Di Bradini Cup 13/U21WC34: Rosters/RP/Scores

[Krytenia]

The Jacks is backs.

[Andossa Se Mitrin Vega]

ASMV wishes to compete.

D&S as well. i will get her to confirm when she gets off work

[Albundania]

We're back.

[Cafundeu]

Put Cafundéu in. This is the best way for me to create new players, after all!

[Dorian and Sonya]

Confirming what my hubby said. D&S wishes to participate

[Daehanjeiguk]

hi, we'll come back, but we won't host.

[Andrewboy]

Andrewboy would like to enter.

[Jeruselem]

We're in now after being absent for a long period.

[Yafor 2]

if you insist

[Warkus]

WPYA (Warkus Pwns You All)

Translation: We're In.

[Starblaydia]

Sign-ups updated to Warkus, 31 nations signed up for the largest DBC ever and the first to hit 32 since the days of the old U21WC.

The next nation to sign up will officially close the sign-up process but, if no-one does this before the WC Final result, then The Ursine Northlands will take the final spot.

[Swartaz]

Swartaz are in!

[Starblaydia]

DBC13 / U21WC34
Group Draw & Match Schedule

Group Draw
Group A
Starblaydia
Warkus
The Babbage Islands
Dorian and Sonya

Group B
Yafor 2
Peisandros
Delaclava
Sorthern Northland

Group C
Taeshan
Candelaria And Marquez
Krytenia
Cafundéu

Group D
Andossa Se Mitrin Vega
The Weegies
Queer Poco el Mono Ara
Blouman Empire

Group E
Sarzonia
Cassadaigua
Jeruselem
Toiletdonia

Group F
Silver Beach
Swartaz
Bears Armed
Lovable Weirdos

Group G
Somewhereistonia
Sargossa
Burchadinger
Nethertopia

Group H
Albundania
Daehanjeiguk
Lithatrius
Andrewboy


Schedule
MD1: 1v3, 2v4
MD2: 4v1, 3v2
MD3: 1v2, 4v3

2R1: Winner Group A v Runner Up Group E
2R2: Winner Group B v Runner Up Group F
2R3: Winner Group C v Runner Up Group G
2R4: Winner Group D v Runner Up Group H
2R5: Winner Group E v Runner Up Group A
2R6: Winner Group F v Runner Up Group B
2R7: Winner Group G v Runner Up Group C
2R8: Winner Group H v Runner Up Group D

QF1: Winner 2R1 v Winner 2R2
QF2: Winner 2R5 v Winner 2R6
QF3: Winner 2R3 v Winner 2R4
QF4: Winner 2R7 v Winner 2R8

SF1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
SF2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

[Burchadinger]

BURCHADINGAN NATIONAL U-21 TEAM
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The U-21 team of Burchadinger, has until now, been pretty much ignored. But Burchadinger has a strong passion for football, and new coach, Edmund Wellindger is ready to turn his side into the next senior team. The team has many senior team equivalents, with Daniel Neudstander being the Markus Klogh, and Hannes Dieter being the Klaus Diefenbaker. Hopes are high, and the following, is the team.

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4-1-2-1-2 (DIAMOND)

GK- Albert Wessel
GK- Hannes Dieter

LB- Kevin Maxims
LB- Farza Ackhrou
CB- Benedikt Oiler
CB- Rosen Howedas
RB- Flazsh Odec
RB- Edwin Pedersen
CB- Ation Aris

CM- Lars Reinzardt
CDM- Bjorn Haridn
CM- Tobias Hansen (C)
CAM- Lewis Schieber
RAM- Ralf Einfeld
CAM- Marcel Jerrand

CF- Daniel Neudstander
CF- Jurgen Konrads
CF- Torsten Badstubern
CF- Horst Feinstein

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[Burchadinger]

BURCHADINGER TIMES
BURCHADINGER EXPECTS MUCH FROM THEIR U-21 SQUAD


Hannes Dieter has been in magnificent form for Hoersche

It has been a year without silverware. Not much surprise, but it has still been a year without silverware. The senior team didn't make it to Krytenia and The Holy Empire, and there wasn't much luck in Nethertopia either. But this year will end with one final chance for a trophy. The Di Bradini Cup. Last time round, the youngsters were embarrassed by teams such as Toiletdonia. But DBC 13 marks the appointment of a new coach, a nearly completely new team, and some refound spirit. Edmund Wellindger expects at least a quarter-final appearance, and he wont be happy with anything else.

For this competition, the Burchadingan players to watch will be goalkeeper Hannes Dieter, midfielder and captain, Tobias Hansen and striker Daniel Neudstander. Dieter, who plays for Super League side Hoersche, has been in fantastic form, and his recent call to international duty has him eager to prove he is worthy of a senior team spot. "I have big dreams," he said. "I have not had this chance before, and I will do my best in Starblaydia." Tobias Hansen will continue to sport the Hansen name in Burchadingan football. His elder brothers, Bernd and Hans-Mayer, both are regular starters in the senior team. "I mean, it feels very good, to carry the family name. Obviously, I want to achieve feats that Hans and Bernd can do, and so, I will work hard to achieve victory." the 19 year old said. Daniel Neudstander hasn't much on his mind. He is one of many players in the squad who don't play for a Super League team. "I don't think, it is embarrassing to play for a team, like, um, Bremen. Sure, we are not as well known, as, lets say, (Dynamo) Dresden, or (Star) Bucharest, but that does not mean we cannot play football."

Financially, the Di Bradini Cup was not a really big hit for Burchadingan TV networks. During World Cup 49, the combined profit of TV giants TV1, Sports World, NSC, and the government-owned The World Cup Channel, garnered over 50 Billion Reichsmarks. In comparison, the 12th Di Bradini Cup gave a combined profit of little over 500 Million Reichsmarks. This year however, the networks are bound to get an increased profit. The public are far more aware of the existence of this competition, and are more likely to get glued to their television sets. The television industry are not the only people who will garner more money. National carrier Interflug expects flights to Starblaydia to be packed. Interflug spokesman, Tristan Iemeg said, "During DBC 12, there wasn't really much interest in the competition. Not many people even knew its existance. However, that has changed, and we already have nearly a dozen flights fully booked. That is good for the economy, and the fans get to see their football."

And of course, there is always a section about pundits. Burchadingan pundits have touted that if the U-21 team are really to make it to the knockout-stage, it will by no means be easy. There are many teams that we have heard of, but have never played against before. Those teams include, Starblaydia themselves, Queer Poco el Mono Ara, Sargossa, Candelaria and Marquez, Taeshan, Cassadaigua, Bears Armed and many more. Then, there are teams that we have played before, and have done well against. Delaclava is a good example, Die Adler have beaten them 3 times out of 3 games. Then, there are the teams we have not heard of at all. The name "Lovable Weirdos" is completely unknown in Burchadinger, and so it will be an interesting challenge to face off for the first time. Of course, all of the above is based on senior team results. The U-21 team is completely different, so basically, the above was a waste of time.

That's all for now, and don't forget to get the next Burchadinger Times in a few days, for the report, on the Group Draw!

[Warkus]

Warkus Under 21's

The team this year looks promising, With Vladimir Lucian being the star and Blair and Mot behind him, this will be a fantastic season. This is also a very family orientered team, with the Vu twins, The Vish brothers and the Rasquez bros. This looks like a team with teamwork as it's main stratergy.

Formation: 3-4-3 (Sword)

Coach/Manager: John Riu - John is the brother of Warken coaching legend Dean Riu, Dean is currently absent to coach the U-21 and WC team, as he is in coaching negotions with Urui


GK: Moa Cun - A very agressive keeper, he will stop at nothing to defend the net.
DEF: Cameron Jackson - A calm easy-going defender, but on the pitch, he aint easy-going!
DEF: Cameron Rasquez - The other Cameron, He specializes in slide tackles.
DEF: Kaidin Vish - Kaidin is very aggressive and often gets into the ref's book.
MID: Kingsley Rodgers (Captain) - Kingsley is the younger brother of the WC Team captain Ben Rodgers, he is a great leader.
MID: Mary Vu (First Ever Female Warkus Football Player!!) - Mary is the first female player. Although she is good at goals, she is slow and hesitant to tackle.
MID: Jack Vu - Jack is unlike his sister, tackling is his specialty, but goals aint. This makes Mary & Jack a powerful duo.
MID: Makatu Dryant - Fast and agile. Nothing else to say, though he is good at free kicks. We expect more from him, but we believe he has WC potentional
FWD: Vladimir Lucian (Star-Player) - The star of the old team in the BIC, and a WC performer, Vladimir is a legend at Football
FWD: Blair Rasquez - Blair is very talk the talk, but he can back it up with some real football skills.
FWD: Mot Vish - Mot is very advisable as a senior member of the team, Mot is 20 and the oldest person in the Warkies, he is the 'elder' of the team.

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[Warkus]

Warkus Footy Times
This is our year!

After a close qualification in the WC, it looks possible that Warkus may win the Di Brandini Cup. Temporary coach John Riu may have his issues with the management board and Warken Footy Fans, as Warkus is starting to shine and with a legendary coach temporarily gone, Warkus may fall under a inexperianced coach. The board claims that they will settle no more for a decent positon, and the fans certainly want a win in this competiton. This years team is very family formed with 3 dynamic family duos.


Well due to a shortage of power, we'll call it a arcticle. Check back next week for group info!

[Sorthern Northland]

Snorthern national U21 team for the 13th Di Bradini Cup

Number, name, age, position (n/a for goalies and forwards), club

Goalkeepers:

1: Yasser El-Borolossy, 18 y/o, 17th of October
13: Dorian Pfeiffer, 20 y/o, CF Septentrionien
23: Henril van Vuure, 18 y/o, Rode Ster Amsterdam

Having made the step up to first choice El-Borolossy is a rather exciting prospect who is rather prone to celebrating very excitedly whenever his team scores and can often be found sat on the crossbar of the goal waving a flag rather excitedly should his team win a competition. Absolutely refuses to wear shorts as well, preferring instead to wear a pair of tracky bottoms. The big jessie. Pfeiffer and van Vuure on the other hand are just plain crap goalkeepers who couldn't catch a cold and were called up largely due to most other available goalkeepers not really being all that keen to spend a few weeks being a second or third choice.

Defenders:

2: Mark Hall, 21 y/o, right back, Corcaigh
12: Adriano Teixeira Silveira, 20 y/o, right back, Heathfield United

Adriano is probably the technically better player of the two right backs. His habit of spending very little time in his own half when needed to help out defensively however means the solid though rather dull Mark Hall will probably end up being the first choice.

3: Jonathan Futcher, 20 y/o, left back, Corcaigh
22: Breandán Mac Domhnaill, 17 y/o, East Reading

Futcher, then a Beningrad player, was an unknown quantity at the last Di Bradini, since then though his career has gone only upwards. Beningrad have struggled over the last couple of years and it'd be fair to say Futcher was by far their best player over the last couple of seasons. Which is probably why perennial champions Corcaigh have snapped him up and given him the number three shirt straigt away. The reserve left-back, Mac Domhnaill, is a pretty controversial choice. The Inisnadún native won't be the first member of his family to involved at the DBC. His father, Donal MacDonnell was one of the Ríora Urraim dtí Inisnadún Náisiún members convicted on charges of attempting to blow up the Bekkside Arena in Tabeck during DBC6.

5: Rodrigo Fisher, 20 y/o, centre back, 17th of October
6: Kayleton Fishsnapperbottom, 20 y/o, centre back, Oblast Rangers
15: Michael Beck, 20 y/o, centre back, Corcaigh
16: Danny Adams, 17 y/o, centre back, Bimlico

A fishy theme in the centre backs with the cool, calm, and collected good on the ball and good in the tackle Rodrigo Fisher partnering Kayleton Fishsnapperbottom. Kayleton, like his brother, senior national team and Marquez-Onwere centre back Kaeton Fishsnapperbottom, takes his name from a Bostopian town. Unlike his brother though he has a tendency to get off for kicking an opponent in the balls, lashing out at the referee on being shown the red card, and then attacking the nearest corner flag once he's found his way off the pitch. When he's not losing his rag though he really is quite good.

Either Beck or Adams (unique name he's got there, eh?) then can both half expect to have to come in to replace Fishsnapperbottom at some point during the tournament and fortunately both of them are solid enough to have as back-up.

Midfielders:

7: Tadhg Ó Lorcáin, 19 y/o, right winger, St. Patrick's
17: Chloë Murphy, 18 y/o, right winger, James Connolly SC

Ó Lorcáin hails from the fine academy of football that is the Little Clotaire based Saint Patrick's Football Club. Famous for producing really good Sorthern footballers and shipping them off to the real Clotaire to play for Port of Clotaire in the CMSC. Ó Lorcáin with his pace, his silky skills, and his oh so good crosses has all the attributes to follow in the footsteps of the likes Lee Waywide, Alan Cooper, Franny Sánchez Garciá and Iñaki Arrigorwhashisface.

Murphy's name meanwhile has been bandied about by certain media and pundits as the new Siobhan Ní hÓgáin. Whether this is because she actually has the ability to emulate Ní hÓgáin or whether it's just because she's a woman who plays in the same position as Ní hÓgáin remains to be seen.

11: Damián González Hernández, 20 y/o, left winger, 17th of October
21: Jong Jae-Hwa, 18 y/o, left winger, FC Juahzhou

González Hernández is a decent winger, though not much more. Can be unplayable on his day (as in for the opposition to play against, rather than what the literal meaning of not able to be played is. Hopefully). Jong Jae-Hwa is, meh. Basically.

4: Kostas Gatsis (vice-captain), 18 y/o, central midfielder, Corcaigh
8: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, 20 y/o, central midfielder, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh
14: Adie Stevens, 20 y/o, central midfielder, East Reading
18: Ki-Bum Lee, 18 y/o central midfielder, Heathfield City

Kostas Gatsis is somewhat of a clichéd holding midfielder in that he does nothing spectacular and a lot of his work goes unnoticed but he still gets plenty of plaudits from team-mates and fans alike. Or it could just be that he's a really rather boring player who makes very few mistakes. Aisling Ní Cheallaigh is certainly the creative heartbeat of the team and when she's (yus, we've finally got rid of that ban on women playing football with men) playing well she is very much capable of dictating any match. When she's not playing well though, she tends to be a bit, well, shit.

Adie Stevens is really nothing special, whilst the most exciting thing about Ki-Bum Lee is that unlike most other Sorthern Han's, he has his given name before his family name, presumably to stop people tittering childishly any time a commentator mentions 'leaky bum'.

Forwards:

9: Kim Seung-Joon, 19 y/o, FC Juahzhou
10: Seán Ó Murchú (captain), 21 y/o, Rode Ster Amsterdam
19: Dermot Wolftone, 16 y/o, St. Patrick's
20: Nicky Foreman, 20 y/o, Snowspire

And finally the forwards, and they're a decent bunch. For the level they play at least, which for all of them, Snowspire's Nicky Foreman aside, is in the second tier of Sorthern football. Or it was until Juahzhou, St. Pat's and Rode Ster all went and got promoted. Inconsiderate gits. Foreman, whilst in theory playing at a higher level (or at least a traditionally bigger team), rarely sees any First Division playing time. Kim Seung-Joon, in theory at least will be the team's main goal threat., though captain Ó Murchú is always capable of finding the vague vicinity of the goal. Though a number of his efforts do end up in row Z. Still, they said that about Lee Waywide once. Speaking of Waywide, the coaching staff at St. Pat's are really rather excited about Wolfetone, reckon he's the best striker they've 'ad through their rather good academy since the aformentioned Waywide. Foreman can be relied upon to come off the bench late on and give tiring defences problems. I've never worked out whether that's a compliment, or just a kind way of saying 'you're too shit to be much good for a whole game' but meh, I'm sure you have more important matters to attend to.

Manager: Henri Rouvière

There were questions about whether Rouvière, despite being highly rated, was the right man for the job when he was appointed prior to DBC 12. That he went on won it perhaps answers that question. And then just to raise his stock higher he went and won all five World Cup 50 qualifying games he managed whilst in caretaker charge of the senior squad (if you will let us gloss over that they were against the likes of Andrewboy, Snaponistan and Whittoria). He also the hair and the dulcet French speaking tones that get housewives hot under the collar, which is as good a reason to be highly rated as any other.

Rouvière is of course assisted by a number of coaches and other assorted staff as shown below. The bit of paper with their names on has gone missing though, someone at the SNFA will find it eventually though. Perhaps.

Assistant manager: Sylvin Lormandy
Coach: Bernard L'Heureux
Coach: Artúr Mac Easmainn
Fitness coach: Seòras Mac a' Ghrùdair
Goalkeeping coach: Cristòfol Casals
Physiotherapist: Ashleigh Trumble
Kitman: Fernando Cervera

Formation is 4-4-2 with the team playing in a very attacking manner.
Numbers 1 to 11 for game are the usual starters, feel free to make a couple of changes to the line up though.

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[Sargossa]

Di Bradini Cup 13

The Sargossa Corsairs

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Coach

Francisco Javier Bauzá


Starting Eleven
(Formation 4-4-2 Diamond. Style Modifier = +1. Players listed from right to left)

GK: 1. Luís Anaya (19) – Mercadel S.C.

RB: 2. Ramon Núñez (18) – Deportivo Soluca
CB: 5. Mauricio Sabillón (20) Sporting San Marquez
CB: 6. Víctor Monzón (18) – Ciudad Soluca
LB: 3. Ricardo Durán (21) – Porto Alegro Azul

MR: 7. Martín Reyes (21) – El Nacional
DMC: 4. Marcos Román (20) – Deportivo Soluca
AM/FC: 8. Javíer Pozo (20) – Ciudad Soluca
MLC: 11. Rubén Contreras (18) – Ciudad Soluca

SC: 9. Luís Jiménez (20) – El din Marbles (Candelaria And Marquez)
FC: 10. Sergio Aquino (21) – Dínamo Maturín


Reserves
GK: 13. José Miguel Barrio (20) – Dunas Del Sol
DC: 14. Sergio Roca (19) – El Nacional
DLC: 15. Edgar Cotto (21) – Petro Mercada
MRC: 16. Diego Salas (19) – Deportivo Cordova
AMC: 17. Alberto Peral (20) – Estrella Torreón
AM/FLC: 18. Ignacio Sosa (18) – Mercadel S.C.
FRLC: 19. Hernán Sandoval (18) – Alianza Jucaro


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Once More Unto The Cup


For what is possibly the fourth time, at least we think it's the fourth time, Sargossa is headed to a Under-21 tournament and this time the Football Federation seem to be taking it seriously. Unlike last time in which the nation seem to forget their Under-21 side even existed. Now, for the first time, the Federation have made the post of Under-21 coach a fulltime appointment with former Juventudé boss Francisco Javier Bauzá handed the position. Whereas in previous tournaments Juan Manuel Del Rios (twice) and whoever the hell was in charge last time have had to juggle their international responsibilities with club commitments, now Bauzá can give the competition his full focus.

And the new coach may be feeling quietly confident of his chances of at least equalling last time's quarter final place with Rubén Contreras and Javíer Pozo, both capped at full international level, likely to be the side's main danger men going forward. At the back Luís Anaya could potentially be one the best keeper to come through the ranks for a long while, Ricardo Durán is a rising star and Víctor Monzón is blossoming into a big old unit who can dominate either penalty area. And this tournament will also see the first Azulan, in Alianza Jucaro's versatile attacker Hernán Sandoval, to pull on the darker blue of Sargossa.

[Taeshan]

Taeshan Purple Knights Coached by Jack Olivier

Player # Age Pos
Marigold Petersheim 43 18 GK
Aramis Williams 7 18 LD
Colt White 77 18 CD
Tad Rollings 11 18 RD
Peter Adams 8 18 RM
Kyle Longwaters 33 18 RCM
Jayson Lambert 17 18 LCM
A. J. Korn 44 18 LM
Stacy Frolic 42 18 LS
Thomas Cihn 23 16 CS
Kolby Tarihito 14 18 RS
SUBS
Sarah Hellman 2 18 GK
Ute Pacabell 3 18 D
Kara Cannon 4 18 M
Galileo Urethra 5 18 S
Adam Smith 34 18 S

[Candelaria And Marquez]

Candelaria And Marquez National Under-21 Football Squad for the Thirteenth Di Bradini Cup

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Manager: Following in the footsteps of messers Donnelly, Williamson, Le Lan, Huntick, Organ, Baker (kinda), Sampson, Van Deene, Zabojnik, Torrealba and, after an unnecessarily lengthy spell, Liebeskind comes… Matteo Corradini.

Untried, untested, quite possibly unstable… Corradini is something of a legend in the Candelariasian game, as the captain of the first title-winning side in our particular shades of blue and green at the second Di Bradini Cup, arguably the first player from this country to approach a truly world-class standard in his preferred position at the base of the midfield, and – prior to Danny Adams’ recent record – C&M’s most capped senior player. His status was assured at the thirty-third Cup of Harmony, heroically returning to the fray two games following a horrific on-field attack by a Rennidanian opponent – an incident which left him with severe facial injuries covered for several years by a full face mask in order to ‘protect the sensibilities of a global television audience from viewing his grotesque visage’. As captain, Corradini went on to lift the trophy.

Years of surgery later, the forty-six year-old – a one-club man, for Albrecht FC – is less unappealing to the eye but remains reclusive, his forays into the public arena of late consisting largely of high-profile, and ultimately failed, applications for domestic managerial roles, as well as his long-term financial support for his cousin Alessandro Corradini, now arguably as famous a figure in the Candelarias following his two gymnastics medals in the most recent Olympic games, and his teenage footballer son Enrico.

Anyhoohowsoever, all that fluff aside we don’t actually have a clue how a Corradini team is actually supposed to play, but a 4-5-1 to match the senior national team is probably most likely. Corradini will be accompanied in Starblaydia by Rudy Clark, an itinerant number two and former Albrecht FC team-mate and, for no particularly obvious reason, his buddy Ben Edwards.

God knows who’ll play, but the possible first XI could well be summat like Zamora – Shepherd, Hastings (c), Cortés, Qiu – Živkovic, Robertson, Pankharia, Tiller , Wilkinson – Fuller. But, as ever, expect plenty of shuffling.

Goalkeepers:

1. Armand Zamora, Aged 21, Albrecht FC
22. Damien Reekes, 19, Exeter Trident [on loan from KT Hotspur]
23. Andy Lovell, 21, Albrecht Independent FC

Inevitably, there’s always going to be one or three areas where a youth side is a tad lacking, and goalkeeping is a proper problem. The best bet here is probably Zamora – the younger brother of Mayo Valley’s annoyingly over-age Jaime Zamora; Armand is a relatively small and stocky but undoubtedly brave young ‘keeper with a lifetime spent on the mean (or at least median) streets of downtown Albrecht vaguely notorious Mary’s Park district behind him.

The regrettably named Reekes is probably the likeliest player to take a senior squad place from one of the current crop of Big Blues before too long, but lacks experience as yet and needs to have a natural inclination to lump it banged out of him pretty sharpish. Lovell’s pretty ghastly all-round, but does at least play regular first-team football in the CMSC2.

Defenders:

2. Warren Shepherd, 21, Caires City, Right-Back
12. Kyle Söderberg, 21, Oaków Lightening [Somewhereistonia], Right-Back

Plenty of choice in this department, on the other hand, with Shepherd showing himself to be a very solid and dependable full-back able to mix it going forward for the Errant Knights as well.

Söderberg, a product of the sort-of illustrious MN Smith academy, is more of an unknown and it’s perhaps a surprise that he’s made the squad ahead of younger countrymen Guillermo Ramírez, of the Marbles, and the currently Weegie-based Dan Osborn, but the insight that comes with a couple of extra years of professional football – having played a key role in leading his club side to an unexpected fourth in the Meistriliiga – probably gave him the edge.

And no, we don’t know why they’re called the Lightening either, although former C&M right-back Harris Dixon is presumably a fan.

5. Darren Hastings, 21, El din Marbles, Centre-Back
6. Miguel Ángel Cortés, 21, Cathedral City, Centre-Back
16. James Mag Flannagain, 19, St. Patrick’s FC [Sorthern Northland]; on loan from Port of Clotaire, Centre-Back

Clearly the most experienced player in the squad, and therefore a natural choice for captain, Hastings has been playing first-team football for the Marbles for as long as anyone can remember (or as long as anyone out in El din’s barrios can remember, anyway… not really a great life expectancy in those parts. Also, drugs.). Considered a natural partner for Jacob Davies come World Cup 51 qualifying, he lacks great height but is an aggressive little terrier of a player and comes with greater technical gifts than one might initially expect. And he can be counted upon to score amusing own goals every now and again, which pretty much seals the deal.

Partnering him with Cortés might be rather brave, given that they’re an Anglo Marquezian at the Marbles and an Hispanic Marquezian (yes, an. An Hispanic. Not ‘a’ Hispanic. An Hispanic. You really want to argue with that, do you? Do you? Do you realise what you’re taking on, here?) at arch-rivals Catedral respectively, but in a purely footballing sense they’re a good fit; Cortés being tall and almost too calm on the ball. The alternative at centre-half has been having a rough time of it at St. Pat’s but has shown sufficient signs of improvement to make him an obvious selection, even if he does appear to have made his surname up.

3. Brandon Qiu, 21, Albrecht Turkish, Left-Back
13. Jacob Williams, 18, Rossiemannock Rose [The Weegies]; on loan from Caires City, Left-Back

That Fabio Mannasuch at Turkish trusted Qiu enough to have him routinely start for one of the biggest clubs in the multiverse despite only being a teenager says a lot about the boy. C&M’s latest eastasian sensation could probably make it as a striker at a lower level, and has a neat line in late winners of late, but has the confidence of a much older player in defence.

Williams, the youngest player in the squad, made rather less of an impression at Rossiemannock over the past few months than Osborn on t’other flank, but there aren’t exactly many other left-footed Candelariasians to choose from and, while more of an athlete than a footballer right at this moment, he has the potentially to become very good indeed.

He’s also black. I don’t know if that matters, as such, but such things are always worthy of mention, I suppose. It’s not as though you can tell by looking, with these Caribbean types. Can’t they call themselves Jacambi W!ngumba, or something, to make it easier? Who do they think they are, coming over here, integrating into our socio-cultural norms? The bastards.

Midfielders:

7. Zoran Živkovic, 19, Mayo Valley, Right Midfielder
17. William Tatarescu, 20, St. Patrick’s [Sorthern Northland]; on loan from Port of Clotaire, Right Midfielder

Živkovic, who has a funny name and has been tearing up the right flanks for Mayo Valley for a good few months now, has… um… a funny name. And has been tearing up the flanks for, etcetera. So all in all, his presence is a given. He’s growing upwards nicely at last, and is strong in the tackle, and… and has a funny name.

Actually, it kind of gets less funny each time you say it.

Indeed, one might suggest that it’s no funnier than Tatarescu, a fine crosser of the ball who takes most of the props for keeps St. Pat’s in the Sorthern top-flight last term. But such people are scum, and not to be trusted.

4. Jiwani Pankharia, 21, Albrecht FC, Defensive Midfielder
14. Miguel Ángel Madrid, 21, El din Marbles, Defensive Midfielder
15. Finlay Whistler, 19, Green Island, Box-to-Box Midfielder

Titus Ryan? Hayden Collins? Roberto Rodríguez? Harry Vine? Alexandre De Rham? Do these names not mean anything to you plebs?

No? No, why should they. But they would’ve done, in almost any other year – we’re simply that well off for defensive midfielders at the moment. Breaking into the Albrecht FC first-team is clearly a nightmare for anyone, particularly when a player the calibre of Go Song-ji is directly ahead of you in the pecking order, but Jiwani – whose name is easier to pronounce than his little brother Jagatprakasa’s, so count your blessings – will surely hold down a first-team place somewhere come next season, even if it’s not for the Scorpions. Energetic, with plenty going on up top and a quiet, passing game; he looks not unlike current C&M star Jordan Hawker. Except for being vaguely Sterogan.

Madrid is much more of a bulldozer, and a scary a proposition as a midfield sweeper as you’re ever likely to come across. As for Whistler, his youth career was spent as a natural goalscorer behind a front two or single striker, but the GIZ’s academy and reserve team coaches have begun to play him in a much more withdrawn role of late, making use of an exceptional range of passing. Like Pankharia, however, he still needs to break into his club side’s first team.

8. Ethan Robertson, 20, Green Island, Attacking Midfielder
18. Daniel Tiller, 21, KT Hotspur, Attacking Midfielder
20. Jamie Hermannsson, 20, St. Patrick’s FC [Sorthern Northland]; on loan from Port of Clotaire, Attacking Midfielder

Robertson’s presence is clearly a given, as a consistent starter behind the striker for Green Island this term and a plenty creative dribbler. More consistent than exciting, he arguably shares this feature with his cohorts, with Corradini conservatively shying away from looking at any rather more naturally gifted midfielders yet to come close to first-team football. Tiller has at least been a regular in the CMSC1 for a good few years now and has a welly of a shot on him, while the versatile playmaker Hermansson is yet another Harpy to benefit from Sorthern Northland’s somewhat improbable recent status as the multiverse’s foremost academy of young talent.

11. Harvey Wilkinson, 19, Caires City, Left Midfielder
21. Harry Haskay, 21, Ironside-Talinger, Left Midfielder

Did one ask for a little bit of magic, sir? A little skill, a little creativity, to beat his man and pull across a lovely little cross? That’ll be Harvey Wilkinson, then, the boy who almost single-handedly crippled Caires City after they were forced to pay through the nose to avoid him going back to his boyhood club out in the semi-pro wastelands. An unusual, teenage first-team regular in the CMSC1, at least as far as Candelariasians are concerned, he inevitable dips in and out but surely has the world pretty much at his feet and may well be the difference between the Small Blues tasting victory here or otherwise.

As for Haskay… peh. He can overlap a bit, he can cross a ball, he’s reliable, he’s… not Harvey Wilkinson. Sorry. I’m sure his mum’s proud of him, though.

Eh? She died last month in a hoover accident? Oh, it’s just not his year, is it?

Forwards:

9. Charlotte Fuller, 21, Port of Clotaire
10. Tara Bekker, 19, Albrecht FC
19. Freire Muniz Allman, 19, Caires Sports

Oh… crud.

We don’t produce strikers.

Well, obviously we do… There’s Danny Adams, for one thing, who’s one of the best in the worlds and our most capped senior international of all time. But that tell its own story, because – big Gabe Macanás, in his own way, aside – there really hasn’t been anyone to touch him up there for the best part of a decade.

High hopes though many people have of Fraser Challinor or Eric East or Finlay Fisher or Chase Thresher or Lola Wells, they’re not here. They’re just babbies. And so instead we get this unholy, if somewhat stimulating, threesome. Two girls – one of whom, skinny little striker Tara Bekker, hasn’t come within the remotest sniff of playing for Albrecht FC yet; the other of whom, comfortably upholstered forward Lottie Fuller, has played the odd few minutes here and there for the PoC without looking especially likely to force out any of their Sorthern superstars any time soon.

As for Muniz Allman (god knows), he at least has been starting matches for, ooh, all of four weeks – helping to propel Caires Sports back into the play-off places towards the end of the CMSC2 Apertura. A physical, bustling forward; he was never really expected to start scoring actual goals by his youth coaches but has been doing just that after condemning old Josh Belmore to the Knights’ bench and, as the country’s flavour of the month, has inched past Caires City benchwarmer Samuel Murray to claim a place in Starblaydia

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[Cafundeu]

CCFM RELEASES ANOTHER LIST OF UNKNOWN PLAYERS
TO PLAY ANOTHER U-21 COMPETITION

Style: Very Offensive

Here is the list of 23 players (number-name [age, team, rating]):

Use the BOLDED names of my players, but not in all capitals, when RPing

Goalkeepers:

1- RONALDO Hera Gouveia (20, Atlético Insular, B)
12- Marvin RASHID (19, Internacional de Penderia, C)
22- GETÚLIO de Moura Sampaio (21, Galáxia, C)

Full-Backs:

2- Edney Fonsecchi "PARAÍBA" (21, Eldorado, A)
6- Fabiano Farath "ESQUERDINHA" (20, América, A)
14- José Carlos Antunes Moreno "ALADIM" (18, Bandeirantes, B)
16- Dino Marçal "DIDI" (18, Dunboor FC, C)

Defenders:

3- CREYSSON Gimenez Capivara (19, Atlético Jutense, A)
4- Arnaldo Conceição "BATATA" (20, América, B)
13- LEANDRO Motta Casinhas "GORDO" (19, Porto Lacruz, C)
21- ZUMBI Latek (17, Khalmar-Tijhus, C)

Defensive Midfielders:

5- BINO Cabras Passadas (20, Clube Comercial, A)
8- Tomé Jamolli "CATIMBA" (18, Bandeirantes, A)
15- Gustavo Mondinelli Costa "GUSTAVINHO" (20, Galáxia, B)
20- PAULO Possi FABBRI (19, Rio Bonito, C)

Offensive Midfielders:

7- WENDEL Valdano Souza (20, Petardos S/A, A)
17- Ernani Dorval ESTRADAS (21, Cafundó do Juta, B)
19- Gaetano Ipicurumbá "XINGU" (21, Bandeirantes, B)
23- Godofredo Barbosa Serafim "GODÔ" (17, Atlético Jutense, B)

Attackers:

9- RAMÓN Borges Traversi (21, Clube Comercial, A)
10- ROMERGLEYDSON Silvano Assírio (19, América, B)
11- Vítor Tibiriçá "TICO" (20, SC Lasft, B)
18- Danilo Ferçosa Navarro "DANILINHO" (18, Eldorado, C)

Coach: Nelson Yaschter

Formation (offensive 4-4-2):

------------------------------Ronaldo------------------------------
-----Paraíba---------Creysson---------Batata-------Esquerdinha-----
--------------Bino--------------------------Catimba----------------
-------------------------------Wendel------------------------------
--------------Tico---------Romergleydson---------Ramón-------------

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[Yafor 2]

"WHAT?!?! How did we get that roster?"

"Apparently they hired a Milchaman selector instead"

"Oh %&^$"

This was the most common conversation across most of Yafor 2 upon seeing that roster. Our version, drawn by a renowned artist from the Quodite School of MS Paint, highlights the variety in positioning for this team. Unsurprisingly, they will be a -1, which, on second thought, is somewhat surprising given that they play a 2-1-2-1-2-2, with only two being over the line. Of course, the only actual player on this team is labeled in our version as "Jenny", so no doubt they'll be slightly more offensive than their positioning would make them. Nonetheless, this side is a defensive side and, hopefully, will be drawn with the Candelarians for maximum hilarity in the group stage. I think.

Starting at the top, one has Jennifer "Jenny" Majorheily-Orinova, current attacking-midfielder-in-chief for Caires Sports, the Yaforite national team, and probably the only player anyone abroad will recognize on the national team anyway. She's the sole reason that the Yaforites even qualified for the World Cup this time around; the ball skills of the seventeen-year-old (she's been seventeen forever, it seems. We'll blame Zugian time dilation for that one) and her field vision unparalleled among Yaforites. To be honest, that's not much of an accolade; what Candelarians politely refer to as the "sad decline of Yaforite football" is probably a lot more than that (at least we're better than the Vephrese national team and ranked higher than those Frenchies! Eat that with your baguettes!), including the complete absence of anyone interesting in Yaforite circles (since Ilsinha was killed *sadface*). Majorheily-Orinova's a nice girl, and pretty t' boot, but she's really not got much personality, y'know? I yearn for the days of yore, where Yaforites actually cared about the sport of foo - hey, look, is that Minimal League Baseball spring training on? I want to see Masami Tamagotchi, so I can talk about her WAR and make Sarzonians in the region upset!

Staying strong up top is the totally-not-subtle homage to the person we're blindly copying here, Milchama, with a poster of Marc J. Floren. I'd watch out; one of these posters scored a goal once when that poster was playing on the Milchaman national team (or was it their U21 team? I don't remember. Probably the U21; after all, the U21 is often home to this kind of thing - not for no reason was it born out of total and utter insanity, right? [all right, no more bad jokes for me, I get it, I get it, stop stabbing me - hey! I stopped! Stop stabbing me goddamnit! That's my small intestine for Ravantur's sake! Ah! I have your sword now, scum of the earth! FEEL MY BLADE! I WILL HAVE YOUR GUTS ON A PIKE - oh, is this still rolling? %&#$]). But anyway, I think he can score. Maybe.

On the wings, one has a pair of equine relations (yes, a zebra probably isn't an equine creature. %&$#ing bite me, you stupid bear-I-research-things about. Say, do homosexual zebras exist?). On the left is a headless horse-elf, straight from Valanora (rumor has it that he attempted to escape the country when it ceased to exist and was stunned when it miraculously came back to life two days later). There's no Ichabod Crane or shattered pumpkin (whoops, just spoiled the ending here), so I'm not sure what it's doing there. One the right is a zebra; you know, white and black stripes. Say, you know what's black and white and red all over? A newspaper! AAARGGH I THOUGHT I KILLED YOU - oh, this time I'll turn this transcriber thing OFF first.

In the middle one has Abhishek Bachchan's character in Dhoom (and Dhoom 2 also! Also to be in the forthcoming Dhoom 3 which is so forthcoming that its wikipedia page only links back to "Dhoom Series". Laames), straight-laced policeman Jai Dixit. Incidentally, Uday Chopra's character in the series is also on the team, although, in a casual reference to anyone who's seen the movie (anyone? anyone? [/Ferris Bueller], something I'm sure everyone has seen. Great movie. Great shots of the Cubs, too), he's a backup. This is mostly for foiling purposes, the author assures us. To many Yaforites, even though this person technically doesn't exist in their multiverse, to see him was a welcome surprise, because of the few actual people in this lineup.

Proceeding down the middle, one gets to another somewhat-human, the animated corpse of French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Apparently the animated corpses of Jacques Lacan, Martin Heidegger, and Emmanuel Levinas all auditioned for the role of "deliberate obscurantist philosopher" in front of a panel consisting of Alan Sokal and the editors of the postmodern journal Social Text. In a tight race, it was the father of deconstructionism who prevailed and so Derrida's animated corpse was chosen. Skipping the wingbacks for a second, flanking (and by "flanking", we mean "just behind to the sides") Derrida's corpse are two traffic cones! Yay! Traffic cones! As one Cafundelense stated earlier:

yes, traffic cones are great! no other object is better than traffic cones to fill a squad or replace horrible players

That was totally a heavily-researched quotation; we didn't just get that from IRC and you can't prove anything. Anyway, moving up the wingbacks who we sadly neglected (thereby entrenching existing societal hierarchies - this is bound to blow up in our faces!), we have on the left, a sentient ice cube, from a long and distinguished line of sentient ice cubes who have participated in major wars including the Napoleonic Wars, Wars of Spanish Succession, and the Dutch Revolt. On the right we have the twitter bird, a concession to those who wished for a more modern and aggressive outlook. Because of the LIGHTNING-FAST SPEED OF FIBER-OPTICS, the twitter bird is nigh impossible to guard. Sadly, the ball is much larger than both the wingbacks, rendering their entire existence somewhat pointless. Sorry.

The goalie is a cobra. Opposing players are recommended not to go one on one with the cobra, because it still has its fangs; it will hurt to attack. It is also lightning fast (it's got fiber-optics too? what?), so it can block. Rumors have it that this cobra was once part of a snake-charmer's program (although one wonders how this is possible, considering that snake charmers generally have snakes that are not poisonous. Hmmm...) and decided to join the team because of a pay raise and because it was offered a chance to arty-pay with the otherner-says. Also, when this snake took a flight to Bostopia, the rallying cry was "someone get this mother^&%*ing snake off this mother%&^*ing plane"!

On the bench is a life-sized, papier-mache model of the Eiffel Tower, another traffic cone, a copy of James Mill's "The History of British India" and the nose of the sphinx. I mean, seriously, what more can you want? A description of how they got there? The reason as to why there's a copy of a book that's out of print and thus available for free over the internet (really, it is. I read it over the internet), why we wasted more papier-mache than anyone else in the history of the world, and the Judeo-Christian implications of having one of the three traffic cones on the sidelines? Really? Do you? Because I think YOU CAN JUST DO THE RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN! I QUIT THIS JOB! It's too much to do all this research for you people! I mean, look, you can get any baseball stat you want to on b-ref or fangraphs, surely you can find this with the help of a little tool called GOOGLE?!?! HUH?!?! EVER HEARD OF THAT?!?!

Also, anything is allowed. Because, Enalla knows, we don't know what we're on this time around.

[Toiletdonia]

Starting Players in bold
Team:
(Age)
GK Qei Uda (21)
GK Huio Mummuik (17)

DF Ki Miko (20)
DF Seatuy Qwfarum (19)
DF Aqhfe Ade (21)
DF Nuo Muio (19)
DF Puppa Kino (17)
DF Luiiostos Gerameo (21)

MF Trerri Seadum (21)
MF Uoare Jyuas (20)
MF Mwqu Waiufp (21)
MF Liaw Kios (16)
MF Muijun Sqertuas (19)
MF Aparta Liufmann (18)

FW Galaman Yuin (17)
FW Juyti Serrinop (21)
FW Harros Minos (14)
This years squad See's loads of fresh talent from last time. Many of the new players are extremely young. Harros Minos at 14 the young striker will have big boots to fill with Sajar Delhaim going up to the senior team. The goalkeeper Mummuik is only 17 and will have to fight to dislodge number 1 Uda from the goal. Defender Pupa Kino is only 17 and is ready for his first youth world cup. Liaw Kios is the second youngest at a mere 16 years old has just broke the goal scoring record for Leas Secondary school with 526 goals he has now moved up a level and plays for the uni team. For players such as Mwqu Waiufp this will be their last before they move up to the highest level of football. So with Sadjar gone what will become of the Toiletdonian team?

[Silver Beach]

BOLD players on national team, James Miller only player on team who started on senior national team

GK Cameron Tabanou #7 age 19
CB Christian Salata #16 age 19
CB William Schork #2 age 20
LB Daniel Modes #1 age 21
RB Alex Sauter #5 age 21
CM James Miller #11 age 21(captain)
CM Aaron Church #24 age 21
CAM Sean Purcell #8 age 20
CAM Samuel Brown #10 age 20
RF Matt Barera #9 age 17
LF Tony Patterson #22 age 20
BENCH:
Midfielders: CM Mark Grum #34 age 18, CM Jeremy Kochis #21 age 21, CAM John Downer age 17, CAM Eric Pfauth #6 age 18
Strikers: ST Justin Cooper #25 age 18,LF Jacob McGulloh #26 age 16, RF Matt McIntrye #27 age 21, ST Micheal Tabers #4 age 18
Defenders/Goalkeepers: CB William Schork #30 age 18, CB Justin Rhodes #31 age 19, LB Nick Beitz #32 age 20, RB Handel Weeks #33 age 20, GK Grant McKindle #36 age 20, GK Yani Pressperich #40 age 21

They are coached by George Blackman age: 55 with the assistant being Reinel Ivy age 45