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Coach Embick has taken the zips to 3 college cups in the past 4 years. He was never voted coach of the year in the MAC during his first 6 years. Long overdue award....

Congratulations to MAC coach of the year Jared Embick Colin Biros, David Egbo and Carlo Ritaccio were selected to the first team Daniel Strachan, Chris Lue and Will were chosen as 2nd team From my perspective, Daniel Strachan was the MVP this year for zips mens soccer. I feel that Daniel should have been MAC first team. https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/11/14/mac-announces-2019-mens-soccer-postseason-awards.aspx

it is official.... https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/11/13/official-columbus-crew-sc-acquire-darlington-nagbe-atlanta-united

Bowling Green will be the opponent on Friday night.... they won 2-1 on a penalty kick in the first overtime

https://aftn.ca/herdman-feels-tfcs-richie-laryea-is-only-going-to-keep-getting-better-as-breakthrough-mls-season-boosts-canada/ Canada national team coach - If you know him off the pitch, he’s just a wonderful human being that provides that foundation. He’s had a tough football story. His year hasn’t been an easy one and that’s where the grit comes from. You’re starting to see in this stage of his career what he really, really can offer. He’s going to keep getting better and that’s Canada’s win. Again, it’s just a wonderful story.”

Rooting for Richie today

https://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2019-20/releases/20191109oe0e55 SIU website....agrees with you....that Western Michigan wins a tiebreaker against SIU-E.....due to their tie against the top team in the league

https://torontosun.com/sports/soccer/mls/toronto-fc/simmons-rag-tag-reds-come-together-to-challenge-for-mls-cup DeLeon was out of work, let go by D.C. United. Richie Laryea, a former first-round draft pick, was almost out of soccer, let go by Orlando City. Both now playing significant roles for the Eastern Conference champion Toronto FC. “They didn’t think I was good enough,” said Laryea of Orlando. “You had to take that. It’s a hard thing to accept. They didn’t believe in me and then I came here. When a team stops believing in you, you have to keep believing in yourself. “It’s been a challenge for me and Nick. The clubs we were with — we thought we were there for our careers. You think that way sometimes. You know one team. It’s all you know. It’s all you care about. And then they tell you they don’t want you. That’s heartbreaking.

nice quotes from Brad Guzan and Michael Parkhurst https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-united-will-without-nagbe/WCCVEdja9zJR4V34SiMk9J/

nice quotes from Jeff Larentowicz https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-united-tried-keep-nagbe/iS9ggzdgI7xYzKC6hoBpDO/#

the best press resistant central midfielder in MLS https://mlsmultiplex.com/2019/11/07/columbus-crew-darlington-nagbe-importance-press-resistant-midfielder/

former player...happy for Coach Embick

Congratulations to Coach Embick for his 100th win as the zips head coach.

Diogo Pacheco was very good during his time on the field. Definitely man of the match what a scrum......on their near goal.... crossbar was the zips friend tonight David Egbo really worked hard on defense. However, the zips need to figure out a way for David to get the ball more in their half of the field Also, the refereeing for the match was awful. Zips were called 22 fouls vs. 9 for the home team

This is an article from Atlanta paper https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-united-reportedly-trading-nagbe-columbus/e6YdHy4d8JfOUeQwpAOxGK/

West Virginia is a team that has had their season destroyed by injuries At the beginning of the season, they played to a 0-0 tie with a very good Charlotte team. In the MAC season, they have been forced to play without their 2 best players WVA is 6-7-2 overall and is 0-3-1 in the MAC opened their season with a 1-0 OT win at Monmouth 2nd game was 1-0 OT loss at Delaware 2-1 home win over Wright State 0-0 result at home with #12 (at the time) Charlotte 5-2 home win over then #15 ranked Coastal Carolina 2-1 win OT win at Cincinnati at that point of the season, WVA was 4-1-1 (since then they have gone 2-6-1) 2-0 home loss to Dayton 4-1 win....thrashing Ohio State in Columbus 3-0 home win over Penn that is their last win of the year....they have gone 0-5-1 in their last 6 games 4-1 loss at home to then #25 ranked San Diego (useless trivia...here...San Diego head coach is the father of Aodhan Quinn) 3-1 loss on the road to then #18 ranked N. Carolina (UNC has struggled in the ACC...they are 7-7-2 overall and play Syracuse tonight in ACC tourney...if Syracuse wins, UNC will not be in the NCAA tourney) 3-1 home loss to West Virginia 4-2 home loss to Northern Illinois 3-0 loss at Bowling Green 0-0 result at SIU-E after the SIU-E game, the WVA coach had these quotes: "What a performance from our team on the road," WVU coach Marlon LeBlanc said. "We're really, really shorthanded right now, missing arguably the two best players on our team, but our guys fought tooth-and-nail and were the better team for 110 minutes tonight. It's disappointing to not get the goal that we deserved but give SIUE credit for being resilient and defending well. I thought our kids showed up tonight. The resurgence has to start somewhere – this is a good place for it to start." here is what the SIU-E coach had to say about the same game "It was a tough, good college soccer game," SIUE Head Coach Cale Wassermann said. "West Virginia is a quality team. There were some ebbs and flows. I thought we were better in the first half and they were better in the second half. It was pretty even in the overtimes.

https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/stats/2019/northern-illinois/boxscore/6096 if you click on play by play....for the 2nd half...it shows Pacheco coming in at 68:03 ...for Sammy Diogo recorded a shot at 68:29 other late game....change....Federico Serra came in at 74:45....for Colin Biros