TennZip Posted August 17 Report Posted August 17 Dayton is going to be a challenging first game. They are picked to finish 2nd in the Atlantic 10 and 3 of their players were selected to the pre season All League team. https://atlantic10.com/news/2026/8/17/saint-louis-picked-unanimous-mens-soccer-favorite-ahead-of-2026-campaign.aspx 3 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted August 18 Report Posted August 18 It was announced that the rowdies and inter fraternity council will be hosting a pregame tailgate for this game. Love seeing soccer get this treatment Quote
Zips1991 Posted August 18 Report Posted August 18 20 minutes ago, csims0917 said: It was announced that the rowdies and inter fraternity council will be hosting a pregame tailgate for this game. Love seeing soccer get this treatment That's great. I wasn't sure how many students will be at this match since it's before the semester starts. I believe it's on the first day of move-in for on-campus students. Quote
csims0917 Posted August 18 Report Posted August 18 Students actually are moving in today! Saw a bunch of them on my walk today to Chiptole 2 Quote
Zips1991 Posted August 19 Report Posted August 19 I was looking over the Dayton roster while eating lunch today and it's very intriguing...They have 6 players from Africa (4 from Ghana, 2 from Nigeria) and 5 from Europe (Two from Spain and 1 from Portugal, Denmark, and France). I know Akron is no stranger to international players, but I'm not sure we've ever had 11 in a single season (unless you include Canada). 1 Quote
Zips1991 Posted August 19 Report Posted August 19 18 minutes ago, zipinnc said: ESPN+? Yeah, that's what I heard while watching the women's match broadcast on Sunday. Quote
TennZip Posted August 20 Author Report Posted August 20 I am very disappointed that the Beacon Journal did not do a pre season article on the 12th ranked soccer zips. Would have been nice to get some local press...and maybe put a few more fans in the seats Thursday night. Hopefully, they send a reporter to tomorrow's game. 1 2 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 12 hours ago, zipinnc said: ESPN+? 11 hours ago, Zips1991 said: Yeah, that's what I heard while watching the women's match broadcast on Sunday. I hope so. I was going to post here that the Dayton game is not listed as showing on ESPN+ on GoZips dot com, but as I look more closely, NONE of our games are listed as showing on ESPN+. What gives? 1 Quote
TennZip Posted August 20 Author Report Posted August 20 Dayton preview article lists ESPN+ https://daytonflyers.com/news/2026/8/19/mens-soccer-udmsoc-opening-season-at-no-12-akron-thursday.aspx 1 Quote
Zip_ME87 Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 13 hours ago, zipinnc said: ESPN+? Apparently so. Over the past weekend, I noticed the link on ESPN+ for Akron v Dayton Men's Soccer when specifically searching soccer. Quote
Ham Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 11 hours ago, TennZip said: Hopefully, they send a reporter to tomorrow's game. Did they have a reporter at the OC presser yesterday? Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 11 hours ago, TennZip said: I am very disappointed that the Beacon Journal did not do a pre season article on the 12th ranked soccer zips. Would have been nice to get some local press...and maybe put a few more fans in the seats Thursday night. Hopefully, they send a reporter to tomorrow's game. Pro life tip: you can't be disappointed if you don't have expectations in the first place. The faster the ABJ disappears, the better off the world will be. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 Was going to post that our build up sucks but then... Nice to see the freshman step up already! Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 (edited) GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! What a nice move to free up the space to get that shot off. Edited August 20 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote
AkronAlumnus Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 UA Soccer should consider modernizing the scoreboard 1 Quote
TennZip Posted August 20 Author Report Posted August 20 First time starters Londen Sears and Francisco Tolaba have both looked good. Brett Kaminski had nice save 3 minutes into game. Sam Bunch and Nolan McGuire have done well at FB. 2 Quote
Zips1991 Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 28 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: UA Soccer should consider modernizing the scoreboard A new video board on the side of the field opposite the main stand would be perfect. I'm just not sure where the money would come from. Quote
Zips1991 Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 14 minutes ago, TennZip said: First time starters Londen Sears and Francisco Tolaba have both looked good. Brett Kaminski had nice save 3 minutes into game. Sam Bunch and Nolan McGuire have done well at FB. Nolan has won several balls back with great defending. Also, Braxton had some great passes in his minutes even though they didn't lead to anything of note. Quote
WeRise225 Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 16 minutes ago, TennZip said: First time starters Londen Sears and Francisco Tolaba have both looked good. Brett Kaminski had nice save 3 minutes into game. Sam Bunch and Nolan McGuire have done well at FB. Really like Bunch in the back Quote
AkronAlumnus Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 Just now, Zips1991 said: A new video board on the side of the field opposite the main stand would be perfect. I'm just not sure where the money would come from. It would have to be a joint fundraising effort with the women's team or a specific private donation, it would be nice to get their scoreboard on par with the others on campus. I agree money is best spent elsewhere but they deserve it 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 GOAL! Also, what a crap yellow on the slide tackle. Quote
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