Season 52

Season 52 is the fifty second season for the International Soccar League. The season began on June 30th, 2021. The season concluded with the San Francisco Ghosts winning their first Octane Cup ever, as well as being the last team with 0 octane cups to win one against the Tokyo Ravers on July 1st, 2021.

## Regular Season

*Numbers in bold were updated this season.*

## Playoffs

### Octane Cup Quarter-Finals

  **Rebels** | 17-19

### Octane Cup Semi-Finals

  Rebels | 18-19

## Trivia

* The Ghosts have broken their so-far franchise-record twice this year. For the first time in franchise history, the Ghosts were undefeated through 4 weeks, holding a 4-0 record, where they lost the next week to Los Angeles. In Week 14, the Ghosts played the Cyclones again and won, improving to 12-2, once again a franchise best through 14 weeks.
	+ The Ghosts were 11-2 three times in the past few seasons. During Season 49, they were 11-2 but lost the following week (Ended season 29-8), and during Season 51 they were 11-2 but lost the week after as well (Ended season 19-18).
	+ San Francisco is the first time since the Tokyo Ravers to reach 20 wins with 3 or less losses.
* The same exact scenario came to play when the San Francisco Ghosts played the Sydney Seekers in the Octane Cup Semi-Finals, however, San Francisco came back down 0-3 to win 4-3 in overtime and head to the Octane Cup Finals for the first time since Season 1, ending the longest championship appearance drought in the league of 51 seasons without an appearance.
	+ San Francisco also became the 4th team ever to reach 30 wins, 1st being Tokyo, 2nd being London, and 3rd being Vancouver.

## Coaching Changes

* Rovers fire head coach, hire former Mammoths head coach.

## Game of the Week

* W1: Osaka Mammoths @ Vancouver Guardians: **(VNC)**
* W9: Tokyo Ravers (5-3) @ Vancouver Guardians (4-4): **(TKY)**
* W10: Paris Rovers (5-4) @ San Francisco Ghosts (8-1): **(SF)**
* W11: New York Express (3-7) @ Sydney Seekers (5-5): **(SYD)**
* W12: Vancouver Guardians (6-5) @ Los Angeles Cyclones (8-3): **(LA)**
* W13: Tokyo Ravers (9-3) @ San Francisco Ghosts (10-2): **(SF)**
* W14: San Francisco Ghosts (11-2) @ Los Angeles Cyclones (9-4): **(SF)**
* W15: Los Angeles Cyclones (9-5) @ Tokyo Ravers (10-4): **(LA)**
* W16: New York Express (4-11) @ Osaka Mammoths (5-10): **(OSK)**
* W17: Sydney Seekers (10-6) @ Los Angeles Cyclones (11-5): **(LA)**
* W18: Berlin Rebels (7-10) @ San Francisco Ghosts (14-3): **(SF)**
* W19: Sydney Seekers (11-7) @ Tokyo Ravers (13-5): **(TKY)**
* W20: Dubai Dragons (6-13) @ Berlin Rebels (7-12): **(BRL)**
* W21: New York Express (5-15) @ Tokyo Ravers (15-5): **(TKY)**
* W22: Sydney Seekers (12-9) @ Paris Rovers (7-14): **(SYD)**
* W23: Los Angeles Cyclones (17-5) @ San Francisco Ghosts (19-3): **(SF)**
* W24: Tokyo Ravers (17-6) @ Los Angeles Cyclones (17-6): **(LA)**
* W25: Sydney Seekers (14-10) @ San Francisco Ghosts (21-3): **(SF)**
* W26: Tokyo Ravers (18-7) @ Dubai Dragons (8-17): **(TKY)**
* W27: Osaka Mammoths (11-15) @ Paris Rovers (9-17): **(OSK)**
* W28: Los Angeles Cyclones (20-7) @ Berlin Rebels (13-14): **(LA)**
* W29: Osaka Mammoths (13-15) @ Tokyo Ravers (21-7): **(TKY)**
* W30: Tokyo Ravers (22-7) @ New York Express (8-21): **(TKY)**
* W31: Tokyo Ravers (24-6) @ San Francisco Ghosts (24-6): **(SF)**
* W32: Sydney Seekers (15-16) @ Vancouver Guardians (11-20): **(VNC)**
* W33: Sydney Seekers (15-17) @ Osaka Mammoths (15-17): **(SYD)**
* W34: Los Angeles Cyclones (24-9) @ Dubai Dragons (11-22): **(LA)**
* W35: Osaka Mammoths (16-18) @ Berlin Rebels (17-17): **(OSK)**
* W36: Los Angeles Cyclones (26-9) @ New York Express (10-25): **(LA)**