Welcome back, everyone.
The matches keep coming thick and fast for the Vancouver Whitecaps as they head out on the road to expansion side St. Louis City SC this weekend. After a red-hot start to the year St. Louis has come back down to earth, but at the moment they are still one of the top dogs in the West. Of course, former Vancouver Whitecaps Jake Nerwinski and Tim Parker will be relishing a chance to get some revenge against their former club as well. For everything you need to know about the match, check out our preview here.
In terms of lineup, there are no surprise absences of note for this weekend, but obviously Ali Ahmed will not be available in light of his injury midweek. Those who played the full 90 on the island might be good candidates for limited minutes in this one.
Ok, on to rules and standings.
- 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
3-1 St Louis
Takaoka
Martins Laborda Blackmon Brown
Gressel Cubas Shopf
Gauld
White Vite
I don’t know anymore. Will the Caps surprise me? Again?
I expect a surprise but I am going to play it safe. Maybe that is why I don’t move up the standings, just like the Caps!
Takaoka
Brown Ranko Blackmon Martins
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Vite Gauld
Becher
1 1 draw
2-1 Caps Win
Takaoka
Martins Blackmon Laborda Brown
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Gauld White Vite
2 0 caps W
Takaoka
Brown, laborda, blackmon, martins
Gressel, berhalter, shopf
Vite, gauld
Becher
Takaoka
Brown Ranko Blackmon Martins
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Vite Gauld
Becher
1 1 draw
1-0 caps
Takaoka
Brown Veselinovic blackmon martins
Cubas Berhalter gressel
Vite gauld
Becher
White
Gauld Vite
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Blackmon Laborda Brown
Takaoka
2-1 St. Louis
Becher
Gauld-Vite
Cubas-Berhalter-Gressel
Martins-Laborda-Blackmon-Brown
Takaoka
Caps lose 2-1
White
Gauld Vite
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Blackmon Laborda Brown
Takaoka
1-1 Draw
Hasal (rotational start)
Brown Yao Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Berhalter Schöpf
White Gauld
Cordova
1-2 St. Louis. Out of conference road trip loss. No big deal.
If Yao doesn’t play, let alone start, in this particular match, they might as well loan him back to CPL on a rent-to-buy plan.
White
Gauld Vite
Schöpf Cubas Gressel
Martins Blackmon Veselinovic Brown
Takaoka
Tie 1-1
Starting XI & Score Prediction
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Martins
Gressel Berhalter Vite
Gauld Caicedo
Becher
Score: St. Louis 3 – 0 ‘Caps
White
Gauld Vite
Schöpf Cubas Gressel
Martins Blackmon Veselinovic Brown
Takaoka
VAN 1-2 STL
Oops left my reply on a different post, so..
Draw 1-1
Takaoka
Brown Laborda Blackmon
Gressel Cubas Berhalter Martins
Vite White Gauld