Welcome back, everyone.
The Vancouver Whitecaps continue their defence of the Canadian Championship title this Wednesday night in a second leg match against Valour FC at BC Place. These two sided played out an eventful 2-2 draw in Winnipeg back on May 20th, but now Vancouver will be at home looking to finish off the job and progress to the next round.
Valour remain near the bottom of the CPL table and have lost three straight, despite showing a lot of fight and putting in some good performances here and there under Phil Dos Santos. The Whitecaps, meanwhile, are suffering their roughest stretch of the season to date, as injuries and absences have really started to take a toll.
In terms of Vancouver’s lineup, a reminder that three Canadians are required for this one. I imagine Issac Boehmer will be between the sticks and both Ralph Priso and Jeevan Badwal will start in the midfield. Otherwise, it will be interesting to see what Jesper Sørensen does with rotation, and if Sebastian Berhalter and Brian White are right back in the mix.
Ok, 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.
Boehmer
Ocampo Veselinovic Halbouni Johnson
Badwell Priso Vite
Nelson White Sabbi
2-0 Caps
Nelson White Sabbi
Priso Vite Badwal
Johnson Halbouni Ranko Ocampo
Boehmer
3-2 Caps win
Cam Pierce
Caps 5 val 1
Bohemer
Ocampo, utvik, blackmon, hallbouni
Priso, badwal, ngando
Nelson, rios, white
Nelson – White – Pierre
Badwal – Priso – Ngando
Ocampo – Veselinovic – Utvik – Johnson
Boehner
CopPop
Nelson Rios Sabbi
Ngando Priso Badwal
Johnson Utvik Ranko Laborda
Boehmer
3-1 win
AtlantisB
Boehmer
Laborda, Utvik, Halbouni, Johnson
Ngando, Priso, Badwal
Nelson, Rios, Pierre
Disappointing that I rationalized that Whitecaps should at least draw LAG. Not going to do that again and just go with the more obvious this time around.
Whitecaps win 3-0
2-0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Boehmer
Laborda Utvik Halbouni Johnson
Priso Ngando Badwal
Nelson Rios Sabbi
This isn’t the match to be rotating most players but… I have no idea what the back line is going to look like. Would Jesper put in a Canadian just for the sake of putting in a Canadian?? If I don’t put Ranko in, who will wear the armband tonight??
Dirq piqx for starting XI for Leg II of Canadian Championship vs Valour FC
Boehmer
Laborda Blackmon Veselinovic Ocampo
Priso Berhalter Badwal
Nelson White Sabbi
‘Caps win 2-1
Go ‘Caps
3-1 Caps Win! (CDPrior)
Boehmer
Laborda Utvik Halbouni Tate
Badwal Priso Ngando
Coupland White Nelson
3-0 Caps
Boehmer
Johnson Halbouni Utvik Laborda
Priso Ngando Badwal
Nelson Rios Pierre
2-1 Caps
Nelson Pierre Sabbi
Ngando Priso Badwal
Johnson Utvik Ranko Laborda
Boehmer
Would love to see White start but he has played so little over the last six weeks that I don’t know that we should be risking him. What a waste to have him sitting on the bench for the US.
Nelson White Ocampo
Ngando Priso Vite
Johnson Veselinovic Utvik Bovalina
Boehmer
VWFC 3—1 VAL
Isaac Boehmer
Édier Ocampo; Ranko Veslinovic; Bjorn Inge Utvik; Tate Johnson
Jeevan Badwal; Ralph Priso; Pedro Vite;
Jayden Nelson; Brian White; Emmanuel Sabbi
Caps win 2-1 [Flic Soda]
Nelson-White-Sabbi
Priso-Badwal-Ngando
Johnson-Ranko-Utvik-Ocampo
Boehmer
Caps win 2-1
BOEHMER
LABORDA VESELINOVIC HALBOUNI JOHNSON
OCAMPO VITE PRISO BADWAL
NELSON WHITE
2-0 Win
Nelson White Sabbi
Badwal Priso Vite
Tate Blackmon Ranko Ocampo
Boehmer
Boehmer
Laborda Utvik Halbouni Johnson
Badwal Priso Ngando
Nelson Pierre Ríos
Whitecaps win 3-1
2-0 Caps
Nelson White Sabbi
Ngando Priso Badwal
Johnson Utvik Ranko Laborda
Boehmer
Caps 2-0
Boehmer
Ocampo Utvik Ranko Tate
Badwal Priso JC
Sabbi Rios Nelson