In particular, this code (from what I posted above) lays out my text fields into a panel.
JPanel fieldPane = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));
fieldPane.add(teamField1);
fieldPane.add(teamField2);
fieldPane.add(teamField3);
fieldPane.add(teamField4);
fieldPane.add(teamField5);
fieldPane.add(teamField6);
I want to add whitespace between: teamField2 and teamField3; teamField4 and teamField5. But I also want the word "vs." to be clearly associated with each pair (i.e., sufficiently inbetween 1 & 2, 3 & 4, and 5 & 6). I hope that makes sense.