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NCFC Youth Premier

ECNL Regional League Boys · Carolinas BU13 · 10 teams · NCFC Youth (all teams)

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4th
4-1-2 record · 7 played
1.86 points per game
+12 goal diff · 19–7
WWWLDlast 5
99% chance of top 4 · expected finish 3.6
-0.02 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

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NCFC Youth Premier
4th · 1.86 PPG
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Catawba Valley YSA
8th · 0.57 PPG

Buncombe County Sports Park, Field 1 ↗ far trip

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●○○○○ Favorable to win

Most likely score 3–0 (expected goals 3.1 for, 0.8 against · 2.56 expected points)

Season so farNCFC Youth PremierCatawba Valley YSA
Position4th8th
Record (W-D-L)4-1-21-1-5
Points per game1.860.57
Goals for / game2.70.9
Goals against / game1.03.3
Clean sheets41
Held scoreless13
Form (recent first)D L W W WL D L W L
Biggest win8–0 vs Villarreal Force Academy3–1 vs NC Fusion
Worst loss0–3 at NCFC Youth Elite0–12 vs NCFC Youth Elite
Model rating (net goals vs avg)+1.16-1.55
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)-0.02+0.38

Common opponents: NCFC Youth Elite — we 0–3; they 0–12. NC Fusion — we 3–0; they 3–1. Wilmington Hammerheads — we 3–0; they 0–0. Charlotte SA White — we 2–3; they 1–3. Charlotte SA Blue — we 1–1; they 1–3.

Game plan

  • They struggle to score
    Catawba Valley YSA average 0.9 goals/game (league avg 2.2); blanked in 3 of 7.

    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.

  • They leak goals — be greedy
    Catawba Valley YSA concede 3.3/game; worst result 0–12 vs NCFC Youth Elite.

    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.

  • Finishing wins the tight ones
    Held scoreless 1 time(s): 0–3 at NCFC Youth Elite.

    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.

  • Expected win — the trap is complacency
    Model gives a 82% chance; likely score 3–0.

    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.

  • Away game
    Kickoff 02:00 PM at Buncombe County Sports Park.

    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 Catawba Valley YSA game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (NCFC Youth Premier – Catawba Valley YSA) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 6 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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Win · 2.00 PPG
4th— holds 4th— holds 4th— holds
Win
2.00 PPG
4th— holds 4th— holds 4th— holds
Draw
1.75 PPG
4th— holds 4th— holds 4th— holds
Loss
1.63 PPG
4th— holds 4th— holds 4th— holds

Can we move up this round? No. With a 3–0 win we stay 4th even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

0% finish 1st
99% top 4
1% below the top 4
3.6 average finish
  1. 1st
  2. 2nd 6%
  3. 3rd 32%
  4. 4th 61%
  5. 5th 1%
  6. 6th
  7. 7th
  8. 8th
  9. 9th
  10. 10th

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 17 remaining known games (max 2.67 PPG if we win out).

#TeamPPGProj.To pass them
1 NCFC Youth Elite 3.00 (+1.14) 1st (2.78) 59 of 51 pts to pass their current pace, 54 for their projection — out of reach on the known schedule
2 Charlotte SA White 2.71 (+0.85) 3rd (2.05) 53 of 51 pts to pass their current pace, 37 for their projection
3 Charlotte SA Blue 2.67 (+0.81) 2nd (2.32) 52 of 51 pts to pass their current pace, 43 for their projection

How the results connect

33 chains · 10 teams

Paths of results that link NCFC Youth Premier to Catawba Valley YSA 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.

29 favour us
4 even
0 favour them
+4.1 goals per chain on average. The results point our way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
2–3 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 12–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 NCFC Youth Premier 4th Charlotte SA White 2nd NC Fusion 9th Charlotte SA Blue 3rd Wilmington Hammerhe… 7th NCFC Youth Elite 1st Villarreal Force Ac… 10th Highland FC 6th Jacksonville Hammer… 5th Catawba Valley YSA 8th

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

10 game days

1st 5th 10th Sep 5 Sep 19 Sep 27 Oct 4 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 +0.00 · 8th hardest of 10

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Sat Oct 24
02:00 PM
Catawba Valley YSA
8th · 1-1-5 · GD -17
Away far trip
Buncombe County Sports Park
●○○○○ Favorable
82%
3–0 2.56 1.95 Bank it
Sun Oct 25
11:00 AM
Highland FC
6th · 3-1-4 · GD -9
Away far trip
Buncombe County Sports Park
●●○○○ Lean win
69%
2–1 2.24 1.98 Swing game
Sat Nov 7
12:00 PM
NC Fusion
9th · 0-0-5 · GD -20
Away far trip
Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park
●○○○○ Favorable
86%
3–0 2.66 2.05 Bank it
Sat Nov 21
TBD
Villarreal Force Academy
10th · 0-0-7 · GD -29
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
90%
3–0 2.77 2.11 Bank it
Sat Dec 5
12:00 PM
Jacksonville Hammerheads FC
5th · 3-1-3 · GD -5
Away
WRAL
●●○○○ Lean win
71%
2–1 2.27 2.13 Bank it
Sun Dec 6
09:00 AM
Jacksonville Hammerheads FC
5th · 3-1-3 · GD -5
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
79%
3–1 2.49 2.15 Bank it
Sat Dec 12
TBD
Charlotte SA White
2nd · 6-1-0 · GD +12
Home
●●●○○ Toss-up
47%
1–1 1.65 2.12 Swing game
Sun Dec 13
TBD
Charlotte SA Blue
3rd · 5-1-0 · GD +18
Home
●●●●○ Tough
37%
1–1 1.33 2.06 Upside
Sat Jan 30
TBD
Wilmington Hammerheads
7th · 2-2-4 · GD -2
Home
●●○○○ Lean win
71%
2–0 2.30 2.08 Bank it
Sun Feb 7
TBD
NCFC Youth Elite
1st · 6-0-0 · GD +40
Away
●●●●● Very tough
11%
1–3 0.44 1.98 Upside
Sat Mar 6
11:00 AM
NCFC Youth Elite
1st · 6-0-0 · GD +40
Home
WRAL
●●●●● Very tough
16%
1–3 0.65 1.91 Upside
Sat Mar 13
12:00 PM
Catawba Valley YSA
8th · 1-1-5 · GD -17
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
87%
3–0 2.71 1.95 Bank it
Sun Mar 14
09:00 AM
Highland FC
6th · 3-1-4 · GD -9
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
77%
2–0 2.44 1.98 Bank it
Sat Apr 10
TBD
NC Fusion
9th · 0-0-5 · GD -20
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
86%
3–0 2.66 2.01 Bank it
Sat Apr 17
TBD
Charlotte SA White
2nd · 6-1-0 · GD +12
Away
●●●●○ Tough
38%
1–1 1.38 1.98 Upside
Sun Apr 18
TBD
Charlotte SA Blue
3rd · 5-1-0 · GD +18
Away
●●●●○ Tough
28%
1–2 1.06 1.94 Upside
Sat May 1
TBD
Jacksonville Hammerheads FC
5th · 3-1-3 · GD -5
Away
●●○○○ Lean win
71%
2–1 2.27 1.95 Bank it

"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 NCFC Youth Elite 6600 433+40 183.00 WWWWW -1.24 -0.26 100% 1.0
2 Charlotte SA White 7610 197+12 192.71 WWWWW -0.74 +0.14 100% 3.2
3 Charlotte SA Blue 6510 235+18 162.67 WWWWD -0.74 -0.20 100% 2.2
4 NCFC Youth Premier 7412 197+12 131.86 WWWLD -0.02 +0.00 99% 3.6
5 Jacksonville Hammerheads FC 7313 1419-5 101.43 DLLWW -0.35 +0.18 0% 6.1
6 Highland FC 8314 1019-9 101.25 LWLLW +0.36 +0.04 0% 6.1
7 Wilmington Hammerheads 8224 1315-2 81.00 LLLDL -0.27 +0.04 0% 6.0
8 Catawba Valley YSA 7115 623-17 40.57 LWLDL +0.38 +0.19 0% 8.3
9 NC Fusion 5005 323-20 00.00 LLLLL +1.34 +0.03 0% 8.9
10 Villarreal Force Academy 7007 332-29 00.00 LLLLL +1.17 +0.12 0% 9.7

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 (2.15 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.