Welcome back, everyone.
The Vancouver Whitecaps are hosting the San Jose Earthquakes this Sunday in an afternoon affair at BC Place.
Following a trophy midweek against Vancouver FC, defending their Canadian Championship title and securing the Cup for the 4th straight year, the Whitecaps should have plenty of confidence going into this one.
Ryan Gauld made his return to the pitch Wednesday night and should feature again, although probably not in the starting XI. Joedrick Pupe was also training fully at the end of the week, so watch for him to get some minutes as well.
For all the other details, check out our Match Preview.
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, which doubles to 10 if you also predict the right score-line along with the result.
– 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.

Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Tate
Berhalter Cubas
Ahmed Muller Nelson
Rios
2 1 Caps
4-2 Caps Win (CDPrior)
Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Johnson
Berhalter Cubas
Ahmed Muller Nelson
Rios
2-1 win
Rios
Ahmed Mueller Sabbi
Berhalter Cubas
Tate Halbouni Laborda Ocampo
Takaoka
Elloumi
Ahmed Muller Nelson
Cubas Berhalter
Johnson Laborda Halbouni Ocampo
Takaoka
AtlantisB
Takaoka
Ocampo, Halbouni, Laborda, Johnson
Berhalter, Cubas
Ahmed, Müller, Nelson
Rios
VWFC 2:0 SJE
Dirqx piqx for starting XI for Match XXXII vs Da Quakes
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Halbouni Johnson
Ngando Cubas Muller
Nelson Rios Ahmed
‘Caps win 2-1
Go ‘Caps
7 nil caps caps W
Takaoka
Ocampo, Laborda, Priso, johnson
Berhalter, cubas
Nelson, mueller, sabbi
Rios
2-1 Whitecaps
Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Johnson
Berhalter Cubas
Cabrera Muller Ahmed
Rios
Ah, good ol’ San Jose.
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Halbouni Johnson
Cubas Berhalter Muller
Rios ahmed nelson
3-0 caps
Caps 2-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Tate
Berhalter Cubas
Ahmed Muller Nelson
Rios
Caps 3-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Tate
Berhalter Cubas
Ahmed Muller Nelson
Rios
Rios
Ahmed-Müller-Nelson
Berhalter-Cubas
Johnson-Halbouni-Laborda-Ocampo
Takaoka
Caps win 3-1
TAKAOKA
OCAMPO LABORDA HALBOUNI
BERHALTER CUBAS CABRERA AHMED
SABBI RIOS MUELLER
Subs- Gauld, Pupe, Ngando, Johnson, Priso, Boehmer, Nelson
Salty – NB- with so many players coming back from injuries, there is going to be lots of competition to get in the top 18 (White, Blackmon and Schonlau will be in the next 2-3 weeks)
Takaoka
Ocampo Halbouni Laborda Johnson
Berhalter Cubas
Cabrera Müller Ahmed
Ríos
Vancouver wins 3-2
Ríos
Ahmed Müller Sabbi
Cubas Berhalter
Johnson Halbouni Laborda Ocampo
Takaoka
VWFC 2—1 SJE
Nelson for Sabbi
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Halbouni Johnson
Cubas Berhalter
Nelson Muller Sabbi
Rios
1-3 Caps
Rios
Ahmed Müller Nelson
Berhalter Cubas
Johnson Laborda Halbouni Ocampo
Takaoka
2-1 Caps win
Rios
Nelson Muller Sabbi
Cubas Berhalter
Johnson Hallbouni Laborda Ocampo
Taka
3-0 Caps