Standings

AAL 2021	P	AAL W-L-T	All W-L-T	PF	PA	Pct
East
Charlotte Thunder	7	5-0-0	7-0-0			1,000
Tampa Tornadoes	4	2-1-0	3-1-0			.750
Mississippi Raiders	4	1-3-0	1-3-0			.250
Jersey Bearcats	1	0-0-0	1-0-0			1.000
Pennsylvania Union	1	0-1-0	0-1-0			.000
Carolina Predators	4	0-4-0	0-4-0			.000
Mid West
West Michigan Ironmen	2	2-0-0	2-0-0			1.000
Indianapolis Enforcers	4	1-1-0	3-1-0			.750
Chicago Power	3	1-2-0	1-2-0			.333
St. Louis Bandits	3	0-1-0	2-1-0			.667
Music City Fire	0	0-0-0	0-0-0			.000
West
San Antonio Gunslingers	5	3-0-0	4-1-0			.800
North Texas Bulls	1	1-0-0	1-0-0			1.000
Austin Wild	4	1-2-0	1-3-0			.250
El Paso Buccaneers	3	0-2-0	0-3-0			.000

Note: Teams ranked by (1) League W-L Percentage (2) All Games W-L Percentage (3) Head-to-Head

Schedule

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
13.03.2021	San Antonio Gunslingers	48	Fort Worth *	62
13.03.2021	Tampa Tornadoes	48	Carolina Predators	20
	Week 2
20.03.2021	Mississippi Raiders	23	San Antonio Gunslingers	46
21.03.2021	Tampa Tornadoes	45	Georgia Lina Lions *	21
	Week 3
27.03.2021	Charlotte Thunder	67	Pennsylvania Union	12
27.06.2021	El Paso Buccaneers	0	North Texas Bulls	6
29.06.2021	San Antonio Gunslingers	34	Austin Wild	24
	Week 4
03.04.2021	Charlotte Thunder	84	South Carolina Cowboys *	12
03.04.2021	Kentucky *	26	Indianapolis Enforcers	34
	Week 5
10.04.2021	Tampa Tornadoes	9	Charlotte Thunder	46
10.04.2021	Mississippi Raiders	68	Carolina Predators	24
10.04.2021	Indianapolis Enforcers	30	Chicago Power	32
10.04.2021	Fort Worth *	66	El Paso Buccaneers	0
12.04.2021	San Antonio Gunslingers	27	Austin Wild	20
	Week 6
17.04.2021	Tampa Tornadoes	c	Mississippi Raiders	c
17.04.2021	West Michigan Ironmen	57	Chicago Power	0
17.04.2021	Charlotte Thunder	61	Georgia Lions *	6
17.04.2021	St. Louis Bandits	61	Illinois Rampage *	30
	Week 7
23.04.2021	West Michigan Ironmen	66	Carolina Predators	0
24.04.2021	Indianapolis Enforcers	56	Indiana Tornadoes *	12
24.04.2021	Charlotte Thunder	72	St. Louis Bandits	33
24.04.2021	El Paso Buccaneers	0	Austin Wild	27
26.04.2021	San Antonio Gunslingers	23	Fort Worth *	22
	Week 8
01.05.2021	Charlotte Thunder	62	Carolina Predators	18
02.05.2021	St. Louis Bandits	46	Dallas *	36
02.05.2021	Tampa Tornadoes	49	Mississippi Raiders	34
	Week 9
08.09.2021	Mississippi Raiders	18	Charlotte Thunder	62
08.09.2021	Jersey Bearcats	6	South Carlolina Cowboys *	0 #
08.09.2021	Chicago Power	0 #	Indianapolis Enforcers	6
08.09.2021	Fort Worth *	42	Austin Wild	12

Report

Weeks 1-8

After 8 weeks of the American Arena League in 2021, Charlotte Thunder (4-0) and Tampa Tornadoes (2-1) had the best records in the East, with Mississippi Raiders (1-2), Pennsylvania Union (0-1) and Carolina Predators (0-4) all on losing records. Jersey Bearcats had yet to start. In the Mid West West Michigan Ironmen (2-0) were on top with Chicago Power (1-1) and Indianapolis Enforcers (2-1) in second and third. St. Louis Bandits (1-2) had ceased operations for the rest of the season due to COVID-19 Pandemic concerns. In the West Division, four Texas teams battled it out, with San Antonio Gunslingers (4-1) having the best record, followed by North Texas Bulls (1-0), Austin Wild (1-2) and El Paso Buccaneers (0-3)

Week 9

Two games were awarded, a League game between Indianapolis Enforcers and Chicago Power was awarded to Indianapolis. The other awarded game was between Jersey Bearcats, who were awarded a win over SC Cowboys in what would have been their first match this season. Elsewhere in a non-league match Austin Wild were defeated by Fort Worth 12-42, and in the only league match to go ahead Charlotte Thunder destroyed Mississippi Raiders 62-18 to keep their 100% record intact.

References

Images

[1] American Arena League Forum Facebook (2018) Profile, September 28, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/c375.0.600.600a/p600x600/42638379_674264769609815_5888126070888071168_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=0efndG4RomIAX-N9wjI&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=21d37d85f63b746b94a24d10fede4b19&oe=5EF4D741 [Accessed 19 February 2020]

Websites

[2] American Arena League (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanarenaleague.com/schedule  [Accessed 19 February 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham

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