The USL is the American equivalent of the English Football League. It contains the 2nd-4th divisions of American soccer (football to everyone else). Although the promotion and relegation is very different to other leagues, USL's Division 1 is considered America's 2nd Division. There are 11 teams in USL Division 1.
Now, how does this tournament work?
In real USL, the 11 teams play a 30 game schedule. But since this is my first tournament, I will shorten the league to only 11 games in the regular season. The top 8 teams in the regular season will make the playoffs to decide the champion.
All games will be played Singles with Flat Rate cards and Adjacent fortifications. Like real competitions, 3 points given for a win, and none for a loss. A draw will be called after 10 rounds if no one has won, and both teams get one point.
I'll do my best, and please tell me if I'm doing something wrong. I've run tournaments for other things before, so that should be of help.
Teams
Puerto Rico Islanders [player]StrG8611[/player] (D-Day: Omaha Beach)
Seattle Sounders [player]Sir. Ricco[/player] (replaced spurgistan) (Age of Realms: Magic)
Vancouver Whitecaps [player]Riskmaster101[/player] (Age of Realms: Might)
Montreal Impact [player]mano2k1[/player] (Middle Earth)
Charleston Battery [player]Gamecock[/player] (American Civil War)
Miami FC [player]Rallyraider[/player] (Italy)
Portland Timbers [player]flexmaster33[/player] (Africa)
Atlanta Silverbacks [player]seeso[/player] (Europe)
Rochester Raging Rhinos [player]RedBullNation[/player] (American Civil War)
Carolina RailHawks [player]amazzony[/player] (Crossword)
Minnesota Thunder [player]Roy Hobbs[/player] (Great Lakes)
Standings
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Team GP W D L PTS Home/Away GP
1. Portland Timbers 8 5 1 2 16 4/4*
2. Montreal Impact 8 4 1 3 14 4/4
3. Puerto Rico Islanders 8 4 2 2 14 5/3*
4. Charleston Battery 8 4 1 3 13 3/5*
5. Seattle Sounders 8 4 1 3 13 4/4*
6. Atlanta Silverbacks 8 4 1 3 13 4/4*
7. Carolina RailHawks 8 4 1 3 13 5/3*
8. Rochester Raging Rhinos 8 3 1 4 10 4/4*
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9. Miami FC 8 3 1 4 10 4/4*
10.Minnesota Thunder 8 2 1 4 7 4/4*
11.Vancouver Whitecaps 8 2 0 6 6 4/4*
*Have had a bye round.
Tiebreakers will be done at the end of the season, and will be:
1. Regular season result
2. Most wins
3. Home games played (less home games with same record is better)
4. Head to head game on Classic (with no draw ending)Playoffs
-2 leg series
-3 points for a win, 1 for a draw (still 10 rounds), 0 for a loss
-Most points after 2 games wins series
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Quarterfinals
Team #1 vs. Team #8
Team #2 vs. Team #7
Team #3 vs. Team #6
Team #4 vs. Team #5Schedule
(Home teams are listed first)
Week 1
Islanders vs. Sounders
Whitecaps vs. Impact
Battery draws Miami FC
Timbers vs. Silverbacks
Raging Rhinos vs. RailHawks
Bye: Thunder
Week 2
Thunder draw Islanders
Sounders vs. Impact
Whitecaps vs. Battery
Miami FC vs. Timbers
Silverbacks vs. Raging Rhinos
Bye: RailHawks
Week 3
Timbers vs. Thunder
Whitecaps vs. Miami FC
Islanders draw Impact
RailHawks draw Silverbacks
Battery vs. Sounders
Bye: Raging Rhinos
Week 4
Raging Rhinos draw Timbers
Thunder vs. RailHawks
Miami FC vs. Islanders
Silverbacks vs. Whitecaps
Impact draw Sounders
Bye: Battery
Week 5
Raging Rhinos vs. Sounders
RailHawks vs. Miami FC
Whitecaps vs. Battery
Islanders vs. Impact
Silverbacks vs. Thunder
Bye: Timbers
Week 6
Miami FC vs. Raging Rhinos
Sounders vs. Whitecaps
Impact vs. Thunder
RailHawks vs. Timbers
Battery vs. Silverbacks
Bye: Islanders
Week 7
Timbers vs. Islanders
Thunder vs. Battery
Sounders vs. Silverbacks
Impact vs. Miami FC
Raging Rhinos vs. RailHawks
Bye: Whitecaps
Week 8
Whitecaps vs. Thunder
Islanders vs. Battery
Miami FC vs. Silverbacks
Impact vs. Raging Rhinos
RailHawks vs. Timbers
Bye: Sounders
Week 9
Timbers vs. Battery
Silverbacks vs. Impact
Thunder vs. Sounders
RailHawks vs. Whitecaps
Islanders vs. Raging Rhinos
Bye: Miami FC
Week 10
Bye:
Please no!!!