Its Super Bowl weekend, and one of my favorite parts of the Super Bowl are all the insane proposition bets that sportsbooks list. While the really fun ones involve props like the length of the national anthem, who the MVP will thank first in their speech and which song will The Weeknd open the halftime show with, there are many, many more individual propositions involving the game itself. In honor of this favorite pastime of mine, I thought it would be fun to come up with some Union Omaha prop bets for the fans of WGaH to offer some guesses at. Let’s get started!
Union Omaha scored 20 goals last season, which is at a clip of 1.25 goals per game. I think most of us are assuming we will improve on that number this season but let’s see what the guys think about, say, 1.4 goals per game. With 28 games planned for the 2021 regular season, that’s 39.2 goals. Let’s round that up a little for our first prop:
Over/Under: 39.5 goals scored by Union Omaha in the 2021 regular season
Evan Conway led Union Omaha with six goals last season, which was also fifth most in the league. There are a lot of things to consider with a longer season coming up, like are we able to spread the wealth more, will our roster be larger and things of that nature, but let’s ask:
Over/Under 11.5 goals scored by Union Omaha’s leading goal scorer for the 2021 regular season
It’s time to give a little bit of love to the defense, Union Omaha did give up the third fewest goals in the season last year after all. Let’s go over a fun, and maybe a little random, prop that recognizes the guys that are willing to go hard after the ball. This prop takes into consideration that we don’t have a full roster yet:
Union Omaha’s leading tackler in the 2021 regular season (pick which you think has the best value)
Damia Viader: -130
Tobias Otieno: +110
Devin Boyce: +300
Daltyn Knutson: +500
Conor Doyle: +500
JP Scearce: +700
Field: +1000
Rashid Nuhu impressed in his first season with 6 clean sheets in 14 completed matches, second only to Greenville Triumph’s Dallas Jaye. I’m curious to see what everyone thinks about this one:
Over/Under 10.5 clean sheets for Rashid Nuhu in the 2021 regular season
Of course, any good list of props would be incomplete without one that predicts Union Omaha’s season as a whole. In general, 2 points per match is considered a very, very good season. In Europe, leagues that have dominant teams will see one or two teams surpass that number, but this number is eclipsed far less often in American leagues due to parity. For example, in 2019 LAFC set an MLS record winning the Supporters’ Shield with 72 points in 34 matches. With 28 matches scheduled for 2021, 2 points per match is 56 points. Let’s knock that down to a more friendly number and ask:
Over/Under 49.5 points for Union Omaha in the 2021 regular season
I’m curious to see everyone’s opinions on all of the above, whether it be through comments, Twitter, any and everything. The most important thing is this: no matter how crazy one’s predictions are, they’ll likely be long forgotten after the roller coaster experience of an entire season. So feel free to go a little crazy with it all!
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