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Guess the Starting XI – Match 33 at Seattle

Welcome back, everyone.

The Vancouver Whitecaps hit the road for a final time during the regular season this weekend, heading down the I-5 to face the Seattle Sounders at Lumen Field. While Vancouver already has sealed a playoff birth, as well as the Cascadia Cup, there is still plenty to play for. The Sounders are 2nd in the West after a big win over the Galaxy, one point above LAFC on 49 points. Meanwhile, Vancouver is in 5th on 46 points, tied with RSL and one point ahead of Houston. If Vancouver could flip the script in Seattle, it could make for a very interesting decision day. Either way, it is always fun when Vancouver makes the trip to Seattle, even if those trips have rarely been successful.

In terms of the roster this weekend, I think there’s little chance that Andres Cubas sees the field. We do not know the severity of his injury just yet, but I will let you know as soon as we hear anything more concrete. As of Friday afternoon, Cubas is officially out for Seattle and listed as week to week. The Whitecaps hope to have him back for decision day. Otherwise, Vancouver appeared to exit the St. Louis match unscathed. Certainly, we can expect one or two players rotated, but I don’t imagine they will stray far from the winning formula midweek.

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.

25 thoughts on “Guess the Starting XI – Match 33 at Seattle”

  2. 2-2
    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Berhalter
    Adekugbe Vite Ahmed Laryea
    White Gauld

    Although Vanni had said he’d start Boehmer when we made the playoffs, will he today?? (Would it make a difference… :p) I initially had us down for a win this match since we’re due to win there, but Seattle has been playing well. Aaaaand the Northwest Chocolate Festival is happening in Bellevue this weekend! Mmm, so many samples. Would so love to see Brian White get that golden boot!

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  3. this is IsabelT
    Takaoka
    Laborda, Veselinovic, Blackmon, Adekugbe
    Lareya, Berhalter, Ahmed, Vite
    Gauld, White
    Seattle 2:1 Vancouver

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  5. AtlantisB
    Takaoka
    Laborda, Veselinovic, Blackmon, Adekugbe
    Lareya, Berhalter, Ahmed, Vite
    Gauld, White
    Seattle 2:1 Vancouver
    I hope I am wrong on that score (and Vancouver wins, meaning they could go into the final match day with a chance at 2nd!)

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  6. Dirqus Maximus Piximus for Starting XI, Match 33 @ Seattle:

    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon Adekugbe
    Laryea Berhalter Ahmed
    Vite Gauld
    White

    ‘Caps win 2-1
    Go ‘Caps
    The White/gauld 1-2 punch combines for 1 goal & 1 assist, 2nd ‘Caps goal comes from attacking support (either Ahmed, Adekugbe, or Hoilett)

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  9. What happened to Martins?

    Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Blackmon
    Laryea Ahmed Berhalter Vite Raposo
    Gauld White

    1-3 Sounders

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    1. Been dealing with a calf issue for a long time now, back at training but still not 100% as far as I know. Listed as questionable on the latest injury report.

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  12. Big 17 points for once off a 3 0 cleansheet prediction.

    Cant say we getting a clean sheet tn.

    4-3 classico W to vault us up into top 4

    Takaoka
    Martins, ranko, blackmon, adekugbe
    Vite, berhalter, raposo, ngando
    White, gauld,

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  15. Boehmer
    Laborda Ranko Blackmon
    Berhalter
    Raposo Schöpf Vite Adekugbe
    White Gauld

    Seattle 2-1 Vancouver

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  16. Baaah, missed the last game – and on a win!

    Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Blackmon
    Raposo Berhalter Schopf Laryea
    Vite Gauld
    White

    2-1 Caps

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  17. Could be mistaken but I believe Isabelt picked a St.Louis win while AmandaC and I picked Caps win. I could be totally mistaken!

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  18. Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Blackmon
    Berhalter
    Laryea Vite Ahmed Adekugbe
    White Gauld

    Caps tie 1-1
    (Was strongly considering saying that they win 3-1 and white gets a brace to keep the golden boot race interesting… but I guess I’ll stay with the more realistic result for now instead of my hoped for result)

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