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Wow! My group looks like I am in for a Lot of spankings. Tough, tough, tough group!

Challenges sent. Good Luck to everyone!

Posted by KSBeachBums on 1/21/2026 9:55:00 PM (view original):
Wow! My group looks like I am in for a Lot of spankings. Tough, tough, tough group!

Challenges sent. Good Luck to everyone!

Yeah, every group has 2-3 really good teams nowadays as most squads are full of 30 year old+, level 5 players. FC Not Very Athletic's Kane Cornynn is 142. If he nets one, he'll be the oldest player to score in Cup play by a mile. Now that's veteran leadership...

The initial tournament update will be this evening as I'll do the first sweep of scheduled games and see if any have gone final.

Starting tomorrow, I'll do either one or two updates a day depending on how many games are on the docket. Since it looks like I'm going to be snowed in here in the Kansas City area this weekend, I'll have plenty of time for game summaries.

Posted by KSBeachBums on 1/21/2026 9:55:00 PM (view original):
Wow! My group looks like I am in for a Lot of spankings. Tough, tough, tough group!

Challenges sent. Good Luck to everyone!

I don’t really know what to expect. My team has had domestic success but there isn’t a frame of reference for how it will compare with other teams in the same world, let alone across the whole system.

Good luck and have fun!

Posted by mnnorthstars on 1/22/2026 1:41:00 PM (view original):

Posted by KSBeachBums on 1/21/2026 9:55:00 PM (view original):
Wow! My group looks like I am in for a Lot of spankings. Tough, tough, tough group!

Challenges sent. Good Luck to everyone!

I don’t really know what to expect. My team has had domestic success but there isn’t a frame of reference for how it will compare with other teams in the same world, let alone across the whole system.

Good luck and have fun!

Yup...this is like playing in the Champions League where the qualifiers come from a parallel universe.

As usual, scheduling will not be a problem with the Cup. 64 games have already been placed on the docket, including all games out of Group D. Thank you, everyone for such a lightning fast response. Considering we're playing a game that hasn't had an update since March 2010, that's not too shabby, lol.

In looking at the schedules, the program has done its usual duplicate games bug so now is as good a time as any to state a Cup rule. If multiple games between two teams at the same home field are scheduled, the first (earliest) game will count for the standings unless I hear from both coaches to the contrary. There have been instances where I am told for various reasons to ignore one result in favor of a later contest. As long as I know ahead of time, I'm good.

Cup XVIII live action gets going tomorrow with three games slated to be played.