2023 Event Summary: Soccer

Status: Completed

CRM received soccer penalty; finishers 2 thru 6 move up one position

RULES: SOCCER

Q1 English Premier League
The EPL is comprised of 20 teams; these teams have been seeded and you must select five teams totaling no more than 21 seed points. The EPL season is a home-and-home round robin; each team will play 38 games. There are no playoffs altho 5-6 teams will receive berths in the UEFA Champions League or the Europa League at the conclusion of the season. Furthermore, 3 teams will be relegated to the EFL Championship.

Your five teams will earn points as follows:
...5 points for every EPL* win
...1 point for every EPL* draw
..20 point bonus for the champion
..15 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the UEFA Champions League
...8 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the Europa League
..10 point penalty for any team that is relegated

* During the EPL season, teams will play friendlies and in tournaments; points are not awarded for those wins/draws

** Points are only awarded for a group stage berth in either the UCL or UEL (a qualifying round berth earns no points).


Q2a UEFA Champions League Group Stage
There are 32 teams in the Group Stage. We have divided them into 4 tiers; you must pick 2 teams from each tier (restriction: you may only pick one of Bayern Munich, ManCity, Liverpool from Tier1).

Your 8 teams will earn points as follows:
...8pts: Group Stage win *
...3pts: Group Stage draw *
..12pts: Advance to knockouts
...8pts: Knockout round victory **
..12pts: Advance to final
..20pts: Champions League Title  

* Every team will play one group stage game this week (Oct 20-21) prior to picks locking.  If a team you pick wins or draws on Oct 20-21, you will earn those points. 

** This means your team advances to the next round of knockouts.  Winning one leg (game) of a knockout round does not guarantee advancing and does not earn points

Picks will lock Oct 27th 10a Pacific prior to the first kickoff.

Q2b UEFA Champions League Knockouts
16 teams remain alive in the UCL. Knockouts will run from Feb16 thru May29, with the teams playing 2-leg knockouts for three rounds and then a single-game Championship at a neutral site (Istanbul). We have seeded the teams, and you must select 4 teams totaling at least 22 seed points.

Your 4 teams will earn points as follows:
...5pts: Game Victory
...1pt: Game Tie
...3pts: Round Advance*
...7pts: Finals Berth
..15pts: Championship

Note that teams will play 2 games vs the same opponent in each of the first three rounds and our scoring reflects the difference between game results and round results.

* Championship game does count as a game victory, but does not count as a round advance.

Final note - the UCL teams are not drawn into a bracket; once the winners of each round have been determined, there will be a draw to determine the matchups of the next round. We feel your pain over the chaotic aspect this adds to making picks.

Picks will lock at the first knockout kickoff: Feb16 1205n Pacific

Q3 MLS Playoffs
18 teams have been seeded from 1 to 8 in the East and West conferences:

EAST
1 Philadelphia
2 Toronto FC
3 Columbus
4 Orlando
5 NYCFC
6 NY Red Bulls
7 Nashville / Miami
8 New England / Montreal

WEST
1 Sporting KC
2 Seattle
3 Portland
4 Minnesota
5 Colorado
6 FC Dallas
7 LAFC
8 San Jose

Note that the 7 and 8 seeds in the East will be determined by play-in games. If Miami upsets Nashville, they will play the 1seed, but we are defining the winner of that game the 7seed regardless. Similarly, the winner of New England vs Montreal will be the 8seed, even if they end up playing the 2seed due to a Miami upset. These play-in games will NOT earn points and picks will not be due until after the play-in games have been played.

Your job is to pick 5 teams totalling 17 a minimum of 17 seed points. Points will be earned as follows:
..15pts: Playoff Win*
..10pts: Conference Finals berth
..10pts: Conference Title (Championship berth)
..20pts: MLS Championship

* Play-in games for the East 7 and 8 seeds do not count

Picks lock ~Nov21 before first kickoff.

 
POINT RECAP: SOCCER

English Premier League
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
West Bromwich (0) 44 25 11 0 0 0 -10 26
Brighton & Hove (1) 39 45 14 0 0 0 -0 59
Burnley (1) 71 50 9 0 0 0 -0 59
Crystal Palace (1) 46 60 8 0 0 0 -0 68
Fulham (1) 18 25 13 0 0 0 -10 28
Sheffield United (1) 169 35 2 0 0 0 -10 27
Aston Villa (2) 12 80 7 0 0 0 -0 87
Leeds (2) 57 90 5 0 0 0 -0 95
Newcastle United (2) 24 60 9 0 0 0 -0 69
Southampton (2) 87 60 7 0 0 0 -0 67
West Ham (2) 21 95 8 0 0 8 -0 111
Everton (3) 58 85 8 0 0 0 -0 93
Leicester City (3) 131 100 6 0 0 8 -0 114
Wolverhampton (3) 110 60 9 0 0 0 -0 69
Arsenal (5) 104 90 7 0 0 0 -0 97
Tottenham Hotspur (5) 85 90 8 0 0 0 -0 98
Chelsea (7) 145 95 10 0 15 0 -0 120
Manchester United (7) 79 105 11 0 15 0 -0 131
Liverpool (9) 130 100 9 0 15 0 -0 124
Manchester City (10) 115 135 5 20 15 0 -0 175
Champions League Tier 1
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
b Real Madrid (0) 32 24 3 12 16 0 0 55
g Barcelona (0) 111 40 0 12 0 0 0 52
g Juventus (0) 113 40 0 12 0 0 0 52
h Paris Saint-Germain (0) 52 32 0 12 16 0 0 60
a Bayern Munich (1) 227 40 3 12 8 0 0 63
c Manchester City (1) 47 40 3 12 24 12 0 91
d Liverpool (1) 30 32 3 12 8 0 0 55
Champions League Tier 2
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
a Atlético Madrid 72 16 9 12 0 0 0 37
b Inter Milan 51 8 9 0 0 0 0 17
d Ajax 11 16 3 0 0 0 0 19
d Atalanta 60 24 6 12 0 0 0 42
e Chelsea 164 32 6 12 24 12 20 106
e Sevilla 28 32 3 12 0 0 0 47
f Borussia Dortmund 50 32 3 12 8 0 0 55
f Lazio 22 16 12 12 0 0 0 40
h Manchester United 118 24 0 0 0 0 0 24
h RB Leipzig 36 32 0 12 0 0 0 44
Champions League Tier 3
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
a Red Bull Salzburg 59 8 3 0 0 0 0 11
b Borussia Mönchengladbach 73 16 6 12 0 0 0 34
b Shakhtar Donetsk 172 16 6 0 0 0 0 22
c Marseilles 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
c Porto 98 32 3 12 8 0 0 55
e Krasnodar 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 14
f Club Brugge 117 16 6 0 0 0 0 22
f Zenit Saint Petersburg 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
g Dynamo Kyiv 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Champions League Tier 4
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
a Lokomotiv Moscow 70 0 9 0 0 0 0 9
c Olympiacos 262 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
d Midtjylland 23 0 6 0 0 0 0 6
e Rennes 218 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
g Ferencváros 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
h Istanbul Basaksehir 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
MLS Playoffs
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Philadelphia (1) 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (1) 106 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
Seattle (2) 218 45 10 10 0 0 0 65
Toronto FC (2) 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbus (3) 91 60 10 10 20 0 0 100
Portland (3) 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota (4) 53 30 10 0 0 0 0 40
Orlando (4) 68 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
Colorado (5) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYCFC (5) 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC Dallas (6) 48 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
NY Red Bulls (6) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAFC (7) 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nashville (not Miami) (7) 28 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
New England (not Montreal) (8) 21 30 10 0 0 0 0 40
San Jose (8) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champions League Knockouts
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Bayern Munich (1) 222 15 0 3 0 0 0 18
Manchester City (2) 204 30 0 9 7 0 0 46
Liverpool (3) 49 10 1 3 0 0 0 14
Paris Saint-Germain (4) 34 10 1 6 0 0 0 17
Juventus (4) 66 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Chelsea (5) 47 25 1 9 7 15 0 57
Real Madrid (5) 54 15 2 6 0 0 0 23
Barcelona (8) 134 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Atletico Madrid (8) 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borussia Dortmund (10) 58 5 1 3 0 0 0 9
Atalanta (11) 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RB Leipzig (12) 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sevilla (12) 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lazio (14) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Porto (14) 21 10 0 3 0 0 0 13
Borussia Mönchengladbach (14) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: SOCCER

#   Team Points
1   Chaz Reinhold’s Meatloaf 1155
2   Munich Vice 1132
3   Subway Hero 1129
4   Tony Luke’s Laundry 1128
5   The Flying Wasp 1114
6   Metaphysical Munchkin 1113
7   JUGGERNAUT 1107
8   Ripped the Dry Snatch on the Dock 1098
9   Justice For Breonna 1091
10   Utility Sports Nuts 1082
11   DEATH ROW 1071
12   Sportwonks 1061
13   Fighting Irish 1053
14   The C.O.S.T.A. System 1052
15   BigB 1048
16   fallfromgrace 1046
17   David Hasselhoff 1044
--   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 1044
19   The Usual Suspects 1042
20   Dingletine 1034
21   Ashley Remembered 1031
--   MacM 1031
23   Artichoked 1029
24   Breakfast Beverages 1025
--   KJCLJC 1025
--   Special Ks! 1025
--   steel curtain 1025
28   Canadian Crippler 1024
29   Devils, Bears, Heels Oh My 1023
30   $3 Miller Lites 1021
31   G.B.G. Campaign 1017
--   Hard Rock's $$$ 1017
33   Silky Butter 1016
34   PRM Trio 1013
35   Sleehrats 1011
36   ARMageddon 1010
--   Juicy Fatty Chicken Patties 1010
38   Bronx Bombers 1009
39   Favre's Prick Picks 1008
--   TheTeamToBeat 1008
41   The Trubisky Resurgence 1007
42   Haymart/McAdams 1006
43   The Rodfather 1004
44   No Shorties 1003
45   Morty’s Gang 1002
46   That Ain't Mayo 1001
47   Golden Earrings 1000
--   Gutter Trojans 1000
49   The Joe West Show 999
50   BDBB - The Original 998
51   pdot40 996
--   Power Top 996
53   It's A Shpadoinkle Day 995
54   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 993
55   Giggy 992
56   Gyros & Souvlaki 991
--   War Otto 991
58   Billy Walters 989
--   Dutchmen 989
--   she·nan·i·gans 989
61   BobbleBill 987
--   Roger Dorn Olè Academy 987
63   Land Thieves 986
--   SoHoGoat21 986
65   packers 985
66   Fuck Petey 984
67   Thirteen Five 983
68   Juiced 982
--   Little Yerry Stackhouse 982
70   MattyRads 980
--   PJM 980
--   Yo-Nays 980
73   Disinfectant Injection 978
74   The F8 of Shane 976
75   ppschwa 974
--   RaymondBabbitt 974
77   Kissing Cousins 972
--   Little Chocolate Donuts 972
79   Gee Unit 23 971
--   The Vlad Lads 971
81   Dr. Fauci 968
82   SLOMIKE 967
83   Handsy Docs 966
--   The Hatchmen 966
85   Bowron& Bowron 965
86   Managing Manager 964
--   SC_ballerz 964
88   PhilsNDerbs 963
89   Bam Bam 960
90   Two Doofs 959
91   Stat Arb for Dummies 957
92   Rustys Raiders 956
93   NY Legends 955
94   Gambling $$ 952
--   Just Boys in a World 952
96   PHX Illini 951
--   Valimorons 951
98   Killer Bs 950
99   MDubs3 949
--   The Hameltoes 949
101   Anything is Possiblllllllllllllllllllle 948
--   Jackie Treehorn 948
--   Joe's Tracers 948
--   Lawn Game Legend 948
105   Fonzinoons 947
106   johnb470 946
107   Dancing Bears 945
--   Fightin' Amish 945
109   Shart Garfunkel 944
110   Big Ragu 943
111   Art Vandelay 942
--   Donkey Punching 942
113   Matt Nagy Me 2 Death 941
--   South Jersey Jamokes 941
115   Favre's Dick Picks 940
116   The Antibodies 939
117   Bell Island Pirates 937
118   Party Like It's 09 936
--   Retiredbutnot 936
--   Stack the Pool 936
--   WhiskeyWinners 936
122   Deebo’s Bike 933
123   Tundra Prius 932
124   Jimmy Dugan 931
--   Randolph and Mortimer 931
126   The Dude Abides 930
127   DoubleDown11 929
--   JJBC All-Stars 929
--   NoelG27 929
--   Pa & Ja 929
131   Trevor’s Kickass Team 926
132   Alaskan Ice Pickers 925
--   Make America Gronk Again 925
134   Declan's Moon 924
--   PenguinsandPolarbears 924
136   Mr. Jones and Friends 922
137   Can’t be worse than last year 920
--   Darnold Palmers 920
--   Jets 920
140   Kick Names Take Ass 919
--   ManorMobbinWVU IV 919
--   SportsFanatic 919
143   ATHLETICS! 918
144   Grassy Nole 917
--   In play out(s) 917
--   PSU Pride 917
147   6 aces, 4skins and a 3 putt 915
--   EtAl 915
149   Any Sport Will Do 914
--   Eskimo Brothers 914
151   Henry the Good Doy 913
--   Poker Boys 913
153   A1 type of guy 912
--   Checksperts 912
155   Born for Social Distancing 910
156   Fuji Bomb’s 909
--   Go Bulldogs! 909
--   La Cheeserie! 909
159   CoLo for the win 908
160   Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. 905
--   Bondslingers 905
--   Kansas City Chiefs 905
163   Dalé 904
--   StankMo 904
165   Bean Boge Ballers 903
--   Off the Handle 903
--   Vanilla Chocolate Swirl 903
168   BenSimmonsWitDaPen 902
--   Walton’s World 902
170   Balls of Fuery 901
171   4 in the Stink 900
172   DadTrip 899
173   BamaDad 898
--   Megatron0525 898
--   Wheels of Fortune 898
176   MGOCOVID19 897
177   Tampa Team 895
178   Hammers 894
--   Mask On! Mask Off! 894
180   Johnny Backpacks 893
181   Cult of Cardboard Cutouts 891
182   Sexy Rexy Grossman 890
183   TheBizuation 889
184   Big Red Leopards 888
--   Eddie's Cruisers 888
--   Shadynasty’s 888
--   Stimulus my PPP 888
188   Degenerates-R-Us 887
--   Fister Sisters 887
--   The Syosset Braves 887
191   Pablo Escobar 885
--   Rounders 885
--   walterhouston22 885
194   idontrecall 884
--   Thing Two 884
196   Nax Squared 883
197   HMD Industries 882
--   TheTigerKingOfSports 882
199   JoeRobbieStadium 881
--   Markelle Fultz Is Good 881
201   The209 880
202   Victor Ola3po 879
203   DoubleA & Zola 878
--   Hawks 878
--   Locksmen 878
--   Mauricio Duboned your Girlfriend 878
207   Blue Horse Shoe 876
--   BOHICA Tribesmen 876
--   Brule's Rules 876
210   Pare La Musica 875
211   Atlantic City Knights 874
212   Milk Was A Bad Choice 873
213   Seven21 872
214   3 Dudes 1 Couch 871
215   Delusions of Grandeur 870
--   NLHawkeye88 870
--   Speaking of Airplanes 870
--   The Mud Dogs 870
--   You Might Win 870
220   Dad Boner 869
221   Tasty Waves 868
222   brooklynboyz 865
--   The Teds 865
224   OhioSchultz 864
225   Samir123 863
226   Not Gelded 862
--   Ramblers 862
--   TrueSpartan 862
229   Impractical Jokers 861
--   Jenkins Bros 861
231   Beershowers 860
--   Brad's Crossed Arms 860
--   F.C. Poutine 860
234   DillyDilly 858
235   Truffle Butter Express 856
236   Jedi Milo 855
--   The Wild Bunch 855
238   Bottom of the Fifths 846
--   West Virginia Party Boys 846
240   BatCap 845
241   Danger Zone 844
--   Off On Your Mother 844
--   The Salty Dogs 844
244   Fick Can Still Get Our Nuts 843
245   Girth Richards Jr 842
--   illetram yeoj 842
--   Team Beno 842
248   Running 40 Miles on Fruitcake 840
249   Shower Sharts 839
--   Wanna Pizza Us? 839
251   Twice as Nice 837
252   What Comes Next? 836
253   Nerd Alert! 833
--   SARS CoV-2 legit to quit 833
255   McMcMont Inc 832
256   Greatpoint 831
--   Party Like It's 21 831
258   HTown Goonies 830
--   My Team's on the Floor 830
--   RD 830
261   Big Benjamins 828
262   Gypsy puss in the flesh 827
--   Uff 827
264   Hondo 825
265   Bearvers 821
266   SuburbSachs 820
267   4Speds 819
268   Miami Vice 818
--   Patatas 818
270   Project Badass 817
271   Death Star 815
--   InTuckerWeTrust 815
273   Slap Shot 813
274   the513 812
275   Spamoni & Turd 810
276   Bentley's Bitches 809
--   GME 809
278   boyztrip 806
--   Diegens 806
--   OMG 806
281   Ryan Lynch 805
282   I4 Corridor 803
283   Team Quack 801
284   NIASKOS 792
285   Howling Spider Monkeys 791
286   Astoriakids 790
287   Poky Not Pokey 786
288   Covid-69 782
289   Fuck 2020 780
290   N.Y. Jets are killing me 776
--   Red Deaths 776
292   Do Wrong Right 764
--   T-Diddy 764
294   Hawks Fly Together 752
295   Rats Gamblers 750
296   OakLandBeforeTimeXVII 749
297   Suplex Spectacles 748
298   Augustus Gloop's Chocolate River 747
--   Mill St 747
300   Get It Done 739
301   Brad Hand Sanitizer 737
302   Bojangles Breakfast 730
303   Bulls on Parade 707
304   Eggs on the Roof 703
305   Protector of the Vale 621
306   Wuhan Cocaine Club 508
307   Team tiny dicks 488
308   PATSWINBIG 456
309   Hezzy Jimbos 453
310   The Washington Football Team 391
311   Annexation of Puerto Rico 229