2012 Major League Soccer singles [Ongoing]

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:55 pm

Standings updated...Vancouver makes a move in the West ladder with 2 wins and a tie in the recent batch. Onto our July set of matches.

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:35 pm

Hi all...many of you may have already seen this, but my college basketball tourney is taking sign-ups for one more week. This is my favorite tournament that I run during the year. Check it out and jump in if you're ready for some March Madness!!!

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by **flexmaster33** on Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:30 pm

standings updated...along with field maps. We're about half-way through the July schedule now.
Chicago remains the league's top team with 39 points, while the chase for the final playoff spots remains tight in both conferences with just a win or two separating the pack.

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:57 pm

With the increasing number of deadbeats in this tourney (and yes, I take responsibility for a good portion of that for dragging my feet on this tourney), I've decided to cut the regular season short and go directly into playoffs.

The top teams in each Conference (Chicago in the East and LA in the West) will get first-round byes.
The rest of the teams will square off in a two-match aggregate-goal series with one match played on each team's home field.

The aggregate format will continue until the MLS Cup, which will be played as a one-match showdown using the settings of both teams.

I'll post the bracket tonight and get the first batch of playoff games out.

good luck all

by **mviola** on Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:09 pm

flexmaster33 wrote:With the increasing number of deadbeats in this tourney (and yes, I take responsibility for a good portion of that for dragging my feet on this tourney), I've decided to cut the regular season short and go directly into playoffs.

The top teams in each Conference (Chicago in the East and LA in the West) will get first-round byes.
The rest of the teams will square off in a two-match aggregate-goal series with one match played on each team's home field.

The aggregate format will continue until the MLS Cup, which will be played as a one-match showdown using the settings of both teams.

I'll post the bracket tonight and get the first batch of playoff games out.

good luck all

Are the GA Medals still going to be awarded? I think I won both possibly...

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:49 pm

Yes, GA medals will be awarded

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:50 pm

brackets posted...games going out shortly

by **General Bax** on Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:41 pm

I don't get it, how come we're playing playoffs when not all teams have played the same nubmer of games of the regular season?

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:09 pm

Because with the number of deadbeats that accrued in the tournament, it was going to be impossible for everyone to play the same number of games...some would be getting a ton of forfeit wins. I figure by this point in the season we have a pretty good idea where people fall in the ladder, plus, this tourney has dragged on long enough. Under the circumstances, I felt this was the best solution to crowning a champion.

I'll have to rethink this tourney a bit if I do another MLS league next summer.

by **flexmaster33** on Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:29 pm

Playoff brackets are updated...white #s mean first leg is still in progress...orange #s mean first leg complete...yellow #s mean a final score.

2nd leg maps going out today.

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:39 pm

My regrets to all involved in this CC event, but I must absolve myself from this website. My marriage has collapsed and my addiction to sites such as this one has played a sizable factor in that. I post this message with a hole ripping through my heart. Please take care to make your relationships a priority, so that games such as this don't suck time away from those closest to you. Many can manage to keep those things in a healthy balance. I cannot. I failed in attempts previous to this, and now have decided to leave the site (and others) permanently, although I regret I may be too late to repair the damage done to my marriage.

:cry:

flex

by **mviola** on Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:19 am

flexmaster33 wrote:My regrets to all involved in this CC event, but I must absolve myself from this website. My marriage has collapsed and my addiction to sites such as this one has played a sizable factor in that. I post this message with a hole ripping through my heart. Please take care to make your relationships a priority, so that games such as this don't suck time away from those closest to you. Many can manage to keep those things in a healthy balance. I cannot. I failed in attempts previous to this, and now have decided to leave the site (and others) permanently, although I regret I may be too late to repair the damage done to my marriage.

flex

Good luck man.

I can save this one if you send me the file that you used to keep track of everything. It's almost done anyway.

by **mcshanester29** on Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:40 am

This tournament is now labeled "Needing Rescue". If it is not rescued within a week it will be considered abandoned.

If you are interested please check this section of the Tournament Handbook:

Rescued Tournaments Policy

Mcshanester29
Abandoned & Rescued Tournaments

by **mviola** on Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:30 am

Ok, I'm going to be finishing this one out.

Games will probably go out over the weekend at the earliest.

by **mviola** on Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:09 am

I tweaked the scoring a little bit because I couldn't follow how Flex did it. I think this is more realistic now, because the losing team doesn't automatically score no goals.

RD1 Results
West
San Jose 4
Chivas 2

Vancouver 3
Colorado 2

Salt Lake 2
Portland 3
However, Flex is not on the site anymore so Salt Lake will move on instead.

East
DC United 3
Columbus 3
So then it goes down to away goals, which was tied 0-0. And finally it'll go by away points, which DC United won 1-(-1). So DC United will be moving on.

Houston 2
Toronto 4

New York 5
New England 1

by **mviola** on Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:12 am

Round 2 Matchups
West
1 LA Galaxy
4 San Jose

2 Salt Lake
3 Vancouver

East
1 Chicago
4 DC United

2 New York
6 Toronto

by **mviola** on Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:47 am

Round 2, Leg 1 games are out.

by **mviola** on Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:31 pm

San Jose v LA Galaxy already completed the first leg of this round. I've sent out their second leg match, and will do the same for the other matches if they finish up quickly as well. Otherwise, I'll send out the next leg in a week.

by **mviola** on Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:01 am

West
1 LA Galaxy 4
4 San Jose 2

2 Salt Lake 1
3 Vancouver 4

I'm sending out the West Semifinals now, LA Galaxy vs Vancouver.

The East on the other hand is yet to have a game go past round 4...

by **mviola** on Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:25 pm

ViperOverLord and the LA Galaxy are moving on to the Finals. He wins the closest match yet, 1-1 goals, 0-0 away goals, 3-2 away points. He's going to have to wait a bit since neither of the east matchups in round 2 have gone to the second leg.

by **mviola** on Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:08 am

Second round, leg 2 games out for the east.

by **mviola** on Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:39 am

Chicago 4
DC United 1

New York 4
Toronto 0

The East Semi games are going out, New York v Chicago

by **mviola** on Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:30 pm

Chicago 2
New York 1

We are now ready for the finals. LA Galaxy (ViperOverLord) v Chicago (mviola).

The finals will be played on Chicago's home map, since the MLS Cup Finals only consist of one game, not two like the rest of the playoffs for some reason.

by **mviola** on Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:32 pm

ViperOverLord wins the finals 2-1 in extra time. Congrats to him!

I win the GA Medal for giving up the fewest goals. I don't have access to Flex's data, and I do not feel like sorting through 800 games to see who was the best scorer.