I love the sociopolitical comments you toss in the midst of your Hattrick observations, John. I think in the off-season (in this case defined as the bits of the year the Brooklyn Cup is not played) you should offer us sociopolitical observations with references to BC teams. Am I pressuring you? Good. Now you know how I felt last season with the burden of restoring your faith in the fairer sex. ;)

Looks like the final showdown will be between a Brit and a Yank, one way or the other. I support this drive to bring the cup back to the US. And then we few from the midwest and west coast must steal it from the New Yorkers!

Oh, and I had a serious reason for posting too. The management (*coughs*Boyd*coughs*) knows the Invitational elite players do not have fixtures in the cupmanager and must have one posted in the blog?

P.S. You did surprise me, Cappie, I expected you to win. :/ Ah well, you were the victim of my strange luck. It was a good match and you kept my guys out. Thank you. :)