Round of 16 - Home game - Sunday Nov. 30th @ 4 pm - Duke

[zipsrule]

GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!

 

2-0

[TennZip]

phenomenal work by Jack Sullivan and Remi

 

[zipsrule]

Zips Win!!!!

 

On to the Elite Eight!

[roopride]

Nice win!,

[TennZip]

Every Zip coach and every Zip player should be very proud.

Phenomenal effort....especially with the injury of Stefan Dobrijevic ...early in the game

Thinking good thoughts for Stefan

 

Duke did not have a single shot on goal.    Zips were the much more skilled soccer team and the much classier, professional soccer team.

I don't slight any zip by mentioning names......as all of the starters were outstanding.....

and every single sub....starting with Ignacio Alem and Jack Sullivan....ending with Jamai Royer, Nathan Ferguson and Braxton Hayes.....played outstanding fundament soccer.

 

Thorough beat down of an ACC Powerhouse......

 

For the zips fans living far from Akron, I also want to compliment Chad Welker and womens asst soccer Josh Kay.   Josh and Chad were outstanding on commentary.   

[Reslife4Life]

1 hour ago, UAZipster0305 said:

All is quiet here. Everyone must be either at the game or watching on ESPN+.

 

In any case, it is great to be up 1-0 at home in poor weather against a southern team that is likely focused on getting and staying warm.

Yeah I wasnt planning on taking off my gloves for the whole match 😂

 what a game! On to the elite 8!

[Zips1991]

Great game and great defensive effort down the stretch to make sure Duke had no false hope!

 

Feels good to be back in the Elite 8. Let's hope for a Saint Louis win and a week of recuperation for Stefan and Remi!

[csims0917]

Beautiful day to be a zip. Cold weather just makes us stronger. Elite 8 here we come!!

[TennZip]

 

[TennZip]

 

[Reslife4Life]

GOAL SLU! 2-2

[MDZip]

Great crowd for a pretty cold night tonight. Late in the game a large plastic bag blew down the field and ended up in the Zips goal. We remarked it was the best shot on goal Duke had in the match. 

[TennZip]

credit to the 1,344 great fans.......that showed up in 30 degree weather...with 20 mph winds...

https://goduke.com/documents/2025/11/30/Duke_at_Akron_MSOC_Final_Game_Book.PDF

[Zips1991]

5 minutes ago, TennZip said:

credit to the 1,344 great fans.......that showed up in 30 degree weather...with 20 mph winds...

https://goduke.com/documents/2025/11/30/Duke_at_Akron_MSOC_Final_Game_Book.PDF

I'm still cold two hours later but it was worth it!

[TennZip]

Tremendous article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer (this is currently not a subscriber only article...hopefully, all can access?)

I have not yet seen the press conferences....but this has quotes from several zips players, Coach Embick and the Duke coach

 

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2025/12/akron-zips-mens-soccer-gives-duke-the-cold-shoulder-moves-into-ncaa-elite-eight-with-2-0-victory.html

 

“The crowd drove us through that game,” Daragh Reilly said. “You could see in the last 10-15 minutes, we were getting tired. We were trying to push each other, but every time we got a play, we made a tackle, the momentum kept swinging back to us.

 

“Big shoutout to the fans tonight. I don’t think we could have been anywhere near without that tonight.”

 

“Awesome performance not only from our team, but from the fans and community that packed this place in this weather and were behind us the whole game,” Coach Embick said.

“We fed off that energy, and I think that really helped us through some moments where maybe we weren’t playing as well as we wanted.”