USL-1 [Regular Season Round 9 of 11]

[RedBullNation]

First off, what is the USL?
The USL is the American equivalent of the English Football League. It contains the 2nd-4th divisions of American soccer (football to everyone else). Although the promotion and relegation is very different to other leagues, USL's Division 1 is considered America's 2nd Division. There are 11 teams in USL Division 1.

Now, how does this tournament work?
In real USL, the 11 teams play a 30 game schedule. But since this is my first tournament, I will shorten the league to only 11 games in the regular season. The top 8 teams in the regular season will make the playoffs to decide the champion.

All games will be played Singles with Flat Rate cards and Adjacent fortifications. Like real competitions, 3 points given for a win, and none for a loss. A draw will be called after 10 rounds if no one has won, and both teams get one point.

I'll do my best, and please tell me if I'm doing something wrong. I've run tournaments for other things before, so that should be of help.

Teams
Puerto Rico Islanders StrG8611 (D-Day: Omaha Beach)
Seattle Sounders Sir. Ricco (replaced spurgistan) (Age of Realms: Magic)
Vancouver Whitecaps Riskmaster101 (Age of Realms: Might)
Montreal Impact mano2k1 (Middle Earth)
Charleston Battery Gamecock (American Civil War)
Miami FC Rallyraider (Italy)
Portland Timbers flexmaster33 (Africa)
Atlanta Silverbacks seeso (Europe)
Rochester Raging Rhinos RedBullNation (American Civil War)
Carolina RailHawks amazzony (Crossword)
Minnesota Thunder Roy Hobbs (Great Lakes)

Standings

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Team                      GP  W  D  L  PTS Home/Away GP
1. Portland Timbers        8  5  1  2  16     4/4*
2. Montreal Impact         8  4  1  3  14     4/4
3. Puerto Rico Islanders   8  4  2  2  14     5/3*
4. Charleston Battery      8  4  1  3  13     3/5*
5. Seattle Sounders        8  4  1  3  13     4/4*
6. Atlanta Silverbacks     8  4  1  3  13     4/4*
7. Carolina RailHawks      8  4  1  3  13     5/3*
8. Rochester Raging Rhinos 8  3  1  4  10     4/4*
-----PLAYOFFS---------PLAYOFFS---------PLAYOFFS-----
9. Miami FC                8  3  1  4  10     4/4*
10.Minnesota Thunder       8  2  1  4   7     4/4*
11.Vancouver Whitecaps     8  2  0  6   6     4/4*


*Have had a bye round.
Tiebreakers will be done at the end of the season, and will be:
1. Regular season result
2. Most wins
3. Home games played (less home games with same record is better)
4. Head to head game on Classic (with no draw ending)

Playoffs
-2 leg series
-3 points for a win, 1 for a draw (still 10 rounds), 0 for a loss
-Most points after 2 games wins series

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Quarterfinals
Team #1 vs. Team #8
Team #2 vs. Team #7
Team #3 vs. Team #6
Team #4 vs. Team #5

Schedule
(Home teams are listed first)

Week 1
Islanders vs. Sounders
Whitecaps vs. Impact
Battery draws Miami FC
Timbers vs. Silverbacks
Raging Rhinos vs. RailHawks
Bye: Thunder

Week 2
Thunder draw Islanders
Sounders vs. Impact
Whitecaps vs. Battery
Miami FC vs. Timbers
Silverbacks vs. Raging Rhinos
Bye: RailHawks

Week 3
Timbers vs. Thunder
Whitecaps vs. Miami FC
Islanders draw Impact
RailHawks draw Silverbacks
Battery vs. Sounders
Bye: Raging Rhinos

Week 4
Raging Rhinos draw Timbers
Thunder vs. RailHawks
Miami FC vs. Islanders
Silverbacks vs. Whitecaps
Impact draw Sounders
Bye: Battery

Week 5
Raging Rhinos vs. Sounders
RailHawks vs. Miami FC
Whitecaps vs. Battery
Islanders vs. Impact
Silverbacks vs. Thunder
Bye: Timbers

Week 6
Miami FC vs. Raging Rhinos
Sounders vs. Whitecaps
Impact vs. Thunder
RailHawks vs. Timbers
Battery vs. Silverbacks
Bye: Islanders

Week 7
Timbers vs. Islanders
Thunder vs. Battery
Sounders vs. Silverbacks
Impact vs. Miami FC
Raging Rhinos vs. RailHawks
Bye: Whitecaps

Week 8
Whitecaps vs. Thunder
Islanders vs. Battery
Miami FC vs. Silverbacks
Impact vs. Raging Rhinos
RailHawks vs. Timbers
Bye: Sounders

Week 9
Timbers vs. Battery
Silverbacks vs. Impact
Thunder vs. Sounders
RailHawks vs. Whitecaps
Islanders vs. Raging Rhinos
Bye: Miami FC

Week 10
Bye:

[flexmaster33]

count me in as the Portland Timbers...Africa map.

So is the winner of the USL going up to the MLS now or did Seattle just choose to move up? That's cool.

[RedBullNation]

count me in as the Portland Timbers...Africa map.

So is the winner of the USL going up to the MLS now or did Seattle just choose to move up? That's cool.

Basically to be promoted, you have to have passed certain stadium standards from the MLS (like have a soccer only stadium, certain capacities, commited owners) and if you have the money (which Drew Carey has plenty of it), you can have a team in the MLS.

[flexmaster33]

I didn't know Drew Carey was involved with the Sounders...

I find that soccer-only stadium rule to be silly...there is no reason you can have carry over especially if it's football and soccer...I could see baseball because the field is quite a bit different and the seasons are at the same time.

[amazzony]

Lets see... Railhawks sounds nice... Crossword as my map.

Welcome to CC and tournaments

[Roy Hobbs]

I will play as Minnesota w/ Great Lakes as my Map.

[seeso]

i'll take Atlanta Silverbacks with the map europe ....

[Rallyraider]

i will take miami, italy map

[Gamecock]

Charleston Battery
Map: American Civil War

[mano2k1]

I will take Montreal and Middle Earth

[Riskmaster101]

whitecaps AoR:Might

[spurgistan]

I'll rep my Pioneers, and use British Isles.

[RedBullNation]

That leaves only 1 spot left! Join quick!

[StrG8611]

I;m in for puerto rico and my map is D-DAY Omaha

[RedBullNation]

Wow, we filled pretty quickly I guess. I just PMed Optimus Prime for Tourney Privileges. I will PM you with your first games when I can.

Thanks for joining and good luck to all!

P.S. I've changed my home map to 8 thoughts.

[Rallyraider]

i think i had the 1st game done:)
go miami!!

[RedBullNation]

This is one important reminder.

Every game that goes past 10 rounds is a draw! It was announced from the beginning (maybe it should have been more clear), but from now on, make sure you know this.

On that note, Miami FC draws with Charlston Battery

[RedBullNation]

Portland vs. Atlanta must be redone.
NEW GAME 1795603

Will PM players now.

This also keeps us off the bottom of the 2nd page.

[flexmaster33]

How long to players have to join...still waiting for my first-round opponent...

[mano2k1]

Montreal and Vancouver played can you post that up.

[RedBullNation]

How long to players have to join...still waiting for my first-round opponent...

I've sent seeso a PM and if they don't join after 2 days, I'll start looking for a replacement. We can make that game up at a later round.

[mano2k1]

Montreal won that game not Vancouver.

[flexmaster33]

Timbers (flexmaster33) wins in 6 rounds...hurray!!!

[RedBullNation]

Well that's the end of round 1! Round 2 is coming soon, but after I type a 5 page report on a lab about "the composition of a hydrate"

[flexmaster33]

Well that's the end of round 1! Round 2 is coming soon, but after I type a 5 page report on a lab about "the composition of a hydrate"

Can you post your paper on this thread, so we can all read about the enthralling world of hydrate Please no!!!