There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:
1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from September of the previous year through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.
2. When a team uses a player rated above 2590, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.
There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:
1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from January through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.
2. When a team uses a player rated above 2600, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.
If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.
1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.
2. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.
3. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.
4. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 4.0 - 2.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 3.5 - 2.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.
5. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams
6. Total Game Points from Board 1
7. Total Game Points from Board 2
8. Total Game Points from Board 3
9. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.
10. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams
If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.
If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.
1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.
2. Strength of Schedule; the team whose opponents have the highest combined record wins the tiebreak.
3. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.
4. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.
5. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 5.0 - 3.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 4.5 - 3.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.
6. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams
7. Total Game Points from Board 1
8. Total Game Points from Board 2
9. Total Game Points from Board 3
10. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.
11. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams
If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.
If the regulation match is tied 2 - 2, the following tiebreak procedures will be take place after a ten minute break:
1. The fourth boards from each team will play each other. The team that won on the highest board during the original match will choose their color for the first game. If all regulation games were drawn, the lower rated team gets to choose colors for the first tiebreak game. The time control will be three minutes with a three second increment. The loser of this game will be eliminated, and the winner then faces Board Three of the opposing team.
2. This process continues with the next higher board on each team continually replacing any player of their team who gets eliminated.
3. If a game ends in a draw, both players are eliminated, except if at least one team is using its Board One in which case there is no elimination on a draw, instead colors reverse, and the game is replayed until there is a decisive result.
4. Colors will switch every game for the teams in all circumstances.
5. This process repeats itself until all four players from one team have been eliminated. Thus in order for your opponents to win the match, every one of your team members must be eliminated.
Official 2007 USCL Schedule
• Team listed first gets White on Boards 1+3
• Time Controls will range from 60+30 to 90+30 depending on the start time and time zone (or sometimes even faster in rare cases)
• Starting times and dates subject to change
Monday, August 27th
1. New Jersey Knockouts vs Manhattan Applesauce | Tie 2-2 |
Wednesday, August 29th
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New York Knights | Baltimore 3-1 |
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Miami Sharks | Philadelphia 2.5-1.5 |
4. Dallas Destiny vs Tennessee Tempo | Dallas 3-1 |
5. San Francisco Mechanics vs Carolina Cobras | San Francisco 3-1 |
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Boston Blitz | Boston 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, September 5th
1. Boston Blitz vs Manhattan Applesauce | Boston 3-1 |
2. Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers | Carolina 3-1 |
3. New York Knights vs Philadelphia Inventors | Philadelphia 3-1 |
4. Tennessee Tempo vs New Jersey Knockouts | Tie 2-2 |
5. Dallas Destiny vs San Francisco Mechanics | Tie 2-2 |
6. Miami Sharks vs Seattle Sluggers | Seattle 3.5-0.5 |
Monday, September 10th
1. San Francisco Mechanics vs New York Knights | Tie 2-2 |
Wednesday, September 12th
2. Philadelphia Inventors vs Boston Blitz | Boston 3.5-0.5 |
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New Jersey Knockouts | Tie 2-2 |
4. Miami Sharks vs Carolina Cobras | Carolina 2.5-1.5 |
5. Manhattan Applesauce vs Dallas Destiny | Dallas 3-1 |
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Tennessee Tempo | Seattle 3.5-0.5 |
Monday, September 17th
1. New York Knights vs Boston Blitz | Tie 2-2 |
Wednesday, September 19th
2. Manhattan Applesauce vs New Jersey Knockouts | Manhattan 2.5-1.5 |
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Baltimore Kingfishers | Baltimore 3-1 |
4. Tennessee Tempo vs Miami Sharks | Miami 2.5-1.5 |
5. Dallas Destiny vs Carolina Cobras | Tie 2-2 |
6. Seattle Sluggers vs San Francisco Mechanics | Seattle 3-1 |
Monday, September 24th
1. Miami Sharks vs Dallas Destiny | Dallas 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, September 26th
2. New Jersey Knockouts vs New York Knights | New Jersey 2.5-1.5 |
3. Boston Blitz vs Baltimore Kingfishers | Tie 2-2 |
4. Manhattan Applesauce vs Philadelphia Inventors | Philadelphia 2.5-1.5 |
5. Tennessee Tempo vs San Francisco Mechanics | San Francisco 4-0 |
6. Carolina Cobras vs Seattle Sluggers | Tie 2-2 |
Wednesday, October 3rd
1. New Jersey Knockouts vs Carolina Cobras | New Jersey 2.5-1.5 |
2. Miami Sharks vs Manhattan Applesauce | Tie 2-2 |
3. Dallas Destiny vs Philadelphia Inventors | Dallas 2.5-1.5 |
4. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Tennessee Tempo | Tie 2-2 |
5. Boston Blitz vs San Francisco Mechanics | Boston 2.5-1.5 |
6. New York Knights vs Seattle Sluggers | New York 3-1 |
Monday, October 8th
1. Philadelphia Inventors vs New Jersey Knockouts | Philadelphia 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, October 10th
2. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights | New York 2.5-1.5 |
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Manhattan Applesauce | Manhattan 2.5-1.5 |
4. Carolina Cobras vs Tennessee Tempo | Tie 2-2 |
5. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks | Miami 2.5-1.5 |
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Dallas Destiny | Seattle 2.5-1.5 |
Monday, October 15th
1. New York Knights vs Manhattan Applesauce | New York 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, October 17th
2. New Jersey Knockouts vs Boston Blitz | Tie 2-2 |
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Philadelphia Inventors | Philadelphia 3-1 |
4. Miami Sharks vs Tennessee Tempo | Tie 2-2 |
5. Carolina Cobras vs San Francisco Mechanics | San Francisco 3-1 |
6. Dallas Destiny vs Seattle Sluggers | Dallas 3-1 |
Monday, October 22nd
1. San Francisco Mechanics vs Seattle Sluggers | San Francisco 3-1 |
Wednesday, October 24th
2. Philadelphia Inventors vs New York Knights | Philadelphia 2.5-1.5 |
3. New Jersey Knockouts vs Baltimore Kingfishers | Tie 2-2 |
4. Manhattan Applesauce vs Boston Blitz | Tie 2-2 |
5. Carolina Cobras vs Miami Sharks | Miami 2.5-1.5 |
6. Tennessee Tempo vs Dallas Destiny | Dallas 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, October 31st
1. Boston Blitz vs Philadelphia Inventors | Boston 2.5-1.5 |
2. Manhattan Applesauce vs Baltimore Kingfishers | Manhattan 3-1 |
3. New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts | New York 2.5-1.5 |
4. Tennessee Tempo vs Carolina Cobras | Carolina 2.5-1.5 |
5. San Francisco Mechanics vs Dallas Destiny | San Francisco 2.5-1.5 |
6. Seattle Sluggers vs Miami Sharks | Miami 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, November 7th
1. Philadelphia Inventors vs New York Knights | New York 3.5-0.5 |
2. Miami Sharks vs San Francisco Mechanics | Miami 2.5-1.5 |
Wednesday, November 14th
1. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights | Boston 2.5-1.5 |
Monday, November 19th
2. Dallas Destiny vs Miami Sharks | Dallas 3.5-0.5 |
Wednesday, November 28th
1. Dallas Destiny vs Boston Blitz | Tie 2-2 (Dallas won the tiebreaker) |