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Revolution Supporters Cup 2008
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Last updated: October 21st, 2008.
Finals completed
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Revolution Supporters Cup
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Fred Turk - Weirder Bremen |
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PAST CHAMPIONS |
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2007: Glenn McDonald - Io Fury |
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2006: Brian De Sousa - New Bedford Knights |
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2005: Billy Biscaia - Wolves |
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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 2008.
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 20-30).
Qualifying/Registration
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 NFLPatriot@gmail.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
If more than 32 teams apply, priority will be given to:
- 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 18
If 40+ teams apply, we will add a play-in round in week 19.
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 20-22, top 2 teams advance
Round 2:
4 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 23-25, top 2 teams advance
Round 3:
2 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 26-28, group winners meet in the finals
Finals:
2-leg head-to-head, weeks 29-30.
The final week of MLS (week 31) will not be used.
Initial Groupings
Each group will be determined by random draw, to be held on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008. Groups are named after past Revs players. To make the groupings fair, the teams will be ranked from 1-32 based on week 18 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 18
- Goals scored
- Assists scored
- GK Saves
- MFLS points, week 17 (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 22
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 25
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 29) score
- Aggregate Goals (including PK), weeks 29 & 30
- Aggregate Assists, weeks 29 & 30
- Total MFLS points through week 30 (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