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NCFC Youth Elite

ECNL Regional League Girls · Carolinas GU13 · 9 teams · NCFC Youth (all teams)

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3rd
6-0-1 record · 7 played
2.57 points per game
+20 goal diff · 26–6
WWWWWlast 5
100% chance of top 4 · expected finish 2.5
-0.87 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

Next game — Sat Oct 24, 10:00 AM

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NCFC Youth Elite
3rd · 2.57 PPG
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Wilmington Hammerheads
9th · 0.00 PPG

NCINO Sports Park, Field 6 ↗ far trip

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●○○○○ Favorable to win

Most likely score 4–0 (expected goals 4.7 for, 0.8 against · 2.85 expected points)

Season so farNCFC Youth EliteWilmington Hammerheads
Position3rd9th
Record (W-D-L)6-0-10-0-5
Points per game2.570.00
Goals for / game3.70.6
Goals against / game0.94.4
Clean sheets50
Held scoreless03
Form (recent first)W W W W WL L L L L
Biggest win7–0 vs NC Fusion—
Worst loss1–4 vs Charlotte SA White0–6 at Charlotte SA Blue
Model rating (net goals vs avg)+1.70-2.04
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)-0.87+0.82

Already played this season: Sat Oct 3 6–0 vs Wilmington Hammerheads (W)

Common opponents: NC Fusion — we 7–0, 3–0; they 0–1. Charlotte SA White — we 1–4; they 1–5. Highland FC — we 1–0; they 2–4.

Game plan

  • They struggle to score
    Wilmington Hammerheads average 0.6 goals/game (league avg 1.9); 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.

  • They leak goals — be greedy
    Wilmington Hammerheads concede 4.4/game; worst result 0–6 at Charlotte SA Blue.

    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.

  • Expected win — the trap is complacency
    Model gives a 94% chance; likely score 4–0.

    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.

  • Confidence is low on their side
    Wilmington Hammerheads have lost 5 straight (form: LLLLL).

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

  • Away game
    Kickoff 10:00 AM at NCINO 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 Wilmington Hammerheads 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 Elite – Wilmington Hammerheads) 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 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 · 2.63 PPG
3rd— holds 3rd— holds 3rd— holds
Win
2.63 PPG
3rd— holds 3rd— holds 3rd— holds
Draw
2.38 PPG
3rd— holds 3rd— holds 3rd— holds
Loss
2.25 PPG
3rd— holds 3rd— holds 3rd— holds

Can we move up this round? Yes. With a 4–0 win we finish as high as 1st if every rival drops points, and as low as 3rd if every rival wins.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

13% finish 1st
100% top 4
0% below the top 4
2.5 average finish
  1. 1st 13%
  2. 2nd 27%
  3. 3rd 59%
  4. 4th 1%
  5. 5th
  6. 6th
  7. 7th
  8. 8th
  9. 9th

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 13 remaining known games (max 2.85 PPG if we win out).

#TeamPPGProj.To pass them
1 Charlotte SA Blue 3.00 (+0.43) 1st (2.49) 42 of 39 pts to pass their current pace, 32 for their projection
2 Charlotte SA White 3.00 (+0.43) 2nd (2.47) 42 of 39 pts to pass their current pace, 32 for their projection

How the results connect

17 chains · 7 teams

Paths of results that link NCFC Youth Elite to Wilmington Hammerheads 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.

15 favour us
2 even
0 favour them
+4.7 goals per chain on average. The results point our way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
6–0 1–4 5–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 7–0 0–2 2–0 1–4 4–2 0–6 6–0 4–0 NCFC Youth Elite 3rd Charlotte SA White 2nd Highland FC 5th NC Fusion 6th South Carolina Surf 8th Charlotte SA Blue 1st Wilmington Hammerhe… 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

13 game days

1st 5th 9th Aug 29 Sep 19 Sep 27 Oct 10 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 -0.06 · 4th hardest of 9

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Sun Oct 11
01:00 PM
no score posted
Catawba Valley YSA
7th · 0-0-6 · GD -9
Away far trip
Pepsi Regional Soccer Complex
●○○○○ Favorable
81%
2–0 2.55 2.57 Bank it
Sat Oct 24
10:00 AM
Wilmington Hammerheads
9th · 0-0-5 · GD -19
Away far trip
NCINO Sports Park
●○○○○ Favorable
94%
4–0 2.85 2.60 Bank it
Sat Oct 31
12:00 PM
Charlotte SA Blue
1st · 5-0-0 · GD +18
Home
WRAL
●●●●○ Tough
37%
1–1 1.34 2.47 Upside
Sat Dec 12
02:00 PM
Charlotte SA Blue
1st · 5-0-0 · GD +18
Away far trip
Orthocarolina Complex
●●●●○ Tough
29%
1–2 1.07 2.35 Upside
Wed Dec 16
07:15 PM
NCFC Youth Premier
4th · 3-1-3 · GD +2
Away far trip
Wake Competition Center
●●○○○ Lean win
62%
2–1 2.05 2.32 Swing game
Sat Feb 13
TBD
NC Fusion
6th · 3-0-5 · GD -15
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
85%
3–0 2.65 2.35 Bank it
Sat Feb 20
02:00 PM
Catawba Valley YSA
7th · 0-0-6 · GD -9
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
86%
3–0 2.69 2.37 Bank it
Sun Feb 21
09:00 AM
Highland FC
5th · 3-1-3 · GD +0
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
76%
2–1 2.41 2.37 Bank it
Sun Feb 28
TBD
NCFC Youth Premier
4th · 3-1-3 · GD +2
Away
●●○○○ Lean win
62%
2–1 2.05 2.35 Swing game
Sat Mar 20
12:00 PM
Charlotte SA Blue
1st · 5-0-0 · GD +18
Home
WRAL
●●●●○ Tough
37%
1–1 1.34 2.29 Upside
Sat Apr 10
TBD
Wilmington Hammerheads
9th · 0-0-5 · GD -19
Away
●○○○○ Favorable
94%
4–0 2.85 2.33 Bank it
Sun Apr 18
09:00 AM
South Carolina Surf
8th · 0-0-3 · GD -12
Home
WRAL
●○○○○ Favorable
94%
4–0 2.86 2.35 Bank it
Sun Apr 25
TBD
Charlotte SA White
2nd · 6-0-0 · GD +15
Away
●●●●○ Tough
37%
1–1 1.33 2.30 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 Charlotte SA Blue 5500 202+18 153.00 WWWWW -1.08 -0.14 100% 1.8
2 Charlotte SA White 6600 205+15 183.00 WWWWW -0.45 -0.16 100% 1.8
3 NCFC Youth Elite 7601 266+20 182.57 WWWWW -0.87 -0.06 100% 2.5
4 NCFC Youth Premier 7313 1311+2 101.43 LWWDW +0.00 -0.08 68% 4.3
5 Highland FC 7313 1212+0 101.43 WLLLD -0.02 +0.06 30% 4.8
6 NC Fusion 8305 722-15 91.13 LLWWL +0.48 -0.20 2% 6.2
7 Catawba Valley YSA 6006 312-9 00.00 LLLLL +0.38 +0.01 0% 7.9
8 South Carolina Surf 3003 214-12 00.00 LLL +1.78 -0.14 0% 7.3
9 Wilmington Hammerheads 5005 322-19 00.00 LLLLL +0.82 +0.03 0% 8.5

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 (1.88 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.