We need to pay attention to details this week [UPDATED]

Congratulations, everyone, we made the playoffs.  We missed them last season so it's nice to be back.  So make sure you mark on your calendars the next 3 weekends.  We could have matches on Sundays.

BUT...before you do that, we must close the regular season out.  The little things will be important this week.  We have another freakishly early game (8:00 a.m.!).  This one just isn't fair.  We've already had an 8:00 a.m. game this season.  But it's on the sked and it ain't moving.  My guess is that it was put there because we're playing the Commissioner's team.  The scheduler is probably used to shafting the Commissioner so that he gets fewer complaints from the other teams.  We need to show up.  And it's going to be a challenge.  We've got Halloween parties, weddings, etc, the night before.  Not to mention the traffic closures for the Marathon that morning (subject of future post).  We'll need a herculean effort to bring it together.

Why is it important?

Because we are playing for a lot.  First and foremost, we want a bye in the playoffs.  We have historically done quite well when we have a bye.  That's going to be important since we're not likely to finish first.  To keep our promotion hopes alive, we'll need to win the playoffs for the first time ever.  If we lose this weekend, we'll fall to third place in the final standings.  That's not satisfying given the number of goals we've scored and our momentum.  Furthermore, we'll give up that "tiebreaker" of sorts. Recall from a previous post that if FC Arlington wins the regular season and the playoffs, the next team to be considered for promotion is the 2nd place finisher in the regular season.  That's got to be us, not DC Divided.

We also have happy hour this week.  That's a detail that will be easy to remember!

Go team!