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Playoff predictions:
Coppermine
Crush
MDU
Heros Green

WRONG on 2!

Week 4 NGLL 2028

NEMS 2028 Crush 2028
Crush -11.5

HoCo 2028 Black Coppermine 2028 Black
Copp -10

Crush 2028 Maryland United 2028 East
MDU -2.5

Sky Walkers 2028 Blue Hero's 2028 white
SW -3

M&D 2028 Black Hero's 2028 white
M&D -8.5

NEMS 2028 Hero's 2028 green
HG -12.5

FCA 2028 Blue STARS 2028 Light Blue
Stars -2.5

Sky Walkers 2028 Blue PRIDE 2028 RED
Pride -2

Maryland United 2028 East STARS 2028 Light Blue
MDU -6.5

CCLax 2028 M&D 2028 Black
M&D -8

FCA 2028 Blue PRIDE 2028 RED
Pride -4.5

Coppermine 2028 Black CCLax 2028
Copp -11.5

Sounds like you have Hero's Green beating M&D next weekend and M&D loses the GA tiebreaker to Crush. I see M&D beating Hero's Green next weekend and losing a close GA to Crush. Really a shame only 4 teams go to the playoffs in a 14 team bracket.

M&D wouldn't have to win GA if they beat Heros because whoever wins that game will likely end the season with only one loss (unless either loses to Skywalkers). So lost of Heros/M&D game will probably have to go up against Crush's GA (who will probably have 2 losses after MDU game). Crush had such an easy schedule outside of 2 challenging games (no Pride, Skywalkers), could definitely see them making their playoff debut this year.

Week 4 NGLL 2028

Crush
Coppermine 2028 Black
Crush
Sky Walkers 2028
M&D 2028 Black
Hero's 2028 green
STARS 2028 Light Blue
PRIDE 2028 RED
Maryland United 2028 East
CCLax 2028
PRIDE 2028 RED
Coppermine 2028 Black

Was referring to Hero's Green losing out on GA to Crush for that final playoff spot. Agree, that Crush slides in for that last spot with M&D beating Hero's Green.

The game of the week is next Sunday, MDU/Coppermine. Championship preview?

Then that would make it the "game of the next week" and NO it's not a championship preview.

Taking the bait

Lets hear your Champ matchup?

So CC Lax....who lost to Next level a few weeks ago...beats M&D? Care to put money on that?

How about you share your 2 wrongs then

Some money to be made this week with the lines.

Crush will cover vs NEMS.

Coppermine with points over HoCo.

Give me Sky Walkers to easily cover against Heroes White (I would take SW at -6).

M&D to cover with Heroes White.

NEMS will keep it closer than 13 goals. (Tough weekend/season for NEMS)

Stars will win, but close game with FCA, so FCA with the points.

Pride will win, but close game with SW. Wash.

MDU will could be minus 9 vs Stars.

M&D over CCLax.

Pride to cover against FCA.

CCLax to keep it within 11...


Playoff teams:

Coppermine
MDU
Crush
M&D

Champ:
Coppermine v MDU

I don't think they meant beat...they probably meant that Coppermine wont cover the 8 goal spread.

Pride over SWB
This may be out of left field, but I have a feeling Crush will beat MDU.

"NEMS will keep it closer than 13 goals. (Tough weekend/season for NEMS)"
Their Club is mess right now and all their middle/elementary school teams should really be playing in the B league or MYLA. Maybe the 27 team is an exception.
NEMS 27 2-2, 30 GA and 26 GS
NEMS 28 0-3, 33 GA and 8 GS
NEMS 29 0-5 75 GA, and 12 GS
NEMS 30 0-4 72 GA and 8 GS
NEMS 31 0-3 35 GA and 9 GS

No way. MDU is the team to beat this year. They will go undefeated.

You could say the exact same thing about SW. NEMS jumps around at the elementary school level but typically get an influx of talent once the local rec programs have run their course. NEMS is doing fine.

If crush does pull that off, it will make for a more interesting playoff discussion for sure.

Are any of your kids doing American Select? And does anyone know who is supposed to be coaching the 28s? I saw that they announced a group of coaches, but didn't say who was coaching what year. Thanks!

MD has the coaches listed on website!

Yes, but not which coach is assigned to which age group.

Crush takes care of business, takes down MDU 5-4 in Sudden Death OT

That's a really impressive win for Crush--a well-coached and athletic team. Would love to hear how they stopped MDUs top player(s).

Crush beats MDU in the game of the week!

This aged well

Friday
Crush over NEMS

Saturday
Coppermine over Hoco
MDU over Crush
SWB over HW
M&D over HW

Sunday
HG over NEMS
STARS over FCA
SWB over Pride
M&D over CClax
MDU over STARS
Pride over FCA
Coppermine over CClax[/quote]
WRONG on 2![/quote]

How about you share your 2 wrongs then[/quote]
Pride over SWB
This may be out of left field, but I have a feeling Crush will beat MDU.[/quote]

No way. MDU is the team to beat this year. They will go undefeated.[/quote]
Hmmm, one of us was right and one of us was WRONG!

Of course the game was not as close as the score indicated

How about you share your 2 wrongs then[/quote]
Pride over SWB
This may be out of left field, but I have a feeling Crush will beat MDU.[/quote]

If crush does pull that off, it will make for a more interesting playoff discussion for sure.[/quote]
Uh oh, can Pride sneak into that last playoff spot and will Crush take the overall #1 seed! Big game this weekend with MD United/Coppermine. A Coppermine loss would put Crush in the drivers seat for that #1 seed. And just wait until Crush reaches their full potential...watch out!

They will go undefeated this year...lose the very next game. Crush looked impressive, controlling draws, time of possession and were solid on defense all game.

Pride over SWB
This may be out of left field, but I have a feeling Crush will beat MDU.[/quote]

If crush does pull that off, it will make for a more interesting playoff discussion for sure.[/quote]
Uh oh, can Pride sneak into that last playoff spot and will Crush take the overall #1 seed! Big game this weekend with MD United/Coppermine. A Coppermine loss would put Crush in the drivers seat for that #1 seed. And just wait until Crush reaches their full potential...watch out![/quote]

Pride needs a lot of help to make the playoffs. If MDU beats Coppermine, it actually hurts Pride's chances as there are 4 1 loss teams. If Coppermine wins, then you'd have a 3 way tie of 2 loss teams with MDU, the lost of HG/M&D and Pride for the last spot. Pride will need help there on GA to beat out those other 2.

Pride over SWB
This may be out of left field, but I have a feeling Crush will beat MDU.[/quote]

If crush does pull that off, it will make for a more interesting playoff discussion for sure.[/quote]

Uh oh, can Pride sneak into that last playoff spot and will Crush take the overall #1 seed! Big game this weekend with MD United/Coppermine. A Coppermine loss would put Crush in the drivers seat for that #1 seed. And just wait until Crush reaches their full potential...watch out![/quote]

Crush only plays FCA, CCLax and HoCo black for the remainder of the season, so their goals against stat will stay low, which will make the difference if a 3 way tie does come into play for 1st. They had the easiest schedule of the top 5 teams. They played all of the bottom 5 teams and only 2 of the top 5 teams.

If crush does pull that off, it will make for a more interesting playoff discussion for sure.[/quote]
Uh oh, can Pride sneak into that last playoff spot and will Crush take the overall #1 seed! Big game this weekend with MD United/Coppermine. A Coppermine loss would put Crush in the drivers seat for that #1 seed. And just wait until Crush reaches their full potential...watch out![/quote]

Pride needs a lot of help to make the playoffs. If MDU beats Coppermine, it actually hurts Pride's chances as there are 4 1 loss teams. If Coppermine wins, then you'd have a 3 way tie of 2 loss teams with MDU, the lost of HG/M&D and Pride for the last spot. Pride will need help there on GA to beat out those other 2.[/quote]
Out in left field scenario: MD United beats Coppermine and then Pride pulls the ultimate upset against Coppermine! In reality, we should have a 6 team playoff bracket...two worthy teams will be left out. Bracket could be set up just like the 29A bracket.

Play Off Scenarios:
A)
Coppermine beats MDU AND pride M&D Beats Heros:

1)Coppermine (8-0)
2)Crush (7-1)
3)M&D (7-1)

4) 3 Way tie with Heros, MDU, AND Pride. MDU and Heros are neck and Neck with GA so it will be a tight finish.

B)
Coppermine beats MDU and pride AND Heros beats M&D:

1)Coppermine (8-0)
2)Crush (7-1)
3)Heros (7-1)

4) 3 way tie with MDU, M&D and Pride. Because it is a 3 way tie, head to head doesn't matter so GA is the stat again and MDU should have that one unless coppermine scores a lot on them (unlikely).

C)
Coppermine Loses to MDU but Beats pride

1) Crush (7-1) gets #1 spot based on goals allowed even though they lost to coppermine
2) MDU (7-1) (currently hast the 2nd lowest GA)
3) Coppermine (7-1)
4) Winner of Heros /M&D game takes 4th spot.

D)
Coppermine beats MDU but loses to pride
Crush (7-1)
Coppermine (7-1)
Winner of Heros/M&D Game
Pride (7-1)

E) Coppermine loses to MDU and Pride

1) Crush (7-1)
2) MDU (7-1)
3) Winner Heros Green/ M&D (7-1)
4) Pride (7-1)

Good analysis. If scenario E happens, lots of explaining to do for sure

Great summary! April 30th is a big day for the Pride program! If they take care of business against Hero's White they will face a Coppermine team that just played an intense game against MD United. Everyone knows Coppermine doesn't sub their two best players. Will they be rested enough to handle Pride?

The #1 tiebreaker for playoff seedings is head-to-head...then goals against.
So, If Coppermine and Crush both finish with 1 loss, while Crush GA is incredible, Coppermine gets the #1 seed since they won the head-to-head.

1. Record
2. Head-to-Head
3. GA
4. GD

Pride doesn't have the talent on the roster top to bottom like Coppermine does. Would be very surprised if Coppermine loses that game

Head-to-gets thrown out if there is a 3 way tie, which there would be, so GA becomes the tie breaker giving Crush 1st place.

I agree and think Coppermine will win this game, but Pride has improved quite a lot. If Skywalkers can come within 2, it isn't TOTALLY impossible that Pride could win.

Agree. Coppermine is arguably the strongest 2028 team in the country. If they play their game, they should win.

No disrespect to Pride. It looks like they have come close to the top 6 (a tie, a one goal loss to Heroes, several two goal losses that were close games, etc) but have never beaten one of them. From their scores, they have improved on offense significantly. To beat Coppermine, they would have to play lights out on attack AND stop Coppermine on D--while winning the 50/50 balls etc. Not "TOTALLY impossible" but a tall order for sure.