Happy Hump Day! This week on the Eastern Conference Playoff Picture report we have a few interesting stories:

FCC pulls away The Congested middle Cellar-Dwellers

But first, let’s take a quick look at the midweek games and how they affected the table at the time. Indy’s win and Nashville's win both helped them maintain control over their playoff hopes. The loss by Atlanta made the playoffs harder to reach and I would not consider them to be part of the pack any more. The Bethlehem loss did not hurt them as much however they are now even on games played with the conference leaders and the teams in front of them have 2 games in hand. Bethlehem would need to secure a few victories against those teams to raise their chance of making the playoffs.

Let’s take a look now at the three top story-lines. Even as FC Cincinnati welcomed RCD Espanyol to Nippert for their mid-season International friendly the Orange and Blue find themselves in a better position at the top of the table than they did this time last week. Thanks to a Pittsburgh loss FCC finds themselves three points clear of all other teams in the points possible column with 83 points. Though, FCC needs to stay focused as they have games against both Louisville sitting on 80 points possible and Pittsburgh on 79 points possible. These games could prove to be important 6 pointers in the race for the top spot.