Four more games are a part of history and the playoff spots are still mostly undetermined. FC Edinburgh Bullet Birds got a critical win in Group A when they beat Real TK 3-2 to improve to 9 points. Luigi Terlizzi did his best Maradona imitation, weaving through the entire Bullet Birds defense to score one in the 2nd minute but Edinburgh owned most of the game. Walker Rowena scored twice and Evan Ashby bent it like Becker in the 46th in what proved to be the game-winning goal. Terlizzi scored another one late but it wasn't enough. Edinburgh is in decent shape and can punch their ticket with a Kiki United loss or tie.

Not Very United picked up a road win in Group C, beating FC Trojans of SC 3-1. United scored all of their goals in the first 18 minutes, highlighted by a pair of goals by Brazilian Toro do Nascimento. The lone goal for the Trojans came in the 25th when Billy Quadrado converted a corner kick into a score. Other than that, the Trojans offense was fairly quiet. United moved into a tie for first with 5 points and the Trojans temporarily fell to third place. FC Not Very Athletic recovered from their 5-0 drubbing in their last outing to win 2-0 on the road against Halle Côte d'Or in Group E. Athletic outshot The Golden Slope 14-6 and converted twice on Regan Holian efforts in the 44th and 65th minutes. Unfortunately for both teams, their goal differentials are bad and they have a combined 1-6 record. These two probably need to win out to have a chance to advance.

Lastly, an update wouldn't be complete without explaining how a Group B team jumped a couple of spots in the standings. This time, Swamp City Dragons went from 4th to 2nd after beating Wolfsburg Dynamit 2-0. Canadians Uriel Evan and Jajuan Poivse scored for the Dragons and Wolfsburg ended their own comeback hopes when Mahoney Dixie was red carded in the 71st. All three teams are within three points with two more games to go.

Five games tomorrow as we are now past the halfway mark in Group Stage play.

A couple of games have been entered into the standings from this morning's games. Group D continues to produce very close results, the latest being a 2-1 road win by North Polar Dragons FC over group leader FC Stolpen Steamroller. Both teams scored within the first 7 minutes but the difference was an unassisted play from Hannes Carli who created a little bit of room for himself and places a perfect ball into the corner past a diving Steamroller goalie Estevon Zabaleta. Steamroller had a bunch of chances to tie, the best being a strike by Montay Compean that bounced off the crossbar but were unable to get back to level. All four teams are still well positioned for a transfer spot.

Group A now has a tie for the 2nd transfer spot after Kiki United trounced Real TK 6-2 in their final group game. Needing a big win to make up the differential, they got it with home cooking and a pair of goals by both Charlie Rummell and Donato Uribe. Luigi Terlizzi, the lone premium scorer for Real TK, scored again but it was not nearly enough. The win temporarily gives Kiki the 2nd transfer spot on the goals scored 4th tiebreaker, since both Kiki and FC Edinburgh Bullet Birds are even in points, goal differential and away goals. Edinburgh can take 2nd outright with a win or tie against the crutchanators of soccer in the groups final matchup but will be relegated to 3rd, and possibly out of the playoffs, if they lose the contest.

I will grab the other three games today this evening after 7pm.