Kansas City Athletics
ECNL Regional League Girls · Heartland GU17 · 6 teams · KC Athletics (all teams)
Next game — Sat Oct 24, 01:00 PM
Compass Minerals National Performance Center, EAST ↗ far trip
●●●●● Very tough to win
Most likely score 1–1 (expected goals 1.2 for, 2.0 against · 0.94 expected points)
| Season so far | Kansas City Athletics | Kansas Rush Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 3rd | 2nd |
| Record (W-D-L) | 5-2-3 | 6-1-2 |
| Points per game | 1.70 | 2.11 |
| Goals for / game | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| Goals against / game | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 3 |
| Held scoreless | 2 | 1 |
| Form (recent first) | W W L W L | D W W L L |
| Biggest win | 5–1 vs Omaha United SC | 5–0 vs FC United Iowa |
| Worst loss | 0–2 at Toca Fusion Elite | 0–2 at Kansas City Athletics |
| Model rating (net goals vs avg) | +0.43 | +1.01 |
| Schedule faced (avg opp. rating) | -0.18 | -0.15 |
Already played this season: Sat Sep 12 2–0 vs Kansas Rush Gold (W)
Common opponents: Sporting Blue Valley — we 1–0; they 2–3. Gretna Elite Academy — we 1–2, 2–1; they 1–1. Omaha United SC — we 2–1, 5–1; they 4–0. Toca Fusion Elite — we 0–2; they 2–0.
Game plan
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Respect their attack
Kansas Rush Gold score 3.4/game — well above the league's 1.7.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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Finishing wins the tight ones
Held scoreless 2 time(s): 0–0 vs St. Louis Scott Gallagher IL, 0–2 at Toca Fusion 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.
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Underdog — play free, stay organised
Model gives 24%; 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 01:00 PM at Compass Minerals National Performance Center.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 Kansas Rush Gold game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Kansas City Athletics – Kansas Rush Gold) 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 result | Rivals don't play | Likely results | Every rival wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| – Draw · 1.64 PPG |
4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
| Win 1.82 PPG |
3rd— holds | 3rd— holds | 3rd— holds |
| Draw 1.64 PPG |
4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
| Loss 1.55 PPG |
4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
Can we move up this round? No. With a 1–1 draw we fall to at least 4th even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.
Where we finish
2,000 simulated seasons
- 1st 1%
- 2nd 5%
- 3rd 34%
- 4th 60%
- 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 5 remaining known games (max 2.13 PPG if we win out).
| # | Team | PPG | Proj. | To pass them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toca Fusion Elite | 2.33 (+0.63) | 1st (2.16) | 18 of 15 pts to pass their current pace, 16 for their projection — out of reach on the known schedule |
| 2 | Kansas Rush Gold | 2.11 (+0.41) | 2nd (2.07) | 15 of 15 pts to pass their current pace, 15 for their projection |
How the results connect
31 chains · 6 teams
Paths of results that link Kansas City Athletics to Kansas Rush Gold 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
12 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 +0.29 · 3rd hardest of 6
| Date | Opponent | Where | Difficulty | Win | Likely | Exp. pts | Run. PPG | Priority |
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| Sat Oct 24 01:00 PM |
Kansas Rush Gold 2nd · 6-1-2 · GD +23 |
Away far trip
Compass Minerals National Performance Center |
●●●●● Very tough | 24% |
1–1 | 0.94 | 1.63 | Upside |
| Sat Oct 31 11:00 AM |
Toca Fusion Elite 1st · 7-0-2 · GD +15 |
Home Paragon Star Soccer Complex |
●●●●○ Tough | 33% |
1–1 | 1.23 | 1.60 | Upside |
| Sat Nov 21 11:00 AM |
Sporting Iowa |
Home Paragon Star Soccer Complex |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 52% |
1–1 | 1.79 | 1.61 | Swing game |
| Sun Nov 22 11:00 AM |
FC United Iowa |
Home Paragon Star Soccer Complex |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 52% |
1–1 | 1.79 | 1.63 | Swing game |
| Sat Dec 5 01:00 PM |
Sporting Blue Valley 5th · 3-2-6 · GD -9 |
Home Paragon Star Soccer Complex |
●●○○○ Lean win | 63% |
2–1 | 2.10 | 1.66 | 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 | Toca Fusion Elite | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 21 | 2.33 | LWWWW | -0.12 | -0.05 | 100% | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Sporting Blue Valley · Sat Oct 31 at Kansas City Athletics · Sat Nov 7 vs St. Louis Scott Gallagher MO See all 7 future matchups ▸
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| 2 | Kansas Rush Gold | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 19 | 2.11 | LLWWD | -0.15 | -0.06 | 100% | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Kansas City Athletics · Sun Oct 25 at Sporting Blue Valley · Sat Nov 7 vs St. Louis Scott Gallagher IL See all 7 future matchups ▸
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| 3 | Kansas City Athletics | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 17 | 1.70 | LWLWW | -0.18 | +0.29 | 100% | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Kansas Rush Gold · Sat Oct 31 vs Toca Fusion Elite · Sat Nov 21 vs Sporting Iowa See all 5 future matchups ▸
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| 4 | Gretna Elite Academy | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 22 | 1.69 | DLDWL | +0.03 | +0.02 | 100% | 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Nov 7 at Omaha United SC · Sat Nov 21 vs Kansas Rush Gold · Sun Nov 22 vs Toca Fusion Elite See all 3 future matchups ▸
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| 5 | Sporting Blue Valley | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 11 | 1.00 | LDWLW | -0.07 | +0.48 | 0% | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Toca Fusion Elite · Sun Oct 25 vs Kansas Rush Gold · Sat Nov 21 vs FC United Iowa See all 5 future matchups ▸
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| 6 | Omaha United SC | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 46 | -36 | 6 | 0.46 | LLLLL | +0.34 | +0.86 | 0% | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Nov 7 vs Gretna Elite Academy · Sat Nov 21 vs Toca Fusion Elite · Sun Nov 22 vs Kansas Rush Gold See all 3 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 (1.66 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.