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Guess the Starting XI – Match 7 vs. Portland

Welcome back, everyone.

After a confusing week of form for the Vancouver Whitecaps, they host the Portland Timbers this weekend at BC Place with a real chance to steady their MLS standing.

Portland has been struggling this season and has a number of players out injured. So hopefully, the Whitecaps can repeat what they were able to do last weekend against CF Montreal.

Obviously, Ali Ahmed and Simon Becher did not start midweek so I would expect them to play this weekend. How many other players will Vanni Sartini rotate after a disappointing midweek loss? It remains to be seen.

In terms of injury, Alessandro Schopf was still out midweek so it remains to be seen his status for the weekend.

I’ll have an update on the predictions standings following the weekend as I’ve not had time to catch up after a quick turnaround. I will say, I don’t think anyone had a perfect lineup with Dajome and Teibert starting, better luck this time hopefully.

Ok, on to rules and such:

  • Predictions will be ‘valid’ if posted HERE (or more accurately, whichever is the correct match thread) before the lineup is officially announced, usually about an hour before kickoff.
  • You receive 1 point for every player you correctly guess to be in the Starting XI. You receive 4 bonus points for correctly predicting all 11 starters.
  • You get 5 points for correctly guessing Win/Lose/Draw, this doubles to 10 if you also predict the right score-line along with the result.
  • All this means, if you correctly predict the Starting XI, Final Score, and Winner, you can earn 25 points!
  • At the end of each half, the contestant’s lowest two scores of that period will be deducted from the cumulative standings

22 thoughts on “Guess the Starting XI – Match 7 vs. Portland”

  2. Takaoka
    Laborda, Blackmon, Veselinovic, Raposo
    Ahmed, Cubas, Gressel
    Gauld, White
    Becher

    Draw 1-1

    Hopefully my score is wrong and Caps win!

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  4. 2-1 Caps

    Takaoka
    Laborda Blackmon Veselinovic Martins
    Ahmed Cubas Gressel
    Gauld
    Becher White

    Really want to start Vite today! Martins isn’t my favourite but I wonder if Raposo needs a rest. He got all limpy at some point on Wed. It’s the Caps’ match to win today if they really want it. None of that Wednesday BS.

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  5. Takaoka
    Brown Blackmon Ranko Laborda
    Gressel Cubas Ahmed
    Gauld White
    Becher

    ‘Caps win 2-0
    Go ‘Caps

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  6. Takaoka
    Brown Blackmon Ranko Laborda
    Gressel Cubas Ahmed
    Gauld White
    Becher

    ‘Caps win 2-0
    Go ‘Caps

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  7. 4-1 Caps W

    Becher
    Vite Gressel
    Ahmed Berhalter Ngando
    Martins Blackmon Veselinovic Laborda
    Takaoka

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  16. Becher
    Gauld White
    Ahmed Cubas Gressel
    Martins Blackmon Veselinovic Laborda
    Takaoka

    3-0 Whitecaps Going for the big win and the magic lineup. I guess Brown would have to be in for the complete Montreal flash but Laborda has to be playing sometime!

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  17. Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Blackmon Raposo
    Gressel Piranha Teibert (c)
    White Gauld
    Becher

    Not enough. 0-1 Portland.

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  18. White Becher
    Vite
    Ahmed Cubas Gressel
    Martins Ranko Blackmon Brown

    2-1 Caps

    You have to go back to what worked, right? Then rotate for fitness in the second half?

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