Soccer vs Wake Forest game thread

[UAZips]

76', still 2-0 Zips. Looks like some pushing and shoving after a couple hard fouls, according to the Wake message board.

[ZachTheZip]

They went back and added a yellow card on Coach Porter.

[Z.I.P.]

Must be getting a little chippy....4 yellows in the last 8 minutes (2 each)

Seven cautions in the second half. That's a lot. These two might develop a rivalry.

[Z.I.P.]

87 minutes in the books. About time to make the second clean sheet official.

[Wally B]

Tracker sez we're in stoppage time up 2-0

[UAZips]

Let's close it out!

[bmaker]

87 minutes in the books. About time to make the second clean sheet official.

I guess that would make it Akron 5, ACC 0!

[Z.I.P.]

Final score: Akron 2 Wake Forest 0. Favorite stat: Wake Forest 0 SOG.

[johnnyzip84]

It's a final: Akron 2, Wake 0. A nice little tour through the ACC to start the year!

Wow, a 5-0 cumulative score. That's about as good as it gets. Nice job, men!

[Roogangs]

so at the end on Gametracker's summary it has top performers listed as

Barson

Darren

Darlington

Kofi

did anyone watch the game to comment on these players!!

[UA Fan]

MAC ACC

Way to go, Zips !

[Wally B]

Trivia ? i don't know the answer to, but still my fav stat!

Who (team) and when was the last team to score a regualtion goal against the ZIPS! ????

[tpsjugglerdude]

I believe it was Hartwick in last year's MAC Championship game.

[Wally B]

Quote from Wake board by Baron52

I'm not sure that Akron was that good...I think we were just not really all that effective.

[bobbyake]

how long before the soccer games have higher attendance than the football games????

[UADavid]

how long before the soccer games have higher attendance than the football games????

Never

[ZachTheZip]

Quote from Wake board by Baron52

I'm not sure that Akron was that good...I think we were just not really all that effective.

Great teams make their opponents look ineffective.

[jem101]

Just stop and think about what our guys accomplished over the past three days. We went down to ACC country and took out two of the premier programs in the nation with an agg score of 5-0. Akron who?

[RootforRoo44]

Watched the entire game.

A few things:

1) Akron looked like the better team in every area. We were bigger, faster, more aggressive, and made them start panicking early. The Zips tracked down nearly every loose ball.

2) Wake played a little dirty in the second half and there was almost a fight when one of our guys got taken out from behind. In the ensuing scuffle Zarek Valentin had one of the best moments as he went to back up his teammate (Barson i believe, who was on the ground) and did a in a Wake players face.

3) After Nagbe scored he ran over to their stands where their students and mascot were. In unison they all stood and gave him the bird as he danced in front of them. CLASSIC.

4) The shot off the crossbar was one of the most beautiful shots i've ever seen, too bad it didnt go in.

5) The stadium looked pretty nice and they seemed to have a pretty good sized crowd. Though the crowd didn't have many chances to get into it.

[jem101]

5) The stadium looked pretty nice and they seemed to have a pretty good sized crowd. Though the crowd didn't have many chances to get into it.

Supposedly there were 4583 in attendance to witness UA dominance.

[GoZips]

To quote their poster deacvision7:

"All in all not the worst game for the boys as we are just so damn young that this game will be a hard lesson for them. They now see what they have to get to in order to compete at the top level in college soccer, and that can only be a good thing. They fought hard all the way through the final whistle so the spirit is there for sure.

Also, Akron fans are annoying and say some very uninformed things about the game."

Bumpkins, uneducated bumpkins, too fricking bad we have the best men's college soccer team in America. The snobs from Hooterville are entitled by the grace of God to be the best.

I think that envy is lime green.

And, did you catch "in oder to compete at the top level in college soccer"? At least he concedes that

the Zips are among the best. But, I suspect he did not proof read his rant or he would have altered

the words.

[GoZips]

Say, wasn't the knock on Akron that we could not compete with the ACC schools day in and day out?

[ksu sucks]

One of the most interesting things about the ACC's snobbery is how incredibly redneck their local fanbase is. I've been to Virginia/NC. Outside of tourist locations and major cities, there are some real country bumpkins that call those states home.

They still care about the civil war. The freaking Civil War. And I thought Akron fans who still cling to Mike Waddell were sad.

[GoZips]

Here is an excellent, well written summary of the game from the Wake Forest side of the fence.

Wake Forest Web Site Game Summary

[Zipmeister]

To quote their poster deacvision7:

"All in all not the worst game for the boys as we are just so damn young that this game will be a hard lesson for them. They now see what they have to get to in order to compete at the top level in college soccer, and that can only be a good thing. They fought hard all the way through the final whistle so the spirit is there for sure.

Also, Akron fans are annoying and say some very uninformed things about the game."

Bumpkins, uneducated bumpkins, too fricking bad we have the best men's college soccer team in America. The snobs from Hooterville are entitled by the grace of God to be the best.

I think that envy is lime green.

And, did you catch "in oder to compete at the top level in college soccer"? At least he concedes that

the Zips are among the best. But, I suspect he did not proof read his rant or he would have altered

the words.

Probably the last thing most posters on this board should do is criticize the spelling, grammar or punctuation employed by others.