USL League One Predictions: Week 3

Another week, another set of season openers mixed in with league play. This weekend sees a big chunk of contenders starting their 2021 campaigns: North Texas plays host to Fort Lauderdale, Greenville opens with a huge road match at Richmond, and Union Omaha plays host to Tormenta for it’s first home game (and last home game for a while). Kickoff times won’t be staggered for ultimate convenience, but those not watching Union Omaha at Werner Park this weekend should be able to catch most of North Texas afterwards.

Last week went pretty much how I expect most of the season to go; all of us going .500, but not getting any actual results correct. So we can barely act like we know what we’re talking about tailgates, while people stare at us and think to themselves, “I can’t believe somebody lets this guy write articles on a blog”. And last week we had our first instance of not getting picks in by the deadline, but out of the goodness of my heart (and Ben not hitting the “publish” button yet), embarrassment was avoided. It’s only week 3, people!

Here is last week’s recap:

	Ben	Jon	Liam	Luke	Rich	Riley	Ryan
New England 0-3 Richmond	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Tormenta 0-1 Fort Lauderdale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1 pt	1 pt	0 pts	1 pt	1 pt	1 pt	1 pt

	Record	Points
Liam	1-2	3
Rich	2-1	2
Riley	2-1	2
Ben	1-2	1
Jon	1-2	1
Luke	1-2	1
Ryan	1-2	1

Here are the predictions for week 3:

	Ben	Jon	Liam	Luke	Rich	Riley	Ryan
Richmond Kickers v. Greenville Triumph (Saturday, 17:30)	2-2	2-2	2-2	1-1	1-1	2-1	1-1
Union Omaha v. South Georgia Tormenta (Saturday, 18:00)	4-0	2-0	2-1	3-1	2-0	3-0	3-0
North Texas SC v. Fort Lauderdale CF (Saturday, 19:30)	3-1	2-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	2-1	2-0

I can’t wait for weekends where the table above is twice the size. I also can’t wait to get back in the routine of following Union Omaha on a weekly basis. Everyone enjoy the matches this week!