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Wilmington Hammerheads

ECNL Regional League Boys · Carolinas BU14 · 10 teams · Wilmington Hammerheads (all teams)

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7th
3-0-5 record · 8 played
1.13 points per game
-6 goal diff · 14–20
LLLLWlast 5
0% chance of top 4 · expected finish 7.7
+0.02 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

Next game — Sat Oct 31, 02:00 PM

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Wilmington Hammerheads
7th · 1.13 PPG
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NC Fusion
9th · 0.20 PPG

Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park, BP 02 Triton Management ↗ far trip

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●●●●○ Tough to win

Most likely score 1–1 (expected goals 1.6 for, 1.6 against · 1.38 expected points)

Season so farWilmington HammerheadsNC Fusion
Position7th9th
Record (W-D-L)3-0-50-1-4
Points per game1.130.20
Goals for / game1.80.6
Goals against / game2.52.2
Clean sheets10
Held scoreless12
Form (recent first)W L L L LL L L L D
Biggest win2–0 at Villarreal Force Academy—
Worst loss1–6 vs Catawba Valley YSA1–4 at Catawba Valley YSA
Model rating (net goals vs avg)-0.61-0.69
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)+0.02+1.08

Common opponents: NCFC Youth Premier — we 0–2; they 0–1. Catawba Valley YSA — we 1–6; they 1–4. Highland FC — we 2–1; they 0–3.

Game plan

  • They struggle to score
    NC Fusion average 0.6 goals/game (league avg 2.3); blanked in 2 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.

  • Finishing wins the tight ones
    Held scoreless 1 time(s): 0–2 vs NCFC Youth Premier.

    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 38%; a draw (23%) 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.

  • Confidence is low on their side
    NC Fusion have lost 4 straight (form: DLLLL).

    Teams on losing runs go quiet after conceding. An early goal usually ends the contest — start fast.

  • Away game
    Kickoff 02:00 PM at Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan 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 NC Fusion game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Wilmington Hammerheads – NC Fusion) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 4 other games that week (Mon Oct 26 – Sun Nov 1); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.

Our resultRivals don't playLikely resultsEvery rival wins
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Draw · 1.11 PPG
7th— holds 7th— holds 8th▼ down 1
Win
1.33 PPG
7th— holds 6th▲ up 1 7th— holds
Draw
1.11 PPG
7th— holds 7th— holds 8th▼ down 1
Loss
1.00 PPG
8th▼ down 1 7th— holds 9th▼ down 2

Can we move up this round? No. With a 1–1 draw we stay 7th even if every rival loses, and as low as 8th if every rival wins.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

0% finish 1st
0% top 4
100% below the top 4
7.7 average finish
  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. 3rd
  4. 4th <1%
  5. 5th 3%
  6. 6th 11%
  7. 7th 25%
  8. 8th 37%
  9. 9th 24%
  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 16 remaining known games (max 2.38 PPG if we win out).

#TeamPPGProj.To pass them
1 NCFC Youth Premier 2.57 (+1.44) 1st (2.21) 53 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 44 for their projection
2 NCFC Youth Elite 2.17 (+1.04) 2nd (2.13) 44 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 43 for their projection
3 Charlotte SA Blue 2.17 (+1.04) 4th (1.94) 44 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 38 for their projection
4 Catawba Valley YSA 2.14 (+1.01) 3rd (1.99) 43 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 39 for their projection
5 Jacksonville Hammerheads FC 1.71 (+0.58) 6th (1.37) 33 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 24 for their projection
6 Charlotte SA White 1.43 (+0.30) 5th (1.46) 26 of 48 pts to pass their current pace, 26 for their projection

How the results connect

26 chains · 10 teams

Paths of results that link Wilmington Hammerheads to NC Fusion 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.

9 favour us
4 even
13 favour them
-0.7 goals per chain on average. The results point their way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
0–2 1–0 1–6 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–4 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–4 Wilmington Hammerhe… 7th NCFC Youth Premier 1st Catawba Valley YSA 4th Highland FC 8th Charlotte SA Blue 3rd Jacksonville Hammer… 5th Charlotte SA White 6th Villarreal Force Ac… 10th NCFC Youth Elite 2nd NC Fusion 9th

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 +0.01 · 5th hardest of 10

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Thu Oct 1
TBD
no score posted
NCFC Youth Elite
2nd · 4-1-1 · GD +15
Away
●●●●● Very tough
8%
1–3 0.36 1.04 Upside
Sat Oct 31
02:00 PM
NC Fusion
9th · 0-1-4 · GD -8
Away far trip
Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park
●●●●○ Tough
38%
1–1 1.38 1.07 Upside
Sat Nov 21
03:00 PM
Charlotte SA White
6th · 3-1-3 · GD +6
Away far trip
Frank Liske Park
●●●●● Very tough
19%
1–3 0.70 1.04 Upside
Sun Nov 22
11:00 AM
Charlotte SA Blue
3rd · 4-1-1 · GD +11
Away far trip
Orthocarolina Complex
●●●●● Very tough
12%
1–3 0.49 0.99 Upside
Sat Dec 5
01:00 PM
Villarreal Force Academy
10th · 0-0-7 · GD -44
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●○○○○ Favorable
91%
4–0 2.79 1.13 Bank it
Sat Dec 12
TBD
Catawba Valley YSA
4th · 5-0-2 · GD +11
Away
●●●●● Very tough
12%
1–3 0.47 1.08 Upside
Sun Jan 24
11:00 AM
Highland FC
8th · 2-2-4 · GD -3
Away far trip
John B Lewis Soccer Complex
●●●●○ Tough
28%
1–1 1.07 1.08 Upside
Sat Jan 30
TBD
NCFC Youth Premier
1st · 6-0-1 · GD +16
Away
●●●●● Very tough
8%
0–2 0.39 1.04 Upside
Sat Mar 6
TBD
Catawba Valley YSA
4th · 5-0-2 · GD +11
Home
●●●●● Very tough
18%
1–3 0.69 1.02 Upside
Sun Mar 7
TBD
Highland FC
8th · 2-2-4 · GD -3
Home
●●●●○ Tough
36%
1–1 1.32 1.04 Upside
Sat Mar 13
TBD
Charlotte SA White
6th · 3-1-3 · GD +6
Home
●●●●○ Tough
28%
2–3 0.99 1.03 Upside
Sun Mar 14
TBD
Charlotte SA Blue
3rd · 4-1-1 · GD +11
Home
●●●●● Very tough
18%
1–2 0.72 1.02 Upside
Sat Apr 10
TBD
Jacksonville Hammerheads FC
5th · 4-0-3 · GD +2
Home
●●●●○ Tough
35%
2–2 1.22 1.03 Upside
Sat Apr 17
TBD
NC Fusion
9th · 0-1-4 · GD -8
Away
●●●●○ Tough
38%
1–1 1.38 1.04 Upside
Sun Apr 18
11:00 AM
NCFC Youth Elite
2nd · 4-1-1 · GD +15
Away far trip
WRAL
●●●●● Very tough
8%
1–3 0.36 1.01 Upside
Sat May 1
TBD
Villarreal Force Academy
10th · 0-0-7 · GD -44
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
86%
3–0 2.66 1.08 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 Premier 7601 204+16 182.57 WWWWL -0.83 +0.12 99% 1.9
2 NCFC Youth Elite 6411 227+15 132.17 LWWWW -0.51 -0.10 99% 2.2
3 Charlotte SA Blue 6411 209+11 132.17 DWWWW -0.44 -0.11 92% 3.2
4 Catawba Valley YSA 7502 2514+11 152.14 WWLWL +0.20 -0.12 95% 2.9
5 Jacksonville Hammerheads FC 7403 2018+2 121.71 LLWLW -0.27 +0.12 4% 6.1
6 Charlotte SA White 7313 2418+6 101.43 WLWLW -0.40 +0.07 10% 5.6
7 Wilmington Hammerheads 8305 1420-6 91.13 LLLLW +0.02 +0.01 0% 7.7
8 Highland FC 8224 1013-3 81.00 LWLWL +0.40 +0.00 1% 7.1
9 NC Fusion 5014 311-8 10.20 DLLLL +1.08 -0.12 0% 8.4
10 Villarreal Force Academy 7007 145-44 00.00 LLLLL +0.75 +0.34 0% 10.0

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 (2.28 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.