After the league size changes. Washington Freedom see themselves climb to the 2nd tier and the lads are looking to starve off relegation in their first season with the big boys!

same here

Good luck to all.

Good luck, & welcome!

A shock win against the Glendale bunnies sparks hope in the boys that they can play in this level!

We got a solid win today against FC Pirate, who were in League 1 with me last year and is, in my opinion, one of the better teams in League 2 this year. 3-0, I am very pleased with this result after a disappointing draw on Saturday.

Pre-Season Rankings
1-5) Outsiders, Glendale, FC Appleton, NY Cosmos, FC Pirate
6-10) Chicago, Newark, Miami, Washington, The Dream
11-16) Juventus, Pitt, Blowing, Asheville, Jericho, Cape
17-20) Tacoma, Brooklyn, Udon, Riverside

Estimated ELO Ratings through Week 8

01) 1125.28 [01] FC NY Cosmos
02) 1094.9 [02] Miami
03) 1069.77 [04] FC Appleton
04) 1065.07 [05] Chicago
05) 1028.21 [06] FC Pirate
06) 1026.81 [03] Washington
07) 1011.11 [07] Outsiders
08) 1008.76 [09] Glendale
09) 981.9 [08] Asheville
10) 977.49 [10] Jericho
11) 968.9 [18] Pittsburgh
12) 939.18 [14] Juventus
13) 923.7 [12] Udon
14) 917.1 [11] Cape
15) 911.87 [15] The Dream
16) 908.36 [13] Blowing
17) 891.24 [17] Brooklyn
18) 857.01 [20] Riverside
19) 841.03 [16] Newark
20) 785.22 [19] Tacoma

Week 9 Predictions
Juventus over Blowing

Week 10 Predictions
Udon over Blowing
Jericho vs Asheville is a tossup
Glendale vs Outsiders is a tossup
NY Cosmos over Miami
The Dream over Newark

ELO Changes
Washington +1 / Pirates -1
Glendale +1 / Outsiders -1
Pittsburgh -1 /Juventus +1
Asheville -3
Cape +1 / The Dream +1
Udon -3
Newark +1 / Riverside -1

Week 11 Predictions
Pitt over Newark
Pirate over Outsiders

Week 10 ELO

01) 1132.75 [01] FC New York
02) 1124.03 [02] FC Appleton
03) 1081.68 [03] Miami FC
04) 1075.04 [04] FC Pirate
05) 1074.28 [07] Glendale
06) 1064.23 [09] Jericho
07) 1057.63 [08] Chicago
08) 1051.03 [06] Outsiders
09) 1043.84 [05] Washington
10) 1010.15 [10] Asheville
11) 1005.4 [11] Cape
12) 994.3 [13] Juventus
13) 977.75 [12] Udon
14) 943.2 [20] Tacoma
15) 916.89 [15] Blowing
16) 915.83 [14] Newark
17) 915.4 [16] The Dream
18) 912.63 [18] Riverside
19) 904.36 [19] Pittsburgh
20) 899.57 [17] Brooklyn

Week 12 ELO Ratings
1-5) FC New York, FC Appleton, Jericho (+3), Glendale (+1), Chicago (+2)
6-10) Outsiders(+2), Miami (-4), FC Pirate (-4), Washington, Cape (+1)
11-16) Juventus(+1), Udon(+1), Asheville(-3), Riverside(+3), Blowing(-1), Pitt(+2)
17-20) Brooklyn(+2), The Dream(-2), Newark(-4),Tacoma

Week 13 Predictions
Riverside over Pitt
Juventus over Asheville

Week 7 - Tacoma falls below 900

Week 8 - Appleton and NY Cosmos become first teams to move above 1100

Week 9
Miami briefly crosses 1100
FC Appleton (1111.07) takes lead over NY Cosmos (1110.07) for 1 week

Week 15
Jericho becomes fourth team to cross 1100
Tacoma falls below 800

Round 19 Recap
4 Teams are above 1100: FC Appleton, Jericho, NY, Glendale
3 teams are below 900: The Dream, Blowing, and Brooklyn
Tacoma remains under 800

What are everybody's impressions of their seasons so far? Honestly, I am where I expected to be: competing for the auto promotion spot. I thought I would have a few more wins and a few less draws, but never expected to get through half of the season undefeated. I know I've got a tough slate ahead, and today's match will be a HUGE test(against a great opponent, on the road). Good luck to all!

I'm pretty much where I thought I would be at points wise. Won some games I thought I wouldn't win, lost some that I should've won. Seems like my starting Mids are being yellow carded every game so I haven't have the 3 starting ones in the same game for a while. My U21 team is doing surprisingly well in its cup journey, so I'm happy about that.

Good Luck to everyone in the second half of the season!

Also, thanks to CupOfNoodles for the Elo rankings!