ranked seniors. Now, if you look at Top Drawer soccer's top 25, 23 or 24 of those young men have already turned pro. No college is signing 2 or 3 of the top 25...much less 4 or 5. If you look at top drawer soccer.....26 to 50th ranked players, a large % of that group is turning pro. For 2022, Jared has already signed two young men ranked....around 75 or 80 in the country.(Levi Stephens and Stefan Dobrijevic). If Jared can sign 2 more domestic players in the top 100 and add the usual good international recruits, 2022 should look promising.

NIU has a very good team. Very disciplined on the back line. Their players on offense that had the ball....were able to keep possession and advance the ball in their half of the field. They beat West Virginia 2-0....in addition to yesterday's win over Akron. Credit to NIU for proving the MAC coaches wrong. https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/8/25/west-virginia-selected-to-win-2021-mac-mens-soccer-title.aspx

Western Michigan 1 bowling green 0 at half time

NIU leads 5-1 in shots on goal and 5-1 in corner kicks... zips not playing possession soccer

NIU should be embarrassed to charge $6.95 for this horrible camera angle.... camera operator missed the goal.... pitiful , awful camera work

Northern Illinois has high scoring twin brothers Nick has 13 goals and 4 assists twin has 5 goals and 5 assists NIU scores 2.57 goals a game only gives up 0.46 goals a game https://niuhuskies.com/news/2021/10/29/mens-soccer-16th-ranked-huskies-host-no-19-akron-in-final-conference-match.aspx

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/weekend-preview:-title-deciders_aid50089 Saturday, October 30 No. 20 Akron (9-3-3) at Northern Illinois (11-1-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN+) Five of the seven teams will feel that they are in contention for a MAC regular season title, but if NIU can put Akron away on Saturday, it shrinks the field. Akron’s playing very well of late, scoring nine times in the past two games. Jason Shokalook and Jonny Fitzgerald have been playing well in the final third for Akron. Stopping the Markanich brothers and coping with the away trip are critical for Akron, which is in a good spot for an at-large bid even if they miss out on finishing first in the MAC. Nick Markanich is one of the nation’s top scorers with 13 tallies on the year, and he’ll look to power the home side to the win.

West Virginia improves to 2-1-1 in the league.....with a 2-1 win at home over Georgia State WVA, BGSU and Akron are all tied for 2nd in the league.....with 7 points (2-1-1 record) Georgia State drops to 2-3 in the league....(their remaining game is against Georgia Southern) GA State can only reach 9 points and is probably the team (of the top 5) most at risk of not being one of the 4 teams in the semis Western Michigan is 1-3 ....so they could reach 9 points if they win at BG and win at home against Akron NIU is the only team that has clinched a spot in the semis.....with 11 points as GA State and GA Southern and WMU can't get to 11 WVA can clinch a spot in the semis with a win sunday at GA Southern (that would give them 10 points)....they end the season hosting BG on Nov. 4 a loss to Southern and a win over BG would also get them to the semis BGSU can clinch a spot in the semis with a win at home against WMU a loss to WMU and a win at WVU would also get them in the semis finally, AKRON......a win in either of last 2 games...gets them in the semis Saturday at NIU ...Nov. 4 at WMU IF BGSU and AKRON both win their last 2 games...Akron would host tourney...based on 5-1 head to head win if it is AKRON and WVU at 4-1-1....I do not know Just win, zips !!! https://wvusports.com/news/2021/10/28/mens-soccer-late-winner-helps-wvu-earn-500th-program-win.aspx https://wvusports.com/news/2021/10/28/mens-soccer-late-winner-helps-wvu-earn-500th-program-win.aspx

If NIU wins, they will have 14 points and they can not be caught for first place. WVU and BGSU could end up with 13 points if they win out (they play each other on Nov. 4....so they both can not end up 4-1-1)

MAC showed their dominance tonight against the top 2 teams in the horizon league Cleveland State leads horizon league with a 8-1 league mark. Zips played very well tonight Bowling Green played 2nd place Horizon league team Oakland (6-1-1) tonight BG led 3-0 at halftime and that was the final.

Most importantly, the zips are #19....in this week's NCAA rpi poll https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ Last week, the zips were tied for 40th in the coaches poll. After their impressive win over #14 BGSU, the zips are #19 in this week's coaches poll

Fitz works so hard. Hope that he can make it a hat trick.

Honors continue for Shooky MAC Men's soccer player of the week https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/10/25/mac-announces-mens-soccer-player-of-the-week.aspx

College soccer news team of the week Congratulations to Mr. Hat Trick....Jason Shokalook https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-mens-national-team-of-the-week-week-ending-october-24-2021/

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Georgia state improved to 2-1 in league with 2-0 win over western Michigan Broncos drop to 0-3-0 in league northern Illinois is now 2-0-2 in league GA southern is 0-2-1 georgia state hosts northern Illinois on Saturday huge game in MAC

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-weekend-preview:-friday-night-feast_aid50049 Bowling Green(m) (9-2-2) at Akron(m) (7-3-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN+) The MAC race is shaping up to be a good one. Between Northern Illinois’ quality, West Virginia’s sturdiness, the addition of Georgia State, and the consistency of Bowling Green and Akron, five teams have a shot at winning the conference crown. For Akron, this is a must-win to have a shot of staying in the mix, as this is a home game before closing with two games on the road. Diogo Pacheco and Dyson Clapier have provided quality on the flanks and will look to best Jacob Erlandson at the back. With experience in defense, younger players have provided quality going forward, with Kyle Cusimano and Alberto Anaya helping make things happen.

Great non league matchup tonight 8-0-3 Kentucky (4th in coaches poll) vs 7-1-4 West Virginia kentucky wins 1-0 on a goal at 104:15