majority of the season. For Chartres the
Expendables showed up with four Dynasty
players on their already solid roster and in
the first part of the first game they played,
they looked surprisingly lost. Down 0-4 to
the Cologne Hurricanes, who also moved
up from the SPPL, the Expendables looked
like a team that should have relegated down
a division. Then somehow they awoke and
stormed back to score six straight points to
win the match 6-4. The Expendables went on
to beat Moscow Red Legion, while finishing
the preliminary rounds undefeated in the
Pro Xball division—quite a feat for a first pro
event.
either, struggling to beat Ronholt Blast 5-4.
And like the Expendables, Impact went on
to win all of their preliminary round games.
Houston Heat and ToTon Flingueurs were
the only other pro teams to win their first four
pro games. Houston Heat looked dominant
from their first game 6-1 win and through
their four preliminary round games and into
the Sunday Club.
In the Ochos Moscow Red Legion pushed
around FiveStar Lleida, winning 6-1 and Joy
Division beat Emelya Red Storm 5-3. Things
got interesting very quickly in Sunday’s Pro
quarterfinals. TonTons beat Joy 5-3, which is
not breaking news as the TonTons are one of
Like the Expendables, Edmonton Impact the game’s best.
did not play well to start the Chartres Open
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