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TennZip, Does Akron have anyone else ranked in the top 150?

I saw this earlier today. Sounds like he will go pro but maybe we will get lucky and have him for another year. Has anyone heard anything on Adam Najem?

I agree with your assessment but the NCAA is consistently inconsistent and I am preparing myself for a 9 -12 seed although I absolutely think they should be a 5 or 6 seed.

Agreed, I think we will be fortunate to get a top 8 seed if we out.

A few other notes. UCLA is a good team, I just wish Richie and Radjen were playing. Najem and Souto played well. We just have to learn from this game and move on. The goals are all still on the table.

2 more goals for UCLA. 4 - 2 Bruins. Defense was not good today, multiple breakdowns and overall lack of speed. Not sure why Radjen didn't play but him not playing really showed. Numerous times our defenders were beaten too the ball. Not good at all and extremely disappointing performance considering what was on the line.

Agreed great video quality and announcers were generally pretty good. Any idea on Najem's condition? It looked like he was walking off the field after the game with something on his shin? Not sure if that was him though.

Akron win in OT, 2-1. Najem with the game winner. Did anyone watch this game?

Great win!!! 2-0

Agreed, very disappointing game. The first 45 minutes were dominated by Wake and it seemed like only with 30 minutes left in the game did the Zips play with a sense of urgency. The final pass into the box was just not good enough. Possession seemed to be lost quickly and it was a sloppy game. That being said the Zips were very close to scoring in the final 20 minutes (so was Wake though). I didn't think it helped that the overall refereeing was horrible. All that being said, looking at the entire game as a whole the Zips were outplayed and Wake deserved the win. Does anyone disagree with that statement?

Disappointing game to say the least. There were multiple opportunities for the Zips to get a game winner. Agree about the sloppy defending and overall lack of possession. Large crowd which was great. I believe the Zips will learn from this. Let's beat Wake Forest.

First goal was from an odd angle. I don't think Akron was ready and seemed a little off at the beginning. The goal was within 2 minutes from the opening kick. It was a run down the left side to the touch line and then towards the goal and he angled it over the keeper. Like I said tough angle, not sure how he scored, since he was practically on the touch line. The second goal was a bad one. Victor had the ball at the top of the box, got it stolen off of him and Jake made a great 1 on 1 save but the rebound was put in. I am wondering if Akron was still on a high after the last win. After about 20 minutes they dominated and for the majority of the second half they had a great opportunity about every five minutes. They definitely deserved this win. Let's hope this gets them in the top 10 in the poll this week.

Thank you

Does anyone know for sure if the coaches voted after the Maryland game? I am guessing the vote was due before the game and the record is just a current record. I could be wrong though. Just typical ranking garbage though.

Suspended due to yellow card accumulation. I believe he will play on Sunday.

Good game by the Zips, great night for soccer in Richmond. There were opportunities by both teams that were not capitalized on. The VCU fans could not believe Gainford's second goal. They also weren't too happy about the game winner. Good start to the season. Go Zips.

Am I missing something, but Kahsay is listed on the 2015 roster. http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/bios/kahsay_ezana_ysww

Not surprisingly the Zips are rated low. Too low in my opinion. We will see in less than a month.

Good news, according to our friends at Top Drawer he is the 80th ranked player. Let's hope we can continue getting top talent.

Unless I missed something, I am pretty sure Seremba did not play. I did not see him enter the game. Did anyone else see him?

One other note, will Adam Najem be back? Let's hope so.

Now that the season has ended on a disappointing note. How do we feel about next years team? How many transfers are going to leave and can Embick get any top notch recruits to join the program? Maybe Caleb can send some more of his Timbers academy players or we can get back to getting some nationally ranked recruits. In my opinion Embick needs to have a better year next year or I hope we find someone else who could get us past the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Why wouldn't Najem take the penalty kick?

I agree with all, very disappointing performance all around. Didn't seem to be much fire out on the field. Not sure of the lineup, seemed to be numerous starters that didn't start. The team is young and needs time to learn each other. I hope Friday is much better and we see a more determined Zips effort. Thanks to Jake the keeper for throwing a ball at the beginning of the match to my 8 year old daughter. Go Zips.

Thanks for the reply. In my defense, I posted this a few days ago before the class was offically released and it had to be approved? So this message is old. Thanks again.