Week 3 Preview

Austria at Orlando

Orlando certainly have an excellent passing attack but they need to get their rushing game going. Austria won last week defeating lowly Barcelona but it was close until the 4Q. Orlando need to get a win here, they have a lot of talent and need to start getting the wins.

Ohio at Raleigh-Durham

Game of the week as the top ranked offense of the Glory visit the top ranked defense of the Skyhawks. Raleigh have made many defensive changes this offseason and they seem to be working, Veteran DE David Nugent is having a fine year for the Skyhawks as are their new LB's. Ohio were superb last week in beating Mexico but may find it more difficult away in Raleigh. If the Skyhawks can get their passing attack going they could win this.

Mexico at San Antonio

Bad news for the Riders this week as HB Deon Anderson is gone for up to 8 weeks. The Aztecs after a superb week 1 game came down to earth this week in a poor first half against Ohio. The Aztecs need to win this tough away game, the Riders are better than their 0-2 record suggests.

Birmingham at Sacramento

Another team in trouble could be the Fire who were very poor in their home opener this week against London. Sacramento finally got everything going at home and knocked off Orlando. Should be a close game, if Sacramento win this their drubbing in Week 1 will be just a distant memory.

New York at Montreal

Tough game for the Machine who face the Knights who played well winning away in Scotland last week. The Knights have problem at HB though with injuries, for Montreal theyre off to a great start and will want to get a big win in front of their fans here.

Scotland at Berlin

Shock loss last weekend for Scotland, they just couldnt score touchdowns and instead kicked FG's. Berlin looked better with QB Jeff Rowe and HB Avon Cobourne starting again but badly need a win here to get off the mark. Scotland need to get a tough away win here to keep pace in the West.

Amsterdam at Rhein

Amsterdam are on a 16 game regular season winning streak, this could be tough though. Rhein are 0-2 but have a very talented squad and will be looking for the upset. The key is to stop HB Joe Smith who had over 100 combined yards last week in the win over Paris.

Frankfurt at Barcelona

The Galaxy finally got things going last weekend, Rohan Davey had one of his best games in years. Barcelona are improving and might have got the upset last week until Austria scored a touchdown in the 4Q to put the game away. The Dragons could pull off the upset but surely Frankfurt will get the win ?

Paris at London

Paris came down to earth this week but still led Amsterdam at the half before fading. London surprised many with their defensive showing against Birmingham and will be fancied to move to 3-0 . WR Burt Toler has fitted in really well with the passing attack but HB Joe Hall needs to get things going after a quiet first few weeks.