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Butler faced Western Michigan this afternoon https://butlersports.com/news/2018/8/30/mens-soccer-no-11-butlermsoccer-posts-2-0-road-win-over-no-16-western-michigan.aspx

once again, Akron's weekend match is considered one of the top 5 matches of the weekend. I suspect that the same thing will occur next weekend with one of the games in Washington In the article...you can also note college soccer fans will be able to watch Stanford at Maryland on Fox Sports 1 on Friday night https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-top-5-matches-to-watch:-aug-31_aid44656 Saturday, September 1 Pittsburgh (1-1) at No. 2 Akron (0-1-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN+) Another ACC test arrives in Akron after the Zips lost 2-0 to a solid NC State squad. With so many new faces in Akron, it’s not a huge surprise to see the team start slow as they look to configure their attack around sophomore forward David Egbo. Pittsburgh, which is rapidly improving under head coach Jay Vidovich, is going to look to come away with a famous win in this one. Forward Edward Kizza scored a hat trick in a Monday matchup against Delaware, and he’s one of a handful of players that have shown that they can make an impact. Prediction: Pittsburgh 2-2 Akron

Thank you for the insider info on Skye. A very knowledgeable soccer fan sitting near me at Friday's game commented that Skye did not look 100% healthy.

I would like to see Skye Harter get some more playing time against Pitt. Skye has been with the program for many years and he should be very motivated for the zips to get a win over Pitt's co-captain Shane Wiedt ( a former Zip) In the first 2 games for Pitt, both former Zips - Wiedt and Robby Dambrot have started both games and Dambrot even scored a goal in their most recent game. and yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and it will be very weird to see Keith Dambrot in non Akron colors....Go, Zips !!! In terms of the lineup, I have been impressed with Nikolic's willingness to "rifle" a shot at the goal. That can lead to rebound chances if the keeper can not handle cleanly. I might be inclined to insert Nikolic into the "3" in a 4-2-3-1 if Colin Biros struggles early. Skye had a stretch last year where he did very well on corner kicks. Having some height in the lineup like Braden Petno and Nikolic could lead to good results if Skye is putting corner kicks in dangerous places

Very light schedule for college games last night (Tuesday) Penn State 1 Bowling Green 0 SIU-Edwardsville 1 Univ.of Missouri - Kansas City 0

Bashing the players in the media serves no purpose. Jared and Leo and others will get their points across behind the scenes in practice. The 2015 team had a brutal butt kicking in their 2nd match at Old Dominion and they rebounded to make it to the final four. Last year's team had a bad first weekend out west. This bad loss and the incentive of playing against 2 former Zips.....should help the Zips rebound on Saturday against Pitt.

Monday was not a good night for the zips on the field...and they did not get any help for RPI Butler lost tonight 2-1 to a Drake team that is not ranked. Drake had lost first game 1-0 to Oral Roberts Western Miichigan lost 1-0 tonight to DePaul DePaul lost first game 1-0 to Kentucky Pitt beat Delaware tonight 6-1...Robby Dambrot scored a goal Washington 2 New Mexico 0 Green Bay 3 N. Illinois 2

scores from Sunday UNC-Wilmington 1 West Virginia 0 Connecticut 1 Niagara 0 ...Connecticut def. Lehigh 2-1 on Friday...I missed that score earlier VCU 3 Radford 0 Creighton 0 UC Davis 0 Michigan State 0 Tulsa 0 Portland 2 Syracuse 1 other national scores of Interest Indiana 1 North Carolina 0 the suckeyes got first win 1-0 over Hofstra Providence had upset #8 SMU on Friday night...Sunday, Providence lost 3-0 to Illinois Chicago. Jesus "Chino" Perez plays for Illinois Chicago and is getting lots of positive press Akron stayed at #2 in top drawer rankings https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

San Jose lost to Cal State Northridge on Sunday. I would guess that San Jose has 11 guys in box against Stanford

http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/2018/08/26/match-report-nashville-sc-1-2-bethlehem-steel/ 2) Adam Najem Najem logged a terrific 90 minute performance after making his international debut for Afghanistan in Kabul against Palestine last week. Oh, he got tonight’s winner, too. Not a bad week.

Bowling Green was the last MAC team to start their season They lost 3-2 to Northern Kentucky

Adam Najem with the game winning goal at 90 +3

so many games last night....I am sure that I am not jotting down all games of interest some scores that will help the zips down the road with RPI Creighton 2 #11 Clemson 0 Grand Canyon 2 #12 Wisconsin 1 Washington 2 Maryland 0 not much help RPI New mexico 4 #22 Seattle 2 Georgia Southern 2 VCU 0 St. Louis 1 #17 Notre Dame 1 other scores...in no particular order San Jose State 0 #1 Stanford 0 Providence 2 #8 SMU 1 2ot #5 Wake 2 #2 Indiana 1 2ot west Virginia 2 college of charleston 0 Furman 2 (T)Urban Meyer University 0 ...not a good start for the post John Bluem era Northern Illinois 1 cincinnati 0 ot SIUE 2 Memphis 2 NC State 3 USC Upstate 1 Colgate 1 Pitt 0 Mich. state 1 S. Florida 0 West. Michigan 2 Loyola chicago 0 Syracuse 2 Oregon State 1

https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-david-egbo-scores-twice-as-no-2-zips-open-season-with-2-2-draw-with-no-9-butler

different article on Adam with quotes from Union coach https://www.brotherlygame.com/2018/8/23/17772152/national-team-debut-kabul-afghanistan-adam-najem-philadelphia-union

some great matchups friday night Indiana vs. Wake Forest Clemson vs. Creighton Maryland vs. Washington none better than the matchup at Cub Cadet Field https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-weekend-preview:-feast-on-friday_aid44574 Below are five matches to track on Friday (all times listed EST). No. 10 Butler at No. 2 Akron, 7 p.m. (Watch ESPN) One of the last fall’s College Cup sides welcomes Butler to town in just one of several compelling matchups of note. The Zips brought back a handful of pieces – goalkeeper Ben Lundt, center back Daniel Strachan, forward David Egbo – but lost so much that even a loss or draw here is no reason for concern. Butler, which has sights set on another Big East crown. Brandon Guhl is going to be a handful up front, while Jared Timmer and Joe Moulden bring back stability and experience. Prediction: Akron 1-1 Butler

excellent article on Adam https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/philadelphia-union/najemthankfulforamazingexperienceinafghanistan/

yes, foot related.

Beacon article before the start of the season https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-young-talented-zips-look-to-continue-tradition-of-excellence

College soccer news says that Carlo and Marco and Daniel and Leonard Sohn....will be defending in the first match against a pre season All American forward - Brandon Guhl of Butler https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/preseason-all-america-teams/1188-college-soccer-news-2018-preseason-all-america-team

I will put this under pre season rankings again... vote on how the mac teams will finish in the league this year http://getsomemaction.com/news/2018/8/21/mac-announces-2018-mens-soccer-preseason-poll.aspx

Carlo selected to pre season all freshman team https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2018-mens-di-preseason-best-xi-teams_aid44503

Top Drawer lists their picks for the top 100 upperclassman did not know where to post this https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college/upperclassmentop100/?genderId=m&periodId=49&seasonId=2018&nopage=0 Abdi at 48 ; David at 83 and Marco at 98 I will simply say that there are not 82 soccer players in the country that are better than David Egbo .....and zip fans will also recognize the young man ranked at #45