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[Electrum and New Gelderland]

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Terranean League - Football Season 1
Preview
Matchdays 1-5, Copa Terranea round 1-1
Matchdays 6-10, Copa Terranea round 1-2
Matchdays 11-15, Copa Terranea round 2
Matchdays 16-20, Copa Terranea round 3
Matchdays 21-25, Copa Terranea quarterfinals
Matchdays 25-30, Copa Terranea semifinals
Terranean League 2, Copa Terranea final
Terranean League 3
Awards and Retrospect (WIP)

Terranean League - Football Season 2
Rosters
Matchdays 1-5
Matchdays 6-10
Matchdays 11-15
Matchdays 16-20
Matchdays 21-25
Matchdays 26-30
Terranean Leagues 2 & 3
Awards and Qualifiers

Terranean League - Football Season 3
Rosters
Week 1-5
Weeks 6-10
Weeks 11-15
Weeks 16-20
Weeks 21-25
Weeks 26-30
Lower Leagues

Terranean League - Football Season 4
Team Rosters
Season 4 Preview
Season 4 Results and Cup Results
Final Table, Season 4 Roundup, UICA roundup
Lower Leagues
Player Awards

Terranean League - Football Season 5
Rosters
Preview and Transfer Window
First Half
Second Half
Lower Leagues
Copa Terranea and National CupsUICA Roundup
Awards and Qualifers

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Preview - 1st Terranean League - Association Football

Agri Foodbowl
Location: Agri | Stadium: Walkers Stadium | Manager: Shirley Kennedy | Captain:
Starting XI: Michel Sanchez | Ted Beillidini - Vagn Lansivuori - Tosin Adedeji - Kor Xalan | Lukas Vollen - Geir Kohvakka - Julis Czartoryska - Helena Anderton | Ben Ratray - Takeo Kasusi

The strangely named Agri Foodbowl is headed by Shirley Kennedy, a furious and fervent manager who will go to all lengths for her team to win. She doesn't have a lot of talent to work with, but Kennedy should be able to pull through with a mid-table finish. There is a lot of local support for this team, and that is expected to boost their morale, though their crowd may get out of hand with flares and riots, probably the rowdiest team supporters of them all. This team was joined by two last minute transfers from Cenian teams, Kor Xalan and Lukas Vollen, who were not exactly renowned in their old league but might manage to find a niche here in the Terranean League. Takeo Kasusi of the Sunrise Islands has also caught observers' eyes in the run up to the start of the league.

Arrowhead Point
Location: Arrowhead Point | Stadium: Bank of Terranea Park | Manager: John Clarke | Captain:
Starting XI: Canjica | Timothy Grange - Abele Oriolo - Vasili Wasylyshn | Andrus Vaarisiemi - Morten Marquez - Stacey Threetwentyfirst | Matthew Kane - Gabu - Aleksandra Kristin-Hendrikje - Kenton Poynter

Arrowhead Point, as one of the most aggressive teams in the league, is hoping to do its city proud in the new league but it doesn't look too happy from the club's point of view right now. Some of the players in this club aren't exactly up to the right caliber and team strength and chemistry aren't looking to great. However, there are some bright spots - Canjica, the club's goaltender; Timothy Grange, an Electrumite NT starting defender; and Gabu, the club's best striker. The team's manager John Clarke is desperately trying to get his team to hold together and head to goal but it might not work as this club has a long way to go before it can reach the top of the table.

Astrolabe
Location: | Stadium: | Manager: Barry Wynne | Captain:
Starting XI: Scott Mitchell | Harris Lorenzen - Liza Oakbrook - Dalton Jackson - Lucio Benedetto | Sonya Vicuna - Artyom Mikkelsen - Kalle Petrowicz - Caroline Twoseventyninth | Sergei Sweidenheim - Erik Sandersen

Fresh from Project +90, Darvale's Scott Mitchell is the headline act for Astrolabe, the key goalkeeper known for his legendary skill in keeping blank sheets. Astrolabe will be hoping for some excellent saves, but soccer isn't a one-person sport, the defense will need to work hard and complement his work, otherwise Astrolabe's season is going to fall over. Astrolabe is in fact one of the more defensive teams in this league, with a couple of good players from 95X complementing the defensive lineup, but there are also plenty of talented strikers available to penetrate this club and its defense. And the strikers in this club often aren't supported as the club often does not want to try and score goals, preferring to stay back and hold the ball near goal.

Burnton 1963
Location: Burnton | Stadium: Fitzgerald Stadium | Manager: Chris Hardy | Captain:
Starting XI: Sakoto | Peter Ficker - Noel Kane - Sofia Page-Osbourne - Pedro Alvares Costa | Sigurd McAdams - Thomas Luther Perry - Alex Lancaster - Terantinus Palomo | Jake Latham - Sara Northgrove

Burnton is one of the two Electrumite powerhouses that survived the switch to the combined league, and after Burnton's second place finish in the former E-League, they are expected to do well again, featuring three national teamers for Electrum. Membership numbers are high, and so is their morale, and a dependable Chris Hardy should see them end up with a top-of-the-table finish. However, some of the international free transfers that they retained from previous seasons in the E-League could hold them back as they have grown in years but not necessarily in talent. Nonetheless there are some fresh faces on this team that could bring the team higher in the pecking order.

In the goal will be the competent Sakoto, one of several Racaoans in this new Terranean League. Electrumite NTers Peter Ficker and Noel Kane bolster the defense, as well as Sofia Page-Osbourne of New Gelderland and Pedro Alvares Costa, who excelled in the Avissian Union Superliga and decided to move to a more lucrative and popular league. In the midfield, Sigurd McAdams will likely be a weak link in this team, but unfortunately they don't have anyone better to fill the spot, the same with his opposite, also of the Sarian, Terantinus Palomo. However there are two younger midfielders to hold this team up, Alex Lancaster of New Gelderland and Thomas Luther Perry of Zenic, who managed to reach the Di Bradini Cup final with his team. In the forwards' box are the dependable and sturdy Jake Latham of the Electrumite NT and Sara Northgrove, an up-and-coming striker from New Gelderland.

This team, which claims to put its emphasis on the midfield and defense, has some weak spots in those areas, with Palomo and McAdams perhaps not holding up to the weight of pressure from other teams with excellent midfields. The defense certainly has some good players to hold the fort, but it will likely be a leaky fort with other teams making it through Palomo and McAdams. Perry and Lancaster however add some attacking blitz to a team that has only two strikers, a number some would consider not enough to make up for the midfield. There is definitely some good chemistry in the defense with its two Electrumite players as well as the link between Northgrove and Lancaster, which should help to make up goalscoring numbers with a good pipeline. In order to grow further in this league however Burnton 1963 will have to patch up their leaky midfield and strengthen the pipeline between the good defense and the midfield.

Celtic Noviodunum
Location: Noviodunum | Stadium: Celtic Park | Manager: Austen Willoughby | Captain:
Starting XI: Eliot Horn | Finn Killarney - Alyssa Sixtwentyeighth - Liam Kirkpatrick - Atu Hyumowthagoo | Iñaki Martón - Tim Maitfield - Masibo Andrianajaka - Jamie Wolf | Abigail Knight - Kira Koromin

Celtic Noviodunum has a lot of the right parts in the right places: defense to hold up that end, a good midfield to connect the defense and offense, and a good offense to put the finishing touches on the game by scoring goals. While there are some younger players and some more experienced players on this starting lineup, there's a good mix of the two that gives the clubs some versatility and agility. Unlike some of the other Gelderlish and Electrumite clubs, Celtic Noviodunum actually has a good portion of its Starting XI from the two Terranean League countries but still has a lot of foreign talent to draw on.

Wearing the goalkeeper's gloves will be Eliot Horn, who has distinguished himself as the starting goalkeeper for the national team and has had a pretty good season so far. In the defense are two of the New Gelderland national team's defenders, Finn Killarney and Liam Kirkpatrick. The up-and-coming Alyssa Sixtwentyeighth of 95X will supplement this defensive line, as well the hard-to-spell Stvoto Latolisi Aty Hyumowthagoo, who made the NT at a tender young age and cost the club a pretty penny. In the midfield the club snagged the Echani midfielder Iñaki Martón, of the side that reached the Baptism of Fire semifinals, as well as the Port Christopherian standout Tim Maitfield and the Racaoan national team player Masibo Andrianajaka. Finally the New Gelderland national team right midfielder Jamie Wolf joins the team to bolster the midfield. The striking team seems pretty exciting, with the Electrumite NT player Abigail Knight. Most exciting of all, however, is the Cenian DBC runner-up Kira Koromin, who was named the best player of the tournament by a San Lleran publication, and lived up to that mantle as the tournament's top goalscorer.

There is a lot of chemistry in the defense and midfield as the New Gelderlish players in the team have already played together and know their teammates' strengths and weaknesses. Eliot Horn especially, as a good goalkeeper, bolsters the defensive side of Celtic Noviodunum. While the foreign talent on this team might not have worked with each other in the pass, the raw talent of Koromin and Hyumowthagoo can be exploited by a manager as good as Austen Willoughby, who emphasizes stamina, fitness, cohesion, and good organization of the team. Koromin can definitely fit into this piece of the puzzle and Willoughby's midfield choices bolster both the defensive and offensive sides of this team. Overall this is a team destined for success.

Centralis Heart
Location: Centralis | Stadium: Centralis Arena/Olympic Stadium | Manager: Jeffery Clark | Captain:
Starting XI: Frances Lemona | George Howe - Cara Sunset - Europa - Ernie Lewis | Paul di Angello - Tyler Fernando - Cory Morgan-Brown | Alexander Krane - Samantha Perry - Tyro Solaris

Centralis Heart is the largest football sports team in all of Electrum, being from the largest city of Electrum, it includes the National Team captain Alexander Krane, who is getting older. Despite his age, he's expected to kick a few more goals before his stated retirement at the end of this season. This means Perry and Solaris will need to step up as well to prove their worth in replacing Krane. The Heart are looking for a top-of-the-table performance, as are all other teams, but this side believes its more attacking-oriented strategy will help to secure victory and its star power of Alexander Krane as well as the young and popular Tyro Solaris should bring fans for the club.

In the defense, this team has some younger players as well as some older ones to guide the ship. Frances Lemona of Electrum in goal and Ernie Lewis of New Gelderland will be those older hands, while Europa, a DBC winner with Dainer, George Howe of New Gelderland, and Cara Sunset of 95X will be the younger players adding youth and vitality to the defense. In the midfield, the club snagged Fluviquean star Paul di Angello for the club's box-to-box efforts as well as Electrumite NT player Tyler Fernando and the New Gelderlish NT player Cory Morgan-Brown. Centralis Heart likely has one of the best offenses of the league, with captain and Electrumite national team star Alexander Krane still having some goalscoring magic in him before his retirement at the end of this season. Cenian DBC runner up Tyro Solaris has plenty of energy to supplement the aging Krane, as well as plenty of goalscoring smarts (he's also pursuing further education at a university in Centralis after earning his degree in New Oxford). Finally New Gelderlish young player Samantha Perry will be looking to create lots of assists.

There should be some good chemistry on this team with Perry, Morgan-Brown, Howe, and Lewis linking all parts of the field together as well as the link between Krane and Fernando. And Solaris adds some good pop and sparkle to a team that has a good mixture of youth (and talent) and experience (and talent). Manager Jeffery Clark, with his slightly aggressive style that he believes will delight the fans, will definitely push his star strikers to go forward as well as pushing to keep together the defense in a league where defense is very important. Overall this team has lots of good things going for it but the question for today asks whether it is good enough for this competitive league.

Eclipse New Gelderland
Location: | Stadium: | Manager: Jay Gosse | Captain:
Starting XI: Ashley West | Suraci - Lúcio - Maarten Kulle | Rodrigo Jaconelli - Jeriah Terminus-Todor - Niko Rezanov - Erin Tolliver - Matei Obzakhalov | Jezebel Sunngifu-Brittani - Anabel Skoko

Eclipse New Gelderland is an all new team, with the Sunrisian duo Suraci and Lucio expected to headline this very defensive team. It's one of the very few teams with neither an Electrumite or Gelder player, which means that perhaps they won't get as much home support as they would have liked, nonetheless it will be interesting to see where they end up in the ladder. Jay Gosse meanwhile seems frantic and disorganized and maybe the team reflects that personality as while the team has some good talents that could shine, football isn't a two-man sport and it takes a good support structure for any team to do well. Eclipse New Gelderland will likely find that other teams will eclipse it both offensively and defensively despite efforts by this club to improve their standing.

FC Fairleigh-Warburton
Location: Fairleigh/Warburton | Stadium: Fairleigh Field/Warburton Metropolitan Arena | Manager: Rachel Stewart | Captain:
Starting XI: David Fenech | Mitch Watkins - Finn Sorensen - Adam Montgomery - Noah Cohen | Pierrô - João Ventura Lobo - Kirk Lynn-Peters - Chiwetel Toure | Nicholas Henry - Luke Virgo

FC Fairleigh-Warburton are expected to do very well in this opening season, having the star players of the Electrum National Team. Fenech is the lead goalkeeper for Electrum, with Lynn-Peters and Henry making a very trustworthy offence, which punishes for little mistakes that the other side will make. Rachel Stewart is a first time manager, so it will be interesting to see how she will lead this very experienced team, and she will see whether or not she can carry on that star magic of the National Team and translate that into results for Fairleigh-Warburton, the two twin cities in Electrum.

Despite the experienced David Fenech holding up the goal and Mitch Watkins of the Electrumite NT holding up part of the defense, Fairleigh-Warburton has chosen to make use of some younger and less prominent members for their defense, with the Polaa player Finn Sorensen and the Gelderlish youngsters Adam Montgomery and Noah Cohen making up the rest of this team's defense, which might prove to be a bit leaky at points due to this. In the midfield they have the young DBC graduate Pierrô from the NSI as well as João Ventura Lobo who excelled in the Avissian Superliga. Finally the Electrumite NT star Kirk Lynn-Peters will help to add some scoring pizzazz to this team. Meanwhile scuttlebut says that Chiwetel Toure will be a weak point of this midfield. In the offense, Nicholas Henry of Electrum will supplement the Gelderlish NT player Luke Virgo who has achieved his fair measure of success this year with that national team.

While there are plenty of stars for this team - Kynn-Peters, Fenech, and Virgo to name a few - this team also suffers from a lack of those stars in some areas, like the midfield, where the left and right flanks will require some extra protection. This perhaps mean that the center of the midfield may be a little less guarded in order to allow the right and left flanks to have some coverage, meaning the midfield in general is a little more leaky than manager Stewart would like. However Stewart does place some faith in his midfield and in her younger defenders, Cohen and Montgomery, who might not be as experienced as some other players acquired on the transfer market. Yet there will be some bonds on this team that can add to the chemistry, and Stewart is definitely encouraging chemistry between the players, focusing on the mental game as well as on the physical game.

Grenville Sailors
Location: Port Grenville/Pinkerton | Stadium: Sailors Stadium/Pinkerton Park | Manager: Lindsay Fowler | Captain:
Starting XI: William Tempest | Georgei Melkinov - Tomislav Mokenenko - Nicodemo Puccio | Jack Prussia - Mandela Khumalo - Max Helguson - Brittney Ricci | Reginald Keck - Geraldine Fawn - Yuu Hatakeda - Kenzo Miyanami

Grenville Sailors have a lot to live up to -- the team has recently absorbed the former number one team in Pinkerton FC. The trouble is, that the Grenville Sailors might not live up to expectations of the former Pinkerton FC, and the weight of expectations might just prove too much for the Grenvillians. They will still try with Fowler playing an untested William Tempest in the GK slot, with the team relying on a few good luck victories to avoid relegation. There really aren't too many star players on this team but New Gelderlish young goalie William Tempest as well as the defender Jack Prussia will join this team, and Miyanami and Hatakeda in the offense may prove to be a veritable striking team. However the team is facing a lot of competition in this league and only time will tell where this team's fortunes may lead it.

Hamilton Sandstorm
Location: Hamilton | Stadium: Hamilton Multi-Purpose Venue | Manager: Sal Ruiz | Captain:
Starting XI: Sakhile Tshabalala | Piotr Makarov - Julian Groves - Raiscifan | Devane Mackie - Roque Villa - Hope Deerbrook | Adrian van Markusson - Miroslav Holme - Francis Alder - Herbert Russell

The star recruit for the Hamilton Sandstorm is the experienced Julian Groves, who played in Maximum City in the Nepharan league under the current Electrum NT coach/manager, Brunet. Sandstorm is the result of two teams merging together: Hamilton Suns and Hamilton Sandstorm. The two teams were bottom-dwellers and very close to the relegation zone. It will be interesting to see how they will perform -- will they continue the trend of being cellar dwellers, or will this team from Electrum's third largest city lifts their game? Besides Groves, this team really doesn't have any star or marquee players, only itinerant journeymen, so it is very likely that, in fact, this team will not go very far in a new and intensively competitive league with quite a few good players.

Lexington Victory
Location: Lexington | Stadium: National Stadium | Manager: Scotty Marston | Captain: Louis Rhodes
Starting XI: Alex Bastion-Rier | Nivo - Jason Rogue - Félix Manendry - Ignas | Petro Valles - Louis Rhodes - Lucas Topolsky | Belinda Haskins - Soren Sakho - Jacob Stretner

Lexington Victory has a lot of experience and wishes to translate that experience into victory, as their name suggests, and they will certainly be disappointed if they do not achieve what their name promises. During the transfer window, Lexington Victory was joined by some up-and-coming players from all over the world as well as some of the New Gelderlish national team's stalwart players. Lexington Victory will hope to capitalize on their strengths in all areas of the field: the defense, midfield, and offense, by creating and exploiting opportunities. The team is hoping to overcome the general defensiveness of the Terranean League with an offensive strategy.

In the defense, New Gelderlish backup goalkeeper Alex Bastion-Rier anchors the goal with his skills. The team snapped up two of Zenic's standout defenders, Nivo and Ignas, brothers who enjoy playing together and add chemistry to the field. The defense is joined by New Gelderland NT starter Jason Rogue and Racaoan NT player Felix Manendry, a player of the 'Underdogs of Esportiva'. In the midfield, the DBC runner-up Petro Valles of Ceni will help to bolster the defense, while the New Gelderland star Louis Rhodes will help to create and score lots of goals for the team. Finally the midfield is joined by the Fluvique NT player Lucas Topolsky, a member of the team that lost to New Gelderland in the final of the Baptism of Fire. In the offensive side of the pitch, the youngster and budding star Soren Sakho of Semarland is joined by Jakob Stretner, also of Semarland, who is rumored to be heading to the national team for the World Cup. Belinda Haskins of 95X rounds out the striking team.

While this is the first time many of these players have been playing together, pockets of chemistry should aid the team, including those between Bastion-Rier and Rogue, Rogue and Rhodes, Nivo and Ignas, and Sakho and Stretner. These links add to the overall workability of the team as well as their ability to score goals and concede less as well. Sakho has promised much, being part of the U-18 Cup winning side from Semarland, and he has proved adept at striking in training. Louis Rhodes as well should be an anchor of the team, as he is for the New Gelderlish national team. Nivo and Ignas also show promise in keeping the defense together.

Olympic Nassau Bay
Location: Nassau Bay | Stadium: Olympic Stadium | Manager: Beth Jacobson | Captain: Hal Varley
Starting XI: Anna Kurovski | William Savill - Corey Eighteenth - Aidan Archer - Sierra Agassi | Danielle Costello - Colton Pegasus - Hal Varley - Tom Blackfoot | Tom Auros - Yasuo Hamachi

This team is a younger team, with most of the team under the age of 21. It contains a mix of Gelderlish and foreign talent but there will be a few questions about experience, which can crimp the team when it makes elementary errors or silly mistakes. Nonetheless this team has a lot of potential energy but it remains to be seen whether this young team can convert that potential energy into kinetic energy, and find and keep some momentum in a fairly tough league. This team has some fairly decent players for all positions but a jack of all trades is a master of none and questions will also be asked about this team's ability when pressed either offensively or defensively.

The club was able to pick up the Schottic women's keeper Anna Kurovski, a promising U-21 and U-23 international for her nation, for a bargain basement price, only $400,000; she should be worth her money. Also obtained during the transfer window was Lutine's 18-year-old William Saville, who didn't cost the club big bucks, only $500,000. The Northern Sunrisian player Sierra Agassi also hopes to help bolster the club's defensive line, and the club picked up Aidan Archer from 95X to fill the hole in their roster. Danielle Costello was one of the most dynamic players at one of Osarius's elite academies, at the tender age of sixteen; Colton Pegasus is also a young and up-and-coming football player from 95X who could ably compete in one of the best leagues in a row. Gelderlish NT backup midfielder Hal Varley and young prospect Tom Blackfoot complete the midfield; young striker Tom Auros and Project +90 graduate Yasuo Hamachi form the striking lineup at this very young club. Varley, because of his experience, was chosen as captain.

On the chemistry side a lot of the players have not played together before and there are some issues on the passing front. However, overall Olympic Nassau Bay has a lot of promise, but manager Beth Jacobson will have to drive some discipline into her mostly teenage team. She is renowned for that and for her creative strategy. However questions do remain about why this team doesn't have a lot of the New Gelderlish national team stars, coming from the largest, most populous city in New Gelderland. Either this is a strategic move from Jacobson (which could be perceived as a coup or a mistake) or the team is saving up money for a big transfer move.

Prescott Wolves
Location: Prescott | Stadium: Northcote Oval | Manager: Shawn Potter | Captain:
Starting XI: Dariusz Sanderskye | Rune Mertens - Karl Parsson - Terrance Hunt | Isandro D'Aranzo - Gunnstein Karlov - Chris Mitchell | Patrik Tomov - Patrick Hillestad - Marcio Chacon - Vasek Polak

Prescott will be turning for the Polaskaan members of the team for experience, they are a fairly young team with lots still to learn. As a result, they aren't expected to do well, but are a sleeping giant threat for the rest of the teams in future seasons. Loke some other teams this club doesn't have too many star players that catch a armchair fan's eye but if you ask Shawn Potter he will likely cite D'Aranzo or Sanderskye as his key players. This team has quite a few strikers and will look to score quite a few goals but that might mean that it will concede a lot more than other New Gelderlish or Electrumite teams especially considering the defensive state of the league at the moment.

Royal Queenstown
Location: Queenstown | Stadium: Queenstown Coliseum | Manager: Jeb Harvey | Captain:
Starting XI: Audra Collins | Consuela Agosto - Rosalva Mariani - Robert Mullis - Justin Morroghany | Adam Cooper - Gavin Hawke - Luke Donovan - Steve Achilles | Irlian Ceka - Aristotle Ipirina

Royal Queenstown has a good defense and a good goalkeeper as well as a good midfielder to back them up. In fact this club has one of the highest proportions of Gelderlish National Team present on its starting eleven and its roster. Over the transfer window it acquired quite a few good players and some good academy prospects as well as some more experienced players from around the world. Overall this club prides itself on its defensive capabilities and ability to control the ball in the midfield as well as in other areas around the pitch. Strangely enough the club has some good attacking talent despite its defensive structures, with Ceka creatively setting up goals for Donovan and Ipirina.

In goal is the promising 22-year-old Audra Collins from 95X who showed promise during training. Supporting her at the defensive end are Consuela Agosto and Rosalva Mariani, who form a nice defensive duo, both coming as highly touted juniors from Osarius; the pairing should work well in the club's favor. Robert Mullis, an experienced player from Lutine, holds up the center, and Justin Morroghany, who reached the Di Bradini Cup final with Ceni, rounds out the defensive end. On the midfield side, the club can make use of three New Gelderlish national team substitutes who can hold the midfield together fairly well: Gavin Hawke, Adam Cooper, and Steve Achilles. They are joined by the young prodigy, attacking midfielder Luke Donovan, fully capable of supporting the striking duo of Irlian Ceka of Eshan and Aristotle Ipirina of Racao, both of whom have shown a creative side, with Ceka high on the assists list with creative passes and Ipirina fully able to exploit those.

There are some definite bright spots in this team's chemistry, with the Osarian duo of Agosto and Mariani holding up the fort near the defense, and the midfield's chemistry proving excellent, with four Gelderlish players on that front. And finally the strike duo of the creative Ceka and Ipirina should help to secure the team's fortunes on the other end. Manager Jeb Harvey will definitely push his players to achieve results, and he has the ambition and ruthlessness to secure victory for his team at all costs, even if he can seem a little harsh and demanding on his players at times. However he definitely hopes the hard work he has his team do will pay off on the football pitch.

Somer City and Surrounds
Location: Somer | Stadium: Somersville Stadium | Manager: Lance Craig | Captain:
Starting XI: Sam Kara | Jason McGann - Artur Christoffersen - Charles Hudson | Peter McNeill - Gabriel Varelovsky - Lluvatar - Evgeny Plechistov | Jess Fielding - Ben Griffin - Tomás Serafim

This team is in for the long-haul, it contains many promising names in Kara and McGann in the Electrum NT. They also have prominent Gelder names such as Ben Griffin who will prop up this team. They will probably end up in the middle of the table, but with a bit of luck, they could surprise everyone and go higher. This is a team to watch out for in the future. In addition to these excellent players, the team also acquired some players from the Di Bradini Cup teams as well as from other places abroad on the transfer window. Like many of the other teams in this league, this team emphasizes possession based tactics and tends to act rather defensively, although this team is a bit more balanced than some of the other teams, and in that, they hope to pick up points by picking up excellent plays and scoring past the defense when they have the opportunity.

Sam Kara of the Electrumite NT will keep the net guarded, and he has formed a valuable partnership with Jason McGann, the Electrumite NT defender. Also in the defense are the Gelderlish 20-year-old Charles Hudson and the virtual unknown Polaa player Artur Christofferson, who might prove to be a question mark, both for manager Lance Craig and for opposing teams as well. In the midfield a young Peter McNeill of New Gelderland will hold up the team in the left side; Gabriel Varelovsky proved pivotal to the Fluvique National Team's campaign in the Baptism of Fire; Lluvatar served as the captain of Dainer's Di Bradini Cup squad's winning effort; and Evgeny Plestichov showed his mettle with the Zenic national team. While the midfield on this side is fairly young, there are plenty of attacking and defending options in the midfield for Craig to work with, giving him plenty of flexibility, whether the team is on the offense or the defense. Finally there are some good options in the striking zone, with the Electrumite NTer Jess Fielding making some appearances, as well as the highly competent Gelderlish player Ben Griffin, who has played a good role in that country's NT, and Tomás Serafim, who performed well in a mostly defensive Avissian Superliga.

There are plenty of opportunities for partnership in this flexible team and plenty of opportunities for players to pass between the defense, the midfield, and the offense, with good partnerships between Hudson, McNeill, and Griffin, all of New Gelderland. Lluvatar definitely adds some good opportunities to the offense (and should perform well) while there is certainly a lot of flexibility in the midfield that should serve this team well, and he has hit it off with the other Portuguese speaker Serafim. Christoffersen may be a weak link in the defense but the midfield and defense have ample opportunities to cover all of the pitch. Lance Craig can whip his team into shape and emphasizes the team's flexibility during practice, for example sometimes making people practice out of their position, which creates a well-rounded team and only helps to improve the team's excellent flexibility.

Vaduz Portcullis
Location: Vaduz | Stadium: Riverbank Stadium | Manager: Cindy Holmwood | Captain:
Starting XI: Jakob Lindegaard | Justin Rabelomasina - Harry Landis | Deandre James - Marcus Espinosa - Ian Landis - Eboni Thirtyfourth - Rachel Ramirez | Giancarlo Conte - Will Paris - Fede

Vaduz Portcullis's namesake comes from a fortified gate that doesn't let anything through when it its closed - and Vaduz Portcullis certainly hopes that it will live up to its clubs name on the defensive side while still managing to get goals in on the offensive side. But the club likes to say its style is balanced, so observers have come to expect a bit more goals from this team while conceding a bit more than the average team in this highly defensive league. This slightly more aggressive style (and its cool name) has earned it plenty of fans across the country and in its home city of Vaduz. In addition to those fans though, Vaduz Portcullis brought some good folks into the club when the transfer window came around.

In fact, the club only has two 'defenders' per se - Justin Rabelomasina, a young player from the Esportivan underdogs Racao, and Harry Landis, one of the New Gelderland national team's star defenders. Critics might point out that this formation leaves the goal vulnerable, but in fact the formation with two more defensive midfielders (the old school 'destroyer' type Marcus Espinosa of Osarius who can win the ball fairly easily and Echani youngster Deandre James) makes the team more flexible when it comes to defense. Those critics might be overlooking the team's fast and furious young goalkeeper Jakob Lindegaard of Semarland as well. The club bolsters its midfield prowess with the Gelderlish national team player Ian Landis (brother of Harry Landis) and the Electrumite national team player Rachel Ramirez, who adds some attacking prowess to the team. In the strikers' spots are Will Paris, a young Gelderlish NT substitute with an eye for the goal, the Fluviquean standout Fede, and the Osarian prodigy Giancarlo Conte from one of their youth academies. Their striking potential might lie in the midfield however as the striking team may be inconsistent due to youth, but Fede might be the bright spot in the team.

Cindy Holmwood is known as a smart and cunning manager and she may have chosen her seemingly inexperienced striking team to stymie opponents (after all she has not released training camp reports on her players). And the seemingly brittle defense might too serve to trick opponents into a false sense of security before James and Espinosa come in to sweep the ball away, especially with Espinosa's clearing abilities. On the chemistry side of the field, some good links do work in this club's favor, most important of which the link between brothers Ian and Harry Landis. Nonetheless the club still boasts good links between Espinosa and Conte to link the midfield and the striking team as well as Paris and Landis to boost the link even further.

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New Gelderland Volleyball League - Season 1

Matchday 1

Nassau Bay Storm             25  21  23  25  10
Lexington Torch              22  25  25  15  15

Dynamo Queenstown            25  22  25  24  15
Vaduz Swallows               22  25  23  26   8

Rogue River Volleyball       15  20  25  12
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  18  25

Flint Ridge Kestrels         20  25  25  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  15  20  18

Two of the most highly anticipated teams - Nassau Bay Storm and Lexington Torch - met at Nassau Bay in a five-set thriller, with New Gelderland silver medallist Gareth Edwards proving a big help to his team as they traded sets with Nassau Bay, only coming ahead 15-10 in the last set, with Edwards smashing his team to victory. Two of the less heralded teams traded sets as well, with Dynamo Queenstown coming out on top at home. Noviodunum Ospreys with youngster Harry Pelley and New Gelderland NT player Travis Riley started observers wondering about their performance in the rest of the season, with Pelley, the team's libero, excelling, and Riley providing some good sets in the 4-set win over Rogue River Volleyball, simply outmatched. Two other minor teams battled it out in Flint Ridge, with the home team beating Arrowhead Point Anchor.

Matchday 2

Lexington Torch              25  25  27  11  15
Arrowhead Point Anchor       21  10  29  25  11

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         23  21  12

Vaduz Swallows               13  25  25  20  13
Rogue River Volleyball       25  18  16  25  15

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  28
Dynamo Queenstown            19  15  26

Lexington Torch were at home but Arrowhead Point Anchor gave them a surprisingly hard time; after Torch won the first two sets and squandered match points in the third due to errors, Anchor came back to take the next two sets and went ahead in the fifth, but the home team eventually prevailed 15-11. Noviodunum Ospreys, after a tough first set, consolidated their control against the Flint Ridge Kestrels, sweeping the set count and allowing the Kestrels only 12 points in the third set. Vaduz Swallows and Rogue River Volleyball squared off in Vaduz, with the latter team taking the first set, losing the next two, and then coming back to take the match, but the match had too many errors for both teams. Nassau Bay Storm dispatched Dynamo Queenstown easily in the first two sets, but Dynamo mounted an unexpected challenge in the third. Nonetheless, the home team took the set, and with it, the match.

Matchday 3

Dynamo Queenstown            25  15  21  14
Lexington Torch              22  25  25  25

Rogue River Volleyball       25  13  14  21
Nassau Bay Storm             23  25  25  25

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  24  14  17
Vaduz Swallows               23  23  26  25  15

Arrowhead Point Anchor       16  25  16  20
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  19  25  25

Lexington Torch faced some opening set woes against Dynamo Queenstown but managed to put that behind them, taking the next three with minimal resistance, thanks to Gareth Edwards's spikes. So far Torch has displayed good attacking qualities as well as a good defense. Nassau Bay Storm also lost the opening set but came back to defeat Rogue River Volleyball fairly easily. Flint Ridge Kestrels and Vaduz Swallows had something of a minor thriller, with four out of the five sets ending with a margin of only two points. The home team fought off a resurgent Swallows team to eke out the victory 17-15 in the fifth set but interestingly losing on the total point count, due to the Swallows' 25-14 fourth set win. Noviodunum Ospreys dispatched Arrowhead Point Anchor in four sets with a slight hiccup in the second set. The Ospreys have so far enjoyed a perfect record and this is likely due to the combination of their good defense (with libero Pelley) and opportunistic offense.

Matchday 4

Lexington Torch              16  12  22
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25

Vaduz Swallows               25  25  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       15  18  17

Nassau Bay Storm             20  25  25  27
Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  18  15  25

Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       16  21  27  21

Lexington Torch looked to be a contender at home against Noviodunum Ospreys but the away team locked down proceedings, with Pelley and Riley disarming most of Gareth Edwards's attacks. Arrowhead Point Anchor also proved no more better prepared as Vaduz Swallows shut them down in three routine sets. Nassau Bay Storm faced credible threats from the Kestrels at home in the first and fourth sets but still managed to defeat the team anyway, holding off a late rally to win the fourth set 27-25. Dynamo Queenstown performed well at home against Rogue River Volleyball but had a little hiccup when they conceded the fourth set 27-25 after the away side saved several match points. Nonetheless the home team came back in the fourth set for the victory.

Matchday 5

Rogue River Volleyball       25  21  16  22
Lexington Torch              14  25  25  25

Flint Ridge Kestrels         17  25  25  24  15
Dynamo Queenstown            25  20  17  26  13

Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  22  20  23
Nassau Bay Storm             18  25  25  25

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               20  18  17

As with so many of these encounters in the inaugural season of New Gelderland volleyball, Rogue River Volleyball, a decided underdog, stole the first set from a highly regarded team then returned to previous form, in this case against away side Lexington Torch, who ended up winning in four. Meanwhile a slightly tantalizing battle was brewing in Flint Ridge, where Dynamo Queenstown was giving it their all to defeat the home team but ultimately the Kestrels performed a Houdini-esque act, escaping 15-13 in the fifth set. Arrowhead Point Anchor gave Nassau Bay a bit of a scare in the first set and pulled ahead in the next set, but Nassau Bay Storm maintained a slight edge in each of the next three sets to take the match. Noviodunum Ospreys maintained their run of form by easily winning over Vaduz Swallows at home with nary a scare or trouble.

Matchday 6

Lexington Torch              25  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               23  23  22

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  19  25
Noviodunum Ospreys           21  23  25  21

Dynamo Queenstown            25  29  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       15  27  20

Rogue River Volleyball       14  22  19
Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  25

There wasn't too much exciting action today except for the thriller between Nassau Bay Storm and the Noviodunum Ospreys: Lexington Torch beat Vaduz Swallows in three tight sets, with 3 points the largest margin of victory in a set; Dynamo Queenstown demolished Arrowhead Point Anchor in the first set, faced steep resistance in the second, and finally carried the third set to win the match; Rogue River Volleyball could not mount much resistance to Flint Ridge Kestrels. But the real crowd-drawer was the contest between Nasssau Bay Storm and Noviodunum Ospreys. Albert Fox, a member of the Gelderlish NT, proved invaluable in guiding his team to an upset victory over the team which had heretofore had a perfect streak of games. While Storm took the first two sets fairly closely, the Ospreys fought back to take the third before finally succumbing. It is certain that one team will be looking for revenge in the next half...

Matchday 7

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  21  20  28  11
Lexington Torch              19  25  25  26  15

Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  23  15  22
Rogue River Volleyball       21  25  25  25

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Dynamo Queenstown            20  21  21

Vaduz Swallows               18  25  17  25  11
Nassau Bay Storm             25  21  25  22  15

Lexington Torch had to fight for its win today, with Flint Ridge Kestrels taking the first and fourth sets to force the decider, which the away team won 15-11. In a match of minnows, Rogue River Volleyball took on Arrowhead Point Anchor, with the latter only good enough to take the first set. Although each set was fairly close, the Noviodunum Ospreys were able to rebound after their defeat to beat Dynamo Queenstown in straight sets. Vaduz Swallows and Nassau Bay Storm fought a see-saw battle, with the lead changing multiple times, but ultimately Nassau Bay Storm closed out the match in the deciding set, 15-11 again.

League Standings

Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Noviodunum Ospreys           7    6   1    19    5  +14    18
2 Nassau Bay Storm             7    6   1    20    9  +11    18
3 Lexington Torch              7    6   1    18   11   +7    18
4 Flint Ridge Kestrels         7    4   3    15   14   +1    12
5 Dynamo Queenstown            7    3   4    12   15   −3     9
6 Rogue River Volleyball       7    2   5    10   18   −8     6
7 Vaduz Swallows               7    1   6    11   18   −7     3
8 Arrowhead Point Anchor       7    0   7     6   21  −15     0

Noviodunum Ospreys, Nassau Bay Storm, and Lexington Torch are all at 6-1, with Noviodunum defeating Torch but losing to Storm; Storm beat the Ospreys but lost to Torch, so all were tied at 1-1 on head to head. Overall, though, Noviodunum Ospreys only conceded five sets, three of which were in their loss to Nassau Bay Storm, and is currently leading on points difference, followed by Storm and then Torch. Meanwhile the rest of the league is much less competitive, with Flint Ridge Kestrels going 4-3, Dynamo Queenstown going 3-4, Rogue River Volleyball 2-5, Vaduz Swallows 1-6, and Arrowhead Point Anchor was defeated by everybody to land in last place at the halfway point. At the top, everyone is hoping that they can finally put a dent in their rivals' standing, and the top 3 are all in contention for the championship.

[Vers-Gelderland]

New Gelderland Volleyball League - Season 1

Matchday 8

Lexington Torch              25  19  25  21  15
Nassau Bay Storm             18  25  14  25  13

Vaduz Swallows               15  17  27  25  10
Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  25  23  15

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       23   9  13

Arrowhead Point Anchor       26  10  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         24  25  12  19

Lexington Torch and Nassau Bay Storm again had a quality match, this time in Lexington. The lead see-sawed throughout the first four sets, and Lexington Torch barely prevailed in the fifth set, 15-13, only escaping by a hair in a very exciting match. Vaduz Swallows and Dynamo Queenstown also had a quality match, and Vaduz Swallows recovered from 2 sets down to win the next two but they couldn't maintain their momentum throughout the fifth set, which they lost 10-15. Noviodunum Ospreys crushed Rogue River Volleyball in the last two sets, 25-9, 25-13, after a fairly close first set. Arrowhead Point Anchor finally recorded a win as they eked out a first set win before winning in four sets.

Matchday 9

Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  26  23  12  15
Lexington Torch              17  24  25  25  12

Flint Ridge Kestrels         18  25  15  16
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  22  25  25

Rogue River Volleyball       13  19  16
Vaduz Swallows               25  25  25

Dynamo Queenstown            19  23  17
Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25

Arrowhead Point Anchor, without a win before this first half, won a shock victory over Lexington Torch, 15-12 in the fifth set, after the away team hoped to pull out the win after winning two sets even though they were two sets down. The loss hampers Lexington Torch's hankerings to win the title, but sometimes these things happen. Noviodunum Ospreys dropped one set against Flint Ridge Kestrels but otherwise emerged unscathed. Vaduz Swallows notched a fairly dominant straight sets win away at Rogue River Volleyball, and Nassau Bay Storm swept aside Dynamo Queenstown, who could not keep up, in straight sets.

Matchday 10

Lexington Torch              23  19  25  25  15
Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  19  18  12

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       20  18  16

Vaduz Swallows               13  25  25  19  15
Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  22  15  25  11

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  22  28
Arrowhead Point Anchor       17  13  25  26

Lexington Torch, after a disappointing result against Arrowhead Point Anchor, almost fell to another lesser side, Dynamo Queenstown, but pulled out the win in five sets after coming back from two sets down. Nassau Bay Storm continued their good run by handily sweeping aside Rogue River Volleyball. The Vaduz Swallows and Flint Ridge Kestrels, two lower-level teams, had an exciting, see-saw battle, but Vaduz Swallows pulled ahead in the fifth set. Arrowhead Point Anchor found some of their form that had won them the game against Lexington Torch in the third and fourth set but the Ospreys narrowed the fourth set deficit before coming back to win the set, and thus, the match.

Matchday 11

Noviodunum Ospreys           24  25  17  17
Lexington Torch              26  20  25  25

Arrowhead Point Anchor       20  16  25  27
Vaduz Swallows               25  25  21  29

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  11  19  16
Nassau Bay Storm             17  25  25  25

Rogue River Volleyball       26  24  25  25
Dynamo Queenstown            24  26  23  22

Lexington Torch reversed the result of their straight-sets drubbing in the last half of the season by beating Noviodunum Ospreys, taking a tight first set, losing the second, and then taking the third and fourth 25-17. Arrowhead Point Anchor pushed Vaduz Swallows in the fourth set but could not force a fifth. The pattern continues as Nassau Bay Storm defeated the Flint Ridge Kestrels despite the home team taking the first set, the away side easily taking the next three. Rogue River Volleyball and Dynamo Queenstown traded the first two sets 26-24 but Rogue River Volleyball won the next two tight sets and the match.

Matchday 12

Lexington Torch              23  25  25  16  17
Rogue River Volleyball       25  19  18  25  15

Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         22  21  20

Nassau Bay Storm             21  25  25  26
Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  15  20  24

Vaduz Swallows               25  13  15  25  10
Noviodunum Ospreys           23  25  25  23  15

Lexington Torch again only pulled out a hard win, this time against Rogue River Volleyball. The latter team gave them a big scare in the first four sets, taking two, as well as in the fifth set, where they pushed the home club to 17-15. Dynamo Queenstown had an easy time against Flint Ridge Kestrels with a 1-point regression every set. As seems to be a pattern, Arrowhead Point Anchor took the first set against Nassau Bay Storm, but then lost the next three, despite putting up a big challenge in the fourth set. Vaduz Swallows pushed Noviodunum Ospreys to a fifth set, taking the first and fourth sets by a wire 25-23, but their momentum did not continue as the Ospreys, having a stellar season, pulled out and won the fifth set.

Matchday 13

Vaduz Swallows               15  14  25  11
Lexington Torch              25  25  17  25

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Nassau Bay Storm             21  23  21

Arrowhead Point Anchor       18  16  17
Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  25

Flint Ridge Kestrels         26  18  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       24  25  17  23

Lexington Torch beat the minnows Vaduz Swallows for the loss of only the third set. It was a highly anticipated matchup at Noviodunum like their last encounter, which Nassau Bay Storm won, but the Noviodunum Ospreys proved too strong, winning in three close sets. Dynamo Queenstown won in three sets two, against Arrowhead Point Anchor, and the Flint Ridge Kestrels closed out their match against bottom-feeders Rogue River Volleyball, although the same can be said about the former club.

Matchday 14

Lexington Torch              25  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         22  22  22

Rogue River Volleyball       19  12  25  25  15
Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  25  20  14  11

Dynamo Queenstown            20  16  25  17
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  22  25

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  27  25
Vaduz Swallows               18  11  29  18

Lexington Torch ended their season with a straight sets win over Flint Ridge Kestrels, with the score in each set 25-22. Rogue River Volleyball was almost the victim of a third Arrowhead Point Anchor win but they came back from two sets down to win the match in a 15-11 fifth set (15-11 sure seems to be a popular score these days). Dynamo Queenstown had a nice comeback in the third set but it was not enough to prevail against Noviodunum Ospreys; the Vaduz Swallows took a tight fourth set against Nassau Bay Storm but were thoroughly defeated in the other three sets that they lost.

League table

Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Noviodunum Ospreys          14   12   2    38   13  +25    36
2 Lexington Torch             14   12   2    38   22  +16    36
3 Nassau Bay Storm            14   11   3    37   18  +19    33
4 Dynamo Queenstown           14    6   8    25   29   −4    18
5 Flint Ridge Kestrels        14    5   9    23   33  −10    15
6 Vaduz Swallows              14    4  10    26   33   −7    12
7 Rogue River Volleyball      14    4  10    19   36  −17    12
8 Arrowhead Point Anchor      14    2  12    17   39  −22     6

Arrowhead Point Anchor's two wins at the beginning of this half proved their only wins of the season as the lower half proved not so competitive, with the Flint Ridge Kestrels only going 5-9. The fourth place team did not do much better, going 6-8. The real competition was at the top of the table, with three teams competing for two Volleyball Champion's League spots. Noviodunum Ospreys maintained their set difference advantage throughout the season and despite drawing on points with Lexington Torch, the former team took home the title, the latter having to settle for a VCL spot. Meanwhile if Nassau Bay Storm had won against Arrowhead Point they would have taken the second VCL spot but fate apparently did not allow that outcome.

[Vers-Gelderland]

New Gelderland Hockey League - Season 1

Matchday 1
Vaduz Turrets 0–2 Palisade Vaduz
Century Nassau Bay 0–2 Royal Quay
Talos River Bulls 1–9 Queenstown Roar
Flint Ridge Peak 0–2 Lexington Scimitars
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–1 Lexington Courage
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 1–2 Ramparts Queenstown

Matchday 2
Palisade Vaduz 3–0 Ramparts Queenstown
Lexington Courage 2–1 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Lexington Scimitars 5–0 Arrowhead Point Pride
Queenstown Roar 4–3 Flint Ridge Peak
Royal Quay 2–2 Talos River Bulls
Vaduz Turrets 0–3 Century Nassau Bay

Matchday 3
Century Nassau Bay 1–1 Palisade Vaduz
Talos River Bulls 3–0 Vaduz Turrets
Flint Ridge Peak 1–5 Royal Quay
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–1 Queenstown Roar
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 5–3 Lexington Scimitars
Ramparts Queenstown 2–4 Lexington Courage

Matchday 4
Palisade Vaduz 1–2 Lexington Courage
Lexington Scimitars 1–4 Ramparts Queenstown
Queenstown Roar 3–4 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Royal Quay 1–0 Arrowhead Point Pride
Vaduz Turrets 1–0 Flint Ridge Peak
Century Nassau Bay 0–1 Talos River Bulls

Matchday 5
Talos River Bulls 1–5 Palisade Vaduz
Flint Ridge Peak 0–3 Century Nassau Bay
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–1 Vaduz Turrets
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 3–2 Royal Quay
Ramparts Queenstown 0–4 Queenstown Roar
Lexington Courage 7–1 Lexington Scimitars

Matchday 6
Palisade Vaduz 7–1 Lexington Scimitars
Queenstown Roar 1–1 Lexington Courage
Royal Quay 2–0 Ramparts Queenstown
Vaduz Turrets 1–3 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Century Nassau Bay 6–0 Arrowhead Point Pride
Talos River Bulls 1–3 Flint Ridge Peak

Matchday 7
Flint Ridge Peak 2–3 Palisade Vaduz
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–2 Talos River Bulls
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 3–3 Century Nassau Bay
Ramparts Queenstown 2–3 Vaduz Turrets
Lexington Courage 1–0 Royal Quay
Lexington Scimitars 0–1 Queenstown Roar

Matchday 8
Palisade Vaduz 0–2 Queenstown Roar
Royal Quay 6–1 Lexington Scimitars
Vaduz Turrets 2–4 Lexington Courage
Century Nassau Bay 8–2 Ramparts Queenstown
Talos River Bulls 0–3 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Flint Ridge Peak 2–0 Arrowhead Point Pride

Matchday 9
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–1 Palisade Vaduz
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 4–4 Flint Ridge Peak
Ramparts Queenstown 2–4 Talos River Bulls
Lexington Courage 1–0 Century Nassau Bay
Lexington Scimitars 4–0 Vaduz Turrets
Queenstown Roar 1–3 Royal Quay

Matchday 10
Palisade Vaduz 1–0 Royal Quay
Vaduz Turrets 1–1 Queenstown Roar
Century Nassau Bay 5–1 Lexington Scimitars
Talos River Bulls 1–5 Lexington Courage
Flint Ridge Peak 3–0 Ramparts Queenstown
Arrowhead Point Pride 1–1 Vercingetorix Noviodunum

Matchday 11
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 4–0 Palisade Vaduz
Ramparts Queenstown 0–1 Arrowhead Point Pride
Lexington Courage 0–1 Flint Ridge Peak
Lexington Scimitars 3–1 Talos River Bulls
Queenstown Roar 1–0 Century Nassau Bay
Royal Quay 3–0 Vaduz Turrets

League Table

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Courage             11    9   1   1    28   10  +18    28
 2 Queenstown Roar               11    7   2   2    28   13  +15    23
 3 Royal Quay                    11    7   1   3    26   10  +16    22
 4 Palisade Vaduz                11    7   1   3    24   13  +11    22
 5 Vercingetorix Noviodunum      11    6   3   2    32   21  +11    21
 6 Century Nassau Bay            11    5   2   4    29   12  +17    17
 7 Flint Ridge Peak              11    4   1   6    19   23   −4    13
 8 Talos River Bulls             11    4   1   6    17   32  −15    13
 9 Lexington Scimitars           11    4   0   7    22   36  −14    12
10 Vaduz Turrets                 11    3   1   7     9   25  −16    10
11 Ramparts Queenstown           11    2   0   9    14   34  −20     6
12 Arrowhead Point Pride         11    1   1   9     2   21  −19     4

[Vers-Gelderland]

New Gelderland Hockey League - Season 1

Matchday 12
Palisade Vaduz 2–0 Vaduz Turrets
Royal Quay 2–2 Century Nassau Bay
Queenstown Roar 9–1 Talos River Bulls
Lexington Scimitars 3–1 Flint Ridge Peak
Lexington Courage 2–1 Arrowhead Point Pride
Ramparts Queenstown 0–1 Vercingetorix Noviodunum

Matchday 13
Ramparts Queenstown 0–1 Palisade Vaduz
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 5–0 Lexington Courage
Arrowhead Point Pride 1–0 Lexington Scimitars
Flint Ridge Peak 3–1 Queenstown Roar
Talos River Bulls 2–2 Royal Quay
Century Nassau Bay 4–0 Vaduz Turrets

Matchday 14
Palisade Vaduz 3–2 Century Nassau Bay
Vaduz Turrets 1–4 Talos River Bulls
Royal Quay 2–0 Flint Ridge Peak
Queenstown Roar 0–0 Arrowhead Point Pride
Lexington Scimitars 1–5 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Lexington Courage 1–1 Ramparts Queenstown

Matchday 15
Lexington Courage 0–1 Palisade Vaduz
Ramparts Queenstown 5–3 Lexington Scimitars
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 2–2 Queenstown Roar
Arrowhead Point Pride 2–3 Royal Quay
Flint Ridge Peak 0–0 Vaduz Turrets
Talos River Bulls 3–3 Century Nassau Bay

Matchday 16
Palisade Vaduz 2–1 Talos River Bulls
Century Nassau Bay 6–5 Flint Ridge Peak
Vaduz Turrets 1–1 Arrowhead Point Pride
Royal Quay 1–0 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Queenstown Roar 6–2 Ramparts Queenstown
Lexington Scimitars 1–5 Lexington Courage

Matchday 17
Lexington Scimitars 2–2 Palisade Vaduz
Lexington Courage 0–7 Queenstown Roar
Ramparts Queenstown 0–1 Royal Quay
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 1–0 Vaduz Turrets
Arrowhead Point Pride 0–1 Century Nassau Bay
Flint Ridge Peak 3–8 Talos River Bulls

Matchday 18
Palisade Vaduz 1–0 Flint Ridge Peak
Talos River Bulls 1–1 Arrowhead Point Pride
Century Nassau Bay 1–0 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Vaduz Turrets 0–1 Ramparts Queenstown
Royal Quay 1–0 Lexington Courage
Queenstown Roar 6–0 Lexington Scimitars

Matchday 19
Queenstown Roar 1–0 Palisade Vaduz
Lexington Scimitars 1–7 Royal Quay
Lexington Courage 4–3 Vaduz Turrets
Ramparts Queenstown 1–3 Century Nassau Bay
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 3–1 Talos River Bulls
Arrowhead Point Pride 1–2 Flint Ridge Peak

Matchday 20
Palisade Vaduz 0–1 Arrowhead Point Pride
Flint Ridge Peak 3–5 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Talos River Bulls 3–3 Ramparts Queenstown
Century Nassau Bay 4–1 Lexington Courage
Vaduz Turrets 0–1 Lexington Scimitars
Royal Quay 0–0 Queenstown Roar

Matchday 21
Royal Quay 1–0 Palisade Vaduz
Queenstown Roar 3–2 Vaduz Turrets
Lexington Scimitars 5–6 Century Nassau Bay
Lexington Courage 4–3 Talos River Bulls
Ramparts Queenstown 2–2 Flint Ridge Peak
Vercingetorix Noviodunum 0–1 Arrowhead Point Pride

Matchday 22
Palisade Vaduz 1–4 Vercingetorix Noviodunum
Arrowhead Point Pride 1–1 Ramparts Queenstown
Flint Ridge Peak 3–11 Lexington Courage
Talos River Bulls 2–2 Lexington Scimitars
Century Nassau Bay 3–3 Queenstown Roar
Vaduz Turrets 1–1 Royal Quay

Final League Table

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Quay                    22   14   5   3    47   18  +29    47
 2 Queenstown Roar               22   13   6   3    66   26  +40    45
 3 Lexington Courage             22   14   2   6    56   40  +16    44
 4 Vercingetorix Noviodunum      22   13   4   5    58   32  +26    43
 5 Century Nassau Bay            22   12   5   5    64   35  +29    41
 6 Palisade Vaduz                22   13   2   7    37   25  +12    41
 7 Talos River Bulls             22    6   6  10    46   65  −19    24
 8 Flint Ridge Peak              22    6   3  13    41   63  −22    21
 9 Lexington Scimitars           22    6   2  14    41   76  −35    20
10 Arrowhead Point Pride         22    4   5  13    12   32  −20    17
11 Ramparts Queenstown           22    4   4  14    30   56  −26    16
12 Vaduz Turrets                 22    3   4  15    17   47  −30    13

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 1
Prescott Wolves 0–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Arrowhead Point 0–1 Lexington Victory
Hamilton Sandstorm 2–2 Royal Queenstown
Astrolabe 2–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Agri Foodbowl 2–2 Centralis Heart
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–0 Grenville Sailors
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Burnton 1963 1–0 Celtic Noviodunum

And the league started... although not with a bang as the largest margin of victory was only two-one, perhaps an indication of the league's defensive nature. At the top of the table Eclipse New Gelderland lived up to their name, blocking all the shots from Prescott Wolves, and left the home team howling at the one-nil defeat, the lone goal courtesy of the hard-to-spell Jezebel Sunngifu-Brittani. Meanwhile Lexington Victory did achieve that this matchday by opening up the series against fellow Gelderlish club Arrowhead Point, Louis Rhodes sending the goal in after a wonderful assist from the youngster Soren Sakho. Meanwhile Royal Queenstown had to satisfy themselves with a two-all draw against Hamilton Sandstorm, perhaps with some mumblings and grumblings as Ipirina missed a couple of good chances to score. Nonetheless Ipirina scored both goals off assists from Irlian Ceka, who has started to grow into the partnership with Ipirina. However one of the goals in the match came from a Queenstown own goal, leading to all those mumblings and grumblings about bad luck. In a small(ish) upset, Astrolabe beat the Electrumite team two to one at home, the home team predictably cutting around Artur Christoffersen and dancing around Sam Kara for their goals as Hudson and McGann were driven out of position. Ben Griffin scored the away team's only goal off a Lluvatar assist. Centralis Heart didn't fare so well either, Tyro Solaris and Alexander Krane each knocking in a goal but Kasusi managed to get past Frances Lemona twice to seal the draw for the home team. Beth Jacobson's young side won one-nil at home against Grenville Sailors, with Tom Auros sending in the fatal blow. FC Fairleigh-Warburton and Vaduz Portcullis played a fairly entertaining 0-0 draw, with both goalkeepers pulling off good saves and the midfield battle raging furiously. Meanwhile Celtic Noviodunum suffered some early chemistry issues with Sixtwentyeigth and Kirkpatrick not getting along too well, allowing Jake Latham to sneak a goal past Eliot Horn; meanwhile Sakoto and the defense seemed invulnerable to any offensive pressures.

Matchday 2
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Vaduz Portcullis 4–1 Burnton 1963
Grenville Sailors 0–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Centralis Heart 3–2 Olympic Nassau Bay
Somer City and Surrounds 4–0 Agri Foodbowl
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Astrolabe
Lexington Victory 1–0 Hamilton Sandstorm
Prescott Wolves 1–0 Arrowhead Point

There were some more entertaining (and more scoreful) matches today including some pummelings but also some close matches. Celtic Noviodunum again suffered from some chemistry issues, this time in the midfield, but at least they didn't concede any this time. However, they didn't score any either, and you can't win a football match without scoring goals! On the opposite side Vaduz Portcullis scored quite a few. After Latham let one in past Jakob Lindegaard, the Vaduz midfield let it rip past the vulnerable Palomo and McAdams, with attacks coming on both sides of the midfield. Giancarlo Conte showed excellent attacking prowess, knocking two into the goal, one into the top right corner off a good Espinosa pass. Fede played a good role as well, scoring one and providing an assist to Will Paris. Now the league returns to patter with a 0-0 draw between the Grenville Sailors and FC Fairleigh-Warburton, who have played two straight goalless draws so far. Centralis Heart won in the dying moments of the contest against Olympic Nassau Bay, an injury time goal by Solaris off a good opportunity proving the death knell for the away side, with Solaris knocking in a pass from Krane as well, and Krane himself also adding to the tally. Hamachi and Auros scored for the away side but it didn't prove enough. After their good draw with Centralis Heart, Agri Foodbowl lost some of their form, falling four-nil to Somer City and Surrounds, with the excellent attacking midfielder Lluvatar scoring two of those goals and Griffin scoring the other two, Plechistov and Serafim proving invaluable in the victory as well. Royal Queenstown put one in early and then another one late in the match for good measure against Astrolabe, a strong defensive team, with the Ceka/Ipirina partnership responsible for both, an important help played by Luke Donovan as well. Audra Collins meanwhile did well to check any Astrolabe advances. Lexington Victory eked out a tough win at the National Stadium, Louis Rhodes providing the crucial pass to Soren Sakho in the seventy-fifth minute. Finally Prescott Wolves also eked out a victory, this time against the attacking Arrowhead Point, fending off numerous challenges and finally converting off one of their own.

Matchday 3
Arrowhead Point 2–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–1 Prescott Wolves
Astrolabe 1–3 Lexington Victory
Agri Foodbowl 1–5 Royal Queenstown
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–3 Somer City and Surrounds
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Centralis Heart
Burnton 1963 0–1 Grenville Sailors
Celtic Noviodunum 0–0 Vaduz Portcullis

In a match of perhaps two of the bottom dwellers in this league, Arrowhead Point made use of its attacking proficiency to eclipse Eclipse New Gelderland's chances of victory, with Gabu and the hard to spell Aleksanda Kristin-Hendrijke scoring the death blow against the away team. Meanwhile the home team's fans gave it a sandstorm of criticism after visitors Prescott Wolves held Hamilton Sandstorm to a one-all draw in Hamilton, although the away team is probably ruing its missed opportunities as well. Meanwhile Astrolabe could not find its bearings against Lexington Victory despite short period on course for the team in the beginning, Louis Rhodes doing some good midfield work for the away side, scoring once, as did the Semars Soren Sakho and Jakob Stretner. Royal Queenstown had a feast at the Agri Foodbowl in Agri, Electrum's fourth largest city, as they scored five goals in total. Irlian Ceka and Aristotle Ipirina combined for four of those goals, Ipirina with the hat trick, as their creative partnership has blossomed under the guidance of manager Jeb Harvey. Luke Donovan, the New Gelderlish attacking midfielder, added another goal to add icing to the cake. Somer City and Surrounds surrounded Olympic Nassau Bay in a sense, Lluvatar getting a sense on the ball and scoring twice, as well as a good assist from Fielding to Griffin. In a battle of Electrumite teams, FC Fairleigh-Warburton's tough defense, Cohen and Fenech shining in particular, stifled Centralis Heart's good offense while Luke Virgo landed a killer blow against Frances Lemona. The result was almost exactly reversed at Burnton, with the away side Grenville Sailors sailing away with the win after an early goal from Miyanami. Meanwhile Celtic Noviodunum continued to have early chemistry issues in an entertaining scoreless draw against Vaduz Portcullis, and although Giancarlo Conte and Fede both had chances on goal, excellent performances from Eliot Horn saved the potential lost goals, while Kira Koromin tried to score on goal herself but to no avail.

Matchday 4
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–3 Vaduz Portcullis
Grenville Sailors 1–2 Celtic Noviodunum
Centralis Heart 0–0 Burnton 1963
Somer City and Surrounds 0–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Lexington Victory 0–1 Agri Foodbowl
Prescott Wolves 0–1 Astrolabe
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Hamilton Sandstorm

There were a couple of one-nil victories in this match day which certainly befits the mostly defensive character of this league but there were also some more scoreful victories this matchday and quite a few clean sheets. Giancarlo Conte, the Osarian 16-year-old prodigy, showed his precocious skills, taking a pass from defensive midfielder Marcus Espinosa and turning it into a goal, just curling into the right of the goal, and Landis and Paris both contributing to the victory as well. Celtic Noviodunum finally overcame issues with chemistry and confidence to pull off their first win, Kira Koromin scoring both of Celtic Noviodunum's goals after almost not getting any chances at the ball in the previous few games. However the home team did manage to get a consolation goal past Eliot Horn. Meanwhile again Centralis Heart could not utilize its attacking strength effectively against Burnton 1963, its strong Electrumite rival, with Sakoto proving too strong in the goal, although not for lack of trying from Krane or Solaris, almost two extremes in the age range on the team. However Krane seems to have taken Solaris under his wing, guiding him in the process of the game. Burton 1963 meanwhile, while excellent on the defense, did not manage to create many offensive opportunities for themselves. In another match of two almost equally matched Electrumite teams, Somer City played Fairleigh-Warburton to a draw at home, both sides proving adept on the defense when pushed. Meanwhile Royal Queenstown continued its strong attacking push, with Ipirina and Ceka both scoring one apiece, thriving off each other's passes, suggestions, and ways of thinking in this rapidly blooming partnership, and the team was not pushed in the defense by the younger team which did not have as many solutions. Agri Foodbowl denied Louis Rhodes's Lexington Victory the win away, with the defense holding back most of the home side's attempts (the wind playing a role as well) and the strong defense of Ignas and Nivo failing to stop a lucky shot into the top corner of the net. Astrolabe's defense however did not fail it today as it guided itself to a one-nil win over Prescott Wolves, the home side howling away after the defeat. Finally Arrowhead Point struggled to crack Hamilton Sandstorm until the end but it was a more exciting and fluid one-nil win as both sides had more than their fair share of chances on the other's goal.

Matchday 5
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–2 Eclipse New Gelderland
Astrolabe 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Agri Foodbowl 1–3 Prescott Wolves
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–2 Lexington Victory
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–1 Royal Queenstown
Burnton 1963 1–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Celtic Noviodunum 0–1 Centralis Heart
Vaduz Portcullis 1–1 Grenville Sailors

Again, goalkeepers and defenders proved to be the winners today as there were five clean sheets out of eight matches, and only a couple of goals were scored, although perhaps fans lost as they had to sit through another day with only one or two goals per match, not exciting in the least. In another bottom-dweller battle in a bottle, Eclipse New Gelderland defeated its Electrumite rival Hamilton Sandstorm in a tense but exciting battle, Sunngifu-Brittani scoring both goals for the team. Astrolabe's defensive capabilities overwhelmed Arrowhead Point's offensive capabilities, the home team pulling away for a one-nil win, Canjica proving valiant in her defense of the goal. Prescott Wolves went on the offense at Agri Foodbowl, three players combining for three goals at Agri, while the home team simply could not keep up. Lexington Victory meanwhile rebounded from their defeat at home to Agri Foodbowl, further hurting the chances of Beth Jacobson's young Olympic Nassau Bay, good play from Topolsky and Sakho securing the goals for Victory while Nivo and Ignas excelled on the defense. Royal Queenstown continued its excellent run so far by pulling out a wonderful performance against FC Fairleigh-Warburton over in Electrum, attacking midfielder Luke Donovan of New Gelderland slotting in a goal next to the post off a Ceka assist. In another Electrumite matchup, Burnton 1963 (the spellchecker didn't like that sentence) defeated Somer City and Surrounds in a tight affair, only going ahead late in the match after a Latham penalty went in. Both sides' defenses, meanwhile, performed admirably. Centralis Heart dealt a further blow to Celtic Noviodunum's chances in this early part of the season, Tyro Solaris outwitting Eliot Horn in a one-on-one battle in what proved to be the game winner. Finally the Grenville Sailors steamed ahead early only to find a Rachel Ramirez goal in their net minutes later, but Vaduz Portcullis could not find the range any more in the game, although not for lack of trying.

League table

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Queenstown            5    4   1   0    12    3   +9    13
 2 Lexington Victory           5    4   0   1     7    2   +5    12
 3 Vaduz Portcullis            5    2   3   0     8    3   +5     9
 4 Astrolabe                   5    3   0   2     5    6   −1     9
 5 Centralis Heart             5    2   2   1     6    5   +1     8
 6 Somer City and Surrounds    5    2   1   2     8    3   +5     7
 7 Prescott Wolves             5    2   1   2     5    4   +1     7
 8 Eclipse New Gelderland      5    2   1   2     5    6   −1     7
 9 Burnton 1963                5    2   1   2     3    5   −2     7
10 FC Farleigh-Warburton       5    1   3   1     1    1    0     6
11 Arrowhead Point             5    2   0   3     3    4   −1     6
12 Grenville Sailors           5    1   2   2     3    4   −1     5
13 Celtic Noviodunum           5    1   2   2     2    3   −1     5
14 Agri Foodbowl               5    1   1   3     5   14   −9     4
15 Olympic Nassau Bay          5    1   0   4     3   10   −7     3
16 Hamilton Sandstorm          5    0   2   3     4    7   −3     2

All the teams have points on the table so far, although Hamilton Sandstorm so far has failed to get a win. Royal Queenstown tops the table with 13 points and is undefeated, one point ahead of Lexington Victory with four victories and a loss. Vaduz Portcullis is also undefeated, although with two wins and three draws meaning that the club isn't fulfilling its potential fully. A surprised Astrolabe is in a GC spot right now at fourth, with three wins and two losses, and Prescott Wolves and Eclipse New Gelderland are also fairly high on the table. Meanwhile Celtic Noviodunum, which has been struggling, is at 13th with only five goals, while Olympic Nassau Bay's model of a young team has not fulfilled high expectations for New Gelderland's largest city.

Copa Terranea - Round 1 (Pt 1)
Wattle Point 0–1 Sea Otters FC
Eelak Livers 2–0 Burnton 1963
Duneil Athletic 2–3 Somer City and Surrounds
Kale Island Dwarfs 4–0 Argentum Silver
Flint Ridge Summit 1–2 Forest Glen
FC Fairleigh-Warburton 4–2 Sanctuary Lakes
Arrowhead Point 4–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Fernack River 4–0 Sunset Plains
Centralis Heart 2–0 FC Waterfront
Nassau Bay United 4–1 Spirit of Victory
Flint Ridge Eagles 3–1 Nassau Bay Marina
Lizardville 0–1 Alterham
Lexington Conflagration 1–1 Vaduz Portcullis (2–1 AET)
Prescott Wolves 0–0 Geldectrum AF (2–0 AET)
Rising Sun 1–0 Sydenham Meatworks
Sentinel Peak 2–0 Portsmouth

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 6
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Centralis Heart 0–1 Vaduz Portcullis
Somer City and Surrounds 1–3 Celtic Noviodunum
Royal Queenstown 0–0 Burnton 1963
Lexington Victory 3–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Prescott Wolves 0–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Arrowhead Point 0–0 Agri Foodbowl
Hamilton Sandstorm 3–1 Astrolabe

Matchday 6 marked an unexciting matchday in some corners while some exciting victories and emerging rivalries spurred on fans of some of the clubs this matchday. Interestingly enough, every single match this matchday featured an Electrumite team pitted up against a New Gelderlish team. Eclipse New Gelderland saw goalkeeper Ashley West block out any shots from the Grenville Sailors side, while the away team's William Tempest sailed away in the wrong direction when Skoko hit a penalty into the goal. Vaduz Portcullis held Centralis Heart's offense away, managing to keep their goal blocked, with the help of Deandre James and Marcus Espinosa, while Rachel Ramirez slotted a goal into the bottom left corner of the goal at a nice angle. Celtic Noviodunum finally scored a win today by blocking out most of Somer City's shots (although Serafim of the home side managed to outwit Eliot Horn, a skill learned in a defensive Avissian Superliga). Meanwhile Kira Koromin showed her attacking genius, heading in one ball off a cross, taking one all the way from the defense in a speedy blitz, and then putting in a nice angled shot after a Jamie Wolf shot, and the Stvoto Latolisi youngster Hyumowthagoo showed some good promise in the match. Royal Queenstown, a side that has enjoyed good attacking form so far through the league, apparently failed in that regard in the match against Burnton 1963, with many shots blocked by the ever-present Sakoto, although at least they didn't suffer the prospect of any Latham or Northgrove goals. Lexington Victory smashed through FC Farleigh-Warburton like balsa wood, Louis Rhodes proving crucial in the victory, providing assists to winners from Sakho and Stretner while scoring one himself, and Scotty Marston enjoyed the performance of Nivo, Ignas, and Petro Valles. Olympic Nassau Bay eked out a one-nil win over Prescott Wolves, Tom Auros clinching the crucial goal only a few minutes after halftime. Arrowhead Point, despite their attacking prowess, failed to score a single goal at home, while the away side did not eat out of their cornucopia either. However Hamilton Sandstorm's attacking style was able to overwhelm the highly defensive Astrolabe, three winners flying in the net of Canjica after Hamilton found every single way to outwit the Astrolabe defense.

Matchday 7
Astrolabe 0–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Agri Foodbowl 5–3 Hamilton Sandstorm
Olympic Nassau Bay 4–2 Arrowhead Point
FC Farleigh-Warburton 4–0 Prescott Wolves
Burnton 1963 3–3 Lexington Victory
Celtic Noviodunum 1–1 Royal Queenstown
Vaduz Portcullis 1–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Grenville Sailors 0–4 Centralis Heart

In a match of two defensively oriented teams, one might be forgiven for expecting a 0-0 draw, but Eclipse New Gelderland proved to be more resilient as it took its opportunities when it got them, the hard-to-spell Jezebel Sunngifu-Brittani managing to score the only goal out of only a few chances in the entire match. Agri Foodbowl and Hamilton Sandstorm had a feast of goals at the former team's home game but it turned out in the home team's favor, Kasusi notably scoring a hat-trick in that contest. Olympic Nassau Bay got back on track again this matchday, parlaying a better organizational structure to defeat the offensively minded Arrowhead Point four to two, Blackfoot and Hamachi scoring one apiece, and Tom Auros, who has quickly differentiated himself on this team, scoring two, while Gabu scored both of his team's goals in a losing effort. FC Farleigh-Warburton dominated Prescott Wolves at home, scoring four goals in the space of ninety minutes and not conceding a single goal in return. Luke Virgo and Kirk Lynn-Peters, the Electrumite attacking midfielder, both scored a brace apiece for their team in the winning effort, while Cohen and Montgomery on the defensive side proved good enough to block most chances from the attacking-oriented Prescott Wolves. After six goals, a fairly high standard for a Terranean League match, both sides, both sides came away disappointed that their team did not come ahead the winner, Burnton 1963 a little happy that they survived the highly regarded Lexington Victory, especially considering the lack of serious attacking talent. Latham scored a hat trick for his club in the clash; Victory's Louis Rhodes scored a brace while Soren Sakho added a nice touch to score the third. In a fairly entertaining match Royal Queenstown and Celtic Noviodunum battled it out to a one-all draw, Irlian Ceka's creative goal on a pass from Aristotle Ipirina stymieing the highly talented goalkeeper Eliot Horn, while Kira Koromin showed her own attacking magic by outwitting the outstanding goalkeeper Audra Collins, before this season an untested goalkeeper but showing herself to excel at goalkeeping, conceding only 4 goals so far into the match. Somer City outwitted Vaduz Portcullis; while Fede managed to knock the opener into the goal, Ben Griffin came right back to even the score up, followed by an excellent goal off a header from the young Darmeni midfielder Lluvatar. Centralis Heart showed its attacking skill once again, Alexander Krane knocking in a brace in the game, as did Solaris; Krane and Solaris so far have worked well together but it has been Solaris who has scored most of the finishing touches.

Matchday 8
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Centralis Heart
Somer City and Surrounds 0–0 Grenville Sailors
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Lexington Victory 2–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Prescott Wolves 3–4 Burnton 1963
Arrowhead Point 1–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Hamilton Sandstorm 2–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Astrolabe 0–1 Agri Foodbowl

There isn't much to talk about when there are plenty of nil-all draws, of which there were two this matchday, as well as some one-sided contests and a dearth of less exciting contests. Eclipse New Gelderland held Centralis Heart and its attacking prowess, with creative goalscoring prodigy Tyro Solaris and reliable Electrumite goalscorer Alexander Krane unable to penetrate Canjica's steely blockage of her goal. Meanwhile Eclipse New Gelderland did not take as many chances or have as many opportunities. After an exciting win the day before Somer City faltered at the hurdle of Grenville Sailors, the home side unable to score any goals despite multiple chances from Lluvatar and Griffin. Royal Queenstown meanwhile managed to defeat its New Gelderlish rival Vaduz Portcullis one to nil in an exciting home match, with the partnership between Aristotle Ipirina and Irlian Ceka again producing rewards, this time the goal from Ipirina which slotted right in to the top right corner of the goal past Jakob Lindegaard's outstretched arms. In a highly anticipated game, with the Lexington National Stadium sold out for the match, the home team managed to outwit the away side Celtic Noviodunum, Louis Rhodes proving why he is one of New Gelderland's most celebrated players, scoring for the home side against his friend and national teammate Eliot Horn. However Soren Sakho treated the match methodically and without so much emotion as he capitalized on a Petro Valles pass to fool Eliot Horn yet again. Kira Koromin managed to fool her DBC teammate Valles though to score a consolation goal, and for a while, it looked like Celtic Noviodunum might still remain in the match, but ultimately Alex Bastion-Rier kept any shots at bay. Burnton 1963 survived a scare against Prescott Wolves after a minor incident involving an alcohol bottle shook up Burnton's confidence. Nonetheless Latham scored a brace, Lancaster one, and Perry another to secure the victory for the away side. FC Farleigh-Warburton could not keep Arrowhead Point's attacking strategy at bay for long, although Fenech managed to save most of their shots. They did come away in the end, courtesy of goals from Virgo and Lynn-Peters. Hamilton Sandstorm stifled a Olympic Nassau Bay side hungry for points; although Auros managed to score first for the away team Sandstorm attacked, and its relentless strategy finally produced results. It wasn't exactly a feat at Astrolabe, who played Agri Foodbowl, but it wasn't a famine either, as the away side managed to barely hold off the highly defensive home team.

Matchday 9
Agri Foodbowl 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Olympic Nassau Bay 2–0 Astrolabe
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Hamilton Sandstorm
Burnton 1963 4–0 Arrowhead Point
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Prescott Wolves
Vaduz Portcullis 1–3 Lexington Victory
Grenville Sailors 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Centralis Heart 2–2 Somer City and Surrounds

Matchday 9 saw only one draw as many teams scored either three or zero points today, often decided by a decisive goal in the match. Agri Foodbowl had a great start in their math against Eclipse New Gelderland -- it also served as a litmus test for the team, as the two teams were scheduled to face each other in a few short weeks for the Copa Terranea. It was none other than Kasusi who was in fine form in previous matchdays that scored the lone goal just before half time, taking advantage of the opportunity created by Ratray. Astrolabe's defense was a let down today with goalkeeper Scott Mitchell had to face more shots on goal than usual, in there 2-0 loss to Olympic Nassau Bay. The relentlessness of Hamachi and Auros - the dynamic duo of Nassau Bay was evident as they both scored a goal apiece with Auros giving a stunning header into the goal after a corner. FC Fairleigh-Warburton and Celtic Noviodunum fended off cellar dwellers Hamilton and Prescott respectively with just a single goal. FC Fairleigh-Warburton avoided splitting the points with a late goal from Henry managing to create an opportunity from midfield to score. Celtic's Jamie Wolf took advantage of his speed and finally managed to poke a hole in the Prescottian defense just before half time, a lead that Celtic would continue on thanks to the strong defense and the gloves of Gelder NT Horn. Burnton 1963 continued their form with a 4 zip thrashing of Arrowhead Point, Sara Northgrove secured a hat trick whilst Latham also scored a goal to the hapless Arrowhead Point with their uber-aggression creating offensive opportunities for Burnton. Lexington posted an away victory against Vaduz Portcullis in also a clinical fashion with Semar Sakho scoring two of their goals, and Haskins surprisingly the third. Haskins goal was a piece of good luck, as she had intended to cross the ball -- a gust of wind had different ideas, making the ball glide into the goal instead, out of the hands of the goalkeeper. Portcullis' lone came from Fede who had to make do with a fairly inflexible offense. The Sailors had an unbelievable upset against Royal Queenstown with a 1-0 victory. It seems that coach Fowler's strategy of just being defensive and running the time down until an opportunity presented itself worked with Queenstown slipping up, leaving a whole lane available for the Grenville midfield to exploit, allowing Kenzo Miyanami to score fairly late in the match. Finally, the two teams adjacent on the ladder, Heart and Somer had a two-all draw, with goals from Krane and Perry for Heart, and two from Griffin on the other side.

Matchday 10
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Royal Queenstown 0–1 Centralis Heart
Lexington Victory 2–1 Grenville Sailors
Prescott Wolves 1–3 Vaduz Portcullis
Arrowhead Point 4–3 Celtic Noviodunum
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–3 Burnton 1963
Astrolabe 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Agri Foodbowl 2–0 Olympic Nassau Bay

Although matches were closer than what anyone expected, none of the matches saw teams split points, meaning that many teams took the opportunity to improve their position on the table. Somer City defeated Eclipse to overtake them in the ladder with Ben Griffin setting up some nice opportunities for Jess Fielding to score both goals in that match. Eclipse New Gelderland were really not up to standard today with the Sunrisian defense really not sticking to their assigned positions given to them by Manager Gosse. Centralis Heart defeated Royal Queenstown away in another epic, and it seems like repeating the Sailors' strategy last week to hold defensively until an opportunity appeared worked again with star striker Krane finding the back of the net once again. Lexington Victory scored a 2-1 defeat of the Sailors, living up to their name with Sakho and Stretner scoring a goal each, both in the later stages of the game where it seemed like the Sailors were going to sneak with a victory. Geraldine Fawn was the one who scored an early goal for the Sailors. Vaduz Portcuillis defeated Prescott in a clinical manner, with Giancarlo Conte being the star player scoring a hat-trick, with an assist from Paris in one goal, and another (almost farcical) goal with Conte constantly having a back-and-forth Sanderskye's hands until he broke the rhythm by slotting it in the corner -- with not a Prescottian in sight. Arrowhead Point claimed all three points in a a narrow victory against Celtic Noviodunum. The game was thrilling with twists and turns, but Noviodunum struggled in the last ten minutes of the game when Abigail Knight was sent off with a red card due to unsportsmanlike conduct (spitting on a referee after being called offside). With a player down, Arrowhead Point pushed with Gabu scoring the last goal to seal the deal, and pushing themselves off the bottom of the table, just. Burnton 1963 showed Hamilton who was boss with a 3-1 victory. Jake Latham, Electrumite NT player was the key here, kicking those corners at just the right angle for Northgrove to take advantage twice. Latham scored the cherry on top in the last ten minutes of play, kicking the ball out of the reach of goalkeeper Tshabalala, who just wasn't quick enough to contest. Holme was the sole scorer for Hamilton. Astrolabe scored a decisive goal just after half time against FC Fairleigh-Warburton, Sandersen taking advantage of the skittish and out-of-sorts team who were caught off position just a minute after play restarted. Finally, Agri Foodbowl consolidated their position at the top half of the table with a 2-0 win over Olympic Nassau Bay. The scoreline didn't reflect how well Agri played, with Xalan and Vollen, the two Cenian midfielders able to turn defense into offense so quickly, turning the tide and allowing Nepharan Anderton and Kasusi to each score a goal.

League table

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          10    8   1   1    20    9  +11    25
 2 Royal Queenstown           10    5   3   2    14    6   +8    18
 3 Burnton 1963               10    5   3   2    17   12   +5    18
 4 Agri Foodbowl              10    5   2   3    14   17   −3    17
 5 Centralis Heart            10    4   4   2    13    8   +5    16
 6 Somer City and Surrounds   10    4   3   3    15    9   +6    15
 7 Vaduz Portcullis           10    4   3   3    14   10   +4    15
 8 FC Farleigh-Warburton      10    4   3   3     9    6   +3    15
 9 Eclipse New Gelderland     10    4   2   4     7    9   −2    14
10 Celtic Noviodunum          10    3   3   4    11   11    0    12
11 Olympic Nassau Bay         10    4   0   6    11   16   −5    12
12 Astrolabe                  10    4   0   6     7   13   −6    12
13 Arrowhead Point            10    3   1   6    10   17   −7    10
14 Grenville Sailors          10    2   3   5     5   11   −6     9
15 Hamilton Sandstorm         10    2   2   6    13   18   −5     8
16 Prescott Wolves            10    2   1   7     9   17   −8     7

Copa Terranea - Round One (Part 2)
Agri Foodbowl 3–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Caladian Cannons 1–2 Condor Strike
Auras Golddiggers Association 2–2 Hamilton Sandstorm (2–2 AET) (4–1 pen.)
North-East Commune United 0–0 Groenfields (1–0 AET)
Grenville Sailors 1–0 Scepter Queenstown
Fishermen 3–0 Grenadiers
Hyacinth Vaduz 2–1 Lexington Victory
Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC 3–0 Lyntonville FC
Dunerton United 1–3 Pinkerton FC
Mariners 0–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Talos River Titans 1–1 Kingsley United (2–2 AET) (2–4 pen.)
Rogue River Valley 0–1 Hesperidium Gardens
Westmore Bluffs 1–0 Marley Downs
Club 24 0–1 Astrolabe
Mebet Corporation 1–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Royal Queenstown 1–1 Club Rock Hyrax (1–1 AET) (4–2 pen.)

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 11
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
FC Farleigh-Warburton 3–1 Agri Foodbowl
Burnton 1963 0–1 Astrolabe
Celtic Noviodunum 4–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
Vaduz Portcullis 2–1 Arrowhead Point
Grenville Sailors 4–2 Prescott Wolves
Centralis Heart 0–2 Lexington Victory
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Royal Queenstown

Olympic Nassau Bay once again got on the victory trail, this time with a win over Eclipse New Gelderland in a tightly fought match, only won by the home side in the last few minutes of the game with a nicely shot Varley cross into the net. FC Farleigh-Warburton dominated Agri Foodbowl - Lynn-Peters, Henry, and Virgo each adding one apiece for the home team, their winners coming into the net with ease. Astrolabe controlled the defensive end of the pitch against Burton 1963's admittedly weak attack, and they went on the attack themselves, a lucky gust of win managing to carry an errant pass above Sakoto's outstretched fingers. Celtic Noviodunum apparently found Hamilton Sandstorm's defense to be woefully lacking for they went out of their normal comfort range of clean sheet defeats with one goal scored in order to take and exploit quite a few opportunities on the away side's game, basically dissecting the away side like a lab animal. Kira Koromin scored a brace for the club, deftly maneuvering around the hapless Sandstorm defenders, and Wolf and Adrianajaka both added one goal apiece. Vaduz Portcullis added a second win in a row by defeating Arrowhead Point although Gabu gave the home club a scare half an hour into the match. Nonetheless the young Conte came back against the away team, scoring an angled cross into the net, and Fede of Fluvique added the winning goal an hour into the match, avoiding a loss and securing the full three points. Grenville Sailors defeated Prescott Wolves in a fairly scoreful match, more so than the normal Terranean League game, and the away side put three into the net and then added another goal for good measure. Lexington Victory continued their excellent momentum, stifling the attack of Krane and Solaris with Centralis Heart and managing the attack skillfully themselves. Louis Rhodes proved crucial in controlling the midfield and blocking Solaris and the aging Krane, while Sakho added his offensive expertise by scoring a goal. Nivo and Ignas also distinguished themselves on the defensive side in the clash, as well as passing through to the midfield, where Lucas Topolsky, the standout Fluviquean midfielder, added the extra goal to seal the win. Finally Somer City added on to the parade of defeats for Royal Queenstown, again denying Ceka and Ipirina a goal while taking advantage of their opportunities, at last Lluvatar's goal landing in the net after taking advantage of a momentary lapse in the Queenstown defense, making Audra Collins shake her head in the defeat.

Matchday 12
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Lexington Victory 1–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Prescott Wolves 2–2 Centralis Heart
Arrowhead Point 2–3 Grenville Sailors
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Astrolabe 0–2 Celtic Noviodunum
Agri Foodbowl 1–2 Burnton 1963
Olympic Nassau Bay 2–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton

Eclipse New Gelderland put defensive pressure on Royal Queenstown at home and succeeded in blocking any of the Royal Queenstown shots on goal, thwarting Ipirina and Ceka, while Skoko managed to outrun the Queenstown defense and score on a one-and-one with her countrywoman Audra Collins. Lexington Victory's midfield offense could not pull out the victory against Somer City but at least the home team did not lose out the full three points, securing a draw, perhaps a bit disappointing for the home team, on such a good run of form so far. This match actually proved to be fairly aggressive, with the Somer City midfield putting pressure on the home team, but Lexington still managing to come on top with the pressure, ultimately unable to actually convert some of their opportunities. Stretner knocked his team's goal in on a header from a Sakho pass; Ben Griffin scored for his team, his shot curling above the wall on a direct free kick and right into the left corner. Prescott's free-flowing attacking strategy worked against a slightly more defensive Centralis Heart, earning a draw at home, certainly a disappointment for the away side, who had hoped for an end to unlucky results. For the away side, Solaris headed in a ball from the corner and added in another goal off a pass from Alexander Krane. Unlike Prescott, Arrowhead Point's attacking strategy did not work as well against Grenville, the Hatakeda/Miyanami partnership able to outrun the Arrowhead Point defense, while Gabu and Kristin-Hendrijke, although scoring a goal apiece, did not hit enough of their shots in to secure a win. Vaduz Portcullis survived a scare against Hamilton Sandstorm; after the home side scored one in the first half, Paris and Conte both knocked in a goal apiece to make up the deficit and win the match, Conte the Osarian youngster who has surprisingly done extremely well here at Portcullis. Celtic Noviodunum and Astrolabe, two fairly defensive sides, squared off at the latter's home ground, Kira Koromin's creativity proving enough to win the match. Koromin scored one of the goals herself and assisted with the other, an excellent pass to Abigail Knight avoiding some defenders and the latter's good shot sealing the victory. Burnton 1963 and its lack of striking expertise nonetheless scored a a win against Agri Foodbowl, Northgrove and Latham both scoring. Finally, Olympic Nassau Bay scored somewhat of an upset against the oft-misspelled Farleigh-Warburton, Auros and Varley both penetrating David Fenech's fine goalkeeping, while Savill, Agassi, and Kurovski held off a resurgent Farleigh-Warburton offense, led by Virgo and Lynn-Peters, who score the away side's only goal.

Matchday 13
FC Farleigh-Warburton 2–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Burnton 1963 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Celtic Noviodunum 4–0 Agri Foodbowl
Vaduz Portcullis 0–0 Astrolabe
Grenville Sailors 2–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
Centralis Heart 3–0 Arrowhead Point
Somer City and Surrounds 2–0 Prescott Wolves
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Lexington Victory

Matchday 13 proved to match most expectations as the favored teams won their matches, while a blockbuster Royal Queenstown/Lexington Victory match met expectations as well, although the result was unexpected. FC Farleigh-Warburton did not let Eclipse New Gelderland's defense spoil their party as they comfortably won at home two to nil, the Electrumite NTer Lynn-Peters and the Gelderlish NT-er Virgo each exploiting gaps in the defense to secure the win. In a tightly fought contest between Olympic Nassau Bay and Burnton 1963, the latter did not create many goal chances and the former's goalkeeper Anna Kurovski saved several of those chances, but only one, a shot from Jake Latham on a direct free kick, made it into the goal, securing the victory for the home team. Celtic Noviodunum had an unusually rich feast at home against Agri Foodbowl, the highly defensive team scoring four goals - two courtesy of the Port Christopher national Tim Maitfield, who has only now began to find his place at Celtic Noviodunum, and the other two from Kira Koromin, the long-haired Cenian who has continued to bedazzle the Terranean League. Astrolabe's strong defense held Vaduz Portcullis to a scoreless draw, and the home team could not find their bearings against the Astrolabe team's brick wall defense. Grenville Sailors defeated Hamilton Sandstorm at home by two goals to one, the home team prevailing in the tight contest after a late Miyanami goal. Centralis Heart dominated the attacking side Arrowhead Point this matchday, with Alexander Krane finding the goal net twice as he nears the halfway mark of his last competitive season; Tyro Solaris added another goal off a beautiful pass to ensure the comfortable win. Royal Queenstown, recently beset by a case of the wobblies, again found their form, this time in a crucial match against the table-leaders Lexington Victory. Victory could not deal with the strong home support and the midfield failed, time and time again, to stop the ever-frequent Ipirina/Ceka strikes. Although Alex Bastion-Rier proved a bastion against many of those shots, one Ceka shot, meant to be a pass to Ipirina, curled into the upper right corner of the net. And while Lexington Victory mounted a fierce comeback, Audra Collins denied Sakho, Stretner, and Rhodes, some of the league's most prolific scorers as of yet, any chances to score with some superb saves at the goal.

Matchday 14
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Lexington Victory
Prescott Wolves 0–3 Royal Queenstown
Arrowhead Point 3–5 Somer City and Surrounds
Hamilton Sandstorm 2–1 Centralis Heart
Astrolabe 1–3 Grenville Sailors
Agri Foodbowl 1–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
FC Farleigh-Warburton 3–2 Burnton 1963

Lexington Victory again suffered another bad-luck disappointment, this time to Eclipse New Gelderland, as the away team was held scoreless in a second straight match as Stretner, Sakho, and Rhodes apparently lost some of their goal-scoring magic. Perhaps, though, the draw was the work of the Osarian goalkeeper Ashley West, who pulled out a mighty fine show to deny the aforementioned trio their share of the glory. Royal Queenstown, though, continued their momentum stemming from their defeat of Lexington Victory, comfortably defeating Prescott Wolves away. Luke Donovan, a promising Gelderlish youngster, played a perhaps outsized role in the victory, scoring one of the team's goals, while the usual tandem of Ipirina and Ceka again failed to disappoint, each scoring a goal apiece in a blossoming of creativity. In a match full of goals, Somer City held off the attacking Arrowhead Point. Facing a Gabu brace and Kane goal in the first half, in the second half the away team out attacked the attackers, pockmarking the Arrowhead Point defense full of holes. Lluvatar managed to hit a hat trick, the Daineri outperforming expectations in his first season with Somer City, and Ben Griffin scoring a brace to finally overcome this tough hurdle that no one really wants to face (but everyone must). Centralis Heart suffered a shock defeat as Hamilton Sandstorm found in its attacking the key to success, converting a smaller percentage of shots than the away team but ending up scoring more goals, the lone goal of the away team coming from Samantha Perry of New Gelderland. Grenville Sailors continued a good run and again showed the best defense was a good offense, out scoring and out witting the highly defensive Astrolabe team, whose defenders' sheer numbers did not prove a match for Grenville Sailors and their strikers. Vaduz Portcullis survived a resurgent Agri Foodbowl, defeating the team only after a strong effort from Rabelomasina, Landis, and Lindegaard kept Agri Foodbowl away from the goal. Paris and Ramirez, on the other hand, did not face so much pressure on the defense, both scoring their goals fairly easily. Celtic Noviodunum returned to the barely scraping by mode, defeating the hopeful Olympic Nassau Bay away with an excellent Tim Maitfield strike in the 75th minute. Two of the Electrumite heavyweights, Farleigh-Warburton and Burnton, faced off at the former team's ground, the home side coming away in a tense and stress-filled game. Jake Latham again proved why he is that club's best offensive shot, scoring a brace. However, Farleigh-Warburton proved its midfield supremacy by out-passing and outrunning the Burnton defense and its goalkeeper Sakoto, Virgo scoring a brace and Lynn-Peters scoring the winning goal off of an excellent Toure pass.

Matchday 15
Burnton 1963 3–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Celtic Noviodunum 1–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Vaduz Portcullis 0–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Grenville Sailors 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Centralis Heart 2–0 Astrolabe
Somer City and Surrounds 5–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Lexington Victory 5–2 Prescott Wolves

Burnton 1963 bounced back from their loss last matchday with an emphatic defeat of Eclipse New Gelderland at home. Eclipse just didn't apply enough defensive pressure on the potent Burnton offense, with Palomo and McAdams performing splendidly in the midfield to create opportunities for the Burnton offense to get ahead and score those goals. Celtic Noviodunum drew with FC Fairleigh-Warburton, the two teams adjacent to each other on the ladder both played a highly competitive match with stunning saves from both Horn and Fenech, the two national team goalkeepers for New Gelderland and Electrum respectively. Cenian Koromin, one of the MVPs of the DBC played to expectations, securing a goal with a header, whilst for Fairleigh-Warburton, Lynn-Peters made the best chances from his midfield to hit it cleanly into the corner of the goal. Olympic Nassau Bay defeated Vaduz Portcullis with Auros connected a pass from Blackfoot, a rare instance of Nassau Bay doing so successfully, to convert early in the first half. From then on, it was a bit shaky with Nassau Bay trying to hold on to their singular goal for the rest of the match, but despite a few mistakes and close calls, they managed to take all three points from Vaduz. The Grenville Sailors edged out Agri Foodbowl one goal to zip in their match. In a match filled with rioting and flares (the two teams are rivals), Miyanami scored in the smokey conditions late in the second half to take the victory. Centralis Heart tried to keep their season alive by defeating Astrolabe 2-0 in a smashing effort, with Krane and Solaris making an effective striking duo, taking a goal each to seal the victory. On the other side of the nation, Somer City defeated Hamilton in a 5-1 smashing, including three quick goals in succession after the first goal by Fielding caught the net. Griffin would score two of those three, whilst Lluvtar scored one more. In the second half, to add salt to the wound, Plechistov kept kicking the ball at the goalkeeper -- with no defenders to assist, it took the third try for the ball to get in. As a consolation, Hamilton's lone goal which came in the 87th minute came from the foot of Russell, but by then it was too late. Royal Queenstown defeated Arrowhead Point in a surprisingly close match, despite their relative positions on the table. Arrowhead Point played fearlessly, as if they had nothing to lose, and really piled on the pressure on Queenstown. But, experience prevailed for Queenstown as Arrowhead Point failed to convert, it took a singular goal from Irlian Ceka, who played creatively and took calculated risks. On the final match of this halfway point, Lexington Victory played a hugely scrappy match against Prescott Wolves. For the team at the top of the ladder to go against the team at the bottom of the ladder, it didn't seem like it, with Victory making mistakes such as leaving lanes wide open for passing and so forth. In the end, it was the sheer amount of goals that was scored - seven, which really said it all, with Bastion-Rier not performing his best, fumbling both balls into the net. Victory need to improve from this effort if they want to keep their place on top of the table.

League table

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          15   10   3   2    28   13  +15    33
 2 Somer City and Surrounds   15    8   4   3    29   14  +15    28
 3 Royal Queenstown           15    8   3   4    19    8  +11    27
 4 Burnton 1963               15    8   3   4    25   18   +7    27
 5 Celtic Noviodunum          15    7   4   4    23   13  +10    25
 6 FC Farleigh-Warburton      15    7   4   4    19   12   +7    25
 7 Vaduz Portcullis           15    7   4   4    20   14   +6    25
 8 Grenville Sailors          15    7   3   5    18   17   +1    24
 9 Centralis Heart            15    6   5   4    21   14   +7    23
10 Olympic Nassau Bay         15    7   0   8    15   19   −4    21
11 Eclipse New Gelderland     15    5   3   7     9   15   −6    18
12 Agri Foodbowl              15    5   2   8    17   29  −12    17
13 Astrolabe                  15    5   1   9     9   20  −11    16
14 Hamilton Sandstorm         15    3   2  10    19   32  −13    11
15 Arrowhead Point            15    3   1  11    16   31  −15    10
16 Prescott Wolves            15    2   2  11    15   33  −18     8

Copa Terranea - Round 2
Kale Island Dwarfs 3–2 Nassau Bay United
Fishermen 0–5 Kingsley United
Alterham 2–1 FC Fairleigh-Warburton
North-East Commune United 0–1 Grenville Sailors
Sea Otters FC 1–4 Fernack River
Sentinel Peak 3–0 Flint Ridge Eagles
Somer City and Surrounds 3–0 Agri Foodbowl
Centralis Heart 1–0 Westmore Bluffs
Hesperidium Gardens 2–0 Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC
Astrolabe 1–0 Pinkerton FC
Lexington Conflagration 3–2 Rising Sun
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Auras Golddiggers Association
Eelak Livers 2–0 Prescott Wolves
Condor Strike 2–2 Royal Queenstown (3–4 AET)
Hyacinth Vaduz 1–1 Olympic Nassau Bay (1–1 AET) (5–3 pen.)
Mebet Corporation 3–0 Forest Glen

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 16
Eclipse New Gelderland 3–3 Prescott Wolves
Lexington Victory 3–0 Arrowhead Point
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Hamilton Sandstorm
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Astrolabe
Centralis Heart 2–2 Agri Foodbowl
Grenville Sailors 2–2 Olympic Nassau Bay
Vaduz Portcullis 0–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Celtic Noviodunum 2–0 Burnton 1963

There were lots of two's and three's in this matchday which turned out to be fairly less defensive than some of this league's other matchdays. Eclipse New Gelderland scored some goals for a change but their defensive structure could not hold off an offensive Prescott Wolves team which was dying to score. Ultimately however neither team could pull ahead with the victory. Lexington Victory overcame hiccups from their last match at Prescitt to comfortably win at the aggressive Arrowhead Point, holding off the attacking side which left holes in the defense for Rhodes, Sakho, and Stretner to exploit. Royal Queenstown also came out on top, Ceka and Ipirina both contributing one goal apiece to the winning effort due to their excellent striking partnership. Somer City had a good match as well but Astrolabe kept them guessing for much of hit. However, Lluvatar's golden touch proved enough for the home team to remove itself from the Astrolabe encumbrances, and the latter club's defensive style basically ensured they would score no more goals. Meanwhile Agri Foodbowl inflicted some pain on a Centralis Heart hoping for good results, Kasusi and Vollen able to exploit a weaker-than-usual defense and passing lanes to keep Heart on their toes, preventing effective counterattacks. Solaris and Krane said no mas to that, but their excellent effort could not pull them to victory. Olympic Nassau Bay was hoping that they could pull off a win against a starless Grenville Sailors, but the away side's fans proved to keep the team stressed and perhaps a bit off its game. Hatakeda and Miyanami both proved effective strikers, with the crowd spurring them on, but Varley and Auros both proved that they had the guts to score against the rowdy Sailors at home. The top Electrumite team, Farleigh-Warburton, pushed through Vaduz Portcullis's gates, Pierrô and Lobo both setting up effective Virgo and Toure goals to secure the win. Finally Celtic Noviodunum pounced on the weak Burnton offense, and the result was a far cry from the same at the beginning of the season. Noviodunum kept Latham and Lancaster guessing on the defense while Kira Koromin read Sakoto like a book, scoring a goal, but Tim Maitfield put the finishing touch on the team's resounding victory at home.

Matchday 17
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Burnton 1963 2–2 Vaduz Portcullis
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Centralis Heart
Agri Foodbowl 3–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Astrolabe 0–1 Royal Queenstown
Hamilton Sandstorm 3–3 Lexington Victory
Arrowhead Point 4–3 Prescott Wolves

Celtic Noviodunum continued its good run of form so far, defeating Celtic Noviodunum, with the energetic Tim Maitfield now finding his place with the club (although a bit belatedly) by scoring the sole goal against Eclipse New Gelderland, an opponent with a dangerous defense. Burnton and Vaduz both continued disappointing runs so far, and neither could pull away the win and energize the fans in this entertaining match. Lancaster and Northgrove found a rhythm today, scoring one apiece and showing a good tandem approach to the goal, while the standout star Giancarlo Conte and Rachel Ramirez both contributed to Vaduz's side of the story. Ultimately, though, both sides left the pitch ruing their missed chances, Burnton, the home team, especially because they had hoped to secure the full three points in front of a packed house. Farleigh-Warburton had a hard time against Grenville Sailors but eventually they came ahead in the game, Lynn-Peters knocking the only goal into the net on a penalty when Puccio fouled Henry inside the penalty box. Centralis Heart played to a packed Olympic Stadium and successfully fought the crowds, Tyro Solaris breaking through the pressure, and Anna Kurovski, to score the only goal of the match and the defense prevented an Olympic Nassau Bay comeback. Agri Foodbowl had a surprise waiting for Somer City when they played their match in the partisan atmosphere at Walkers Stadium in Agri. Lukas Vollen scored a hat trick to put the home team ahead of a powerful Electrumite side that featured names such as Lluvatar, Varelovsky, and Griffin, the latter two scored a goal. Royal Queenstown found its bearings against Astrolabe, away no less, and Irlian Ceka successfully pushed the goal into the net above a powerful defensive lineup to secure the win for the away side. Hamilton Sandstorm played free-flowing attacking football and stymied Lexington Victory's chances of their club name coming true in this match. The away team played well, but not well enough, to thwart Hamilton's plan to get points, Sakho scoring a hat trick. Rhodes missed a crucial chance in the 80th minute, and he must be ruing that chance for victory in his sleep. Arrowhead Point played Prescott Wolves in an entertaining aggressive match, with the home team coming out ahead by just one goal in a very topsy-turvy match, both teams being ahead during the match at one point.

Matchday 18
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Arrowhead Point
Prescott Wolves 2–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
Lexington Victory 1–0 Astrolabe
Royal Queenstown 0–0 Agri Foodbowl
Somer City and Surrounds 1–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Centralis Heart 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Burnton 1963
Vaduz Portcullis 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum

This must have been one of the lowest scoring matchdays all season, with defense the name of the game (as a lot of teams apparently subscribe to the theory that "offense wins games, but defense wins championships") and only 9 goals scored in the entire matchday, far less than what has been scored in some matches alone over in the Cenian Premier League. Arrowhead Point eventually broke through Eclipse New Gelderland's strong defense, Gabu and Matthew Kane playing a highly opportunistic, and successful, version of attacking football, the latter player coming through to score. In a match of the two bottom-dwellers on the table, Prescott grabbed some highly needed points against Hamilton. Lexington Victory faced a tough defense in Astrolabe, but eventually Soren Sakho, the young Semar striker, put the team ahead after an excellent run to the opposition goal. Royal Queenstown suffered yet another disappointing result as they failed to score a single goal against Agri Foodbowl at home, the small contingent of away supporters pulling much more than their numbers would indicate; the away team played an excellent game to deny Ceka and Ipirina, the creative goalscorers, any goals at all. Olympic Nassau Bay held the title-contenders Somer City to a one-all draw, certainly a blow to that team's attempts to get on top of the table; Griffin scored for the home team, Auros scored for the away side in a modestly entertaining match. Centralis Heart also started to rise in the rankings, especially their defeat of their fellow Electrumite team Farleigh-Warburton. The away side held their defense firm but Solaris was able to juke around the Farleigh defenders, passing back and setting up an excellent Krane goal. Burnton 1963 also held a slight edge over Grenville Sailors this matchday, the sole goal off a Lancaster strike, while the Burnton midfield kept Grenville Sailors bottled up. Celtic Noviodunum and Vaduz Portcullis battled to a one-all draw, neither side able to fully mobilize their offensive resources, while both sides kept their defenses strong, fit, and fully manned to prevent too many goal-scoring chances.

Matchday 19
Vaduz Portcullis 2–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Burnton 1963 0–0 Centralis Heart
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Olympic Nassau Bay 2–3 Royal Queenstown
Agri Foodbowl 2–1 Lexington Victory
Astrolabe 1–0 Prescott Wolves
Hamilton Sandstorm 0–0 Arrowhead Point

Nil-all draws were the name of the game on Matchday 19 with Burnton 1963 drawing Centralis Heart on a tightly contested match whereas in Hamilton, the Sandstorm failed to pull off one of the biggest upsets, failing to score against Arrowhead Point. In other news, Eclipse New Gelderland continued their bad form with a 2-1 loss to Vaduz Portcullis with Conte and Ramirez continuing on their form from last week. Celtic Noviodunum's lone goal came from a surprise in the 90th minute. With scores locked at nil-all, Noviodunum's goalkeeper took a risk and with the ball at the other end, all eleven players were pressuring the Grenville defense. The defense eventually cracked with a goal from Horn, the Noviodunum goalkeeper, and the first goal scored by a goalie this season. Two adjacent teams on the ladder - FC Fairleigh-Warburton and Somer City and Surrounds played an expected tight match with Somer taking advantage of the opening on the left flank, Fielding scoring. On the other hand, Luke Virgo scored for FC Fairleigh-Warburton, the ball just too high for Kara's hands. Royal Queenstown defeated Olympic Nassau Bay with a 3-2 victory. The decisive goal for Queenstown came on the 73rd minute when Ceka and Ipirina combined with a brilliant goal, Ceka converting the goal with an almost unbelievable angle set up by Iprina. Agri Foodbowl handed Lexington Victory just their third loss of the season. The rapturous crowd roared at the final siren with manager Kennedy fist pumping in the air, Vollen scoring both goals, whilst Haskins scored the consolation goal for the table toppers. Finally, in the battle between the two cellar dwellers, Astrolabe came up on top with a singular goal from Polaaskan's Sweidenheim. Mitchell for Astrolabe was the star keeper, as both sides stuck to their defences throughout, making it a boring match for all watching.

Matchday 20
Eclipse New Gelderland 5–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
Arrowhead Point 4–2 Astrolabe
Prescott Wolves 3–3 Agri Foodbowl
Lexington Victory 4–4 Olympic Nassau Bay
Royal Queenstown 0–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Somer City and Surrounds 3–1 Burnton 1963
Centralis Heart 0–3 Celtic Noviodunum
Grenville Sailors 1–1 Vaduz Portcullis

This week seemed to be an exact opposite of the last week: from only 9 goals last week to 39 this week, a jump of 30 and 333%, and definitely an excitement for the fans. It seemed that Eclipse New Gelderland and Arrowhead Point made up for their frustrations last week by lashing out on Hamilton and Astrolabe respectively, teams that are on the bottom of the ladder. Eclipse had a five goal frenzy, when one goal went through, it was like floodgates for the next four to come in quick succession. The 1-0 lead Hamilton had made had crumbled. Arrowhead Point played a closer match with Astrolabe, with both teams with two goals apiece at half time. However, two more early goals in the second half by Gabu and Matthew Kane allowed Arrowhead Point to defend their lead to allow them to win the match. Agri Foodbowl has continued its good run so far, but to them, its draw with the bottom-feeders Prescott Wolves scoreful but a bit disappointing. Lexington Victory and Olympic Nassau Bay had a very free-flowing an attacking game, probably one of the most entertaining in this entire season. Lexington dominated the start, with Rhodes and Sakho each scoring a goal, before Varley and Auros scored one apiece to equalize the game. Lexington Victory and Olympic Nassau Bay then fought for the remainder of the match to secure the victory, but neither could get it, Stretner and Topolsky scoring for the home team, Blackfoot and Varley again for the away side. FC Farleigh-Warburton's defense held Ceka and Ipirina scoreless again as Luke Virgo managed to get the ball past the up-and-coming Audra Collins. Somer City rebounded from their tough loss last week in a comfortable win against Burnton, their midfield outflanking Palomo and McAdams and their offense outscoring Latham, Lluvatar, Griffin, and Fielding each scoring one apiece in the victory. Celtic Novidunum took some good opportunities against the attacking Centralis Heart, Eliot Horn managing to block most of Solaris's and Krane's shots, while Kira Koromin scored a brace with her creative magic and TIm Maitfield working his way up in Willoughby's mind, scoring the remaining goal with a nice, powerful shot. Grenville Sailors held Vaduz Portcullis to a draw in what has been a poor few weeks for the latter team, even though Conte shined further by scoring his team's only goal.

League table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          20   12   5   3    40   22  +18    41
 2 Celtic Noviodunum          20   11   5   4    30   13  +17    38
 3 Royal Queenstown           20   11   4   5    25   11  +14    37
 4 Somer City and Surrounds   20   10   6   4    37   20  +17    36
 5 FC Farleigh-Warburton      20   10   5   5    24   14  +10    35
 6 Burnton 1963               20    9   5   6    29   25   +4    32
 7 Centralis Heart            20    8   7   5    25   19   +6    31
 8 Vaduz Portcullis           20    8   7   5    25   20   +5    31
 9 Grenville Sailors          20    7   5   8    21   23   −2    26
10 Agri Foodbowl              20    7   5   8    27   37  −10    26
11 Olympic Nassau Bay         20    7   3  10    24   30   −6    24
12 Eclipse New Gelderland     20    6   4  10    18   23   −5    22
13 Arrowhead Point            20    6   2  12    25   39  −14    20
14 Astrolabe                  20    6   1  13    12   27  −15    19
15 Prescott Wolves            20    3   4  13    26   45  −19    13
16 Hamilton Sandstorm         20    3   4  13    24   44  −20    13

Copa Terranea - round 3
Astrolabe 1–1 Somer City and Surrounds (1–1 AET) (0–3 pen.)
Lexington Conflagration 0–2 Hyacinth Vaduz
Sentinel Peak 1–2 Grenville Sailors
Fernack River 1–3 Kingsley United
Alterham 3–0 Mebet Corporation
Hesperidium Gardens 0–1 Royal Queenstown
Centralis Heart 1–0 Eelak Livers
Arrowhead Point 2–1 Kale Island Dwarfs

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 21
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Vaduz Portcullis 4–0 Centralis Heart
Celtic Noviodunum 2–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Burnton 1963 1–2 Royal Queenstown
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–1 Lexington Victory
Olympic Nassau Bay 4–3 Prescott Wolves
Agri Foodbowl 1–1 Arrowhead Point
Astrolabe 1–0 Hamilton Sandstorm

Eclipse New Gelderland had a come-from-behind victory in their match against Grenville Sailors. The Sailors had been creating opportunities through Geraldine Fawn but were unable to capitalise thanks to the gloves of Eclipse GK Osarian Ashley West. In the end, Sunngifu-Brittani avoided the offside trap and scored a goal with ten minutes to full time. Vaduz Portcullis smashed Centralis Heart 4-0. The Heart looked skittish with Manager Clark unable to explain why his team did so badly today. Portcullis Fede was potent, scoring a hat trick with three goals in ten short minutes, whilst Conte scored the early goal. Celtic Noviodunum continued their clean sheet streat with a defeat over Somer City, Somer City just unable to get past the midfield combination of Andrianajaka and Gelder NT player Wolf. Koromin continued her reputation as top scorer in the DBC with an assist (Wolf) and a goal of herself. Royal Queenstown defeated Burnton with a very competitive first half resulting in no goals being scored. Cooper and Ceka on the left flank combined well to both score a goal, whilst Burnton's Latham scored the lone goal off a corner. Lexington Victory eked out a single goal in the first minute of play, with Fenech, the preferred NT goalkeeper being off guard, the ball sailed quickly through the FC Fairleigh half. From then on it was competitive, with many possibilities of goals, but ultimately none were scored. Prescott Wolves could not catch a break, squandering their early 2-0 lead to be defeated 4-3 in a thrilling, yet scrappy match. Agri Foodbowl hosted Arrowhead Point and managed to draw, a penalty by Agri allowed Arrowhead Point's Gabu to score to the booing in the crowd. Astrolabe, against Hamilton in the bottom of the table match got a 1-0 victory, their goal from midfielder Petrowicz.

Matchday 22
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Astrolabe
Hamilton Sandstorm 2–4 Agri Foodbowl
Arrowhead Point 0–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Prescott Wolves 3–4 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Lexington Victory 2–0 Burnton 1963
Royal Queenstown 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Centralis Heart 1–0 Grenville Sailors

Once again, Eclipse New Gelderland just couldn't continue their form from last week with a frustrating draw over Astrolabe -- a match they should've won. Astrolabe were demoralised, but ENG just couldn't mount an offense, with holes in their midfield. Agri Foodbowl secured an easy victory over the struggling Sandstorm, 4-2. Ratray and Kasusi were the key to the team, with the strikers constantly finding holes in the Sandstorm defense. With the lead secured, Hamilton staged a come back with the more relaxed team committing some errors, but it was already too late and the damage was done. Similarly, FC Fairleigh-Warburton managed to avoid a crushing draw against the bottom-of-the-table Prescott Wolves with their complacency nearly costing them the match. Sorenson and Montgomery were all over the place, allowing the centre to be exploited by Prescott, but again, it wasn't enough. Lexington Victory defeated Burnton 2-0, thus continuing their clean sheet streak. The other games on this matchday were decided by a decisive goal. Olympic Nassau Bay and Centralis Heart got an early lead and defended it thanks to Costello and Krane respectively. Celtic Noviodunum's Koromin continued her stunning form with a goal out of nowhere in the 73rd minute whilst Somer City's Serafim scored when Vaduz Portcullis' Landis tripped Varelovsky over, resulting in a yellow card, and that combined with a previous one led him to being sent off. A man down from Porcullis, Serafim scored easily, being unpaired.

Matchday 23
Centralis Heart 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Grenville Sailors 3–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Lexington Victory
Burnton 1963 1–0 Prescott Wolves
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–2 Hamilton Sandstorm
Agri Foodbowl 1–1 Astrolabe

All matches except one saw one side keep a clean sheet, a truly impressive feat, but expected in this defence-oriented league where goals are harder to score and strategy and tactics, not individual players are key. The only draw for the week was between a disappointing Agri Foodbowl against Astrolabe. Foodbowl held the lead for most of the match, but squandered it with a miracle equaliser from Sandersen, who moved the ball by himself from the halfway point to the goal, expertly manoeuvring between the players. Grenville Sailors smashed Somer City 3-0 with Keck, Fawn and Miyanami each scoring one goal each, Somer being taken advantage at its weakest point -- Christoffersen on the middle defense. As the two flank defenders moved towards the middle, the ball was drawn to the flanks where Grenville scored. Hamilton Sandstorm gained a rare victory in a desparate bid to create room between them and Prescott at the relegation zone. Heart defeated Eclipse New Gelderland (Perry), Vaduz Portcullis outwitted Royal Queenstown (Conte), Celtic Noviodunum extended their clean sheet and winning streak over Lexington Victory, a tough feat in itself, as they are both the top two teams (Marton), Burnton 1963 beat Prescott Wolves (Latham) and FC Fairleigh-Warburton's Lynn-Peters scored their lone goal against Arrowhead Point.

Matchday 24
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Agri Foodbowl
Astrolabe 0–2 Olympic Nassau Bay
Hamilton Sandstorm 3–4 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Arrowhead Point 1–1 Burnton 1963
Prescott Wolves 0–2 Celtic Noviodunum
Lexington Victory 3–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Royal Queenstown 2–2 Grenville Sailors
Somer City and Surrounds 1–2 Centralis Heart

Eclipse' middling season was continued when they lost at home to a well oiled Agri Foodbowl. Agri's Nepharan Anderton was the sole goalscorer, who overcame a double save from West to score. Olympic Nassau Bay defeated Astrolabe 2-0, continuing Astrolabe's descent down the rankings. Auros and Hamachi scored a goal each, but there was not a lot of team work or chemistry between the two, working by themselves to poke holes in the poor Astrolabe defence to score. FC Fairleigh-Warburton stopped Hamilton's chances of a miracle draw. After rushing to a 3-0 victory they seemed invincible, but they somehow fell apart in the second half, with one goal being scored against leading to a floodgate of goals by Hamilton to 3-3. It was only after a late goal by Pierrô that sealed the win. Arrowhead Point secured a draw against Burnton 1963 with Kane and Northgrove scoring those goals. Celtic Noviodunum defeated Prescott 2-0, continuing on their miserable season with Koromin scoring both of those goals. In a similar match, Queenstown drew with the Sailors. Lexington Victory perilously held on to the lead with thirteen minutes to go when a banana shot by Victory's Stretner which saw the ball curve into the goal saw Victory win. Finally, the Heart defeated Somer City. Somer continued their poor form from last week with basic errors such as turnovers the glaring reason why they lost, unable to switch gears from defence to offence.

Matchday 25
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Centralis Heart 0–0 Royal Queenstown
Grenville Sailors 1–2 Lexington Victory
Vaduz Portcullis 4–2 Prescott Wolves
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Burnton 1963 0–1 Hamilton Sandstorm
FC Farleigh-Warburton 2–0 Astrolabe
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–0 Agri Foodbowl

Somer City finally came out of their rut at the expense of Eclipse New Gelderland. It wasn't a close match at all, but with Ashley West on the team, she scored many shots on goal, nonetheless Serafim somehow made it through the net to make it 1-0. Centralis Heart drew with Royal Queenstown in a high quality nil-all match. There were many opportunities to score, but again the goalkeepers were just too good in keeping the ball out, assisted by good defensive structures too. Lexington Victory defeated the Sailors 2-1 and kept Celtic Noviodunum within reach of the top of the championship spot. Vaduz Portcullis smashed the Prescott Wolves again. The two more offensive sides of the competition went head to head, but ultimately the midfield combo of James-Espinosa gave more opportunities for Porcullis to capitalise. Celtic continued their brilliant form with a victory over 1-0, again keeping a blank sheet whilst Hamilton Sandstorm tried to stay out of the relegation zone with five matchdays to go with a victory over the favoured Burnton. FC Fairleigh-Warburton were expected to defeat Astrolabe, maintaining their margin for the Championship Cup place for Electrum. Finally, Agri Foodbowl were kicking themselves after a miskick by Lansivuori saw an own goal being scored.

League table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Celtic Noviodunum          25   16   5   4    37   13  +24    53
 2 Lexington Victory          25   16   5   4    48   26  +22    53
 3 FC Farleigh-Warburton      25   14   5   6    35   21  +14    47
 4 Somer City and Surrounds   25   12   6   7    40   27  +13    42
 5 Royal Queenstown           25   12   6   7    29   16  +13    42
 6 Centralis Heart            25   11   8   6    29   24   +5    41
 7 Vaduz Portcullis           25   11   7   7    36   26  +10    40
 8 Burnton 1963               25   10   6   9    32   31   +1    36
 9 Olympic Nassau Bay         25   11   3  11    32   35   −3    36
10 Agri Foodbowl              25    9   7   9    34   42   −8    34
11 Grenville Sailors          25    8   6  11    27   29   −2    30
12 Eclipse New Gelderland     25    7   5  13    19   26   −7    26
13 Astrolabe                  25    7   3  15    14   32  −18    24
14 Arrowhead Point            25    6   4  15    27   44  −17    22
15 Hamilton Sandstorm         25    5   4  16    32   53  −21    19
16 Prescott Wolves            25    3   4  18    34   60  −26    13

Copa Terranea - quarterfinals
Arrowhead Point 4–2 Grenville Sailors
Centralis Heart 1–0 Hyacinth Vaduz
Somer City and Surrounds 6–4 Kingsley United
Royal Queenstown 4–3 Alterham

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 26
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Agri Foodbowl 0–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Astrolabe 0–1 Burnton 1963
Hamilton Sandstorm 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Arrowhead Point 1–4 Vaduz Portcullis
Prescott Wolves 1–2 Grenville Sailors
Lexington Victory 3–2 Centralis Heart
Royal Queenstown 0–1 Somer City and Surrounds

Matchday 26 was a day full of dominations, as it seemed that home teams (save for the exception of Lexington Victory) were the big losers for today. FC Fairleigh-Warburton, Burnton 1963, Celtic Noviodunum had away victories over teams that could just not just match the creativity and the flair that the top-of-the-ladder teams have. Olympic Nassau Bay edged out a narrow victory against Eclipse New Gelderland. A strong gust of wind off a backwards pass from Jaconelli made the ball sail right into the goal for an own goal -- Eclipse' bad luck continued. Vaduz Portcullis smashed Arrowhead Point 4-1. The defensive formation of Arrowhead Point wasn't compatible with Vaduz' fluid midfield and Vaduz found opportunities easily. The Sailors managed another victory against the demoralised home crowd of Prescott, with the NFX pairing of Keck and Fawn and Sunrisian Hatakeda/Miyanami combo really pairing well with each other, each pair a goal each. Lexington Victory were the only home team to win their match on this day, on a close match. It was tit-for-tat with Centralis Heart constantly equalising, but Victory had one last goal which sealed the deal in the last five minutes of play. Finally, Somer defeated Queenstown 1-0, the lone goal from Griffin in the first half being the difference.

Matchday 27
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Somer City and Surrounds 2–1 Lexington Victory
Centralis Heart 5–1 Prescott Wolves
Grenville Sailors 3–1 Arrowhead Point
Vaduz Portcullis 5–4 Hamilton Sandstorm
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Astrolabe
Burnton 1963 2–1 Agri Foodbowl
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay

Royal Queenstown extended Eclipse' losing streak which would extend to the end of the season. The Racao Ipirina and Ceka once again to provide a goal, with Ceka pulling an unbelievable angle, passing the ball to Ipirina who sneaked it past West for a goal. Somer City dealt a blow to Lexington Victory's chances for a CC spot, defeating them 2-1, whilst Celtic Noviodunum increased their lead with a victory over Astrolabe at home. Although the Celtic's margin could have been higher, they took the win and were a step closer from guaranteeing the Terranean championship and the elusive CC spot. Centralis Heart scored five times against the Wolves, with Krane and Solaris scoring two each, and Perry adding salt to the wound. The Heart's offense was commendable, and Perry was the standout, scoring and assisting in two further goals. Grenville Sailors defeated Arrowhead Point, continuing the latter's slide down the ladder and Vaduz Portcullis, who have been cutting games very thinly lately, sneaked out with a 5-4 victory against Hamilton Sandstorm. The Sandstorm were the first to strike, with Russell from the Sarian scoring a goal. Then, Vaduz Portcullis would score three goals in succession, then three more goals from Hamilton. With the match 4-3 up in favour of Hamilton, Conte and Paris combined to score two more goals. In this topsy turvy match, Vaduz Portcullis came out on top. Agri Foodbowl were defeated by a resurgent Burnton 1963, Sakoto showing his strength as goalkeeper. Finally, FC Fairleigh-Warburton beat Olympic Nassau Bay with Luke Virgo scoring the lone goal.

Matchday 28
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Burnton 1963
Agri Foodbowl 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Astrolabe 1–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Hamilton Sandstorm 0–0 Grenville Sailors
Arrowhead Point 3–1 Centralis Heart
Prescott Wolves 2–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Lexington Victory 0–1 Royal Queenstown

In this low scoring week where only an average of 1.6 goals were scored per match, nil-all draws were played out in Agri and Hamilton, the latter team frustrated that they were unable to secure any points. As a result they looked unlikely to revive their terminal fall and will be relegated at the next season. Eclipse' bad luck continued, with a loss to Fairleigh-Warburton thanks to a goal by Virgo. Fenech's golden hands prevented Eclipse from doing a equaliser, giving Fairleigh the victory. Burnton 1963 frustrated Olympic Nassau Bay, with Nassau Bay conceding their goal with a penalty (Palomo scoring) due to an accidental handball by defender Corey Eighteenth. Vaduz Portcullis comfortably beat Astrolabe; maintaining a 2-0 lead for most of the match, conceding the last goal in the last ten minutes when victory was practically assured. Arrowhead Point were simply too good for Heart, the renowned Heart offense just could not do a thing against the ironclad defence of Arrowhead's Grange-Oriolo combination. Prescott Wolves managed a rare victory over Somer City, trying to lift themselves above Astrolabe and avoiding automatic relegation. Somer City squandered a 1-0 lead with Prescotts' Polak and Tomov fighting back, snuffing out Somer City' chances of making the Champion's Cup. Finally, Royal Queenstown (away) defeated Lexington Victory in a shock, but competitive win, Queenstown's Achilles scoring the goal.

Matchday 29
Lexington Victory 2–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Royal Queenstown 2–3 Prescott Wolves
Somer City and Surrounds 2–3 Arrowhead Point
Centralis Heart 9–3 Hamilton Sandstorm
Grenville Sailors 3–0 Astrolabe
Vaduz Portcullis 0–1 Agri Foodbowl
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Burnton 1963 0–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton

Celtic Noviodnunum have secured the championship, on the back of Lexington Victory's loss last matchday with a win over Olympic Nassau Bay. Lexington Victory meanwhile defeated Eclipse New Gelderland 2-0, whilst Prescott Wolves found some more form with a 3-2 victory over Royal Queenstown in a major upset. For the Prescottians however, this late form was too late, as relegation was all but assured, leaving their recent gain in points just too late. Arrowhead Point beat Somer City 3-2, with Kane and Gabu taking advantage of the weaker left flank from Somer City to score two of the three goals. With scores locked at 2 all, during injury time, Arrowhead's Poynter smashed a header into the goal for Arrowhead Point to clutch all three points. Centralis Heart thoroughly defeated Hamilton with a 9-3 demolition in this extremely high scoring match. Heart had six different goalscorers, Perry (3), Krane (2), Solaris, Fernando, Howe, Morgan-Brown, setting a new record for highest number of goalscorers by one team. Grenville Sailors demonstrated their dominance over Astrolabe, winning 3-0, the usual suspects being the Sunrisians scoring all of the goals. Agri Foodbowl defeated Vaduz Portcullis thanks surprisingly to a Vaduz Portcullis conceding a penalty, Ratray capitalising. FC Fairleigh-Warburton, the Electrum champions defeated Burnton, thanks to a couple of mistakes by goalkeeper Sakoto, being distracted in one goal, and not doing enough to save the ball in another.

Matchday 30
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Burnton 1963
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Vaduz Portcullis
Agri Foodbowl 0–0 Grenville Sailors
Astrolabe 0–1 Centralis Heart
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Arrowhead Point 3–5 Royal Queenstown
Prescott Wolves 2–2 Lexington Victory

In a strange occurrence, Celtic Noviodunum extended its streak of goals, not conceding ANY goals at all since the match in week 15 against Electrum Champions Fairleigh-Warburton. And it also did not lose at all in this half either, a strong 15-match unbeaten streak. Next year Celtic Noviodunum will have to do well to match, or even beat, their excellent performance this season. Burnton 1963 ended Eclipse New Gelderland's miserable campaign with a 1-0 victory, Sara Northgrove scoring, being assisted by Palomo. Vaduz Portcullis ended their largely successful season with a 1-0 defeat over Olympic Nassau Bay. As expected, the Agri Foodbowl-Grenville Sailors match ended in controversy, with yet more flares and ugly brawls outside the stadium. Luckily it ended in a draw, meaning there wasn't as much bloodshed off the field as predicted. Centralis Heart ended Astrolabe's hopes of avoiding the playoffs with a 1-0 victory, the final goal scored fittingly by the retiring Electrumite captain, Krane. In a high scoring match, Royal Queenstown defeated Arrowhead Point 5-3, thanks to some serious chemistry between Ceka and Ipirinia, Harvey's managerial success in exploiting the complementing talents of the two continued. For Hamilton Sandstorm, there were tears as they were consigned to the relegation zone with one last loss to Somer City. Meanwhile, the Prescott Wolves were also relegated, even though they surprisingly drew with Lexington Victory with some late form in the last few matchdays. Their last ditch effort did not work as their early season woes caught up to them, meaning that representative teams from Electrum's third and second largest cities were relegated to the second league. Lucky for Prescottians, Club 24, another Prescott team were promoted up, meaning that Prescott will still have a team going into next season.

Final league table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Celtic Noviodunum          30   20   6   4    41   13  +28    66  Champion, CC, CdC
 2 Lexington Victory          30   18   6   6    56   33  +23    60  GC
 3 FC Farleigh-Warburton      30   18   5   7    40   22  +18    59  CC, CdC
 4 Vaduz Portcullis           30   15   7   8    48   33  +15    52  GC
 5 Royal Queenstown           30   15   6   9    38   23  +15    51  GC
 6 Somer City and Surrounds   30   15   6   9    48   34  +14    51  GC
 7 Centralis Heart            30   14   8   8    47   34  +13    50  GC, Cygnus
 8 Burnton 1963               30   14   6  10    37   34   +3    48  GC
 9 Grenville Sailors          30   11   8  11    35   31   +4    41  MPL*
10 Olympic Nassau Bay         30   12   3  15    33   39   −6    39  MPL*
11 Agri Foodbowl              30   10   9  11    36   45   −9    39
12 Arrowhead Point            30    8   4  18    38   59  −21    28
13 Eclipse New Gelderland     30    7   5  18    19   32  −13    26
14 Astrolabe                  30    7   3  20    15   40  −25    24  PO
15 Prescott Wolves            30    5   5  20    43   72  −29    20  R
16 Hamilton Sandstorm         30    5   5  20    40   70  −30    20  R

*If played

Copa Terranea - semifinals
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Centralis Heart 1–0 Arrowhead Point

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Terranean League 2 - First half

Boudicca Noviodunum had a lot to celebrate coming into the first half of competition with only one loss, with Club 24, Pinkerton FC and Lexington Conflagaration steady behind with two losses. On the other end of the table, Alterham and Auras Goldiggers Association are in deep trouble, at the very bottom of the ladder. Thankfully, due to the split divisions beneath them, only one Electrum team will be guaranteed to be relegated, meaning that a Gelder team will also need to be relegated. In this case, it was the Talos River Titans who were at the bottom of the Gelder rankings. Nonetheless, the margins at the bottom were very close, and the first half of competition is over -- any missed opportunities and points in the first half can easily be clawed back in the second half. The once great second-tier teams of Alterham and Fernack River (both of whom qualified for the SBCC last time), two of the three E-League Two teams who were chosen to be part of the second tier of the combined league (the other being Mebet Corporation) failed badly in the transition to this second tier-league, which combined former E-League One teams (Club 24, Pinkerton, Kale Island, etc.) as well as very strong Gelder teams. They look set to return to the third tier, where most of the former E-League Two teams reside.

League table

#                                  Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Boudicca Noviodunum             15   10   4   1    33   18  +15    34
 2 Club 24                         15   10   3   2    36   17  +19    33
 3 Pinkerton FC                    15    9   4   2    34   14  +20    31
 4 Lexington Conflagration         15    8   5   2    30   16  +14    29
 5 Kale Island Dwarfs              15    8   3   4    35   28   +7    27
 6 Scepter Queenstown              15    8   3   4    28   23   +5    27
 7 Flint Ridge Summit              15    7   5   3    41   33   +8    26
 8 Nassau Bay United               15    8   0   7    28   30   −2    24
 9 Hyacinth Vaduz                  15    6   5   4    12    7   +5    23
10 Mebet Corporation               15    6   2   7    29   31   −2    20
11 Sydenham Meatworks              15    6   2   7    12   15   −3    20
12 Sentinel Peak                   15    3   3   9    23   39  −16    12
13 Fernack River                   15    2   2  11    20   34  −14     8
14 Talos River Titans              15    2   2  11    13   27  −14     8
15 Alterham                        15    2   2  11     4   24  −20     8
16 Auras Golddiggers Association   15    2   1  12    12   34  −22     7

Terranean League 2 - Second half

In stunning predictability of these lower-tier leagues, the top four teams at half-season were also the top four teams at the end of the season, with both Boudicca Noviodunum (from New Gelderland) and Club 24 (from Prescott, Electrum) being promoted. In exchange, the Terranean League relegated two teams, both from major cities of Electrum, Hamilton Sandstorm and the Prescott Wolves. Luckily for Prescottian fans, they will cheer for Club 24 instead of the Wolves in the Terranean League, whereas Hamiltonian fans will need to look another team, as they hope for the Sandstorm to revive and come back to the top flight. Former E-League One teams Kale Island Dwarfs, Sydenham Meatworks, and AGA seemed to have survived the transition smoothly. Pinkerton FC, the former champions of the E-League, and missed out on a license in the Terranean league due to insufficient funds saw most of their star talent flock towards the other teams that did nab a license. However, they tried to redeem themselves, narrowly following short of automatic promotion, and will instead settle for the playoffs, against the third worst team of the tier above. On the other end of the ladder, the worst Gelder and Electrumite teams would be relegated down, with the Talos River Titans and Fernack River being dropped, Alterham going into the playoffs. In return, the Terranean League 3 teams joining next season will be Kingsley United (ETM) who had a stellar season (26-2-2) and Flint Ridge Eagles (NGL).

League table

#                                  Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Boudicca Noviodunum             30   22   4   4    78   40  +38    70  Champion, SBCC, P
 2 Club 24                         30   21   4   5    80   38  +42    67  SBCC, P
 3 Pinkerton FC                    30   19   6   5    70   33  +37    63  SBCC, PO
 4 Lexington Conflagration         30   16   7   7    57   32  +25    55  SBCC
 5 Hyacinth Vaduz                  30   15  10   5    32   15  +17    55  SBCC
 6 Kale Island Dwarfs              30   17   3  10    66   52  +14    54  SBCC
 7 Scepter Queenstown              30   16   6   8    62   48  +14    54
 8 Flint Ridge Summit              30   14   8   8    66   54  +12    50
 9 Sydenham Meatworks              30   13   4  13    28   28    0    43
10 Nassau Bay United               30   12   4  14    62   67   −5    40
11 Mebet Corporation               30   11   4  15    53   56   −3    37
12 Auras Golddiggers Association   30    7   2  21    35   77  −42    23
13 Sentinel Peak                   30    6   4  20    51   96  −45    22
14 Talos River Titans              30    5   3  22    26   57  −31    18  R - NG
15 Alterham                        30    4   5  21    13   48  −35    17  PO
16 Fernack River                   30    3   4  23    35   73  −38    13  R - E

Promotion/relegation playoffs
Astrolabe 1–0 Pinkerton FC
Pinkerton FC 0–0 Astrolabe

Astrolabe remains in Terranean League 1. Pinkerton FC remains in Terranean League 2. Frustratingly for the former E-League Champions, Pinkerton FC will have to wait for another season for another promotion opportunity. They were really hampered by the injuries of their lead striker -- most pundits say that Astrolabe got off pretty lightly. Astrolabe will need to improve their game fast if they want to stick in the top flight.

Copa Terranea - Final
Somer City and Surrounds 0–1 Centralis Heart

After months of competition, Centralis Heart takes out the inaugural Copa Terranea, replacing the former Friendship Cup and succeeding the Centralis Storm, who won entry into the Cygnus Cup last time.

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Terranean League 3 - Electrum

#                                         Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Kingsley United                        30   26   2   2    72   21  +51    80  Champion, promoted
 2 Duneil Athletic                        30   24   3   3    66   21  +45    75  Promotion playoffs
 3 Eelak Livers                           30   18   4   8    58   38  +20    58
 4 Groenfields                            30   18   4   8    45   28  +17    58
 5 Marley Downs                           30   16   7   7    39   18  +21    55
 6 Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC      30   16   4  10    33   14  +19    52
 7 Dunerton United                        30   16   4  10    45   33  +12    52
 8 North-East Commune United              30   15   5  10    46   34  +12    50
 9 Argentum Silver                        30   15   5  10    50   41   +9    50
10 Caladian Cannons                       30   11   8  11    61   56   +5    41
11 Lizardville                            30    7   4  19    16   42  −26    25
12 Sunset Plains                          30    3   9  18    39   83  −44    18
13 Sanctuary Lakes                        30    4   5  21    30   63  −33    17
14 Wattle Point                           30    4   5  21    12   48  −36    17
15 Lyntonville FC                         30    4   4  22    14   47  −33    16
16 Portsmouth                             30    2   9  19    27   66  −39    15  Wooden spoon

Terranean League 3 - New Gelderland

Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Flint Ridge Eagles       30   22   5   3    74   36  +38    71  Champion, promoted
 2 Condor Strike            30   21   7   2    73   33  +40    70  Promotion playoffs
 3 Westmore Bluffs          30   21   6   3    62   23  +39    69
 4 Forest Glen              30   20   5   5    53   26  +27    65
 5 Hesperidium Gardens      30   20   3   7    42   14  +28    63
 6 Rising Sun               30   17   7   6    66   35  +31    58
 7 Nassau Bay Marina        30    9   5  16    38   45   −7    32
 8 Club Rock Hyrax          30    8   8  14    23   37  −14    32
 9 FC Waterfront            30    9   5  16    31   53  −22    32
10 Geldectrum AF            30    7   9  14    19   35  −16    30
11 Sea Otters FC            30    6   9  15    30   48  −18    27
12 Grenadiers               30    7   6  17    49   72  −23    27
13 Mariners                 30    6   8  16    34   55  −21    26
14 Rogue River Valley       30    6   7  17    33   57  −24    25
15 Spirit of Victory        30    4   9  17    50   76  −26    21
16 Fishermen                30    6   3  21    39   71  −32    21

Promotion/relegation playoffs
2nd place of TL 3 New Gelderland vs TL 3 Electrum, then winner vs 14th place TL 2

Duneil Athletic 2–1 Condor Strike
Condor Strike 3–0 Duneil Athletic
Condor Strike wins 4-2 on aggregate.

Alterham 1–0 Condor Strike
Condor Strike 0–0 Alterham
Alterham wins 1-0 on aggregate.

Alterham remains in TL 2; Condor Strike remains in TL 3 - New Gelderland.

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Player Awards
Golden Boot
1. Soren Sakho, Lexington Victory (22 goals)
2. Kira Koromin, Celtic Noviodunum (21 goals)
3. Alexander Krane, Centralis Heart (20 goals)
4. Giancarlo Conte, Vaduz Portcullis (19 goals)
5. Ben Griffin, Somer City and Surrounds (18 goals)

Golden Gloves
1. Eliot Horn, Celtic Noviodunum
2. David Fenech, FC Fairleigh-Warburton
3. Audra Collins, Royal Queenstown
4. William Tempest, Grenville Sailors
5. Ashley West, Eclipse New Gelderland

Golden Ball
1. Eliot Horn, Celtic Noviodunum
2. Soren Sakho, Lexington Victory
3. Kirk Lynn-Peters, FC Fairleigh-Warburton
4. Lluvatar, Somer City and Surrounds
5. Kira Koromin, Celtic Noviodunum

Team of the Season
Eliot Horn / Liam Kirkpatrick - Mitch Watkins - Justin Morroghany / Tim Maitfield - Louis Rhodes - Lluvatar - Kirk Lynn-Peters / Kira Koromin - Alexander Krane - Soren Sakho

Electrum (ETM) qualifiers
Primary association.
CC: FC Farleigh-Warburton (Considered a successor to FC Farleigh).
GC: Somer City and Surrounds, Centralis Heart, Burnton 1963
SBCC: Club 24, Pinkerton FC, Kale Island Dwarfs
Rushmori CdC: FC Farleigh-Warburton
Cygnus Cup: Centralis Heart

New Gelderland (NGL) qualifiers
Primary association. Puppet of Ceni (CEN).
CC: Celtic Noviodunum
GC: Lexington Victory, Vaduz Portcullis, Royal Queenstown
SBCC: Boudicca Noviodunum, Lexington Conflagration, Hyacinth Vaduz
Rushmori CdC: Celtic Noviodunum

[Vers-Gelderland]

New Gelderland Volleyball League - Season 2

Matchday 1

Arrowhead Point Anchor       24  13  17
Flint Ridge Kestrels         26  25  25

Dynamo Queenstown            14  25  25  25
Lexington Torch              25  23  13  22

Vaduz Swallows               18  25  25  25
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  21  19  21

Rogue River Volleyball       25  21  14  18
Nassau Bay Storm             23  25  25  25

Flint Ridge Kestrels, a minor team, enjoyed a comfortable win over Arrowhead Point Anchor. Dynamo Queenstown had an upset victory over Lexington Torch, the last edition of the Volleyball Champion's League winners. Noviodunum Ospreys start out their title defense with an inauspicious loss to the Vaduz Swallows, an unheralded team but probably one of the best that isn't the Big Three in the league. Nassau Bay Storm, surprisingly enough, was the only member of the Big Three to survive a topsy-turvy opening day, Rogue River Volleyball only snagging a tight first set.

Matchday 2

Flint Ridge Kestrels         19  17  14
Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  21  24  25  13
Rogue River Volleyball       13  25  26  11  15

Lexington Torch              25  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               18  23  20

Arrowhead Point Anchor       12  17  25  17
Dynamo Queenstown            25  25  22  25

The Nassau Bay Storm enjoyed a quick and perfunctory victory over Flint Ridge Eagles, the club's new signing, Gelderlish player Scott Trillig, doing excellent in the match. Noviodunum Ospreys was again the victim of an upset victory, this time home against Rogue River Volleyball, who prevailed 15-13 in the fifth set after a tight encounter all the way. Lexington Torch, though, bounded back from their defeat last week in Queenstown to defeat the Swallows, the team that upset the Ospreys, who haven't been doing so well, last week. Dynamo Queenstown held the edge throughout their match against Arrowhead Point Anchor and won in four sets.

Matchday 3

Dynamo Queenstown            18  25  22  16
Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  15  25  25

Vaduz Swallows               25  25  19  28
Arrowhead Point Anchor       19  15  25  26

Rogue River Volleyball       26  22  20  15
Lexington Torch              24  25  25  25

Nassau Bay Storm             25  22  18  25  15
Noviodunum Ospreys           19  25  25  16  12

The Flint Ridge Kestrels enjoyed a fleeting victory against Dynamo Queenstown, both sides putting in numerous errors, the home team most of all, conceding several due to holes in their formation. Vaduz Swallows added a win against Arrowhead Point Anchor, who put up a fight in the last two sets, ultimately failing to trouble the Swallows in the end. Rogue River Volleyball took a tight first set against Lexington Torch but their momentum sputtered after that, allowing the in-form team to take the rest of the match. The real match of the week, though, was between Nassau Bay Storm and the Noviodunum Ospreys, two of the supposed Big Three in Gelderlish volleyball. Scott Trillig proved the difference against experienced player Travis Riley and fellow youngster Harry Pelley. It was a tight match from the outset, decided by some fine margins, but ultimately the home team prevailed.

Matchday 4

Flint Ridge Kestrels         11  18  24
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  26

Lexington Torch              17  24  17
Nassau Bay Storm             25  26  25

Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  19  25  23  15
Rogue River Volleyball       19  25  18  25  11

Dynamo Queenstown            21  25  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               25  20  11  21

The Noviodunum Ospreys returned to their winning ways against Flint Ridge Kestrels; many have wondered whether the side led by Travis Riley on the court is really ready for this upcoming season. In what was a highly anticipated matchup, Nassau Bay Storm totally demolished Gareth Edwards and his celebrated offense with their celebrated player Trillig, cementing their undefeated record with their second victory against the other two Big Three players in New Gelderland. Arrowhead Point Anchor and Rogue River Volleyball, two smaller teams, faced off, with errors the mode of the day. The home team took five sets to finally put away the visitors. Finally, Dynamo Queenstown faced some resistance from Vaduz Swallows but it wasn't enough to carry the day for the away side.

Matchday 5

Vaduz Swallows               25  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         18  13  18

Rogue River Volleyball       18  30  22  26  15
Dynamo Queenstown            25  28  25  24  13

Nassau Bay Storm             26  26  23  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       24  24  25  21

Noviodunum Ospreys           21  20  22
Lexington Torch              25  25  25

The Vaduz Swallows enjoyed a comfortable victory against the Flint Ridge Kestrels, the latter team unable to cope with their fast pace of play. Rogue River Volleyball won against Dynamo Queenstown by the finest of margins, all three of the sets they won coming by a margin of only 2, including a marathon 30-28 second set. The Nassau Bay Storm faced unusually stiff resistance from Arrowhead Point Anchor in the first three sets, winning the first two by only 26-24, but they ultimately put away the match in 3. The Noviodunum Ospreys haven't had such a wonderful season so far, losing to both other members of the Big Three easily, Lexington Torch their latest vanquishers.

Matchday 6

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  12  15   4
Lexington Torch              21  15  25  25  15

Arrowhead Point Anchor       16  19  25  11
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  19  25

Dynamo Queenstown            12  18  25  14
Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  21  25

Vaduz Swallows               25  19  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       21  25  23  22

Lexington Torch performed horribly in the first two sets, knocking quite a few balls into the net and falling to several Kestrels strikes. However, they had the first come-from-two-down win of the entire season so far as they found their rhythm, and the Kestrels lost theirs, winning the next three sets comfortably. The Noviodunum Ospreys won their next match, only the second of their season so far, as Travis Riley's side finally dispelled some of their doubts about their game. Nassau Bay Storm won easily against Dynamo Queenstown although their suffered a slight hiccup in the fourth set. Finally Vaduz Swallows defeated the below-average Rogue River Volleyball.

Matchday 7

Rogue River Volleyball       26  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         24  23  22

Nassau Bay Storm             25  23  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               12  25  20  18

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  22  25
Dynamo Queenstown            12  12  25  18

Lexington Torch              25  27  27
Arrowhead Point Anchor       22  25  25

Rogue River Volleyball defeated fellow bottom-feeder Flint Ridge Kestrels in straight sets, while Nassau Bay Storm defeated the mid-table club Vaduz Swallows in four, only losing a more-contested second set to their underrated opposition. Noviodunum Ospreys won the first two sets relatively uncontested, surrendered a tight fourth set, then ultimately prevailed against Dynamo Queenstown. Although the last two sets were pretty tight, Lexington Torch continued its undefeated run with new setter Scott Trillig against Arrowhead Point Anchor.

Mid-season table

#                             Pld   W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Nassau Bay Storm             7    7   0    21    6  +15    21
2 Lexington Torch              7    5   2    16    9   +7    15
3 Vaduz Swallows               7    4   3    14   12   +2    12
4 Noviodunum Ospreys           7    3   4    14   14    0     9
5 Dynamo Queenstown            7    3   4    14   15   −1     9
6 Rogue River Volleyball       7    3   4    14   16   −2     9
7 Flint Ridge Kestrels         7    2   5     8   16   −8     6
8 Arrowhead Point Anchor       7    1   6     7   20  −13     3

[Vers-Gelderland]

New Gelderland Volleyball League - Season 2

Matchday 8

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       23  11  23

Lexington Torch              25  25  20  25
Dynamo Queenstown            22  17  25  19

Noviodunum Ospreys           15  21  25  25  15
Vaduz Swallows               25  25  16  20  12

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25
Rogue River Volleyball       23  11  16

The Flint Ridge Kestrels won easily against fellow bottom-feeder Arrowhead Point Anchor; Lexington Torch hiccuped in the second set a little but continued their run of fine performance. Noviodunum Ospreys finally conquered an enemy that had given them problems in the first half, and it looked like the Swallows were still giving the Ospreys a hard time in the first two sets. However, the Noviodunum team, which won last year's New Gelderlish championships, came back with some form of old to win the whole caboodle in five sets. Finally, Nassau Bay Storm continued their unbeaten run by defeating Rogue River Volleyball in straight sets.

Matchday 9

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25
Flint Ridge Kestrels         23  19  21

Rogue River Volleyball       25  21  22  25  13
Noviodunum Ospreys           22  25  25  22  15

Vaduz Swallows               14  21  25  20
Lexington Torch              25  25  23  25

Dynamo Queenstown            21  25  25  25  11
Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  19  18  27  15

The Nassau Bay Storm are having an excellent time here in the league, and they proved that by easily dismissing the Kestrels in straight. Noviodunum Ospreys was pushed to the very end for the second time in a row, but they ultimately prevailed by the smallest of margins, 15-13, in the fifth set. Lexington Torch, the winners of last edition's VCL, had a slight hiccup on some crucial points in the third set but came back to win. Finally, in a match of two low-table teams, Arrowhead Point Anchor secured a valuable win over Dynamo Queenstown.

Matchday 10

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  26  25
Dynamo Queenstown            18  22  28  17

Arrowhead Point Anchor       16  25  18  17
Vaduz Swallows               25  23  25  25

Lexington Torch              25  25  26
Rogue River Volleyball       22  20  24

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  24  25  25
Nassau Bay Storm             21  26  21  22

The Flint Ridge Kestrels contributed to Dynamo Queenstown's woes with a four-set victory, only punctuated by a close third set; the Vaduz Swallows won easily, again with a contested second set. Lexington Torch faced a tougher test in their third set against Rogue River Volleyball, saving a couple of set points but ultimately prevailing. Noviodunum Ospreys continued its own win streak and ended Nassau Bay Storm's with a tight four-set victory at home, with just a few crucial points enough to sway the contest to the home team.

Matchday 11

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  26
Flint Ridge Kestrels         15  12  24

Nassau Bay Storm             25  22  26  18  16
Lexington Torch              21  25  24  25  14

Rogue River Volleyball       22  25  15  22
Arrowhead Point Anchor       25  20  25  25

Vaduz Swallows               25  25  22  25
Dynamo Queenstown            18  22  25  20

The Noviodunum Ospreys continued their form against Flint Ridge Kestrels, dominating in the first two sets before finally closing the match out in a tight fourth set. Nassau Bay Storm and Lexington Torch had an exceedingly close match in Nassau Bay, two of the five sets determined by exceedingly close margins, including the fifth and deciding set, which went to Storm, the ultimate victors, after excellent defending and attacking from both sides. Arrowhead Point Anchor prevailed over Rogue River Volleyball in four sets, and Vaduz Swallows won over Dynamo Queenstown in four as well.

Matchday 12

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  25  25
Vaduz Swallows               23  19  23

Dynamo Queenstown            25  22  24  25  15
Rogue River Volleyball       12  25  26  14  12

Arrowhead Point Anchor       15  26  23  19
Nassau Bay Storm             25  24  25  25

Lexington Torch              20  25  26  19  13
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  23  24  25  15

Flint Ridge Kestrels won easily against Vaduz Swallows in three sets; Rogue River Volleyball made it hard against Dynamo Queenstown, but ultimately the home team prevailed in a tense five sets. Nassau Bay Storm had an excellent performance against Arrowhead Point Anchor except in the tightly contested second set, which the home side won after some errors from Storm. In possibly one of the matches of the entire season, the Noviodunum Ospreys survived a roller-coaster match to win against Lexington Torch, one of the other Big Three clubs in New Gelderlish volleyball.

Matchday 13

Lexington Torch              25  25  26
Flint Ridge Kestrels         15  13  24

Noviodunum Ospreys           25  25  25
Arrowhead Point Anchor       14  22  16

Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25
Dynamo Queenstown            20  22  18

Rogue River Volleyball       23  19  16
Vaduz Swallows               25  25  25

All four matches this week were easy three set affairs as the title has officially went to Nassau Bay Storm with their easy, straight-sets win over Dynamo Queenstown. Lexington Torch also won to keep the team in the running for one of New Gelderland's VCL spots, and the Noviodunum Ospreys are in contention for either the second or the third spot in the VCL with their easy win against Arrowhead Point. Finally the Vaduz Swallows also had an easy time, defeating Rogue River Volleyball in three sets.

Matchday 14

Flint Ridge Kestrels         25  22  22  20
Rogue River Volleyball       16  25  25  25

Vaduz Swallows               20  23  20
Nassau Bay Storm             25  25  25

Dynamo Queenstown            14  25  17  25  15
Noviodunum Ospreys           25  18  25  22  11

Arrowhead Point Anchor       17  17  25  25   9
Lexington Torch              25  25  20  20  15

It's the last week of the second season of the New Gelderland Volleyball League and there were some upsets and interesting games. Rogue River Volleyball won over Flint Ridge Kestrels after surrendering the first set, while Nassau Bay Storm sealed off their season and first title with a straight sets win over Vaduz Swallows as signing Scott Trillig proved to be an excellent player for the team, winning the league MVP award. Dynamo Queenstown took a shock win over the Noviodunum Ospreys, sending last year's champions down to third place as Lexington Torch survived a resurgent Arrowhead Point Anchor, which almost came back to win the match as it came back from two sets down and went 9-4 up in the match tiebreaker, but the Torch, last year's VCL champions, had a comeback of their own. No one has imagined that the NGVL would be so successful at its inception, and what was previously one of the lesser popular sports in New Gelderland has gone up in popularity with its clubs' success.

Final table

#                             Pld   W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Nassau Bay Storm            14   13   1    40   12  +28    39  Champion, VCL
2 Lexington Torch             14   10   4    35   19  +16    30  VCL
3 Noviodunum Ospreys          14    9   5    34   24  +10    27  VCL
4 Vaduz Swallows              14    7   7    26   26    0    21
5 Dynamo Queenstown           14    5   9    25   34   −9    15
6 Flint Ridge Kestrels        14    5   9    18   29  −11    15
7 Rogue River Volleyball      14    4  10    22   35  −13    12
8 Arrowhead Point Anchor      14    3  11    17   38  −21     9

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Team Rosters - 2nd Terranean League - Association Football

Agri Foodbowl
Location: Agri | Stadium: Walkers Stadium | Manager: Shirley Kennedy | Captain:
Starting XI: Michel Sanchez | Ted Beillidini - Vagn Lansivuori - Tosin Adedeji - Kor Xalan | Lukas Vollen - Geir Kohvakka - Julis Czartoryska - Helena Anderton | Ben Ratray - Takeo Kasusi

Arrowhead Point
Location: Arrowhead Point | Stadium: Bank of Terranea Park | Manager: John Clarke | Captain:
Starting XI: Canjica | Cara Sunset - Abele Oriolo - Vasili Wasylyshn | Andrus Vaarisiemi - Morten Marquez - Stacey Threetwentyfirst | Matthew Kane - Gabu - Aleksandra Kristin-Hendrikje - Kenton Poynter

Astrolabe
Location: | Stadium: | Manager: Barry Wynne | Captain:
Starting XI: Scott Mitchell | Harris Lorenzen - Liza Oakbrook - Dalton Jackson - Lucio Benedetto | Sonya Vicuna - Artyom Mikkelsen - Kalle Petrowicz - Caroline Twoseventyninth | Sergei Sweidenheim - Erik Sandersen

Boudicca Noviodnumum
idk?

Burnton 1963
Location: Burnton | Stadium: Fitzgerald Stadium | Manager: Chris Hardy | Captain:
Starting XI: Sakoto | Peter Ficker - Noel Kane - Sofia Page-Osbourne - Pedro Alvares Costa | Joe McCracken - Thomas Luther Perry - Alex Lancaster - Dom Potter | Jake Latham - Sara Northgrove

Celtic Noviodunum
Location: Noviodunum | Stadium: Celtic Park | Manager: Austen Willoughby | Captain:
Starting XI: Eliot Horn | Finn Killarney - Alyssa Sixtwentyeighth - Liam Kirkpatrick - Atu Hyumowthagoo | Iñaki Martón - Michelle Stone - Masibo Andrianajaka - Jamie Wolf | Abigail Knight - Kira Koromin

Centralis Heart
Location: Centralis | Stadium: Centralis Arena/Olympic Stadium | Manager: Jeffery Clark | Captain:
Starting XI: Frances Lemona | George Howe - Timothy Grange - Europa - Ernie Lewis | Paul di Angello - Tyler Fernando - Cory Morgan-Brown | John McCormack - Samantha Perry - Tyro Solaris

Club 24
idk?

Eclipse New Gelderland
Location: | Stadium: | Manager: Jay Gosse | Captain:
Starting XI: Ashley West | Suraci - Lúcio - Maarten Kulle | Rodrigo Jaconelli - Jeriah Terminus-Todor - Niko Rezanov - Erin Tolliver - Matei Obzakhalov | Jezebel Sunngifu-Brittani - Anabel Skoko

FC Fairleigh-Warburton
Location: Fairleigh/Warburton | Stadium: Fairleigh Field/Warburton Metropolitan Arena | Manager: Rachel Stewart | Captain:
Starting XI: David Fenech | Mitch Watkins - Finn Sorensen - Adam Montgomery - Noah Cohen | Pierrô - João Ventura Lobo - Kirk Lynn-Peters - Chiwetel Toure | Nicholas Henry - Luke Virgo

Grenville Sailors
Location: Port Grenville/Pinkerton | Stadium: Sailors Stadium/Pinkerton Park | Manager: Lindsay Fowler | Captain:
Starting XI: William Tempest | Georgei Melkinov - Tomislav Mokenenko - Nicodemo Puccio | Jack Prussia - Mandela Khumalo - Max Helguson - Brittney Ricci | Reginald Keck - Geraldine Fawn - Yuu Hatakeda - Kenzo Miyanami

Lexington Victory
Location: Lexington | Stadium: National Stadium | Manager: Scotty Marston | Captain: Louis Rhodes
Starting XI: Alex Bastion-Rier | Nivo - Jason Rogue - Félix Manendry - Ignas | Petro Valles - Louis Rhodes - Srecko Brekovic - Lucas Topolsky | Soren Sakho - Jacob Stretner

Olympic Nassau Bay
Location: Nassau Bay | Stadium: Olympic Stadium | Manager: Beth Jacobson | Captain: Hal Varley
Starting XI: Anna Kurovski | William Savill - Corey Eighteenth - Aidan Archer - Sierra Agassi | Danielle Costello - Colton Pegasus - Hal Varley - Tom Blackfoot | Tom Auros - Mark Allen

Royal Queenstown
Location: Queenstown | Stadium: Queenstown Coliseum | Manager: Jeb Harvey | Captain:
Starting XI: Audra Collins | Consuela Agosto - Rosalva Mariani - Robert Mullis - Justin Morroghany | Adam Cooper - Gavin Hawke - Luke Donovan - Steve Achilles | Irlian Ceka - Aristotle Ipirina

Somer City and Surrounds
Location: Somer | Stadium: Somersville Stadium | Manager: Lance Craig | Captain:
Starting XI: Sam Kara | Jason McGann - Artur Christoffersen - Charles Hudson | Peter McNeill - Gabriel Varelovsky - Lluvatar - Evgeny Plechistov | Jess Fielding - Ben Griffin - Tomás Serafim

Vaduz Portcullis
Location: Vaduz | Stadium: Riverbank Stadium | Manager: Cindy Holmwood | Captain:
Starting XI: Jakob Lindegaard | Justin Rabelomasina - Harry Landis | Deandre James - Marcus Espinosa - Ian Landis - Eboni Thirtyfourth - Rachel Ramirez | Giancarlo Conte - Will Paris - Fede

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 1
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–2 Centralis Heart
Arrowhead Point 2–0 Grenville Sailors
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–0 Royal Queenstown
Astrolabe 1–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Agri Foodbowl 0–2 Celtic Noviodunum
Lexington Victory 4–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Club 24 2–3 Vaduz PortcullisClu
Boudicca Noviodunum 4–3 Burnton 1963

And so begins the second installation of the Terranean League, with only a small modicum of changes as the league is still getting itself up on its feet. Centralis Heart tested out its new attacking strategy against Olympic Nassau Bay, with the club's new striker, John McCormack, opening up scoring against his compatriot Anna Kurovsky; after Mark Allen, another Schottic striker, scored against Lemona, Tyro Solaris, the creative winger from Ceni, sent a goal into the net to secure the full three points. Arrowhead Point's striking team, with a pressing strategy, got off to a good start against Grenville Sailors, with Gabu scoring a brace for the team to start them off with a win. Two of the best teams from last season, Royal Queenstown and FC Farleigh-Warburton, fought until the end, but neither was able to score. Somer City barely held off a resurgent Astrolabe, Griffin and Lluvatar both scoring for the team. Celtic Noviodunum scored one more than usual, with its excellent striker, Kira Koromin, instrumental in both, while Eliot Horn, the team's goalkeeper, performed as well as ever. Lexington Victory's new manager, Jarrod West, has seemed to produce a good effect for the team by turning Louis Rhodes into an attacking midfielder, and the strategy produced results, Rhodes scoring a brace, backed up by last season's top goalscorer, Soren Sakho, and Jacob Stretner, who each scored one apiece. Club 24 fought hard on its return to top-flight football, but the effort from Nepharim player Jehoiachin Conner, who had both of her side's two goals, just wasn't enough to hold off the seasoned Vaduz Portcullis, whose Giancarlo Carle, at the tender age of 17, led the fightback to win the game in the end, scoring one and helping Landis and Ramirez to score the other two. Boudicca Noviodunum enjoyed a good first top tier appearance, winning against Burnton 1963, one of the mid-table Electrumite sides, with the talented partnership of Sonia Mascaro and Clemente Alcantar, both of Osarius, working to score two goals apiece.

Matchday 2
Centralis Heart 0–0 Burnton 1963
Vaduz Portcullis 5–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Club 24
Celtic Noviodunum 0–0 Lexington Victory
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Royal Queenstown 2–2 Astrolabe
Grenville Sailors 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Olympic Nassau Bay 5–5 Arrowhead Point

There were mixed of blowouts and total snoozers on this matchday. Neither Centralis Heart nor Burnton 1963 could get goals into the net, although the addition of Dom Potter to Burnton's wings did well to patch up one of their previously gaping holes in that area. Vaduz Portcullis totally blew out the undermatched Boudicca Noviodunum, Conte the first player to score a hat trick this season, with his skill belying his young age; he was helped by Will Paris and Fede, each of whom scored another goal apiece. Club 24 managed to penetrate the tough defense of Eclipse New Gelderland fairly early on but couldn't manage to do it again, with the goal scored by 16-year-old Cenian Andrew Arrowsword. Lexington Victory's talented Louis Rhodes and Soren Sakho couldn't penetrate the goal of the equally talented Eliot Horn, meaning the game between them and Celtic Noviodunum ended in a draw. Agri Foodbowl gave Somer City some tight competition, but ultimately it was Somer's good control in the midfield that allowed Plechistov of Zenic to score the goal for the team. Astrolabe, which faced relegation last season, held Royal Queenstown to a draw away despite conceding two goals from the Ceka/Ipirina strike partnership, Ceka feeding the ball to Ipirina for a good goal both times. Grenville Sailors gave FC Farleigh-Warburton a tough shock, William Tempest, the young goalkeeper, holding their end down at the goal to block the away team's admittedly lackluster shooting. Olympic Nassau Bay and Arrowhead Point, two of the most prolific scoring teams in the league, scored a total of ten goals against each other, but neither could come out on top. Kane and Gabu each scored two apiece, Threetwentyfirst adding another one to the scoreline; Allen scored a hat trick for the home team, showing his excellent striking prowess, while Auros and Varley each added to the goal-scoring party.

Matchday 3
Arrowhead Point 1–1 Centralis Heart
FC Farleigh-Warburton 2–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Astrolabe 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Agri Foodbowl 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Lexington Victory 2–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Club 24 2–4 Celtic Noviodunum
Boudicca Noviodunum 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Burnton 1963 0–1 Vaduz Portcullis

Week 3 brought another match of two heavily attacking teams, yet it was not such a scorefest as each team only scored one apiece, Kane for Arrowhead Point and McCormack for Centralis Heart. FC Farleigh-Warburton enjoyed a comfortable win over Olympic Nassau Bay, Luke Virgo and Kirk Lynn-Peters putting the finishing touches on the match. Astrolabe held Grenville Sailors scoreless while scoring one goal of their own. Agri Foodbowl upset Royal Queenstown, Michel Sanchez keeping out goals of the highly creative partnership of Ipirina and Ceka of the away side. Lexington Victory enjoyed a victory over Somer City, with Louis Rhodes in his transition to attacking midfielder scoring one goal and proving invaluable in his assist to Soren Sakho of Semarland. Celtic Noviodunum had a pretty unusual scoreline for them, conceding two goals to an energetic Club 24 but then scoring four goals in return (no typos there); Kira Koromin of Ceni had a brace, while Michelle Stone, the club's new Electrumite signing, and Jamie Wolf each scored one apiece, while the Nepharim striker Conner and the Cenian Arrowsword scored for the home team. Eclipse New Gelderland held Boudicca Noviodunum, a fairly attacking side, scoreless, while Burnton 1963's improvement in the wings wasn't enough to stop Vaduz Portcullis, whose Ian Landis scored the winning goal as a bit of an attacking midfielder. If this continues as a success, these changes in the Terranean League could prove for a change in style for the New Gelderlish national team.

Matchday 4
Centralis Heart 2–1 Vaduz Portcullis
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–1 Burnton 1963
Celtic Noviodunum 0–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Somer City and Surrounds 2–1 Club 24
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Lexington Victory
Grenville Sailors 6–0 Agri Foodbowl
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Astrolabe
Arrowhead Point 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton

Centralis Heart used some good midfield play to trump Vaduz Portcullis in a highly competitive match; Tyro Solaris scored off a good pass from Paul di Angello, while Giancarlo Conte scored shortly thereafter to equalize the match. However, Heart didn't want to lose, and Cory Morgan-Brown hit an incisive pass to Jochn McCormack, who scored the winning goal. Eclipse New Gelderland held Burtnon 1963 to a draw; despite a new strength on the wings and a goal from Latham, Eclipse was able to hold Burnton scoreless for the rest of the match and score one of the own. In the Noviodunum Derby, neither team was able to score a single goal, despite Kira Koromin having several opportunities, while Celtic outclassed Boudicca throughout the match, especially in defense. Club 24 gave Somer City a hard time throughout much of the match, but Somer came out ahead, courtesy of a brace by Griffin, while Conner scored for his team. Royal Queenstown actually had a decent result for a change as their defense held Lexington Victory's attack scoreless, while the partnership of Ipirina and Ceka scored a goal to secure the three points. Grenville Sailors had a field day against Agri Foodbowl, scoring six goals to totally crush the team. Astrolabe held Mark Allen and the rest of the Olympics Nassau Bay offense scoreless while putting in a goal of their own. Finally, Arrowhead Point upset Fairleigh-Warburton with an aggressive performance, finally breaching the strong defense in the 75th minute.

Matchday 5
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Centralis Heart
Astrolabe 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Agri Foodbowl 2–3 Olympic Nassau Bay
Lexington Victory 2–1 Grenville Sailors
Club 24 3–2 Royal Queenstown
Boudicca Noviodunum 1–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Burnton 1963 1–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Vaduz Portcullis 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland

FC Farleigh-Warburton's defense held out this time against the attacking side of Centralis Heart, with great hopes in John McCormack of Schottia and Tyro Solaris of Ceni, while Luke Virgo of New Gelderland penetrated Europa's strict guard to score the only goal of the match. Astrolabe has been enjoying a good start to the season so far, and they defeated Arrowhead Point by keeping Gabu and Kane under guard at all times while scoring one of their own. Agri Foodbowl gave Olympic Nassau Bay a deep scare but the away club came back to win the match, with Mark Allen scoring the hat trick; Allen has been a prolific scorer for the club so far, and his experience with the Schottic national team has shown. Lexington Victory survived a scare against Grenville Sailors, but Soren Sakho and Louis Rhodes both held out to score a goal apiece to salvage the three points. Club 24 has shown it's an excellent team in terms of chemistry by defeating Royal Queenstown in an upset, despite two goals from Aristotle Ipirina. The partnership between Andrew Arrowsword and Jehoiachin Conner is appearing to be working well so far, with the former scoring a hat trick with assists from Conner. Boudicca Noviodunum again drew of the top teams in the league, this time Somer, as Griffin could only score one goal and Lluvatar was out resting. Burnton 1963 upset Celtic Noviodunum, with Dom Potter of Electrum breaking Celtic's defenses and scoring against their excellent goalkeeper Eliot Horn, who distinguished himself in UICA competitions as well. Finally, the defensive Eclipse New Gelderland held Vaduz Portcullis to a scoreless draw, a bit of a disappointment for the home side.

League table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Vaduz Portcullis            5    3   1   1    10    4   +6    10
 2 Lexington Victory           5    3   1   1     8    2   +6    10
 3 Astrolabe                   5    3   1   1     6    4   +2    10
 4 Somer City and Surrounds    5    3   1   1     6    5   +1    10
 5 Celtic Noviodunum           5    2   2   1     6    3   +3     8
 6 Arrowhead Point             5    2   2   1     9    7   +2     8
 7 Centralis Heart             5    2   2   1     5    4   +1     8
 8 FC Farleigh-Warburton       5    2   1   2     3    2   +1     7
 9 Grenville Sailors           5    2   0   3     8    5   +3     6
10 Club 24                     5    2   0   3     9   11   −2     6
11 Boudicca Noviodunum         5    1   3   1     5    9   −4     6
12 Burnton 1963                5    1   2   2     5    6   −1     5
   Royal Queenstown            5    1   2   2     5    6   −1     5
14 Olympic Nassau Bay          5    1   1   3     9   12   −3     4
15 Eclipse New Gelderland      5    0   3   2     1    6   −5     3
16 Agri Foodbowl               5    1   0   4     3   12   −9     3

Copa Terranea - Round 1
Club 24 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Caladian Cannons 4–2 Rising Sun
Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC 1–1 Grenadiers (2–1 AET)
Sunset Plains 1–0 Hesperidium Gardens
Groenfields 1–1 Olympic Nassau Bay (2–1 AET)
Eelak Livers 0–0 Wattle Point (0–0 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Hyacinth Vaduz 0–0 Marley Downs (1–0 AET)
Flint Ridge Eagles 1–1 Royal Queenstown (1–1 AET) (4–5 pen.)
Geldectrum AF 1–0 Mebet Corporation
Prescott Wolves 1–1 Eclipse New Gelderland (1–2 AET)
Burnton 1963 1–0 Portsmouth
Fishermen 5–3 Spirit of Victory
Hamilton Sandstorm 1–1 Boudicca Noviodunum (2–2 AET) (0–2 pen.)
Auras Golddiggers Association 5–2 Centralis Heart
Astrolabe 0–3 Arrowhead Point
Alterham 4–2 Sanctuary Lakes
Sea Otters FC 1–0 Lexington Conflagration
Somer City and Surrounds 2–1 Mariners
Forest Glen 2–0 Argentum Silver
Nassau Bay United 1–0 Dunerton United
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Lizardville
Condor Strike 1–1 Club Rock Hyrax (2–2 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Flint Ridge Summit 3–2 Sentinel Peak
Westmore Bluffs 3–1 FC Fairleigh-Warburton
FC Waterfront 2–0 Sydenham Meatworks
Celtic Noviodunum 1–1 Kale Island Dwarfs (2–1 AET)
Fernack River 3–4 Grenville Sailors
Nassau Bay Marina 0–2 Duneil Athletic
Rogue River Valley 1–1 Kingsley United (1–1 AET) (2–1 pen.)
Lexington Victory 1–0 North-East Commune United
Scepter Queenstown 0–2 Lyntonville FC
Pinkerton FC 3–2 Talos River Titans

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 6
Centralis Heart 1–4 Eclipse New Gelderland
Celtic Noviodunum 2–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Somer City and Surrounds 0–1 Burnton 1963
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Grenville Sailors 5–3 Club 24
Olympic Nassau Bay 2–0 Lexington Victory
Arrowhead Point 4–1 Agri Foodbowl
FC Farleigh-Warburton 2–1 Astrolabe

Eclipse New Gelderland won a shock victory over Centralis Heart, the team staring down the relegation barrel and perennial underdogs scored a scintillating victory 4-1 over Centralis Heart. It was no surprise that Heart being two-men down, after two unfortunate yellow cards from Fernando and di Angello, both of whom were carded in last week's match were unable to stand up to the surprise packet of Skoko, perhaps the team's brightest (and only) hope. 9 players against 11 is certainly not ideal, and Heart will be looking to bounce back. Celtic defeated Vaduz in what was a blowout, confidently controlling the midfield, and running down the time once they established the two goal buffer with two quick goals in succession from Knight and Koromin just after the half time break. Burnton 1963 pulled a tough victory over Somer, a match marred with some dogged play, a lone goal from Northgrove sealing the deal. Queenstown travelled along just fine with a victory over Boudicca Noviodunum, and the Grenville Sailors defeated the new Club 24 team 5-3 in a high intensity match. Equaliser after equaliser was not enough as the Sailors pulled away thanks to Fawn and Helgulson to win, while Arrosword acquitted himself well by scoring a hat trick. Nassau Bay defeated runners-up Lexington Victory 2-0 at home, the partnership between Blackfoot and Allen giving opportunities to Olympic. Finally, FC Fairleigh-Warburton avoided an embarrassing draw with Astrolabe after Virgo scored during injury time to snatch all three points.

Matchday 7
Astrolabe 0–1 Centralis Heart
Agri Foodbowl 0–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Lexington Victory 5–2 Arrowhead Point
Club 24 2–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Boudicca Noviodunum 2–2 Grenville Sailors
Burnton 1963 4–2 Royal Queenstown
Vaduz Portcullis 2–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum

In yet another loss for Astrolabe and a rebound victory for Centralis Heart, the away side won with an excellent goal from John McCormack of Schottia. Meanwhile, Agri Foodbowl held Farleigh-Warburton to a scoreless draw, the home side's defense proving a bit too much to handle on this occasion. It was a match of attacking sides between Lexington Victory and Arrowhead Point, but the more seasoned team came out on top in the encounter, with Soren Sakho and Louis Rhodes both scoring braces, while Jakob Stretner added another goal of his own. Club 24 continued a vein of upsets by defeating Olympic Nassau Bay, despite conceding a goal from the experienced Mark Allen, while scoring two of their own, one each from Conner and Arrowsword. Two of the lower table teams faced off in Noviodunum, with neither side able to prevail after 90 minutes. Burnton 1963 continued with its strong run of form by defeating Royal Queenstown, which is having a bit of a slump so far; despite a goal from each of Ceka and Ipirina, Burnton's new wings quickly overcame the deficit, with Potter scoring once and providing vital assists to goals from Lancaster, Northgrove, and Latham. Vaduz Portcullis enjoyed a comfortable win over Somer City, which continued its downward slide; Conte and Ramirez both scored for the home team in the comfortable win. Celtic Noviodunum, led by Atu Hyumowthagoo, Liam Kirkpatrick, and Finn Killarney in the defense, kept its goal free of any balls, while Kira Koromin scored a goal herself to take the full three points.

Matchday 8
Centralis Heart 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Somer City and Surrounds 2–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Royal Queenstown 0–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Grenville Sailors 1–0 Burnton 1963
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Arrowhead Point 3–5 Club 24
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–1 Lexington Victory
Astrolabe 0–2 Agri Foodbowl

Centralis Heart and Celtic Noviodunum battled to a scoreless draw in Centralis, with Kira Koromin not getting enough chances to score while Solaris and McCormack could not penetrate the tight Celtic defense. Somer City snapped its losing streak with a comfortable win over Eclipse New Gelderland, Griffin and Lluvatar back to their usual selves with one goal apiece. Meanwhile, two of the better Gelderlish teams had a scoreless outing in Queenstown, with both Royal Queenstown and Vaduz Portcullis enjoying a good defensive run. Grenville Sailors gave Burnton 1963 more trouble with their win by one goal to none, dampening the away club's efforts to climb a bit higher on the table. Olympic Nassau Bay gained a crucial three points with their one goal against Boudicca Noviodunum, Mark Allen of Schottia of course scoring the goal for his team. Club 24 prevailed against Arrowhead Point after a pretty scoreful match that, despite some critical defensive errors, was pretty fun to watch, with Jehoiachin Conner scoring a brace and Andrew Arrowsword scoring a hat trick. The partnership between the two, the academy drop-out and the star 16-year-old, is appearing to work far better than anyone had expected. Meanwhile, Farleigh-Warburton and Lexington Victory battled to a one-all draw, with Rhodes and Lynn-Peters both scoring in the encounter.

Matchday 9
Agri Foodbowl 0–1 Centralis Heart
Lexington Victory 1–0 Astrolabe
Club 24 1–3 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Boudicca Noviodunum 0–0 Arrowhead Point
Burnton 1963 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Vaduz Portcullis 0–0 Grenville Sailors
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Royal Queenstown
Celtic Noviodunum 0–0 Somer City and Surrounds

Week 9 was a fairly slow week for Terranean League football as only seven goals were scored in all eight matches, and four of them ended in 0-0 draws. Centralis Heart was one of those lucky teams that eked out a win in this slow week, with Agri Foodbowl putting up a strong defense; however, John McCormack continued his strong propensity to score goals with his screaming winner. Lexington Victory also pulled out a victory, courtesy of a Sakho goal that just made it into the goal. Club 24 again put up fierce resistance with a goal from Conner but was unable to pull through and win the three points, instead conceding three more from Farleigh-Warburton, one each from Toure, Virgo, and Lynn-Peters. Despite both sides' propensity for the attack, neither Boudicca Noviodunum nor Arrowhead Point were able to score against each other. Burnton 1963 used its increased strength along the wings to prevail against Olympic Nassau Bay, Dom Potter scoring the only goal. The rest of the three matches all ended up scoreless: some of them were upset draws, such as Grenville Sailors against Vaduz Portcullis and Eclipse New Gelderland against Royal Queenstown. The other match, though, was a hard-fought, high-quality scoreless draw between Celtic Noviodunum and Somer City, with both sides displaying excellent defensive and midfield capabilities.

Matchday 10
Centralis Heart 2–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Royal Queenstown 4–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Grenville Sailors 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Burnton 1963
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Astrolabe 0–1 Club 24
Agri Foodbowl 0–1 Lexington Victory

Two of the bigger Electrumite clubs, Centralis Heart and Somer City, faced off in Centralis, with neither club able to prevail in the contest which saw Solaris, McCracken, Lluvatar, and Griffin score for their respective teams. The match itself was one of the more competitive matches of the Terranean League this season so far, with both clubs having a pretty even record on chances and opportunities. Royal Queenstown apparently ate something extra special for breakfast, for they totally crushed the heavily defensive Celtic Noviodunum four to one, with Ipirina getting in two with his partnership with Ceka, and Donovan and Achilles both scoring one more apiece; Celtic Noviodunum apparently thought that Kira Koromin's early goal would serve to be the game-winner courtesy of the excellent defense, but that proved not to be the case. Grenville Sailors and Eclipse New Gelderland, two of the more defensive sides, battled it out two a scoreless draw, both sides' goalkeepers performing valiantly. Vaduz Portcullis enjoyed a comfortable victory over Olympic Nassau Bay, with Conte showing his poise, excellent especially for his age, by scoring one while providing Will Paris with a vital assist. Arrowhead Point upset Burnton 1963, their attacking style finally producing results against the firm defense of Burnton. Farleigh-Warburton spent a while trying to attack Boudicca Noviodunum, but didn't succeed until stoppage time, with Luke Virgo knocking in a last-minute goal to secure the three points. Club 24 is making the most of their return to the top flight and secured a vital win with their victory over Astrolabe with a goal from the goalscoring prodigy Andrew Arrowsword. Finally, Agri Foodbowl pushed Lexington Victory, but in the end, their defense could not resist Soren Sakho's attacking and dribbling skills.

League Table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          10    6   2   2    16    7   +9    20
 2 Vaduz Portcullis           10    5   3   2    14    6   +8    18
 3 FC Farleigh-Warburton      10    5   3   2    10    5   +5    18
 4 Celtic Noviodunum          10    4   4   2    10    7   +3    16
 5 Centralis Heart            10    4   4   2    10   10    0    16
 6 Grenville Sailors          10    4   3   3    16   10   +6    15
 7 Arrowhead Point            10    4   3   3    19   18   +1    15
 8 Somer City and Surrounds   10    4   3   3    10   10    0    15
 9 Club 24                    10    5   0   5    21   23   −2    15
10 Burnton 1963               10    4   2   4    11   10   +1    14
11 Royal Queenstown           10    3   4   3    13   11   +2    13
12 Olympic Nassau Bay         10    3   1   6    13   17   −4    10
13 Astrolabe                  10    3   1   6     7   11   −4    10
14 Eclipse New Gelderland     10    1   5   4     5   10   −5     8
15 Boudicca Noviodunum        10    1   5   4     7   15   −8     8
16 Agri Foodbowl              10    2   1   7     6   18  −12     7

Copa Terranea - Round 2
Club Rock Hyrax 2–0 Club 24
Forest Glen 1–1 Nassau Bay United (3–2 AET)
Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Hyacinth Vaduz
Duneil Athletic 1–2 Rogue River Valley
Groenfields 1–0 Flint Ridge Summit
Lexington Victory 5–0 Alterham
Auras Golddiggers Association 2–1 Sea Otters FC
Grenville Sailors 3–2 Eelak Livers
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Caladian Cannons
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Geldectrum AF 0–1 Boudicca Noviodunum
Burnton 1963 3–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Pinkerton FC 1–0 Lyntonville FC
Westmore Bluffs 0–2 Fishermen
Sunset Plains 4–1 FC Waterfront

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 11
Lexington Victory 4–1 Centralis Heart
Club 24 0–1 Agri Foodbowl
Boudicca Noviodunum 2–1 Astrolabe
Burnton 1963 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Vaduz Portcullis 4–3 Arrowhead Point
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–3 Olympic Nassau Bay
Celtic Noviodunum 2–0 Grenville Sailors
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Royal Queenstown

Two of the better aggressive teams faced off in Lexington - with the valued three points going to Lexington Victory as they crushed the away side, Centralis Heart. Louis Rhodes proved an effective player as an attacking midfielder, scoring a brace and providing assists to Soren Sakho and Jakob Stretner, respectively, as Victory's abrasive style wore away at Centralis Heart's defense. John McCormack, meanwhile, scored a consolation goal. Agri Foodbowl recovered from a devastating series of losses to earn a valuable win away at Club 24. Boudicca Noviodunum defeated the defensive side Astrolabe in a hot and grimy battle that featured numerous errors. Burnton 1963 defeated last season's Electrumite champions, Farleigh-Warburton, after a long game, the sole goal coming from the boot of Dom Potter, the recently signed Electrumite player. Arrowhead Point put up fierce resistance to Vaduz Portcullis, but ultimately the home team prevailed in an exciting match, courtesy of a brace from Conte and goals from Paris and Ramirez. Olympic Nassau Bay scored a valuable win at the highly defensive Eclipse New Gelderland; the experienced Schottic striker Mark Allen scored a hat trick in the game. Celtic Noviodunum, meanwhile, secured an easy win against Grenville Sailors, with Killarney and Kirkpatrick defending the goal well and Kira Koromin scoring a brace to bring the full points to her club. Somer City defeated the Gelderlish side Royal Queenstown in a competitive and tiring battle, with Jess Fielding of Electrum scoring the winning goal in the end.

Matchday 12
Centralis Heart 0–1 Royal Queenstown
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Olympic Nassau Bay 2–5 Celtic Noviodunum
Arrowhead Point 2–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Astrolabe 1–0 Burnton 1963
Agri Foodbowl 2–2 Boudicca Noviodunum
Lexington Victory 3–2 Club 24

It's been a topsy-turvy first half of the season for Royal Queenstown so far, and they continued that motif with a winning game over Centralis Heart, with Morroghany and Agosto doing well to stop Solaris and McCormack and Aristotle Ipirina receiving an excellent pass from Irlian Ceka to score the game winner. Somer City again held out for a one-nil win in Port Grenville, this time Lluvatar scoring the winning goal. Celtic Noviodunum put 5 (?!) goals past Olympic Nassau Bay in a strange game for the mostly defensive defending champions as they saw more than usual of their opportunities going in; Jamie Wolf and Masibo Andrianajaka each scored one apiece, while Kira Koromin scored a hat trick; Mark Allen scored both goals for the home side, a feat in itself considering Eliot Horn's legendary prowess. Arrowhead Point once again proved that an attacking mentality could disarm Eclipse New Gelderland, the team winning by a one-goal margin. Vaduz Portcullis has seen some inspired play this season for some reason, finding a great burst of energy to defeat Farleigh-Warburton two to one in a match that saw a brace from Ian Landis and a goal from Lobo. Burnton 1963 had a shock upset at the hands of Astrolabe, the home team's defensive style containing the away side's lackluster, at best, shooting. Agri Foodbowl and Boudicca Noviodunum had a bottom-table battle in a bottle with some noodles and a poodle in which neither side came out on top; Club 24, like so many other times this season, had good chances against Lexington Victory, including goals by Conner and Arrowsword, but couldn't convert on them to win in a match as Louis Rhodes, Soren Sakho, and Jakob Stretner all scored to secure the three points.

Matchday 13
Club 24 2–4 Centralis Heart
Boudicca Noviodunum 3–4 Lexington Victory
Burnton 1963 0–0 Agri Foodbowl
Vaduz Portcullis 3–2 Astrolabe
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–1 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Celtic Noviodunum 4–2 Arrowhead Point
Somer City and Surrounds 4–2 Olympic Nassau Bay
Royal Queenstown 0–0 Grenville Sailors

Centralis Heart held back an attacking Club 24 with some attacking magic of their own, with McCormack and Solaris seemingly both pulling rabbits out of their hats with a brace for both of them despite conceding a brace from Andrew Arrowsword; one could forget that he is 16 with his exciting displays of goalscorers. Lexington Victory, meanwhile, had to contend with Boudicca Noviodunum, which took advantage of Lexington errors to score three goals. However, that wasn't enough as Victory came back to snatch the three points right out from Boudicca's noses, with goals from Brekovic, Rhodes, Sakho, and Stretner. Brekovic has been an unheralded player in Lexington's success so far, fitting into their formation like a hand into a glove, helping Louis Rhodes with playmaking and the two strikers with scoring. Burnton 1963, on the other hand, could not continue their momentum from their crucial win from yesterday, not scoring any goals in a fruitless draw with Agri Foodbowl. Astrolabe proved tenacious but Vaduz Portcullis got the better of them anyhow, Ian Landis scoring a brace and providing a crucial assist to Giancarlo Conte, who scored the winning goal. Farleigh-Warburton eked out the win against Eclipse New Gelderland with a Pierrô goal as the aforementioned player and Noah Cohen did well in securing the defense as well. Celtic Noviodunum has been uncharacteristically aggressive in the past couple of matchdays, scoring a total of 9 goals in two matches; if you had told them they would have done that last season, they would have laughed at you. In this particular instance, Michelle Stone of Electrum, Koromin, Andrianajaka, and Wolf all scored in the match against the hyper-aggressive Arrowhead Point. Somer City defeated Olympic Nassau Bay, no thanks to an own goal from Christoffersen and an excellent goal from McCormack, but they came back anyhow, with Lluvatar, Griffin, and Fielding (x2) all scoring for their club. Finally, Grenville Sailors showed some defensive grit as they held Royal Queenstown to a scoreless draw.

Matchday 14
Centralis Heart 3–2 Grenville Sailors
Olympic Nassau Bay 4–1 Royal Queenstown
Arrowhead Point 2–3 Somer City and Surrounds
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Astrolabe 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Agri Foodbowl 1–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Lexington Victory 1–0 Burnton 1963
Club 24 3–2 Boudicca Noviodunum

Centralis Heart withstood a strong challenge from the Grenville Sailors, but McCormack, Solaris, and Samantha Perry all put in extra work to ensure that their club came out on top. Olympic Nassau Bay won a crucial and morale-boosting victory over Royal Queenstown, crushing the opposition four to one, with Mark Allen scoring a hat trick for his club and assisting Tom Auros in another goal. Mark Allen has seemed to work with his teammates very well, and that chemistry could increase with the rumored transfer of Thio Crillin to this struggling side. Somer City bent under the onslaught of Arrowhead Point goals, but did not break, with Lluvatar, Griffin, and Fielding all pitching in the comeback victory. Two of the better sides in this league, and two of the most defensive, FC Farleigh-Warburton and Celtic Noviodunum, battled to a one-all draw, with Kira Koromin and Chiwetel Toure both scoring for their respective clubs. Two of the most defensive clubs in the league, Astrolabe and Eclipse New Gelderland, fought to a scoreless draw, hardly an unexpected result, while Agri Foodbowl upset a Vaduz Portcullis missing Eboni Thirtyfourth due to a red card for a foul on Lukas Vollen of Ceni. Lexington Victory gritted out a one-nil victory over Burnton 1963, with Srecko Brekovic of Szavoda scoring the crucial goal. Finally, the attacking-minded Club 24 defeated its rival from the Terranean League 2, Boudicca Noviodunum, in a highly coveted rematch for both sides, with Conner and Arrowsword each scoring one apiece.

Matchday 15
Boudicca Noviodunum 1–3 Centralis Heart
Burnton 1963 1–3 Club 24
Vaduz Portcullis 3–3 Lexington Victory
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Astrolabe
Somer City and Surrounds 1–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Royal Queenstown 2–2 Arrowhead Point
Grenville Sailors 0–0 Olympic Nassau Bay

Week 15 concludes the first half of the Terranean League and there were some exciting games as well as some sleepers. Centralis Heart brushed aside an initial Boudicca Noviodunum goal to win by a comfortable margin of three to one, thanks to a brace from Cory Morgan-Brown and an additional goal from Tyro Solaris, the young striker from Ceni. Club 24 pulled off an upset, defeating Burnton 1963 with quite a large margin, as the home team's attacking mindset provoked errors from Burnton's keeper Sakoto, allowing Arrowsword to score a hat trick, and despite scoring a goal, Dom Potter in the midfield was unable to prevent big gaps from forming in that team's lineup. Vaduz Portcullis held Lexington Victory to a three-all draw with a fairly exciting match between some of the best players in this league; Landis, Ramirez, and Conte all scored for the home team, while Brekovic, Rhodes, and Sakho all scored for the visitors. Eclipse New Gelderland barely held out over Agri Foodbowl, winning by a margin of one to nil, while there wasn't much action in a match between two more defensive teams, Celtic Noviodunum and Astrolabe, with the only goal coming from the boot of Kira Koromin. In a match of two Electrumite heavyweights, last year's Electrumite champion, Farleigh-Warburton, prevailed against Somer City, with goals from Lynn-Peters, Henry, and Fielding respectively. Arrowhead Point also inflicted some damage on Royal Queenstown, with its attacking style provoking some more errors from the defensive-minded club. Donovan and Ipirina scored for the home side, while Gabu and Kane scored for the away side. Grenville Sailors, meanwhile, used the skills of its young goalkeeper, William Tempest, to good effect, keeping Mark Allen's shots away from the goal to hold Olympic Nassau Bay scoreless, although they were not able to score any goals of their own.

Mid-Season Table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          15   10   3   2    31   16  +15    33
 2 Celtic Noviodunum          15    8   5   2    23   12  +11    29
 3 Vaduz Portcullis           15    8   4   3    26   16  +10    28
 4 Somer City and Surrounds   15    8   3   4    20   16   +4    27
 5 FC Farleigh-Warburton      15    7   4   4    15   10   +5    25
 6 Centralis Heart            15    7   4   4    21   20   +1    25
 7 Club 24                    15    7   0   8    31   34   −3    21
 8 Arrowhead Point            15    5   4   6    30   32   −2    19
 9 Royal Queenstown           15    4   6   5    17   18   −1    18
10 Burnton 1963               15    5   3   7    13   15   −2    18
11 Grenville Sailors          15    4   5   6    18   16   +2    17
12 Olympic Nassau Bay         15    5   2   8    24   28   −4    17
13 Agri Foodbowl              15    4   3   8    10   21  −11    15
14 Astrolabe                  15    4   2   9    11   17   −6    14
15 Eclipse New Gelderland     15    2   6   7     8   16   −8    12
16 Boudicca Noviodunum        15    2   6   7    17   28  −11    12

Copa Terranea - Round 3
Groenfields 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum (1–1 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Club Rock Hyrax 1–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Pinkerton FC 3–2 Rogue River Valley
Burnton 1963 2–1 Auras Golddiggers Association
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Fishermen
Forest Glen 2–3 Somer City and Surrounds
Lexington Victory 4–1 Sunset Plains
Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC 3–1 Grenville Sailors

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 16
Centralis Heart 2–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Grenville Sailors 1–1 Arrowhead Point
Royal Queenstown 1–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Astrolabe
Celtic Noviodunum 3–1 Agri Foodbowl
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–1 Lexington Victory
Vaduz Portcullis 1–3 Club 24
Burnton 1963 2–1 Boudicca Noviodunum

Almost every team, except for the lagging Astrolabe scored a goal in this week's matches. Centralis Heart nearly blew their two goal lead (Perry, Solaris scoring) but Olympic were unable to convert a free kick by Varley, with Heart's Lemona guessing correctly. The Sailors were held to a draw by Arrowhead Point, with international player Kane scoring the goal for Arrowhead, Fawn scoring the goal for the Sailors. FC Fairleigh-Warburton's match was explosive in the first half: 1-2 by half time, but afterwards the match just fizzled out with Queenstown unable to score against the formidable team. Somer City defeated Astrolabe 1-0, a header from Griffin sealing the deal. The champions Celtic Noviodunum toppled Agri at home, they were just too good with the alley combination of Wolf and Koromin doing wonders for the team, both of them played a role in all three of the goals scored. Agri's dependable Ratray scored the other goal. Eclipse drew with Lexington: Lexington just unable to pull away, and squandered many opportunities, including last ditch attempts from Sakho. Club 24 registered another win with a surprise away victory over Vaduz Portcullis, courtesy of a brace from the excellent striker Andrew Arrowsword and another goal from Jehoiachin Conner of Nephara and as for the other recently promoted team, Boudicca, they lost to Burnton 1963 thanks to two goals from Latham.

Matchday 17
Burnton 1963 1–3 Centralis Heart
Boudicca Noviodunum 3–4 Vaduz Portcullis
Club 24 0–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Lexington Victory 0–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Agri Foodbowl 0–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Astrolabe 1–0 Royal Queenstown
FC Farleigh-Warburton 0–1 Grenville Sailors
Arrowhead Point 2–0 Olympic Nassau Bay

The Heart burned Burnton 1963 in the Greater Centralis derby, winning by a margin of 3-1, the unbeatable triad of McCormack-Perry-Solaris doing wonders for the team, ably assisted by Fernando. Vaduz Portcullis defeated Boudicca in a match of twists and turns: Boudicca getting out to a three goal lead, but then their inexperience in the top flight showed as they promptly conceded four goals: Vaduz Portcullis' Paris, Conte and Fede playing in vintage form of last season combining to mount that impressive comeback. Eclipse defeated Club 24 on a snowy pitch, their loan goal from midfielder Tolliver, converting a corner from Reazanov. The two Gelder powerhouses clashed: Lexington and Celtic, but alas like last time, it was a nil-all draw, Horn and Bastion-Rier ably preventing the ball from getting past the goalposts. Middling teams Somer City and Agri duked it out in Agri, with Somer City winning thanks to an early goal by Griffin. In almost farcical circumstances, an accidental handball allowed Astrolabe to sneak away with a 1-0 victory over Royal Queenstown, a free kick guaranteeing the match for Astrolabe. The Sailors scored a surprise upset victory over Fairleigh-Warburton, Geraldine Fawn taking advantage of a lapse of concentration by Mitch Watkins and got the ball past Fenech.

Matchday 18
Centralis Heart 2–0 Arrowhead Point
Olympic Nassau Bay 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Astrolabe
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Somer City and Surrounds 0–1 Lexington Victory
Celtic Noviodunum 4–0 Club 24
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Burnton 1963

Not a single losing team managed to score a goal this week, in one of the more unusual weeks. Perhaps the matches were a bit more muted than usual for Centralis Heart, Perry and Solaris scoring in a first half, and then defending their work in the second half. Olympic Nassau Bay scored late in the second half against front-runners Fairleigh-Warburton, a lone goal from Lynn-Peters set up by Virgo. Astrolabe defeated the Sailors in one of their biggest victories, Astrolabe's Vicuna managing to score a goal just before the break. Royal Queenstown defeated Agri Foodbowl 1-0, Ipirina and Ceka, the dynamic duo from Queenstown combining beautifully yet again (continuing their form last season) and taking advantage of a lapse by Agri. Somer City lost a close game to Lexington Victory, Lexington's Stretner again just too experienced to be stopped, making the Victory a force to be reckoned with. Celtic Noviodunum smashed Club 24, Stone, Wolf, Knight and Koromin giving a combined effort to each score a goal. Eclipse defeated Boudicca, Skoko scoring a wind-assisted shot, after the ball sailed through after the goalkeeper stopped the ball. Vaduz Portcullis' resident Paris also sealed the deal against Burnton in a 1-0 victory.

Matchday 19
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Centralis Heart
Burnton 1963 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Boudicca Noviodunum 0–4 Celtic Noviodunum
Club 24 1–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Lexington Victory 2–1 Royal Queenstown
Agri Foodbowl 3–0 Grenville Sailors
Astrolabe 1–5 Olympic Nassau Bay
FC Farleigh-Warburton 2–2 Arrowhead Point

Centralis Heart could not penetrate the strong defense of Deandre James, Justin Rabelomasina, and Harry Landis, while Ian Landis scored a goal off a pass from Giancarlo Conte to secure the full three points for his team. Eclipse New Gelderland and Osarian goalkeeper Ashley West held Burnton 1963 to a goalless draw, Burnton's wings not working as effectively as they could have been. Celtic Noviodunum, on the other hand, in a reprisal of the Noviodunum Derby, totally crushed their cross-town rival, with Kira Koromin scoring a brace with help from Jamie Wolf and Michelle Stone, each of whom scored an additional goal. Sam Kara guessed right on a couple of Arrowsword shots to savage some points for the club, even as his club did concede a goal from Arrowsword; Griffin scored for the away side. Lexington Victory held out against Royal Queenstown for the full three points, conceding an early Ipirina goal but rebounding to see goals from Sakho and Rhodes. Agri Foodbowl trounced the Sailors at home in Electrum's north, with Ratray and Kasusi both doing well. Olympic Nassau Bay had an even bigger win over Astrolabe, in which Mark Allen scored a hat trick, followed by two from Auros and Blackfoot, respectively. Finally, Arrowhead Point proved to be a major thorn in the side of FC Farleigh-Warburton, holding them to a draw with an inspired attacking performance; goals by Virgo and Henry were not enough to seal the win for the home side.

Matchday 20
Centralis Heart 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Astrolabe
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–0 Agri Foodbowl
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Lexington Victory
Royal Queenstown 5–2 Club 24
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Boudicca Noviodunum
Celtic Noviodunum 1–3 Burnton 1963
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–0 Vaduz Portcullis

Centralis Heart eked out a win over its fellow Electrumite rival Farleigh-Warburton, sending the latter club even further down the table as John McCormack's goal put Heart even further up on the table. Astrolabe held out against Arrowhead Point for as long as it could, but the attacking onslaught finally produced a goal. After their goalfest from the previous week, Olympic Nassau Bay couldn't replicate a single goal against Agri Foodbowl, although not for lack of trying from Mark Allen. Lexington Victory pulled out a win against the Grenville Sailors, William Tempest blocking most shots until a last-minute goal from Soren Sakho. Club 24 showed its attacking depths by scoring two goals early, courtesy of Conner and Arrowsword, but Royal Queenstown responded in kind, with Ipirina scoring a hat trick, helped by Cooper and Achilles. Somer City faced a long and grueling game against Boudicca Noviodunum, but ultimately, Lluvatar scored the goal to send his club marching forward. Burnton 1963, after some admittedly bad results in the past few weeks, mustered some attacking prowess in their defeat of Celtic Noviodunum with their touted goalkeeper Eliot Horn; Latham, Potter, and Lancaster all scored one apiece, while Kira Koromin thought her one goal would be enough to secure the victory. Eclipse New Gelderland upset Vaduz Portcullis, the strong defensive side holding firm and then scoring a goal against young Jakob Lindegaard of Semarland.

League Table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          20   13   5   2    36   18  +18    44
 2 Celtic Noviodunum          20   11   6   3    35   16  +19    39
 3 Vaduz Portcullis           20   11   4   5    33   23  +10    37
 4 Centralis Heart            20   11   4   5    29   23   +6    37
 5 Somer City and Surrounds   20   11   4   5    24   18   +6    37
 6 FC Farleigh-Warburton      20    8   5   7    19   16   +3    29
 7 Arrowhead Point            20    7   6   7    36   37   −1    27
 8 Burnton 1963               20    7   4   9    19   21   −2    25
 9 Club 24                    20    8   1  11    37   46   −9    25
10 Royal Queenstown           20    6   6   8    25   25    0    24
11 Olympic Nassau Bay         20    7   3  10    31   33   −2    24
12 Eclipse New Gelderland     20    5   8   7    12   17   −5    23
13 Grenville Sailors          20    5   6   9    20   22   −2    21
14 Astrolabe                  20    6   2  12    14   24  −10    20
15 Agri Foodbowl              20    5   4  11    14   26  −12    19
16 Boudicca Noviodunum        20    2   6  12    21   40  −19    12

Copa Terranea - Quarterfinals
Pinkerton FC 0–2 Burnton 1963
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Agri Agricultural Livery Guild FC
Groenfields 0–1 Arrowhead Point
Club Rock Hyrax 0–1 Lexington Victory

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 21
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–2 Centralis Heart
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Burnton 1963 1–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Boudicca Noviodunum 2–2 Royal Queenstown
Club 24 0–3 Grenville Sailors
Lexington Victory 3–3 Olympic Nassau Bay
Agri Foodbowl 1–0 Arrowhead Point
Astrolabe 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton

Centralis Heart defeated Eclipse New Gelderland 2-1 after the away team's previously iron-clad defense had a bit of hiccups, allowing John McCormack and Tyro Solaris to come in and score. Vaduz Portcullis dampened Celtic Noviodunum's chances of becoming the champions again with their upset win at home; Ian Landis, in his new capacity as an attacking midfielder, did well to juke around the excellent Celtic defense led by Liam Kirkpatrick and Finn Killarney. Burnton 1963 eked out a win over their Electrumite rivals Somer City with some excellent play in the wings, the only goal courtesy of their new player Dom Potter. Boudicca Noviodunum held Royal Queenstown to a draw, two goals from Ipirina and Ceka still not guaranteeing the team the full three points. William Tempest was able to stop Andrew Arrowsword's onslaught of goals, and his own team scored three more to secure the full three points. Lexington Victory was a bit disappointed with their draw against Olympic Nassau Bay, but it was a high quality match from both sides of the pitch; Mark Allen scored a hat trick for his team, while Rhodes, Sakho, and Stretner all scored one apiece for the away side, which is very much still in contention for the championship. Agri Foodbowl defeated the attacking-minded Arrowhead Point by one goal, the away side's attacks apparently not having very much potency against a strong Agri defense. Astrolabe upset the Electrumite giants FC Farleigh-Warburton as their iron-clad defense blocked any attempts from Lynn-Peters and Virgo to score.

Matchday 22
Centralis Heart 2–0 Astrolabe
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Agri Foodbowl
Arrowhead Point 3–3 Lexington Victory
Olympic Nassau Bay 4–1 Club 24
Grenville Sailors 3–4 Boudicca Noviodunum
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Burnton 1963
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland

Centralis Heart stopped Astrolabe and their goalkeeper Scott Mitchell in their tracks with a smashing 2-0 victory, Solaris, the creative winger from Ceni, and McCormack, the prolific Schottic striker, scoring one goal apiece. Farleigh-Warburton recovered from their loss against Astrolabe with a one-nil victory over the equally defensive Agri Foodbowl, with Luke Virgo redeeming himself after his inability to strike last week by scoring a goal for his team. Arrowhead Point held Lexington to a 3-3, the second in a row for the top club, as both sides showed their attacking flairs. Sakho, Rhodes, and Stone all scored for their club as Petro Valles of Ceni was unable to stem the bleeding of the defense, exploited by the clever Arrowhead Point. Olympic Nassau Bay defeated Club 24 easily, despite an early goal from the talented Cenian prodigy Andrew Arrowsword; Mark Allen scored a brace and assisted Auros and Blackfoot in the overwhelming win against the recently promoted side. Boudicca Novoidunum finally prevailed over Grenville Sailors in a topsy-turvy, roller-coaster battle that saw each side hold the lead for several times throughout the match. Royal Queenstown recovered from its previous rut to defeat Burnton 1963 with a convincing margin, with a brace from Ceka, with both assists from Ipirina, enough to seal the battle. Somer City also recovered and defeated Vaduz Portcullis in a tense encounter that saw Ben Griffin score the only goal of the match. Celtic Noviodunum finally enjoyed a win, but it was against a heavily defensive Eclipse New Gelderland, which meant Eliot Horn had an easier time defending the goal; Jamie Wolf scored the only goal in the game.

Matchday 23
Celtic Noviodunum 1–2 Centralis Heart
Eclipse New Gelderland 0–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Burnton 1963 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Boudicca Noviodunum 2–2 Olympic Nassau Bay
Club 24 0–4 Arrowhead Point
Lexington Victory 1–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Agri Foodbowl 1–0 Astrolabe

In a heating-up title race, Centralis Heart grabbed some valuable points with their defeat of Celtic Noviodunum; it was a competitive and tense game through and through, and although there were only three goals, there was a high quality of play throughout the match. Kira Koromin, the young striker from Ceni, scored for the hosts, while McCormack and Solaris both used their goal-scoring talents to find ways to elude Eliot Horn and his protection of the goal. Eclipse New Gelderland's Ashley West bested Horn this week, with her excellent goaltending preventing Somer City from scoring at all in their match. Vaduz Portcullis enjoyed a vital three points with their win over Royal Queenstown, Giancarlo Conte of Osarius, the 17-year-old prodigy, scoring the only goal in the match. After some heartening results, Olympic Nassau Bay was held to a draw by a lesser side, Boudicca Noviodunum, despite a brace from Tom Auros. Despite Andrew Arrowsword's best efforts to score against Canjica, Arrowhead Point won their match against Club 24 with a large margin, as they scored four goals in a heavy morale booster. Fenech, Montgomery, and Cohen all performed well in the defense for Farleigh-Warburton, but it still wasn't enough to prevent Soren Sakho, last year's top goalscorer, from scoring in Fenech's net. In a match of two heavily defensive teams, Agri Foodbowl prevailed, Lukas Vollen scoring the only goal of the match.

Matchday 24
Centralis Heart 1–2 Agri Foodbowl
Astrolabe 0–0 Lexington Victory
FC Farleigh-Warburton 4–1 Club 24
Arrowhead Point 0–1 Boudicca Noviodunum
Olympic Nassau Bay 4–3 Burnton 1963
Grenville Sailors 2–0 Vaduz Portcullis
Royal Queenstown 0–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Somer City and Surrounds 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum

Agri Foodbowl had a big upset against Centralis Heart as they managed to slip in another goal in the dying seconds of the game to deny Heart the three points; it was a disappointing game for Heart, which saw John McCormack score nonetheless. Astrolabe's defensive efficiencies were enough to thwart the offense of Lexington Victory, as none of their varied striking options were able to sink any goals into the net. Despite a strong start from Cenian prodigy Andrew Arrosword, who scored a goal for his team, Club 24 continued its run of poor defensive form, with the club desperately needing more investment in the defense to prevent more matches like this four-one thumping from Farleigh-Warburton; Lynn-Peters, Lobo, Virgo, and Henry all penetrated the weak Club 24 defense. Boudicca Noviodunum prevented much of Arrowhead Point's attacking magic while sinking in a lone goal of their own. Olympic Nassau Bay recovered from their disappointment last week to secure a valuable win against Burnton 1963 in a topsy-turvy match that finally saw the home side come out on top, courtesy of braces from Mark Allen and Tom Auros, while Burnton 1963's Potter, Latham, and Northgrove all scored one apiece in the competitive encounter. Grenville Sailors had a bit of an upset against Vaduz Portcullis, with William Tempest doing well to block Ian Landis and Giancarlo Conte from scoring. Eclipse New Gelderland too displayed excellent defense and goalkeeping, as it did not concede a goal against Royal Queenstown or the Ipirina/Ceka partnership. Finally, Celtic Noviodunum waited until the dying seconds of the match to strike against Somer City, with Masibo Andrianajaka of Racao striking the final blow to snatch the three points.

Matchday 25
Somer City and Surrounds 4–2 Centralis Heart
Celtic Noviodunum 1–0 Royal Queenstown
Eclipse New Gelderland 2–1 Grenville Sailors
Vaduz Portcullis 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Burnton 1963 2–0 Arrowhead Point
Boudicca Noviodunum 0–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Club 24 1–0 Astrolabe
Lexington Victory 1–0 Agri Foodbowl

Somer City rebounded from their defeat last week to Celtic Noviodunum as they defeated the attacking-minded Centralis Heart by a score of four to two in a game that saw Somer City having quite a bit of domination in the pitch. The partnership between John McCormack and Tyro Solaris again proved fruitful, as each scored a goal; Krane's lessons have obviously not been lost on the young striker. Come to think of it, the club has been doing a bit better since Krane's departure, but perhaps that is because of a reinforced defense and Solaris's efforts to live up to Krane's big shoes to fill. Lluvatar, Fielding, and Griffin (x2), meanwhile, were all instrumental in their side's winning effort. Celtic Noviodunum continued with their good momentum to defeat Royal Queenstown by one goal to nil, Abigail Knight striking the blow to give the three points to last season's champions. Eclipse New Gelderland grabbed a vital three points against Grenville Sailors with their 2-1 victory at home, something that is sure to reinforce the team's spirits. A lone goal by Giancarlo Conte of Osarius was enough to lift Vaduz Portcullis above the young Olympic Nassau Bay team. Burnton 1963 pulled through against Arrowhead Point, Sakoto blocking most of the shots from the attacking-minded club, while Latham and Potter both scored for the club. Club 24's Arrowsword, working in conjunction with Nephara's Jehoiachin Conner, scored a single goal against the tough defense of Astrolabe, but it was enough to secure that club the win and the full three points. Finally, Lexington Victory defeated Agri Foodbowl by a one goal margin, the goal from Soren Sakho just enough to strike the fatal blow against the away side.

League Table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          25   15   8   2    44   24  +20    53
 2 Celtic Noviodunum          25   14   6   5    39   19  +20    48
 3 Vaduz Portcullis           25   14   4   7    36   26  +10    46
 4 Centralis Heart            25   14   4   7    38   31   +7    46
 5 Somer City and Surrounds   25   13   5   7    29   22   +7    44
 6 FC Farleigh-Warburton      25   11   5   9    26   19   +7    38
 7 Burnton 1963               25   10   4  11    26   27   −1    34
 8 Olympic Nassau Bay         25    9   5  11    44   43   +1    32
 9 Arrowhead Point            25    8   7  10    43   44   −1    31
10 Royal Queenstown           25    7   8  10    29   29    0    29
11 Eclipse New Gelderland     25    6  10   9    15   21   −6    28
12 Agri Foodbowl              25    8   4  13    18   29  −11    28
13 Club 24                    25    9   1  15    40   61  −21    28
14 Grenville Sailors          25    7   6  12    29   29    0    27
15 Astrolabe                  25    7   3  15    15   28  −13    24
16 Boudicca Noviodunum        25    4   8  13    30   49  −19    20

Copa Terranea - Semifinals
Lexington Victory 1–0 Somer City and Surrounds
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Burnton 1963

[Electrum and New Gelderland]

Matchday 26
Centralis Heart 4–3 Lexington Victory
Agri Foodbowl 0–1 Club 24
Astrolabe 0–1 Boudicca Noviodunum
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–2 Burnton 1963
Arrowhead Point 2–3 Vaduz Portcullis
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
Royal Queenstown 2–0 Somer City and Surrounds

Centralis Heart handed Lexington Victory only their third loss of the season, in a thrilling 4-3 finish, resolved during injury time, with both Lemona and Bastion-Rier saving many shots on goal. Both sides defenses were tested -- and goals usually came from a mistake, such as when Solaris wasn't paired briefly during those final minutes, allowing Centralis Heart to pull themselves from 1 point to 3 points, giving them contention for the champion spot. Sakho, Stretner, Brekovic all scored for the Victory, di Angello, Fernando and 2x Solaris for the Heart. Club 24 came away with a technically superb win over Agri Foodbowl - both teams were equal on points and very eager to get far away as possible from the relegation zone, Conner taking advantage of a cross from Arrowsword was all that was needed, pushing Agri further down the ladder. In the other cellar dweller match, both Boudicca and Astrolabe sought to actually get out of the relegation zone, all bets were off in this competitive match: A sneaky toe shot from Mascaro sealing the deal late in the second half. FC Fairleigh-Warburton suffered a loss to Burnton, Northgrove and Potter synergising for those two winning goals. Vaduz Portcullis defeated Arrowhead Point 3-2, in quite a strange match wherein Vaduz scored the first three goals in quick succession, and then Arrowhead Point the next two, before fizzling out in the second half. Eclipse defeated Olympic 1-0, with Eclipse defending Skoko's handiwork with a tight defence for the rest of the game. Celtic Noviodunum bested the Sailors, Knight just managing to kick above Tempest's hands as he dove for the ball. Finally, Royal Queenstown defeated Somer City, Agosto from Queenstown was tripped by Serafim, leading to him being sent off. A player down, Somer didn't recover as Ipirina and Ceka once again combined for two goals, Ceka assisting both times.


Matchday 27
Royal Queenstown 1–3 Centralis Heart
Somer City and Surrounds 1–0 Grenville Sailors
Celtic Noviodunum 2–1 Olympic Nassau Bay
Eclipse New Gelderland 1–3 Arrowhead Point
Vaduz Portcullis 2–0 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Burnton 1963 1–4 Astrolabe
Boudicca Noviodunum 3–4 Agri Foodbowl
Club 24 2–2 Lexington Victory

Centralis kicked off proceedings for Week 27 with a victory over Queenstown: their midfield had to be commended for so quickly turning defence into offence and blocking the passing lanes, making Queenstown unable to build on their very first goal of the match. Morgan-Brown and Fernando were solid and each of them had an assist for two of the three goals Heart scored. Somer City's Lluvatar saved the day once again in Grenville, a momentarily bout of forgetfulness from Grenville in the dying moments of the match saw Lluvatar become unguarded, and they were punished for that mishap. Celtic Noviodunum's left flank was the most productive today, the underappreciated Martón and Stone scored both goals, with the Olympic defence just not up to standard today. Arrowhead Point's aggression showed once again in their match against Eclipse. Although out of position a few times, leading to Eclipse to score a goal in the late stages of the match, Arrowhead's Kane and Gabu were effective in steamrolling the other side. Vaduz Portcullis surprisingly defeated Fairleigh-Warburton 2-0: Fairleigh were just not in the match at all, playing sluggish and lethargically: Henry and Virgo just not doing much. Portcullis' Ramirez and Fede were the dynamic duo, Fede scoring into the corner twice off Ramirez' passes and crosses. Astrolabe went against all expectations, whooping Burnton 4-1 away in one of the biggest upsets ever. Burnton were just simply hapless, an early goal led the defence to completely scatter and go off position, a goal kicking frenzy by Alcantar and Mascaro ensued. In one of the more colourful matches, the Agri Ultras were at it again, interrupting the match late in the second half, leading both teams to play in haze. The Agri footballers, used to the haze in their matches came out of nowhere with an Anderton goal to grab all three points. Finally, Club 24 scored a rare draw against Lexington Victory no less, both teams playing very safely, Valles, Rhodes standing out for Lexington, Conner for Club 24.

Matchday 28
Centralis Heart 4–1 Club 24
Lexington Victory 4–3 Boudicca Noviodunum
Agri Foodbowl 0–2 Burnton 1963
Astrolabe 0–0 Vaduz Portcullis
FC Farleigh-Warburton 1–0 Eclipse New Gelderland
Arrowhead Point 1–0 Celtic Noviodunum
Olympic Nassau Bay 0–1 Somer City and Surrounds
Grenville Sailors 0–1 Royal Queenstown

It's getting to be the home stretch here in the Terranean League, and it was yet another blowout win for Centralis Heart, and yet another blowout loss from the heavily attacking Club 24; despite a wonderful goal from Andrew Arrowsword, the team's goalscoring prodigy, Centralis Heart had much more goalscoring talent than the leaky defense could defend against. Solaris and McCormack both scored a brace to enjoy their comfortable win. Lexington Victory had to go down to the wire against Boudicca Noviodunum, but the home side eventually prevailed to remain on course for the championships, with goals from Brekovic (x2), Sakho, and Rhodes, the top Gelderlish midfielder. Burnton 1963 enjoyed an easy win over Agri Foodbowl, with Dom Potter and Jake Latham both scoring one goal apiece in the comfortable victory. Astrolabe, with their quality defense, held Vaduz Portcullis, with their excellent attacking midfielder Ian Landis and striker Giancarlo Conte unable to score. Despite a strong challenge from Eclipse New Gelderland, Farleigh-Warburton continued through with the full three points, courtesy of a goal from Luke Virgo. Arrowhead Point scored a strange win over Celtic Noviodunum, a weird gust of win in Arrowhead Point from the sea pushing the ball past the outstretched arms of Eliot Horn. Somer City eked out a win over the balanced strategy of Olympic Nassau Bay, the goal from Lluvatar just enough to seal the win. Aristotle Ipirina sealed the full three points for Royal Queenstown with his lone goal against Grenville Sailors.

Matchday 29
Grenville Sailors 0–3 Centralis Heart
Royal Queenstown 1–0 Olympic Nassau Bay
Somer City and Surrounds 4–1 Arrowhead Point
Celtic Noviodunum 0–2 FC Farleigh-Warburton
Eclipse New Gelderland 2–0 Astrolabe
Vaduz Portcullis 0–0 Agri Foodbowl
Burnton 1963 0–2 Lexington Victory
Boudicca Noviodunum 3–5 Club 24

Centralis Heart continued its rampage through the last few days of the Terranean League, this time hitting three goals past the hapless Grenville Sailors, all three coming from the boot of John McCormack. Aristotle Ipirina proved the savior of Royal Queenstown yet again, as the club earned the full three points for his goal against Olympic Nassau Bay. Somer City romped all over Arrowhead Point, their attacking style not working any wonders against Somer City's defense. Griffin, Fielding, Lluvatar, and Varelovsky all scored in the drubbing. Farleigh-Warburton inflicted a further blow on Celtic Noviodunum, Virgo proving deft enough to outwit his compatriot Eliot Horn in goal on two occasions to secure the win for one of the larger Electrumite clubs. In a battle of two lower-tier defensive clubs, Eclipse New Gelderland sent Astrolabe further down the road to relegation, inflicting a damaging 2-0 defeat. Agri Foodbowl again proved the giant-stopper against Vaduz Portcullis, holding them scoreless, while some have argued that Vaduz is simply having a poor run of form in these last couple of days. Lexington Victory consolidated their title spot with a win over Burnton 1963, Srecko Brekovic, the Szavda playmaker, scoring both goals in the encounter. Finally, Club 24, despite conceding three goals, defeated Boudicca Noviodunum in an intense encounter, Andrew Arrowsword proving his excellent skills with a hat trick, supported by Conner with a brace.

Matchday 30
Centralis Heart 2–1 Boudicca Noviodunum
Club 24 2–1 Burnton 1963
Lexington Victory 4–2 Vaduz Portcullis
Agri Foodbowl 1–1 Eclipse New Gelderland
Astrolabe 0–1 Celtic Noviodunum
FC Farleigh-Warburton 4–2 Somer City and Surrounds
Arrowhead Point 3–3 Royal Queenstown
Olympic Nassau Bay 5–2 Grenville Sailors

The last day of the competition and Boudicca's hopes of remaining in the top tier were snuffed when they lost 2-1 to Centralis at home. Both teams had an objective today: Heart to reach the top of the table (hoping Victory would lose) and Boudicca hoping to not get the wooden spoon, as relegation was all but assured. Heart's star striker Tyro Solaris scored both of the goals early in the second half, whilst Boudicca's lone goal came at the very end of the match when the Heart were already celebrating their Electrum Championship, being the best team on the Electrum side. Club 24 capped off a stellar season in their first season of the top flight with a 2-1 victory for Burnton 1963, the standouts were yet again Arrowsword and Conner, who are the young picks for the club which paid dividends. Burnton's lone goal came from Alex Lancaster after a handball penalty from Club 24 in the late stages of the match. In Lexington, the Victory secured the Championship with the very last match, needing only a draw or a win against the unfavoured Vaduz Portcullis. After the first two equalisers in the first half by Vaduz Portcullis (goals scored by Espinosa and Conte), Lexington Victory pulled ahead with a hattrick of goals by Semar striker Sakho who just happened to find all the right angles. Agri Foodbowl drew Eclipse at home with the notorious fans. The Agri fans interrupted the late stage of the match when Eclipse was up 1-0 (thanks to a Sunngifu-Brittani header), causing it to be suspended at ten minutes to go. Clearly rattled, Suraci and Lucio weren't at the best, allowing Agri to strike back with a goal from Kasusi to tie it up. Celtic Noviodunum defeated Astrolabe (who were already destined to go to the playoffs), 1-0, adding further salt to the wound: Andrianajaka scoring the lone goal. FC Fairleigh-Warburton were actually down 2-0 before the half-time break, with Varelovsky and Lluvatar in the midfield taking advantage of the defensive weaknessses of Fairleigh-Warburton, allowing Serafim to score with some excellent passes. But the comeback was on: the Fairleigh team's Henry and Virgo scored two goals each throughout the half, despite the best defensive efforts of Somer to defend their margin, they just collapsed, scattering about the place, and only exacerbating the problem even further. Queenstown and Arrowhead Point drew 3-all, both sides on the offensive resulting in many shots on goal. Queenstown's mainly Gelder midfield were the ones that scored and assisted each other, to the cheers of the home crowd, whilst for Arrowhead Point Gabu and Kristin-Hendrikje scored 2 and 1 goals respectively. Finally, Olympic Nassau Bay beat Grenville Sailors 5-2 in an extremely high scoring match. The triad of Blackfoot, Auros and Varley all contributed to the goal margin for Olympic. As a result of this loss, the Sailors finished just a point under Astrolabe, and now unable to salvage their season: no longer in contention for the playoffs, and will be relegated to the second league next season.

Final League Table

#                             Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lexington Victory          30   18   9   3    59   35  +24    63  Champion, CC, CdC, CWC
 2 Centralis Heart            30   19   4   7    54   37  +17    61  CC, CdC
 3 Celtic Noviodunum          30   17   6   7    43   23  +20    57  GC
 4 Vaduz Portcullis           30   16   6   8    43   32  +11    54  GC
 5 Somer City and Surrounds   30   16   5   9    37   29   +8    53  GC
 6 FC Farleigh-Warburton      30   14   5  11    34   25   +9    47  GC
 7 Burnton 1963               30   12   4  14    32   36   −4    40  GC
 8 Royal Queenstown           30   10   9  11    37   35   +2    39  GC
 9 Arrowhead Point            30   10   8  12    53   55   −2    38
10 Club 24                    30   12   2  16    51   71  −20    38
11 Olympic Nassau Bay         30   10   5  15    50   50    0    35 
12 Eclipse New Gelderland     30    8  11  11    20   26   −6    35
13 Agri Foodbowl              30    9   6  15    23   36  −13    33
14 Astrolabe                  30    8   4  18    19   33  −14    28  PO
15 Grenville Sailors          30    7   6  17    31   40   −9    27  R
16 Boudicca Noviodunum        30    5   8  17    41   64  −23    23  R

Copa Terranea - Final
Lexington Victory 3–1 Arrowhead Point