Flirts 5-1-0, 15 pts
Hoover FC 4-0-1, 13 pts
Lost Tourists 3-1-1, 10 pts
DC Divided 3-1-1, 10 pts
Goleros 3-2-1, 10 pts
Armory 3-2-1, 10 pts
DC Thunder 1-3-2, 5 pts
Diplomats 0-4-1, 1 pt
Far Post 0-4-1, 1 pt
Funky Town 0-3-0, 0 pts
You can view the full table here.
Thanks to our win last weekend, we are now clear of the relegation zone. As you may know, we have a promotion and relegation system in this league. At the end of the regular season, the top finisher is offered promotion to the next level, along with the winner of the playoffs. To the extent that lower division teams are promoted, the bottom finishers are relegated. So you don’t want to be in the bottom two spots. We’re clear of that now, for sure.
In fact, we’re making a playoff run. We are currently in 5th place, although note that three of the teams above us have a game in hand. That means two things. First, we probably won't reach the top of the table like we did last season. The top teams will play each other and someone above us will continue to pick up points. Second, we haven't made the playoffs yet. We probably need one more win to keep control of our fate.
The playoffs are currently scheduled over two weekends in mid November. The six top finishers will play in a traditional bracket to determine the winner. However, if we have more cancelations, the Commissioner will truncate the playoffs per league rules so we don't play past Thanksgiving. In that event, there would be a one-weekend playoff. The top six teams would each have a playoff game, but only the #1 and #2 seeds would play for the playoff championship. The other games would be exhibitions.
Two more regular season games. Let’s just keep doing what we’re doing.
Two more regular season games. Let’s just keep doing what we’re doing.
What I think is cool is that our next two games are against the two teams directly ahead of us in the table. So with two wins we can most likely make our way up to 3rd place. And here is something even cooler (more cooler?): I think Hoover has played Funky Town despite what the results show (Funky Town probably has not entered the results), and I think Hoover probably beat Funky town. If this is true then Hoover is first place with 16 points (we can't catch them), and Flirts are in second place with 15 points. Flirts still have to play Armory and Lost Tourists. Bottom line - if we win our two remaining and if Flirts looses their two remaining then we have a chance for 2nd place.
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