The season seems to be coming at us faster than we can keep up. I wonder if I’m only now thinking this because I didn’t walk into my apartment until 3:00 Monday morning after driving back from Madison? Maybe, maybe not, but my brain felt like it was floating in a wave pool when I logged onto work later that morning.
And here it is on Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still posting this column that I’m sure fewer people pay attention to than I would hope to see. And since I am all about that content, stay tuned for my first ratings column either Thursday or Friday. I promise it is everything you dreamed about, if you’re the kind of person that dreams about entering nested formulas into Excel that don’t produce #N/A errors.
At the time of this typing, I have also yet to receive Ben’s picks. Should I ping him again? Will he get his picks in before I hit publish in the upper right corner (He did, at 3:53 pm)?
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| Fort Lauderdale 2-2 Madison | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts |
| Toronto 1-1 Omaha | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Richmond 3-2 New England | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| North Carolina 1-2 Fort Lauderdale | 1 pt | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 1 pt | 0 pts | 1 pt |
| Tormenta 1-0 Chattanooga | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Tucson 1-1 Toronto | 2 pts | 2 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts | 2 pts |
| Madison 1-2 Omaha | 1 pt | 0 pts | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt |
| Totals | 5 pts | 3 pts | 5 pts | 2 pts | 3 pts | 4 pts | 7 pts |
| Record | Points | |
| Ryan | 18-20 | 31 |
| Jon | 17-21 | 29 |
| Riley | 14-24 | 25 |
| Liam | 13-25 | 25 |
| Rich | 16-22 | 24 |
| Ben | 12-26 | 15 |
| Luke | 10-28 | 10 |
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| Toronto FC II v. South Georgia Tormenta (Wednesday, 18:00) | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Forward Madison v. Richmond Kickers (Saturday, 19:00) | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 🏝 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Union Omaha v. New England Revolution II (Saturday, 19:00) | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| FC Tucson v. Chattanooga Red Wolves (Saturday, 21:00) | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 🏝 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| North Texas SC v. Greenville Triumph (Sunday, 18:00) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| South Georgia Tormenta v. Toronto FC II (Sunday, 19:00) | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Who Gives A Hoot? 