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MDL Recap Week 8 - New England Whalers topple oNe in fight for first

Almost every team has something to fight for heading into the final week of the regular season.

The second to last week of the ESEA MDL Season 35 regular season has concluded, with New England Whalers, oNe, and Secret Club clinching their spots in playoffs.

Outside of the trio, the remainder of the division has much to fight for as a number of teams vie to clinch a playoffs spot or avoid relegation.

Starting with the division’s number one team, New England Whalers finally overtook their Brazilian rivals, oNe, to take first place as they bested the team 16-12 on Mirage at the start of the week. Outside of that, the team picked up three more wins over the likes of ImPerium, Kinship, and Vireo.pro, with the latter squad giving them the most trouble in a close 19-17 win on Nuke.

Speaking of oNe, outside of their loss to New England Whalers, they had a mixed week against the league's opposition, winning matches against Kinship and Eclipse, while taking a 16-8 loss to Secret Club. With only one match left this season, they will need to win against ex-Recon 5 and see New England Whalers lose both remaining matches this week in order to claim the number one seed heading into playoffs.

As for the teams in fourth and fifth place, Mythic and Depth, all they will need to do to make playoffs is win one of their remaining matches this week.

Looking towards the bottom of the division, Kinship's situation has become more dire as they will need to win both matches this week and hope Vireo.pro and Incognito somehow lose all their remaining matches if they hope to avoid relegation. Third Impact on the other hand have the potential of shooting up the standings with their jam-packed schedule this week, with the team potentially, albeit unlikely, able to clinch a spot in playoffs if they can win all five matches this week.

In the final week of the regular season, some of the notable matchups are:

Matchup Date Time
United States Third Impact vs. Canada Russian Canadians Oct. 27th 8:30PM EDT
United States Mythic  vs. United States ex-Polar Ace Oct. 27th 9:00PM EDT
United States ex-Polar Ace vs. United States Third Impact Oct. 28th 7:15PM EDT
United States Mythic vs. Canada RBG Oct. 28th 7:15PM EDT
United States Secret Club vs. Canada Russian Canadians Oct. 28th 8:30PM EDT
United States Depth vs. United States ex-Recon 5 Oct. 28th 8:30PM EDT
United States Third Impact vs. Canada RBG Oct. 28th 8:30PM EDT
United States ex-Polar Ace vs. United States NE Whalers Oct. 28th 9:00PM EDT
Canada Russian Candians vs. United States Vireo.pro Oct. 28th 9:45PM EDT
United States NE Whalers vs. United States Rugratz Oct. 29th 7:15PM EDT
United States Mythic vs. Canada Russian Canadians Oct. 29th 8:30PM EDT
United States ex-Recon 5 vs. Brazil oNe Oct. 29th 8:30PM EDT
United States Vireo.pro vs. Canada RBG Oct. 29th 9:45PM EDT
United States ex-Polar Ace vs. United States Secret Club Oct. 29th 9:45PM EDT

With only one week left in the regular season, the standings for MDL are as follows:

Team Matches Wins Losses RD Points
 United States New England Whalers 14 14 0 +104 42
 Brazil oNe 15 13 2 +104 39
 United States Secret Club 13 10 3 +54 30
 United States Mythic 13 9 4 +24 27
 United States Depth 14 9 5 +14 27
 Canada RBG 13 7 6 +10 21
 Canada Russian Canadians 10 6 4 +29 18
 United States Rugratz 13 6 7 -19 18
 United States Rebirth 11 6 5 +17 18
 United States ex-Polar Ace 12 5 7 -5 15
 United States Eclipse 14 5 9 -28 15
 United States Vireo.pro 13 4 9 -11 12
 United States Incognito 12 4 8 -23 12
 United States Third Impact 11 3 8 -46 9
 United States ex-Recon 5 11 3 9 -67 9
 United States ImPerium 12 2 10 -86 6
 United States Kinship 14 2 12 -71 6

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