Welcome back, everyone.
A midweek date on the island beckons for the Vancouver Whitecaps. After a big win this past weekend, can this team continue their positive form and reach a second straight cup final? We shall see. In terms of the lineup, Vanni Sartini confirmed today that his team will go with a back four on Wednesday night, and that Yohei Takaoka will start between the sticks. Other than that, the cards are still close to the chest, but I imagine this one will be close to full strength.
In term of predictions, I’ll have updated standings this coming weekend.
Good luck!
- 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
The XI was just released for the game tonight. I’m not sure how anyone ever wins this guess the starting XI game. There are a couple of names you can count on, and the rest is like drawing names from a hat. There is no rhyme or reason.
Takaoka
Raposo Ranko Blackmon Ahmed
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Vite Gauld
White
3 1 win
2-0 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Martins Veselinovic Blackmon Raposo
Teibert Cubas Ahmed
Gauld
White Vite
Let’s do this! Wasn’t really sure with whom to replace to slot in Teibert. Maybe he won’t start and we’ll Yao instead (joke but you never know). The last time Yao made an appearance, he looked a lot lighter on his feet than his first.
Takaoka
Brown, Laborda, Blackmon, Raposo
Schopf, Cubas, Teibert
Gauld, Vite
White
Whitecaps 2:1 Pacific
White
Gauld Vite
Ahmed Teibert Gressel
Raposo Blackmon Laborda Brown
Takaoka
Whitecaps win 2-1
2-0 Caps
Takaoka
Brown Laborda Blackmon Raposo
Ahmed Cubas Teibert
Gressel Gauld
White
4 1 caps W
Takoaka
Brown, laborda, Yao, raposo
Gressel, tiebert, caciedo
Gauld, shopf
White
White
Gressel-Gauld
Ahmed-Cubas-Teibert
Raposo-Blackmon-Laborda-Brown
Takaoka
Caps win 3-1
Takaoka
Ahmed Veselinovic Laborda Raposo
Teibert Cubas Gressel
Schopf Gauld
Cordova
2-0 caps
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
Ahmed Cubas teibert Raposo
Schopf Gauld
Cordova
2-0 caps
Starting XI & Score Prediction
Takaoka
Brown Yao Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Berhalter Teibert
Gauld Caicedo
Cordova
Score: Pacific 2 – 1 ‘Caps
4-1 Caps win
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Laborda
Raposo Teibert Gressel Schopf Ahmed
White Cordova
White
Gauld Vite
Teibert Cubas Gressel
Ahmed Blackmon Laborda Raposo
Takaoka
VAN 2-1 PAC
Takaoka
Brown Laborda Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Teibert Berhalter
Gauld Ahmed
Becher
3-0 Caps
Can’t believe I am going to miss this one as.i am traveling off island. Love both these teams but..
Caps 3-0
Takaoka
Brown Laborda Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Teibert Cubas Ahmed
Caicedo Cordova
takaoka
brown laborda blackmon raposo
gressel teibert ahmed
caicedo cordova becher
Subs- gauld white yao hasal scopf vite
Takaoka
Raposo Ranko Yao Ahmed
Gressel Teibert Schopf
Vite Cordova
Becher
‘Caps win 3-1
Go ‘Caps
Johnson
Teibert Gauld Gressel
Cubas Berhalter
Ahmed Blackmon Laborda Raposo
Takaoka
Whitecaps 5-0 Blowout. They bring on some subs after the Canadian starters.
Cordova White
Gauld
Ahmed Cubas Gressel
Raposo Yao Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
2-0 Caps
White
Gauld Vite
Teibert Cubas Gressel
Ahmed Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Takaoka
VAN 3-0 PAC