Saturday’s game with Loudoun and Hartford has a couple of circumstantial and narrative things going on, the types of things that could potentially get in players’ heads. In past years, you couldn’t fault Loudoun for being among the USL bottom dwellers, but they’ve started well in 2022. The problem is they’ve been falling fast, with a six-game winless streak. But they’re about to play the League’s last winless team and it seems like a slam dunk, right?
Well, the USL’s last winless team is Hartford Athletic, with one draw and six losses in their first seven games, and five goals gives them the second lowest in the league.