2002 MLS WPL Prediction Thread #41 (with table) (9/21 and 9/22)

[jlo]

2002 MLS WPL Prediction League Standings through September 15, 2002:

At least once every sporting season somebody does something that defies
explanation, something that makes the spectator stand back and say "Wow".
That somebody for the 2002 WPL is goatnutsgoal, who won the Weekly Cup
for the second time in four weeks with an unprecedented 16 out of a
possible 18 points. This phenomenal performance lifted goatnutsgoal five
points clear of the entire field. There were six games this week.
Goatnutsgoal picked all six winners, with three exact scores and two goal
differentials. Amazing.

The Weekly Cup:

1. goatnutsgoal......................16
2. Scribe and Son....................11
3. LMoroney, Out of Touch............10.5
5. The Perfesser.....................10
6. FlashMan, jlo.....................8.5
8. NateP.............................8
9. dred, IASocFan, Jacen McCullough..7.5

The First Division - IASocFan now has a four point lead with a week left
in the season. With only five games left, there are only four people with
a mathematical chance of catching IASocFan and being crowned the 2002 WPL
champion. Realistically, dred has only a mathematical chance, and seems
destined for a fifth place finish. The remaining challengers must all
hope that IASocFan has a complete breakdown this week, or fails to post at
all. Not likely.

The Perfesser rejoins the top 10, and Out of Touch, MadSirAlexxx and Nate
P find themselves back in the first division going into our last week.

1 (1) IASocFan 7.5 161.5
2 (4) jlo 8.5 157.5
3 (3) DenverFan1 6 156.5
4 (2) empennage 4.5 155.5
5 (5) dred 7.5 144
6 (6) soccertom 5.5 139.5
7 (7) sljohn 4 137.5
8 (10) Scribe and Son 11 136.5
9 (8) Northside Rovers 7 135.5
10 (11) The Perfesser 10 134
11 (9) Fanaddict 5.5 131.5
12 (13) Flashman 8.5 130.5
13 (11) Hal 5 129
14 (14) babytiger2001 7 122
15 (22) Out of Touch 10.5 117
16 (19) NNCRed 4.5 115
17 (21) MadSirAlexxx 6.5 114.5
18 (23) NateP 8 114
19 (15) JBlazini24 - 113.5
20 (16) Whirlwind 0 113
.
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The Second Division - The story here is all about goatnutsgoal. The cup
winner moved up 9 spots and now has a shot at ending the season in the
first division, something that seemed impossible just a week ago.
LMoroney also had a strong week.
.
21 (17) quicksand - 111.5
22 (18) tolbuck 0 111
23 (26) Jacen McCullough 7.5 110
24 (20) scaryice - 109.5
25 (34) goatnutsgoal 16 107
26 (24) guinho 2 105.5
27 (24) hornonmyankle - 103.5
28 (32) LMoroney 10.5 102.5
29 (29) goyette82 6 101.5
30 (31) Up The Metro 4.5 97
31 (27) socrstopr13 - 96.5
32 (28) Wild Kitten - 96
33 (30) Alf - 95
34 (32) MetroFanCP - 92
35 (35) dawgpound2 - 78.5
35 (35) Port Qaz - 78.5
35 (38) themrs. 6 78.5
38 (37) MajikMouse - 75
39 (39) encinitas - 67.5
40 (40) deimos - 66

Lower Divisions - Jose L. Couso needs only 2.5 points in the last week to
make it into the second division. Good luck, Jose.

41 (42) Jose L. Couso 7 63.5
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Honor Roll:

2002 Weekly Cup Winners:

3 cups: dred (12; 14; 24)

2 Cups: DenverFan1 (6; 15); empennage (10; 16); goatnutsgoal (22; 26)

1 Cup:

Hal (Week 1), IASocFan (2), kennytt (2), Fanaddict (3), encinitas (4),
Northside Rovers (4), The Perfesser (5), NateP (6), scaryice (7),
Ffan (8), NNCRed (9), guinho (10); tolbuck (10), MetroFanCP (13),
WildKitten (17), JBlazini24 (18), jlo(19), quicksand (20-21),
Out of Touch (23), Jacen McCullough (25)

2002 Standings Leaders:
Week 10-15, 17, 24-26: IASocFan
Week 5-9: The Perfesser
Week 19-21: DenverFan1
Week 2-4: Scribe
Week 22-23: jlo
Week 16, 18: empennage
Week 2: socrstopr13
Week 1: Hal

[jlo]

The final prediction thread of the 2002 season:

SJ : LA
NE : Met
Chi : Clb

[jlo]

FlashMan and empennage, I assure you that themrs. a real, live woman. Not my alter ego, not a sock puppet, and not a figment of my imagination. I would refer you to a series of threads she started once entitled "How to be an MLS wife" but the threads died in the Great Crash.

[Jose L. Couso]

SJ 1:0 LA
NE 3:1 Met
Chi 0:1 Clb

[themrs.]

I wash a s--- load of dishes for someone who is not real. And what a week it was! I only got one game right after my brilliant showing on Thursday. Freaking goatnuts got 16. I totally need some points this week like 20. Should we demand tripling the points? By the way it was how to TRAIN an MLS wife.
SJ3 :0 LA
NE 1:0 Met
Chi2 :1 Clb

[empennage]

My apologies to theMrs and JLo. But it is pretty convenient that these so called threads were erased in the crash. ;)


As far as the prediction league goes, well I guess I should just resign myself to trying to go for 2nd place. Who would've thought that DC United would've won 2 games, and the Revolution would've won (other than goatsnutgoal of course). Last place teams are supposed to lose, don't they know that? :mad:

[IASocFan]

Originally posted by jlo
There were six games this week. Goatnutsgoal picked all six winners, with three exact scores and two goal differentials. Amazing... IASocFan now has a four point lead with a week left in the season. With only five games left, there are only four people with a mathematical chance of catching IASocFan and being crowned the 2002 WPL champion... The remaining challengers must all hope that IASocFan has a complete breakdown this week, or fails to post at all. Not likely.

Thanks for the reminder, and congrats to Goatnutsgoal! :)
SJ 2:1 LA
NE 3:1 Met
Chi 2:1 Clb

[Fanaddict]

sj 2 : 1 la
ne 3 : 2 met
chi 2 : 1 clb

[soccertom]

SJ 2:1 LA
NE 2:1 Met
Chi 2:1 Clb

[MadSirAlexxx]

SJ 1:2 LA
NE 5:2 Met
Chi 3:1 Clb

[empennage]

SJ 1:2 LA
NE 1:2 Met
Chi 1:2 Clb


Isn't a big coincidence that my picks just happen to be the opposite of IASocFan?? ;)

[jlo]

IASocFan, please repost your predictions. Edited posts do not count.

[goatnutsgoal]

SJ2 :1 LA
NE3 :1 Met
Chi 2 :3 Clb

[IASocFan]

Thanks for the note jlo. Here is a unedited re-posting of my predictions:

SJ 2:1 LA
NE 3:1 Met
Chi 2:1 Clb

[empennage]

Originally posted by jlo
IASocFan, please repost your predictions. Edited posts do not count.

Maybe you should send a PM to him. I would hate for someone to win in the last week on a technicality(sp?).

[empennage]

Originally posted by empennage


Maybe you should send a PM to him. I would hate for someone to win in the last week on a technicality(sp?).

uhhh... nevermind

[IASocFan]

Originally posted by empennage

Maybe you should send a PM to him. I would hate for someone to win in the last week on a technicality(sp?).

Thanks for caring, empennage, and thanks for the note, jlo. I never would have have checked the thread w/o your email.

[sljohn]

SJ 2:1 LA
NE 3:1 Met
Chi 2:1 Clb

I'm still hoping to stay in the top 10 for my debut season.

[sljohn]

jlo -- thanks for all the work this season.

will you be running any sort of play-offs prediction league?


sometime during the off-season I'll try to carve out time to analyze past season results to help inform next season's point system debate...

[Jacen McCullough]

SJ 3:2 LA
NE 2:3 Met
Chi 1:2 Clb



One final week to try and get back into the first division to finish the season. My brain tells me to pick the Revs over my Metros, but my heart hasn't allowed me to bet against them yet, and I'm not about to start now. Thanks to jlo for setting all this up. This is the first time I've participated, and I for one have had a blast. Thanks again.

JMac