Premier June Grades

Amherst Sharpshooters:

May Grade – A

June Grade – A-

One liner: Ho-Hum. More wins for Amherst Sharpshooters in Premier.

May Prediction -  2^nd

June Prediction – 2^nd

 

BSC Raiders:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – A+

One liner:  Gold standard of BDSL is as shiny as ever

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd

May Prediction – 3^rd

June Grade – 1^st

 

Buffalo United SS:

May Grade – A-

June Grade - A

One liner: Regular season means nothing. Will this be the year they breakthrough in the postseason.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st

May Prediction –3^rd

June Prediction – 3^rd

 

Celtic United:

May Grade – C

June Grade – D-

One liner: Let’s figure it out please. K thanks. Missing the playoffs would be a colossal failure.

Preseason Prediction – 4th

May Prediction – 6^th

June Prediction – 7^th

 

Clarence:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – C-

One liner: Gritty times ahead here for Clarence if they want playoffs

Preseason Prediction – 7th

May Prediction – 6^th

June Prediction – 10^th

 

East Aurora FC:

May Grade – C+

June Grade – F-

One liner: It’s these types of results that not only relegate a team but looks also could mean the end of their BDSL existence.

Preseason Prediction – 10^th

May Prediction – 8^th

June Prediction – 12^th

 

Lackawanna FCY:

May Grade – C-

June Grade – A-

One liner: Ali Shawish is playing out of his goddamn mind. He has more then half of the 27 LFCY goals this year.

Preseason Prediction – 8th

May Prediction – 9^th

June Prediction – 4^th

 

Queenston FC:

May Grade – D

June Grade – B+

One liner:  Can they avoid their standard terrible July result? If they can then they’ll earn their first ever Premier playoff berth.

Preseason Prediction – 9th

May Prediction –10^th

June Prediction – 5th

 

SoHo FC:

May Grade – B-

June Grade – C-

One liner: Coming back to life after looking DOA as always

Preseason Prediction – 5th

May Prediction – 4^th

June Prediction – 6^th

 

Southtowns FPFC:

May Grade – A

June Grade – C+

One liner: No playoffs but a foundation to build on here.

Preseason Prediction – 12th

May Prediction – 8^th

June Prediction – 9th

 

Williamsville Willies:

May Grade – C-

June Grade - D

One liner: Looking more and more like a return to Champo for these lads.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th

May Prediction – 12^th

June Prediction – 11^th

 

Wolfpack:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – B-

One liner:  Good year but averaging a goal a game will mean no playoffs.

Preseason Prediction – 11th

May Prediction – 11^th

June Prediction – 8^th

 

 

 

Championship May Grades:

BSC International:

May Grade – A+

June Grade - B

One liner: Maybe have the best individual stars in all of Championship division.

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd

May Prediction –  1^st

June Prediction – 1^st

 

Beast City SC:

May Grade – A-

June Grade – B-

One liner: A slight stumble but this young team has enough good pieces to beat anyone.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st

May Prediction – 2^nd

June Prediction – 4th

 

Buffalo Bantu:

May Grade – F

June Grade – F+

One liner: Hello D1…. A shell of the team they once were.

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd

May Prediction – 10^th

June Prediction – 12^th

 

Celtic Hoops

May Grade – F-

June Grade – C+

One liner: Signs of life = No relegation

Preseason Prediction – 10^th

May Prediction – 12^th

June Prediction – 8th

 

Lykan FC:

May Grade – C-

June Grade – B+

One liner:  Huge game vs Polonia. Will the late surge be enough for a playoff berth?

Preseason Prediction – 11^th

May Prediction – 11^th

June Prediction – 6^th

 

NMB FC:

May Grade – C

June Grade – D-

One liner: What happened here? They need two results to save themselves including a win over West Side.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th

May Prediction – 5^th

 

Niagara FC:

May Grade – B

June Grade – A-

One liner: My dark horse pick riding strong into a post-season spot.

Preseason Prediction – 7^th

May Prediction – 7^th

June Grade – 5th

 

Pendleton United FC:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – A+

One liner: Just win baby!

Preseason Prediction – 8^th

May Prediction – 4^th

June Prediction – 2^nd

 

Polonia:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - B

One liner: I feel like there is another shock result here from that that might cost them a playoff spot.

Preseason Prediction – 12^th

May Prediction – 8^th

June Prediction – 7^th

 

Rangers:

May Grade – B-

June Grade – C-

One liner: A step back from them which I was surprised to see considering their roster vs others.

Preseason Prediction – 4th

May Prediction – 6^th

June Prediction – 9^th

 

Roos FC:

May Grade – B

June Grade – B-

One liner:  Went on cruise control a bit too early. Need to get healthy to compete with top teams.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th

May Prediction – 3^rd

June Prediction – 3^rd

 

West Side FC:

May Grade – C

June Grade – B-

One liner:  Playing teams tough all season. Should secure them another Championship season in 2019.

Preseason Prediction – 9^th

May Prediction -  9^th

June Prediction – 10^th

 

 

 

1^St Division May Grades

Blizzard FC:

May Grade – B

June Grade - B

One liner: Seem like a playoff team but a step behind the favorites. Will their late adds make a difference?

Preseason Prediction – 4^th in Pepper + wildcard

May Prediction – 3^rd in Pepper + wildcard

June Prediction - 3^rd in Pepper + wildcard

 

Buffalo Celtic:

May Grade – C-

June Grade - C

One liner: Are they improving? Impossible to say. Might be involved is the play out game again this year.

Preseason Prediction – 8^th in Pepper

May Prediction – 8^th in Pepper

June Prediction – 8^th in Pepper

 

Crimson SPAL FC:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - B

One liner: Really never in doubt playoff wise. Can Tarbell make the playoff difference?

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd in Pepper

May Prediction - 2^nd in Pepper

June Prediction – 2^nd in Pepper

 

Crusaders FC:

May Grade – F

June Grade – D-

One liner: On life support. Have to find a win here or D1 and BDSL existence is in danger.

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd in Pepper + wildcard

May Prediction – 6^th in Pepper

June Prediction – 7^th in Pepper

 

Dutch FC:

May Grade – B

June Grade - C

One liner: Owen Adamec is approving to be a hell of a player but I’m not sure he can do enough to get them into the postseason.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th in Mingle

May Prediction – 5^th in Mingle

June Prediction – 6^th in Mingle

 

FC Quake:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - A

One liner: Just churning along. Probably the most consistent team in all of D1 (and apparently the most well behaved).

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd in Mingle + wildcard

May Prediction – 2^nd in Mingle

June Prediction – 3^rd in Mingle + wildcard

 

Grand Island FC:

May Grade – D

June Grade – B+

One liner: Ok now this is the team I was hoping for before the season started.  Rounding into form for the playoffs.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st in Mingle

May Prediction – 2^nd in Mingle

June Prediction – 4^th in Mingle

 

Great Lakes Africa:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – D+

One liner: A weird feeling the bottom might be dropping out of these guys here.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th in Pepper

May Prediction – 4^th in Pepper + wildcard

 

Hamburg FC:

May Grade – C+

June Grade – D+

One liner: Doesn’t look promising. At best they make the play out game.

Preseason Prediction – 7^th in Mingle

May Prediction – 8^th in Mingle + relegated in play out game

June Prediction – 9^th in Mingle

 

Honey Badgers:

May Grade – C

June Grade – C-

One liner: Better in last two games but might be a case of too little too late.

Preseason Prediction – 7^th in Pepper

May Prediction – 7^th in Pepper

June Prediction – 9^th in Pepper

 

Los Chupacabras:

May Grade – A-

June Grade - A

One liner: Playoff bound plus on a magical Tehel Cup run. Fun year for Los Chupas

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd in Mingle

May Prediction – 1^st in Mingle

June Prediction – 1^st in Mingle

 

Mes Que FC:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – A+

One liner:  Who are these guys and what have they done with Alden?

Preseason Prediction – 9^th in Mingle

May Prediction – 6^th in Mingle

June Prediction – 2^nd in Mingle

 

OP Alliance:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – A-

One liner: Look to be a cut above every other team in D1. Will be interested to see if this transfers over to playoffs.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th in Pepper

May Prediction – 1^st in Pepper

June Prediction – 1^st in Pepper

 

RVS United:

May Grade – D-

June Grade – C-

One liner: Not a pretty season but surviving the drop is a prize enough.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th in Mingle

May Prediction – 7^th in Mingle

June Prediction – 7^th in Mingle

 

Rampart FC:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - C

One liner: Meh sums it up nicely.

Preseason Prediction – 4^th in Mingle + wildcard

May Prediction – 4^th in Mingle + wildcard

June Prediction – 5^th in Mingle

 

Tonawanda United:

May Grade – D

June Grade – C+

One liner: Better of last and they’ll need that to continue to keep playoff hopes alive

Preseason Prediction – 1^st in Pepper

May Prediction – 5^th in Pepper

June Prediction – 4^th in Pepper + wildcard

 

Tri Town United:

May Grade – D+

June Grade – D+

One liner: Every time I want to completely bury then they grab a win.

Preseason Prediction – 8^th in Mingle

May Prediction – 9^th in Mingle

June Prediction – 8^th in Mingle + relegation via play out game

 

Ukraine:

May Grade – F+

June Grade – C+

One liner: If they can grab results in the next two games they are suddenly playoff bound.

Preseason Prediction – 9^th in Pepper

May Prediction - 9^th in Pepper

June Prediction – 6^th in Pepper

 

 

 

2^nd Division May Grades

11 Stars FC:

May Grade – F

June Grade – F-

One liner: No comment needed

Preseason Prediction – 7^th in Odenbach

May Prediction – 10^th in Odenbach

June Prediction – 10^th in Odenbach

 

Celtic 1888:

May Grade – B-

June Grade – A+

One liner: Impressive from ’88.  An all Celtic Final?

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd in Simpkin

May Prediction – 4^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 2^nd in Simpkin

 

Celtic Brigade:

May Grade – B-

June Grade – A+

One liner: Impressive from Brigade. An all Celtic Final?

Preseason Prediction – 7^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 5^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 3^rd in Simpkin + wildcard

 

Clarence Rebels:

May Grade – C

June Grade - F

One liner: Terrible swoon in June. Youngsters learning lessons I’m sure here in first BDSL season.

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd in Simpkin

May Prediction – 3^rd in Simpkin + wildcard

June Prediction – 8^th in Simpkin

 

DSC Buffalo:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – C

One liner: Lurking with their games in hand but I don’t think there is enough here for a playoff berth.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 2^nd in Simpkin

June Prediction – 4^th in Simpkin

 

Delco Academy:

May Grade – C+

June Grade - B

One liner: A pretty solid team stuck in a monstrous conference. Hardest schedule out of any remaining team in D2

Preseason Prediction – 5^th in Odenbach + wildcard

May Prediction – 8^th in Odenbach

June Prediction - 8^th in Odenbach

 

Devils:

May Grade – C+

June Grade – B+

One liner: Could sneak into the postseason if things fall their way. Good first year in D2 for them.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 8^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 6^th in Simpkin

 

FK Bosna:

May Grade – A-

June Grade – A-

One liner: Surprise of all of D2 for me is FK Bosna crashing the playoff party. They make Odenbach all the more of a gauntlet.

Preseason Prediction – 10^th in Odenbach

May Prediction – 7^th in Odenbach

June Prediction – 3^rd in Odenbach + wildcard

 

Future Stars:

May Grade – A

June Grade – D-

One liner: Yuck. June was rough for them and it doesn’t get much easier going forward.

Preseason Prediction – 8^th in Odenbach

May Prediction – 7^th in Odenbach

June Prediction - 7^th in Odenbach

 

Great White Buffalo:

May Grade – C+

June Grade - B

One liner: Similar to Delco they are a quality team that just is in tough vs some very good teams.

Preseason Prediction – 4^th in Odenbach + wildcard

May Prediction – 5^th in Odenbach + wildcard

June Prediction – 6^th in Odenbach

 

Kingsmen SC:

May Grade – D+

June Grade - F

One liner: Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to stay in D2?

Preseason Prediction – 10^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 9^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 9^th in Simpkin

 

Lykan United:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - B

One liner: Can’t afford to cough up any points here down the stretch but right now I have them in.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th in Odenbach

May Prediction – 4^th in Odenbach + wildcard

June Prediction – 4^th in Odenbach + wildcard

 

Meerkats FC:

May Grade – F - - -

June Grade – F- - - 

One liner: Insert your own joke about them here.

Preseason Prediction – 8^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 10^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 10^th in Simpkin

 

Olean 1854 FC:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – A+

One liner: Just blew teams away in June. Best team in all of D2 right now though losing Gayton is a blow.

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd in Odenbach + wildcard

May Prediction – 2^nd in Odenbach

June Prediction – 1^st in Odenbach

 

Queen City Pride:

May Grade – C-

June Grade – C

One liner: Mixed bag from this team. Not at their best this year.

Preseason Prediction – 4^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 7^th in Simpkin

June Prediction - 7^th in Simpkin

 

Revolution SC:

May Grade – B

June Grade – B+

One liner: Heating up at the right time. A playoff berth would be incredibly impressive

Preseason Prediction – 9^th in Simpkin

May Prediction – 6^th in Simpkin

June Prediction – 5^th in Simpkin

 

WNY United Reds:

May Grade – C-

June Grade – D-

One liner: Competitive but that’s really not good enough.

Preseason Prediction – 9^th in Odenbach

May Prediction -  9^th in Odenbach

June Prediction – 9^th in Odenbach

 

West Seneca FC:

May Grade – B-

June Grade – A-

One liner: Won the West Seneca derby and playing great here. Primed for a deep run.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st in Odenbach

May Prediction – 3^rd in Odenbach + wildcard

June Prediction – 2^nd in Odenbach

West Seneca Panthers:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – B-

One liner: Tough go in June for Panthers but maybe they keeping their eyes toward the end game and not the week in and out grind.

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd in Odenbach

May Prediction – 1^st in Odenbach

June Prediction – 5^th in Odenbach + wildcard

 

Youngstown Marksmen:

May Grade – A

June Grade – B+

One liner: Back to back vs the Celtic should prove who the king of Simpkin really is here.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st in Simpkin

May Prediction -  1^st in Simpkin

June Prediction – 1^st in Simpkin

 

 

 

3^rd Division May Grades

Bangarang FC:

May Grade – F

June Grade - D

One liner: Bangarang? More like Badarang. Am I right? Guys? Hello?

Preseason Prediction – 6^th

May Prediction – 6^th

June Prediction – 7th

 

Big Green SC:

May Grade – B

June Grade – A-

One liner: Quiet the turnaround from 2017. Good for them.

Preseason Prediction – 10^th

May Prediction – 8^th

June Prediction – 5^th

 

Celtic Classic:

May Grade – D

June Grade – C+

One liner: Hey there are some teams they can play with there are other teams they cannot. But a good month overall.

Preseason Prediction – 12^th

May Prediction – 12^th

June Prediction – 10^th

 

Cheektowaga:

May Grade – B+

June Grade - D

One liner: They are better then their record I think but falling in too many tight games.

Preseason Prediction –8^th

May Prediction – 7^th

June Prediction – 9^th

 

Iron Lungz FC:

May Grade – D-

June Grade – C

One liner: When they lose they lose big.

Preseason Prediction – 9^th

May Prediction – 11^th

June Prediction – 11^th

 

Lasalle FC:

May Grade – C

June Grade – A+

One liner: Haven’t given up a goal in 4 straight as they continue to climb up the D3 standings.

Preseason Prediction – 4^th

May Prediction – 5^th

June Prediction – 3^rd

 

Medina Mustangs FC:

May Grade – A++

June Grade – B+

One liner: If you could call anything a stumble it would be there month of June. I expect them to bounce back nicely.

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd

May Prediction – 1^st

June Prediction – 2^nd

 

Moby Ducks FC:

May Grade – A-

June Grade – C-

One liner: No wins in the last 3 with 2 really hard games left.

Preseason Prediction – 2^nd

May Prediction – 3^rd

June Prediction – 6^th

 

NY Elite:

May Grade – A

June Grade – A-

One liner: Lost to Medina but look to have a leg up on them in the standings. Anything less then promotion is a failure for them

Preseason Prediction – 1^st

May Prediction – 2^nd

June Prediction – 1^st

 

North Buffalo FC:

May Grade – C

June Grade – B+

One liner: Like Big Green 2017 seems another team ago. Might fall just short but building positively.

Preseason Prediction – 11^th

May Prediction – 10^th

 

Rust Belt United:

May Grade – D-

June Grade – F+

One liner: Let’s just move along. Nothing to see here.

Preseason Prediction – 7^th

May Prediction – 9^th

June Prediction – 12^th

Tesla FC:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – B+

One liner: Tesla FC will probably have a good 6-8 year average gap between them and their next closest D3 playoff team.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th

May Prediction – 4^th

June Prediction – 4^th

 

 

 

O-35 May Grades:

Aliens:

May Grade – B+

June Grade – B+

One liner: Holding onto their second place spot but have the hardest remaining schedule of any team.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st

May Prediction – 2^nd

June Prediction – 3^rd

Aztecas FC:

May Grade – B

June Grade - B

One liner: Honestly I expected way worse so mid table finish is really great for year 1 in my book.

Preseason Prediction – 6^th

May Prediction – 5^th

June Prediction – 5^th

 

Azzurri:

May Grade – B

June Grade – C+

One liner: The defending champs are on the ropes here. Need to win out to have a chance to defend the crown

Preseason Prediction – 4^th

May Prediction – 4^th

June Prediction – 4^th

 

Bluestars FC:

May Grade – A+

June Grade – B+

One liner: Barring a catastrophe they’ve clinched a spot in the championship game.

Preseason Prediction – 3^rd

May Prediction – 1^st

June Prediction – 1^st

 

CS Italia:

May Grade – C+

June Grade – D-

One liner: Hey maybe Ricky Fleck can change things for them.

Preseason Prediction – 7^th

May Prediction – 6^th

June Prediction – 6^th

 

Oranje:

May Grade – D-

June Grade – C+

One liner: A big win over Aztecas gives them a chance to avoid the bottom of the table.

Preseason Prediction – 5^th

May Prediction – 7^th

June Prediction – 7^th

 

West United FC:

May Grade – C-

June Grade - B

One liner: Have been able to climb back into it here but there slow start might cost them unless they run the table.

Preseason Prediction – 1^st

May Prediction – 3^rd

June Prediction – 2^nd