Author Topic: USA Friendly Tournament season 5 (Read 8568 times)

Brian Clough · « **on:** February 21, 2012, 12:35:15 AM »

Are there any other USA managers who would be interested in playing in a friendly "tournament"?

I don't think there are that many managers who will participate, so I think we could have a double-elimination "friendly" tournament this season that would be finished well before the national cup starts. Rules would be something like this:

- Easy tackling only! In the past we had to trust each other but now that we can see each others' tactics during match, we can be sure. Next season, using default tackling will result in a "yellow card"; two times and you get a "red card" resulting in a 1 goal penalty in the match. If "hard" tackling is used, it is a "Straight red card". If a second "red card" is received, it amounts to a 2 goal penalty.
- Matches are held in largest stadium of the two competitors. If there is no difference in stadium size, then the one with higher quality gets the match.
- A draw counts as a loss for the team with higher club rating (so more established teams are expected to win)
- If you accept a friendly match with a club other than your assigned competitor, then it counts as a forfeit and you lose.

For this to happen we need at least 8 teams, though 16 (or 32) would be better! If we are close to one of these numbers, we might invite a few other clubs who are free to play. I'd like to start by 29 February at the latest, so please post here if you want to participate ASAP. I will try to determine whether we will have enough teams to move forward by 27 February!
Schedule is as follows:

29 Feb: Games 1,2,3,4
3 March: Games 5,6,7,8
5 March: games 9,10 (winners of 7 & 8 have off)
- league matches-
12 March: games 11, 12
-league matches-
19 March: game 13 (winner of 11 has off)
-league matches-
26 March: game 14
-league matches-
9 April: game 15 (if necessary)

Updated brackets (as of last edit)

Confirmed clubs:
1. Mean Machine (29585)
2. Rockville United (151910)
3. HLA (114232)
4. DSPC40 (140701)
5. Manchester of the South United (138516)
6. Bossaray (128272)
7. GC Disti FC (114242)
8. Don-muang (108944)

cotaro · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:14:26 AM »

I'm In

HL · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:33:18 AM »

HLA (114232)

Eric · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2012, 01:24:02 AM »

DSPC40 (140701), C-7 this season and next season.

jemseed · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2012, 01:57:48 AM »

I will play

(138516)

cotaro · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2012, 04:58:00 AM »

Rockville United (151910)

Brian Clough · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2012, 07:09:17 AM »

Now we have 5...only 3 to go

BosSaray · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:43:24 AM »

Yes , I want to join your tournament.

cotaro · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2012, 12:45:57 AM »

Seem like I will end up last one 5555 but it's ok. Just for fun and making friend.

Brian Clough · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2012, 11:59:44 AM »

OK cotaro, but I cant find your club using the number (5555) you gave. Can you post your club name and id number here?

cotaro · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2012, 02:41:05 AM »

Rockville United 151910

How come u can't find me?

?

cotaro · « **Reply #11 on:** February 25, 2012, 02:46:07 AM »

Can u hook Don-muang 108944 in? He'd like to join.

Brian Clough · « **Reply #12 on:** February 25, 2012, 05:07:16 AM »

Sorry I was confused

Don Muang would be great....

Brian Clough · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2012, 02:28:52 PM »

Schedules will be determined randomly and will be posted prior to our next friendly on 2/27. Thanks to everyone who has joined!

cotaro · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2012, 10:28:39 PM »

R we need more team to play? If yes I think I can let's my friend know about 5 more teams but I'm not sure they will interest or not. $:-\$

Brian Clough · « **Reply #15 on:** February 26, 2012, 10:42:57 PM »

We have 8 clubs, which is good enough for now. We can expand the tournament next season (hopefully), depending on how it goes this time around.

The first round will happen on 29 Feb. Don't forget to arrange a friendly with your scheduled opponent or you will have to forfeit (lose) the match

Brian Clough · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2012, 03:39:02 AM »

Don't forget to make your friendly arrangements with your scheduled opponent! Managers who fail to follow the schedule may not be invited back next season...

Brian Clough · « **Reply #17 on:** February 29, 2012, 06:52:04 AM »

updated!
03/03 Matches:

Winners Bracket
HLA vs Manchester of the South United
Bossaray vs DSPC40

Losers Bracket
Rockville United vs Mean Machine
GC Disti FC vs Don-muang

Eric · « **Reply #18 on:** February 29, 2012, 07:09:48 AM »

GC Disti FC vs Don-muang

The runner up season 3 vs season 4

Brian Clough · « **Reply #19 on:** March 02, 2012, 07:36:10 PM »

Do not forget to set tackling to "easy" for tonight's match if you haven't already.

Brian Clough · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2012, 05:13:18 AM »

Notice DSPC40 and Manchester of the South United have next friendly match off from tournament Your next scheduled match is 12 March...feel free to arrange friendlies with whomever you like on 5 March. Only losers bracket plays then!

Ironically, losers bracket is all top level while winners bracket is all B level

Brian Clough · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:40:58 AM »

updated!

12 March Schedule:

Losers Bracket:
Mean Machine vs GC Disti FC

Winners Bracket:
Manchester of the South Utd vs DSPC40

Brian Clough · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2012, 04:43:52 AM »

updated!

19 March Schedule:

Losers Bracket:
Mean Machine vs DSPC40

Winners Bracket:
Manchester of the South Utd OFF (no scheduled match)

Brian Clough · « **Reply #23 on:** March 19, 2012, 04:40:35 AM »

Next season, if one player uses easy tackling and the other doesn't there should be a penalty:

Tackling set to normal: "yellow card" (warning); 2 of these earn a "red card"
Tackling set to hard: "red card": 1 goal penalty in current match
(for final score to decide who advances in tournament)

Brian Clough · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2012, 05:04:42 AM »

updated!

26 March Schedule:

Friendly tournament (semi)Final*
DSPC40 vs Manchester of the South Utd

Club Ratings:
Manchester of the South Utd: 1166
DSPC40: 1054
-A draw counts as a win for DSPC40

*To win the tournament, DSPC40 must defeat MotS Utd twice

good luck to both of you!

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Author Topic: USA Friendly Tournament season 5 (Read 8568 times)