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Guess the Starting XI – Match Eighteen at Portland Timbers

Welcome back, everyone.

The Vancouver Whitecaps are out on the road again this weekend, heading down the I-5 to face their Cascadian rivals, the Portland Timbers.

Last weekend was a frustrating one for the Whitecaps, as the Revolution scored a couple of lucky goals, but at the same time, Vancouver did not do enough (outside of Ryan Gauld) to the earn themselves a point.

Portland is undefeated in their last five matches, and they bested San Jose 2-1 midweek down in California.

In terms of availability, Ali Ahmed and Andres Cubas are away with their countries for Copa America. Here’s the full lowdown from training.

Ok, on to rules and standings as always.

  • 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.

24 thoughts on “Guess the Starting XI – Match Eighteen at Portland Timbers”

  1. Hoping I can post my lineup for the St. Louis game here… away for the long weekend and no service.

    2-0 caps

    Takaoka
    Veselinovic utvik Blackmon
    Brown Berhalter vite raposo
    Gauld white picault

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  2. 2-1 Portland

    Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Utvik
    Raposo Berhalter Vite Martins
    White Gauld Picault

    Portland will be tough to beat but the Caps seem to play better away … so…I dunno BWAHAHA And what is going on with the backline lately!

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  3. lokesh green

    Takaoka
    Blackmon, Ranko, Utvik
    Brown, Vite, Berhalter, Schopf, Martins
    White, Gauld

    another 3-2 loss

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  4. Caps win 3-2 (CDPrior)

    Takaoka
    Brown Ranko Laborda
    Raposo Berhalter Schopf Martins
    Gauld White Picault

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  5. 2-1 Loss

    White Picault
    Raposo Berhalter Gauld Herdman Bovalina
    Utvik Ranko Laborda
    Takaoka

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  7. AtlantisB
    Takaoka
    Brown, Ranko, Utvik
    Raposo, Berhalter, Vite, Martins
    Gauld, White

    PTFC 2:1 VWFC

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  8. Dirqx pix for match xviii vs pdx
    Takaoka
    Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
    Schöpf Berhalter Raposo vite
    Gauld Picault
    White

    ‘Caps win 1-0
    Go ‘Caps

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  9. Kreilach White Gault
    Martins Vite Berhalter Schopf
    Utvik Ranko Brown
    Takaoka

    3-2 Caps

    Cam Pierce

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    1. Timbers 2-1
      Takaoka
      Brown Ranko Utvik
      Schopf Berhalter Vite Martins
      Gauld White Fafa

      Island Life

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  14. Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Utvik
    Bovalina Schöpf Vite Raposo
    Picault Gauld
    White

    No Cubas hurts: I see 1-3 Timbers

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  16. Isabel really coming on strong!

    4-2 caps W

    Takaoka
    Blackmon, ranko, utvik
    Brown, vite, berhalter, shopf, martins
    White, gauld

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    1. Wow, whitecaps fielded a very different lineup.

      Maybe in 20 years, when cloning technology is more advanced, the above creative lineup might be possible. (I had meant to have fafa, Gauld and White upfront).

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  18. White Kreilach
    Gauld
    Martins Schöpf Berhalter Picault
    Utvik Laborda Brown
    Takaoka

    VWFC 1—2 PTX

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  21. Maayan Zilbershtein:
    Takaoka
    Brown Veselinovic Blackmon
    Bovalina Schöpf Berhalter Vite Martins
    Gauld White

    2-2 draw

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