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Union KC Soccer Club

ECNL Boys · Heartland BU14 · 12 teams · Union KC Soccer Club (all teams)

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2nd
5-1-1 record · 7 played
2.29 points per game
+10 goal diff · 23–13
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49% chance of top 4 · expected finish 4.6
-0.24 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

Next game — Sat Oct 24, 11:00 AM

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Union KC Soccer Club
2nd · 2.29 PPG
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St. Louis Stars SC
1st · 2.67 PPG

Sport 360 Soccer Zone, Field 1 ↗ far trip

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●●●●● Very tough to win

Most likely score 1–3 (expected goals 1.5 for, 3.5 against · 0.50 expected points)

Season so farUnion KC Soccer ClubSt. Louis Stars SC
Position2nd1st
Record (W-D-L)5-1-15-1-0
Points per game2.292.67
Goals for / game3.34.2
Goals against / game1.90.7
Clean sheets12
Held scoreless10
Form (recent first)W W W W WW D W W W
Biggest win6–1 vs Kansas City Athletics9–0 vs Sporting Nebraska FC
Worst loss0–7 vs FC Wichita—
Model rating (net goals vs avg)+0.86+2.30
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)-0.24+0.16

Common opponents: FC Wichita — we 0–7; they 3–1. Sporting Iowa Central — we 4–2; they 1–1. VSA Rush — we 4–1; they 7–1.

Game plan

  • Respect their attack
    St. Louis Stars SC score 4.2/game — well above the league's 2.1.

    Deny the easy goals first: compact shape between the lines, no fouls in shooting range, and a plan for their best outlet. Score first and make them chase.

  • Hard to break down
    St. Louis Stars SC concede only 0.7/game with 2 clean sheet(s).

    Patience and width: move the ball quickly side to side to pull the block apart, and treat set pieces as your best chance — rehearse two corner routines and a near-post free-kick delivery.

  • Finishing wins the tight ones
    Held scoreless 1 time(s): 0–7 vs FC Wichita.

    Against a low block, the first goal usually comes from a cross or a cut-back, not a dribble. Get 2–3 bodies in the box on every wide entry and finish practice this week at game speed.

  • Underdog — play free, stay organised
    Model gives 12%; a draw (13%) would be a good result.

    Keep the shape compact, make them play in front of you, and hit space behind their full-backs on transitions. A point here is a win for the table; a win is a season-changer.

  • Away game
    Kickoff 11:00 AM at Sport 360 Soccer Zone.

    Arrive 75 minutes early to see the surface and goal size; plan a longer dynamic warm-up after a drive. Away wins are worth the same 3 points — keep the routine identical to home.

If Saturday goes…

Where we'd sit after the St. Louis Stars SC game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Union KC Soccer Club – St. Louis Stars SC) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 2 other games that week (Mon Oct 19 – Sun Oct 25); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.

Our resultRivals don't playLikely resultsEvery rival wins
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Loss · 2.00 PPG
5th▼ down 3 5th▼ down 3 5th▼ down 3
Win
2.38 PPG
1st▲ up 1 2nd— holds 2nd— holds
Draw
2.13 PPG
3rd▼ down 1 3rd▼ down 1 3rd▼ down 1
Loss
2.00 PPG
5th▼ down 3 5th▼ down 3 5th▼ down 3

Can we move up this round? No. With a 1–3 loss we fall to at least 5th even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

1% finish 1st
49% top 4
52% below the top 4
4.6 average finish
  1. 1st 1%
  2. 2nd 3%
  3. 3rd 14%
  4. 4th 31%
  5. 5th 25%
  6. 6th 19%
  7. 7th 7%
  8. 8th <1%
  9. 9th
  10. 10th
  11. 11th
  12. 12th

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 15 remaining known games (max 2.77 PPG if we win out).

#TeamPPGProj.To pass them
1 St. Louis Stars SC 2.67 (+0.38) 1st (2.48) 43 of 45 pts to pass their current pace, 39 for their projection

How the results connect

29 chains · 10 teams

Paths of results that link Union KC Soccer Club to St. Louis Stars SC 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.

8 favour us
1 even
20 favour them
-2.6 goals per chain on average. The results point their way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
4–2 1–1 4–1 1–7 0–7 1–3 6–1 0–5 2–3 1–4 0–1 0–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 0–4 5–1 0–3 1–3 Union KC Soccer Club 2nd Sporting Iowa Centr… 3rd VSA Rush 9th FC Wichita 4th Kansas City Athleti… 12th Arkansas Comets FC 5th OK Energy FC 8th Gretna Elite Academy 6th Missouri Rush 7th St. Louis Stars SC 1st

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.

12 chains

Position over the season

14 game days

1st 6th 12th Aug 29 Sep 19 Sep 27 Oct 6 Oct 17 Oct 18

The table re-sorted after each date on which a game was played. Shaded band is the top 4.

The path

run-in difficulty -0.01 · 7th hardest of 12

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Sat Oct 24
11:00 AM
St. Louis Stars SC
1st · 5-1-0 · GD +21
Away far trip
Sport 360 Soccer Zone
●●●●● Very tough
12%
1–3 0.50 2.06 Upside
Sun Oct 25
10:45 AM
Missouri Rush
7th · 2-1-3 · GD +3
Away far trip
Missouri Rush Sports Park
●●●●○ Tough
38%
1–1 1.38 1.99 Upside
Sat Oct 31
03:00 PM
Gretna Elite Academy
6th · 5-0-3 · GD +4
Home
Paragon Star
●●●○○ Toss-up
47%
2–1 1.62 1.95 Swing game
Sun Nov 1
11:00 AM
Sporting Nebraska FC
11th · 0-1-7 · GD -30
Home
Paragon Star
●○○○○ Favorable
94%
5–0 2.87 2.03 Bank it
Sun Mar 7
TBD
FC Wichita
4th · 5-1-2 · GD +28
Away
●●●●● Very tough
12%
1–3 0.46 1.90 Upside
Sat Mar 20
TBD
Arkansas Comets FC
5th · 6-0-3 · GD +14
Home
●●●○○ Toss-up
44%
2–2 1.51 1.87 Swing game
Sun Mar 21
TBD
OK Energy FC
8th · 3-1-5 · GD -5
Home
●●○○○ Lean win
69%
2–1 2.23 1.90 Swing game
Sat Apr 3
TBD
Kansas City Athletics
12th · 0-0-7 · GD -32
Home
●○○○○ Favorable
97%
5–0 2.93 1.97 Bank it
Sat Apr 17
TBD
Sporting Nebraska FC
11th · 0-1-7 · GD -30
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
90%
4–1 2.77 2.02 Bank it
Sun Apr 18
TBD
Gretna Elite Academy
6th · 5-0-3 · GD +4
Away
●●●●○ Tough
37%
1–2 1.33 1.98 Upside
Sat Apr 24
TBD
Kansas Rush
10th · 1-2-3 · GD -12
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
77%
3–1 2.42 2.00 Bank it
Sat May 1
TBD
Missouri Rush
7th · 2-1-3 · GD +3
Home
●●●○○ Toss-up
48%
1–1 1.65 1.98 Swing game
Sun May 2
TBD
St. Louis Stars SC
1st · 5-1-0 · GD +21
Home
●●●●● Very tough
19%
1–3 0.73 1.92 Upside
Sat May 15
05:00 PM
VSA Rush
9th · 3-0-6 · GD -19
Away far trip
VSA Timberline Soccer Complex
●○○○○ Favorable
79%
3–1 2.49 1.95 Bank it
Sun May 16
TBD
Sporting Iowa Central
3rd · 6-2-1 · GD +18
Away
●●●●● Very tough
21%
1–2 0.81 1.89 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

#TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPtsPPGFormSoSRun-inTop 4Exp. finish
1 St. Louis Stars SC 6510 254+21 162.67 WWWDW +0.16 -0.34 100% 1.4
2 Union KC Soccer Club 7511 2313+10 162.29 WWWWW -0.24 -0.01 49% 4.6
3 Sporting Iowa Central 9621 257+18 202.22 DWDLW -0.25 -0.02 89% 3.2
4 FC Wichita 8512 368+28 162.00 WLDWW -0.13 -0.29 99% 2.1
5 Arkansas Comets FC 9603 2915+14 182.00 WLWLW -0.42 +0.13 33% 5.0
6 Gretna Elite Academy 8503 1511+4 151.88 WWLLW +0.55 -0.37 27% 5.2
7 Missouri Rush 6213 96+3 71.17 LWLWD +0.46 -0.22 4% 6.6
8 OK Energy FC 9315 1217-5 101.11 LWLLD -0.26 +0.24 0% 8.2
9 VSA Rush 9306 1029-19 91.00 LWLWL +0.05 +0.21 0% 9.3
10 Kansas Rush 6123 719-12 50.83 LDWDL -0.67 +0.40 0% 9.5
11 Sporting Nebraska FC 8017 535-30 10.13 LLLDL +0.55 +0.06 0% 11.2
12 Kansas City Athletics 7007 234-32 00.00 LLLLL +0.32 +0.24 0% 11.8

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 (2.11 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.