| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Dynamo | 10 | W1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8/15 | 16-11 |
| Atlanta Silverbacks II | 8 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9/15 | 11-11 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem City | 38 | 16 | 23 | 4 | LLLWL | 58 | -20 |
| Atlanta Silverbacks II | 21 | 16 | 28 | 9 | LWWLW | 18 | +3 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2008-07-19
5 points and 17 places separated them: Carolina Dynamo 38th with 23, Atlanta Silverbacks II 21st with 28. Recent form told a different story for Salem City: only 58th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 38th. Per game in the league, Carolina Dynamo were scoring 2.19 and conceding 1.94, Atlanta Silverbacks II 2.38 and 1.81, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Macpherson Stadium in Greensboro (capacity 7,000).
