Welcome back, everyone.
The Vancouver Whitecaps are down in Mexico midweek, as they face CF Monterrey for the second leg of a Concacaf Champions Cup tie in the Round of 16. There is a bit of an oddity for this match, as Monterrey will host the Whitecaps at Estadio Corona, the home of Santos Laguna, as there is a scheduling conflict (Shakira concert) being played at their home stadium.
In terms of the tie itself, the Whitecaps must score. A 1-1 match would go to penalties, and a higher scoring win or draw would go in favour of the Whitecaps. In terms of injuries, Sam Adekugbe, Jayden Nelson, Emmanuel Sabbi, and Ryan Gauld are out. Otherwise, squad rotation has to be considered, with Vancouver playing on the weekend in Dallas.
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.
0-1 Whitecaps
Boehmer
Laborda Veselinovic Blackmon Halbouni
Ngando Vite Berhalter
Rios White Ahmed
Too hangry and swamped with work to put deep thought into my lineup! GAH
Ngando White Rios
Vite Cubas Berhalter
Ocampo Ranko Halbouni Johnson
Boehmer
2-1 Caps I like this lineup but I’m not sure who they took down and they called up someone to midfield. Hopefully Ramos doesn’t kill anyone lol
That dang Ramos!!!!!! Woohoo Caps!
Boehmer
Ocampo halbouni blackmon laborda
Ngando priso berhalter
Vite ahmed white
1 1 caps lose in pens
2-1 Loss
Boehmer
Laborda Halbouni Ranko Ocampo
Vite Priso Berhalter
Ahmed Rios JC
AtlantisB
Boehmer
Laborda, Veselinovic, Halbouni, Ocampo
Berhalter, Priso, Vite, Ngando
Ahmed, Rios
Monterrey 2:0 Vancouver
Caps Win 2-1 (CDPrior)
Boehmer
Laborda Ranko Halbouni Johnson
Berhalter Cubas Priso Ngando
Ahmed White
VAN 0-2 MTRY
Ahmed-Rios-Ngondo
Berhalter-Cubas-Vite
Johnson-Veselinovic-Halbouni-Ocampo
Boehmer
2-1 Loss
Ngando Rios Ahmed
Berhalter Priso Vite
Ocampo Halbouni Ranko Laborda
Boehmer
Boehmer
Halbouni Veselinovic Ocampo Laborda
Priso Berhalter Vite
Ngando Rios Ahmed
1-0 Caps
Vite Rios Ocampo
Ngando Cubas Berhalter
Johnson Veselinovic Halbouni Laborda
Boehmer
VWFC 1—1 MTRY
Boehmer
Ocampo Halbouni Blackmon Laborda
Vite Priso Berhalter
Ahmed Rios Ngando
1-1 but Caps advance on Boehmer’s penalty heroics!
Caps 2 rayados 2
Takaoka
Ocampo, blackmon, hallbouni, johnson
Vite, cubas, berhalter
White, ngando, ahmed
Ahmed-White-Rios
Ngando-Priso-Berhalter
Laborda-Blackmon-Utvik-Ocampo
Boehmer
Caps lose 2-0
Ahmed White Rios
Ngando Priso Berhalter
Ocampo Ranko Halbouni Johnson
Boehmer
2-1 Caps win
Cam Pierce
Dirq Pix for Match 2 vs Monterey
Boehmer
Halbouni Utvik Veselinovich Johnson
Priso Cubas Vite
Ngando White Ahmed
‘Caps win 1-0
Go ‘Caps
Boehmer
Ocampo Halbouni Veselinovic Laborda
Vite Priso Ngando Sebastian B.
Rios Ahmed
2-0 Monterrey
Just curious why the MLS games are counting on both lists and the cup games aren’t anywhere.
Isaac Boehmer
Mathias Laborda, Ranko Veslinovic, Belai Halbouni, Édier Ocampo
Jean-Claude Ngando, Ralph Priso, Sabastian Berhalter
Pedro Vite, Daniel Ríos, Ali Ahmed
Caps lose 2-0 [hope I’m wrong]
Boehmer
Ocampo Halbouni Veselinovic Laborda
Vite Priso Ngando
Rios White Ahmed
BOEHMER
OCAMPO BLACKMON HALBOUNI JOHNSON
BERHALTER VITE PRISO NGANDO
AHMED WHITE