Week 17 Slate Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Soles de Sonora Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Flash de Monterrey Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
I hope that this week works out better. Last week was brutal. Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Sonora Suns Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Monterrey Flash Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Week 17 Slate Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Soles de Sonora Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Flash de Monterrey Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at KC Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Sonora Suns Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Monterrey Flash Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Soles de Sonora Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Flash de Monterrey Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Soles de Sonora Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Flash de Monterrey Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Standings after Week 16 Blastnut2 114-31 FC Concordia 114-31 WPSL 114-29 powerplay13 113-32 NickWISoccer 111-34 NSL2004 111-34 Buddy98 110-35 mjames1229 110-35 Mustang2016 110-35 firesting81 108-37 Scooge 107-38 Steveco 107-38 KimZacca!! 104-38 skipper60601 102-42 Headhunter21 100-45 pollmonster 100-44 Mkewavefan10 96-40 wlamar3 92-37 bbwavefan 74-27 Scott717257 51-16 HBG-Heat 37-17 cardshopmd 9-1
Friday 2/16 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Friday 2/16 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Friday 2/16 Baltimore Blast at Cedar Rapids Rampage Friday 2/16 Tacoma Stars at Turlock Express Saturday 2/17 Harrisburg Heat at Kansas City Comets Saturday 2/17 San Diego Sockers at Florida Tropics Saturday 2/17 Baltimore Blast at Milwaukee Wave Saturday 2/17 El Paso Coyotes at Sonora Suns Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Monterrey Flash Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Week 17 Remaining Games (don't need to pick if already done so) Sunday 2/18 St. Louis Ambush at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/18 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Flash de Monterrey Monday 2/19 Cedar Rapids Rampage at Rio Grande Valley Barracudas Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
First, thank you to Buddy98 for keeping this going, it is fun to do each week and the best part is no one is taking it seriously enough to kill the fun. Looking at the standings, I was feeling pretty good about my prognostication skills until I checked and realized that had I only picked the Blast, Flash, Sockers and Wave to win every game and the Ambush, Barracudas, Express and Heat to lose every game, my record would be one game better. For the purpose of this exercise, half of the league is irrelevant, which is pretty incredible when it is considered.
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
A third of the MASL teams are terrible, a third are mediocre (around .500) and a third are pretty good. As Bill Parcells once said, your team is what the won-loss record says that it is. It is great that El Paso did well this year after their fiasco of a first season . The teams which lost most of their games can turn it around . Like Harrisburg did last year, making the playoffs after going 1-19 the year prior. Ownership has to take up the responsibility of cleaning house and signing better talent. Owners should not even own a team if they aren't seriously competing for the playoffs every year. Outside of the soccer camp kids, most fans don't like seeing blowout games every week. There will always be a few bad teams (expansion teams, owners changing, etc) but it's better for the sport if most of the teams can at least have a chance to win half of their games.
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury
Week 18 Slate Friday 2/23 Milwaukee Wave at Baltimore Blast Friday 2/23 Florida Tropics at Harrisburg Heat Friday 2/23 Flash de Monterrey at Cedar Rapids Friday 2/23 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at Turlock Express Friday 2/23 Ontario Fury at Tacoma Stars Saturday 2/24 Florida Tropics at Baltimore Blast Saturday 2/24 Syracuse Silver Knights at Harrisburg Heat Saturday 2/24 Kansas City Comets at Soles de Sonora Saturday 2/24 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at San Diego Sockers Sunday 2/25 Milwaukee Wave at Syracuse Silver Knights Sunday 2/25 Flash de Monterrey at St. Louis Ambush Sunday 2/25 Kansas City Comets at El Paso Coyotes Thursday 3/1 San Diego Sockers at Ontario Fury