The season’s about to get a lot more challenging
Like a Formula One car bringing its tires up to temperature over the first few laps of a race, it took Austin FC some time to get fully up to speed in the 2024 regular season.
Several factors have led to that huge uptick in results. Scoring timely goals at home, being tough to break down on the road and keeping the shorthanded squad relatively healthy have all contributed majorly. But there’s another uncomfortable reality to Austin FC’s recent success, one that’s about to abandon the Verde and Black for the better part of a month: the opposition has been extremely tame.
Now, that alone is not a criticism of the Verde and Black. They don’t set the schedule, and you can only beat who’s in front of you. Austin FC has done that at an encouraging rate thus far. As you might expect, PlayoffStatus.com also lists Austin FC as having the toughest remaining schedule among Western Conference teams. And a big part of the reason why concerns the club’s upcoming stretch of four consecutive games against clubs at or near the top of the West. And to make things even more challenging, three of those four matches are away.
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