Except for the fact that Union Omaha’s match took place on a Friday, last week actually felt like a normal USL League One kind of week. Union Omaha and Greenville won their games, nobody scored more than two goals in their respective game, and we finally had our first draw of the season after 14 tries. Far from the “all gas, no brakes” we saw the week before with buckets of goals and a Richmond stumble to Fort Lauderdale.
Speaking of “all gas, no brakes”, get a load of Liam. Only two points from the top of the board, while somehow managing to only pick barely more than one-third of these matches correctly. If I don’t win our inaugural predictions competition (prize yet to be determined), I’m here for Liam asking us all to hold his beer while he goes 2-4 with six points every week. I would gladly cede this to him if he can keep that momentum up.
So with a Wednesday match this week, we’re coming to you a little earlier than normal. However, I promise the readership that even with less time to prepare, our performance will still approach not quite adequate.
Here is last week’s recap:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| Fort Lauderdale 0-2 Omaha | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt |
| Richmond 2-0 Tormenta | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 1 pt | 1 pt | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| North Carolina 1-2 Greenville | 1 pt | 1 pt | 3 pts | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt |
| North Texas 0-1 Chattanooga | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Tucson 1-1 Madison | 0 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts |
| Total | 2 pts | 5 pts | 4 pts | 3 pts | 3 pts | 2 pts | 5 pts |
| Record | Points | |
| Jon | 7-7 | 11 |
| Rich | 8-6 | 10 |
| Liam | 5-9 | 9 |
| Ryan | 7-7 | 9 |
| Riley | 7-7 | 7 |
| Luke | 6-8 | 6 |
| Ben | 5-9 | 5 |
Here are the predictions for week 6:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| New England Revolution II v. Union Omaha (Wednesday, 16:00) | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Forward Madison v. North Carolina FC (Saturday, 19:00) | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Greenville Triumph v. Union Omaha (Sunday, 15:00) | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| North Texas SC v. South Georgia Tormenta (Sunday, 19:00) | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Fort Lauderdale CF v. FC Tucson (Sunday, 19:30) | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
| New England Revolution II v. Chattanooga Red Wolves (Sunday, 20:30) | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 |
Who Gives A Hoot? 