MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER 2010 — Winner: overlander, Vancouver

[flexmaster33]

Playoff bracket is set with semifinals underway...final regular season standings are also posted.












MLS standings

[flexmaster33]

Reserved for the playoff bracket and scenario breakdowns (late in season)

[flexmaster33]

TEAM LIST and reserves pool

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27 ... list-1.png

Reserves
1) shaneback
2) jielking
3)
4)
5)

[flexmaster33]

RULES:
this is a 1 vs. 1 tournament that will follow the Major League Soccer season...surprised I hadn't seen this already.

The regular season will follow the MLS schedule with a series of 1 vs. 1 matchups.
Regular season standings...
Teams earn 3 points for a win (claim the map in 12 or fewer rounds)
Teams earn 1 point for a tie (any map that goes to 13 rounds or beyond)
Teams earn 0 points for a loss.

Playoffs...
At the end of the regular season the top two teams in each conference qualify along with four wildcard teams -- the ones with the next four best records throughout MLS.

This is where I have a minor tweak to the true MLS season...the first round will be a best-of-three series with the higher seed hosting Games 1 & 3.

The Conference finals will be a best-of-five format with the higher seed hosting Games 1, 3 & 5

The MLS Cup will also be best of five with Game 5 being on Classic (flat, chained, sunny).

The other change is that instead of a single map per match, the playoffs will consist of a first half map and a second half map...if necessary an overtime map.
Scoring will be as follows...
Win in 5 rounds or fewer: score 3 goals
Win in 8 rounds or fewer: score 2 goals
Wins in 12 rounds or fewer: score 1 goal
Win in 13+ rounds: score 1 goal ... (only if the other half goes 11+ rounds)

Example: Houston win the first half map in 11 rounds (1 goal), while Colorado wins the second half map in 15 rounds (1 goal...because the 1st half went 11+). Houston wins the overtime map to score the sudden death goal. Houston wins Game 1 of the series by a 2-1 score.

2nd example: DC United wins first half in 7 rounds (2 goals) and wins the second half in 10 rounds (1 goal) to take Game 1 of the series by a 3-0 count.

When signing up you must declare a team and post your home map and settings.
***SEQUENTIAL order and AUTO deploy are required...the rest is up to you.****


Good luck and enjoy, flex

[HighlanderAttack]

Seattle Sounders

Monsters
auto
seq
no spoils
unlimited forts
sunny

[danryan]

FC Dallas.

Poison Rome
Esc
Foggy
Chained

PS - HighlanderAttack you better learn Poison Rome!

[flexmaster33]

I have a note out to get this moved to create-a-tourney...my mistake in starting it. Forgot what forum I was in.

[Mar-De-Lafayette]

chicago fire
city mongol
esclating
chained
fog
manual

[plash.ricrem]

I'll go with the Red Bulls
Arms Race
escalating
chained
fog

[coacheberhardt]

Chivas

USA

auto, sequential, flat rate chained no fog

[vykingsfan64]

Columbus Crew
Prison Riot
Flat/Chained/Foggy

[stevkov]

Philadelphia Union
Alexander's Empire
Auto, Flat, Chained, Sunny

[sportsgod24]

Houston Dynamo

WWII Gazala
Flat
Chained
Fog


I get to see the World Cup Trophy Sunday!!!

[flexmaster33]

team list updated through here.

[flexmaster33]

All right guys...many of you know I hate playing a long regular season only to have a bad drop decide it in the playoffs...so I've expanded the playoff format to the following (the update is also new in the rules).

*All series remain the same length...1st round (best of 3), semis and championship (best-of-five)...I've just expanded how each match in that series is played...here's the rules update...pretty basic, all based on winning in a certain round...nothing to do with armies or formulas like some of my other tourneys.

*Instead of a single map per match, the playoffs will consist of a first half map and a second half map...if necessary an overtime map.
Scoring will be as follows...
Win in 5 rounds or fewer: score 3 goals
Win in 9 rounds or fewer: score 2 goals
Wins in 12 rounds or fewer: score 1 goal
Win in 13+ rounds: score 1 goal only if the other half goes 10+ rounds.

Example: Houston win the first half map in 10 rounds (1 goal), while Colorado wins the second half map in 15 rounds (1 goal...because the 1st half went 10+). Houston wins the overtime map to score the sudden death goal. Houston wins Game 1 of the series by a 2-1 score.

2nd example: DC United wins first half in 7 rounds (2 goals) and wins the second half in 10 rounds (1 goal) to take Game 1 of the series by a 3-0 count.

[Enormastitz]

Yes please. Any team, Das Schloss, unlimited, No spoils, fog.

[acores2005]

DC United

Oasis
Seq
Nuclear
Escalating
Fog

[sensfan]

Toronto FC

Doodle Earth
Unlimited
Flat Rate
Manual
Sunny

[PartyBangz]

Treasures of Galapagos.
No Spoils.
Chained.
Foggy.

Thankies!

[overlander]

l.a. or any team or reserve...
doodle earth
flat
chain
fog
thanks

[alaskanassassin]

San Jose team

WWII Poland
flat rate
no fog
unlimited

[adam666]

looks like ive missed ill sub if u need one

[flexmaster33]

A full team list with home-field settings has been updated, along with a standings table that includes schedules for the first couple sets of games. These will be updated throughout the season...check the first couple posts in this thread.

Also, I brought in the expansion Portland Timbers a year early (replacing Colorado) as my team for this tourney...go Timbers. Sorry, I have not patience

[overlander]

hehe can i be the whitecaps then?

[flexmaster33]

sure thing Overlander...I'll switch you, too. Can't wait for next season to arrive...this summer almost seems wasted. Whole new players and everything. Our coach spent last week (early-season games) in Europe searching for MLS-ready talent.