It's been a month since TML 17 has started. Every team has now played a game and the competition seems to be tougher in each division.
The only teams that have not had a loss or draw yet are Hibernian FC, Pumas FC (Div 1), Suns FC (Div 2), Fussa (Div 3). Every other team has had a draw or a loss which speaks volumes on how competitive teams are.
Robert Walters Team of the Week award this time will go to Brunello FC!
After starting their season with a hard 4-0 loss against Fussa, they bounced right back and won their next 2 games.
Some interesting stats unfolded this weekend.
Hibernian FC, TML’s most succesfull club, have joined the fray. They had a tough game against British Embassy that went down to the wire but Tomoitsu Kunii of Hibs made the difference between the two.
King George also got their first win of the season. They unfortunantely will not be winning their next game due to former TML manager, James Bates, joining them for the next match.
Pumas have scored over 5 or more goals per game giving them a double digit goal difference (12) in just three games.
With the season finally kicking off, August 24/25 saw 9 TML games played. A plethora of goals scored across all fixtures with 3 people scoring hat tricks!
The champions of division 2 came down to the final fixture of the season. 18:30 at Shibuya Sports Center, a clash between the highest scoring team of division 2 (Sala FC) and the least conceded team (British Embassy FC). An exciting fixture that brought out TML fans to the stands (benches to be precise) despite being unassociated with either team.
Despite having the championship on the line, the match was far from defensive and stale. Sala stormed into a 2-0 lead through Fuyuki Nakatani and veteran Marko Gonzalez.
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
FC International
Guapo FC
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Fussa FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
King George FC
BEFC Lions
Lions FC
