USA Season : 2019 (Preview)

The 2019 season has commenced with one team no longer competing and a new side added. In all, eleven teams will compete in two conferences. This keeps travel costs down to a minimum. In addition, instead of having a seven Northern Conference and a four team Southern Conference as was the case last year, it is now a six to five split.

Northern Conference: The teams are listed below in the blue section of the chart. The Boston 13s and the Northern Virginia Eagles are at the two extremities but overall travel is not excessive. The Brooklyn Kings won last years conference and made the grand final. The 2017 conference winner - the New York Knights - are not competing this season.

Southern Conference: These sides are on the yellow section of the the chart below. The Atlanta Rhinos are quite a distance to the north of the other teams, the remainder all in Florida. Last year it was the Jacksonville Axemen that comfortably won the conference and then the grand final, so the team to beat in 2019. The new side is the Lakeland Renegades which I believe is based in Winter Haven and is 50 miles east of Tampa.

2019
Northern Conference			Southern Conference
1	Boston 13s		1	Atlanta Rhinos
2	Brooklyn Kings		2	Jacksonville Axemen
3	Delaware Black Foxes		3	Lakeland Renegades
4	Northern Virginia Eagles		4	South Florida Copperheads
5	Philadelphia Fight		5	Tampa Bay Mayhem
6	White Plains Wombats