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Guess the Starting XI – Match Four vs. Real Salt Lake

Welcome back, everyone.

Is two a streak?

The Vancouver Whitecaps are back home for four straight after securing two huge road wins the past two weekends.

This weekend, the Whitecaps matchup against Real Salt Lake in a Western Conference clash of teams who showed a lot of promise at the end of last season. So far in 2024, Salt Lake is 1-1-2, with mixed results over the last two match weeks (they were on a bye last weekend). RSL won a memorable snowy contest against LAFC, but followed that up two weeks ago with a loss at home in the Rocky Mountain Derby against Colorado Rapids.

In terms of Vancouver’s squad, Fafa Picault is away on international duty with Haiti, while Andres Cubas is off with Paraguay. Sam Adekugbe, meanwhile, is set to make a return off the bench after months away tending to a ongoing knee issue.

Alright, on to rules and standings we go…

  • 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 of the season, the contestant’s lowest two scores (or missed predictions) of that period will be deducted from the cumulative standings.

23 thoughts on “Guess the Starting XI – Match Four vs. Real Salt Lake”

  1. Takaoka
    Laborda Ranko Blackmon
    Ahmed Vite Schopf Raposo
    White Kreilach Gauld

    my pessimism helped me last year and is hurting me this year.
    2-1-RSL

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  2. AtlantisB

    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Schöpf Berhalter Vite Ahmed
    Gauld White Kreilach

    Whitecaps 1:0 Real

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  3. Takaoka
    Laborda Ranko Blackmon
    Ahmed Vite Berhalter Schopf
    White Kreilach Gauld

    2-1 Caps win

    My optimism cost me last year, now the reverse this year lol.

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  8. ** i made a real mess of this – sorry Sam –

    EL captiano – somehow in top 5 – clearly this season is different than the past 4 for the caps – my picks have not improved this year i promise

    Caps 3-0 W

    Takaoka
    Laborda, Ranko, Blackmon
    Shopf, Vite, Berhalter, Ahmed
    Kreilach, Gauld, White –

    Whats the word with Brown? are we trading him soon?

    Sorry – i am el capitano – those are my pics above- new comp, didnt know how to log in correctly.

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  10. EL captiano – somehow in top 5 – clearly this season is different than the past 4 for the caps – my picks have not improved this year i promise

    Takaoka
    Laborda, Ranko, Blackmon
    Shopf, Vite, Berhalter, Ahmed
    Kreilach, Gauld, White –

    Whats the word with Brown? are we trading him soon?

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  11. Dirqx Piqx n’ Score Predix for starting XI for game IV vs RSL

    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Ahmed Vite Cubas Raposo
    Gauld Kreilach
    White

    ‘Caps win 2-0
    Go ‘Caps

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  15. Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Raposo Berhalter Vite Ahmed
    White Gauld
    Kreilach

    Another home tie: 2-2

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  17. Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Ahmed Vite Berhalter Schopf
    Gauld Kreilach White

    2-1 ‘Caps win

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  18. 3-1 Whitecaps

    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Raposo Schopf Berhalter Ahmed
    Gauld Kreilach
    White

    Too many options! Good for the team. Not so good for an easy prediction for Guess the Starting XI 🙂

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  19. Gauld-White-Kreilach
    Raposo-Berhalter-Vite-Ahmed
    Laborda-Veselinovic-Blackmon
    Takaoka

    Last 2 games I’ve predicted 1-0 losses, and we won them both. I guess that means I need to keep predicting 1-0 losses 😉

    Caps lose 1-0

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  21. Caps win again 2-0.

    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Schöpf Berhalter Vite Ahmed
    Gauld White Kreilach

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