In our next to last game of the season, we played Meriden.
Prior to the game, they were ahead of us by two points.
Burke has been playing great down the stretch and Clark has picked the optimal time to break out of his scoring drought. It's possible that Clark has been struggling to score because of his typical position as a AML-Inside forward, but his goals since he was moved centrally due to Muttonchops injury have been huge.
I've played mostly an unchanged team down the stretch. We've been lucky in terms of injuries, Muttonchops being our lone man out. As you can see Murphy, our best defender, had to leave the game late, but will not miss anymore time.
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This is the situation going into the final round of games. Unfortunately for Norwalk, they are in the clubhouse. Trenton and Warwick are no longer in the running. So now there's just three teams playing and one watching for the last playoff spots- Springfield, Norwalk, Meriden, Burlington.
So, since this final stretch of games has had its fair share of drama, of course our last game is against...Burlington. Also, because I'm a big ol' stupidhead, I mixed up the order of tiebreakers and goals scored is the first instead of goal differential. Not sure if I messed up all of division 9 or just this one, I haven't checked, but it could really bite me in the ass. Whoops.
Norwalk can't jump me, Burlington can if they win, and Meriden needs a win(and a favorable result in our game) to do the same.
So basically, if Meriden(playing Warwick) and Burlington win, I'm out. If I draw or win against Burlington, I'm in the playoff.
My record against Burlington this season is 2-0-1. Each game has been high scoring(1-3, 4-1, 4-2). We are hosting.