US Open Cup Pickem Standings After Round 2
by sidereal on Jun 22, 2011 7:04 PM PDT
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PrintRound 2 results were delayed a day thanks to a lightning storm in Madison which forced the Chicago Fire PDL team and the Madison 56ers to replay their match this afternoon. The Fire win continues the trend this tournament of a lack of upsets. The only team that can plausibly claim to have beaten a team in the higher division is USASA's New York Pancyprian Freedoms, who beat the NPSL's Brooklyn Italians in round one. But that assumes that the NPSL is really a level above USASA, which is arguable. And the Pancyprian Freedom's special history with the Cup (they won it 3 times) makes that a questionable upset. Otherwise it's been all chalk.
Remarkably, every one of our Pickem entrants has at least one team still competing in the tournament, so everyone has someone to root for. And only two entrants have as few as one team remaining, including some idiot named Sidereal (who was obviously hoping for more from the underdogs). Those entrants who relied on a big stable of lower division teams to build up early points (including current leaders bmvaughn, yuniform, and Little old me) will be hoping that this tournament's aversion to upsets ends in the next round. Otherwise their scoring will come to an end and you might see chasers who are also carrying some MLS teams (like TGos, Dylema, and quacker) move into the lead. The full table is after the jump.
| Player | Points | Teams Left |
|---|---|---|
| bmvaughn | 13 | 5 |
| Little old me | 11 | 5 |
| yuniform | 11 | 4 |
| wannascribble | 9 | 4 |
| Cornchops | 9 | 4 |
| TGos | 9 | 4 |
| AVUrlacher | 9 | 4 |
| Dylema | 8 | 5 |
| quacker | 8 | 4 |
| Jeff "Minnows" Kusowski | 8 | 2 |
| Dizzo | 7 | 4 |
| Oshan | 7 | 4 |
| agtk | 6 | 4 |
| element1151 | 6 | 4 |
| Timm | 6 | 4 |
| lefthand | 6 | 4 |
| Daniel Casey | 6 | 3 |
| Colin Johnson | 6 | 3 |
| Dave C | 5 | 3 |
| Reo Tsuchiya | 5 | 3 |
| ryan healy | 5 | 3 |
| Garrincha | 5 | 2 |
| Jelky | 4 | 4 |
| Colin MacLeod | 4 | 3 |
| Orothar | 4 | 3 |
| Shooter | 4 | 2 |
| asteroidblues | 3 | 3 |
| Sam in P-Town | 3 | 3 |
| swingman | 3 | 2 |
| Squared23 | 3 | 1 |
| Sidereal | 3 | 1 |
| JWAY | 2 | 3 |
| Kalani | 1 | 2 |
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Ok, so the guy that wanted us to run a contest
is the one leading it?
I am not a Supporter | I am not a Fan | I am a Sounder
Sounder At Heart
If any of the top three pull of an upset or two,
they’ll probably be hard to catch, eh?
Most people with MLS teams just took one. If the leaders take any points in the third round, any chasers will have to have an MLS team that makes a run at the trophy.
Unless I pull some significant upsets, I’ll enjoy watching.
Talking of
USOC bracket for the quarters is out, we host again if we win.
Feeling good
I’m standing by my decision to pick two MLS teams. Feeling better that I’m the highest player with two from MLS. If the trend of no upsets continues I should be doing fine. With Seattle and KC, both teams are hosting first and second rounds and are opposite brackets.
This has made an already fun tournament all that much better. Thanks Dave!
I'm hoping the gold cup hinders LA or NY
I think Red Bulls are definite candidates to be one of the MLS teams knocked out and a win by FCNY would be huge for me. I think LAG aren’t as hurt by the gold cup but I have the Blues as well so maybe the fact that Donovan has been gone means they start a worse player then there regular back up for him in the cup match.
One team left....
And sitting on 15 pts… thinking some folks must be mathematically eliminated by now.
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