2008 Open Cup Prediction League

Correct. And I remember typing that, backspacing, then typing the wrong thing. My bad. But the standings are correct.

My Quarterfinal Selections:

Crystal Palace Baltimore
Kansas City Wizards
Chicago Fire
FC Dallas

 

Eight selections in, looking for selections from:
brianasher
GIO17
Truth Commission
Revolt
Eckstoss

 

Round Four:

Mikey Mouse knew exactly what to do with their selections: take whatever I selected and do the exact opposite. MM went four-for-four; I went nil-for-four. That puts MM just four points behind Jimmyco. (On our "Composite" selections, we went three-for-four.)

Again, the points-by-round are (1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21). That means 51 points are still available; although I do post the net-wins and per-round-wins for your reference. (If anyone wants to personal-message me their selections, instead of posting them publicly, before the August 12 semi-final date, they will be entered.)

Standings:

R1, R2, R3, R4, (Wins), [Pts], Player
16, 8, 8, 4, (36), [128], (Maximum)
12, 6, 5, 3, (26), [90], (Composite)
11, 5, 6, 3, (25), [92], jimmyco
12, 4, 4, 4, (24), [88], Mikey mouse
10, 4, 5, 2, (21), [72], Epikoinos
00, 0, 6, 3, (09), [66], diamonotron
11, 6, 1, 3, (21), [65], GIO17
10, 5, 5, 1, (21), [65], opal347
12, 6, 4, 1, (23), [64], cleazer
10, 0, 5, 2, (17), [60], brianasher
00, 0, 5, 3, (08), [60], InWoodbridge
10, 0, 0, 4, (14), [50], Revolt
06, 7, 3, 0, (16), [45], SJJ
11, 0, 0, 0, (11), [11], Truth Commission
09, 0, 0, 0, (09), [09], Eckstoss

Some interesting notes on the standings: GIO17 and Opal347 are tied in both points and wins, but they are both bested by Diamonotron, who despite missing the first two rounds, made the most of their nine wins (using the points system).

Composite selections:

(Road : Home) (Predict) Correct
(C.P.Baltimore : N.E.Revolution) (3:8) 1
(K.C.Wizards : Seattle) (2:9) 1
(Chicago : D.C.United) (5:6) 1
(Charleston : F.C.Dallas) (3:8) 0

Semifinal Schedule:

Matchup; Venue; City/State; Date
New England Revolution (MLS) at D.C. United (MLS); RFK Stadium; Washington, D.C.; Aug. 12
Seattle Sounders (USL1) at Charleston Battery (USL1); Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, S.C.; Aug. 12

Tie-breakers:

It's time that we talked about tie-breakers. For your SF and Final selections, include the goals scored. I'll propose that the tie-breakers are (1) closest to the net goals scored in all three games; (2) closest to the net goals scored in the final; (3) closest to the net goals scored in the NE-DC game [which just won a coin-flip against Sea-Cha]; (4) net wins in the tournament; (5) "drawing of lots" or just declaring a draw. (Extra-time goals will count; PK-tie-break goals do not.)

 

New England Revolution (MLS) at D.C. United (MLS): DCU 3-1

Seattle Sounders (USL1) at Charleston Battery (USL1): Char 2-1


Potential Finals: http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_8683525.html

Date; Potential Matchups; Venue; City, State; Time (local)
Sept. 3; D.C. United (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (USL1); Qwest Field; Seattle, Wash.; 8 p.m.
-- or --
Sept. 3; Charleston Battery (USL1) at D.C. United (MLS); RFK Stadium; Washington, D.C.; 7:30 p.m.
-- or --
Sept. 15; New England Revolution (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (USL1); Qwest Field; Seattle, Wash.; 7 p.m.
-- or --
Sept. 22; New England Revolution (MLS) at Charleston Battery (USL1); Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, S.C.; 7 p.m.

 

Thanks, GIO. Remember to predict the goals for the games, for tie-breaker purposes. (If you don't, you will be listed as predicting 1-0 games.)

*** Also, I sent messages to:
InWoodbridge
Eckstoss
brianasher
cleazer
opal347
The Truth Commission