Bearing the two highest rated players in the League and having, as a result, the ability to use the highest rated lineups in USCL history, expectations were very high for the Arch Bishops in 2010 despite being an expansion team.

     But as has been shown time and time again in the League, rating strength alone does not always translate into success as the combination of not always having a top tier lineup available and generally struggling on the bottom board eventually came back to haunt St. Louis as they ended up just a half point out of a playoff spot.

     While their first season was certainly disappointing, a year's experience can only make them stronger.  They come into 2011 with a very different structured roster, instead of having very top heavy lineups, having many strong more typical lineups.  Like many things, only time can really tell if this change of strategy will pay off, but with the by far highest rated player in the League, GM Hikaru Nakamura, leading them, the Arch Bishops will always be a major threat in any match.