Welcome back, everyone.
After an eventful 0-0 draw last weekend against FC Dallas at home, the Vancouver Whitecaps have a big chance for three points this weekend against the San Jose Earthquakes, especially with a much closer to full strength squad at their disposal.
The Quakes have been struggling all season, having already allowed 63 goals (2.33) per match in league play, and with just two wins in the league since May.
In terms of Vancouver’s squad, here is the latest from training.
#VWFC training on a cloudy Vancouver morning.
Brian White is in concussion protocol. He is doing some light training today.
Andres Cubas is doing some light running on the side.
Ali Ahmed is having a recovering session inside today.
Ryan Gauld is fully training. #MLS pic.twitter.com/RIfRM5C35K
— Har Journalist (@HarJournalist) September 12, 2024
In short, White and Cubas are out for this match, while Ahmed’s minutes will be limited, so I think he will feature off the bench.
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 of the season, the contestant’s lowest two scores (or missed predictions) of that period will be deducted from the cumulative standings.
Big caps win 3-0
Takaoka
Halbouni Ranko Blackmon
Laborda Schopf Vite Berhalter Raposo
Gauld Fafa
Takaoka
Halbouni Veselinovic Blackmon
Raposi Schöpf Vite Berhalter Adekugbe
Gauld Picault
4-0 Caps
Takaoka
Halbouni, Ranko, Blackmon
Laborda, Berhalter, Vite, Shopff Raposo
Fafa Gauld
2-0 vancouver
Flick Soda
Caps win 2-0 (CDPrior)
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Halbouni
Raposo Berhalter Vite Schopf
Fafa NFC Gauld
AtlantisB
Takaoka
Halbouni, Ranko, Blackmon
Laborda, Berhalter, Vite, Schopf, Raposo
Fafa, Gauld
3-1 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Utvik Veselinovic Blackmon
Berhalter, Schöpf, Vite Adekugbe
Gauld Armstrong
Picault
Whoops 3-0 Caps
2-1 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Halbouni Veselinovic Blackmon
Laborda Berhalter Vite Schopf Ahmed
Gauld Picault
Who’s ready to win us this match today??
Takaoka
Halbouni Ranko Blackmon
Laborda Berhalter Vite Schopf Raposo
Fafa Gauld
3 0 Caps
Takaoka
Halbouini Veselinovic blackmon
Laborda Berhalter Schopf Raposo
Picault gauld vite
2-0 caps
Dirqx piqx for starting XI vs Da Quakes in Maxch XXVII
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon
Raposo Berhalter Vite Adekugbe
Gauld Armstrong
Picault
‘Caps win 2-1
Go ‘Caps
Takaoka
Halbouni, Ranko, Blackmon
Laborda, Berhalter, Vite, Shopff Raposo
Fafa Gauld
2-1 Vancouver – we’ve got some optimistic guesses here – I hope they don’t blow this one and tie.
Caps win 4-0
Takaoka
Halbouni, Ranko, Utvik
Laborda, Berhalter, Vite, Shopf
Fafa, Johnson, Gauld
Gauld NFC Fafa
Raposo Berhalter Schopf Ocampo
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
1-1 Draw
Gauld Chateau Picault
Raposo Vite Schöpf Ocampo
Blackmon Veselinovic Laborda
Takaoka
VWFC 2—1 SJE
Picault Krelaich Gault
Ahmed Armstrong Berhalter Schopf
Blackmon Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
3-1 Caps win
Cam Pierce
Gauld-Fafa
Adekugbe-Berhalter-Schopf-Vite-Raposo
Utvik-Ranko-Blackmon
Takaoka
caps win 2-0
lokeshgreen
Gauld-Fafa
Adekugbe-Berhalter-Schopf-Vite-Raposo
Laborda-Ranko-Blackmon
Takaoka
Caps win 3-1
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Blackmon
Raposo Berhalter Vite Schöpf
Fafa Kreilach Gauld
Vancouver wins 4-1