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Brew City News (26-Oct-2010 : Week 30)

League Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring are the 2010 League Cup champions. Dynamo doubled the ‘goals’ tallied by their opponents, outscoring them by 248 to only 124. Congrats to Mark Lewis on his second League Cup!

Dynamo Silver Spring
Mark Lewis

At the bottom of the 1st Division, Mike’s Ninja Turtles and 10-weeks absent Clockwork Orange were relegated.

In the 2nd Division, JC Comets (18/+55) are champions. They are joined in their promotion celebrations by Alewive FC (18/+4). Alewive led most of the season, only to fall back to #4 in recent weeks. Alewive’s 42:34 victory, combined with losses by #2 Kingsbridge and #3 Arrows S.C. gave Alewive the honors. The last time Alewive was in the 1st Division was the Fall of 2005. At the bottom of the division, Sehome Mariners (9/-8) clung to salvation, while Duck Butter Bandits (9/-41) and last year’s League Cup winner, Phoenix TS (9/-67), were relegated.

In the 3rd Division, the top three teams all lost, but Turboduck SC (18/+42) and Pioneer Detasselers (18/+22) are promoted at the expense of Aviators (16/+43) and winning Surreywood Rangers (16/+19). 11-weeks absent Geckos are relegated to non-league, replacing Real Hillsdale.
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.
MFLS Fantasy League: Dynamo Silver Spring are the 2010 MFLS Fantasy League champions. Dynamo (823/+39) are followed by unclean sheets (815/+48), SDFC Macross (802/+42), I <3 MLS (795/+43) up a spot, Dumpley Street Morons (790/+37) down a spot, Ivory Tower FC (789/+37) down a spot, FC Byrd Turgler (786/+51) up two spots, Yankee Racers (782/+41) down a spot, Redneck SC (779/+40) down a spot, and Newport FC (771/+49) making a three place jump to finish in the final top 10.
MFLS Prediction League: Hounds FC are the 2010 MFLS Prediction League champions, breaking the two year stranglehold of Hotspur. Hounds (545/+23) are followed by Ivory Tower FC (535/+25), Chisquito USA (527/+34) up four spots, Rogues (522/+22) down a spot, Hotspur (519/+22) down a spot, Arla Soccer Team (511/+14) down two spots, The Cool Hands (510/+20) up two spots, Top Shelf (509/+19) up a spot, FC Byrd Turgler (508/+19) up three spots, and RevSolutions FC (507/+15) down two spots.
Miklos Feher Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring are the 2010 BCFA Fantasy League champions. Though this is Dynamo’s second bite of the division fantasy cherry, it is their first Miklos Feher Cup. Dynamo (823/+39) are followed by Dumpley Street Morons (790/+37), Dudley Street Hooligans (753/+41), Arrows S.C. (745/+34), Top Shelf (740/+40), Cánicas A.C. (690/+48) up a spot, Weirder Bremen (687/+26) down a spot, Surreywood Rangers (681/+39) down a spot, Turboduck SC (658/+23), and JC Comets (649/+45) up a spot.
John Thomson Cup: Top Shelf are the 2010 BCFA Prediction League champions. Top Shelf (509/+19) are followed by Dynamo Silver Spring (506/+20), Weirder Bremen (505/+22) up a spot, Dudley Street Hooligans (499/+14) down a spot, Arrows S.C. (473/+19), Glorydaze (471/+21), Turboduck SC (471/+21), Alewive FC (461/+17), Juice10 (460/+19), and Cánicas A.C. (460/+23) up two spots.

Brew City News (19-Oct-2010 : Week 29)

League Cup: Despite nine teams scoring on 21, 20 or 19 ‘goals’, there was only one draw in the league. In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring lost their perfect record 9:13 to Top Shelf. Dumpley Street Morons also lost, so Dynamo Are still top, and are the prohobitive favorite to win the title, as they have a 3-point, +72 ‘goal’ diff, advantage over #2 Top Shelf with only a game to play. At the bottom, Mike’s Ninja Turtles have been relegated. In the 2nd Division, the top three sides all lost, while fourth place Kingsbridge won, leaving four teams level on 15 points: JC Comets (15/+37), Kingsbridge (15/+30), Arrows S.C. (15/+18) and Alewive FC (15/-4). Even #5 Dudley Street Hooligans (13/+30) and #6 Shaolin Mystigods (13/+11) could yet be promoted. In the 3rd Division, Turboduck SC (18/+49) are now top, ahead of Pioneer Detasselers (18/+35) and former #1 Aviators (16/+53). At the bottom, any of four teams could yet replace Real Hillsdale in non-league non-play.
No Brew City side came close to placing in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. (Our high-scorer wa Darcian Greywacke, whose manager has not made a trade or sub in well over three months.)
MFLS Fantasy League: Dynamo Silver Spring (784/+9 points) are still top. Despite a poor week, they actually extended their lead over #2 unclean sheets (767/+5). They are followed by SDFC Macross (760/+13) on championship form ruined by their week 26 immolation, Dumpley Street Morons (753/+9) up a spot, Ivory Tower FC (752/-4) down two spots, I <3 MLS (752/+15) up two spots, Yankee Racers (741/+27) up four spots, Redneck SC (739/+0) down two spots, FC Byrd Turgler (735/+14), Hounds FC (728/+20) up two spots, and Skillz (735/+29) up three spots.
MFLS Prediction League: Hounds FC (522/+6 points) are top with a commanding 12-point lead over #2 Ivory Tower FC (510/+8). They are followed by Rogues (500/+14) up a spot, Hotspur (497/+10) down yet another spot, Arla Soccer Team (497/+16) up three spots, Jersey Kixx (495/+13) down a spot, Chisquito USA (493/+14) up three spots, RevSolutions FC (492/+10) down three spots, Top Shelf (490/+10) down a spot, The Cool Hands (490/+10) down a spot, and SDFC Macross (490/+13) up five big spots.
Miklos Feher Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring (784/+9 points) are top of the Brew City fantasy competition. They are followed by Dumpley Street Morons (753/+9), Dudley Street Hooligans (712/+20) up a spot, Arrows S.C. (711/+19) down a spot, Top Shelf (700/+13), Weirder Bremen (661/-7) who managed not to lose any places, Surreywood Rangers (642/+20) up a spot, Cánicas A.C. (642/+11), Turboduck SC (635/+21), and Shaolin Mystigods (609/+20) up two spots.
John Thomson Cup: Top Shelf (490/+10 points) slightly extended their narrow lead over Dynamo Silver Spring (486/+7) and Dudley Street Hooligans (485/+7). They are followed by Weirder Bremen (483/+11), Arrows S.C. (454/+13) up a spot, Turboduck SC (450/+16) up a spot, Glorydaze (450/+0) down a spot due to making no predictions, Alewive FC (444/+15), Duck Butter Bandits (441/+13), and Juice10 (441/+16) up two spots.

Brew City News (14-Oct-2010 : Week 28)

League Cup: In the 1st Division, the battle of unbeatens, each on then perfect 18 points, saw Dynamo Silver Spring put Landycakes United behind the eight ball with two games to play, winning 37:26. With Mohawks and Mike’s Ninja Turtles having off seasons, and Darcian Greywacke and Clockwork Orange having AWOL managers, the relegation spots are wide open. In the 2nd Division, formerly first Alewive FC lost 13:28 to new top side JC Comets. Three teams are on 15 points, JC Comets (15/+51), Arrows S.C. (15/+20) and Alewive FC (15/+14). Every other team has a chance of being relegated. In the 3rd Division, leaders Aviators lost a tepid match, 2:6 to Pioneer Detasselers. Aviators (15/+53) managed to stay top, but are closely followed by Turboduck SC (15/+32) and Pioneer Detasselers (15/+20). At the other end of the division, rudderless Geckos barely bothered to show up for their -9:9 loss to Van der Sara FC. Geckos, or equally adrift MurphDogs, are the favorites to replace Real Hillsdale in non-league purgatory.
Turboduck SC (39 points / 5th place), Dynamo Silver Spring (37/10) and Real Hillsdale (34/22) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.
MFLS Fantasy League: Dynamo Silver Spring (775/+37 points) are still top, but unclean sheets (762/+43) are the new #2. They are followed by Ivory Tower FC (756/+34) down a spot, SDFC Macross (747/+42) up three spots to where they were before their week 26 debacle, Dumpley Street Morons (744/+26) down a spot, Redneck SC (739/+22) down a spot, I <3 MLS (737/+26) down a spot, Newport FC (723/+37) up five big spots, FC Byrd Turgler (721/+25) down a spot, and Carnival FC (715/+22).
MFLS Prediction League: Hounds FC (516/+24 points) are now cruising in the top spot, with Ivory Tower FC (502/+22) the new #2. Two-time defending champion Hotspur (487/+3) are now more likely to fall out of the top ten than they are to three-peat. Next are Rogues (486/+17) up three spots, RevSolutions FC (482/+8) down a spot, Jersey Kixx (482/+15) up four spots, Arla Soccer Team (481/+15) up three spots, Top Shelf (480/+8) down three spots, and The Cool Hands (480/+24) up seven amazing spots. Three teams are level in P10: Dynamo Silver Spring (479/+10) down three spots, Chisquito USA (479/+15) up two spots, and Goat Crumbs (479/+21) up four spots.
Miklos Feher Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring (775/+37 points) are top of the Brew City fantasy competition. They are followed by Dumpley Street Morons (744/+26), Arrows S.C. (692/+28) up a spot, Dudley Street Hooligans (692/+23) down a spot, Top Shelf (687/+27), Weirder Bremen (668/+33), Cánicas A.C. (631/+10), Surreywood Rangers (622/+13), Turboduck SC (614/+39), and Duck Butter Bandits (594/+32) up three spots.
John Thomson Cup: Top Shelf (480/+8 points) barely held onto their lead over Dynamo Silver Spring (479/+10) and Dudley Street Hooligans (478/+12). They are followed by Weirder Bremen (472/+20), Glorydaze (450/+6), Arrows S.C. (441/+12), Turboduck SC (434/+14), Alewive FC (429/+12) up a spot, Duck Butter Bandits (428/+9) down a two spot, and Cánicas A.C. (426/+10).

Brew City News (5-Oct-2010 : Week 27)

League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring defeated Mohawks 22:10 to stay perfect, but Dumpley Street Morons kept pace edging Glorydaze 28:25. Dynamo have the advantage in ‘goal’ difference, +108 to +54. The title decider is this upcoming week. In the 2nd Division, Alewive FC continue to be one of the hottest teams in the league, easing past Arrows S.C. 21:18. The blowout of the week was JC Comets 42:15 dismantling of Shaolin Mystigods. The win launches Comets into second place at the expense of Arrows. Four teams are level on six points at the bottom. In the 3rd Division, Aviators (15 points / +57 ‘goal’ diff) are still top. Despite having scored a paltry 88 ‘goals’ in six matches, Pioneer Detasselers are second, leading a pack of three teams on 12 points. The other six teams are all on six or seven points.
JC Comets (42 points / 10th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.
MFLS Fantasy League: Dynamo Silver Spring (738/+22 points) are still top, but #2 Ivory Tower FC (722/+30) narrowed the gap. They are followed by unclean sheets (719/+27), Dumpley Street Morons (718/+28), Redneck SC (717/+28), I <3 MLS (711/+26), SDFC Macross (705/+35) up three spots after last week’s disastrous seven spot fall, FC Byrd Turgler (696/+15) down a spot, Carnival FC (693/+21) up a spot, and Cpt. Pancakes and Lt. Waffles (693/+36) up three spots.
MFLS Prediction League: Hounds FC (492/+22 points) are top for the second straight week, but two-time defending champion Hotspur (484/+26) clawed back four points. They are followed by Ivory Tower FC (482/+27) up a spot, RevSolutions FC (474/+26) up two spots, Top Shelf (472/+23), SDFC Macross (471/+16) down three spots, Dynamo Silver Spring (469/+24) up a spot, Rogues (469/+22), Jersey Kixx (467/+35) up six big spots, and in a tie for 10th place, Dudley Street Hooligans (466/+26) up a spot, and Arla Soccer Team (466/+21) down two spots.
Miklos Feher Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring (738/+22 points) are top of the Brew City fantasy competition, but Dumpley Street Morons (718/+28) narrowed the gap. They are followed by Dudley Street Hooligans (669/+32) up a spot, Arrows S.C. (664/+18) down a spot, Top Shelf (660/+25), Weirder Bremen (635/+27), Cánicas A.C. (621/+16), Surreywood Rangers (609/+28), Alewive FC (575/+21), and Turboduck SC (575/+30) up two spots.
John Thomson Cup: Top Shelf (472/+23 points) lead the Brew City prediction competition. They are followed by Dynamo Silver Spring (469/+24), Dudley Street Hooligans (466/+26), Weirder Bremen (452/+25) who were accidentally omitted from last week’s report, Glorydaze (444/+20), Turboduck SC (420/+17), Duck Butter Bandits (419/+33) up two spots, Alewive FC (417/+25) down a spot, and Cánicas A.C. (416/+24) down two spots.

Brew City News (28-Sep-2010 : Week 26)

League Cup: In the 1st Division perfect Dynamo Silver Spring have run up a +96 ‘goal’ diff in only five weeks, putting them on pace for a whopping +172 for the season. The top four sides all won. Match of the Week was in the 2nd Division where two of the week’s top three scorers met, Alwive FC needing everything to overcome Duck Butter Bandits 42:37. The standings were much jumbled, with Alewive FC now top. In the 3rd Division, Aviators (12/+52) and Turboduck SC (12/+11) switched spots at the top as Turboduck fell 25:33 to Geckos, losing their perfect record.
MFLS Fantasy League: Dynamo Silver Spring (716/+19) still lead. They are followed by Ivory Tower FC (692/+35) up three spots, unclean sheets (692/+21) down a spot, Dumpley Street Morons (690/+27) up two spots, Redneck SC (689/+46) up four spots, I <3 MLS (685/+31) down a spot, FC Byrd Turgler (681/+35) up a spot, Hounds FC (672/+20) down a spot, Carnival FC (672/+33) up four spots, and SDFC Macross (670/+8) down a whopping seven spots.
MFLS Prediction League: Hotspur suffered a major loss of form, handing the lead to Hounds FC (470/+27). Hotspur (458/+8) are now second, followed by SDFC Macross (455/+13), Ivory Tower FC (455/+17) up three spots, Top Shelf (449/+8) down a spot, RevSolutions FC (448/+8) down a spot, Rogues (447/+21) up four spots, Dynamo Silver Spring (445/+11), Arla Soccer Team (445/+11) and Borussia AC CD United FC (444/+19) up three spots.
Miklos Feher Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring (716/+19 points) are top of the Brew City fantasy competition, followed by Dumpley Street Morons (690/+37), Arrows S.C. (646/+33), Dudley Street Hooligans (637/+24), Top Shelf (635/+24) up a spot, Weirder Bremen (608/-3) down a spot, Cánicas A.C. (605/+19), Surreywood Rangers (581/+23), Alewive FC (554/+42) up four spots, and Shaolin Mystigods (551/+34) up a spot.
John Thomson Cup: Top Shelf (449/+8 points) lead the Brew City prediction competition. They are followed by Dynamo Silver Spring (445/+11), Dudley Street Hooligans (440/+15), Glorydaze (424/+8), Turboduck SC (403/+21) up one spot, Arrows S.C. (403/+17), Alewive FC (392/+18), Cánicas A.C. (392/+20) up three spots, and Duck Butter Bandits (386/+13).
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. It’s been a rough year.

Brew City News (21-Sep-2010 : Week 25)

League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring (12 points / +74 ‘goal’ diff) lead also perfect Dumpley Street Morons (12/+33). In the 2nd Division, Arrows S.C. (12/+15) and Alewive FC (9/+21) are in the promotion spots. Match of the Week was in the 3rd Division, where bottom most Appleton Aarhus defeated Grass Pitch Please 45:35. Turboduck SC (12/+19) and Aviators (9/+40) lead.
MFLS Fantasy League: Heading into the final five weeks of the MLS season, the top ten are Dynamo Silver Spring (697 points), unclean sheets (671), SDFC Macross (662), Ivory Tower FC (657), I <3 MLS (654), Dumpley Street Morons (653), Hounds FC (652), FC Byrd Turgler (646), Redneck SC (643) and Sergio (642). By way of comparison, the top teams in previous years, with five weeks to, were unclean sheets (564 in 2009), FC Chunkers (605 in 2008) and Dynamo Silver Spring (658 in 2007).
MFLS Prediction League: With five weeks to go, Hotspur (450 points) are on track for a three-peat. They are followed by Hounds FC (443), SDFC Macross (442), Top Shelf (441), RevSolutions FC (440), Ivory Tower FC (438), Madrid Sport Team (436), Dynamo Silver Spring (434), Arla Soccer Team (434) and Jersey Kixx (427).
Miklos Feher Cup: With five weeks to go, Dynamo Silver Spring (697/+20 points) are top of the Brew City fantasy competition, followed by Dumpley Street Morons (653/+21), Arrows S.C. (613/+22), Dudley Street Hooligans (613/+24), Weirder Bremen (611/+6), Top Shelf (611/+34), Cánicas A.C. (586/+12), Surreywood Rangers (558/+10), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (520/-3) and Turboduck SC (520/+17).
John Thomson Cup: With five weeks left to go, Top Shelf (441/+21 points) lead the Brew City prediction competition. They are followed by Dynamo Silver Spring (434/+15), Dudley Street Hooligans (425/+19), Glorydaze (416/+21), Weirder Bremen (411/+19), Arrows S.C. (386/+15), Turboduck SC (382/+17), Juice10 (374/+20), Alewive FC (374/+21) and Duck Butter Bandits (373/+15).
Appleton Aarhus (45 points / 5th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. It was their first honor in five years.

Brew City News (20-Sep-2010 : Week 24)

League Cup: I was on holiday the last two weeks, so no write up for Week 23 or 24.
Dynamo Silver Spring (37 points / 15th place) and Top Shelf (36/21) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (20-Sep-2010 : Week 23)

Dynamo Silver Spring (43 points / 6th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (31-Aug-2010 : Week 22)

League Cup: The league Cup proper kicked off. In the 1st Division, Darcian Greywacke (3 points / +18 ‘goal’ diff) and Dynamo Silver Spring (3/+16) remain in the top spots, but switch position from the summer standings. The 2nd Division saw the two closest matches, JC Comets 19:17 In off the post and Arrows S.C. 12:11 Dudley Street Hooligans. Duck Butter Bandits (3/+15) are the early leaders. In the 3rd Division, Geckos (3/+22) are top thanx to the Blowout of the Week, shutting out MurphDogs 22:0.
Eight AWOL teams were in the top ten of the MFLS Weekly Top 25. Brew City did not make an appearance.

Brew City News (24-Aug-2010 : Week 21)

League Cup: Dynamo Silver Spring are the Summer Champions. Kingsbridge and Phoenix TS are relegated. In the 2nd Division, Cánicas A.C. and Clockwork Orange are promoted. Cánicas finished the season on a perfect 27 points, the first team to do so since Brew City expanded for the 2009 season. Grass Pitch Please and, continuing to free fall, Aviators are relegated. In the 3rd Division, Alewive FC and Shaolin Mystigods are promoted. Shaolin (18/+56) leap-frogged Surreywood Rangers (18/+34) by defeating Geckos 19:10, while Surreywood lost 16:21 to Van der Sara FC. Real Hillsdale salvaged some pride before going down, defeating Turboduck SC 24:7.
Five AWOL teams led the MFLS Weekly Top 25. Brew City did not make an appearance.

Brew City News (17-Aug-2010 : Week 20)

League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring (24 points / +150 ‘goal’ diff) are Summer champions with a week to go. The bottom three sides all lost. Glorydaze (9/-14) are barely ahead of Mike’s Ninja Turtles (9/-69), Phoenix TS (6/-19) and Kingsbridge (6/-57). Mikes and Phoenix meet in the final week of the session. In the 2nd Division, Cánicas A.C. (24/+87) and Clockwork Orange (21/+33) are both promoted. They fight over first this week. At the bottom, Grass Pitch Please (3/-55) are relegated. Duck Butter Bandits (9/-10), JC Comets (9/-20) and — having their worst season in ages — Aviators (6/-54) are the other candidates for the drop. In the 3rd Division, Alewive FC (21/+71) are promoted, while Surreywood Rangers (18/+39) lead three teams on 15 points. At the bottom, pointless Real Hillsdale (0/-65) are dropping to non-league. They will be replaced by Appleton Aarhus in the Fall session.
Shaolin Mystigods (54 points / 1st place), Dynamo Silver Spring (51/3), Turboduck SC (43/15) and Dudley Street Hooligans (43/15) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. It was Brew City’s best showing of the season, by far.

Brew City News (10-Aug-2010 : Week 19)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: SDFC Macross are champions, having defeated cincinnati contomati in exratime. After the game ended 2:2, the first tie-break is least goals given up by keepers, with SDFC Macross having Pickens (0) to Hesmer (1) for cincinnati contomati.

SDFC Macross
Kerry Kaszak
FA Cup Final: Cánicas A.C. bounced back from losing the 2009 final to edge Dynamo Silver Spring 26:25. The FA Cup is Cánicas A.C.’s second trophy after winning the 2008 John Thomson Cup.

Cánicas A.C.
Luis Cabo
League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring (21 points / +124 ‘goal’ diff) have all but locked up the Summer title, as second place Darcian Greywacke (15/+18) are well back. Of the remaining eight teams, all could yet be relegated. In the 2nd Division, perfect Cánicas A.C. (21/+69) are promoted. Clockwork Orange (18/+24) will almost certainly join them, as they have a six point lead over third place. At the bottom, Grass Pitch Please (3/-37) and Aviators (3/-62) need to win both matches, and hope a team above them loses both remaining matches, to avoid the drop. In the 3rd Division, six teams are still in the promotion hunt, lead by Alewive FC (18/+56). At the bottom, Real Hillsdale (0/-52) are all but relegated as they are a good distance behind second last Geckos (6/-16).
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25 — though every one of the top 10 teams has failed to make a move in at least two months.

Brew City News (3-Aug-2010 : Week 18)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: In the second leg of the first semifinal, Phoenix TS won 4:3 over SDFC Macross, who eek into the final on 6:5 aggregate. In the all-Spain second semifinal, cincinnati contomati crushed Spanish Girls 4:1 to advanced on 6:2 aggregate.
FA Cup: In the second leg of the first semifinal, Cánicas A.C. lost 13:14 to Dumpley Street Morons, but advanced on aggregate, 38:27. Their opponent in the final will be Dynamo Silver Spring, who won both legs to advance 48:27 over Surreywood Rangers. Despite their many honors, Dynamo Silver Spring have never appeared in the FA Cup final, let alone won it. Cánicas A.C. were last year’s losing finalist.
League Cup: In the 1st Division, #1 Dynamo Silver Spring pounded #2 Darcian Greywacke 23:5. The #3-5 sides also lost, so Darcian Greywacke hold on to their spot, albeit well back. Dynamo Silver Spring have a ‘goal’ difference (+106) greater than the number of goals scored by nine league sides. In the 2nd Division, Cánicas A.C. (18 points / +47 ‘goal’ diff) are still undefeated, while former undefeated contender Clockwork Orange (15/+20) are not far behind. In the 3rd Division, leaders Alewive FC (15/+53) have the league’s second best ‘goal’ diff. At the bottom, Real Hillsdale (0/-46) are all but relegated with the three teams above them all on six points.
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (27-Jul-2010 : Week 17)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: In the first leg of the first semifinal, #11 seed Phoenix TS lost 1:3 to #5 seed SDFC Macross. In the other semifinal, featuring two unseeded Spanish sides, cincinnati contomati defeated Spanish Girls 2:1.
FA Cup: In the first leg of the first semifinal, Cánicas A.C. easily defeated Dumpley Street Morons 25:13. In the other semifinal, Surreywood Rangers were pounded at home, 9:25 by Dynamo Silver Spring.
League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring (15 points / +88 ‘goal’ diff) remain top, and are by far the league’s top scorer in the Summer session. In the 2nd Division, Cánicas A.C. remain perfect (15/+44). Meanwhile, JC Comets’ ruined Clockwork Orange’s hopes of a final week battle of the perfect teams, winning 27:11. In the 3rd Division, Alewive FC (12/+40) moved top by defeating bottom dwelling Real Hillsdale 17:7. Pioneer Detasselers (12/+32) are just behind.
Glorydaze (39 points / 6th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (20-Jul-2010 : Week 16)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: And then there were four. Phoenix TS advance on away goals 2:1 after drawing 1:1 at home, and 2:2 on the road, to Sasha Juniors. Their semifinal opponent will be SDFC Macross, who ended the two-year Mug’O’Suds championship reign of unclean sheets. The former champions did not go down without a fight, drawing the second leg 3:3, but falling 3:5 on aggregate. The first team in the other semifinal is cincinnati contomati, who won both legs to advance 3:1 over Surreywood Rangers. Making the other semifinal an all-Spain affair, Spanish Girls overcame a first leg deficit to advance on away goals 2:1 over Ladanday Rovers, after the series ended even at twos.
FA Cup: The quarterfinals concluded. Cánicas A.C. won both matches over Arrows S.C. to advance 33:18. Their semifinal opponent will be Dumpley Street Morons, who advanced 35:16 over MFLS #1 Weirder Bremen, after drawing the first leg at zeroes. The first team in the other semifinal is Surreywood Rangers, who won the second leg 9:2 to edge JC Comets 12:11. The final team in the semifinals is Dynamo Silver Spring, who put a two-leg tonking on Real Hillsdale, advancing 43:7. So, the top half of the semis will be new skool, while the bottom half will be Old School.
League Cup: In the 1st Division, perfect Dynamo Silver Spring (12 points / +77 ‘goals’) are top, but there are tight races all through the order. In the 2nd Division, there were two one-point matches: Clockwork Orange 18:17 Arrows S.C. and Grass Pitch Please 16:17 Sehome Mariners. Cánicas A.C. (12/+39) are top, followed by Clockwork Orange (12/+21). The 3rd Division was the opposite, an all-blowout affair with 13, 15, 18, 19 and 20-point margins of victory. Shaolin Mystigods (9/+35), lead a group of four nine-point teams.
Dumpley Street Morons (35 points / 12th place), currently 8th overall, placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (13-Jul-2010 : Week 15)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: Results for the first leg of the quarterfinals are Phoenix TS 1:1 Sasha Juniors, SDFC Macross 2:0 unclean sheets, cincinnati contomati 1:0 Surreywood Rangers and Spanish Girls 0:1 Ladanday Rovers. Most of the goals coming through Ferreira, as no one could have suspected Braun would score twice in a season, let alone a game.
FA Cup: The first leg of the quarterfinals saw a total of only 36 ‘goals’ scored amongst the eight teams: Arrows S.C. 1:13 Cánicas A.C., Weirder Bremen 0:0 Dumpley Street Morons, Surreywood Rangers 3:9 JC Comets and Dynamo Silver Spring 11:-1 Real Hillsdale.
League Cup: In the 1st Division, top side Dynamo Silver Spring defeated second place Weirder Bremen 11:0. Replacing Weirder Bremen in the runneruip spot are Top Shelf, who defeated Phoenix TS 7:0. In the 2nd Division, both Cánicas A.C. (9 points / +33 ‘goal’ diff) and Clockwork Orange (9/+20) remain perfect, but do not meet each other until the final week of the summer session. Will it be a battle of the unbeatens? In the 3rd Division, a whopping 70% of the teams are on six points, led — barely — by Shaolin Mystigods (9/+17).
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (7-Jul-2010 : Week 14)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: The first knockout round concluded. Phoenix TS advance 6:4 over Seattle SC. Sasha Juniors advance 9:5 over Alpine Dream. SDFC Macross advance 9:7 over Alewive FC. unclean sheets advance 6:3 over Hotspur. cincinnati contomati edged Stonebury United 6:5 after a 3:3 second leg draw. Surreywood Rangers advance 6:4 over Real New Britski after another 3:3 draw. Spanish Girls edged Weirder Bremen 6:5 after the round’s third 3:3 draw. (Lots of Buddle and Saborio front lines this week.) Ladanday Rovers lost the second leg, but advance anyway, defeating Mike’s Ninja Turtles 7:5. The quarterfinals are next.
FA Cup: Arrows S.C. won both legs to advance 77:50 over Glorydaze. Their quarterfinal opponent will be Cánicas A.C., who came back from a first leg deficit to defeat Mike’s Ninja Turtles 73:68. Weirder Bremen twice mowed Grass Pitch Please, advancing 85:33. Their round-of-eight opponent will be Dumpley Street Morons, who defeated In off the post 68:57. In the bottom half of the bracket, Surreywood Rangers twice doubled Duck Butter Bandits to advance 85:37. Their next opponent will be JC Comets, who won two narrow contests to advance 62:57 over Darcian Greywacke. The first team in the final quarterfinal is Dynamo Silver Spring, who defeated Dudley Street Hooligans 87:70. Their opponent will be Real Hillsdale who lost their second leg, but advanced anyway, edging Aviators 59:56.
League Cup: After two weeks of the Summer Championship, Dynamo Silver Spring (6 points / +46 ‘goal’ diff) lead the 1st Division over Weirder Bremen (6/+23) and Mike’s Ninja Turtles (6/+19). In the 2nd Division, Arrows S.C. (6/+48) are top, followed by Cánicas A.C. (6/+25) and Clockwork Orange (6/+10). In the 3rd Division, the so far perfect teams are Surreywood Rangers (6/+13) and Geckos (6/+11).
Arrows S.C. (59 points / 13th place) and Shaolin Mystigods (56/24) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (29-Jun-2010 : Week 13)

Returning to action after a much-needed World Cup group play break …
FA Cup: The knockout rounds kicked off, with JC Comets narrow 38:35 win over Darcian Greywacke leading the way. Other results in the round of 16 were Arrows S.C. 18:15 Glorydaze, Cánicas A.C. 24:29 Mike’s Ninja Turtles, Grass Pitch Please 5:33 Weirder Bremen, In off the post 13:21 Dumpley Street Morons, Duck Butter Bandits 15:34 Surreywood Rangers, Dudley Street Hooligans 25:36 Dynamo Silver Spring, and Aviators 23:35 Real Hillsdale.
League Cup: The Summer league kicked off. The early leaders are Dynamo Silver Spring in the 1st Division, JC Comets in the 2nd Division and, up from non-league, MurphDogs in the 3rd Division.

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: The knockout round draw was held, and the first round of 16 leg conducted. Here is the draw:

C2 - Seattle SC - Glory Continental
D2 - Phoenix TS - Brew City FA

C1 - Sasha Juniors - WizardsMFLS
B2 - Alpine Dream - USA vs World

B1 - Alewive FC - Brew City FA
D1 - SDFC Macross - USA vs World

A2 - unclean sheets - Glory Continental
C3 - Hotspur - USA vs World

E1 - Stonebury United - Glory Continental
F2 - cincinnati contomati - La Armada Invencible

F1 - Surreywood Rangers - Brew City FA
D3 - Real New Britski - Division Of Great Significance

E2 - Weirder Bremen - Brew City FA
A1 - Spanish Girls - La Armada Invencible

E3 - Mike's Ninja Turtles - Brew City FA
B3 - Ladanday Rovers - Glory Continental

No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (9-Jun-2010 : Week 11)

Still playing catch up from my holiday two weeks ago …
Second of four week World Cup competition break.
Mike’s Ninja Turtles (54 points / 6th place), JC Comets (48/14) and Mohawks FC (47/18) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (9-Jun-2010 : Week 10)

First of four week World Cup competition break.
Dudley Street Hooligans (37 points / 15th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (2-Jun-2010 : Week 9)

League Cup: Dumpley Street Morons are the Spring Champions. Clockwork Orange and Cánicas are relegated. In the 2nd Division, Weirder Bremen and Kingsbridge are promoted, while Shaolin Mystigods and Geckos are demoted. In the 3rd Division, Sehome Mariners and Dudley Street Hooligans are on the up, while Appleton Aarhus assume non-league status, Murphdogs taking their place in bottom tier of the league.

FA Cup: The draw was held for the knockout round of the FA Cup. The knockout round begins MLS week 13. These are the brackets:

2 - Arrows S.C. (G1)
1 - Glorydaze (E1)

2 - Cánicas A.C. (G2)
1 - Mike's Ninja Turtles (E2)

2 - Grass Pitch Please (C2)
1 - Weirder Bremen (D1)

2 - In off the post (A1)
1 - Dumpley Street Morons (B1)

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2 - Duck Butter Bandits (F1)
3 - Surreywood Rangers (A2)

2 - JC Comets (D2)
1 - Darcian Greywacke (F2)

2 - Dudley Street Hooligans (A3)
1 - Dynamo Silver Spring (C1)

2 - Aviators (B2)
3 - Real Hillsdale (G3)

Dynamo Silver Spring (36 points / 15th place) and Mike’s Ninja Turtles (35/20) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (19-May-2010 : Week 8)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: The final week of group play saw lots of 1:1 draws between Schelotto owners. The following teams are through to the knockout stages: Spanish Girls (A1), unclean sheets (A2), Alewive FC (B1), Alpine Dream (B2), Ladanday Rovers (B3), Sasha Juniors (C1), Seattle SC (C2), Hotspur (C3), SDFC Macross (D1), Phoenix TS (D2), Real New Britski (D3), Stonebury United (E1), Weirder Bremen (E2), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (E3), Surreywood Rangers (F1) and cincinnati contomati (F2). Real New Britski was the final team in, edging Top Shelf on goal difference, -1 to -2, as both sides finished on six points. The Mug will take a five week break for the World Cup, before resuming with the knockout rounds in week 13.
FA Cup: Group play concluded with the following teams through to the knockout stages: In off the post (A1), Surreywood Rangers (A2), Dudley Street Hooligans (A3), Dumpley Street Morons (B1), Aviators (B2), Dynamo Silver Spring (C1), Grass Pitch Please (C2), Weirder Bremen (D1), JC Comets (D2), Glorydaze (E1), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (E2), Duck Butter Bandits (F1), Darcian Greywacke (F2), Arrows S.C. (G1), Cánicas A.C. (G2) and Real Hillsdale (G3). The FA Cup will take a five week break for the World Cup, before resuming with the knockout rounds in week 13.
League Cup: With one week of play remaining before taking a month off for the World Cup, Dumpley Street Morons (21 points / +97 ‘goal’ diff) have the Spring Championship advantage over Dynamo Silver Spring (18/59). In the 2nd Division, five teams are on 15 points, led by Weirder Bremen (15/+58). In the 3rd Division, Sehome Mariners (18/+44) are promoted. Five teams are in contention for the other promotion spot, while seven teams could also be relegated to non-league status. (With three teams able to go either way.)
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (12-May-2010 : Week 7)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: Despite all the goals scored in MLS this week — Chad Barrett with a brace!? — only Weirder Bremen managed to get more than three, defeating Mike’s Ninja Turtles 4:1 in Group E. With one week of group play remaining, the following teams are through to the knockout rounds: Spanish Girls (A), unclean sheets (A), Sasha Juniors (C), SDFC Macross (D), Weirder Bremen (E) and Surreywood Rangers (F). The top two teams in each group, plus the four best third place teams advance.
FA Cup: Group leaders are In off the post (A), Aviators (B), Grass Pitch Please (C), Weirder Bremen (D), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (E), Duck Butter Bandits (F) and Arrows S.C. (G).
League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dumpley Street Morons and Dynamo Silver Spring both won blowouts. Dumpley Street Morons (18 points / +94 ‘goal’ diff) edging Dynamo Silver Spring (18/64) at the top. In the 2nd Division, last week’s top three teams all lost, allowing Weirder Bremen (15/+79) to launch itself from fourth to first over Kingsbridge (15/+47). In the 3rd Division, Sehome Mariners (15/+23) lead four teams on twelve points.
Weirder Bremen (77 points / 17th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (5-May-2010 : Week 6)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: The group leaders are Spanish Girls (A), Alpine Dream (B), Sasha Juniors (C), SDFC Macross (D), Weirder Bremen (E) and Surreywood Rangers (F).
FA Cup: Group leaders are In off the post (A), Aviators (B), Juice10 (C), Weirder Bremen (D), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (E), Duck Butter Bandits (F) and Arrows S.C. (G).
League Cup: The division leaders are Dumpley Street Morons (1st), Kingsbridge (2nd) and Surreywood Rangers (3rd).
JC Comets (53 points / 5th place), Arrows S.C. (50/13) and Weirder Bremen (49/18) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (27-Apr-2010 : Week 5)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: Five of twelve matches ended in draws, highlighted by the 4:4s put up by Dynamo Kyiv YCK and Alewive FC, and Hotspur and Sasha Juniors. Weirder Bremen edged Stonebury United 4:3, thanx to unusual insight in picking up San Jose’s defender Beitashour. After three of six group rounds, the leaders are Spanish Girls (A), Alewive FC (B), Hotspur (C), SDFC Macross (D), Weirder Bremen (E) and cincinnati contomati (F).
FA Cup: After three of six rounds, there are four perfect teams, and one without a point. In off the post (9 points / +15 ‘goal’ diff) leads Group A, Weirder Bremen (9/+44) leads Group D, Mike’s Ninja Turtles (9/+50) leads Group E and Darcian Greywacke (9/+14) lead Group F. The other group leaders are Aviators (B), MurphDogs (C) and Cánicas A.C. (G). The perfectly awful team is Sehome Mariners (0/-53) in Group B.
League Cup: The 1st Division had both the game of the week and the blowout of the week. The game of the week featured pointless Cánicas A.C. hosting mid-table Top Shelf. Cánicas A.C. are no longer pointless, must surely be disappointed with the 27:27 result. The blowout of the week saw the week’s third high scorer stomp a mud hole in the week’s third low scorer, Clockwork Orange 24:-4 Glorydaze. Dumpley Street Morons (12 points / +48 ‘goal’ diff) lead Dynamo Silver Spring (12/+22). The 2nd Division is shaping up to be a case of the haves and have-nots. Kingsbridge (12/+44) have a razor-thin lead over Weirder Bremen (12/+43). They are followed by five teams on nine points—which means the bottom three sides, on a collective six points, must have already switched their sites from promotion to avoiding relegation. In the 3rd Division, previously perfect Sehome Mariners were embarassing, losing -8:5 to Alewive FC, who are now top.
No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (21-Apr-2010 : Week 4)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: In Group D, SDFC Macross had the week’s high score, defeating Phoenix TS 6:2. After two weeks, the group leaders are Spanish Girls (A), Alewive FC (B) … still! … Hotspur (C), SDFC Macross (D), Stonebury United (E) and cincinnati contomati (F).
FA Cup: In Group F, Darcian Greywacke won their second two-‘goal’ victory in two weeks, defeating Shaolin Mystigods 28:26. The two sides are now at opposite ends of the group, Darcian leading, Shaolin without a point. In Group G, the top two teams lost to the bottom pair, leaving all four even on three points. This upcoming will will shake things out further, as each team finishes its first pass through the other teams.
League Cup: After four weeks, the division leaders are all on a perfect 12 points. In the 1st Division, Dumpley Street Morons (12 points / +53 ‘goal’ diff) lead Mike’s Ninja Turtles (9/+30). In the 2nd Division, Kingsbridge (12/+54) lead Weirder Bremen (9/+16). In the 3rd Division, Sehome Mariners (12/+40) lead Surreywood Rangers (12/+9).
Aviators (60 points / 7th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. It was Aviators first honor since 2008, after going through a very rough 2009.

Brew City News (14-Apr-2010 : Week 3)

Mug’O’Suds Invitational: After two playin rounds, the Mug group stages kicked off. The two biggest blowouts were both in Group F: Surreywood Rangers blanking Lowbrow Wanderers SC 4:0, and cincinnati contomati putting the stones to Glorydaze, 6:1. (cincinnati were the only team to have a hat trick player in Le Toux; no team had Schilawski.) Early group leaders are Spanish Girls (A), Alewive FC (B) for the first time in living memory, Hotspur (C), SDFC Macross (D), Stonebury United (E) and cincinnati contomati (F).
FA Cup: The FA Cup kicked off in less than the expected exciting fashion as a number of matches stuggled to achieve positive cumulative scores, including Aviators 0:5 Pioneer Detasselers, Real Hillsdale -5:10 Cánicas A.C., Mike’s Ninja Turtles 3:-1 Turboduck SC, and Weirder Bremen 0:-1 JC Comets. The early group leaders are Surreywood Rangers (A), Dumpley Street Morons (B), Grass Pitch Please (C), Alewive FC (D), Glorydaze (E), Van der Sara FC (F) and Kingsbridge (G).
League Cup: The week’s only decent game was in the 1st Division where Dumpley Street Morons defeated Glorydaze 21:16. Dumpley Street Morons top the division on a perfect 9 points and a healthy +42 ‘goal’ difference. In the 2nd Division, Kingsbridge have done even better, leading on 9/+53 after whacking Weirder Bremen 26:0. The 3rd Division was all about blow outs: Pioneer Detasselers 5:21 Van der Sara FC, Surreywood Rangers 31:8 Juice10, and Dudley Street Hooligans 8:36 Appleton Aarhus. Sehome Mariners (9/+34) are top.
No Brew City team placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (6-Apr-2010 : Week 2)

Nationwide Super Cup: Defending champions Clockwork Orange went into the second leg, trailing by not insurmountable nine points, 40:49 to 2005 champion Mohawks FC. But Mohawks FC put the hammer down, winning the second leg 39:14 to win the tie 88:54. That makes Mohawks FC the first champion of the new-format (prediction vs. fantasy champion) Nationwide Super Cup.

Mohawks FC
Todd Bevan
League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dumpley Street Morons (6 points / +37 ‘goal’ diff) lead Mike’s Ninja Turtles (6/+25). Both are surprise packages: We’ll see if they can sustain for the full nine weeks. In the 2nd Division, goal difference separates the top three teams: Kingsbridge (6/+27), Weirder Bremen (6/+17) and JC Comets (6/+7). The 3rd Division has the closest race, Sehome Mariners (6/+25) leading Dudley Street Hooligans (6/+24).
FA Cup: The FA Cup kicks off this upcoming week, and it will be without the 2004 champions, Top Shelf, who are only #29 in the Miklos Feher Cup unified fantasy table. Also eliminated are #30 Appleton Aarhus and #31 Clockwork Orange.
Grass Pitch Please (35 points / 10th place) and Dumpley Street Morons (34/13) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (30-Mar-2010 : Week 1)

Between MLS’s web site incompetence and me having other obligations, there is no narrative update this week.
In off the post (63 points / 1st place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (23-Mar-2010)

MLS and the players settled on a contract this week — i.e., the players bent over for Garber — so MFLS will kick off this week.

Brew City News (10-Mar-2010)

★★ A double blue star indicates a Brew City FA original founding team which is still in the division as of 2010. (Brew City was founded in 1999.)
★ A blue star indicates a Brew City FA which has been in the division for five or more years.

Final 2010 team lineup (31 of 31 teams):

	IN: Alewive FC ★★
	IN: Appleton Aarhus ★
	IN: Arrows S.C. ★
	IN: Aviators ★
	IN: Cánicas A.C.
	IN: Clockwork Orange
	IN: Darcian Greywacke ★
	IN: Duck Butter Bandits
	IN: Dynamo Silver Spring ★
	IN: Dudley Street Hooligans
	IN: Geckos ★
	IN: Grass Pitch Please
	IN: In off the post ★
	IN: JC Comets ★★
	IN: Dumpley Street Morons
	IN: Juice10 ★
	IN: Kingsbridge
	IN: Mike's Ninja Turtles ★
	IN: Mohawks
	IN: MurphDogs ★★
	IN: Glorydaze
	IN: Phoenix TS ★
	IN: Pioneer Detasselers ★★
	IN: Real Hillsdale ★
	IN: Sehome Mariners ★
	IN: Shaolin Mystigods ★
	IN: Surreywood Rangers ★
	IN: Van der Sara FC
	IN: Top Shelf ★★
	IN: Turboduck SC
	IN: Weirder Bremen ★

	OUT: Rogue Squadron