Taeshan Premier League Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Mierton Manatees 35 20 7 8 63 43 +20 67
2 Real Atlantea 35 19 8 8 41 24 +17 65
3 Laketown Rangers 35 16 12 7 57 40 +17 60
4 1093 Club de Football Atlantea 35 18 4 13 58 44 +14 58
5 X Island Marauders 35 16 10 9 39 30 +9 58
6 Blacklake Blues 35 14 13 8 45 36 +9 55
7 Bayern-Algaer 35 15 9 11 55 58 -3 54
8 Sleepy Hollow 35 15 8 12 46 36 +10 53
9 Taeshan City Miners 35 15 8 12 61 57 +4 53
10 Fadrön Flight 35 15 6 14 58 52 +6 51
11 Real Chinchinhua 35 15 5 15 51 42 +9 50
12 Capetown Crocs 35 13 10 12 38 39 -1 49
13 Hannah 35 13 9 13 47 40 +7 48
14 Los Riosa Monstas 35 12 10 13 53 58 -5 46
15 Ojian Orangemen 35 12 10 13 49 55 -6 46
16 Bayern Phoenix 35 12 9 14 37 40 -3 45
17 Knightspurs 35 11 12 12 33 35 -2 45
18 Atlantea Hurricanes 35 11 10 14 27 29 -2 43
19 New Capetown Falcons 35 9 13 13 24 32 -8 40
20 Yaton FC 35 9 13 13 34 43 -9 40
21 Tintown Terrapins 35 9 13 13 31 34 -3 40
22 Wiechester FC 35 5 11 19 21 44 -23 26
23 Wolverines 35 5 11 19 31 67 -36 26
24 Moresville FC 35 4 13 18 42 63 -21 25
What a quarter it has been for Mierton. Looking to win their first premier league title the team has managed to not only take the lead, but has had the most impressive stretch of any team possibly in the history of the league. From third place to first with 28 out of 36 points. They've only lost twice, and tied once in 12 games. Now Real sits second place with 45 points. Laketown, 1093 and X Island seem the most likely to finish in the other international places. At the bottom Wiechester, Moresville and Wolverines sit well behind with two of them headed to straight relegation and one to a playoff, with a few other teams also in the fight for the other playoff spot.
Quarter-Finals
Rapids 0-2 X Island Metrostars (0-2 agg)
X Island Metrostars 1-4 Rapids (3-4 agg)
Bayern-Algaer 0-0 1093 Club de Atlantea (0-0 agg)
1093 Club de Atlantea 3-3 Bayern-Algaer (3-3 AET, 3-3 agg, 0-1 PKs)
Yaton United 2-1 Ojian Orangemen (2-1 agg)
Ojian Orangemen 1-5 Yaton United (2-7 agg)
Tar Pit Mighty Hyena 3-2 Mierton Manatees (3-2 agg)
Mierton Manatees 5-3 Tar Pit Mighty Hyena (7-6 agg)
In the most surprising of the four quarterfinals, in that either of these teams managed to make it this far Rapids managed to just barely finish above X Island Metrostars. In the second battle reigning champions Bayern-Algaer took down 1093 de Atlantea behind an impressive goalkeeping performance in penalties by Myung Wook Yu. In the second matchup former premier league side Yaton utterly dominated Ojian Orangemen and managed to make it two lower division sides in the semi-final round. In the final matchup leaders Mierton were just enough to beat Tar Pit, and most of it was due to a four goal performance in the last leg at home from striker Laurence Walters.
Semi-Finals
Bayern-Algaer 2-1 Rapids (2-1 agg)
Rapids 1-2 Bayern-Algaer (2-4 agg)
Yaton United 0-1 Mierton Manatees (0-1 agg)
Mierton Manatees 3-2 Yaton United (4-2 agg)
In the semi final round it seemed like a foregone conclusion that both premier league sides would advance to the finals, and honestly for both of them they were pushed at first but ultimately the expected final was found. Mierton had a 2 goal performance from Benjamin Tennyson off the bench to push them to the final, and Bayern-Algaer's Alexis Fortunae scored a brilliant late goal to put his team out of reach.