It would have taken some major luck for either of you to steal a win, just a rough matchup. Bad luck of the draw :(
I got hugely lucky, turns out my opponent was the guy who won the division I'm getting my ass kicked in currently -- and I'm not sure how, but I beat him :)
If I'm just barely top 500 in the country, and those guys were well into the top 100, I'd imagine there would need to be some magic pulled off for you guys to have been really successful. There just isn't enough financial support to create a team that can hang.
It won't be long, though, till you guys are pullin' in the big bucks!