Personally, I agree with the earlier post that tactics was probably the culprit. Plus the fact that I love to see scout teams lose to weaker teams.

I think your formation was a perfect defensive counter vs the 4-4-1-1 but not the best offensive counter.

I might have tried the 4-4-2 narrow diamond since 4-4-1-1 is so close to 4-4-2. I am not a big fan of playing 3 DC vs a 4-4-2 unless you play 3-4-3 for the barn burner.

Just write it off as bad luck...these games happen more frequently than you know.

Did I mention that I usually have no sympathy for scout teams that lose?