A couple of teams punched their ticket overnight as we now have 4 of the 12 spots accounted for. FC Not Very Athletic sat idle and advanced thanks to Southeast Indiana Football Club taking care of business against FC Cackalacky 5-3 in Indiana's final Group B game. Indiana started fast, scoring in the 3rd minute off a Deshon McBeth header and while Cackalacky tried to keep pace, even taking the lead briefly 2-1 at the 16 minute mark when Akton Egholm ripped a winner from outside the penalty area, the Indiana offense just kept plugging away. A 3-3 game just after halftime was finally put away with Austyn Collins' score midway through the 2nd. The Cackalacky/Athletic return game, which was shaping up to be a winner take all, is now just for fun as Cackalacky can no longer catch them.
the crutchanators of soccer have also clinched, I believe, a transfer spot out of Group C based on the strength of their 5-5 draw against Kobelco United Football Club. The defenses took the 2nd half off as a crazy amount of shots and opportunities reined hell on both goalies. The game started innocently enough, with crutchanators having the only score in the first 64 minutes of game play. Then, the floodgates opened and all sorts of mayhem ensued. With 9 goals in 25 minutes, that came close to a Cup record and crutchanators almost walked out of the stadium with all three points until Waldmunt Marmaduke toed the game equalizer two minutes into stoppage time, with the almost 27,000 in attendance getting their money's worth. The three teams below crutchanators, since they mainly play each other, can't overcome crutchanators' 10 points, although there's no guarantee they will win the group.
Finally, a pair of games out of Group F show that Swamp City Dragons are the class of the grouping and that Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia Foci Klub is probably going home when the playoffs begin. Swamp City easily beat a good Bad News team 3-1 on the road when Arley Movsisyan scored for the second time in two games as the centenarian hit a blast that goalie Blanco Ramon could not reach. News only avoided the shutout in the 90th when Golden Toe leader Eru Avilés knocked one in, a goal that is important for their battle with Brighton AFC for the 2nd playoff spot. Meanwhile, Brighton had no problem crushing Austria-Hungary 3-0 in a game the Hungarian version of the Dual Monarchy was never competitive in. Again, a goal that had no impact on the outcome but was critical for tiebreaker purposes, Brighton's Quillan Brougham scored as time expired. Brighton and News are going to go right down to the wire.
Next update will be at a little past 7pm this evening.
4/30/2024 9:45 AM (edited)