The season is starting in waves so we still don’t have a regular cadence going, but we are one step closer to normal this weekend. Not only does Union Omaha play live soccer in front of their fans in a friendly against Sporting Kansas City II, but we also have multiple league games for the first time this season. South Georgia Tormenta and Richmond Kickers begin their seasons this weekend, hosting Fort Lauderdale CF and traveling to New England Revolution II respectively. I’m incredibly confident that the only thing that will disappoint this weekend, are our picks.
So how disappointing were we last week? Well, we were going to be disappointing as a group pretty much no matter what because the blog in general pretty much guessed this one right down the middle. But those that thought a Fort Lauderdale-Revs II opening week game was going to lead to a bucket load of goals are likely doing their best Jean-Luc Picard impressions right about now. Liam is probably checking his hair out in the mirror, because that’s what winners get to do.
Here’s a recap from last week:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| Fort Lauderdale 0-1 New England | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts | 1 pt | 1 pt | 0 pts |
| Record | Points | |
| Liam | 1-0 | 3 |
| Rich | 1-0 | 1 |
| Riley | 1-0 | 1 |
| Ben | 0-1 | 0 |
| Jon | 0-1 | 0 |
| Luke | 0-1 | 0 |
| Ryan | 0-1 | 0 |
And here are the predictions for week 2:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| New England Revolution II v. Richmond Kickers (Saturday, 18:00) | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| South Georgia Tormenta v. Fort Lauderdale CF (Saturday, 18:00) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
I for one am excited to get to watch Revs 2 host Richmond, I hope I’m able to find myself ready to watch by the time that one kicks off. I don’t think I’ll be double-screening in order to catch Tormenta v. Fort Lauderdale (I’ll probably be double-screening).
Who Gives A Hoot? 