Snowligan

As infamously captured by an interview by last season's Fusion women's coach saying he was more focussed on building a legacy than on wins and losses (He's not with the club any more, no clue if those two things are connected), success is a hard thing to define and even harder to capture. In practice, it IS to do with wins and losses and after a winless first season under Jack Hartley, Fusion have two wins already this season under Marco Campoverde. In essence, wins are the manifestation of success more than they are the sole benchmark of success. Especially in a league when draws are possible and only the division winners make the playoffs. Again, Fusion have two wins (at least). In many ways, tonight's win was a bigger victory. It was at home. It was against a team that was not an expansion franchise. Home wins build momentum as a club in a way that road wins don't. Local fans get the chance to watch local players win. Even if those local fans tonight were only

A season to lose (a few times) A season to win (for the first time in your club's history) A season to go up * A season to go down ** * (Not in the US, unless you have a few million dollars spare) ** Not in the US, unless you count dying Yes, I'm in a philosophical mood. Fusion men have had a rollercoaster season but more downs than ups and as I type this no chance of playoff footy. The women have been in a whole different conference, every club has at least one win - thus Fusion have broken their duck after a season plus of WPSL footy. The win came against a brand new club. I'm also recovering from major surgery so I've been missing live games and just watching them via Cujoo. Neither season is over for another month but again, there's little to cheer so concentration turns to match by match victories (actual or moral) Maplebrook and Salvo have retooled and taken a chunk out of their local rival Fire SC to be in the pole position for the one spot in the W