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Congratulations to Richie https://www.wakingthered.com/2021/3/25/22351361/watch-richie-laryea-scores-his-first-career-international-goal

Bowling Green has also had to postpone 2 matches one of them....is against Western Michigan... so, Western Michigan also has 2 games to reschedule https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/3/25/upcoming-bowling-green-mens-soccer-matches-postponed.aspx

in a somewhat related post, the teams selected for the NCAA tournament ...will be announced on Monday April 19 the zips are supposed to play at West Virginia on Wednesday March 31. (if they can not play on that date, it will be almost impossible to play a complete MAC schedule Akron is home on Sunday April 4 against N. Illinois and home on Wed. April 7 against W. VA Zips are scheduled to play on Sunday April 11...at B. Green...and Sunday April 18...at W. Michigan the MAC purposely kept Wed. April 14 open for makeup games... Both W. Mich and SIU-E (the 2 needed makeup games for Zips ) are both off between april 11 and april 18 alas, zips can only play one of them on apr. 14

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2021/03/22/ua-soccer-team-paused-contact-tracing-after-positive-covid-19-test/4802032001/ “COVID has impacted all of us personally and professionally,” UA coach Jared Embick said. “We continue to work with our medical staff for the safety of our student athletes so they can pursue their dreams both academically and athletically.”

MAC standings after today BGSU def. Northern Illinois 1-0 1. BGSU 3-1 2. Akron 2-1 3. WVU 2-2 3. N. Illinois 2-2. 5. W. Michigan 1-2 6. SIU-E 1-3

really tough news for our beloved Zip soccer team get well quickly, guys

the SIU-E coach has many classy quotes in the article.... many more quotes....than the few I copied click on the article...it has final stats as well https://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2020-21/releases/20210317p6w59y "I respect Akron they fought hard and they are a good team," Wassermann said. " Wassermann said the tough, physical match proves how tough the MAC is as a league. "This is one of the toughest leagues in the country day in and day out," he said. "There are no easy games. We showed up today. I thought we did enough to win the game. Sometimes it doesn't go your way."

Colin Biros is my man of the match.... I think that SIU-E led 12-9 in shots...and SIU-E led 8-5 in corner kicks but young Mr. Biros put 2 corner kicks inside the box...and Marco and Daniel took care of business I was really impressed also with Jason Shokalook. He played the full 90 minutes and he had 2 very nice passes to teammates inside the box. Always good to get a win in bad conditions. Federico Serra, Diogo Pacheco and Pol Hernandez did not play at all today. Credit to all of the zips...that played the full 90 today...Jason S, Dyson Clapier, Colin Biros, Marco Milanese, Johnny Fitzgerald and Carlo Ritaccio and Congratulations to Josh Hangi on his start, his first win...and his first shutout.... Mr. Hangi has a really strong leg on goal kicks 😀

BGSU and Akron currently tied at 2-1 on top of the league standings BG with the win at WVU

2-0 Zips 25 minutes to go Shokalook good pass into the box...results in corner another good CK by Colin Strachan gets goal on rebound

1-0 at half time 3 starters for most of the year (Pacheco, Pol Hernandez and Hazem Sobhy) did not play in first half

1-0 zips ...13 minutes in beautiful CK by Colin Biros header by Marco M. !!!

first start for Freshman GK Josh Hangi

In the 2nd United Soccer Coaches Poll (March 9), the zips were #15 and the then 4-0-0 SIU-E Cougars were ranked 25 in the 3rd Soccer Coaches Poll (March 16), the zips dropped to 23...and SIU-E did not receive any votes https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ game time on their news release shows as 1 pm they are near St. Louis...so that is central time... game will start at 2 eastern game will be available on ESPN+ https://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2020-21/files/msoc21_G6_Akron.pdf

"We were outplayed all over the field today," Akron head coach Jared Embick commented. "The result was deserved by Northern Illinois. Fortunately for us, everyone in the conference is 1-1 and we have to learn from this and correct it by Wednesday." https://gozips.com/news/2021/3/14/mens-soccer-akron-suffers-setback-at-northern-illinois.aspx

after 2 games in the conference, every single team has a 1-1 record Bowling Green beat SIU-E today on a golden goal (SIUE had defeated WMU in first game) Western Michigan defeated West Virginia today 1-0 (WVU had defeated NIU in first game)

they look as bad as the 3-0 score indicated outhustled to 50/50 balls.... no cohesiveness on passes lazy , sloppy back passes led to first 2 goals... goal keeper error led to 3rd goal really missed Pol Hernandez on left side I will have to look at player stats...but it looked like Pacheco sat for the first 26 minutes of 2nd half no offense today on left side of the field

2-0 Huskies 20 minutes to go looks like fall 2019 again

1-0 northern Illinois 27 minutes to go awful midfield play by zips

0-0 at half wind heavily impacting play very glad to see Carlo healthy

https://niuhuskies.com/news/2021/3/12/mens-soccer-huskies-host-akron-in-mac-home-opener.aspx to watch the game on video...will require some dollars ☹️ Members of the general public are now welcome to attend NIU home soccer matches with capacity of the NIU Soccer Complex limited to 20 percent, or just under 400 total. The contest will also be streamed live on Huskie All-Access on NIUHuskies.com. Subscriptions are available for $6.95 (24-hour pass), $10.95 (monthly recurring subscription) or $89.95 (annual).

Jared, Wil Meyer and Tonny Temple...all talk