Welcome back, everyone.
After a disappointing loss on the weekend in St. Louis, the Vancouver Whitecaps are right back in action this Wednesday against the Houston Dynamo at BC Place. While the scoreline painted an ugly picture, the home side should be full of confidence given how they played on the road, and how avoidable their errors were. That being said, Vancouver has to remain sharp as they close in on the Canadian Championship final and the international break. Points at home at this stage in the season will be crucial later on.
In terms of lineup, there are no major changes for this match, but it was good to hear that Ali Ahmed was back at the training centre this week, even though he is still in concussion protocol. I would expect Yohei Takaoka, Brian White and Andres Cubas to be back in the lineup after coming off the bench midweek, but it’s Vanni Sartini, so don’t take my word for it.
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
I ought to check my points. Isabelt, you’re on the ball! (sorry if this reply ends up appear somewhere randomly instead of being an actual reply)
2-0 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon Martins
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Gauld Vite
White
What formation will Vanni use today! Who knows! Thought about slotting in Berhalter so maybe I’ll regret just thinking about it.
Takaoka
Laborda Blackmon Ranko Martins
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Vite Gauld
White
2 1 win
what do i think Vanni will do (not what i would do):
takaoka
laborda vesalinovic blackmon martins
gressel cubas berhalter
gauld
white cordova
2-0 caps
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon Martins
Cubas Gressel Schopf
Vite Gauld
White
Takaoka
Laborda Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Gressel Cubas Gauld
Vite White
Becher
‘Caps win 2-1
Go ‘Caps
Rusty to go to LB!!!
3-0 caps W
Takoaka
Raposo, laborda, ranko, tiebert
Shopf, cubas, berhalter,
Vite, caciedo
White
White
Gauld Vite
Berhalter Cubas Gressel
Raposo Blackmon Laborda Brown
Takaoka
VAN 2-1 HOU
White
Gauld Vite
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Veselinovic Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
2-1 Vancouver
Caps 2-0
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Blackmon Martins
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Vite Gauld
White
White
Gauld Cordova
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Veselinovic Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
Caps 3-0
White
Cordova-Gauld
Schopf-Cubas-Gressel
Raposo-Blackmon-Veselinovic-Laborda
Takaoka
Caps win 2-1
White
Gauld Vite
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Veselinovic Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
Tie 2-2
Starting XI & Score Prediction
Takaoka
Raposo Laborda Veselinovic Martins
Berhalter Cubas Schopf
Gauld Vite
White
Score: ‘Caps 1 – 2 Dynamo
White
Gauld Vite
Schopf Cubas Gressel
Martins Ranko Blackmon Brown
Takaoka
2-1 Vancouver
I wish they’d give that 3-5-2 another chance but I know Vanni won’t.
Takaoka
Brown Ranko Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Cubas Schopf
Cordova Gauld
White
Whitecaps 2-1 Houston
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Martins
Gressel Piranha Schöpf
Gauld Vite White
3-1 Caps.
Takaoka
Laborda, Blackmon, Veselinovic, Raposo
Cubas, Gressel, Teibert
Gauld, Caciedo
White
Draw 1-1
I had the same lineup as Amanda and just off by one goal – not sure how I do 10 points lower for Saturday.
Ah, clerical error, should be updated now!
Thank you!