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Stuck in Los Angeles traffic.....when does that ever happen ? as the young kids would say LOL glad they have arrived in Southern Cali

I am going to post this in the NCAA topic as everyone is reading this topic (plus I am too lazy to look for the 2018 team topic) Congratulations to David and Abdi.

Canton newspaper article (credit to another frequent poster ...for sending this to myself and another huge fan) https://www.cantonrep.com/sports/20181205/colin-biros-fulfilling-dream-come-true-with-akron-soccer-team?rssfeed=true

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2018/12/how-tough-is-akron-soccer-tough-enough-to-survive-a-long-road-to-college-cup.html#incart_river_index

I love that cover . Very cool. Thanks much for sharing !!!

Suburbanite does a nice article on Colin http://www.thesuburbanite.com/sports/20181203/biros-heads-zips-back-to-college-cup

nice article about Darlington Nagbe https://www.myajc.com/sports/atlanta-united-nagbe-says-playing-portland-for-mls-cup-surreal/bgRhgvFgRG2EyoM3qgVwZI/

I apologize for posting too much....I am just excited about what this team has accomplished I know that it is popular on this board to bash the hometown newspaper.... But, I think that the Beacon has done a great job of covering the team this year....and I think that Marla Ridenour is a very good writer https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181204/college-cup-zips-find-belief-in-system-each-other-to-recover-from-6-6-2-start

Next practice in Santa Barbara

Excellent article from the Massilon Independent https://www.indeonline.com/sports/20181203/akrons-latest-college-cup-soccer-run-has-been-its-toughest “Sometimes things just take time,” Embick said. “I remember saying at the beginning of the year this may be a bumpy ride, we may be inconsistent, but if people give us time and stick with us, I think we can be pretty good at the end of the year.”

well deserved player of the week honors for marcel https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-december-4_aid45582

article from the beacon https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181203/university-of-akron-soccer-colin-biros-standing-tall-for-zips

SB Zipfan, thank you for all of the good info about the area. Your thoughtfulness will be greatly appreciated by those able to make the trip. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/college-cup-field-set-for-santa-barbara_aid45578 Travis Clark has the 34 pass sequence in the news article above. I am not on twitter...so I don't know if these are high totals...but I notice that when Travis Clark copied the tweet...it is showing that 8,191 people love the akron soccer tweet and that 1,956 people are talking about the akron soccer tweet. Those seem like super impressive totals to me.

https://www.massivereport.com/2018/12/2/18122186/columbus-crew-sc-interviewing-for-new-head-coach-general-manager

my memory says that 8 years ago....the university had a pub/bar/restaurant gathering place in SB for the zips fans....I think it was within walking distance of the stadium...and they tried to organize a march to the match from the gathering place. The athletic department did a very good job in 2010 of communicating and organizing events in 2010

Taylor Twellman has tweeted his approval

The Beacon is doing a very good job of covering the zips https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181201/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-zips-confident-heading-into-national-semifinal-against-michigan-state

watch party in Akron

J.R. Eskilson is a reporter for top drawer soccer he is also a fan of the soccer style from the zips his first tweet below ....was after Marcel's first curling shot off the cross bar...2nd tweet was after Ezana's great pass to Marcel...after 2nd goal

the seeding committee has been criticized for their high seeding of ACC teams this year. The Big Ten can certainly beat their chest and strut around Big ten - 4 teams in the tourney.... final four - 3 big ten teams and Akron Michigan was the 4th big ten team...Michigan went to PK's in first round and 2nd round so,,,the big ten currently has a 10-0-2 record currently in the tourney

In the 2nd day of games at the showcase....Mr. Will Jackson had another very good day https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/boys-da-winter-showcase:-glut-of-games_aid45571 F Will Jackson, Internationals SC – For the second straight day, Jackson bagged a hat trick, including two in the game’s final seven minutes to tilt the field in his favor. It was a good day for the future Zip when Akron managed to unseat three-time defending champions Stanford Friday night. also, thank you to Zip_ME87 and fknbuflobo for giving me the heads up on Jason Shokalook - that young man has already tweeted that he is an Akron commit...he is class of 2021 Below are some of the top individual efforts noted from the second day of action. U16/17 F Jason Shokalook, Internationals SC – Playing in one of the firs games of the day, Shokalook scored four times as the Internationals won 6-1 against Rio Grande Valley FC.

James Madison just scored at 31;39 to go up 1-0 at Michigan State... winner faces the mighty zips in the semis

https://the18.com/soccer-news/akron-goal-vs-stanford-34-passes-ncaa