Alliance Cup Thread/RP Thread

[njndirish]

Group 4

Tyranar 2-2 Uralica

Land of JDawg 2-3 Original Name

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 Original Name 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 6

2 Uralica 3 1 1 1 10 6 4 4

3 Tyranar 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4

4 Land of JDawg 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3

Original Name advances on points in a nailbiter. Uralica only needed a draw to advance, they scored two goals in extra time to bring to two all.

Group 8

Muntab 0-1 OMFG Country lolz

Drakenyen 0-1 Melidan

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 OMFG Country lolz 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 6

2 Melidan 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6

3 Muntab 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4

4 Drakenyen 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1

OMFG and Melidan overcome the first place Muntab to advance

Group 12

New Tauron 2-1 Pyros

Vertibul 0-1 Under the Sun

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 New Tauron 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7

2 Under the Sun 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6

3 Vertibul 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2

4 Pyros 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1

New Tauron and Under The Sun make it another day in the park and advance to the knock out stage

Group 16

Momgolea 2-3 reeB-1

Ultra Dry Land 3-2 Dixie Cove

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 reeB-1 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 9

2 Momgolea 3 2 0 1 9 8 1 6

3 Ultra Dry Land 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 3

4 Dixie Cove 3 0 0 3 6 10 -4 0

reeb-1 and Momgolea played each other in a battle to who gets to play Levin and Fatmia knowing they already advanced to the next round

Round of 32 fixtures will be posted soon

[njndirish]

Current Alliance Scores for the Cup

NpO 51

IRON 48

Valhalla 32

Soldier 29

TOOL 25

Legion 19

NOAH 19

MK 13

VE 8

GLOF 7

MHA 6

ODN 6

Cronus 4

CCC 2

DICE 0

NOVA 0

TPF 0

NpO and IRON are having a tight race at the top, while I still believe Valhalla, TOOL, and Soldier are able to catch up if they all make the semis

[njndirish]

Now I present the top 50 teams with the points they have earned. VolNation just edged the long time leader and defending world champion Tritonia in Club play, but only by .09 points. Now those saying there is a massive difference between 1 and 50 this is because this is the first year of the rankings and as time goes on teams will be able to close the gap especially in world cup play

Rank Nation Ruler Alliance PTS

1 VolNation Philip the Great NOAH 126.11

2 Tritonia Eric Bunker NOAH 126.02

3 Paraganea Epiphanus NPO 82.26

4 Arcadian Empire Emperor Power Legion 75.62

5 MacLand potato MK 72.38

6 Costa Libertad Premier Apex UFA 54.54

7 $JWS$ Spruce Moose 46.77

8 Transvaal Botha IRON 40.24

9 Under the Sun The Aut Soldier 33.80

10 Dragonia njndirish FIFOB 31.94

11 Crodog Damnation 29.92

12 The Teutonic Order Secter7 Guru Order 24.67

13 Neo Japan Lord Frost =Western Empire= 24.59

14 Thuaria Smyge NpO 23.37

15 Yugoslavia 23.13

16 Greatspace The KOR 23.08

17 Deutschland Kaiser Martens Nordriech 22.80

18 Republic of Scotland Prd777 22.53

19 Dun Carrig Steodonn GR 21.79

20 My Third Reroll OPArsenal NpO 21.11

21 Sueden DaJoW NpO 20.14

22 Shilla Commonwealth 19.94

23 Cataduanes Commissar Sendoa ODN 19.89

24 Laputa 19.79

25 Thetanland FreeMason Legion 16.84

26 Ashwinder Kamichi Athens 15.57

27 Melloria Rob Maiello ARES 15.55

28 Levin Facetten Soldier 14.99

29 reeB-1 TheyCallMeJeezy NpO 14.50

30 The dakotans The dakotans TOOL 14.50

31 Salopia 14.48

32 Ujedinjena Slavija branimir NPO 14.44

33 Checors Redeye Gui NOAH 14.27

34 Kingdom of Persia Ali Akbar Mind Valhalla 14.06

35 New Tauron Genghis GLOF 13.17

36 Crunchy Upon Nut DD1989 NPO 13.17

37 Hawkislava Hawky NpO 13.17

38 omfg country lolz omfghi2u2 NpO 13.17

39 Resistentia Lurap NpO 13.17

40 Arsenal Braveheart Athens 12.95

41 Super Heavy Duty Eveready IDC 12.60

42 The Greater Good Crusty Jugglers IRON 12.60

43 original name giantgiants1 VE 12.50

44 Uralica KingJarkko 12.16

45 lljasonxll Kleptomania California 11.85

46 Nigras 11.39

47 The Cheeselands ShadowDragon RIA 11.26

48 Kiljarit Linden16 NpO 11.11

49 Griswalds Griswalds 10.98

50 Jalop Pete Mardle 10.95

[Uralica]

It's an improvement from where I was before

Ah well, I moved on. Plus I'll be participating in lots of FIFOB events, so I'll hopefully go up in the rankings.

Shlomov Scores Two In Stoppage To Secure Promotion

Tyranar thought they had killed Uralica.

They thought wrong. Khavkuk Shlomov scored two goals in as many minutes as a determined Uralica fought back from a two-goal deficit to advance from the Group Stage on goal differential with a 2-2 draw.

The Uralican fans exploded with chants of "Khavkuk! Khavkuk!" and "We Love You Khavkuk, We Do," after the second goal. Jukka Tenhola and Diedrik Siemens got the assists.

It was 1-0 after the first half and 2-0 by the 55th minute, so even the Uralican fans thought their dream of international glory had been snuffed out. But such was not the case. The Uralican team "never quit" according to Jarkko Salomäki.

"We don't ever quit," he said. "We didn't quit against Original Name even though we lost. We didn't let up against Land of the Jdawg. And we didn't quit tonight. Matter of fact the taunting of Tyranar fans kept us going. Especially Khavkuk. You should have seen him celebrate on both goals!"

Their next match is against Thetanland.

"We won't underestimate them," Jarkko said. "But they better not underestimate us, either!"

Edited January 30, 2009 by Uralica

[Cataduanes]

Group 15

Lan Castor 1-2 The dakotans

Cataduanes 2-1 Southwest America

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 The dakotans 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 9

2 Cataduanes 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6

3 Lan Castor 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3

4 Southwest America 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 0

The dakotans and Cataduanes advance on Points

In a tense match Cataduanes did enough to overcome Southwest America but it was not without drama, with America taking the lead early on in the first half which stunned the normally boisterous Cataduanes fans into silence. However the home team did regroup at half time and came out to give a commanding performance in the second half with midfield dynamo Unax Sena hitting a long range screamer into the back of the net in the 55th minute. This was followed in the 62nd minute with a second goal from a set piece, with the unmarked center back Alonso Liao converting Basilio Tito's corner kick to make it 2-1, Southwest America did well however to hang on and rarely strayed out of their own half of the pitch, thereby frustrating any attempts by Cataduanes to increase the scoreline.

The win secured Cataduanes's second place finish in Group 15 with the dakotans securing the first place position, both sides therefore advance to the next round. However the press back home have been critical of the national team claiming that second place was simply not good enough, a fact that the captain, Hector Chema, took time to comment on; ''i cannot blame the journalists really, we are not to happy having dropped points to the dakotans and in the next round there will be no room for mistakes. We must play to our potential if we are to progress further''.

OOC: Nice to see i am the highest rnaked ODN nation

Edited January 30, 2009 by Cataduanes

[njndirish]

IRON, NpO, and TOOL are the only sanctioned alliances that have a big contingent, I really wish more would join the fun

[Uralica]

Well with any luck there will be more next year.

Bring on the Round of 32!

And also, with any luck, the TOOL Football Federation will have more members soon. I might send out a mass-PM to members of TOOL just to gauge the sentiment after the Alliance Cup ends.

[njndirish]

Hello Ladies and Gentleman and welcome to the Knock out stage. We started with over 240 nations and we are down to the best 32, the question remains who will take home the Alliance Shield (Tourney Winners) and the Alliance Cup (Alliance with the most points). As one can tell by looking at the above scores, NpO has a surprising lead with the favorites IRON coming up from behind. Then there is a drop off, but not too significant considering the that the knock out stage is by far the most valuable. To determine the score of each alliance, the total points earned by each nation in the group stage was added up leading to these scores. The Knock-Out stage is very different as I just mentioned. Every round is +3 from what the previous round was. 32 is +3, 16 +6 etc etc. making every game matter even more for each alliance that has participants.

Now that that's over with here is the bracket

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=...=Alliance%20Cup

Above is each team and their respective slot. With the team is their alliance when they registered.

There is a lot of possible Intra-alliance Derby match ups and no single alliance can make up the semi final round.

Edited January 31, 2009 by njndirish

[Philip The Great]

With With two wins and promotion to the elimination stage in the pocket, the VolNation Mighty Volunteers last group match was against Kevodia in Old Dragonia Stadium. Kevodia was tied with the Mighty Vols with 6 points, and while nothing more than pride was being played for in this match, the Mighty Vols always feel like pride is worth playing for. With VolNation Power playing a critical match and Abdon and N. Reichle needed for reserve duty on a friendly being played in the Ark in matches today, Coach Philip found his midfield depleted and had to go with a a 4-2-4 lineup made up of the Liga Mundo and Ark Premier players. Getting the nod for the start in this pride match was:

GK: #1 Jeff Gallagher (Ark Premier)

LB: #23 Ross Stewart (Liga Mundo)

CB: #3 Doug Breckin (Ark Premier), Captain

CB: #13 Caleb Reichle (Ark Premier)

RB: #2 Red Moreno (Liga Mundo)

DM: #6 Duncan Stamford (Ark Premier)

AM: #12 Joey Lehmann (Liga Mundo), Playmaker

LW: #11 James "Moneyman" Turner (Ark Premier)

CF: #10 John-Henry Carey (Ark Premier)

CF: #30 Chad Goodwin (Liga Mundo)

RW: #22 Ian Robertson (Liga Mundo)

With Holcomb being held in reserve, the Mighty Vols started 4 fullbacks, as they had no other center backs availible. Breckin and Reichle were tabbed to play a hybrid "fullback-in-the-box", with Stamford tasked to fall back into the middle as well to further guard the center. Meanwhile, Lehmann was given the responsibility to run the offense, so he would shift forward as the Mighty Vol defenders lobbed balls over the top to their powerful forwards. To facilitate better play among the fowards, Coach Philip grouped the Ark forwards on the left and the Liga Mundo forwards on the right.

While it was not sure if Kevodia would come to play or use the backups, the Mighty Vols didn't wait to see. Immediately attacking with the unusual 4-2-4, it was Robertson who broke through the Kevodian back line in the 2nd minute, taking the lob from Moreno in stride and blistering a shot in for a goal. Scarcely had the VolNation fans taken their seat when another VolNation lob resulted in a corner kick. Stewart lined up the shot and found the Moneyman right at the left pole, where he just beat the Kevodian keeper to the ball and cashed in the second VolNation goal at the 5 minute mark.

Perhaps a bit shell-shocked, or perhaps not being used to defending forwards like Robertson and the Moneyman, the Kevodian defense struggled and tried to cover with some physical play. In the 11th minute, Robertson once again blew between two defenders looking to track down a long pass, but was tripped just inside the box. The referee was on it and Robertson was awarded a penalty kick. Very few things are as automatic as a Robertson penalty shot, and the cool Robertson predictably delivered into the upper right corner and the Mighty Vols were up 3-0.

Perhaps remembering the near miscue from the last match where they kicked it too early into cruise control, the Mighty Vols did not let up the hammer. A chip into the box by Reichle looked like it might get cleared by Kevodia, but the ball ricocheted off the defender right to Carey. Carey took this entry pass from his cousin and put it in right at the post at the 25 minute mark. Then 8 minutes later, Goodwin showed off his speed as he took a clearing pass at the midline, left two defenders in the dust and gave the keeper no chance to bring the lead up to 5-0

After the half, both clubs kicked it into "friendly" mode as the Kevodians played no to get injured and the Mighty Vols played the possession game. While the Kevodians were able to generate some chances in the second, the presence of Stamford, who had essentially become part of the defensive center, limited what Kevodia was able to do. Reduced to long range potshots, Gallagher had a relatively easy time tracking down balls. In the 87th minute, the Mighty Vols got one more opportunity off a corner. Moreno put the ball in from the right corner and found the Moneyman at the left pole, where the Moneyman was right on the money with his header, which gave the Mighty Vols the 6-0 final score

After the match, Coach Philip commented on the play, "Being able to successfully hit them hard and early was truly the key tonight. The last thing we wanted was for Kevodia to hang around, because they have been playing way too well. You must respect a 4 match win streak, as there has to be some real talent to achieve that. Taking them out of the game kept Kevodia from having the time to really deploy their forwards to take advantage of our weaknesses. Instead, they were rushing their shots, trying to get back into the game, and that only plays into our hands. Best of wishes to Kevodia in the elimination stage, and we hope that they will be able to grow from this."

After seeing the bracket, the Mighty Vols were very disappointed to see that they could be matched up against the FIFOB Cup winners and other NOAH club Tritonia in the quarters. "Where's the justice! Assuming we both make it that far, this should be a finals match, not an entry into the Final Four?!?!?" exclaimed Coach Philip after seeing the draw.

One final honor for two Ark Premier players were handed out right before the match, when it was announced that Doug Breckin and Damon Abdon had now recieved the coveted "Legend" status, joining Caleb Reichle and Duncan Stamford as the only VolNation players with that honor. Applications for Season 8 in the Ark Premier League are now being accepted from any nation desiring to boost their FIFOB rankings, as the Ark Premier League is one of FIFOB's approved league on Xpert11!

VolNation congratulates fellow NOAH and Ark Premier League member Tritonia for their advancement to the Elimination round. Go Tritonia!!!

[njndirish]

Sorry, once again RL stopped me from simming today's match ups (Last minute called into Work and a surprisingly good Super Bowl)

The final will still be held on the 13th, the games before will be moved around, see the tourney bracket

[Uralica]

The matches were scheduled for tomorrow anyway, weren't they?

[steodonn]

nvm

I cant read

also somehow I am 19th in the ranking go me

Edited February 3, 2009 by steodonn

[njndirish]

Last nights games were not broadcast due to a freak snow strom, but here they are:

Levin 1-1 Momgolea (1-1 AET) (Momgolea wins 3-0 on penalty kicks)

Uralica 4-2 Thetanland

Under the Sun 0-2 Transvaal

Resistentia 3-0 Melidan

Today's games just ended and here they are:

Hawkislava 1-0 Cataduanes

Kevodia 3-3 MacLand (5-4 AET)-side note after going down 3-4, Kevodia's squad scored two goals at the '119 and '120 marks respectively

The Greater Good 1-1 LastManUtd (2-2 AET) (LastManUtd wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) -side note this was an IRON Derby

Novaja Zemlja 0-4 Tritonia

[Uralica]

Uralica Wins Comfortably

After barely squeaking through to the knockout round, Uralica came to play desperate football against Thetanland, and their lead was never fewer than 2 goals once it got that far. A Shlomov brace plus singles from Joni Rasimus and a sublime direct goal by Diedrik Siemens off a corner kick gave Uralica a 4-2 win against Thetanland.

Rasimus scored the opener in a foot-race against the Thetanlander goalkeeper, getting a cheeky curved shot off when Jarkko Salomäki cleared the ball down the pitch after a corner kick. The defenders failed to pick up on Rasimus' cheating forward and when the clearance got off, so did the young Finn. With the play onside and the defenders far behind, the goalkeeper started coming out but could not beat Rasimus to the ball, and he was far enough away from him that a proper shot could be taken. The hapless keeper was easily rounded.

The second goal was perfect teamwork as several perfect passes were strung together, with Vaido Järvi back-heeling it across the goalmouth to a wide-open Khavkuk Shlomov, who buried it.

The third goal for the Sinikotat, just into the second half, was one of the most breathtaking goals of the tournament as Mennonite wunderkind Diedrik Siemens took a corner kick, but put so much curve on the ball that it went straight into the goal! Team captain Jarkko Salomäki gives us his take.

"It was hilarious," he said. "I knew Didi was talented, but I didn't know he had THAT up his sleeve! When Joni started shouting, 'ON MAALISSA! ON MAALISSA!' which means 'It's in the goal,' I was like 'what the hell?' Then I realised what was happening, and let's face it, I was laughing my [butt] off!"

Thetanland got one back shortly on a rather daft giveaway by centre-back Sergey Parfenov, who was substituted one shift after the fact. SiPS centre-mid Lasse Myllyjärvi was his replacement.

A strong forward push got Uralica their fourth and final goal as Sami flanker Hans Henriksen, using attacking mid Jukka Tenhola as a decoy, sprung Khavkuk Shlomov for his second of the match.

Thetanland got a second late on a corner kick, but it was too little, too late. Manager Raimond Kuik was all smiles as Uralica made the last sixteen.

"It wasn't that they played that poorly, just that we played better football," he said. "We took advantage of the few mistakes that they did make and caught them by surprise on a couple plays."

Man of the Match: Khavkuk Shlomov, Uralica - 2 goals

In other TOOL news, top-seeded Tritonia made short work of Novaja Zemlja, their second consecutive 4-0 win over a TOOL nation.

[Crusty Juggler]

"The Greater Good 1-1 LastManUtd (2-2 AET) (LastManUtd wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) -side note this was an IRON Derby"

Umm, so was it a tie, or does LastManUtd move on?

I don't really know the rules >_<

Either way its all good, IRON ftw.

[njndirish]

"The Greater Good 1-1 LastManUtd (2-2 AET) (LastManUtd wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) -side note this was an IRON Derby"

Umm, so was it a tie, or does LastManUtd move on?

I don't really know the rules >_<

Either way its all good, IRON ftw.

LastManUtd won on penalty kicks, this is a knock-out stage so it's win or go home, I'm sorry Crusty, hopefully you can be in the World Cup or be in Transvaal's Cup

[Crusty Juggler]

That's cool, I'm surprised I made it this far in the first place anyways lol

Good luck to all!

[njndirish]

Scores from today

OMFG Country lolz 4-3 The Isle of Galos

New Tauron 1-0 Nether World

Original Name 1-0 KLXY3

Fatima 1-3 reeB-1

No real barn burners today

[Uralica]

Vengeance On Uralica's Mind

SYKTYVKAR - when asked what his #1 motivation going into the Round of 16 against New Tauron is, the answer Uralican manager Raimond Kuik gave was quite surprising. It wasn't about the tech. It wasn't about the money. It wasn't about personal or even national pride.

He wants vengeance for TOOL.

"We aren't underestimating New Tauron for a second," says the Estonian, "but we want to avenge [TOOL ally] Pyros by defeating them. It was New Tauron that eliminated Pyros from the competition, so we want to give them a taste of their own medicine. The guys are training extra-hard."

This time around, the national team will be the one requesting that SiPS give up its players. Playing against struggling Hotspot Hotshots, they can afford to do without Jarkko Salomäki, Joni Rasimus, Sasja Rodionov and perhaps others. When the reverse was true, Uralica lost a 2-0 match to VE's original name, who are set to face IRON's vaunted Transvaal squad.

[njndirish]

Final day of the round of 32

I finally added a goal scoring times and PK results to the formula

Arcadian Empire 2-2 Willems nation (5-5 AET) (Willems nation wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)

Arcadian Empire '81 '87 '91 '115 '116(PK) X X O X X O

Willems Nations '88 '90+4 '95 '96 '120+1 X X X X O X

Sigmund 3-3 Crunchy Upon Nut (3-4 AET)

Sigmund '9 '35 '73

Crunchy Upon Nut '40 '55 '64 '101

VolNation 6-2 Connecticut

VolNation '3 '6 '15 '35 '50 (PK) '63

Connecticut '25 '85

ParrrrTay 3-3 The dakotans (3-4 AET)

ParrrrTay '45+1 '75 '78

The dakotans '3 '33 '70 '115

Edited February 5, 2009 by njndirish

[Uralica]

w00t w00t! TOOL with 3 in the round of 16!

Willems nation = LEGENDS B)

[Botha]

Arcadian Empire 2-2 Willems nation (5-5 AET) (Willems nation wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)

That's a huge upset as Arcadian Empire was a major force in the UCFA as well as having one of the vaunted Big Three clubs in Liga Mundo.

[Arcadian Empire]

I blame the ref.

Is there supposed to be stoppage time after extra time? No. I blame the bloody ref.

[njndirish]

I blame the ref.

Is there supposed to be stoppage time after extra time? No. I blame the bloody ref.

Wiki wipes the refs hands clean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_time

Extra time should not be confused with stoppage time, the time added on to each period by the referee in allowance for time lost through substitutions, timewasting, injuries, etc. (such time being part of the period concerned).

Also being that there was a PK in Extra time I guess the ref saw it fit to give some time from the PK and its habaloo

[Philip The Great]

It was truly a party atmosphere at Hollowpoints Stadium where the VolNation Mighty Volunteers and Connecticut met for the first round of the elimination round. The energy in the stadium and the boisterous fans wearing their respective orange and blue gave the feeling of another Women's Final Four matchup instead of the first matchup between these football powers. Yet there was no mistaking the seriousness of the faces of the players, as "lose-and-go-home" was clearly on their minds. With VolNation Power playing their final seasonal match against the division leaders today and Ian Robertson suspended for today's match for accumulating too many yellow cards, Coach Philip deployed a 4-3-3 squad featuring many of the well-rested Ark Premier players, with some Liga Mundo players filling in the gap. Getting the nod for the start in this elimination match was:

GK: #15 Oscar Sørgård (Liga Mundo)

LB: #3 Doug Breckin (Ark Premier), Captain

CB: #13 Caleb Reichle (Ark Premier)

SW: #5 Steve Meadows (Ark Premier)

RB: #2 Red Moreno (Liga Mundo)

LM: #8 Nathaniel Reichle (Ark Premier)

CM: #7 Damon Abdon (Ark Premier), Playmaker

RM: #6 Duncan Stamford (Ark Premier)

LW: #11 James "Moneyman" Turner (Ark Premier)

CF: #10 John-Henry Carey (Ark Premier)

RW: #30 Chad Goodwin (Liga Mundo)

With a complete Ark midfield, Coach Philip called for the Ark's "Rolling Midfield", where all the midfielders intersperse the playmaking duties, to keep the opposition off-guard. Breckin got to go back to his normal left fullback position as Meadows replaced Stewart in the sweeper role. With Robertson off on his yellow card vacation, Goodwin rotated into Robertson's right wing slot, keeping the VolNation speed on the flanks.

Perhaps Connecticut was awed by the magnitude of this match, but the Mighty Vols were ready to attack, and they quickly took charge. Only 3 minutes into the match, Stamford found the Moneyman cutting toward the left pole, and the Moneyman flicked in the shot, eliciting calls of "Cha-Ching!" from the VolNation faithful, who were eager to see a Volunteer victory over Connecticut. Only three minutes later, Moreno lofted a deep shot that looked like it might go past the Connecticut goal line. Underestimating the speed of the Mighty Vols, the Connecticut right back pulled up, only to see N. Reichle blaze by him, track down the ball before it went over the line, pull off a slick retrograde move to get into position, and fake out the keeper while putting it into the upper corner for the 2-0 lead.

Next, the Mighty Vols got the Connecticut defense to collapse onto the goal as the Moneyman looked to take it in from the wing. Respecting the Moneyman's skill, Connecticut left Abdon open at the top of the box. This was a mistake that Abdon would make Connecticut pay for as a 29 meter shot into the top left corner meant that the Mighty Vols were up 3-0.

At the 25 minute mark, Connecticut was able to pull the score back to 3-1 when they generated a seeing-eye shot from 28 meters out. This was quickly answered in the 35th minute as Stamford responded with a ranged blast of his own that curled away from the keeper and into the net to restore the 3 goal lead.

After the half, it was the Mighty Vols that applied the pressure as Stamford took a feed into the box and was promptly leveled by a Connecticut defender at the 50 minute mark. Tempers flew, especially from the Mighty Vol side when a red card was not forthcoming against the Connecticut defender, but only a yellow. However, since it was in the box, Stamford took his aggression out on the ball in his penalty kick and smoked a shot into the right sie of the net that the keeper simply had no chance for. Then in the 63rd minute, it was the Moneyman who came up big again off of a Moreno corner kick as he outjumped everyone in a pack in front of the goal and somehow snuck a header right past the Conecticut keeper, and now the Mighty Vols has amassed a 6-1 lead. Connecticut was able to find their way past Sørgård from 34 meters out later in the 85th minute, but it was simply too little, too late to stop the Mighty Vols from advancing to face Last Man Utd in the Round of 16.

After the match, Coach Philip noted, "We are seeing a good number of teams with little experience making these later rounds. While they are green, they could more than easily make up for this disadvantage if they were able to hang close, and we have seen some top teams, like Arcadia, get knocked out because they let their opponent believe they belonged here. This is why we are attempting to overwhelm them early, and so far, the strategy seems to be working Congrats to Connecticut for making it this far, and best of luck to them for the future."

It was announced today that Mark Lara has been named MVP in Division 6:43 in the Power league. This is the second time he has garnered this honor. In addition, he finished 1st in assists in the Division, which is the 4th time that this has happened.

Applications for Season 8 in the Ark Premier League are now being accepted from any nation desiring to boost their FIFOB rankings, as the Ark Premier League is one of FIFOB's approved league on Xpert11!

VolNation congratulates fellow NOAH and Ark Premier League member Tritonia for their 4-0 victory over Novaja Zemlja. Go Tritonia!!!