Brought to us by none other than www.bigsoccer.com, here are your Week 2 Northeast Region Power Rankings.
Northeast Power Rankings after week 2 of the Northeast Region Season
1) Buffalo City FC, (last week #1, 1st in Keystone) they stay top of the standings with a 5-1 destruction of the Pocono Snow. The snow featured several members of the Penn Stoner’s last year and BCFC features many of the former Queen City FC players that the Stoner’s took the Northeast title from, so I guess this was a little payback.
2) Charm City FC (last week #3, 2nd in Keystone) took on newcomer FC Reading Revolution and came out on top, unfortunately the next day they had to play in the US Open Cup Qualification match and lost to rival Aegean Hawks 1-nil. Rough weekend for the boys in Baltimore, but for league form the move up in the power rankings
3) Erie Admirals (last week #6, 3rd in Keystone) moved up 3 spots by winning their first match against expansion and Pennsylvania rivals Pocono Snow. Also they move up due to all of the media coverage they get (kidding, but they do get a lot).
4) Boston Aztec (last week #2, 1st in Atlantic) slid down to the #4 spot this week due to inactivity. This week have a double bill vs. rival Long Island Academy FC and New York Athletic Club.
5) Morris County Colonials (last week #4, tied for 2nd in Atlantic) the Atlantic Conference did not play any games over the holiday weekend, so they slid out of the top 4 (sorry Andy, play some games already!).
6) Penn Stoners (last week #6, 4th place Keystone), stay the same with no matches played. They have 2 matches this week, one midweek vs. FC Reading Revs, and this weekend against the Pocono Snow in the derby of all derbies.
7) Long Island Academy FC (last week #8, tied for 2nd in Atlantic) how did they move up when boston and Morris County moved down? Well Because other teams lost so they shouldn’t be ranked ahead of them.
New York Athletic Club (last week #9, tied for 2nd in Atlantic) see above for my reasoning.
9) Pocono Snow (last week #5, 5th place Keystone), travelled across I-86 this week to play Erie then up I-90 to play Buffalo. The road was not nice to them this weekend, getting outscored 7-1 for their efforts. Look to rebound in a derby match vs. the Penn Stoners. Should be fireworks on this one. If you live in Eastern, PA, I’d say go and watch this!!!
10) FC Reading Revolution (last week #11) moved up a spot as they don’t have the worst goals against ration (-3.5). Difficult for the new boys to come in and play 2 established clubs off the mark. Especially one that was doing well in the US Open Cup Qualies and a team that I picked to win the Northeast Region.
11) Maine Sting (last week #10, 5th place Atlantic), they have only played one game but have a worse goals against average (-4) than the #9 & #10 teams in the rankings.
