Steel City FC
ECNL Regional League Girls · GLA GU13 · 6 teams · Steel City FC (all teams)
Next game — Sat Oct 24, 10:45 AM
Seneca Valley High School, Myers Law Group Field ↗ far trip
●●●●● Very tough to win
Most likely score 0–1 (expected goals 0.9 for, 1.8 against · 0.73 expected points)
| Season so far | Steel City FC | Northern Steel |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 2nd | 1st |
| Record (W-D-L) | 4-3-0 | 6-1-0 |
| Points per game | 2.14 | 2.71 |
| Goals for / game | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Goals against / game | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 5 |
| Held scoreless | 0 | 1 |
| Form (recent first) | W D D W D | W W D W W |
| Biggest win | 5–0 vs WNY Flash Rochester | 3–0 vs WNY Flash Erie |
| Worst loss | — | — |
| Model rating (net goals vs avg) | +0.85 | +1.49 |
| Schedule faced (avg opp. rating) | -0.76 | -0.76 |
Common opponents: WNY Flash Rochester — we 5–0; they 3–0. WNY Flash Erie — we 1–1; they 3–0. Manta — we 2–0; they 0–0. Canton Force — we 1–1; they 4–1. FC Dayton — we 4–4; they 1–0. Cincinnati Elite FC — we 3–1; they 3–0.
Game plan
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Respect their attack
Northern Steel score 3.0/game — well above the league's 1.3.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.
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Hard to break down
Northern Steel concede only 0.1/game with 5 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.
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Underdog — play free, stay organised
Model gives 17%; a draw (22%) 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.
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Away game
Kickoff 10:45 AM at Seneca Valley High School.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 Northern Steel game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Steel City FC – Northern Steel) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| – Loss · 1.88 PPG |
2nd— holds | 2nd— holds | 2nd— holds |
| Win 2.25 PPG |
2nd— holds | 2nd— holds | 2nd— holds |
| Draw 2.00 PPG |
2nd— holds | 2nd— holds | 2nd— holds |
| Loss 1.88 PPG |
2nd— holds | 2nd— holds | 2nd— holds |
Can we move up this round? No. With a 0–1 loss we stay 2nd even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.
Where we finish
2,000 simulated seasons
- 1st 5%
- 2nd 92%
- 3rd 3%
- 4th <1%
- 5th
- 6th
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 7 remaining known games (max 2.57 PPG if we win out).
| # | Team | PPG | Proj. | To pass them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Steel | 2.71 (+0.57) | 1st (2.56) | 23 of 21 pts to pass their current pace, 21 for their projection |
How the results connect
6 chains · 6 teams
Paths of results that link Steel City FC to Northern Steel 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
5 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 -0.01 · 1st hardest of 6
| Date | Opponent | Where | Difficulty | Win | Likely | Exp. pts | Run. PPG | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Oct 24 10:45 AM |
Northern Steel 1st · 6-1-0 · GD +20 |
Away far trip
Seneca Valley High School |
●●●●● Very tough | 17% |
0–1 | 0.73 | 1.97 | Upside |
| Sat Mar 20 09:30 AM |
WNY Flash Erie 3rd · 1-2-2 · GD -4 |
Away far trip
Erie Sports Center |
●●○○○ Lean win | 59% |
2–1 | 1.98 | 1.97 | Swing game |
| Sun Mar 21 TBD |
WNY Flash Rochester 6th · 0-0-6 · GD -17 |
Away |
●○○○○ Favorable | 87% |
3–0 | 2.71 | 2.04 | Bank it |
| Sat Apr 3 TBD |
Canton Force 5th · 0-1-2 · GD -9 |
Home |
●○○○○ Favorable | 82% |
3–0 | 2.57 | 2.09 | Bank it |
| Sun Apr 4 TBD |
Manta 4th · 1-2-2 · GD -5 |
Home |
●●○○○ Lean win | 68% |
1–0 | 2.26 | 2.10 | Swing game |
| Sat Apr 17 TBD |
Northern Steel 1st · 6-1-0 · GD +20 |
Home |
●●●●● Very tough | 23% |
0–1 | 0.92 | 2.01 | Upside |
| Sat Apr 24 TBD |
Columbus Force |
Home |
●●○○○ Lean win | 62% |
2–0 | 2.06 | 2.02 | Swing game |
"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
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Form | SoS | Run-in | Top 4 | Exp. finish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Northern Steel | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 19 | 2.71 | WWDWW | -0.76 | -0.19 | 100% | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Steel City FC · Sat Mar 20 at WNY Flash Rochester · Sun Mar 21 at WNY Flash Erie See all 7 future matchups ▸
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| 2 | Steel City FC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | 2.14 | DWDDW | -0.76 | -0.01 | 100% | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Northern Steel · Sat Mar 20 at WNY Flash Erie · Sun Mar 21 at WNY Flash Rochester See all 7 future matchups ▸
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| 3 | WNY Flash Erie | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 5 | 1.00 | WLDDL | +0.26 | -0.22 | 88% | 3.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 vs Canton Force · Sun Nov 1 vs Manta · Sat Mar 13 at Manta See all 8 future matchups ▸
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| 4 | Manta | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 | 1.00 | DLDL | +1.17 | -0.33 | 77% | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Canton Force · Sat Oct 31 at WNY Flash Rochester · Sun Nov 1 at WNY Flash Erie See all 9 future matchups ▸
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| 5 | Canton Force | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 1 | 0.33 | LDL | +1.17 | -0.21 | 35% | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Manta · Sat Oct 31 at WNY Flash Erie · Sun Nov 1 at WNY Flash Rochester See all 10 future matchups ▸
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| 6 | WNY Flash Rochester | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -17 | 0 | 0.00 | LLLLL | +0.73 | -0.04 | 0% | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 vs Manta · Sun Nov 1 vs Canton Force · Sat Mar 13 at Canton Force See all 8 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 (1.27 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.