Rangers FC 2
Elite Academy League 2 · South U12 · 14 teams · Rangers FC (all teams)
Next game — Sun Oct 25, 12:30 PM
LA Galaxy Sports Complex, 2B ↗
●○○○○ Favorable to win
Most likely score 4–1 (expected goals 4.4 for, 1.4 against · 2.64 expected points)
| Season so far | Rangers FC 2 | Fram Soccer Club 2 |
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| Position | 9th | 11th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 2-1-2 | 1-1-3 |
| Points per game | 1.40 | 0.80 |
| Goals for / game | 2.4 | 0.8 |
| Goals against / game | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 0 |
| Held scoreless | 0 | 3 |
| Form (recent first) | L W L W D | L D L L W |
| Biggest win | 3–1 at AC Brea (2) | 2–1 vs AC Brea (2) |
| Worst loss | 1–4 at Reds FC 2 | 0–10 vs Laguna United 2 |
| Model rating (net goals vs avg) | -0.00 | -2.89 |
| Schedule faced (avg opp. rating) | +0.42 | +0.25 |
Common opponents: Laguna United 2 — we 3–3; they 0–10. AC Brea (2) — we 3–1; they 2–1.
Game plan
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They struggle to score
Fram Soccer Club 2 average 0.8 goals/game (league avg 3.0); blanked in 3 of 5.A higher defensive line and an aggressive counter-press are low-risk here. Keep the back line connected to midfield so one long ball doesn't turn into a 1v1 — that is the only way this opponent scores.
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They leak goals — be greedy
Fram Soccer Club 2 concede 5.6/game; worst result 0–10 vs Laguna United 2.Commit numbers forward, shoot early and often, and attack second balls. Goal difference is the tiebreaker on PPG, so keep playing to score for the full game — rotate players rather than pace.
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Expected win — the trap is complacency
Model gives a 85% chance; likely score 4–1.Treat the first 15 minutes like a final: score early, then the game manages itself. This is the ideal game to give rotation players real minutes in the second half without risking points.
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What a win does
ALBION SC Riverside 2 sit 8th on 1.40 PPG; we are on 1.40.A point moves us above ALBION SC Riverside 2 on PPG (if they don't play). GD is the next tiebreak, so every goal matters — keep attacking with a lead.
If Sunday goes…
Where we'd sit after the Fram Soccer Club 2 game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Rangers FC 2 – Fram Soccer Club 2) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 5 other games that week (Mon Oct 19 – Sun Oct 25); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.
| Our result | Rivals don't play | Likely results | Every rival wins |
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| – Win · 1.67 PPG |
6th▲ up 3 | 7th▲ up 2 | 8th▲ up 1 |
| Win 1.67 PPG |
6th▲ up 3 | 7th▲ up 2 | 8th▲ up 1 |
| Draw 1.33 PPG |
9th— holds | 9th— holds | 10th▼ down 1 |
| Loss 1.17 PPG |
10th▼ down 1 | 10th▼ down 1 | 11th▼ down 2 |
Can we move up this round? Yes. With a 4–1 win we finish as high as 5th if every rival drops points, and as low as 8th if every rival wins.
Where we finish
2,000 simulated seasons
- 1st
- 2nd <1%
- 3rd 1%
- 4th 6%
- 5th 11%
- 6th 15%
- 7th 18%
- 8th 20%
- 9th 18%
- 10th 7%
- 11th 2%
- 12th <1%
- 13th <1%
- 14th
Every remaining game in the division is played out with the forecast's goal odds, 2,000 times, and the table is re-sorted each time. Green marks the top 4.
Climbing the table
What it takes to pass each team above us, from our 21 remaining known games (max 2.69 PPG if we win out).
| # | Team | PPG | Proj. | To pass them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMPIRE SC | 3.00 (+1.60) | 2nd (2.10) | 71 of 63 pts to pass their current pace, 48 for their projection |
| 2 | Laguna United 2 | 2.60 (+1.20) | 1st (2.64) | 61 of 63 pts to pass their current pace, 62 for their projection |
| 3 | Reds FC 2 | 2.25 (+0.85) | 3rd (2.07) | 52 of 63 pts to pass their current pace, 47 for their projection |
| 4 | Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 | 1.75 (+0.35) | 6th (1.64) | 39 of 63 pts to pass their current pace, 36 for their projection |
| 5 | Rayados Academy San Diego | 1.75 (+0.35) | 9th (1.36) | 39 of 63 pts to pass their current pace, 29 for their projection |
| 6 | FC Premier | 1.50 (+0.10) | 5th (1.70) | A point next game |
| 7 | Los Angeles SC 2 | 1.50 (+0.10) | 7th (1.49) | A point next game |
| 8 | ALBION SC Riverside 2 | 1.40 (+0.00) | 4th (1.75) | A point next game |
How the results connect
9 chains · 10 teams
Paths of results that link Rangers FC 2 to Fram Soccer Club 2 through teams both have faced, drawn as one map. Teams sit in columns by how many games away from us they are. Each arrow is one game, pointing away from us, and its colour is the result for the team it starts from. Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain and see its net goal margin.
Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain, or step through them with the arrows. Open full screen and turn your phone to see the whole map.
Step through the chains with the arrows, or tap one on the map.
Position over the season
6 game days
The table re-sorted after each date on which a game was played. Shaded band is the top 4.
The path
run-in difficulty -0.14 · 14th hardest of 14
| Date | Opponent | Where | Difficulty | Win | Likely | Exp. pts | Run. PPG | Priority |
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| Sun Oct 25 12:30 PM |
Fram Soccer Club 2 11th · 1-1-3 · GD -24 |
Home LA Galaxy Sports Complex |
●○○○○ Favorable | 85% |
4–1 | 2.64 | 1.61 | Bank it |
| Sun Nov 8 03:15 PM |
Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club 10th · 2-0-3 · GD -10 |
Away Pacific Community Center |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 52% |
3–2 | 1.73 | 1.62 | Swing game |
| Sat Nov 14 03:00 PM |
EMPIRE SC 1st · 4-0-0 · GD +8 |
Away Eastvale Community Park |
●●●●● Very tough | 21% |
2–3 | 0.78 | 1.52 | Upside |
| Sat Nov 21 01:15 PM |
Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 4th · 2-1-1 · GD +2 |
Away Hoover High School · turf |
●●●●○ Tough | 31% |
2–2 | 1.10 | 1.47 | Upside |
| Sun Nov 22 10:30 AM |
FC Premier 6th · 2-0-2 · GD +5 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●●●○ Tough | 38% |
2–2 | 1.30 | 1.45 | Upside |
| Sun Dec 6 10:30 AM |
FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) 13th · 0-0-3 · GD -11 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●○○○ Lean win | 71% |
3–1 | 2.27 | 1.53 | Bank it |
| Sun Dec 13 02:25 PM |
Rayados Academy San Diego 5th · 2-1-1 · GD +0 |
Away LAUDERBACH PARK |
●●●●○ Tough | 38% |
2–2 | 1.34 | 1.51 | Upside |
| Sun Jan 10 10:30 AM |
ALBION SC Riverside 2 8th · 2-1-2 · GD +7 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●●●○ Tough | 35% |
2–3 | 1.21 | 1.49 | Upside |
| Sun Jan 24 12:00 AM |
Laguna United 2 2nd · 4-1-0 · GD +32 |
Away TBD |
●●●●● Very tough | 5% |
1–5 | 0.20 | 1.40 | Upside |
| Sun Jan 31 10:30 AM |
City SC Los Angeles 2 12th · 1-0-3 · GD -4 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 57% |
3–2 | 1.87 | 1.43 | Swing game |
| Sun Feb 7 10:30 AM |
Reds FC 2 3rd · 3-0-1 · GD +10 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●●●○ Tough | 27% |
2–3 | 0.97 | 1.40 | Upside |
| Sun Feb 21 10:30 AM |
AC Brea (2) 14th · 0-0-4 · GD -13 |
Home Serrano Elementary |
●●○○○ Lean win | 72% |
3–1 | 2.30 | 1.45 | Bank it |
| Sun Feb 28 12:00 AM |
Los Angeles SC 2 7th · 2-0-2 · GD -1 |
Away TBD |
●●●●○ Tough | 36% |
2–3 | 1.25 | 1.44 | Upside |
| Sun Mar 7 10:30 AM |
Fram Soccer Club 2 11th · 1-1-3 · GD -24 |
Away Ridgecrest Intermediate · turf |
●○○○○ Favorable | 78% |
3–1 | 2.44 | 1.49 | Bank it |
| Sun Mar 14 12:00 AM |
Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club 10th · 2-0-3 · GD -10 |
Home TBD |
●●○○○ Lean win | 65% |
3–2 | 2.08 | 1.52 | Swing game |
| Sun Mar 21 12:00 AM |
Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 4th · 2-1-1 · GD +2 |
Home TBD |
●●●●○ Tough | 41% |
2–2 | 1.43 | 1.52 | Upside |
| Sun Apr 4 09:00 AM |
FC Premier 6th · 2-0-2 · GD +5 |
Away St John Bosco High School · turf |
●●●●○ Tough | 27% |
2–3 | 0.96 | 1.49 | Upside |
| Sun Apr 11 12:00 AM |
FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) 13th · 0-0-3 · GD -11 |
Away TBD |
●●○○○ Lean win | 61% |
2–1 | 2.00 | 1.52 | Swing game |
| Sun Apr 18 12:00 AM |
Rayados Academy San Diego 5th · 2-1-1 · GD +0 |
Home TBD |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 48% |
2–1 | 1.64 | 1.52 | Swing game |
| Sun Apr 25 12:00 AM |
ALBION SC Riverside 2 8th · 2-1-2 · GD +7 |
Away TBD |
●●●●● Very tough | 24% |
2–3 | 0.88 | 1.50 | Upside |
| Sun May 2 12:00 AM |
EMPIRE SC 1st · 4-0-0 · GD +8 |
Home TBD |
●●●●○ Tough | 31% |
2–3 | 1.09 | 1.48 | Upside |
"Far trip" = the venue's zip is outside our home sectional area (first three digits), a rough travel flag, not a distance. Venue names open in Google Maps. "Bank it" = expected win, dropping points here hurts most. "Swing game" = near coin-flip, where the finish is decided. "Upside" = underdog, nothing to lose. Running PPG assumes the expected points from every game up to that row.
Standings
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| 1 | EMPIRE SC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 12 | 3.00 | WWWW | +0.06 | -0.13 | 92% | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club · Sun Nov 8 at Los Angeles SC 2 · Sat Nov 14 vs Rangers FC 2 See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 2 | Laguna United 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 13 | 2.60 | DWWWW | -1.47 | -0.01 | 100% | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs Reds FC 2 · Sun Nov 8 vs FC Premier · Sun Nov 15 vs Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 See all 21 future matchups ▸
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| 3 | Reds FC 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 9 | 2.25 | WWWL | -0.18 | -0.10 | 90% | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 17 vs Rayados Academy San Diego · Sun Oct 25 at Laguna United 2 · Sun Nov 8 vs AC Brea (2) See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 4 | Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 | 1.75 | DWWL | +0.23 | -0.08 | 21% | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 at FC Premier · Sun Nov 8 at FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) · Sun Nov 15 at Laguna United 2 See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 5 | Rayados Academy San Diego | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 7 | 1.75 | LWWD | -0.98 | +0.16 | 2% | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 17 at Reds FC 2 · Sun Nov 15 vs AC Brea (2) · Sat Nov 21 vs Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 6 | FC Premier | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | 1.50 | LLWW | -0.30 | -0.03 | 35% | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 · Sun Nov 8 at Laguna United 2 · Sun Nov 15 vs Los Angeles SC 2 See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 7 | Los Angeles SC 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 6 | 1.50 | WLLW | +0.37 | -0.08 | 8% | 7.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 at FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) · Sun Nov 8 vs EMPIRE SC · Sun Nov 15 at FC Premier See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 8 | ALBION SC Riverside 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 7 | 1.40 | DLLWW | -0.15 | -0.08 | 43% | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Nov 8 vs Fram Soccer Club 2 · Sat Nov 21 at Los Angeles SC 2 · Sun Nov 22 at Laguna United 2 See all 21 future matchups ▸
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| 9 | Rangers FC 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 7 | 1.40 | DWLWL | +0.42 | -0.14 | 8% | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs Fram Soccer Club 2 · Sun Nov 8 at Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club · Sat Nov 14 at EMPIRE SC See all 21 future matchups ▸
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| 10 | Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 6 | 1.20 | WLWLL | +0.36 | +0.04 | 0% | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 at EMPIRE SC · Sun Nov 8 vs Rangers FC 2 · Sun Nov 15 vs FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) See all 21 future matchups ▸
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| 11 | Fram Soccer Club 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -24 | 4 | 0.80 | WLLDL | +0.25 | +0.20 | 0% | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 at Rangers FC 2 · Sat Nov 7 at City SC Los Angeles 2 · Sun Nov 8 at ALBION SC Riverside 2 See all 21 future matchups ▸
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| 12 | City SC Los Angeles 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 3 | 0.75 | LLWL | +0.13 | +0.03 | 0% | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 at AC Brea (2) · Sat Nov 7 vs Fram Soccer Club 2 · Sun Nov 15 at Reds FC 2 See all 22 future matchups ▸
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| 13 | FLYTE SC- Inland Empire (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 | 0.00 | LLL | +1.69 | -0.09 | 0% | 12.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs Los Angeles SC 2 · Sun Nov 8 vs Total Futbol Academy - OC 2 · Sun Nov 15 at Sporting So-Cal Soccer Club See all 23 future matchups ▸
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| 14 | AC Brea (2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 0 | 0.00 | LLLL | +0.51 | +0.05 | 0% | 12.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Oct 25 vs City SC Los Angeles 2 · Sun Nov 8 at Reds FC 2 · Sun Nov 15 at Rayados Academy San Diego See all 22 future matchups ▸
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Tap a team to see every game it has played (opponent's current position in brackets) and what's next. Ordered the way the league publishes it: points per game, then goal difference. The green edge marks the top 4. SoS is strength of schedule, the average model rating of opponents faced — positive means a harder road than average. "Top 4" and "Exp. finish" come from playing the rest of the season 2,000 times with the forecast model.
How the forecast works: every played game feeds each team's attack and defence rating, adjusted for who it was against — a goal past a strong defence counts for more than one past a weak one. Ratings are shrunk toward the league average (2.96 goals per team per game) by 3 "prior" games so early blowouts don't dominate, and results older than about 120 days count half. Expected goals for a matchup multiply those, with a 8% home bump, and a Poisson score grid gives win/draw/loss odds.