Welcome back, everyone.
After a lacklustre week against their Cascadian rivals at home, there’s no time to rest for the Vancouver Whitecaps, as they are right back in action at BC Place this Saturday against Minnesota United. If Vancouver wins this matchup, they will secure a spot in the top seven in the West, avoiding the dreaded play-in game. If Vancouver drops points here, all hell could break loose.
In terms of injuries and absences, Ali Ahmed and Ryan Gauld remain in question, especially with upcoming international calls. Stuart Armstrong should be good for some minutes again, but I don’t think he’ll start until LAFC on the 13th. Fafa Picault is suspended.
#VWFC training on a cloudy fall morning in Vancouver with a few rain drops.
Ahmed, Armstrong, and Gauld have returned to full training.
Fafa is sick and not training.
Caps host #MNUFC on Saturday afternoon at BC Place.
A crowd of 22,000 plus is expected.#VANvMIN#MLS pic.twitter.com/okbHdfXCW2
— Har Journalist (@HarJournalist) October 4, 2024
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.
Dirx pix for match XXXII vs MNUFC
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Utvik
Vite Cubas Berhalter Raposo
Picault Schopf
white
Caps win 1-0
Go ‘Caps
White Gauld
Adekube Berhalter Cubas Vite Raposo
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
caps win 2-1
White Gauld
Sam Berhalter Cubas Vite Raposo
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
Caps lose 2-1.
White Gauld
Adekube Berhalter Cubas Vite Laborda
Utvik Ranko Blackmon
Takaoka
caps lose 2-1
lokeshgreen
Caps 2-1
Boehmer
Laborda Ranko Utvik
Raposo Cubas Vite Sam
Gauld White Johnson
White Gauld
Sam Berhalter Cubas Vite Raposo
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
Caps win 2-1.
Caps win 2-1!
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Halbouni
Ahmed Armstrong Cubas Raposo
Gauld White Adekugbe
(CDPrior)
1-1
Boehmer
Halbouni Veselinovic Utvik
Raposo Cubas Vite Caicedo Ocampo
Gauld White
I’m not even sure Gauld will start
Boehmer
Utvik Veselinovic Laborda
Cubas Schopf Berhalter Ahmed
Gauld vite white
2-1 capa
Boehmer
Utvik Ranko Halbouni
Raposo Cubas Vite Ahmed
Levonte White Gauld
Vancouver wins 2-1
sub in Laborda for Halbouni
AtlantisB
Takaoka
Laborda, Ranko, Utvik
Berhalter, Cubas, Vite, Adekugbe
Johnson, White, Gauld
They need a win, and I think they can get it, but I am going to go with the gut and say
1-1 Draw
Caps 3 loons 0
Takaoka
Halbouni, Ranko, Utvik
Raposo, Ahmed, Berhalter, Cubas, Ocampos
White, Gauld,
Gauld White Johnson
Adekugbe Cubas Vite Raposo
Blackmon Veselinovic Utvik
Takaoka
VWFC 1—2 MNU
Gault White Krelaich
Adekugbe Cubas Vite Berhalter
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
2-1 Caps
Cam Pierce
White-Johnson
Raposo-Berhalter-Cubas-Vite-Schopf
Blackmon-Ranko-Utvik
Takaoka
Caps lose 2-0
1-0 Loss
Gauld White
Adekugbe Vite Cubas Berhalter Ahmed
Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
TAKAOKA
LABORDA VESELINOVIC BLACKMON
SCHOPF CUBAS VITE ADEGUKBE
JOHNSON WHITE RAPOSO
Takaoka
Utvik Veselinovic Blackmon
Ahmed Vite Piranha Adekugbe
Gauld Johnson
White
2-2
Change from Takaoka to Boehmer