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Brew City News (23-Oct-2012 : Week 32)

• League Cup: There was drama all over the board, topped by  Top Shelf winning the league on goal difference, after drawing Dynamo Silver Spring 37:37. My kingdom for want of a single MFLS point!
  

  Top Shelf David Thomas

  At the bottom of the 1st Division, Cánicas A.C. and Shaolin Mystigods were relegated.

  In the 2nd Division, Alewive FC are champions for the second year running, defeating previous leaders Grass Pitch Please 46:26. The loss dropped Grass Pitch Please out of the promotion spots, to third, while idle Pioneer Detasselers moved into second on goal difference +51 to +41. At the bottom, Sasha Juniors and Mike’s Ninja Turtles were relegated.

  In the 3rd Division, Diminished Capacity and Appleton Aarhus both won, to stay in promotion spots. Diminished Capacity are champions. At the bottom of the division, Vena Cava escaped the ignominy of last place in the entire league, the dregs of the Brew City barrel, by clobbering Kingsbridge 27:6, while C.C. United lost. The bottom three were separated only by ‘goal’ difference: Geckos (-9), Vena Cava (-24) and C.C. United (-51).

• A whopping six Brew City sides placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25: Alewive FC (46 points / 1st place) set the pace, followed by Juice10 and Diminished Capacity (both 43/2nd), then Pioneer Detasselers, Dynamo Silver Spring and Top Shelf (all on 37/4th). That’s an incredible six teams in the top four!

Brew City News (9-Oct-2012, Week 31)

• League Cup: Top Shelf lost 28:33 while Dynamo Silver Spring won 53:45 to set up a final week showdown between the two 6-0-1 sides. The league’s top-scoring side, Sehome Mariners, were on a bye. Shaolin Mystigods and Cánicas A.C. were both relegated with a week to go—Cánicas A.C. despite a 41:28 win over Redneck SC.In the 2nd Division, Grass Pitch Please remained top, despite being on a bye, when second place Glorydaze lost 34:42 to Alewive FC. The promotion candidates are thus Grass Pitch Please (15 points / +61 ‘goal’ diff), Pioneer Detasselers (15/+51 but on a final week bye), Alewive FC (15/+35) and Glorydaze (15/+18). Pioneer are on a final week bye, while Alewive FC host Grass Pitch Please and Glorydaze feast on mid-table Juice10. Turboduck SC, Sasha Juniors and Mike’s Ninja Turtles are the relegation candidates.In the 3rd Division, Diminished Capacity (15/+20) lead, while the other promotion candidates are Appleton Aarhus (13/+36), Kingsbridge (12/+14) and extreme longshot Dumpley Street Morons (10/+14). There are no byes the final week.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Sehome Mariners (55 points / 5th place) and Dynamo Silver Spring (53/13th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (2-Oct-2012, Week 30)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, the top two teams defeated their closest challengers—Top Shelf 38:23 Arrows S.C. and Dynamo Silver Spring 48:42 Dudley Steet Hooligans—to set up a two horse sprint over the final two weeks of the season. At the bottom of the division, Cánicas A.C. got off the schneid, defeating Shaolin Mystigods 50:40 to give themselves a remote chance of staying in the top flight.In the 2nd Division, the week’s high scorer met the week’s low scorer, Aviators stomping a 53:3 mudhole in Sasha Juniors. Glorydaze lost 32:44 to Grass Pitch Please, dropping them from the ranks of the perfect. Grass Pitch Please are now top. Any of the bottom five could yet be relegated.In the 3rd Division, Diminished Capacity also fell from the ranks of the perfect, the final team to do so, losing 36:45 to Kingsbridge. Due to second place Appleton Aarhus being on a bye, the win catapults Kingsbridge from third to first.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (25-Sep-2012, Week 29)

• League Cup: Previous leaders Dynamo Silver Spring lost 31:45 to Phoenix TS, while the next three teams all won. Top Shelf are now top, on a perfect 15 points. Bottom side Cánicas A.C. are the only league team without a point. In the 2nd Division, perfect Glorydaze lead the Three Grey Teams, the week’s second low scorer Alewive FC luckily on a bye. The 3rd Division is also lead by a perfect team in 12-point Diminished Capacity, who eased by Surreywood Rangers 26:23.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Arrows S.C. (58 points / 8th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (18-Sep-2012, Week 28)

• League Cup: On holiday last week. Playing catchup this week, so no write up.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Redneck SC (55 points / 2nd place) and Top Shelf (53/5th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (18-Sep-2012, Week 27)

• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Grass Pitch Please (25 points / 5th place) and Alewive FC (20/25th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (4-Sep-2012, Week 26)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring continue to lead, but their challengers kept pace. Dudley Street Hooligans, Top Shelf and Arrows S.C. are the stalkers. The 2nd Division has split into the haves and have-nots: Five teams are on six or nine points, led by Alewive FC, while three are on zero. In contrast, the 3rd Division is nearly all even with six teams in the middle all on three points, with Appleton Aarhus alone at the top on a perfect nine and Vena Cava at the bottom on a imperfect zero.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Sasha Juniors (49 points / 3rd place) and Dynamo Silver Spring (43/12th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (28-Aug-2012, Week 25)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division race for the League Cup, Dynamo Silver Spring are in sole posession of the top spot after the other three early leaders managed to notch only a single point among them. (Dudley Street Hooligans 31:31 draw with Sehome Mariners.) In the 2nd Division, three teams are on six points—Grass Pitch Please, Alewive FC and Glorydaze—while four are on zero. In the 3rd Division, hard luck Vena Cava lost by three for the second week in a row, dropping them to seventh, one spot above league prop Kingsbridge. Appleton Aarhus are top.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Surreywood Rangers (54 points / 5th place) and Grass Pitch Please (47/25th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. It was Surreywood Rangers’ first honor in two years, while Grass Pitch Please were in the MFLS Weekly Top 25 for the fourth time this year, and second week in a row. (Barely, at 25th place.)

Brew City News (21-Aug-2012, Week 24)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, perennial power Dynamo Silver Spring scored the Blowout of the Week, routing promoted Sehome Mariners 32:1 to take the early division lead. Also promoted Shaolin Mystigods fared better, defeating Redneck SC 25:12. In the 2nd Division, silver teams in Grass Pitch Please and Alewive FC are the initial leaders, while blue teams, in Mike’s Ninja Turtles, Aviators and Turboduck SC, got the jump on the dump. In the 3rd Division, Geckos won the Toilet Bowl, defeating the league’s other lowest scoring side of the week, Vena Cava, 6:3. Appleton Aarhus are top.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Appleton Aarhus (35 points / 19th place) and Grass Pitch Please (34/25th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (14-Aug-2012, Week 23)

• League Cup:  Top Shelf  won a champion’s match, outlasting Phoenix TS 46:38. At the bottom of the 1st Division, Sasha Juniors and Turboduck SC were relegated.The 2nd Division was all chaos: Shaolin Mystigods, on a bye, fell to the second promotion spot. Sehome Mariners, who were fourth, leapt to the top spot by the slimmest of margins, a 13:3 victory over Alewive FC, giving them a +16 to +14 ‘goal’ difference. Mike’s Ninja Turtles moved from sixth to third, on a 35:9 thrashing of Juice10, missing out on the second promotion spot on ‘goal’ difference, +8 to +14. Aviators, who were second, fell to fourth after drawing relegated Diminished Capacity 28:28. Dumpley Street Morons were also relegated.In the fall Championship season, Sehome Mariners will be spending only their third season in the top flight in 24 seasons spread over eight BCFA years. Even more so Shaolin Mystigods, who will be spending only their fourth season in the top flight in 33 seasons spread over 11 years.In the 3rd Division, Grass Pitch Please and Pioneer Detasselers were already promoted, but Grass Pitch Please seized the top spot on the final day as they defeated Surreywood Rangers 24:3 while Pioneer Detasselers lost 17:28 to Kingsbridge. C.C. United were already confirmed in the bottom spot, but salvaged some respect, gaining their first points of the season, defeating Geckos by a healthy 40:23.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Top Shelf (46 points / 7th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (7-Aug-2012, Week 22)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, the top three sides all lost, while #4 Cánicas A.C. was on a bye. That means the new top four—Top Shelf (15/+94), Arrows S.C. (12/+37), Dynamo Silver Spring (12/+23) and Dudley Street Hooligans (12/+21)—have some chance of obtaining Summer glory in the competition’s final week. Sasha Juniors and Turboduck SC are hosed. In the 2nd Division, the situation is even more frought as six teams are in the fight for the two promotion spots: Shaolin Mystigods (15/+14), Aviators (12/+49), Juice10 (12/+28), Sehome Mariners (12/+6), Alewive FC (12/-10) and Mike’s Ninja Turtles (12/-18). The 3rd Division had the league’s top two scorers, and also its lowest: Kingsbridge (0 ‘goals’) benefitting from a bye, while second best Surreywood Rangers (28 ‘goals’) were punished by the bye. Top scorer Grass Pitch Please pumped Pioneer Detasselers 37:18, and are now in the top spot with Pioneer Detasselers dropping to second. Both sides are promoted. Pointless C.C. United are guaranteed to be propping up the summer session.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Grass Pitch Please (37 points / 3rd place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (31-Jul-2012, Week 21)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, Top Shelf edged Cánicas A.C. 16:15 to stay top. At the bottom, Turboduck SC got off the schneid with a 26:16 victory over Arrows S.C. Despite the win, Turboduck SC are three points, and a massive 148 ‘goals’ from the safety of seventh place. They will need a miracle if they are to beat third place Dudley Street Hooligans and second place Dynamo Silver Spring in the final two weeks. In the 2nd Division, four teams are joint top on 12 points, led by Aviators, with three more on nine. Any two of the septet could yet be promoted. In the 3rd Division, Pioneer Detasselers—the only team with a perfect record, but in second due to byes—confirmed their quality in a Match of the Week 33:25 victory over fellow BCFA old boys Surreywood Rangers. At the bottom, C.C. United are now the only league team without a point.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Pioneer Detasselers (33 points / 15th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25—it’s first honor since a similar result in 2009.

Brew City News (24-Jul-2012, Week 20)

• League Cup: Usually the high weekly high scores are spread throughout the divisions, but this week they were unusually concentrated in the 1st Division, which had the league’s 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11th best scorers. Top scorer Phoenix TS hammered #11 Turboduck SC 72:43, while the match of the week featured #2 Dynamo Silver Spring edging #4 Top Shelf 60:56. Despite the loss, Top Shelf remain top on 12 points, with a healthy +97 to +45 advantage in ‘goal’ difference over Dynamo Silver Spring. At the bottom, Turboduck SC are pointless and going an average of 31 ‘goals’ into the difference hole per match. In the 2nd Division, Shaolin Mystigods are top, with a +28 to -4 ‘goal’ difference advantage over second place Mike’s Ninja Turtles. In the 3rd Division, Grass Pitch Please are top with a +51 to +30 advantage over Pioneer Detasselers.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Phoenix TS (72 points / 2nd place) and Dynamo Silver Spring (60/15th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (17-Jul-2012, Week 19)

• FA Cup Final:  Glorydaze  won their first FA Cup with an impressive offensive show, defeating Geckos 41:29.
  

  Glorydaze Paul Richards

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, the top three teams all won, with leaders Top Shelf edging fourth place Dudley Street Hooligans in a 59:51 barn burner. At the bottom of the division, seventh place, and pointless, Redneck SC put a 58:9 whippin’ on last place Turboduck SC, who have a whopping -128 ‘goal’ difference after only four matches. The 2nd Division was the antithesis, with the top three all losing, including still, somehow, leaders Shaolin Mystigods by a tame 12:13 to Mike’s Ninja Turtles. In the 3rd Division, leaders Grass Pitch Please completed losing FA Cup finalist Geckos awful week, lashing the little lizards 57:29.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Top Shelf (59 points / 14th place), Redneck SC (58/17th) and Grass Pitch Please (57/23rd) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (10-Jul-2012, Week 18)

• FA Cup: In the second leg of the semifinals Redneck SC lost 10:13 to Geckos, breaking their first leg draw, sending Geckos through to the final 32:29. In the other semifinal, Appleton Aarhus made a valiant fightback from first leg deficit, winning 20:11, but Glorydaze advance anyway 32:29. Neither Geckos nor Glorydaze have ever before appeared in the final. Glorydaze have never made it past the first knockout round (2010 and 2011). Geckos furthest advance was in 2004 (losing 62:80 to eventual champions Top Shelf) and 2008 (losing 19:33 to perennial champions Phoenix TS). For Geckos, it’s a quadrennial thing.
• League Cup: In the 1st Division, leaders Top Shelf played archer to Arrows S.C.’s St. Stephen, 38:18. Top Shelf’s ‘goal’ difference of +93 is more than the actual ‘goals’ scored by 21 of the league’s 26 teams. At the bottom, Redneck SC and Turboduck SC are four points from safety with four matches to go. In the 2nd Division, Shaolin Mystigods moved top at the expense of former leaders Glorydaze, defeating them 20:11. In the 3rd Division, Grass Pitch Please moved above idol Vena Cava, who have two matches in hand.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (6-Jul-2012, Week 17)

• League Cup: Updated standings. (MFLS posted late this week.) The Games of the Week were two 32:25 decisions in the 2nd Division, as Alewive FC overcame Shaolin Mystigods, while Dumpley Street Morons outlasted Juice10. The leaders are Top Shelf (1st Division), Glorydaze (2nd Division) and Vena Cava (3rd Division).
• FA Cup: In the first leg of the semifinals, Redneck SC drew Geckos at 19, while Glorydaze plucked Appleton Aarhus 21:9.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (4-Jul-2012, Week 16)

• Was offline at a gaming convention last week. Playing catch up. Will do Week 17 tomorrow, as MFLS does not yet have them posted.
• League Cup: Updated standings. Highlight is Top Shelf who have a greater ‘goal’ difference than any other team has actually scored!
• FA Cup: In the second leg of the quarterfinals, the first leg losers all won, and two managed to advance: Pioneer Detasselers 23:18 (43:46) Redneck SC, Geckos 12:3 (32:27) Turboduck SC, Sasha Juniors 27:9 (33:42) Glorydaze and Appleton Aarhus 15:9 (42:41) Vena Cava.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (20-Jun-2012, Week 15)

• League Cup: The 9-9-8 division setup kicked off with the first match of the summer session. In the 1st Division, spring champion Dynamo Silver Spring were on a bye. Top Shelf are top thanx to a 38:6 shellacking of Sasha Juniors. In the 2nd Division, Dimished Capacity are early ‘goal’ difference leaders. There were only three matches in the 3rd Division, with Vena Cava the best of the bunch.
• FA Cup: The home sides lost all four matches of the quarterfinals first leg. Three were relatively close, one a blowout: Pioneer Detasselers 20:28 Redneck SC, Geckos 20:24 Turboduck SC, Sasha Juniors 6:33 Glorydaze and Appleton Aarhus 27:32 Vena Cava.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Cánicas A.C. (44 points / 9th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (29-May-2012, Week 12)

• League Cup: Despite 18 of the 26 teams scoring between 11 and 21 ‘goals’, not a single draw was recorded in the final week of the Spring Championship. Taking the honors at the top of the 1st Division are  Dynamo Silver Spring —the only one of the previous top five to record a victory. Playing the role of spoiler for the second Spring in a row, relegated Alewive FC knocked off front-running Turboduck SC, 24:18. Also relegated are Sehome Mariners.In the 2nd Division, second place Dumpley Street Morons defeated first place Sasha Juniors 33:21 to draw level on points at 15, but fell short of promotion on ‘goal’ difference, +31 to +72. At the bottom, Mike’s Ninja Turtles escaped relegation, despite a -62 ‘goal’ difference, by winning on the final day. C.C. United are relegated in their stead.In the 3rd Division, leaders Shaolin Mystigods ensured promotion by defeating second place Geckos 24:11. At the bottom, Surreywood Rangers finished off a desperate season by losing, somehow managing to give up 217 ‘goals’ in only seven matches.Now that the divisions are reconfigured from 10-8-8 to 9-9-8, the Summer season will see a normal two up / two down format. There will be one bye per week in the top two divisions, and two byes per week in the 3rd Division.
• FA Cup: Pioneer Detasselers lost the second leg of the first knockout round to Juice10, but still advanced 40:29. In fact, no first leg loser was able to overcome the disadvantage. Redneck SC won both legs to advance 44:17 over Aviators. Geckos lost the second leg to Grass Pitch Please, but advanced 39:20. Shaolin Mystigods almost bucked the trend, defeating Turboduck SC, but failed to advance 40:42. Four-time and defending champion Phoenix TS lost both legs to surging Sasha Juniors, falling well short 29:45. Glorydaze won both legs, advancing at the expense of traditional power Top Shelf, 64:39. Appleton Aarhus and Diminished Capacity staged a near repeat of the first leg’s 25:15 result: This week’s match finishing 26:15, to send Appleton Aarhus through 51:30. Completely reversing their first leg’s unfortunate four ‘goals’, Alewive FC defeated Vena Cava 24:16, but failed to advance 28:30.No matter what happens, 2012 will now feature a first time FA Cup champion!
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Dumpley Street Morons (33 points / 15th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (23-May-2012, Week 11)

• League Cup: At the top of the 1st Division, Dynamo Silver Spring edged Top Shelf 29:28, but still fell to second in favor of Turboduck SC, who slammed Sehome Mariners 26:9. Turboduck SC now lead on ‘goal’ difference +23 to +7. (The two sides had been level at +6, Dynamo Silver Spring having been ahead on most ‘goals’, 204 to 178.) At the bottom, Alewive FC are relegated, with either Cánicas A.C. or Sehome Mariners to join them.In the 2nd Division, Sasha Juniors are promoted. Dumpley Street Morons are in second on 12 points, but have a bye the final week. The teams that could over take them are Glorydaze, Diminished Capacity and Juice10. Aviators, also on 9 points, are not in contention due to also having a bye. Any team other than the top two could also yet be relegated.In the 3rd Division, the contenders for the single promotion spot are Shaolin Mystigods (15/+4), Geckos (12/+45), Vena Cava (12/+20) and Pioneer Detasselers (12/+18). The division has no byes the final week.
• FA Cup: Thefirst leg of the first knockout round saw the following results: Juice10 16:32 Pioneer Detasselers, Aviators 5:29 Redneck SC, Grass Pitch Please 8:28 Geckos, Turboduck SC 26:16 Shaolin Mystigods, Phoenix TS 19:24 Sasha Juniors, Glorydaze 37:28 Top Shelf, Appleton Aarhus 25:15 Diminished Capacity and Alewive FC 4:14 Vena Cava.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Glorydaze (37 points / 15th place) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (16-May-2012, Week 10)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, Top Shelf tumbled to third, losing 11:18 to Sehome Mariners, who were second bottom. Dynamo Silver Spring are now top, edging Turboduck SC on ‘goal’ difference. In the 2nd Division, Aviators 40:6 mandhandlingof Mike’s Ninja Turtles allowed them to reverse their ‘goal’ difference from -24 to +10. Sasha Juniors remain top. In the 3rd Division, Surreywood Rangers broke their duck, scoring their first points of the season, with an entertaining 28:24 win over Grass Pitch Please. Vena Cava are top.
• FA Cup: In the final round of group matches, one point was the margin of victory in both Group A matches as Dynamo Silver Spring lost 27:28 to Arrows S.C. while Sasha Juniors edged Shaolin Mystigods 19:18. In Group B, Vena Cava’s -3 ‘goal’ difference got them the second of two third place progression spots, breaking the hearts of Dynamo Silver Spring who had -4. In Group C, concentrating on their FA Cup campaign, Alewive FC finished with a perfect nine points, easing by Dumpley Street Morons 25:24. Match of the Week was in Group E, where Surreywood Rangers put up a respectable 28 but still lost to rampant Aviators’ 40. Advancing to the knockout round are Sasha Juniors (A1), Shaolin Mystigods (A2), Juice10 (B1), four time and defending champion Phoenix TS (B2), Vena Cava (B3), Alewive FC (C1), Diminished Capacity (C2), Glorydaze (D1), Pioneer Detasselers (D2), Geckos (E1), Aviators (E2), Redneck SC (E3), Grass Pitch Please (F1) and Turboduck SC (F2). They join Top Shelf and Appleton Aarhus who had byes to the knockout round.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Aviators (40 points / 4th place) and Turboduck SC (33/14) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (8-May-2012, Week 9)

• League Cup: The four lowest scores were all in the 1st Division: Sehome Mariners stumbled by Cánicas A.C. 7:2, Alewive FC lost 6:13 to Redneck SC, while Turboduck SC’s 9 were tied for fourth worst. After losing their first two matches, Dynamo Silver Spring are back in the title hunt, trailing leaders Top Shelf by a point. The 2nd Division had the match of the week, Glorydaze 30:28 Sasha Juniors. Three of the top five lost, while the other two were on byes. Only three points separate the top of the table from the bottom. In the 3rd Division, Vena Cava moved top on a 18:13 victory over Geckos. At the bottom, Surreywood Rangers remain the only league side without a point, having lost 22:36 to Pioneer Detasselers.
• FA Cup: After two of three group rounds, Group C’s Alewive FC became the first team to guarantee progress to the knockout stages, despite stuggling to a 6:2 defeat of Cánicas A.C. The leaders in every other group lost. In Group E and F, all four teams are even on three points. Heading into the final round, the leaders are Sasha Juniors (A), Phoenix TS (B), Alewive FC (C), Glorydaze (D), Geckos (E) and Turboduck SC (F).
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (1-May-2012, Week 8)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, the top two sides—Phoenix TS and Arrows S.C.— both lost, so third place Turboduck SC’s 35:33 defeat of Redneck SC sent them top at the half way mark. Top Shelf followed them up the ladder into second. In the battle at the bottom, #10 Alewive FC strolled past #9 Sehome Mariners, 28:15. In the 2nd Division, leaders Sasha Juniors were on a bye, but maintained their spot despite Dumpley Street Morons 30:26 victory over Glorydaze. In the 3rd Division, leaders Vena Cava conceded their spot after losing 22:30 to Shaolin Mystigods, while new leaders Appleton Aarhus defeated Grass Pitch Please 26:19. Surreywood Rangers are the only league side without a point after five matches.
• FA Cup: With Top Shelf and Appleton Aarhus sitting out the group phase, the Brew City’s other 24 teams kicked off the group phase. With only three group matches, nothing is yet decided, but in Group E, Aviators have the biggest hole to climb, having lost their first match by an unhealthy 21 ‘goals’. In Group C, Alewive FC are the only sole group leaders, having defeated Diminished Capacity 28:23, while Cánicas A.C. drew Dumpley Street Morons at 30s. Heading into the second round, the leaders are Shaolin Mystigods (A1), Sasha Juniors (A2), Juice10 (B1), Phoenix TS (B2), Alewive FC (C1), Glorydaze (D1), Mike’s Ninja Turtles (D2), Redneck SC (E1), Geckos (E2), Turboduck SC (F1) and Kingsbridge (F2).
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (24-Apr-2012, Week 7)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, for the second week in a row, top scorer Redneck SC failed to take the full points, drawing Top Shelf 37 all. Three of the top four lost, Top Shelf being the exception, tightening the table, though Phoenix TS remain top. In the 2nd Division, Sasha Juniors are alone at the top, on a perfect nine points, after a 34:9 tonking of Juice10. In the 3rd Division, Vena Cava moved top, at the expense of idle Geckos, on a 30:12 rogering of Surreywood Rangers. Blowout of the Week was Appleton Aarhus’s 26:-1 shellacking of Shaolin Mystigods, who notched Brew City’s second lowest score of the year. (C.C. United hold the “honor” of -5 in week 1.)
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Redneck SC (37 points / 19th place) and Top Shelf (37/19th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (17-Apr-2012, Week 6)

• League Cup: The 1st Division featured the Match of the Week as the league’s two top-scorers met, Redneck SC dropping a 44:50 decision to Dynamo Silver Spring. Phoenix TS and Arrows S.C. are the league’s only 9-point sides. In the 2nd Division, three teams lead on six points, with Sasha Juniors, having played only two matches, running away on goal difference. In the 3rd Division, Shaolin Mystigods and Surreywood Rangers both had two byes in the first three weeks. With two games in hand, both sides look to move up from fourth and seventh place. Geckos and Vena Cava are top on six points from three matches.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Dynamo Silver Spring (50 points / 2nd place) and Redneck SC (44/14th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (10-Apr-2012, Week 5)

• League Cup: In the 1st Division, Phoenix TS lead, while perennial power Dynamo Silver Spring are among the 0-point also rans with Alewive FC and Sehome Mariners. In the 2nd Division, there were four matches due to an all-bye tie. As both of Week 4’s bye teams this week lost their first match, Sasha Juniors and Diminished Capacity are the only perfect teams. In the 3rd Division, the top two teams—Appleton Aarhus and Pioneer Detasselers—both had byes. As a result, six of the division’s eight teams are even at the top on three points.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Appleton Aarhus (58 points / 6th place), Aviators (58/6th), Dumpley Street Moron (55/9th) and Phoenix TS (50/25th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (2-Apr-2012, Week 4)

• League Cup: The reconfigured 10-8-8 breakdown Spring edition of the League Cup kicked off. Defending champions lost 12:17 to newly promoted Turboduck SC. Other than that, blowouts were the rule of the day in the 1st Division, where the average margin of victory was a healthy 18.8 ‘goals’. Traditional power Top Shelf are the early leaders. In the truncated 2nd Division, due to byes, there were only three matches. Juice10 lead, having dumped Dumpley Street Morons 20:2. Glorydaze and Mike’s Ninja Turtles will play their first match in week 5. The 3rd Division also had only three matches. Match of the Day was Pioneer Detasselers winning 24:18 at Vena Cava. Appleton Aarhus are top.
• FA Cup: The top two teams in the MFLS table will receive byes to the knockout stage. The remaining 24 teams will be placed in six groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group, plus the two best third place teams, will advance to the knockout stage. The competition starts in MFLS week 8.
• MFLS Weekly Top 25: No Brew City side placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (Week 3)

• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Cánicas AC (37 points / 11th place) and Phoenix TS (34/18th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25.

Brew City News (Week 2)

• MFLS Weekly Top 25: Turboduck SC (55 points / 3rd place), Juice10 (54/5th) and Sehome Mariners (52/8th) placed in the MFLS Weekly Top 25. In Sehome’s case, it was their first honor since placing in a MFLS Weekly Top 25 in 2009. (Their only other honor since 2005.)

Brew City News (Week 1)

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

Brew City News (26-Mar-2012)

• Most important news is that 2012 will be the last year I run the Brew City FA division in MFLS. After 14 years, I’m burned out and ready to retire.
• ★★ A double blue star indicates a Brew City FA original founding team which is still in the division as of 2012. (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.
• 2012 team lineup (26 of 26 teams):

  	IN: Alewive FC ★★
  	IN: Appleton Aarhus ★
  	IN: Arrows S.C. ★
  	IN: Aviators ★
  	IN: C.C. United new!
  	IN: Cánicas A.C. ★
  	IN: Diminished Capacity new!
  	IN: Dudley Street Hooligans
  	IN: Dynamo Silver Spring ★
  	IN: Geckos ★ ★
  	IN: Glorydaze
  	IN: Grass Pitch Please
  	IN: Dumpley Street Morons
  	IN: Juice10 ★
  	IN: Kingsbridge
  	IN: Mike's Ninja Turtles ★
  	IN: Phoenix TS ★
  	IN: Pioneer Detasselers ★★
  	IN: Redneck SC
  	IN: Sasha Juniors
  	IN: Sehome Mariners ★
  	IN: Shaolin Mystigods ★
  	IN: Surreywood Rangers ★
  	IN: Top Shelf ★★
  	IN: Turboduck SC
  	IN: Vena Cava new!

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  	OUT: Clockwork Orange ★
  	OUT: Duck Butter Bandits
  	OUT: In off the post ★
  	OUT: JC Comets ★★
  	OUT: MurphDogs ★★ ★
  	HIATUS: Turkibus
  	OUT: Van der Sara FC
  	HIATUS: Weirder Bremen ★