It seems like an eternity since the conferences semis have ended! Glad to be back with the regular MLS Contest program even if there are only two of those left in 2017!
Now, we are going into the east and west finals!
On one side we have the red-hot Columbus Crew facing the shattering records Toronto FC, and the young & dynamic Houston Dynamo against the force to be reckoned with that are the Seattle Sounders on the other side!
If Toronto and Seattle both win their dual, we would be seeing a repeat of last year MLS Cup's confrontation!
But they first need to go through another two-legged series.
And this is how it goes:
-two teams go at each other in the east, two others in the west
-two games between these teams that are in the same conference, one home the other away for all of the parties involved
-only one of them coming from both sides of the continent will make it to the grand finale, there are no draws possible
-in the case of the adversaries having scored the same number of goals after 180 minutes (meaning the cumulative score of the two 90 minutes games), the team with the most away goals wins
-if the numbers of away goals are the same, two halves of 15 minutes each are required, whoever comes on top after 30 minutes wins, there is no golden goal rule
-and finally, if a tie persists, five penalty kicks on each side are taken, a ritual which will be extended one versus one at a time if the first ten shots taken at goalkeepers were inconclusives
Alea iacta est
THE COST TO PLAY
-100 POCKET* tokens (see the rules if you don't know how to pay)
*I will be selling 100 POCKET tokens for the price of 0.001 SBD to those who need it to play in the contest. All you have to do is to send the amount with a memo saying you wish to participate.
THE CONTEST PRIZES
-75,000 POCKET tokens + 75% of this post's SBD (7.5 SBD min.) awarded to the 1st place
-20,000 POCKET tokens + 20% of this post's SBD (2 SBD min.) awarded to the 2nd place
-5,000 POCKET tokens + 5% of this post's SBD (0.5 SBD min.) awarded to the 3rd place
-2,500 POCKET tokens awarded to the 4th place
-1,000 POCKET tokens awarded to the 5th place
THE TWO-LEGGED SERIES INVOLVED
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1 - the COLUMBUS CREW (CLB) receives the TORONTO FC (TFC) on 11/21/2017 at 8 PM ET
&
the TORONTO FC (TFC) receives the COLUMBUS CREW (CLB) on 11/29/2017 at 7:30 PM ET
WESTERN CONFERENCE
2 - the DYNAMO HOUSTON (HOU) receives the SEATTLE SOUNDERS (SEA) on 11/21/2017 at 9:30 PM ET
&
the SEATTLE SOUNDERS (SEA) receive the DYNAMO HOUSTON (HOU) on 11/30/2017 at 10:30 PM ET
THE PLAYERS INVOLVED
1 - Ola Kamara (CLB)
2 - Justin Meram (CLB)
3 - Jozy Altidore (TFC)
4 - Sebastian Giovinco (TFC)
5 - Erick Torres (HOU)
6 - Alberth Elis (HOU)
7- Will Bruin (SEA)
8 - Clint Dempsey (SEA)
Pick any two of the players as your tiebreaker.
This is how the tiebreaker goes:
-the highest number of goals comes first
-followed by the highest number of assists
-then the highest number of shots on goal is what counts next
-and lastly the highest number of shots
THE RULES
-you have to pay 100 POCKET tokens by starting your comment with the pocketsend command (followed by a space):
pocketsend:100@heroic15397,
-your have to make your entry before Tuesday, November 21, 8 PM ET
-you must upvote the post
-you have to predict each series as either being a win (W) or a loss (L) for the lowest seeded teams (Colombus and Houston)
-you have to write any two of the players as your tiebreaker
THE EXAMPLE YOU CAN COPY-PASTE & EDIT WITH YOUR PREDICTIONS
pocketsend:100@heroic15397,
1 - CLB (L)
2 - HOU (W)
Tiebreaker - Alberth Elis (HOU) & Clint Dempsey (SEA)
