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NOT ENOUGH. Not when you turn away fans, make fans (and students) pay money to sit on the frozen ground or stand for 2 1/2 hours.With a halfway decent facility, soccer could be another revenue generating sport, benefitting ALL programs. When's the last time the basketball team brought in nationally ranked teams in the non-con, and sold the place out?The soccer program hosts HOSTS conference tournaments and early rounds of the NCAA tournament and that sorry excuse for a high school soccer stadium is inadequate.We need to sell tickets right up to game time, and give those people a place to sit. We need to have lighting that will allow games to be on TV. You have a chance of building something BIG in northeast Ohio, and this crap of slapping more lipstick on the pig, while catering to the traditional revenue sports is going to bite the U in the ass.As good as we are and have been at Soccer, it is NOT a sport with a national following. It adds little to the prestige of the school.Football and BBall are THE college sports. AND, the BBall team has been going to the post season, so there is hope for a national program.I say put the money into basketball. Last year they were on national TV a few times, and do add to our prestige.I agree...the basketball team in the ncaa tournament got ten times the exposure the soccer team got in the national championship. It's too bad but it's just the truth, Basketball and Football are important and we need to continue to focus on them first and foremost. Now soccer can be a solid #3 and i think that's what the U is planning on doing.

That story is almost too unbelievable to be believable. I thought it was a joke website at first.

"Zips to meet Cavaliers Porter, senior midfielder Ben Zemanski and assitant coaches Jared Embick and Oliver Slawson are scheduled to be recognized to the crowd at halftime of Friday night's Cavaliers game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Quicken Loans Arena."Pretty awesome. Also, Diego got the tournaments "Most Outstanding Defensive player" but man Meves made some outrageous clutch saves time after time and gave up ZERO goals in the entire tournament. I think we know who would have had the award should the Zips have won.

And for each yellow card, he would have both parties over for a beer in the back yard so they could get past their differences.Sorry, couldn't resist.And he wouldn't drink an American beer...too easy.

yeah, we were able to see the replay in slow motion and from multiple angles, but I'm sure you got that function in your head. UVA stepped up and became more physical. There were calls and no calls both ways. In the games where our opponent is more physical we have had difficulty stepping up to the adversity. Also, UVA was called for twice as many fouls as us. They deserved them too, but to say that our yellow cards are a result of an NCAA conspiracy is ridiculous! I bet you line your hats with foil to keep the satellites from reading your thoughts as well . Bad calls happen in every sport and in every game. It's human error and it happens.Never did i say it was an NCAA conspiracy. Now maybe the refs had a personal vendetta yes, but all i said was the NCAA doesn't want us to win. If you call that a conspiracy, feel free. Was it a conspiracy last year when we got screwed out of home field?You, your rifle buddy, and AZBetch are the only 3 people in all of Zipsnation that thought that the game was fair. Fouls dont say anything, it's all about game changing calls, for example ones in transition. When VA needed a call, they got it...every time.Keep drinking your kool aid and believing that the game was fair, i had every angle as well as seeing it live as there was a jumbotron right next to me that showed the ESPN feed!

I'm surprised there hasn't been more talk about this.On two of the occassions where we got a yellow card, there was no contact and the Virginia players TOTALLY flopped. The replays on tv were excellent in showing this. Where these supposed to be the best officials in the country? They should have been for a national championship game.There's been plenty of talk about it...in a different forum. Though most of ZN doesn't think this game was officiated unfairly in any way.

+1 it sucks, but whining about the rules and coming up with conspiracy theories as to why we lost just makes our fan base look like pathetic, pissy sore losers.I think a few of you are just complacent. Fact is, at least one of those yellow cards was a phantom card and the other should have just been a foul. It was extremely impactful on the outcome of the game and if you dont think the NCAA has it out for us yet than you are not only insane but ignorant as well. (remember the seeding the last few years and the moving the game to Northwestern?!). Now i'm not saying the game was rigged this year, i'm just saying it's not like we were someone they wanted to win, so i'll let you decide there.Anyone in their right mind would be able to tell you that Virginia got away with murder that game and the refs just let it slip repeatedly! The Zips didn't get it away with half that! Funny thing is, we STILL could/should have won. It speaks volumes for our guys out there who were making play after play out there all while being handicapped.Also, feel free to bitch all you want about what i'm posting but let's just see who actually was at the game and let them argue about what went on. Trying to say you saw what happened through the bias lens of the TV camera isn't close to seeing it 10 feet in front of you on the pitch.

well let's not get too crazy...if soccer was the Barrack Obama of sports there WOULD have been co champions. And then directly following the game the winners would apologize to the losers for beating them. Following that the winners would split up the trophy and redistribute it back to the losers and the winners would be told they are wrong for trying to succeed and be better.NOW we're off topic.

Meves was money for those last two. That was one of the most awesome things i have ever witnessed, just willing us back into it. Hats off to him, he plays with alot of heart.

How about it wouldn't surprise me if the new head coach would meet in person with the WR from Wadsworth in the very near future? Exactly, let's hope he works some magic at this meeting. Though i dont think it will take too much.

You may be the only person in the world who thinks that.Penalty Kicks for a national title is just plain stupid...add on the whole mess on what's considered a tie and what's not bullcrap and it's no wonder this is the same NCAA that is responsible for the joke that is the BCS.I doubt I'm the only one. You have to understand that these guys run for 5-6 miles per 90 minutes. So even in extra time their bodies are being pushed. I understand they are in top shape but weather and general fatigue all play a part. People cramp up after 60 minutes sometimes. You can't just expect these guys to play for 150 or sometimes two minutes. Like I said earlier you might think PKs suck but after 150 minutes of hard back and forth play imagine how you would feel about a sloppy, cheap goal.Players wouldn't be THAT tired, it's called playing your heart out til the end. Besides there are plenty of players on each bench, and it would be far from sloppy. Someone mentioned removing a player from the field each overtime, that is the perfect solution as well. These guys are college athletes, i can easily expect them to play another 40-50 minutes like that, the better team would still win, period. Also, you are right. There are probably 2 of you that think that.You act like it's just a player's will that allows them to play forever. It's called physical limitations. How much do your baseball players run in an average game? Soccer is a different game than any other sport. Having depth isn't really that important except for injuries. Yes sure at the level of National Championship play both teams do have incredible depth but it is asinine to ask a player to come off the bench cold and play at the same level of play as everyone else.You guys all bitch about soccer being boring, yet PKs are about pitting your best players against their best players and seeing if they can score. These are direct shots on goal. That's action. Quit your bitching. If we had won 3-2 90% of you wouldn't be saying shit about the system. These rules have been in place forever. Deal with them.First off, there is that second person. See, there are two people that like PK's. Secondly, 1991 is hardly forever. Also, are you saying that no one is allowed to substitute at all? With substitutions it would allow for good play the rest of the game. And one last time, the mentioning of removing a player for the first overtime and another for the second would be a great idea, therefore eliminating the need to go more than the 2 OT's we already play. This is simple stuff, i'm shocked it's so hard for two of you to grasp, PK's are idiotic and i could/would have told you that before this ever happened to us.

That's regular season. Wanna know how the NHL decides a playoff game? 5 on 5 overtime, 20 minutes. repeat if necessary. shootouts are a gimmick to give the fans the satisfaction of not seeing a tie in the regular season. The NCAA should take note...don't decide the nat'l championship on a gimmick.EXACTLY...the same thing could be used in the NCAA. I'm totally fine with PK's in the regular season as tieing is unAmerican and anti-sport. Seeing 3 numbers on someones record is just plain wrong. But when it comes to the playoffs, the best team should be afforded the chance to win, not be shafted by a stupid rule.

You may be the only person in the world who thinks that.Penalty Kicks for a national title is just plain stupid...add on the whole mess on what's considered a tie and what's not bullcrap and it's no wonder this is the same NCAA that is responsible for the joke that is the BCS.I doubt I'm the only one. You have to understand that these guys run for 5-6 miles per 90 minutes. So even in extra time their bodies are being pushed. I understand they are in top shape but weather and general fatigue all play a part. People cramp up after 60 minutes sometimes. You can't just expect these guys to play for 150 or sometimes two minutes. Like I said earlier you might think PKs suck but after 150 minutes of hard back and forth play imagine how you would feel about a sloppy, cheap goal.Players wouldn't be THAT tired, it's called playing your heart out til the end. Besides there are plenty of players on each bench, and it would be far from sloppy. Someone mentioned removing a player from the field each overtime, that is the perfect solution as well. These guys are college athletes, i can easily expect them to play another 40-50 minutes like that, the better team would still win, period. Also, you are right. There are probably 2 of you that think that.

You may be the only person in the world who thinks that.Penalty Kicks for a national title is just plain stupid...add on the whole mess on what's considered a tie and what's not bullcrap and it's no wonder this is the same NCAA that is responsible for the joke that is the BCS.

Perhaps the most questionable calls i've EVER seen in my entire life. Literally no contact at all on them and we get carded?! Are you f'ing serious? That whole thing was a sham, we never had a chance playing 14 on 11.

Just a recommendation: I watched at Brubakers and they had some deals (2.50 Budweiser/Budlight in Akron Cups that you could keep) during the game and they really catered well to the Zips fans. They even turned every TV but one off the Cavs game and onto the Zips at gametime. It was really cool. So that is definitely an option and i know that many Zips fans will be there.

He will be playing tomorrow. But he definitely is still feeling it today. Source: Ampaipitakwong

I will be representing the Rowdies with maybe 3 or 4 others before we head down to Cary tonight. So considering the expected weak student support i only see the Zips winning 88-39. It will be close.

Field conditions were excellent but the temperature made it a bit nippy for the fans. Thankfully the result made it all worthwhile. Only TRUE Akron fans will be there on Sunday for the final. There's a 90% chance of rain, although the temperatures should be a bit warmer. See y'all there!I wouldnt go overboard here. The field conditions were far from excellent, multiple times players from both teams slipped and went down. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it but with the forcasts calling for almost an inch of rain sunday, this field might be terrible. It could be a disaster.

Any game that goes through the regularly scheduled OT's without a result is considered a tie, unfortunately. The PK's are merely a means to determine who advances when a result is necessary.So if we would have lost we would be 23-0-1...same record. Now that is stupidity. I guess there is something more stupid than the BCS system.

More tickets go on sale tomorrow/today (sat the 12th) at 11am in Cary.Also from what i hear getting tickets wont be hard at all with the ousting of the UNC and WF. I'm actually leaving right after the basketball game tomorrow with 4 more Rowdies (none of us have tickets yet) to add to the crew down there. Sunday will be a home game as far as the Zips are concerned.

I have to think our D will hold them to 1 goal or less. Though Tulsa was a better offensive threat, UNC is playing essentially at home so i'll give them one. 4-1 Zippers. Yes, we will score 4 goals.

I don't know about it being an honor...However, ND does have higher admission standards than UA. Perhaps some guys he was talking with, but couldn't get into ND, will decide to play for him at Akron. Remember these guys host a lot of recruits. Most don't get scholarship offers. Maybe he can get some guys here that weren't quite ND level talent but will be great UA talent.Oh no doubt, that's what i was referring to. I dont totally mean the football program but the fact that they would be going to Notre Dame to get a FREE education...it's a great school to have a diploma from, no doubt about that. Getting some UA talent to follow him would be good but I really do hope there a few ND talent guys that are just missing the cut academically that consider Akron instead.By the way as i speak channel 3 is actually mentioning the coaching hire and even playing a clip of Ianello from the press conference...WOW TV coverage!

I will be watching the game in Wadsworth at Cleats...more of a home for Zips sports then the Buckeye House in Akron.