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Revolution Supporters Cup 2005
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Last updated: October 11th, 2005.
Finals Completed (week 28)
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Revolution Supporters Cup
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Billy Biscaia - Wolves |
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PAST CHAMPIONS |
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2004: Mark St Clair - Halmstad Swedes |
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2003: Tony Biscaia - RevSolutions FC |
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Welcome to the Revolution Supporters Cup Page for 2005.
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
In order to ensure that interested teams get to participate, registration is required to enter this tournament.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
- MFLS team name
- MFLS division
- e-mail address
- Teams playing in an MFLS division designated for Revs fans (such as RevMFLS)
- Teams with "favorite team" on home page designated as Revs (must remain that way throughout tournament)
- Teams with most MFLS points through week 15
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.
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 (2) 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 11th, 2005. Groups will be labeled A through H. To make the groupings fair, the teams will be ranked from 1-32 based on week 15 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:
- MFLS points through week 15
- Goals scored
- Assists scored
- Fewest NAP (hey, they have to be used for something now!)
- MFLS points, week 14 (or latest week not tied)
- 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 3 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:
- Points (W=3, T=1, L=0)
- MFLS Point differential (PF-PA), total round
- MFLS standing at end of round (YTD pts)
- Seeding at beginning of the round
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:
- Group points in round 1 (3W/1T/0L)
- MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 1 matches
- MFLS points through week 20
M: I1,J2,K1,L2
N: I2,J1,K2,L1
Seedings in round 3 will be determined by:
- Group points in round 2 (3W/1T/0L)
- MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 2 matches
- 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:- Leg 1 (week 27) score
- Aggregate Goals (including PK), weeks 27&28
- Aggregate Assists, weeks 27&28
- Total MFLS points through week 28 (or latest week not tied)
Sponsor
This tournament is being run by Mark, owner and operator of the Halmstad Swedes:
Proud member of the Midnight Riders