The Pro Xball Division
Coming into the World Cup there were five Pro teams playing good , consistent ball all season — San Diego Dynasty , Tampa Bay Damage , Houston Heat , San Antonio X-Factor and Edmonton Impact . And although Impact and Heat may not have lived up to expectations this year , both were always in the mix on Sunday . Save for the one 10th place finish in Dallas , Tampa Damage has been stronger than they have been in years — and it showed on the scoreboard with two first place wins and a second . San Antonio X-Factor had four very strong events never finishing lower than fifth place . All of this said , the ranking title was Dynasty ’ s to lose and it would almost take a miracle for that to happen . Dynasty ’ s , two first place wins and two third place finishes had them fairly comfortably ahead of X-Factor and quite comfortably ahead of Impact , Heat and Damage heading into ‘ Cup .
The Pro Games
The Pro division saw 24 teams qualified and ready to compete at the ‘ Cup . ASG Aftermath and Edmonton Impact were the only two teams to win their four preliminary round games . Some of the surprises of the preliminary rounds were Tampa Bay Damage beating San Diego Dynasty 3-1 in a brutal bracket that had Damage , Dynasty , the TonTons and Houston Heat in its own tournament within tournament !
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