Welcome back, everyone.
With the exit from the Champions Cup, Vancouver’s focus returns to their perfect start in MLS play, as they will try to defend that this Saturday night in a battle against an upstart San Jose side.
Bruce Arena and Timo Werner have provided a new spark to this team, but it’s the defensive side of the game that has really changed, as the Bay Area team looks competent in that area for the first time in as long as I can remember.
In terms of Vancouver news and notes, Jesper Sørensen was very vague about the timeline for Andres Cubas, but suggested 4 weeks when pressed. Tristan Blackmon, meanwhile, is back in the mix and available for selection.
Finally, after some trialling, I think it makes sense to go back to using the comments for predictions. First, Google Forms has some limitations that led to replacing old complications tallying the scores with new ones. Equally, a point well taken about not being able to see each other’s predictions, and Forms does not have a clear way around this. In short, I’ll continue to see if there’s something that meets our needs, but otherwise, back to the status quo.
Guess the XI – Competition Rules
• Predictions are considered valid only if posted in the correct match thread before the official lineup is announced (typically about one hour before kickoff).
• You earn 1 point for each correctly predicted player in the Starting XI.
• You earn an additional 4 bonus points for correctly predicting all 11 starters.
• You earn 5 points for correctly predicting the match result (Win/Draw/Loss).
• This increases to 10 points if you also correctly predict the exact scoreline.
• Therefore, a perfect prediction (Starting XI + result + exact scoreline) is worth a maximum of 25 points.
White
Az Muller Sabbi
Berhalter Badwal
Tate Laborda Blackmon Ocampo
Taka
2-1 win
AZ White Sabbi
Berhalter Badwal
Ocampo Blackmon Priso Laborda
Takaoka
VAN 1-1 SJ
CopPop
Thanks for going back to the old system! Good to see all the optimism is still strong.
AZ Muller Sabbi
Berhalter Badwell
Tate Priso Laborda Ocampo
Takaoka
2-1 San Jose
Isabelg
Dirq piqx for Match V ‘Caps v ‘Quakes
Takaoka
Johnson Priso Schonlau Gherasimencov
Berhalter Badwal Ngando
Sabbi Elloumi Cabrera
‘Caps win 2-1 over ‘Quakes
Go ‘Caps
White
Cabrera Badwal Sabbi
Berhalter
Johnson Priso Blackmon Ocampo
Takaoka
VWFC 2—1 SJE
1-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Priso Johnson
Berhalter Larraz
Badwal Müller AZ
White
Crikey, this is a tough one! Bruce Arena coaching the Earthquakes! Oh, Har — always asking the questions for the people. I think any quote from Jesper about Cubas’ timeline will be taken out of context since his first answer was “I don’t know. I’m not psychic.” And then he’s basically asking “if I say 4 weeks, will that satisfy you?” BWAHAAA
Nice attempt with the trying out Google forms, thank you 🙂
2-1 Caps Win (Flic Soda)
Yohel Takoka;
Mathias Laborda; Tristan Blackmon; Ralph Priso; Mihail Gherasimencov;
Oliver Larraz; Sabastian Berhalter;
Emmanuel Sabbi; Jeevan Badwal; Aziel Jackson
Brian White
More details on Joseph Tsai…See https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-billionaire-ties-steve-nash-save-whitecaps
2-0 caps
Takaoka
Blackmon priso ocampo Laborda
Badwal Berhalter muller
White az sabbi
Caps Win 2-1 (CDPrior)
Takaoka
Laborda Blackmon Priso Gherasimenkov
Badwal Berhalter Ngando
Sabbi White Cabrera
White
AZ Muller Sabbi
Berhalter Badwal
Mihail Priso Blackmon Ocampo
Takaoka
2-1
Not sure if Blackmon is back in action but I believe he is on the roster. And I guess the international call ups are still here. Go Caps!
Papa Jo! Not anonymous !
And as Whitecaps fans grasp for the fleeting hope of a saviour, one interesting name has arisen.
Joseph Tsai, the co-founder of Alibaba, recently made MLS headlines by selling his shares in LAF FRIEND / BUDDY OF NASH!
Interesting!
AtlantisB
Takaoka
Ocampo, Blackmon, Priso, Gherasimencov
Berhalter, Larraz
Sabbi, Cabrera, Sabaly
White
3:1 Whitecaps
White
AZ Muller Sabbi
Berhalter Badwell
Ghera Priso Laborda Ocampo
Takaoka
2-1 Caps win
Cam Pierce
White
AZ Muller Kenjie
Berhalter Larraz
Tate Blackmon Priso Laborda
Taka
1-1
Trevsteu
White
Sabbi-Miller-Kenji
Larraz-Berhalter
Johnson-Priso-Laborda-Ocampo
Takaoka
Caps win 3-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Priso Ghera
Berhalter Badwal
Sabbi Muller AZ
White
1-2 SJE without Cubas
tecate2
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Priso Gherasimencov
Berhalter Cubas
Sabbi Badwal AZ
White
3-2 whitecaps
TAKAOKA
OCAMPO BLACKMON PRISO MIHAIL
BERHALTER BADWAL CABRERA
WHITE MULLER AZ
subs- boehmer, schonlau, laborda, elloumi, caicedo, sabbi, ngando
Salty
Caps 3-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Laborda Priso Tate
Berhalter Larraz
Sabbi Muller AZ
White
Nice to have the community back
White
AZ-Müller-Sabbi
Badwal-Berhalter
Johnson-Priso-Laborda-Ocampo
Takaoka
3-0 caps
Caps 4 – SJ 0
Takaoka
Ocampo, Schonlau, Priso, Germhasiov (spelling was great on google form)
Berhalter, Lorraz
Sabbi, Badwal, AZ
White