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Would have been hard to wrap our heads around losing the MAC regular season championship after unofficially winning the Big Ten championship. :eek: Coach Embick wasn't kidding when he said, "We're a dangerous team right now." Believing in yourselves that you're never out of it is a great team attitude to have at tournament time.

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Another game, another 2-1 victory in the 2nd OT.

Really glad WMU isn't hosting the tournament. @WMUmenssoccer didn't tweet once during the match, they didn't stream the biggest game of their season, and their stat tracker was terrible. Bush league operation.

I hope everyone realizes that most MSOC conference championships are hosted on a set rotation of members' sites. Perhaps there are other conferences that do things in similar fashion, but I cannot think of another MSOC conference in which the regular season front- runner always hosts the conference tournament.

Why is that?

My deduction is that most MAC MSOC programs do not really want to host the conference tournament. Most do not have the proper facilities. Does Western Michigan even have field lights? And it costs money to organize and administrate a tournament. The undeniable fact is that MSOC does not generate revenue. Breaking even is the best case scenario.

The conclusion is that MAC officials are more than happy for Akron to host the tournament every year. They were cringing at the possibility of WMU hosting this year.

The MAC is not a MSOC conference by any stretch of the imagination. It is truly amazing that this conference generated a (nearly back to back) National Champion.

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I was hard on this team early in the season. The games against VCU and Hartwick were disappointing and a consistent scorer has been elusive. However, this team has continued to find a way to win at the most important part of the season. I attended the Penn State game and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the opponent walk off the field exhausted and with their heads down after trying to kill the game with slow restarts and putting their entire team behind the ball to defend. We completely dominated the #11 team in the country and the score could have easily been 4 or 5 to 1. This bodes very well for our National Championship prospects in a season when there is no clear favorite. IU stole one last year. Could we be next?

I have been bemoaning the lack of a consistent, go-to scorer; however, how good would one of Porter's teams been had it lost, Zakuani, Bunbury, Nagbe, or Mattocks? I am now really liking the balanced scoring as one injury or red card will not torpedo this team's prospects for a victory.

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