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This Seoul Team's Got Soul - lock180 - 2024-12-15
When Bartholomew Twinkletoes heard the news that he was going to Seoul to play soccer he was less than excited. Not that Seoul is a bad city, in fact quite the opposite. Seoul is a lovely city with a vibrant night life and strong fan base however a good number of his rich friends lived in Paris so when he wasn't drafted by their major league team located in Sao Paulo he was a little agitated. Combine that with the fact that that team would choose his biggest rival as their goalkeeper and the anger inside Bartholomew was sizzling.
This is all to set up Bartholomew's current feelings toward being on Seoul which is to say he wouldn't want to be on any other team. While the major league counterpart is struggling currently second to last, the team that Bartholomew likes to think he leads is at the top of the minor league division. In 5 games Seoul has racked up 13 of the possible 15 points they were eligible for meaning they have won four games and drawn once. That's right, the Seoul MFC who just one season ago was last in the division with a measly 7 total points have completely flipped the script. Whether this is completely due to Bartholomew is debatable but what isn't debatable is Seoul's place in the number one slot.
While there are nerves within the locker room about their meeting with second place North Shore, the team has shown it is one of the best at scoring goals and is home to the most elite defense in the minors allowing only 9 total goals being the only team to be in the single digits for goals allowed. If you go to the goalkeeper stats page for the minors you will find Bartholomew's stats are, for the most part, unimpressive. Sure he may have allowed the least amount of goals, saved the second most balls from entering the back of the net, and has the highest xG prevented but people still don't think he's the best. If you put all of that aside there is one stat that Bartholomew has that no other goalkeeper has. Bartholomew Twinkletoes is the only goalkeeper to have a player of the match accolade five games into the season.
Bartholomew Twinkletoes leads the minors in every statistical category tracked in the "leaders" category but he couldn't do it without the rest of his defense. Guys like Mark Spoon, Jordan Bamford, Ben Nelson, Alex Stain have helped solidify the Seoul defense as a force to be reckoned with. Add onto timely scoring by a dynamic offense that score on anything from set pieces, dynamic passing, and penalty kicks and you have a recipe for ultimate success. With a majority of the team active and earning at a considerable pace who knows what this team is truly capable of.
Asl it stands today Seoul has thumped Paris 5-2, narrowly defeated Inter London 2-1, tied in a tough match against Kaapstad 2-2, hammered home a win against Cairo City 6-3, and in their most impressive win of the season, came out on top of Montreal in a hard fought 2-1 battle but as mentioned earlier, the two top teams in the minors have yet to face off and it is a battle of offense vs defense. North Shore leads the league in goals scored with 24 through 5 games which is good for over 4 goals a match. Meanwhile Seoul is hoping to rely on its impenetrable Seoul wall that has allowed only 9 goals all season which is good for just under 2 goals a match. It should be a match for the ages as the once bottom tier Seoul team will dual it out against the defending champs in this marquee matchup. Whatever the result is Seoul has shown they have the teamwork and star power to give any team a run for their money. Can they maintain their early success or will they stumble when it matters most?