Last updated: October 11th, 2004.
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Revolution Supporters Cup
2004 CHAMPIONS

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Halmstad Swedes


 

PAST CHAMPIONS

2003: Tony Biscaia - RevSolutions FC

Welcome to the Revolution Supporters Cup Page for 2004.

This Cup is an MFLS Tournament for the 32 best teams of New England Revolution fans.
The Cup will be played over 11 weeks of the MFLS season (weeks 17,19-28).

Qualifying

Last season, the top teams from 3 divisions of Rev fans were selected. While this made for an interesting tournament, I'm not sure how many of the 32 teams actually knew they were competing.
So this year, registration will be required to enter. You can enter your team by any one of the following methods:
  • e-mail me at mstcl@sunlife.com
  • Reply to BigSoccer.com post in the Revolution forum
  • Reply to post in MFLS.com forum
In any of these methods, please be sure to include your:
  • MFLS team name
  • MFLS division
  • e-mail address
If more than 32 teams apply, the teams with the fewest MFLS points through week 15 will be eliminated.

If 40+ teams apply, we will add a play-in round in week 16.

Check the Cup Participants link in the left menu to see which teams have registered.
  
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Rules

The Tournament will consist of 3 rounds of group play, with 3 games each, and a 2-leg final.
Game score equals MFLS points for the week.
Round 1:
8 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 17,19-20, top 2 teams advance
NOTE: Due to the limited number of MLS games (3) during AllStar week, week 18 will not be used for Tournament matches.

Round 2:
4 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 21-23, top 2 teams advance

Round 3:
2 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 24-26, group winners meet in the finals

Finals:
2-leg head-to-head, weeks 27-28.
The final week of MLS (week 29) will not be used.

Initial Groupings

Each group will be determined by random draw, to be held on Monday, July 12th, 2004.  Groups will be labeled A through H. To make the groupings fair, the teams will be ranked from 1-32 based on week 16 standings, then divided into 4 blocks of eight: 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32. One team from each block of 8 will be randomly drawn into each group A-H.

Tie-breakers for initial ranking will be:
  1. MFLS points through week 15
  2. Goals scored
  3. Assists scored
  4. Fewest NAP (hey, they have to be used for something now!)
  5. MFLS points, week 14 (or latest week not tied)
  6. Random selection

Group Play

Seedings in round one will be determined by initial ranking (above).

Group play will be decided on points, 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, based on 5 head-to-head matchups, 1 each against other teams in the group. See schedules below.

The tie-breaker for group play standings/advancement will be:
  1. Points (W=3, T=1, L=0)
  2. MFLS Point differential (PF-PA), total round
  3. MFLS standing at end of round (YTD pts)
  4. Seeding at beginning of the round
Groupings for round 2 will be predetermined based on round 1 group and finish:
I: A1,B2,C1,D2
J: A2,B1,C2,D1
K: E1,F2,G1,H2
L: E2,F1,G2,H1

Seedings in round 2 will be determined by:
  1. Group points in round 1 (3W/1T/0L)
  2. MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 1 matches
  3. MFLS points through week 20
Groupings for round 3 will be predetermined based on round 2 group and finish:
M: I1,J2,K1,L2
N: I2,J1,K2,L1

Seedings in round 3 will be determined by:
  1. Group points in round 2 (3W/1T/0L)
  2. MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 2 matches
  3. MFLS points through week 23

Group Play Schedules

In each round, schedules will be determined by seeding.
Week 1: S1 vs S4, S2 vs S3
Week 2: S1 vs S3, S2 vs S4
Week 3: S1 vs S2, S3 vs S4

Finals

The top team from group M will face the top finisher from group N in a two-leg, aggregate MFLS points final. Ties will be broken by:
  1. Week 26 score
  2. Aggregate Goals (including PK), weeks 27&28
  3. Aggregate Assists, weeks 27&28
  4. Total MFLS points through week 28

Sponsor

This tournament is being run by Mark, owner and operator of the Halmstad Swedes:
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