MLS Playoff Prediction "Draft" 2015[R]

SJJ · Oct 25, 2015

2014 version: http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/mls-playoff-prediction-draft.2012784/

Time to renew a game that I ran a couple of times. This is a playoff prediction "draft" instead of the regular prediction game. The Draft portion is that someone chooses their champion and runner-up, then no one else can choose that combination. With six teams in each conference, there are 72 combinations to choose. (After the midweek games, there would be 32 combinations remaining.) If you make a selection, and one of your teams gets eliminated, you can choose another selection after 24 hours. (Other rules are played by ear; for example, if there a number of selections that are going unchosen, we could open it up for second selections by anybody.)

So basically, choose one pair from this list. (I included each team's conference seeding, and overall seeding [to help know who would host the Final].):

champion second

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #6E - #12 all - Toronto

AlbertCamus · Oct 27, 2015

#1 East, Red Bulls; verse #1 West, Dallas

El Chico Carmona · Oct 27, 2015

#1 west, FCD, vs. #2 east, Columbus Crew

ToMhIlL · Oct 27, 2015

#1 West, Vancouver vs. #1 East, NY

NE till i die · Oct 27, 2015

#4 West, Seattle vs. #2 East, Columbus

And Seattle wins 1st Cup

Zona · Oct 27, 2015

#1 East, New York Red Bulls over #5 West, Los Angeles Galaxy

Revolt · Oct 27, 2015

#1 East Red Bulls, #4 West Sounders

SJJ · Oct 28, 2015

First selections are in. I am guessing that the people who listed "TeamA vs TeamB" means that TeamA wins.

champion second player selection post

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy Zona 5 6

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #5E - #11 all - New England Revolution

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #6E - #12 all - Toronto

lufty · Oct 28, 2015

New england over portland

henryo · Oct 28, 2015

Mine: NYRB vs SKC.

henryo said: ↑

It's time to update this thread again!!!

2015 Playoffs Predictions by the Most Recent Home/Road Meeting(s) during Regular Season, before KO Round.

KO Round:

MTL (E3) vs TOR (E6): 2-1 @ MTL

DCU (E4) vs NER (E5): 2-1

POR (W3) vs SKC (W6): 0-1

SEA (E4) vs LAG (W5): 1-1 (LAG advance having won the next most recent game 3-1)

Conference Semi-Finals:

NYR (E1) vs DCU (E4): 2-2@DCU, 3-1@NYR (Agg. 5-3)

CLB (E2) vs MTL (E3): 0-3, 1-2 (Agg. 1-5)

FCD (W1) vs SKC (W6): 1-3, 3-1 (Agg. 4-4, SKC advance having won the next most recent game 4-0)

VAN (W2) vs LAG (W5): 1-0, 2-0 (Agg. 3-0)

Conference Finals:

NYR (E1) vs MTL (E3): 1-1@MTL, 2-1@NYR (Agg. 3-2)

VAN (W2) vs SKC (W6): 3-4@SKC, 0-1@VAN (Agg. 3-5)

MLS Cup Final:

NYR (E1) vs SKC (W6): 1-1 (NYR to win base on more superior Regular Season records)

Click to expand...

SJJ · Oct 29, 2015

Amazingly, after two games, there are two eliminations in this contest. Players lufty (eliminated after matchup 1 of the playoffs) Zona (matchup 2) and must wait 24 hours after the round (i.e. Saturday) to give their second selection.

I guess I realized that this thread should have had an "[r]" in the title.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy Zona 5 6 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City henryo 8 10

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #6E - #12 all - Toronto

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers lufty 7 9 1

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#6E - #12 all - Toronto #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City #6E - #12 all - Toronto

SJJ · Oct 30, 2015

The final 8 in MLS is set, so are the final 32 selections in the pool. And there was one more elimination: henryo must wait to make a second selection.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy Zona 5 6 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City henryo 8 10 4

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers lufty 7 9 1

henryo · Oct 31, 2015

SJJ said: ↑

The final 8 in MLS is set, so are the final 32 selections in the pool. And there was one more elimination: henryo must wait to make a second selection.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#4E - #8 all - D.C. United #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #4E - #8 all - D.C. United

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #5W - #9 all - LA Galaxy Zona 5 6 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #6W - #10 all - Sporting Kansas City henryo 8 10 4

#5E - #11 all - New England Revolution #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers lufty 7 9 1
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Lessons learnt:
To avoid "early" elimination, do not choose any teams that participate in KO rounds.

My 2nd choice:
FCD champs, NYRB runners-up.

SJJ · Nov 8, 2015

After NYRB -def- DCU, there are no more players eliminated, but we are down to 24 possibilities, 18 of them open.

champion second player selection post

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls henryo (2) 9 13

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #3E - #7 all - Montreal Impact

SJJ · Nov 8, 2015

After Columbus -def- Montreal, no players eliminated, and down to 16 options:

champion second player selection post

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls henryo (2) 9 13

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5

SJJ · Nov 8, 2015

After Dallas -def- Seattle, we have two eliminations. Revolt and NE till i die need to wait 24 hours (i.e. Tuesday) to get another selection.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls henryo (2) 9 13

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders Revolt 6 7 7

#4W - #6 all - Seattle Sounders #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew NE till i die 4 5 7

SJJ · Nov 9, 2015

After Portland -def- Vancouver, player ToMhIlL must wait to choose a second team.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls henryo (2) 9 13

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #1W - #2 all - Dallas

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

#2W - #3 all - Vancouver Whitecaps #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls ToMhIlL 3 4 8

SJJ · Dec 6, 2015

After Portland -def- Dallas, and Columbus -def- NYRB, i.e. at the Final:

champion second player selection post eliminated

#1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls #1W - #2 all - Dallas AlbertCamus 1 2 9

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #1E - #1 all - New York Red Bulls henryo (2) 9 13 9

#1W - #2 all - Dallas #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew El Chico Carmona 2 3 9

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew

Any last-minute takers? Everyone except henryo (two-time loser, no third pick allowed) is eligible. (I'm ready to claim Columbus for the title, which has been my favorite team since Day One of MLS.)

SJJ · Dec 6, 2015

After Portland -d- Columbus, we award the champion of this to... lufty

No one chose one of the last two open selections (even though the contest was open the whole week), and no one chose Portland to win the title, but lufty chose Portland to take second, so we'll consider that a tie-breaker winner.

The prize, of course, is one piece of BigSoccer rep.

champion second player selection post eliminated

#2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew #3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers SJJ 10 18 11

#3W - #5 all - Portland Timbers #2E - #4 all - Columbus Crew lufty (tie-break) 7 9

AlbertCamus · Dec 10, 2015

I couldn't find this last week. Bummer. Would have chose Columbus though. Thanks for creating the game.

Ismitje · Dec 20, 2015

I choose Portland over Columbus.

Wait, what?