First look at the standings

Hi team -

Our loss last weekend was not determinative of anything, as it turns out.  No other teams had managed to collect all available points, so now instead of being overtaken by an insuperable margin after losing, we are instead thrown into a wide open race.  We are still in control of our destiny and can win it.  Our schedule is teed up perfectly this season.  The head to head matchups in these final weeks are key.

Here's how the division looks.

CCSL>Third Division>
Rank	Team		W	L	T	GP	PTS	GF	GA	GD	GDA
1		Far Post	4	0	1	5	13	8	4	4	0.8
2		Goleros	4	1	0	5	12	18	6	12	2.4
3		Gang Green	3	0	3	6	12	17	13	4	0.7
4		DC Divided	3	1	0	4	9	16	6	10	2.5
5		Two Left Feet	2	3	0	5	6	8	10	-2	-0.4
6		Red Devils	1	3	2	6	5	15	21	-6	-1.0
7		DC Thunder	1	3	0	4	3	7	12	-5	-1.3
8		Funky Town	0	4	1	5	1	6	14	-8	-1.6
9		Unathletic DC	0	3	1	4	1	8	17	-9	-2.3

 
Far Post sits atop the standings with that extra point - they tied instead of lost the one game in which they left points on the table.  If both of us keep winning, we will meet in the last week to decide who takes first.


But, of course, let's not get ahead of ourselves.  We must play DC Divided this weekend and then Gang Green.  Both are performing quite well and both are probably going to make for the toughest opponents yet.  We will have to play better to win those games.  DC Divided has almost as many goals as we do, and the same amount of goals against.  Yet they have played a harder schedule and one fewer game.  We haven't played Gang Green in years, but when we used to play them in the Second Division, they were quite good.  Those games went until the final minutes.  In fact, they took first one season (while we took second), which launched them to First Division.


This could be a tight race.  We are going to fight hard!