Okay, it's along shot for sure, but here is what needs to go down:
First and foremost, we need all 6 points from our last two games. We're currently sitting on 19 points and that would leave us with 25. That's a big improvement over last season's 18 points!
Real Maryland, 23 pts, can only tie one of their two remaining games. They play at home vs Bermuda and then close out in Wilmington. We need a strong performance from the Pigs! If Real ties both games they also have 25 points.
Crystal Palace, 22 pts, plays at Harrisburg tonight. If they lose or tie and we best them next week, we'll leapfrog them in the standings.
Western Ass, 20 pts, host Harrisburg on Wednesday and close out on the road vs the Eagles. I can see them dropping both, but for us to pass them they can only win one of those games, preferably vs Citah.
We could potentially tie the Eagles with 25 points if we beat them this weekend and then they drop their last game vs Ass (not likely).
As far as tiebreakers in the USL2 go, here are the scenarios concerning the Hounds:
First tiebreaker is league wins. So, we'd own the tiebreaker over the Eagles with 7 wins to their 6. Real could also finish with 7 wins and 25 points. The next tiebreaker would be goal differential. We both sit at -8 so if they tie both and we win both, we trump them. If Crystal Palace end up with 25 points, they'd have an advantage with their -3 goal differential going into the last game of the season vs the Hounds...so, we'd really have to pound them!
Confused yet? It's actually not that difficult. We just worry about ourselves and let the soccer gods sort it all out in the end...
player notes: T-Bone is out with an injury. Sean Bucknor is probable at best. Zewe is nursing a bad ankle as well which could require off-season surgery. Look for Jason Kutney to move from fullback to the wing.
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From the looks of it, we'll never know...
It's no secret that the Hounds have two very explosive forwards in Randolph Jerome and Sean Bucknor. Jerome has been featured a ton so far this season, leading the team with three goals. Bucknor on the other hand has only had one start, on the road in Harrisburg while Jerome recovered from a set of bruised ribs. Will we ever see these two paired up, and if not, why? Down by two goals to Richmond last night, Jerome was subbed for Bucknor in the 78th minute. Sean went on to record a few shots and created some great scoring chances down the stretch. Why couldn't we have pulled a fullback off and kept Jerome in the game? I cannot see any backline in the USL2 being able to stop these two monsters at the same time. Also, the 4-5-1 formation is stifling, but it's also taxing on the lone forward and wingers. These guys had started their third game in six days. Richmond had played on Saturday night in Maryland. We should have utilized our depth and been the more energized team throughout the contest. Make no mistake about it, we dropped three very important points at home which could have vaulted us into 4th place. Instead, we're sitting in 8th wondering if this is the beginning of the end.
We want Bucknor to get a chance alongside of Jerome up top. Please gaffer, UNLEASH THE HOUNDS!!!
