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Number 13 Gardner Webb got a 1-0 road win tonight at number 6 West Virginia Number 4 Indiana earned a 1-0 win at home over number 16 St. Louis.

Tuesday September 2 only 1 game tonight involving a Zip opponent Campbell went on the road and battled to a 1-1 tie at VCU Wednesday night, there are 2 huge games that could have big impact on opponent strength of schedule for the Zips Zips future opponent number 16 ranked St. Louis will play at number 4 ranked Indiana 13th ranked Gardner Webb will play at number 6 ranked West Virginia

Congratulations to Matthew Paiva. He has been a fantastic starter at center back.

from not in their top 25... to #12 https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soocer-news-mens-soccer-week-2-top-25-poll-stanford-clemson-and-indiana-jump-into-the-top-5/

Evening scores for September 1 Providence earned a 3-1 road win at Rhode Island Tulsa went on the road and battled to a 0-0 tie at Creighton IU Indy got a 1-0 win on the road at Butler.

Early scores from September 1 number 1 Vermont and Georgetown battled to a 1-1 result Villanova got a 1-0 win over St. Joseph’s At halftime, New Hampshire leads Western Michigan 1-0 (WMU has started their year with 3 losses)

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

That is a really strong result for St. John's....on the road.... Akron will have their hands full with St. John's when they come to Akron on October 3. If memory serves me correctly, St. John's also has a 5-0 win this year over New Hampshire (New Hampshire appeared in seven straight NCAA's from 2017-2023). St. John's will host Marshall on Friday September 5......so they are really playing a tough schedue

another fabulous article....about Richie..... Richie was a fiery competitor at Akron.....Toronto is fortunate to have a "Warrior" on their team https://www.thestar.com/sports/tfc/no-matter-what-position-he-plays-richie-laryea-a-driving-force-for-toronto-fc/article_1b8f151d-750e-5186-aa75-a76a21a323c2.html

The quotes in this article....about Richie Laryea...are absolutely glowing there are so many quotes that I am not allowed to post all of them.... please click on the article....and read about former Zip Richie https://wakingthered.com/2025/08/31/20909/osorio-was-the-goal-hero-but-laryea-vilsaint-play-big-hand-in-toronto-fc-draw-with-cf-montreal/ CanMNT and TFC veteran Richie Laryea occupied the role of a center-back, instead of his usual role at full-back. However, Laryea was everywhere, making deep runs all the way to the CFMTL box, and sometimes controlling possession as an advanced No. 8. “Richie has become, for us, wherever we need somebody, for whatever reason, he just goes there, and he’s excelled in everything I’ve asked him to do,” (head coach) Fraser said. “And I’ve asked him to do probably six or seven different things this year.” Goalscorer and the man of the moment, Osorio, was also full of praise for Laryea, acknowledging that people might already know how good he is, but Laryea may not be getting the proper respect he deserves. “I can’t speak highly enough about that guy,” Osorio said. “He is an unbelievable competitor, an unbelievable footballer. He plays where he’s told to play, and he does the job. I think a lot of people know how good he is, but actually, I think even he deserves even more respect than he actually gets. Because that guy is a top-level player.”

Saturday August 30th The big East went 0-2 tonight The really bad loss is that Bellarmine (from the Atlantic Sun conference) defeated Xavier 3-1 St. Louis (at home) had a 1-0 win over Seton Hall. Cornell will be a tough non league game for the Zips. Cornell finally opened their season tonight with a 3-0 win over LeMoyne I think that there are 4 games on sunday...involving Zips opponents. Northern KY at Western Illinois 2 Manhattan at UConn 6 St. Johns at Wake Forest 7 pm Temple at Ohio State 7 pm

The soccer ball in last night’s game should be super healthy. The ball recuperated many, many times in last night’s game. the announcer was laughably very bad.

very well taken corner kick by Akron.....

PDF box score says attendance of 1,773 tough to compete with high school football on Friday night https://gozips.com/documents/2025/8/30/akr-wvu-msoc-box-8-29-25a.pdf

Huge win tonight for Georgetown Georgetown with a 1-0 home win over highly ranked Pitt Wisconsin gets a 1-0 over Western Michigan Michigan defeated Creighton 3-1 VCU gets a 2-1 road win at Old Dominion At home, Providence with a 2-0 win over Boston College

Zips played absolutely ferocious defense tonight. Great game plan, great effort from the players.... Ashton and Matthew Paiva......make a tremendous duo on that side of the field. Matt Dreas and Jack Sullivan/Tyler Morck....were excellent in ball winning at midfield.

the announcer is just horrible...... several times, he called Tyler Morck.....Tyler Bush That being said, outstanding defensive game plan by the Zips.... outstanding swarming defense.

Friday August 29 American University and number 1 Vermont battled this afternoon to a 1-1 result. Vermont led 12-7 in shots ; 6 to 1 in shots on goal and 9-2 in corners Vermont plays at Georgetown on Monday September 1.

Thursday August 28 Big East teams continue to be unimpressive.... New Jersey Institute of Technology played to a 0-0 result with UConn Detroit Mercy defeated Butler 2-0 Iona and Villanova played to a 1-1 tie Marquette scored at 86 minutes to earn a 3-3 tie with Drake. DePaul did get a 2-1 win over Chicago State St. John's did its part tonight for the Big East with a 5-0 win over New Hampshire (on Sunday night, St. John's will play at ACC powerhosue Wake Forest) Ohio State got a 1-0 home win over the Oakland Grizzlies games to follow on Friday August 29 Number 1 Vermont at American 4 pm Western Michigan at Wisconsin 7 pm Boston College at Providence 7 pm Creighton at Michigan 7 pm VCU at Old Dominion 7 pm number 7 Pitt plays at Georgetown 7:30 pm

WEAR WHITE !!!

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ The United Soccer Coaches have released their most current vote....and they say that the number 16 ranked Zips will host the number 10 ranked Moutaineers this FRiday night. Are the coaches correct? Will both of these 2 teams be receiving a top 16 bye when the NCAA tournament begins in November?

West Virginia with a 4-0 win over LaSalle Maryland went on the road and got a 1-0 win at number 25 Georgetown The New Haven Chargers (this is their first year in Division 1) defeated Providence 1-0 Reminder- Georgetown and Providence were predicted to finish 1-2 in the Big East- Eastern division