VMSL Masters A Cup 2006

[Regs]

PRELIMINARY ROUND -- 2006-02-18/19

Game 1: Alemania SC vs Covercrete
Game 2: Vancouver Olympics PAOK vs Wickham FC
Game 3: Westside Bulldogs vs Canterbury
Game 4: Richmond United vs SFU United

Game 5: Cliff Avenue United vs Lusitanos

ROUND OF 16 -- 2006-02-25/26

Game 6: West Van FC vs Winner of Game #1
Game 7: SFU Royals vs Winner of Game #2
Game 8: WFC Westside vs Winner of Game #3
Game 9: Firefighters vs Metro-Ford Celtic
Game 10: ICSF Inter vs Winner of Game #4
Game 11: Sapperton vs Lobbans
Game 12: Columbus FC vs Winner of Game 5
Game 13: PCOV vs Cracovia

[Regs]

Fcuk me, Calm Down!

Not everyone at once!

Metro-Ford vs Columbus final.

[JAGS]

Regs,

Thanks for your support of WVFC.

JAGS

[colemanj]

Metro-Ford? 1 out of a possible 6 points vs Wickham... third time lucky maybe? I guess we have a long way to go to find out - one can dream...(Metro-Ford that is!)

[SCK]

Regs:

We've beaten Columbus twice this year. I'll take our chances. Maybe, West Van's too... They are, after all, in first place.

SCK

[john]

Are the underage players signed in the MAster's Division available for selection in this Cup?

[colemanj]

They are available for selection, but can you really afford to have such rookies out on the field?

[Scottyshell]

Why bother...they can't play in the BC's and if you look at our young side(FF's)....you'll see we've never used them.

Cheers!

[Sir M]

Though I would throw in a post ( go figure) on this thread as well.... :

Don't know all of the teams involved, but I can comment on the following:

Game 2 Colemanj's squad will win this game and get to go up against SFU the following week in game 7. I hope they win that one as well but it will be a tough game for them.

Game 4: I pick Richmond Utd.

Game 6: The following week in game 6 the winner of Covercrete and Alemania who I believe are a 2nd div side vs a middle of the pack 1st div side against WVPeg will be a very tough test for whichever side comes to Ambleside, but you never know.

Game 7: Div 1 Wickham (if they win in game 2 which I predict they will) vs mid to bottom Premier side SFU Royals. I hope Wickham goes through, because if they do it leads to WVPeg (if they go through) hosting another NShore side in a cracker game the following week! 2-1 odds SFU will win though...

Game 8: WFC top half of Premier against the winner of two Div 1 sides WFC Bulldogs or Canterbury wife of Baths Tales...hopefully the two WFC teams can match up but either way, Peters team will hammer anyone they play in this round.

Game 9: VFF vs Metro Ford. VFF will win, sorry Regs.

Game 10: Inter vs Richmond Utd. Inter. Richmond will not score.

Game 11: Sapperton vs Lobbans in a physical match, two excellent goaltenders who both got heavy consideration for the VMSL select side...Sapp.

Game 12: Columbus vs Cliff...the east siders will take their N. Burnaby cousins by it could be double digits.

Game 13: PCOV vs Cracovia...two bottom half of the table Premier sides will have another spirited match which will require very patient refereeing, but I think PCOV will prevail...has upset potential.

Good luck to all.

[trece verde]

Regs:

Nice pot-stirring.... a bit off, though. Expecting to see either of Columbus or FF in the final against WVan, depending on how the draw plays out. Again, top 4 placed teams were seeded.

Game/ Winner
1 Alemania (unless the Limeys have a whole bunch of new bodies)
2 Wickham
3 Bulldogs (cringing while typing this...)
4 Richmond (resisted the temptation to just write "United")
5 Cliff (if on turf, Luso if not)
6 WVan
7 SFU in a tough call
8 Stannard over Metcalfe
9 FF finally wake up in post-season
10 Inter by 1 in penalties
11 Sapp
12 Columbus in a walk
13 PCOV only if they've finally learned how to shoot....

Trece

[colemanj]

Two Wickham picks already, such confidence in a first year team. Like Sir M hoping to have a chance to play a game against another North Shore Club, and hopefully on my old stomping grounds of Ambelside B. Renew a few old acquaintances out there on the field - all guys that are great to play against.

Also looking forward to playing SFU Royals, bragging rights on the line with a fellow UBC squad member off to the Universities Masters' World Cup Tournament in Brighton, England this coming June. I can see the loser being out a few quid in a pub. (Don't ask how a couple of old SFU types are donning the Thunderbird jerseys?) Trece, you better think again on that call for game 7 -- there's beer on the line here!

And to the rest of the games, may the best team win. Great to have another season starting up; this last one is getting old and soggy. Here's to some sunny game days.

[trece verde]

J:

Who's the beer between? You and Dougie? You guys can settle that one any given Saturday... I guess it really depends if Steve (Tucsok) is allowed to play in the game - he seems to have seen a bit of card trouble this year. Tough guy to play against when he's on the field; he used to play for me in Burnaby years ago...still the key to their offence.

Trece