Welcome back, everyone.
Here we go! It’s the Canadian Championship Final this Wednesday as the Vancouver Whitecaps have the opportunity to retain the Voyageurs Cup in front of a home crowd.
CF Montreal has a young squad this year, and because of this they have been massively inconsistent. The club shipped off many of their key players in the off-season, and also made a coaching change, so overall, it is still a work in progress for the Quebec side. That being said, anything goes in a cup final.
Speaking of which, the Whitecaps have a bit of a roster spot conundrum on their hands with Ali Ahmed out of the lineup. With three mandatory Canadian spots in the starting XI, Ryan Raposo and Russell Teibert should be pencilled in. However, the third spot is still very much an unknown. After Thomas Hasal’s poor showing recently, he looks unlikely to start, which leaves either Karifa Yao or Levonte Johnson as depth players which may be cast in a key role for a cup final.
Ok, on to rules and standings.
(Once again, we had one anonymous prediction vs. SKC, so please let me know if that was you!)
- 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
Takaoka
Raposo Ranko Blackmon Brown
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Gauld Johnson
White
2 1 win
Takaoka
Brown, Blackmon, Veselinovic, Raposo
Gressel, Cubas, Teibert
Gauld, Johnson
White
Van 3:1 Mon
Can’t edit or reply to my previous comment… gressel instead of Schopf plz
Takaoka
Brown blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Cubas teibert gressel
Fault white
Johnson
2-0 caps
Sorry I think I may have posted anonymously earlier – dealing with a new computer
2-1 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Raposo Veselinovic Blackmon Brown
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Gauld Johnson
White
3-2 Vancouver
Takaoka
Raposo Ranko Blackmon Martins
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Johnson Gauld
Becher
Caps 2-0
Takaoka
Brown Ranko Blackmon Raposo
Gressel Cubas Teibert
White Gauld
Johnson
2-1 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Raposo Veselinovic Blackmon Brown
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Gauld Johnson
White
I wonder if Vanni would rest Cubas tonight — or Gauld or Gressel. For the final, I don’t think so but we we play again in three days! Could Campagna start??
(How will the scoring work for this week with PKs being a possibility? For the record, please no PKs and let’s just win kthxbye)
2-0 caps
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Cubas Schopf Teibert
Gauld White
Johnson
El capitano
Caps 4-1 W
Takaoka
Raposo, ranko, yao, tiebert,
Cubas, berhalter, shopf
Gauld, vite
Johnson
My lineup is a tactical play 4 canadians to gaurantee 3 points in this activity we do twoce a week.
Vanni cant take a chance on Hasal in goal– this is for the Championship and a ticket to CONCACAF for 2024– its not time to take a chance and try to stroke a player’s performance- its just too risky
Takaoka
brown veselinovic blackmon raposo
vite berhalter teibert gauld
white becher
White Johnson
Gauld
Tiebert Cubas Gressel
Raposo Ranko Blackmon Brown
Takaoka
2-1 Caps
Johnson White
Gauld Teibert Cubas Gressel
Raposo Veselinovic Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
VAN 2-1 MTL
Johnson
Gauld White
Teibert Cubas Gressel
Raposo Veselinovic Blackmon Laborda
Takaoka
Caps win 2-1
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Vesolinovic Raposo
Greaseless Cubas Tiebert
Vite Gauld
Johnson
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Gressel Cubas Teibert
White Gauld
Johnson
2-1 Vancouver – please start Takaoka
Takaoka
Laborda Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Berhalter Cubas Teibert
Vite Gauld
Johnson
Caps 3-1
Hasal
Brown Yao Veselinovic Raposo
Gressel Cubas Teibert
Gauld Vite
Johnson
‘Caps win 2-1
Go ‘Caps
White
Gauld-Johnson
Teibert-Cubas-Gressel
Raposo-Veselinovic-Blackmon-Laborda
Takaoka
Caps win 2-0
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Gressel Cubas Teibert
White Gauld
Johnson
3-1 Vancouver, and Waterman gets at least a yellow 😉
And Becher comes in for Johnson at the half and gets a goal
*I don’t think Hasal gets the start, despite that fixing the 3 Canadian Starters issue. His last MLS game was so shaky, even though he got a great win for the reserves with 2 PK stops on the weekend, it’s just too risky to put him in. An early goal, and we are done.
That said, I think he gets another MLS start soon, since Takaoka needs a break.
Hasal
Brown Veselinovic Blackmon Raposo
Berhalter Piranha “Armband Rusty”
Vite Gauld
White
Hasal bounces back with the surprise start and come up big early! Clean sheet 3-0 win. Vees Cup champs back to back!
Starting XI & Score Prediction
Takaoka
Brown Blackmon Veselinovic Raposo
Berhalter Cubas Teibert
White Gauld
Johnson
Score: ‘Caps 1 – 2 CFM
Takaoka
Gressel Ranko Blackmon Raposo
Schöpf Cubas Teibert
White Gauld
Johnson
Vancouver 1-1 Montreal
(Vancouver 4-3 on pens)