Seedings

After the first five rounds, here is the current seeding for playoff positions.

1. Tigers (15 points, +12 GD, 14 GF)
2. Ratz (15 points, +12 GD, 12 GF)
3. Bonafide (12 points, +15 GD)
4. Maidstone (12 points, +9 GD)
5. The Brooklyn Wind (12 points, +13 GD)
6. Brooklyn FC (12 points, +10 GD)
7. Chocolate Thunder (9 points, +12 GD)
8. Ellwood (9 points, +5 GD)

As you can see, many teams are very narrowly separated so this ranking could easily move around a good deal after the final group matches, but it does show the promise of several high-profile matchups in the first knockout round. If it were to end today based on this list:

Tigers-Ellwood rematch of last finals
Ratz-CTFC stalwarts v. upstarts
FCB-BFC deploy the National Guard
Stones-Wind immovable objects v. irresistable force

Also, I note that because of some scheduling glitches last week we had to award two default victories. You may notice that the Cupmanager page shows those as 3-0 wins despite the fact that traditionally we have awarded only 2-0 wins for this situation. It turns out that the Cupmanager has the 3-0 score hard-wired in, and I can't alter it. Odds are that it will not affect any standings in the end. If it does, however, we will cross that bridge when we get to it.