Thursday Nov. 13th - UConn in Big East Conference semi

[TennZip]

Beacon has an article this morning

 

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/soccer/2025/11/13/big-east-tournament-mens-soccer-georgetown-uconn-providence-akron/87238231007/

[MDZip]

All quiet on the Eastern front - for now. 😊

 

[MDZip]

If the Zips can pick up the win, it will be their first against the Eastern division this year.

[MDZip]

Fir what it's worth, Zips fans outnumber Huskies fan, although it's in the tens not hundreds. 😊

[csims0917]

Go zips!!!

[TennZip]

 

[AkronAlumnus]

Very low resolution stream -- can barely make out the time and score.  So bad that it made me second guess the TV.

 

Edit:  Slightly better on MacBook. 

Edited 2 hours ago by AkronAlumnus

[MDZip]

Zips thoroughly outplaying them. 

[Reslife4Life]

I don’t get what we were doing at the end there. When everyone has finished their runs into the box and all the defenders are in the box as well why just pass the ball around the back line, just let one rip and try to get the deflection

[TennZip]

That might be the best defensive half of soccer that the Zips have played this year.

 

I have to give tremendous credit to Thomas O"Rourke.   I can't recall a player in the last 10 years...who has improved more than O'Rourke over the course of the season.   

 

O'Rourke had several key takeaways and was dynamic on offense.

 

Let's get a goal(or 2 😁), Zips

[zipsrule]

GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLL!  1-0 Zips

[csims0917]

GOALLLLLLLLL

[Let'sGoZips94]

What a pass!

[Zip_ME87]

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

UConn tied it 10 minutes ago. 1-1

 

Chippy game now. Akron with lots of chances. The quality of the chances is questionable. Need to get better at creating quality shots. 

[zipsrule]

Now down 2-1.

[Let'sGoZips94]

2-1 UConn with 19 minutes to go. Awful defensive breakdown around the box. 

[Sergeant Zip]

UCONN 2 1 with 19 minutes left

[Let'sGoZips94]

We look atrocious on offense in this second half. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Red card on Akron for a rip down on a break away with 2 minutes to go. 

[AkronAlumnus]

Too bad.

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said:

I don’t get what we were doing at the end there. When everyone has finished their runs into the box and all the defenders are in the box as well why just pass the ball around the back line, just let one rip and try to get the deflection

There are points when the possession game is overrated and unnecessary. When you are dominating the game and not winning is one of them. At some point, you just have to let it rip and hope that chaos is the tool of the soccer gods.

[UAZipster0305]

The Huskies just had our number this season. A rare program that we have now played five times and never beaten.

[csims0917]

Sucks 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Pathetic 2nd half.