World Cup 51 roster thread

[The Mice of Miceland]

National Association of Recreational Football (Miceland)

Team Style: +1

Team Manager: Pinksford HeadMouse
Couch:Brian TeamMouse

Recent News: NARF has instituted an anti-mope policy. If you want to play football for the national team you must be not under it's influence.

As such there has been controversy and a number of players have been dropped by the management as a result of their unwillingness to drop it.

Strikers:

#12 Richard LionMouse - Club: MouseCentral United

Richard LionMouse is one of the best striker's in Miceland, he usually has a very direct approach but he's got very good footwork so if you're not 'on the ball' so to speak he'll wrong foot you, get in behind you and score a goal. He is a very honourable mouse on the field and tries his best to keep a clean sheet. While he does on the occasion slip up, afterwards he feels as if he has let down the team. This applies to off field circumstances as well.

#16 Peter YellowMouse - Club: Beachside FC

Peter has a rare family trait, he's totally yellow. It's been passed down the family through generations often one even 2 generations before re-appearing. Peter obviosly had a hard time in school and took sport as an escape. He's very touchy about the colour and if there's even a hint of people being colourists (as he likes to call it) then he gets all worked up about it. This can cause some rather unpleasant situations but for the most part the team, especially with his fellow striker whom they have a friendly competitive thing going on.

Midfielders:

#25 Hector von DresdenMaus - Club: Grassland AFC

Having settled in a German speaking land for some time Hector von DresdenMaus is one of the few Mäuse in Miceland. The family has kept some german traditions including some of the german sausages and speaking with an out-rageously incorrect German accent. Though he is a very good midfielder fast and a strong understanding of tactics from countless hours training as a youngster.

#29 Renée GupterMouse - Club: MouseCentral United

Renée is one of the females of the team, and she is not French and she goes to great measures to make that point. Despite being in the same club for years and a close personal friendship with Richard LionMouse they share no romantic interest though they are often the subject wild rumours on this subject.

#24 Frederick RassMouse - Club: Rasstern FC

From an old and prominent Miceland family Frederick has been disowned because of his decision to become a footballer expressly against the wishes of his family. Despite this he still has a myriad of personal contacts and businesses of his own (even not-so-secretly owning the Rasstern FC club. Though the operations are handled by the FC's board to avoid any operational bias. He is wealthy and is at least known amung the upper echeleon of Miceland society.

#28 Damien GibMouse - Club: Underhill City

Having a city in a cave seems odd, but it's such as good a location as any other and for Damien it was the perfect place to learn football. He started playing with small pebbles slightly larger and oddly shaped for a soccer ball. The pebbles are much harder and heavier than traditional footballs and so on doctors advice he took up the sport as replacement. He soon found he had tremendous kick and passing abilities

Defenders:

#36 Michael DisneyMouse - Club: HappyPlains United

HappyPlains is quite an idealyc spot lush green grass one thing it's good for is playing football, and coming from there Michael had an early education in football. Despite being a very happy and personable bloke both off and on the field. He's not afraid to take you done if you threaten the goal but he doesn't do it with any kind of malice after all the HappyPlains area is known for it's soft grass. Has been known to take mope on occasions but only for personal use and has stated that he would not dare use it before or during a match. *This may or may not be completely accurate

#32 Wayne ParanoidMouse- Club: Rasstern FC

Wayne can be quite Paranoid, always thinking that people are plotting to take the ball away from him, whether friends or allies. As a result his close ball work is amazing and can not only take possession of the ball but keep a hold of it... he however has a habit of holding onto the ball a bit too much holding onto it when it should be passed or waiting until the last minute until doing so. Any attacker that faces him be ready because he's already most likely got a plan to stop your attack especially if it is rather unusual plan.

#35 Danielle RedMouse - Club: Clifftop AFC

Danielle's family aren't named for their colour their named for their fiery passion, everything they do they do it passionately. Red is the colour of passion and this is her name, unlike the previous defenders Danielle is fiery in her defense she takes out those in her way with passion and is the
teams most yellow-carded player of the team. She has been remoured to have been intimate with all her teammates even Reneé but everyone publicly denies this. She is a great defender and don't you dare get on her badside or otherwise she will give pain.

#33 Robert FredMouse - Club: Beachside FC

Taking the standard mice playing football asside, Robert is fairly boring, nothing really makes him standard out fairly average in most ways not too goody, not too bad not an amazing defender, but good enough to seal a place on the team. There is no single attribute where Robert is signficantly different from the standard. If anything could be said about he's a nice guy if you get to know him, and that's about it.

Keeper:

#42 Charles EarsMouse - Club: Clifftop City

Charles has extremely large ears and is able to control them in a limited way as an additional set of hands. The big wind catchers can not only help him fill more of the goal but they also help him determine where the ball is and what is happening to it through Trent's mope haze.

[Newmanistan]

OFFICIAL NEWMANISTAN WORLD CUP 51 ROSTER

Style Modifier: +1.5
Formation: 4-3-3

Kits: (courtesy of ediraf), home/away/alternate (keeper)


In the event my opponent posts an RP first, they may:

Select my scorers — Yes
Give out yellow cards to my players — Yes
Give out red cards to my players — Yes, but no more then one more then you give yourself.
RP injuries to my players — Yes, but only say they were hurt. I will determine the severity.
Godmod injuries — No
Godmod scoring events — Yes
Godmod other events — TG your idea for approval first. I am open to doing some crazy stuff, but do not wish to do anything related to death/stadium damage/or crazy sci-fi type stuff.

Additionally: If you are going to use a REAL-WORLD picture in your roleplay, please have it include someone you are pretending is your player only, and if the game is in Newmanistan, I do not want to see any background images of the stadium. I will call you out publicly if you break this. I’ve gotten tired of seeing my “players” wearing yellow/orange/green, etc, and in general I do not care for the use of REAL WORLD pictures in our RP’s. Computer generated images, where the same effort is made to put us in our proper colors as you do with yours, are acceptable and welcomed.

Now then, let’s get to the roster, shall we....

**** COACHING STAFF ****

Name: Jeremy McAllister, Sr. (Head Coach)
Age: 61 (Damn!)
Club Team: Pocono City Capitals
Bio: He is a legend in Newmanistan, having scored 134 goals in 180 international games, and he is in the World Cup Hall of Fame. He has had equivalent success as a coach, including his former Dancougar club Sporting Lakeport, whom he led to multiple titles, as well as with the national team, whom he has guided since World Cup 48. Due to the tragic circumstances of Dancougar’s disappearance, and fortunately he was not there at the time, he has returned to coach in the NPL, though not with Putnam Lake, but with Pocono City.

Name: Nate Stratton (Assistant Coach)
Age: 59
Team: Springfield Thoroughbreds
Bio: Led Springfield to multiple NPL championships. Had no international coaching experience before leading the Rockets in Cup of Harmony 39, but did play on some early World Cup rosters as a defender. He has been an assistant for McAllister since World Cup 49.

Name: Shawn Loughran (Assistant Coach)
Age: 42
Club Team: South Tier Seagulls
Bio: With Mark McCafferty’s retirement, a new opening came about for an assistant coach. McAllister didn’t hesitate to name Loughran to this role, who served as the captain for the World Cup 48 and 49 teams, and did play sparingly off the bench in the last World Cup as well. Even though Loughran was an outstanding defender, he is quite knowledgeable offensively as well. He is, after all, Newmanistan’s all time leading goal scorer for defenders in international play.

Now, let’s meet the players.....

**** STARTING LINEUP ****

Name: Stanley Salone
Position: GK
Age: 32
Jersey #: 1
Club Team: Somewhere in Daehanjeiguk (Help, Han? )
Bio: Salone was seen as a future star even when he was still in high school. He played in the 10th Di Bradini Cup, but it seemed as though the pressure was getting too much for him, as he never lived up to that potential, and he seemed to lack confidence. Playing in Daehanjeiguk, helped immensely as he bounced back to be the starting keeper in World Cup 50. Now, he returns to the role.

Name: Steve McKnight
Position: LB
Age: 28
Jersey #: 6
Club Team: Centralia Cougars
Bio: At just 14 years of age, he played in the games that were actually played of the 11th Di Bradini Cup, then at 16 was a reserve in World Cup 48. Steve inherits this spot that was long guarded by Shawn Loughran and before him, Jeremy Brooker (who he idolizes). Benefitting from the tutelage of Casey Berber in the great Centralia defensive system, he has only gotten better, and now that he is in his prime, will be a major asset.

Name: Shawn O’Connell (*** ASSISTANT CAPTAIN ***)
Position: LCB
Age: 35
Jersey #: 5
Club Team: Caires City (Candelaria And Marquez)
Bio: O’Connell has started twice in the Di Bradini Cup, including having been the captain of the most recent effort. He was part of an impressive young core of defenders that had joined the Tundra Falls Mariners over the last five or so years, and a group that won the most recent NPL title. Shawn was not part of the championship team however, having been transferred to Caires City, one of the top domestic clubs in the world, but his influence and work ethic rubbed off on the team. Shawn can be a bit of a perfectionist, but in a positive way. This will be his last World Cup.

Name: Kevin McEntee
Position: RCB
Age: 26
Jersey #: 2
Club Team: Springfield Thoroughbreds
Bio: Consistent all-around defender and sees a lot of action in the Springfield system (a +5 team in the world of +5 modifiers). That experience has helped progress his career faster then normal and he served as a reserve on the World Cup 49 roster, and as a starter in World Cup 50 at just 22. Age has made him wiser, and he is especially ready to take on the speedy, offensive minded forwards.

Name: Christina Schubert
Pos: CB
Age: 27
Jersey #: 8
Club Team: Southport Tigers
Bio: Started for the Rockets in the 11th Di Bradini Cup, and used the women’s World Cup to help strengthen her case to be a part of this team, and it got her a spot as a substitute in World Cup 50. With Ken Bedwell, the former starter at this position now battling injuries, Schubert has propelled herself into the starting lineup for the first time.

Name: Ashley Nicholson
Pos: LM
Age: 24
Jersey #: 11
Club Team: Putnam Lake Eagles
Bio: Ashley appeared in Di Bradini Cup 11, and then as a reserve in World Cup 49, but never played. Next she started in the Women’s World Cup and was possibly the best player on a team that otherwise disappointed in Secristan. She is more of a speedster, and quietly led the Rockets in scoring during World Cup 50 qualifying. (Helped due to Junior’s injury, but that shouldn’t lessen her contribution). She is engaged to Ryan McAllister.

Name: Brian Shufelt
Pos: CM
Age: 23
Jersey #: 15
Club Team: Brighton Bulls
Bio: Brian is a bit untested at this level with the Burchadinger Invitational Cup being the only international competition in which he has started. Still, he did serve as a substitute during World Cup 50, moreso for defensive purposes. He will get the opportunity to show what he can do here. Look for him to generally play back with the defense moreso then joining the attack.

Name: Brian Prescott
Position: RM
Age: 36
Jersey #: 77
Club Team: Clube Imperial (Cafundeu)
Bio: The youngest of the three kids, this looks like it could be the last World Cup for a Prescott, at least until the third generation comes along. He is an agitator and an enforcer. Playing rough and physical, but also clean (though when he knows the ref isn’t looking, he will get in a hard shove or so). He gets your player to retaliate with dirty play and them to be carded while he gets nothing. Home fans love him, away fans can’t stand the sight of him.

Name: Jeremy McAllister, Jr. Nickname: simply, “Junior” (*** CAPTAIN ***)
Position: LS
Age: 36
Jersey #: 20
Club Team: Announcement Forthcoming
Bio: Little J-Mac may actually be in his last World Cup, and he has had an eventful four years. An injury kept him from playing in half of qualifying in the last Cup, but he has recovered. Expect him to have a big World Cup, or at least he hopes so. Like his father, the Dancougar tragedy has affected him, and has forced him to find another team. We’ll find out who it is soon.

Name: Jessica McElroy
Pos: ST
Age: 28
Jersey #: 10
Club Team: South Charlotte Condors
Bio: She appeared on the Di Bradini 10 roster, but had not been seen on the international level until being a part of the Women’s World Cup team, a tournament which helped her get back on the radar for coach McAllister. J-Mac was a teammate of her mother, Julie McElroy, from World Cups 40-42 (maybe 43). At the club level, Jessica has played with Cassadagan striker Jessica Schanke, and playing with her further sped up her development and now starts for the second time.

Name: Ryan McAllister
Position: RS
Age: 30
Jersey #: 18
Club Team: Clube Comercial (Cafundeu)
Bio: Ryan is the third of Jeremy McAllister’s kids (the second, Meghan, did not get the “football genes”), is coming off a successful World Cup. With his older brother being injured for most of qualifying, Ryan became for a focal point. Even though critics will say he could have scored more, most in Newmanistan were happy with his production. He does not like being called, R-Mac, by the way. Is engaged to Ashley Nicholson.

**** SUBSTITUTES ****

Name: Rodney Benedict
Position: GK
Age: 25
Jersey #: 21
Club Team: Nashua Broncos
Bio: Little known outside the small market team of Nashua, a small city near Loudon. Benedict appeared on the roster of the World Cup 49 team as a reserve and a sub in the last. He works hard and will have the chance to be a starter one day, and probably could step in here just fine if he needed too.

Name: Chris McKenna
Pos: CB
Age: 23
Jersey #: 7
Club Team: North Charlotte Wildcats
Bio: Chris is one of those kids who seems to everything in life. He could have turned professional, but his parents (each a Rocket Scientist) demanded that he attend college, so he did. His 4.0 GPA in Nuclear Physics shows he is following in his parent’s footsteps, and he is as skilled on the field as he is in the classroom. However, after playing very well in the Burchadinger Invitational Cup, and our strange tradition it seems to have players with last names beginning with “Mc”, Chris gets this spot. Acquired by North Charlotte recently in a trade with Pocono City.

Name: Robert Ashcroft
Pos: CB
Age: 19
Jersey #: 4
Club Team: Loudon Leopards
Bio: Ashcroft is a tall, very physical defender, who makes his complete international debut, something we may be seeing more of in World Cup qualifications given the Empire’s decision to no longer compete in the Di Bradini Cup. Has made a huge impression in Loudon, and gets the chance to get experience here.

Name: Brett Bailey
Pos: MID
Age: 18
Jersey #: 14
Club Team: Olympia Gladiators
Bio: Bailey is another player making his international debut during the World Cup, and he excites a lot of people in the Empire, especially those who root for the Gladiators. He is shorter then desired (though not elf-small), but makes up for it with his shifty agility and acceleration. Brett can score goals, and will be a headache for opponents late in the game when he comes off the bench. Likely to replace Shufelt in any game that is tied or the Rockets are trailing late in the game. If the Rockets are winning late, it’s likely to be the man listed next.

Name: Peter Spieth
Pos: MID
Age: 18
Jersey #: 19
Club Team: Loudon Leopards
Bio: Yet another player making his international debut, Spieth could be one to inherit the “Prescott role” in the future, given that Brian is likely in his last World Cup. This is the way that Peter plays. He is excited about being able to play with Brian Prescott and learn from one of the best in being an effective agitator. As mentioned above, Spieth will be the late-game midfield substitution when the Rockets are ahead. In other circumstances, it will be Bailey.

Name: Eric Audette
Position: ST
Age: 27
Jersey #: 9
Club Team: América (Cafundeu)
Bio: Known for some crazy celebrations after goals, as he grows up his coaches are trying to get him to ease up a little. He’s begun too a little bit, but still may get carried away sometimes. He won’t blow by defenders with speed, but he’s very creative in maneuvering around them.

Name: Brianna Parrish
Pos: ST
Age: 23
Jersey #: 16
Club Team: Southport Tigers
Bio: After competing for the Rockets in the Women’s World Cup, Brianna officially signed a contract with the Southport Tigers. She took in the last qualifying effort as a reserve, and did get into one game late in qualifying after the Rockets had wrapped things up. She made the most of that, scoring a goal in the contest. Now, she gets a little more responsibility, but it will likely be Audette that is J-Mac’s first choice

**** RESERVES ****

Name: Dave Nelson
Position: GK
Age: 28
Jersey:#: 22
Club Team: Ashland Oilers
Bio: Dave may not play for one of the high profile NPL teams, and his international experience is very limited, that being this same exact role in World Cup 50. However, he did need to be used for a game or two, no one would panic.

Name: Jason Fitch
Position: CB
Age: 19
Jersey #: 3
Club Team: South Charlotte Condors
Bio: Fitch has all the tools, but is one of those players who probably needs more development time then others. J-Mac sees that and gives him this chance so he can see what international play is all about. Fitch generally makes the good play, but when he makes a mistake, it rattles him for the rest of the game, and things snowball from there. Hopefully that can be corrected in time.

Name: Andy Durham
Position: MID
Age: 26
Jersey #: 12
Club Team: Shilla FC (Daehanjeiguk)
Bio: A tough and physical midfielder, Durham has surprisingly taking his demotion from substitute to reserve exceptionally well, saying he would do whatever he could to help the youngsters who have been placed ahead of him.

Name: Tom Ligorski
Position: ST
Age: 30
Jersey #: 13
Club Team: South Tier Seagulls
Bio: You’d think a 30-year old would have a ton of experience, but this in fact his international debut. Ligorski has been a fringe player on this team for a little while now, and that is being rewarded by this spot. Don’t get us wrong, he’s more then capable if he needs to be used.

[Die Adler]

There are no changes from the WC50/BoF 37 squad. Retfer will spearhead the attack once more, with Harden and Raudfer most likely to be the other main suspects

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Skill Modifier: +5

Starters in italic

GOALKEEPERS

1- Hermann Krautfer (C)
88- Larkus Magnust
94- Reichard Jerralds

DEFENDERS

2- Mauris Hrentfarl
7- Rebert Niafel
16- Mihai Trensac
20- Gerhard Rall
35- Lorris Nemajnu
36- Rere Lorkr
41- Achann Adler
51- Rebel Imprer

MIDFIELDERS

10- Nikolas Raudfer
12- Garrar Dedderr
13- Meinfeld Hedven
15- Burton Bakrorn
17- Alexander Hoffman
19- Lieberr Barchetd
22- Umber Joisten
31- Magnus Tretfuil

STRIKERS

11- Wilhelm Retfer
18- Frederick Harden
50- Jorhan Klostern

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If my opponent RPs first, he/she can:

Choose my scorers? Yes
Yellow card my players? Yes
Red card my players? No
Injure my players? Yes
Godmode injuries? No
Godmode scoring events? Yes
Godmode other events? Yes

[Zarbli]

Zarblese Starting 11


Goalkeeper - 1- Louis BURBON
Age: 29
Club: Polar Zenith
Strenght: fast reflexes and speed
Weakness: his height
Note: Burbon is substituting long time national goalkeeper Kasapa, who retired after Duke League IV.

Right Wing Back- 2- Migelito TRETA
Age: 20
Club: Knights
Strenght: log distance shots and pass
Weakness: chronical need of proving something
Note: He's a member of the royal family (he was a football player BEFORE his grandfather became king), and hates when people say he's not on the team due to his own merit.

Center Back- 3- Elizabef "Liz" UINDSOR
Age: 24
Club: Knights
Strenght: disarming, leadership and passing
Weakness: short temper and height
Note: Uindsor is a short but furios redhead. Though small, she can be very scary.

Center Back- 4- Duke UELINTON
Age: 27
Club: Battle
Strenght: physical strenght, height and will to play
Weakness: violence
Note: He trumples.

Left Wing Back- 6- Jenjis "the Juggernaut" KAN
Age: 26
Club: Battle
Strenght: speed, dribling and pass
Weakness: physical strenght
Note: Nicknamed "The Juggernaut", not because he's big, but because he's so hard to stop, was elected MVP of Duke League IV.

Defense Midfield- 5- Uiliam UALASE (captain)
Age: 29
Club: Warriors
Strenght: leadership, physical strenght and long distance shots
Weakness: short height and short temper
Note: Specially known for his pre-match speeches in the locker-room.

Defense Midfield- 8- Napolean BONAPARTE
Age: 32
Club: Battle
Strenght: disarming and game reading
Weakness: poor shooting
Note: Bonaparte has an inner fear that he may be sacked from the team at any minute.

Center Midfield- 10- Jenio ALADIN
Age: 33
Club: Romans
Strenght: passing and shooting
Weakness: speed
Note: Aladin is a classic number 10. He's not fast, but he makes the ball run.

Right Forward- 7- Livia KARAZAUA
Age: 19
Club: Asia FC
Strenght: speed and dribling
Weakness: physical constitution
Note: After leaving the team due to an inujury in the Introduction of Fire, she feels guilty about Zarbli not qualifying for the second stage and intends to make it up for the team.

Left Forward- 9- Ivan OTEHIVEU
Age: 27
Club: Battle
Strenght: physical strenght, shooting and passing
Weakness: short temper and lack of international experience
Note: Although Otehiveu is not a young player, this is the first time he's called for the Zarblese team, after performing extremelly well in the Duke League IV.

Striker- 20- Bandebola NORMAN
Age: 34
Club: Cannibals
Strenght: experience, headshots and being in the right place at the right time
Weakness: constantly cought offside and age.
Note: Norman is the most eperienced and famous player of the team. This is probably his last international competition for the Zarblese team.

[Tonarius]

Our National Team homepage

National Stadiums: Tonarius National Stadium, (I forget the other two, have to check what I put in Football Manager 2010 )

Current Head Coach/Manager: Filip the Great, Emperor of the Soccer Empire of Tonarius, 31 years old.
Current First-Team Coach: Daniel Stacey (ENG), 38 years old.
Honours:
BoF 38, 4th place


The current (main) lineup of FFT:


GK - Lucius Boari, 30 years old - Manchester United (EPL)

GK**- Micum Batum, 35 years old - Tottenham (EPL)

GK*** - Marc Toulois, 23 years old - Toulouse (Ligue 1)

RD - Mihai Laloia, 27 years old - Chelsea (EPL) - CAPTAIN

LD - Fabius Tantus, 23 years old - Liverpool (EPL)

CD - Gheorghe Barboi, 20 years old - AS Roma (Serie A)

CD - Molandino, 26 years old - Valencia (La Liga)

LM - Stefan Lumea, 29 years old - Dinamum Tonum (Tona Prem.) - VICE-CAPTAIN

RM - Maximus Alibanus, 22 years old - Boca Mana 1914 (Tona Prem.)

CAM - Zanul Remelu, 25 years old - FC Aerius (Tona Prem.)

CF - Giuseppe Chiarino, 24 years old - Inter Oltu (Tona Prem.)

ST - Rafael Tadu, 26 years old - Tonum Superspad (Tona Prem.)

ST - Samuele Bozzarelli, 22 years old - Juventus (Serie A)


Substitutes (non-GK; general positions):

DEF - Francesco Galeotus, 26 years old - SBU 1892 (Tona Prem.)

DEF - Cristo Chivule, 22 years old - Internazional Milano (Serie A)

MID - Dionel Messo, 23 years old - Barcelona (La Liga)

MID - Mikael Coroc, 29 years old - FC Ziare (Tona Prem.)

MID- Cristian Runaldu, 24 years old - Tonum Maximum (Tona Prem.)

RF - Daniel Fortum, 29 years old - Bolafa (Tona Prem.)

LF - Juno Estalia, 28 years old - Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga 1)

ST - Craig Bellamy, 19 years old - Manchester United (EPL)

ST - Brandon Michelli, 25 years old - Genoa (Serie A)


FFT Info:

Founded: 2007

Current Manager: Filip the Great, Emperor of the Soccer Empire of Tonarius, 31 years old.

Most Appearances: 43 Micum Batum (43)

Most Goals: 33 (R. Tadu)

Star Player: Samuele Bozzarelli - the young striker was fantastic and critical to Tonarius in the Intro. of Fire 38, ending up as the competition's top scorer (not all-time though, just in that particular one - 18 goals).

Best record in an international cup/tournament: 4th place in BoF 38 hosted by The Quintessence of Dust (first official tournament for Tonarius).

Best Win: 6 - 1 (vs. Russia, December 8th 2009 - Friendly)

Worst Loss: 17 - 2 (vs. Italy, August 3rd 2007 - Friendly)

Top Division/League: The Tona Premiership

[Aguazul]

Aguazul national football team (for information about uniforms, positions, etc.)

Manager: Cristian Delgado (First tournament: WC48Qs)

Goalkeepers:
1. Ederoño Manderiaga (Ciudad Soluca, Sargossa) (First tournament: CoH 40)
12. Vedillo Bazán (Estudiantes de Íguen) (First tournament: WC50Qs)
23. Tomás Ceballos (Alianza Ciruelas) (First tournament: WC51Qs)

Defenders:
2. Chago Villalobos (Clube Comercial, Cafundéu) 1 international goal (First tournament: WC48Qs)
3. José Manuel Poblano (Mapabore Juventud) (First tournament: CoH 40)
4. Olivar Bravo (Qasarian City, Somewhereistonia) (First tournament: CoH 41)
5. Anbessa Unzues (San Pablo) 1 international goal (First tournament: WC48Qs)
13. Fidel Baraona (Estudiantes de Íguen) (First tournament: WC51Qs)
14. Otoniel Sepúlveda (Ventspils Redwings, Somewhereistonia) (First tournament: WC48Qs)
15. Baldomero Marcari (Trecelunas FC) (First tournament: WC51Qs)
16. Gonzalo Senra (Trecelunas FC) (First tournament: WC51Qs)

Midfielders:
6. Emilio Guaman (Cathedral City, Candelaria And Marquez) 5 international goals (First tournament: WC49Qs)
7. Sergio Bustamante (Atlético Jutense, Cafundéu) 9 international goals (First tournament: WC48Qs)
8. Gerardo Riquelme (Unión de Ciudagua) (First tournament: WC48Qs)
9. Alvaro Sáez (Deportivo Soluca, Sargossa) (captain) 10 international goals (First tournament: WC48Qs)
17. Juan Esteban Oraglio (Unión de Ciudagua) (First tournament: WC51Qs)
18. Pedro Sanchez (Deportivo Peralta) (First tournament: CoH 41)
19. Bruno Dorantes (Mapabore Juventud) (First tournament: WC51Qs)
20. Cosme Chavira (Piratas de Grisolon) 6 international goals (First tournament: CoH 40)

Forwards:
10. Gunsedal Cisneros (Qasarian City, Somewhereistonia) 5 international goals (First tournament: WC50Qs)
11. Rubén Saavedra (América, Cafundéu) 37 international goals (First tournament: WC48Qs)
21. Naike Leiva (Sporting San Marquez, Sargossa) 19 international goals (First tournament: WC48Qs)
22. Chale Cobarrubias (Royal Khaldoon, Queer Poco el Mono Ara) (First tournament: WC49Qs) 5 international goals

Formation: a winged 4-4-2, though variations are likely. The typical starters are numbers 1-11, also known as those not in italics. But it'll probably be slightly different each time, whether I RP it or not, so feel free to tweak that as you see fit.

Aguazul play a fairly attacking (+2) style. By now, this probably goes for rather than against conventional wisdom; more importantly, it doesn't matter! Hooray!

Our home games will be played in various stadia around the country.

MD2 vs. Cosumar: Estadio NioRadio, Grisolon (40,000)
MD4 vs. Starblaydia: Estadio Aramis Peralta, Ciudad Peralta (68,000)
MD6 vs. Mantwenic: Estadio Conabora, San Pablo (50,000)
MD9 vs. The Ursine Northlands: Estadio Taturgo, Trecelunas (45,000)
MD10 vs. The Mice of Miceland: Estadio Gavaje, Íguen (19,000)
MD12 vs. Silver Beach: Estadio Moacom, Arcrés (55,500)
MD14 vs. Zarbli: Estadio Paridos, Mapabore (34,000)
MD16 vs. Krytenia: Estadio Aramis Peralta, Ciudad Peralta (68,000)
MD17 vs. Upper North Yorkshire: Estadio Conbal, Ciudagua (21,000)

My opponents, if they RP first, can do whatever they want.

[Novikov]

Novikovské Národné Futbalové Mužstvo
(Novikovian National Football Team)

History: The Novikovian Football Association (Novikovský Futbalový Zväz or NFZ), was formed in early 2007 following the 2006 Act of Union, which joined the nation to the United Kingdom of Oceania. Established as a subsidiary of the larger Oceanian Football Association (OFA), the NFZ has none the less grown to become one of the largest and most vibrant football associations in Oceania, representing twelve professional and three academic leagues containing 188 separate clubs.

This vibrant association was born only recently, with the first professional Novikovian club, FC Oslany, founded in 1949. Early association football fell under the guise of the Academic Football Association (Akadémeký Futbalový Zväz or AFZ), established to oversee the growing number of collegiate clubs. Between the AFZ’s founding in 1956 and 1978 professional clubs remained an oddity in Novikov, and those few clubs which did exist were forced to play within the AFZ. In 1978, the National Football Association (Narodný Futbalový Zväz) was founded, finally placing private clubs in a separate association of their own. Also in 1978 the Czechzéný Futbalový Zväz (CFZ) was established in then-independent Czechzenia.

For the next three decades, these three associations dominated football within Novikov, hosting regional competitions between the three organizations but remaining separate from larger international governing bodies. After Novikov’s annexation of Czechzenia in 1997, the National Football Association was briefly merged with its Czechzen counterpart. However, the two associations separated a year later after a strike by many prominent Czechzen clubs. Thus the three associations remained separate and only known regionally until 2007, when a decision was made to merge the three associations into one centralized body, creating the modern NFZ. In 2010 the new NFZ chose to seek admittance to the WCC, formally creating the Novikovian National Football Team to represent the association in WC51.

Managerial Staff
Manager: Herbert Autenberry (57)
Autenberry, a former manager for Queensbury United, served on the OFA-NFZ regulatory board between 2007 and 2009. Rumors abound that was chosen as the national team’s manager out of purely political considerations, as he is the only non-Novikovian member of the team’s staff.

Assistant Manager: Tomasz Bel (51)
The former head of the AFZ and one of the founders of the new NFZ, Tomasz Bel is seen by many players on the team as the only legitimate manager of the team. He serves mainly as a translator and liaison between English-speaking Autenberry and the Slovak-speaking coaches and team.

Head Coach: Jozef Gabčík (68 years old)
Jozef Gabčík, a former midfielder with Plzen FCA, returns from a year of retirement to coach the Novikovian team as they make their first bid at the World Cup qualifiers. Gabčík spent twenty-two years coaching Univerzita Prostéjova, leading the team to five consecutive Academic League championships.

Goalkeeper Coach: Elek Sokolov (43)
Elek Sokolov, the former all-star goalkeeper for Bojari Duma, left his beloved Bojari late last year when he was offered a position a goalkeeping coach on the National Team. He has eleven years experience coaching in Duma.

Roster
(Note: Starters are marked with an asterisk (*))

Goalkeepers
#2 Damijan Kovác GK, 22
Playing backup for Katarzyna Adamczyka, this collegiate goalkeeper for Univerzita Pold’iska is considered the best goalkeeper at university today.

#3 Katarzyna Adamczyka GK, 24 *
The only female starter on the Novikovian team, Adamczyka is the lightning-fast goalkeeper for FC Oslany. Her collegiate experience as a midfielder gives her valuable experience reading opposing formations and makes her a versatile addition to the team.

Defenders
#5 Miłosz Smolák CB/SW, 28 *
Team captain Smolák is considered the lynch-pin of Novikov’s defense, using his speed and agility to rapidly cover the backfield and assist other defensive players. He is an experienced defender with Grozny FC.

#8 Bazyli Sewick CB, 21
A starting defender with Nowá Morawa, Sweick is considered a solid, if somewhat boring, defender, only shining in the presence of more exceptional teammates. The tall Czechzen is perhaps one of the most questionable pick-ups on the team, but is a valuable replacement player on such a defensively-oriented team.

#9 Janko Doubek LB, 24 *
One of only a handful of Czechzen players on the team, hailing from Moryaci Znojmov, Doubek prides himself on his heritage and is determined to prove his worth to other players. He is an aggressive defender, often playing off the baseline and ranging forward into the midfield in support of the wingers.

#14 Jozef Polzin RB, 28*
Polzin is a strong defender, originally playing center-back with Loviz FC before being traded to Grozny FC. Because of his size and powerful left leg he was shifted to the full-back position. He is often called upon for free and penalty kicks.

#21 Livie Dvorak LB, 27
The lanky female defender from Univerzita Medicíná Oslaná is considered the best female defender in the NFZ. However, despite her many fans, by some she is considered to be too defensively-minded for a full-back and will not start this World Cup.

#23 Ľuboš Klímek CB, 25
The short defender from Imperialý Zvolen FC, Klímek is known for his footwork and ability to steal the ball. His aggressive style of play makes him the team leader for yellow cards.

Midfielders
#7 Lech Ctvrtlanik RW, 22*
The younger brother to Czech Ctvrtlanik, the famous Novikovian forward, Lech is a respectable player in his own right. He uses his powerful left leg and speed to move rapidly downfield and cut infield, making him an exemplary winger, not to mention leading scorer for Univerzita Žilina.

#11 Vaclav Jež DM, 31*
The oldest player on the team, Jež brings a great deal of experience to the midfield, having played professionally over twelve years with FC Gabor, Moryaci Znojmov, and most recently Bógród FC.

#15 Jindřich Kadlec DM, 25*
Kadlec is an aggressive-minded defender with FC Gabor, having been switched from a striker to the midfield when he joined the national team. He plays principally defense, but also can serve as a deep-lying playmaker, making the occasional sprint up field to attack the goal or support other players on offense.

#18 Žarko Stojanovic Zupan CM, 29*
The Serbian émigré, Zupan joined Vojáki Vrútkov in 2007 and has since risen to prominence in Novikov. He is a capable defender with excellent ball-handling skills, making him a valuable player on offense or defense.

#20 Roman Józwiak DM, 20
The youngest player on the team, Józwiak is an unlikely choice for the national team, given the number of other more experienced players available. The tall midfielder from Univerzita Trnava remains undaunted, however, and is expected to perform admirably in the upcoming World Cup.

#24 Stjepan Brasič RM 22
Brasič is a powerful midfielder with Yuvrov FC. He has a powerful right leg and excellent instincts in reading the defense when passing downfield. Because of these powerful accurate passes, he has been nicknamed, "Pushka” by some fans.

#25 Miroslav Volkov CM, 23
Playing for Bojari Duma, Volkov is a creative and intelligent midfielder, adept on offense or defense. His attacking instincts make him the foundation for the Bojari offense. However, on the national team, he plays a more defensive game, reading the opposing offense and moving to assist the midfield anchors in blunting opposing drives.

#26 Michael Thomason LM, 26*
The only Azazian on the Novikovian team, Thomason played for Queensbury United from 2003 to 2008. An excellent player, his career was cut short by a devastating knee injury during the final game of the ’08 season. Even after his injury healed, Thomason was unable to find work in Celeria. In late 2009, he was picked up by Imperialý Zvolen FC.

#29 Šimona Chmela DM, 21
Chmela is a stout midfielder with Univerzita Národná’s Women’s team. Despite having played only two years in the NFZ, she was chosen for the team because of her strong defensive instincts and ability to direct opponents towards the flanks where they can be hemmed in and contained.

Forwards
#10 Valentín Markovic ST, 23
Markovic is a former soldier. He plays for Armia, where despite his age, his instincts and ability to read passes and score have made him team captain.

#13 Bertók Balázs ST, 24*
Commonly referred to as “Šťastný” or lucky, Balázs is a showboating striker with Moryaci Znojmov. He plays a furious, often violent game, barely trailing teammate Klímek in total yellowcards last season. His powerhouse kicks, however, make him an excellent scorer when supported by more skillful players such as fellow forward Ctvrtlanik.

#19 Joachim Jelen ST, 24
Jelen is the leading scorer on FC Nižná. He is a former winger, but was moved up to dedicated striker last year. Since the move, he has shown tremendous skill in the position, playing far back from the goal and cutting in from the baseline to pick up passes and score.

#27 Czech Ctvrtlanik SS, 29*
The older Ctyrtlanik brother, Czech, is perhaps the most wildly popular player in Novikovian football today. A graduate of and former player with Univerzita Národná, Czech demonstrates a tactical brilliance on field, playing deceptively off opposing defenders whilst using his speed to sweep in and threaten the goal or create openings in an opponents defense. He is the NFZ’s most recent MVP, and the leading scorer for FC Šarova.


Formation
Novikovské Národné Futbalové Mužstvo plays a modified 3-5-2 formation, generally with two defensive midfielders and an attacking midfielder, forming a midfield W. Coach Gabčík has been known to vary this formation, often playing three defensive midfielders to slow down teams with strong offense and keep the ball well into the midfield and away from the goal.

Style: -3

Kit

Stadium
All games scheduled before the beginning of June will be played in the 28.000-seat Stadion Ulyanova outside Šarovice in central Novikov while construction finishes in Zvolen. Matches after June 1st will be played in the newly completed 73.400-seat Velká Noviková Stadion in Zvolen.

Permissions
If my opponent RP's first they can:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (I determine the length/severity of injuries)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out Yellow cards to my players: Yes (only up to 3 a match)
Hand out Red cards to my players: Yes (no more than 1 without permission)
Godmod Other Events: Only with permission

EDIT: Spelling. Added kit.

[Secristan]

Secristan is not like most countries that have such a unprofitable manner of choosing a national team based on merit. Instead, the Secristan Department of Sports (SDOS) holds an auction and the players must bid their way onto the team. To ensure players of decent ability, in order for bids to be valid, they must be between the ages of 18 and 38 and have at least one year of professional soccer playing experience. In the World Cup, though, since many of our players have gone on to play internationally, the trend has been for our rosters to be similar because the best players have become the richest players. Make no mistake, everyone still must bid their way into their spots.

Players that play internationally have been noted. Secristani players are always seeking international offers, because they can then get compensated. In order to play for teams in Secristan they must PAY to be on the team. Due to this, transfer fees never apply, and you can sign the player straight up.

Home Stadium: The Davis-Harley Motorcycles Stadium in Ocala shocked the nation by being the winning bidder this time especially because it has never hosted anything before. It seats 42,500 and is in Southeastern Secristan. It’s actually a pretty nice city.

About our fans: Secristan fans do not chant, except in possible matchups with Sarzonia where “Four to Nothing!” will be heard. Instead, they shake a jar of coins repeatedly. The jars are amplified to maximize the sound of the coins inside.

About YOUR fans: Your fans are welcome to attend any game in Secristan. However, they are to be advised that tickets are not sold on a “first come, first serve” basis, but rather via an auction that takes place five days before the game and your fans must go through this process as well. There are also auctions for preferred parking spaces around the arena, and media people must bid for preferred press box areas. Stadium staff openly accept bribes to allow you to move up in the concession lines, or if you’re a woman, the bathroom line.

Formation: 4-4-2

Coach: Ryan Fullerton (Secristani, but coaches in Cafundeu)

Starters:

GK: Jason Donohue, #1, 28- Brillant high school career, impressed in college, and now the international scene. His first two tours of duty as a starter have led to our only two qualifications.
LB: Matthew Lepage, #73, 29- Refuses to tell anyone why he must always wear this kit number. Looked sharp in his starting debut last time.
LCB: Justin Barrington, #5, 23- Responsible defender who will always make the safe play. Served as a reserve last time, but had more money to bid this time out.
RCB: Brianna Henderson, #3, 29- Billionaire parents continue to hook her up. She was a substitute last time. She isn’t terrible, but is the weak link of the defense.
RB: Jordan Sandford, #4, 18- Don’t look at us, we know as much about him as you do. All we know is that he was the winning bidder.
LM: Michelle Wilson, #7, 34- Born in Dancougar and fired from internship with Dancougar News and became Secristani citizen. In sweet payback, she eventually signed with Grandbouourgh of Dancougar. And now returns since there is no more Dancougar.
CAM: Simeone Bradley, #10, 34- Named after Starblaydia’s Simeone Di Bradini. Fourth time starter. Another former player in the Dancougar league.
CDM: Dan Ellison, #17, 26- Dan is extremely aggressive about everything in life without fear of consequence. He will take that very approach when your player comes near him with the ball.
RM: Keenan Jones, #16, 28- Second time starter in improving with age. His shot must be respected and you will see him join the offense a lot.
LS: Robert Peters (Cafundeu), #8, 30- As long as he is sober at game time, Peters is a great all-around talent, though sometimes gets rattled by physical defenders.
RS: Alex Murphy, #9, 31- (TEAM CAPTAIN) Scored several big goals in big games during World Cup 49 and 50. He’s still baffled why he can’t get an international offer, though, and that motivates him.


Substitutes:

GK: Neil Sawyer, #20, 30- Great leaping ability, you’ll want to go low. And we shouldn’t have just said that out loud. Not like he’s actually going to play however.
CB: Bobby Henderson, #13, 28- Rumor has it that Jordan Sandford sniped the starting spot at the last second, meaning Bobby couldn’t play with his sister as a starter. We may be grateful for that.
CB: Francisco Gomez, #6, 19- Relatively unknown, but we have seen high school clips of him. From them, we are impressed with his speed and overall awareness.
MID: Jasper Redden, #19, 31- Once ridiculed for providing housing to a homeless man, Jasper is simply too nice to be Secristani. But he is, and his nasty aggressive side is saved for the field.
MID: Shane Porter, #15, 18- Another rookie. His parents own a huge plantation in Key South with about 20 slaves.
ST: Kevin Polinski (Queer Poco el Mono Ara), #22, 37- Hasn’t done much at this level, but somehow has done enough to convince Royal Khaldoon of Queer Poco to sign him while no one touches Murphy.
ST: Kyle Anderson, #11, 35- Father works for the Secristan Department of Sports. Thanks, dad.

Reserves:
GK: Chris Riberio, #30, 31- Teenage females will want him to play real badly. Not that it really matters, they can get good pics with him sitting on the bench.
CB: Tony Evenson, #2, 27- Interesting rags to riches story, especially in Secristan. But we don’t have time to get into it, and you don’t really care anyway.
CB: Timothy Burgess, #14 , 18- Unproven and unknown, but his father has a great job with Penthoria Valley Technologies.
MID: Jake Cohen, #12, 28- Short, but this defensive minded little bugger can play nasty, too.
ST: Chris Steele, #18, 22- Up and coming speedster with good accuracy, you’ll probably here is name more often in a couple Cups from now.

Other Important Infomation:

Style Modifier: +5 (The SDOS demands goal scoring, regardless of the team that scores them).

Kit Picture: The SDOS finally caved in doing business with Tenderville4Sportswear who provided these wonderful kits for us:
Home/Away/Alternate


RP Permissions:
Select my scorers — Yes
Give out yellow cards to my players — Yes
Give out red cards to my players — Yes, but no more then one per game.
RP injuries to my players — Yes, but only say that they were hurt.
Godmod injuries — No
Godmod scoring events — Yes
Godmod other events — Yes, as long as it stays with the rich/arrogant theme of my team.

[Bisgea]

The Bisgean National Football Team plays their home games at the International Sports Coliseum which seats 102,432, located in the capital city of Batarinduque. The members of the said teams are chosen from players of the various teams of the 5RZ Super League. This is the very first Bisgean National Football Team since during the last World Cup, the nation was represented by the Baquean Knights.

Home Kit:

Away Kits:

Kits provided by X-Spordiga.

Style Modifier:
+2

Manager:
Leonardo Silang

Coach:
Hendrix Entrail

Roster:
(Number, Name, Age)
Goalkeepers:

1 Gustavo Trano, 24
24 Ellis Hibbetts, 19
17 Jake Dardon, 21

Defenders:

7 Gilberto Drabek, 26
26 Irving Youse, 18
20 Gilbert Rolin, 26
22 Marcos Zona, 29
5 Owen Berdan, 23
13 Wilbert Simonian, 18
25 Ellis Joffrion, 24
10 Leland Mauceri, 27
2 Clark Palau, 21

Midfielders:

18 Inbert Pembroke, 20
23 Rufus Stirewalt, 15
15 Simon Verburg, 19
9 Carroll Bentson, 24
4 Dallas Pinzone, 28
8 Sammy Actitty, 21
3 Marty Kofoed, 27
21 Irving Clarno, 25
14 Jake Marrujo, 19
19 Carroll Yusuf, 20
11 Jeffrey Hoffer, 26

Strikers:

16 William Lusk, 29
6 Daniel Salmons, 25
12Chad Lavergne, 26

RP Permissions
RP PERMISSIONS:
In the event my opponent RPs first, they may...
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y, but only if they're minor or really funny
Godmod injuries to my players: Same as above
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y

[Queer Poco el Mono Ara]

The Queer Poco el Mono Ara World Cup 51 Qualifiers Squad

Style mod = +2

Coach – Joe Hamburgstein. The former Jeruselem man has done a solid job thus far, bringing The Whites within touching distance of the previous World Cup. His favor around the QPeMA camp has risen following a remarkable run in the CoH where the Whites managed to reach the quarter finals for the first time in their history. Whatever happens in the qualifying stage, The Whites are expected to be in the running with Hamburgstein at the helm.

Staring XI

Gkp.01. Chris Foster – saw his league side finish third after promotion partly in thanks to his superb performances in goal. Quick, agile and capable of launching the ball up field for quick counter attacks.

RB. 02. George Webo – Another graduate of the Augustus academy making his full international debut. Replaces Tamir el Zahar. He has some big shoes to fill, but if the older guys around him help he should succeed.

LB. 03. Ousmane Kaka - He’s fast and can bomb up and down the wings adding to the White’s attacking options. The Jonastown wingback has become one of QPeMA’s most respected and valuable defenders.

CM. 04. Graham Lewis – The Jonastown midfielder makes his international debut after shining brightly for his club. A battler and someone who will give some bite to the QPeMA midfield.

CB. 05. Tomasz Poborsky – The national team and Royal Khaldoon captain is a model centreback tall and powerful with a sensible head on his shoulders. A natural leader Poborsky bleeds Queer Poco and will always strive to lead his team to the next level. This is going to be his final shot at World Cup qualification.

CB. 06. Ahmed Khan - has become Hamburgstein’s first choice to partner Poborsky. He has matured into a World Class defender and will be eyeing up the captain’s armband when it becomes available.

RM. 07. Hugo Anderson – the midfielder’s star is beginning to fade, despite playing in the best league in the World (the CMSC). He’s looking to finally make the big impression he promised all those years ago.

CM. 08. Dean Bowyer – Epitome of professional. He’s not the fastest player on the pitch but makes up for it with sublime vision and an eye for goal being Queer Poco’s current top scoring midfielder at international level.

CF. 09. Wayne Ullrich – He’s strong like an ox and has a powerful header. His performances for Augustus this season have been pretty strong, but it has been far from perfect with his relationship with Pocoan model Jessica Stinson hindering his playing.

CF. 10. Enrico Dossena –Essentially a box predator it’s often forgot he has a good turn of pace and some fancy footwork.

LM. 11. Nakiti Shapiro – The Augustus midfielder keeps getting better and better. Sublime burst of pace coupled with a scary dead ball abilities make him a formidable attacking threat.

Subs.

CB. 12. Rudolpho – The former under 21’s captain was touted as Queer Poco’s rising star in defence but fell off the radar. A firm tackler who rarely puts a foot wrong and will be disappointed at being relegated to the bench.

Gkp.13. Seamus O’Hara – Promoted to second choice keeper. He’s yet to start for his country, but his form for his club would suggest he’d be up to the task.

RM. 14. Jordi. The Royal Khaldoon youngster got a shot at some actual playing time and performed pretty well during the Di Bradini cup. A like for like replacement for Anderson.

CM. 15.– Graham Potter – The midfielder’s form dipped this season but he’s still one of the best young players in QPeMA, another hard hitter for the central midfield.

CF. 16. Ishmael Van Dyke – As age has taken its toll, Ishmael finds himself on the bench. Van Dyke is a powerful target man with goals galore to his name. He’s great during corners making the most of his height and strength but he’s equally as good with the ball at his feet.


Reserves
17. DEF. Mercutio Vegas – Pythons
18. DEF. Joel Craddock – Athletic Khaldoon
19. MID. Rowan Askwith - Augustus
20. STR. Steve Mcbrin - Almondvale
21. MID. Frank Le Tissier – Ironside Talinger
22. GKP. Fabien Fabianski – Skyte City
23. STR. Gilbert Batistuta – Ridgemont Town

Home Kit

Away Kit

Alt Kit

Home Stadium – The White’s play their home games at the Estadio Victoria, in the South of Queer Poco el Mono Ara in the town of Ambrose. The stadium is the largest in the country with a capacity of 62,000.


RP PERMISSIONS:
In the event my opponent RPs first, they may...
Choose my goalscorers: Yep
Godmod scoring events: Nope
RP injuries to my players: Yep
Godmod injuries to my players: Nope
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yep
Hand out red cards to my players: Yep
Godmod other events: Yep

[Pasarga]

Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players N
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players Y
Godmod Other Events Y

Pasarga Roster
Nickname: Wanderers

Kits

Home Alternate
Modifier: +1

Home Stadium: Stade de Torgos (90,000)

Manager: Ábel Székely, age 48
Assistant: Noemi Genovese, age 56

GK: Wytze Kamstra, age 29, Stein-los Turkish
GK: Steffen Lehmann, age 33, Lunas FC
LB: Markos Bányay, age 26, CA Paulinthal
LB: Marko Eichelberger, age 30, Tanrısal
CB: Zoárd Szathmári, age 32, KT Hotspur (Candelaria And Marquez)
CB: Sofia Jewell, age 26. Baskita FC (F)
CB: Adis Huismans, age 24, Club Stein-los
CB: Luigi Milano, age 25, CA Paulinthal
RB: Éva Sebeôk, age 32, Santos Luega
RB: Marjolijn Kjeldsen, age 28, Baskita FC (F)
RW: Iwan Verbunt, age 27, Club Stein-los
RW: Lucas Gerste, age 32, Stein-los Turkish
MC: Wilton Otero, age 28, Galactica
MC: Rauel Crespo, age 29, Santos Luega
MC: Arlynda Romo, agw 24, Stein-los Trukish (F)
MC: Gerzson Illés, age 33, Ironside-Talinger (Candelaria And Marquez)
LW: Barnaba Lo Duca, age 23, Fetherdron United
LW: Aba Forgáts, age 33, Peynol-Lunas
ST: Samia Beijersbergen, age 24, CA Paulinthal (F)
ST: Farkas Györffi, age 29, Tanrısal
ST: Samuka Szatmári, age 31, Mayo Valley (Candelaria And Marquez)
ST: Ausilio Calabrese, age 33, Albrecht Turkish (Candelaria And Marquez)

Kamstra
Sebeôk          Szathmári     Jewell       Eichelberger
Verbunt            Crespo     Illés            Lo Duca
        Szatmári     Györffi      

Captain: Gerzson Illés
Corner Taker: Barnaba Lo Duca
Set Pieces: Rauel Crespo
Penalties: Farkas Györffi

[Bostopia]

Number, Name, Position, Age, Team

Staff

JB - Jake BAILEY - Manager - 53
SC - Stewart CLAYTON - Assistant Manager - 58
KW - Karl WILLIAMS - Goalkeeping Coach - 51
BP – Billy PARNABY - Fitness Coach - 45
CE - Chris EVANS - Coach - 42
PP - Patrick PALMER - Coach - 48
AG - Aaron GRAINGER - Physio - 54
AB - Adam BALLARD - Physio - 38

Goalkeepers - 3

1 - David BRIGHTWELL - GK - 25 – Riikenberg City FC
12 – John HAYES - GK - 25 – Irringvale Borough FC
13 - Steven O'NEILL - GK - 25 – Caflin City FC

Defenders - 7

2 - Adam ENGLAND - DL - 25 – Fort Boston FC
3 - Chris NUNN - DC - 25 – Ranton Rovers
4 - Dave PROCTOR - DC - 25 – Mannfield FC
5 - Danny THOMAS - DR - 25 – Henrikstad FC
14 - Dean KING - DC - 25 – Glenrock Athletic
15 - Jake LASKOWSKI - DLRC - 25 – Ranton Rovers
16 - Mitchell WARNING - DR - 25 – Osling FC


Midfielders - 8

6 - Lee ROFELD - ML - 25 – Fenton FC
7 - Neil SAUNDERS - DMC - 25 – Riikenberg City
8 - LEE DAVIES - AMC - 25 – Port Flamerty FC
9 - Dan GRAY - MR - 25 – Fort Boston FC
17 - Arron RICHARD - MC - 25 – Reamontry FC
18 - Dennis BENNETT - ML - 25 – Prussingberg Town
19 - Shaun CRESSWELL - MC - 25 – Bassingdale City
20 - Steven O'BRIEN - MR - 25 – Hilltop FC

Strikers - 5

10 - Steve GARFOOT - Captain - SC - 25 – Monham United
11 - Dean MAGUIRE - SC – 25 - Jaerring New Club
21 - Micky FORREST - SC - 25 – Fenton FC
22 - Paul CORNWELL - SC - 25 – Port Flamerty FC
23 - Chris ROBINSON - SC - 25 – Drangmorie United

Kits

Designed by the Bostopian FA

Home/Away


Important Information for Hosts & RP'ers

Style Modifier - +3

In the event my opponent posts an RP first, they may:

Select my scorers — Yes
Give out yellow cards to my players — Yes
Give out red cards to my players — Yes
RP injuries to my players — Yes
Godmod injuries — No
Godmod scoring events — Yes
Godmod other events — Yes

Do whatever you want basically, just don't kill/maim/etc. An RP that makes me laugh would make me eternally grateful.

[Krytenia]

Please assume YES for all answers in the Permission Box – just don’t kill anyone, K?
Ages are at WCLI finals; deduct two years for first half of qualifiers, one year for second half.



KRYTENIA 2138 WORLD CUP SQUAD
Modifier: +3

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Manager: Marc OLIC, 50
Assistant Manager: David IULIANO, 39
Goalkeeping Coach: Juan GARCIA, 61
Defensive Coach: Derek SELYER, 64
Offensive Coach: Angel GUEVARA, 51
Physiotherapist: Marcus ASIMOV, 35

THE SQUAD

Goalkeepers

#1 GK SUN Choi-An Age: 36
Club: Emberton Reds
Caps: 16 Goals: 0

#13 GK ARIAN (Allen Morris) Age: 28
Club: Albrecht FC (CAM)
Caps: 14 Goals: 0

#18 GK Kevin GLASS Age: 30
Club: Notegia Rangers
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

Defenders

#3 RB Ricky VARADERO Age: 35
Club: Krytenia Emberton
Caps: 6 Goals: 0

#21 RB Darren SAVAGE Age: 21
Club: Mercia Bromham
Caps: 6 Goals: 0

#5 CB Steve DOMENICO Age: 34
Club: Casuals Osteria
Caps: 36 Goals: 2
CAPTAIN

#6 CB Anthony JOHNSON Age: 27
Club: Albrecht Turkish (CAM)
Caps: 6 Goals: 0

#14 CB Graham KO Age: 34
Club: Casuals Osteria
Caps: 4 Goals: 0

#23 CB Dan VOLPE Age: 31
Club: Casuals Osteria
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#2 LB Simeon AP GRUFFUDD Age: 31
Club: Beckton Supermarine
Caps: 6 Goals: 0

#20 LB Howard GOODLEY Age: 25
Club: Raynor City United (ESF/VAL)
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

Midfielders

#8 RM Warren KENNEDY-WORTHINGTON Age: 21
Club: Stanton Town
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#12 RM David MICHALIS Age: 23
Club: Avidia United
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#4 CM Ricky SEXTON Age: 26
Club: Ousevale Borough
Caps: 6 Goals: 1
VICE-CAPTAIN

#7 CM James MORRIS Age: 26
Club: Mercia Bromham
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#15 AM Kevin IRELAND Age: 22
Club: Avidia United
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#16 AM Sancho TORRES Age: 31
Club: Toban Bulgyo (HAN)
Caps: 5 Goals: 2

#11 LM Thomas SCARBOROUGH Age: 24
Club: Radyukevich CSC (CAM)
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#19 LM Jon BARCLAY Age: 23
Club: New Cefn Albion
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

Forwards

#9 CF CF Damon PARKER Age: 24
Club: Radyukevich CSC (CAM)
Caps: 3 Goals: 2

#10 CF Ricky SMEATON Age: 28
Club: Krytenia Emberton
Caps: 6 Goals: 3

#17 CF Zachariel KENNEDY Age: 18
Club: Stanton Town
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

#22 CF Lewis OSMOND Age: 29
Club: Emberton Reds
Caps: 0 Goals: 0

LIKELY STARTERS
1 CA Sun
3. R Varadero – 5. S Domenico – 6. A Johnson – 20. H Goodley
8. W Kennedy-Worthington – 4. R Sexton – 11. T Scarborough
16. S Torres
9. D Parker – 10. R Smeaton

THE KITS

Manufactured by:

[Blouman Empire]

FOOTBALL FEDERATION OF BLOUMANY

The Football Federation of Bloumany (FFB) wishes to advise all interested parties of the final roster for the 51^st World Cup Qualifiers has been finalised.

Manager: Karl McCourt: Current manager of Bradford Park, he has transformed the team from a lower half also-ran into a powerhouse in the East Blouman Football League, LeagueA in just 5 years. Having won the title the previous 2 years as well as last season wining the FFB Champions league, Karl is a manager who is able to bring a team together and build them up into a competitive side.
Assistant Managers: Alex Burner, Joshua Ollictop, James Pollik
Chief Physio: Dr. Longhorn Morrison

Goalkeepers

#1. Henry Burner
Age: 38
Position: GK
Club: Port Fansat
Short Bio: Son of the famous Alex Burner he has lived up to his fathers name to be the best keeper in Bloumany. A former player on the international team as a reserve he has had international experience while playing for the U21 squad in 4 Di-Bradini Cups as well as keeping experience in previous World Cups. Despite his age he is still a strong keeper and can pull off saves almost from nowhere.

#23. Malcolm Jenkers
Age: 28
Position: GK
Club: Kings Park F.C

#44. William Power
Age: 25
Position: GK
Club: Choronister

Defenders

#2. Danny Morales
Age: 22
Position: CD
Club: Braxon City
Short Bio: Strong defender he is fast and can close down on players, man marking is also a strong suit with him. Nathan has proven to be a player who can hold the defence and served his country well in the Imperial Cup.

#3. Peter Mollasis (Vice Captain)
Age: 27
Position: CD
Club: North-West Helmlut
Short Bio: Excellent and experienced defender who can hold a back line as well as good communication. Is capable of seeing the play well before it happens and uses that to his advantage with good positioning.

#4. Liam Grinson
Age: 25
Position: LB
Club: Kieth Street Enders
Short Bio: Strong player with good tackling skills, can cover the left flank well.

#5. James Fronsod
Age: 23
Position: RB
Club: Southcastle
Short Bio: Has excellent defending abilities, an extremely fast player who can starve off attacks down the wing.

#31. Harry Booka
Age: 26
Position: LCD
Club: Black River United

#27. Chris Powers
Age: 28
Position: RCB
Club: Lincoln Upon Isar United

#26 Harry Alpin
Age: 19
Position: CD
Club: Southport

Midfielders

#6 Logan Berri
Age: 26
Position: CM
Club: Docks F.C
Short Bio: Strong midfielder with years of experience, a player who can take control of the centre of the field and dictate the game to his liking.

#7. Tom Lowonos
Age: 24
Position: LM
Club: Braxon City
Short Bio: Able to bamboozle opposition midfield with fancy footwork and good skills he can quickly read the game of play and adjust to suit, his left foot is powerful and will have the odd shot on goal at the most unexpected times.

#8. Kane Jenkinson
Age: 23
Position: RM
Club: Port Charelent United
Short Bio: Uses the right side of the field well and can move up and down it with ease, a fast player who is dangerous in corner kick situations with his excellent heading ability and has great crossing skills..

#16. Nathan Dreses
Age: 25
Position: CDM
Club: Southcastle

#18. Daniel Imedia
Age: 22
Position: RM
Club: FC Bornas

#29. Bruce Nipper
Age: 23
Position: LCM
Club: Flinton A.F.C

#21. Henry Fulton
Age: 27
Position: CAM
Club: Kings Valley Wanderers

#30. Paul Normals
Age: 29
Position: CAM
Club: Braxon City

Forwards

#9. Jack Klunders
Age: 21
Postion: CF
Club: Fairview Park
Short bio: Fast player who is able to create plays and find his targets with percision, he is able to move around players and is one of the fastest players in Bloumany.

#10. Christopher Namesake
Age: 25
Postion: ST
Club: Jollipville Athletic
Short Bio: Excellent Striker and is able to find the bottom corners from a long way out, he has excellent heading abilities and will be dangerous from crosses and corners

#11 Kane Noble (Captain)
Age: 27
Position: ST
Club: Braxon City
Short Bio: Good striker with pinpoint accuracy and a powerful finish, is able to find the back of the net more often then not, last year getting a 75% strike rate with 70 goals to his name helping Braxon City win the title. The only other player apart from Burner who has international experience

#14. Matthew "J-F" Janerious-Franamod
Age: 22
Position: ST
Club: Noble Club of Gronterry

#29. Johnathon Nilken
Age: 20
Position: ST
Club: Port Fansat


Uniform



Home Ground

Name: Royal Grona Stadium
Capacity: 100,000

Style Modifier: +2
Formation: 4-3-1-2
Those which have a short bio are starters.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod scoring events Y
RP injuries to my players Y
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out red cards to my players N
Godmod other events Y (within reason TG me if you want something major)

[Pays de Horreur]

The Pays de Horreur national football team

Manager – Rene Blanc. Blanc becomes the successor of the team after the disappearance of former manager Eorl Vandenbussche and the joint venture between Ludo Milosko and Kano Kusaba could only guide PdH as far as the first knockout round of the Cup of Harmony. His experience as a prison warden will prove in handy as he has picked a selection of Pays de Horreur’s most violent criminals and deranged individuals to represent the nation during qualifying. This is in part due to over crowding in Pays de Horreur prisons.

Assistant – Keith Blatter. Keith suffers from acromegaly and stands at a hulking 7ft 3. He acts as Blanc’s enforcer, if the players get out of hand he deals some brutal punishment, but underneath it all, he’s quite gentle and well spoken. He’s also a master tactician, which bodes well for the pairing as Blanc is all about full frontal offense.

Physiotherapist – Anton Palmer. Anton used to work the sick bay at Huntswell Institute for the Criminally insane and has seen a lot of nasty injuries in his time. He comes along with a handy “magic” sponge and a sewing kit for all eventualities.

Coach Driver – Bob. Bob doesn’t have a surname, but he can drive a coach. He has no connection to the prison service, but is Keith’s brother in law.

Kit Man – Cyril Ribery. He’s in charge of the kit, from shirts, to shorts, to boots. Even making sure Rene has his initials emblazoned on his jacket, a fastidious worker who takes pride in his appearance and that of the players.

The Squad. Starting XI Pays de Horreur play a standard 4-4-2. Style Mod = +1

Num.  Position.     Name.                  Offence.
1.    Goalkeeper    Phil Barry             Likes to hang mice, among other things.
2.    Right Back    Joe Ledley             Once ate his dad. He was too full for seconds.
3.    Left Back     Armin Le Shay          Was a deserter in the army, after killing his platoon.
4.    Centreback    Willy Sugden           Snatches bodies. While they're still alive, from hospitals.
5.    Central Mid   John Joe Bundy         Would kidnap hitch hikers and make them play boggle until death.
6.    Centreback    Ray Parlour            Likes the ladies. Even more so when they're not breathing.
7.    Right Mid     Florence Gettis        Teased for having a girls name, went "postal".
8.    Central Mid   Jeff Tipps             Was a postman, who liked to plant bombs in the mail.
9.    Forward       Raymond Zidane         Stabbed a donkey at a theme park, then rode it home.
10.   Forward       Clinton Forbes         Hides in people's cars before stealing their fingers.
11.   Left Mid      Karim Lafayette        Grew up in the swamp where he feed trespassers to 'gators.

Captain. Despite his penchant for feeding people to the alligators Karim Lafayette is the most level headed of the men out on the field. Gives instructions well and is good at reading the game.

Subs and Alternatives.

Num.  Position.     Name.                  Offence.
12.   Right Back    Graham Dunne           Made his name stalking guests at a hotel.
13.   Goalkeeper    Pete Becker            A redneck with a penchant for wearing his neighbor's face.
14.   Centreback    Louis Karembeu         Liked to burry bodies in the snow. After killing them.
15.   Forward       Tom Delaney            Punched a man to death for having ugly shoes.
16.   Defensive Mid Stabby                 A former circus performer turned homicidal dwarf.
17.   Winger        Wayne Dalhmer          Lurks in public toilets before bludgeoning people trying to take a wizz.

Home Kit

Away Kit

Stadium – Pays de Horreur play their home games at the Castlevania Fortress Stadion.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Yep
Godmod scoring events Nope
RP injuries to my players Yep
Godmod injuries to my players Nope
Hand out yellow cards to my players Yep
Hand out red cards to my players Yep
Godmod other events Yep

[Schiavonia]

SFF announce squad for World Cup 51

TEAM MANAGEMENT

Kenny Sanderson IV (Age 45)
The only one in the line of Kenny Sandersons not to have played for Schiavonia, Kenny IV is now being touted as one of the best coaches in the world after getting an unlikely bunch of children to the quarter-finals of World Cup 50. However, Kenny has also been placed in charge of the country since the passing of Carlos Cueto, so question marks will be raised about juggling both jobs. Not that running Schiavonia's that hard...

Laurie Jones (Age 26) and Al Smith (Age 54)
The commentary team for Schiavone International Broadcasting Network (SIBN). Laurie has a bit of a reputation as being a bit... well... easy. And with her looks, it means she gets a lot of action. And we don't mean football action, although she is incredibly well read on the game. Al, on the other hand, generally doesn't have as good a grasp on the game, but is Schiavonia through and through. Gets put on the radio for his enthusiasm and for a bit of a laugh.

GOALKEEPERS

1. Marc Howard (Age 15)
2. Alan Brenton (Age 13)
3.Tom Fearley (Age 12)
Schiavonia's three goalkeepers, great-grandsons of the three previous holders of these squad places.


DEFENDERS

Centre Backs (CB)

11. Callum O'Henry (Age 10)
Great-grandson of Niall O'Henry.

12. Benny Jones (Age 6)
Great-grandson of David and Isla Jones, also son of Schiavonia's commentator Laurie Jones and someone she met at the Cup of Harmony during WC49. Father unknown.

13. Rebecca Tilda (Age 15)
Great-granddaughter of Matthey Tilda, and also a promising gymnast. Not strong, but intelligent and can get the ball away quite unexpectedly.

14. Jaime Cueto (Age 13)
Great-grandson of Carlos Cueto, who is still running the place.

Left Backs (LB)

15. John Jones (Age 18)
Jones is the youngest grandchild of David and Isla Jones.

17. Ed Neil (Age 15)
Great-grandson of Jim Neil

Right Backs (RB)

16. Billy Bell (Age 17)
Great-grandson of Andy Bell

18. Tony Fowler (Age 13)
Grandson of Winston Fowler.


MIDFIELDERS

Ball Winners (MB)

22. Robbie Winston (Age 13)
Great-grandson of Richie Winston

23. Jonas Tomasson (Age 11)
Grandson on Jan Tomasson. Quite a big lad, it must be said, especially for his age.

Distributers (MD)

21. Kenny Sanderson V (Age 16)
Not surprisingly, the grandson of Kenny Sanderson III. Kenny Sanderson IV was very disappointed not to be involved.

24. Adam Adams (Age 10)
Great-grandson of the Adams fella who used to be in the squad but never play. Hopefully Adam will get better in time. Johnny, that's him!

Creators (MC)

25. Debbie Jones (Age 14)
Great-granddaughter of Isla and David Jones. Well, legally, David Jones, although Isla was a bit of a player back in the day...

26. Emma Jones (Age 4)
Half-sister of Benny Jones, again with an unknown father. Replaced Desmond O'Connor, who left to play tennis.


FORWARDS

Runners (FR)

35. Pierre Leau (Age 18)
A quick young thing like grandfater Jean used to be. Not many adults manage to keep up with him.

36. Joseph Lewis (Age 12)
Great-grandson of Frank Lewis, Joseph will be racing Pierre in a few years time.

Strengths (FS)

32. John Smith (Age 12)
Grandson of Paul Smith and another big lad in the same way as Jonas Tomasson. They both love sweets more than your average kid.

34. James Hogan (Age 17)
Grandfather James was nicknamed "The Hulk", but Paul isn't huge but has massive strength, especially for his age.

Finishers (FF)

31. Colin Berry (Age 14)
Great-grandson of Jerry Berry, and named after Schiavone legend Colin Chester. Good instinct for tender years.

33. Alexandros Chester (Age 9)
Great-grandson of Horatio Konstantopolous, one of only two family names not to make it from the last squad, this one due to marraige. The other being Hugo Brain, as he was always to dumb to figure out how the whole reproduction thing worked.

Our first choice line-up is as follows...

                       1. Howard


    16. Bell     13. Tilda     14. Cueto   15. J.Jones


         25. D.Jones   22. Winston   21. Sanderson V


           31. Berry    34. Hogan    35. Leau

However, there are three alternative formations that are sometimes used. One is the traditional 4-4-2...

                       4. Howard


   16. Bell     13. Tilda     14. Cueto   15. J.Jones


 25. I.Jones  22. Winston   21. Sanderson V   35. Leau


                31. Berry     34. Hogan

...another, a less traditional variation on the same formation, a 2-4-2-2...

                        4. Howard
               

                14. Cueto       13. Tilda


   16. Bell     22. Winston    23. Tomasson   15. J.Jones

              21. Sanderson V   25. D.Jones


                  31. Berry    34. Hogan

...and finally, 3-5-2.

                           4. Howard


               14. Cueto   13. Tilda  11. O'Henry


 35. Leau  25. D.Jones  22. Winston  21. Sanderson V  15. J.Jones


                     31. Berry   34. Hogan

The SFF made themselves some dashing kits for World Cup 31, and we doubt they'll be changing any time soon. Mainly because the designers passed away years ago.

A GUIDE TO SCHIAVONE PLAYING POSITIONS

Schiavone football teams generally play in a 4-3-3 formation, but the different positions are not always referred to in normal terms. The goalkeeper (GK) and centre-backs (CB) are as normal, but the rest are not so clear cut.

The left-back (LB) and right-back (RB) are very important in attacking, and generally one attacks down the wing while the other one comes in and covers as a centre back.

Ball winner (MB) is a midfield position that does exactly what you think. They sit in midfield to protect the defence and win the ball back for the team.

A distributor (MD) is a player with very good passing skills, and can switch play or unlock a defence with one pass, but can keep it simple if the situation requires it.

The creator (MC) is a player who runs at defenders with the ball before either shooting or, more often, laying it off for someone else to have an effort on goal. They are good at attracting defenders and so making space for team mates.

The runner (FR) is a player who can run away from defenders and make chances for themselves with this advantage. Not many slow players can play this role, although Shiela Blige is an example of one.

The strength (FS) is what most people would call the big man up front.

Finally, the finisher (FF) is a player who has an uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time to stick the ball into the goal with an uncanny regularity.

So there you have it. A guide to the Schiavone style of playing football. Hope that was helpful.

Games in Schiavonia will take place on The Field, which will have a capacity of 6,000. There will be a main stand for 5,000 away fans, and the locals will stand around the edge of the pitch.



Want to know more about our nation? Find it out here.

If you want to interview a Schiavone, feel free. Responses might be a bit slow, though.

Style modifier is +3.


My opponent, if they RP first, can do whatever the hell they like. As long as it is in the friendly Schiavone nature and doesn't involve severely harming or stealing any of the players or the island. For anything that might be a bit outlandish, do contact me first, although I'm usually open-minded to most things. In terms if the usual boxes...

Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y (but nothing too major without asking)
Godmod injuries to my players: Y (again, nothing to major without asking. And no deaths to players!)
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y (although Schiavone peoples are incredibly nice, often beyond naivity. So no dissent, deliberate violence, etc.)
Hand out red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y (but don't kill anyone!)

[Cassadaigua]

ROSTER FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The entire roster returns, no age departures were necessary, actually. Though pre-WC52 turnover will probably be severe.

Starters in Green
Subs in Blue
Reserves in Red
*- Player is signed to an international contract.

Coach: Alexander Pappas (Peisandros)

Goalkeepers:
#1- Allison Salamida*, Age 33, Started WC 50, DBC 10 and the majority of WC49. Reserve WC 47, Sub WC48.
#21- Jennifer Rowland, Age: 30, Started DBC 11 and briefly in WC49. Sub WC 50, Reserve WC48.
#31 - Ashley Layden, Age: 25, Started in the Burchadinger Invitational Cup & Svoboda Cup, Reserve WC 50.

Defenders:
#15- Erica Lambert*, Age: 28, Started WC49 & 50.
#5- Stephanie Farison*, Age: 28, Started DBC 11, WC 48-50.
#2- Ericka Giordano*, Age: 34, Started DBC 10 & 11 (Captain in 11), WC 47-50.
#4- Corri Kiernan, Age: 30, Started WC 50 & DBC 11, Sub WC 49, Reserve WC 48
#6- Stephanie Robinson*, Age: 26, Sub WC 49 & 50.
#8- Tracie Poulin*, Age: 25, Sub WC 50, Reserve WC 49.
#3- Courtney Steck, Age: 26, Started in the Burchadinger Invitational Cup & Svoboda Cup. Reserve WC49.

Midfielders:
#7- Shannon Myers*, Age: 30, Started WC49, 50 & DBC 11, Sub WC 48
#13- Meaghan Bateman*, Age: 34, Started WC49, 50 & DBC 10, WC 47 & 48. TEAM CAPTAIN
#12- Valerie McCann*, Age: 31, Started WC 48-50, Sub DBC 10, Reserve WC 47
#9- Stephanie Reeves*, Age: 33, Started WC 49, 50 & DBC 11, Sub DBC 10 & WC 48
#10- MacKenzie Skinner, Age: 32, Started DBC 10, Sub WC 47, 49 & 50, Reserve WC 48.
#19- Tara Boswell*, Age: 26, Sub WC 49 & 50.
#29- Maureen Guerin, Age: 26, Reserve WC 49 & 50.
#26- Rachel Conti*, Age: 24, Started in and captain of the Burchadinger Invitational Cup & Svoboda Cup teams. Reserve WC50.

Forwards:
#17- Jessica Schanke*, Age: 34, Starter WC 49 & 50, DBC 9 & 10, sub WC 46- 48.
#16- Hannah Barton*, Age: 34, Starter WC 49, 50& DBC 11, Sub DBC9, WC47 & 48.
#18- Tara Demarco*, Age: 27, Sub DBC 10 , WC49 & 50, Starter DBC 11, Reserve WC 48.
#24- Brittany Emerson, Age: 26, Sub WC 49 & 50.
#25- Cassie Dayton*, Age: 24, Reserve WC49 & 50.

Note that any references to WC 47 or 48 also would include them being in the same position during CoH 39 and 40.

Other information:
Style Modifier: +1.5
Traditional Formation: 4-4-2
Home Stadium info will be provided later. We are going to mix things up instead of having everything in Concord Heights.
People from Cassadaigua are referred to as Cassadagans. Subsequently, the unofficial team nickname is simply, “Dagans”.

RP Permissions:

Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: No
Godmod other events: No

Unis (Home/away/alternate) courtesy of Asal Eide Spoirt of Sorthern Northland.

[Bears Armed]

Team: ‘Bears Armed (Mainland)’, alias "The Bear-Belles"...


Please note that this team now represents only the ‘Mainland’ section of Bears Armed rather than the entire country, because the separate Association & League in the ‘Northlands’ section now have their own separate “national” team instead. However as almost all of the former (“unified”) teams’ members and support came from the ‘Mainland’ this team can and does rightfully claim to be the successors of that earlier incarnation of the ‘Bear-Belles’....

Yes, this is still an all-female team. As I’ve explained before, this is because the main ball-game that's traditionally been played in Bears Armed is actually a form of Rugby, but [for several reasons] the professional league for that sport is all-male and so some of the female players decided that switching to Soccer instead — and trying to establish a professional league for that — might be a viable alternative: That professional league was founded shortly after WC44, and so has now been in operation for about twenty-five years.


National football organisation: ‘Bears Armed Mainland Association for Soccer’ (= ‘BAMAS’).
(Chairbear: Harroya ‘of the Rovers’ o Redwood [Chairbear of Merlchester Rovers S.C.; previously Captain of the Bear-Belles for some years…]]
National anthem: ‘Peace’.


All of the players are actual Ursines (i.e. anthropomorpic, bipedal Bears), except those whom I actually specify as being members of other ‘peoples’ instead. The Harr'aynau people are physically human (more-or-less, anyway, although inclined towards heavy builds & hairiness), but spiritually & culturally Ursine instead.


Manager & Chief Coach: Marra SunDaughter (female Ursine, a member of the ‘Sun Clan’; played in BoF31 & WC44, as the usual starter at ‘Left Forward’ and the team’s Captain, scoring a good proportion of the Belles’ goals’, and was also captain of her home team the 'Sun Valley Smashers’, but subsequently had to retire from active play due to a crippling injury to her right leg; involved in coaching her home team since then, and ‘Deputy Chief Coach for the national team during WC45; became Chief Coach for WC46 and then Manager as well after WC49; Soccer experience =10 years as a player, now in her 25th year as a full-time coach; age = 55, left-pawed, fur = golden-brown, good eyesight even by human [rather than Ursine] standards.)

Deputy Coaches _
Goalkeeping: Bella DeBruin _ Clan = WestWoods, had a lengthy & successful career as a goalkeeper for 'Wiston United' (“What a pity their attack wasn’t as good…”), made her international debut for the Bear-Belles in the qualifiers for WC47 & remained in their active roster right through to the end of their participation in WC50, playing experience = 28 years; age = 43, left-pawed, fur = dark brown.
Defending: Jerrane o Grey _ Clan = GreyBear, played for ‘Kabano Zepelin’ (‘Somewhereistonia’) for some years and proved herself as a good all-round Defender/Midfielder, joined the Belles as a player for ‘Oxen Cup’ #10 and remained in their roster until the end of WC50, Soccer experience = 24 years; age = 42, right-pawed, fur = ash-blonde, good eyesight, a bit hot-tempered at times.
Attacking: Elga ‘the Leopardess’ Lightning _ Clan = Gunnar, spent 29 years with ‘PassPort Athletic’ as a Midfielder/Forward ( preferred position = Midfield Centre or Midfield Right or Right Forward) and was with the Bear-Belles too from DBC9 to the end of WC50; age= 41, right-pawed, fur = light brown; very keen eyesight, not as heavily built as most other Ursines, very agile & quite fast on her feet. (She entered international football in DBC9.) => Attacking Coach

Doctor: Mitzi von und zu Steiffen (female Ursine, from Clan Kettar-Surra; age = 37, left-pawed, fur = light brown.)
Physio: Gerrthra o Barrdenn (female Ursine, from Clan GreenWoods; age = 36, left-pawed, fur = dark brown.)
Routemaster: Lieutenant-Coronel Urrsa o Strongpaw (female Ursine, from Clan March and the Confederal Army’s ‘Quartermaster Staff Corps’; age = 47, right-pawed, medium-brown fur that’s cut quite short: in charge of handling all of the squad’s travelling arrangements.)

“Mascot”: ‘The Wise Grorrfinn’ (male ‘TrueBear’; age = undisclosed [but considering some of his appearances in old stories apparently somewhere over 1’500, at least...], ambidextrous, fur = medium-brown).



As far as BA is concerned, at least for football, the qualifiers for WC51 are starting in 2037AD: The values for ages & lengths of experience should be increased by 1 year for the second half of the qualifiers, and by another year for the ‘World Cup itself (if we qualify…) or ‘Cup of Harmony’…

All of the players are actual Ursines (i.e. anthropomorpic, bipedal Bears), except those whom I actually specify as being members of other ‘peoples’ instead. The Harr'aynau people are physically human (more-or-less, anyway, although inclined towards heavy builds & hairyness), but spiritually & culturally Ursine instead. here.


Roster

(#1) Marra o Redwood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = ‘Mighty Redwoods’, experience = 23 years; age = 37, left-pawed, medium-brown fur; she has a verrry good record at the ‘League’ level. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.) => Goalkeeping Coach
(#2) Karramarsar Darra _ Clan = Ostbora, home team = ‘Stonengarten UH’ (Andossa Se Mitrin Vega), category & usual position = Goalkeeper, 23 years experience of Soccer; age = 36, right-pawed, fur = light brown, has good eyesight, very nimble; very good record in ''League' play. (She made her 'international' debut in Oxen Cup 12.)
(#27) Leerrau EastWalker _ Clan = WildWoods; home team = Victories of Vichr, category & usual position = Goalkeeper, experience = 12 years; age = 28, Harr’aynau humanoid, left-footed, hair = ginger; relies on speed & leaping ability, rather than on size & ‘power’. (She made her ‘international’ debut in ‘Eternal Flame 3’.)
(#30) Beorranna o OldWood_ Clan = Redwood; home team = Mighty Redwoods, category & usual position = Goalkeeper, experience = 9 years; age = 26, right -pawed, fur = medium-brown with a greyish tinge. (WWC12 was her ‘international’ debut.)

(#3) Marraya RedRose _ Clan = RedRose [‘Free Sept’], home team = 'Mighty Redwoods’, category = Defender, preferred position = Right Back, 25 years experience of Soccer; age = 36, left-pawed, fur = medium brown with reddish tint; relatively small, but strong and quite fast. (She entered international football in DBC9.)
(#6) Urradorra o Barrdenn _ Clan = GreenWoods, home team = Barrdenn Barbariennes, category = Defender, usual position = Left Back, experience = 20 years; age = 35, left-pawed, fur = dark-medium brown & moderately long. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.)
(#20) Harroya ‘Cub’ o Redwood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = 'Kingly City', category = Defender, usual position = Left Back, 27 years experience of Soccer; age = 36, left-pawed, fur = medium brown; big, strong, and quite fast. (She made her ‘international’ debut in Oxen Cup 11, but wasn’t then selected for a World Cup squad until WC48...)

(#4) Urra ‘Honey’ SunBlesséd _ Clan = Sun, home team = ‘Sun Valley Smashers’, category = Midfielder/Defender, usual position = Defensive Centre, Soccer experience = 32 years, and she has been in the national team since BoF31; age = 49 (but still seems ‘young’, physically as well as mentally…), right-pawed, fur = ‘honey-brown’, very good eyesight even by human (rather than Ursine) standards. She is a very accurate kicker, and therefore one of the usual first choices for taking free kicks & penalties. Her nickname comes from her fur-colour, and her very sweet nature: Originally it was also because (as we must admit…) she was rather “thick”, but then she ‘grew-up’ mentally during WWC12 & the qualifiers for WC50 so that now she has a verrry good mind indeed… She acted as manager for the [combined] ‘Bears Armed’ U21 team that entered — and were runners-up in — DBC13.
(#5) Sunnarra o Redwood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = 'Heroes' Park Harlequins, category = Defender/Midfielder, usual position = Centre Back/Defensive Centre/Centre Half, 18 years experience of Soccer; age = 30, right-pawed, fur = light brown; quite fast; has a degree in Military Science. (She made her ‘international’ debut in Oxen Cup 11, but wasn’t then selected for a World Cup squad until WC48...)
(#31) Arna-Maggra o Wirrenne _ Clan = Herrchaum; home team = Merlchester Rovers, category = Defender or Midfielder (typically either Centre Back, Centre Half, or the 'Lynchpin' [or 'Defensive Centre'] position -- starting halfway between those other two alternatives -- that many Ursine teams employ...), Football experience = 3 years as a full professional following 5 years in 'Junior League' teams, made her international debut in DBC13 (for which -- Oops! I never actually got around to posting a full roster...) and is a reserve in the Bear-Belles for WC51; age = 21, fur = very light brown with some reddish hints, right-pawed, height = 6'4", build = quite light by Ursine standards, fast on her feet; languages spoken = Verrene, Ursine ('HeartWoods' dialect), and -- with an accent -- English; religion = converted from 'Wookha' to to Greek Orthodox Christianity 2 years ago. Arna-Maggra is a verrry good player despite her relative inexperience compare to some of the Belles, sometimes seeming to have a sort of "sixth sense" about what's going to happen on the pitch during the next few moments, and -- as noted above -- is quite versatile in terms of position to be played. However her current team has a LOT of talented players, so she doesn't get much playing time and that is why she's looking for employment elsewhere. Off of the pitch, she favours loose skirts and draped scarves in bright (& often contrasting) colours, with more jewellery than is typical for Ursines... her people's equivalent of a 'Gypsy chic' look.

(#7) Erra RiverFarer _ Clan = Zurrarr Parram, home team = 'LakePort Lionesses’, category =Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Right, 20 years experience of Soccer; female Harr’aynau humanoid; age = 30, ambidextrous, hair = deep red; a cousin of ‘Marra RiverFarer’, who has played in previous versions of the national team as a goalkeeper. (She made her international debut in football in the qualifiers for WC47.)
(#11) Irritti Redwood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = ' River City', category = [Defensive] Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Left, 22 years experience of Soccer; age = 33, left-pawed, fur = medium brown. (She made her ‘international’ debut in Oxen Cup 11, but wasn’t then selected for the World Cup squad until WC48...)
(#21) Marra-Harroya o Herrchaum _ Clan = Herrchaum, home team = 'Wiston United', category = Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Left, 20 years experience of Soccer; age = 32, left-pawed, fur = light brown with a greyish tinge. [I](She made her ‘international’ debut in Oxen Cup 11, but wasn’t then selected for the World Cup squad until WC48...)

(#10) Urrsa SunBlesséd _ Clan = Sun, home team = ‘Sun Valley Smashers’, category = Forward, usual position = Centre Forward or Right Forward, 21 years experience of Soccer; age = 31, right-pawed, fur = ‘wheaten’; very good eyesight, and accuracy at long ranges as well as shorter ones. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.) She is the team’s Captain.
(#12) Harraya WesterBear _ Clan = WestWoods, home team = ‘Wiston United’, category = Forward, usual position = Right Forward, experience = 22 years; age = 36, right-pawed, medium-brown fur. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.)
(#13) Urrthra o Herrchaum _ Clan = Herrchaum, home team = Merlchester Rovers, category = Forward, usual position = Left Forward, experience = 21 years; age = 35, fur = light brown, left-pawed. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.)
(#16) Marrana-Harrla Lightning _ Clan = Gunnar, home team = ‘FC DePardenti’ (‘Nethertopia’), category = Forward, usual starting position = Centre Forward, Soccer experience = 20 years professional, following another 3 years semi-professional experience; age = 38, right-pawed, fur = light brown, twin (non-identical) of #17 with whom she’s used to working…
(#17) Harrla-Marrana Thunder _ Clan = Gunnar, home team = ‘FC DePardenti’ (‘Nethertopia’), category = Forward, usual starting position = Centre Forward, Soccer experience = 20 years professional, following another 3 years semi-professional experience; age = 38, left-pawed, fur = dark brown, twin (non-identical) of #16 with whom she’s used to working…
(#23) Jerrannya OldWood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = Mighty Redwoods, category = Forward, usual position = Right Forward, 22 years experience of Soccer; age = 33, right-pawed, fur = greyish-brown, has good eyesight. (She made her ‘international’ debut in Oxen Cup 11, but wasn’t then selected for the World Cup squad until WC48...)
(#24) Hirrlda o Harr-Vorros _ Clan = GreenWoods; home team = Grambridge Town, category = Forward or Winger, usual position = Left Forward or Left Winger, experience = 14 years; age = 29, right -pawed, fur = reddish-brown. (She made her ‘international’ debut in ‘Eternal Flame 3’.)
(#25) Urrthra-Marrana o NewWoods _ Clan = Redwood; home team = Kingly City, category = Forward, usual position = Right Forward or Centre Forward, experience = 10 years; age = 27, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown. (She made her ‘international’ debut in ‘Eternal Flame 3’.)

(#13) Karrtla Redwood _ Clan = Redwood, home team = ‘Mighty Redwoods’, category = Winger, usual position = Right Winger, 22 years experience of Soccer; age = 32, right-pawed, fur = golden-brown, has good eyesight. (She entered international football in DBC9.)
(#14) Irryane Porravtso _ Clan = Ostbora, home team = ‘OstPort Dynamo’ & ‘Anbridge Town’ (Eastern Volleyball), category = (Attacking) Midfielder/Winger (preferably deployed on the left), usual position = Left Winger, experience = 17 years; female Harr’aynau humanoid, age = 33, red-brown hair, right-footed. (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.)
(#26) Jerranaya SunChild _ Clan = Sun, home team = 'Sun Valley Smashers', category = Forward or Winger, usual position = Right Winger, 17 years experience of Soccer; age = 28, right-pawed, fur = golden-brown, has very good eyesight, big and very fast, "a natural talent". (‘Oxen Cup 12’ was her debut in international football.)


(More Reserves still to be listed…)




Style: Offensive, modifier = +2.5… ("A good offence is the best defence"...)
Their usual formation will include a front row of at least 5 (normally as 3 strikers & 2 wingers), with 2 midfielders, 2 backs, and either a ‘Defensive Centre’ (whose starting position would be at the midpoint of an imaginary cross drawn between those other four non-forwards’ positions) or a third midfielder depending on the Manager’s decision before each match.

Usual starters = #1 or 2 (alternating, basically), 3, 4 or 5 (alternating, basically; whichever is playing will be the team’s Deputy Captain then), 6-7, 10, 11-15;
Usual substitutes = #2 or 1 (alternating, basically), 5 or 4 (alternating, basically), 20, 22-25.

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Opponents may _

Choose my goalscorers: Y (but the Forwards, and then the Wingers, are likeliest to fill this role...)
Godmod Scoring Events: Y

RP injuries to my players / Godmod injuries to my players / Hand out Yellow cards to my players / Hand out Red cards to my players: Y to all, at least to start with, but remember what I've written here and keep it in limits accordingly... Any serious offences by my players would probably result in injuries to your players, and causing any serious injuries to my players would probably require such obviously-deliberate attacks that your players would get yellow or even red cards as a result too. Don’t kill anybody, or inflict injuries that would be serious enough to end careers, without checking with me & getting my approval (which is unlikely to be granted…) first.

Godmod Other Events: Y, I suppose, at least as long as you do so in an AMUSING way... but please remember that Ursines are fully sapient beings, as much as Humans are, not instinct-driven animals. Oh, and of course female Ursines are not sexually interested in Humans (of either sex), and it's very unlikely that female Harr'ayanau would be either. Please don't have them run amok or outright revert to animality, without checking by TG first, don't make assumptions about their views on politics or religion, and don't do anything that would make more than one of them incapable of playing in their next game...

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Kit: This incarnation of the team wears the latest set of designs that ‘ediraf’ produced for us_ See "here" for details.
Bears Armed has traditionally used base-8 arithmetic, for several reasons, and this has affected the set of numbers used for this team’s players: Also, the number “22” has deliberately been left unassigned out of respect for its first [& only] wearer who died a heroine’s death during the year immediately following WC444…


Home ground = 'Plumtrees Park', at Council Groves (our capital city). Its current capacity is approximately 40'000 for Ursines: Fitting about 30’000 humans into the visiting fans' half should be possible, and so that's as many as we'll let into the country. Accommodation for visiting teams & their staffs will be provided in the 'Hotel Exodus', about a mile away, which is accustomed to housing Human visitors. Additional hotels in that city can now provide about 300 rooms at a time for Humans, at varying prices, although some of those may be booked by people who have nothing to do with the Cup. Accommodation (at a fairly basic level) for up to 15’000 supporters will be available, at reasonable prices, in students' residences for the adjacent National University: if more foreigners than that want to attend any particular game then there’s limited hotel space available — say 2’000 to 2’500 places — but otherwise they’ll have to borrow space in the nearby Army camp instead...
There are still no direct inter-regional flights into Council Groves, so that visitors will have to travel by way of one of our neighbours and then continue onwards by one of the limited number of "local" air-flights or by rail. (People planning to arrive by rail will still have to travel via the nation of Mikitivity, but extra services will be organised on that route...)


NOTES

Ursines may tend to be a bit less agile & slower to accelerate than humans on average, but this team's members were carefully selected so the gap between them & their opponents in this respect should be narrower than some people might expect. They do tend to have slightly poorer eyesight than humans, on the whole (although the members of both Clan Gunnar and the Sun Clan are generally an exception to this rule, and the eyesight of the latter group is actually often at better-than-human levels instead), so long-distance passes & shots at goal will tend to be rarer behaviour for them than they are for human teams... but their typical size & strength mean that when they're running with the ball it will probably take a very brave human -- as well as a very skilled one -- to tackle them successfully, which should balance that factor pretty well. They don’t jump very well, but then they’re generally rather taller than most Human players to start with.
They're physically robust, of course, which means that they're much less likely than humans to suffer injuries in falls or collisions. The females of this species are more even-tempered than the males, and the team's members will try to stay on their best behaviour not only in order to do well in this contest but also to impress upon the watching humans that Ursines aren't just "dumb beasts". They will not 'dive', or feign injury in other ways, because suggesting that they could be harmed so easily goes strongly against the grain.
Cold weather should pose no problem to them, even if there's snow or ice on the pitch, but tropical heat might prove awkward...

Unless our hosts at the match in question object, this team's members (including the designated substitutes for the match in question) will perform a [fairly short] ritual that's called the 'harrdiharr' on the pitch just before play begins... This is a traditional war-dance, meant to over-awe opponents, that has come to be a customary prelude for team games as well (similar to the [RL] New Zealanders' 'haka'...). : )
As has now been seen during various tournaments, some of our fans like to take drums — and possibly cow-horns, or other "musical instruments", too — along to the matches...

[Valanora]

From the Offices of the VSC does the Marauder information come

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players Y (no more than three weeks out)
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players N
Godmod Other Events Y

What is the name of…

…three time former World Cup champions?
Valanora (known prior to World Cup 37 as Elves Security Forces)

...the other nations involved in Valanora?
Vyinta and Dark Templara

…the nation in which this Commonwealth play their home matches?
Elves Security Forces (sometimes ESF in shortphrase)

…people from the Commonwealth?
Vanorians or Vanors

…the person who created this mess?
Elves Security Forces

Style Modifier: +3
Home Stadium: Hatire Memorial (60,000) on the island of Capri


Kits

Home Away Third

Manager

Daugar Massimo
Age: 17,439
After long and prosperous managerial records at Hondo FC and Green Island of the CMSC, Massimo has been appointed the manager of the national team. Much in the mold of Jaime Kuu, Massimo likes his wingers to play an aggressive style, peppering the keeper whenever the opportunity presents itself. The appointment of Massimo also brings back the emphasis on the attacking nature of the Marauders, hopefully not at the expense of the progression the side had made on defense under Narmolanya.

Assistant Manager

Gilmeluon Werlothas
Age - 12,866
A strong and steady second in command who looks to be the liaison between Massimo and his squad.

Keeper

1 GK Mariaddren Undodhen, FC Therathor ~
Age - 801
Sex - M
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 174 lbs
A strong throw, good positioning skills, and solid reflexes allow Undodhen to get the job with Taldel proving not adequate for the job. Somewhat untested at this stage and not the most agile of keepers but his other skills more than compensate for his shortcomings.

Defenders

17 Hanutaut Lilithian, Tenderville United (Nethertopia/C&M)
Age - 598
Sex - F
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 154 lbs
Agile and a superb little bit of tackling skill are her best attributes and she uses them well to confound attacking players into making plays that they would rather not.

12 Dwier Titenburg Jr, Albrecht Turkish (Candelaria And Marquez)
Age - 413
Sex - M
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 162 lbs
Despite his tender age, he is undoubtedly the heart and soul of the entire defensive side of the equation. He leads by example and through words of wisdom that an elf his age does not often show. He has proven to be very much his father's son and then some.

9 Thankanion Elenelwa, Green Island (Candelaria and Marquez)
Age - 596
Sex - M
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180 lbs
A strong and physical presence that will put some bite into the backline alongside Titenburg.

Midfield

24 Espy va Drake, Albrecht Turkish (Candelaria and Marquez)
Age: 713
Sex - M
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 159 lbs
va Drake has become something of a folklore hero of those obscure footballers and for much of the country. His rise to prominence and amongst the best in the world at his craft has given them hope that they can do so as well. Green Island continues to be a miracle worker for the winger, as his finishing in front of goal has become demonstrative, making him a total player, great on either end of the pitch.

21 Aintôrthea Durosa, Cafundó do Juta (Cafundeu)
Age - 722
Sex - F
Height: 5"10"
Weight: 144 lbs
Durosa is one of those players that can play just about any position, as her skill set is vast and adequate in multiple areas. She has done exceptionally well in her CMSC seasons, nabbing goals and assists with regularity and has continued with her transfer to the Cafundeu league. Her good knowledge of va Drake's typical playing patterns has made the two to be a devastating pair for the opposition to contain.

14 Laborious Hawk, Petardos S/A (Cafundeu)
Age - 677
Sex -M
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 213 lbs
Words do not even began to define his talent, his talent defines words. He was awarded one of the spots that the Vanorians have in the World Cup Hall of Fame, with it being very well deserved, as he has and continues to earn everything he has been given every single day.

8 Morronuth Neltanta, Wexax United ~
Age - 708
Sex - M
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 164 lbs
A strong and physical player who uses his body well when shielding off opposing players off the ball. Lacks the pace of some of the squad but is great at keeping possession and finding an outlet pass.

28 Faeron Soldarian, Raynor City United
Age - 591
Sex - M
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 163 lbs
His skill, his heritage, his heart, there is nothing about the eldest Soldarian son that you would not like. He wears his heart out on his sleeve, and is probably better for it, as he is the spiritual leader of the side. What Hawk might do for the mental state of the team, Scott equals that in getting for the spirits up. All in all, he is simply a world class footballer and person, one that children across the world can aspire to emulate.

Strikers

6 Allandren Fresco, Atlético Jutense (Cafundeu)
Age - 466
Sex - M
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 167 lbs
Fresco proved once again that he is suited for any role that his managers wish to give him, easily sliding into the starting striker role alongside Hearts. A great shot and football IQ make him a very dangerous attacker for the Marauders.

11 Lucas Hearts, Hondo FC
Age - 850
Sex - M
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 153 lbs
Hearts is an out and out goalscorer who has a nose for the goal and a talent for getting open even in a crowded box. His skills work quite well with the skill set of Fresco, and look to produce a lethal one two strike force that will put fear into the hearts of those teams that must face a hungry and determined Marauders squad.

Subs
2 GK Veryasirion Dart - age 652 - Raynor City United (M)
20 GK Belltarion Nartalhûn - age 682 - AC Valanari (M)
4 CB Tandion Aeraglinaeth - age 738 - Soldarian FC (M)
16 CB Placibus Hardsworth - age 907 - Hondo FC (M)
19 CB Artemis - age N/A - FC Therathor (N/A) *
22 AMC Innathwen Tathmin - age 807 - Club ESF (F)
7 MC Rochenion Falaval - age 722 - Club ESF (M)
3 LW Elarwen Tallaion - age 683 - Juavi FC (F)
5 LRW Tanna Norovathar - age 343 - Union d'Ourseville (Septentronia) (F) ~
16 MC Merenwen Lúinwë - age 643 - Hondo FC (F)
10 ST Ardaugien Ealomiel - age 760 - ISC Rig (Somewheristonia) (M)
15 ST Rharanthea Kithaldar - age 784 - Soldarian FC (F)

Captain: Laborious Hawk
Set Piece Taker: Laborious Hawk
Penalty Taker: Allandren Fresco
Right Corner: Espy va Drake
Left Corner: Espy va Drake

Undodhen
 Lilithian     Titenburg      Elenelwa
va Drake    Soldarian      Neltanta       Durosa
Hawk
Fresco     Hearts

~ denotes Vyintanese
* denotes Templar

[Virabia]

((OOC: Meant to post this in roleplay thread))

[Candelaria And Marquez]

From the offices of the CAMAFA does the Big Blues information come

Candelaria And Marquez National Football Team Squad for the 51st World Cup

The usual stuff for newcomers and other oddballs:

1. The Republic of Candelaria And Marquez consists of two large islands and an assortment of outlying islands known colloquially as the Outlying Islands; the largest and most populous of which is Green Island, and island which is green. And troubled. V. troubled. Yes.

2. Located in the north-west of the region of Rushmore, ‘C&M’ (as it is mercifully and almost universally known) is, as long as you come from a Hard-Working Family Who Plays by the Rules, a relatively pleasant parliamentary democracy with a vaguely vibrant multicultural… thingy. Its inhabitants speak English, except when they speak a somewhat tortured fantasia on a theme of Spanish or, indeed, Arabic. Or Welsh. Or Irish Gaelic. Or Italian, lots of Italians. Or Serbia, out in the sticks.

3. These days, the primary focus of the Candelariasian public is directed towards sport – with the inhabitants of this modestly proportioned archipelago having somehow managed to support a two-time World Cup winning national football team, alongside world title-winning sides in field hockey and rugby union and Olympic medallists in everything from gymnastics to rowing. The country is also known for its domestic football league, the CMSC, which has been consistently ranked as the second ‘best’ in the multiverse for the last decade or so. Bless.

4. Candelariasians, of course, don’t actually realise this – or, at least, the ‘multiverse’ part; for much knowledge that is all but taken for granted by the denizens of most other sporting states is nothing if not verboten within the Candelarias. The bulk of the Candelariasian populace have no idea that they share their ‘world’ with elves, dwarves, gnomes, androids, robotic ducks, ninja-monkey-monks, practitioners of actual voodoo, monks from an alternate dimension, hedgehogs, sapient mice, sapient bears, sapient badgers, sapient cucumbers, sapient beans, sapient trees, zombies, vampires, football-playing Greek letters, aliens, sentient puppets, cartoon characters, invisible rabbits, goalkeepers with no arms, purple stinging nellies, living Neolithic men, onion choppers, pinging trees, teapots, floating ponies… and lots of other stuff that’s only popped up in the last couple of World Cups and that we haven’t gotten around to adding to this list yet.

5. Those who do know of such things – recent immigrants, journalists, people with talkative grannies back home in ze olt cundree, and the like – are expected to keep schtum on pain of, er, pain; with the government under President Robyn Morton – and, in particular, the venerable and clandestine Ministry of Remedial Teaching – currently dedicated to upholding this status quo. Initially, they and their predecessors instituted all this at the behest of a extra-dimensional community of malevolent fairies (except not really… don’t ask if you don’t already know), but today the Candelariasian Conspiracy is maintained out of a not unjustifiable terror that, were the public to discover the Truth in one big dollop – and the knowledge that they had been systematically lied to on such a grand scale for so many decades – civil society as we know it could all but collapse.

6. Popularly, this just about sums it up…

7. None of this actually matters to you furruners, of course, who can merrily ship up in C&M and do whatsoever the hell you wish – the M.O.R.T. and CAMAFA will take care of any relevant fallout.

8. Candelaria, for what it’s worth, includes a teensy-tiny microstate by the name of Gordon Bay City – a ‘nation’ home to more than forty sentient species and that, up until recently, maintained its own football team. Most Candelariasians, however, have absolutely no clue about any of this. Obviously.

9. Onto the somewhat complex issue of Time… Um. Well, time in the Candelarias passes at more-or-less the same rate as the re… the real wo… the… as certain other places. While more sensible nations get around this potential problem by cheerfully ignoring it, C&M makes use of mysterious, ancient and worryingly spherical Time Dilation Devices, that have the effect of drastically altering reality to make it possible for two years to pass during World Cup cycles, and players, officials and (some) supporters to age with them. But not politicians. They’re immune, because they wear things around their necks and… It doesn’t matter. Look, anyway, Candelariasians actually know about all this but don’t attempt to understand it, and who can honestly blame them? Just accept that it happens. Please. Please. It might be important…

10. The nation has a wiki page. It’s really, really out of date.

11. The national team has a wiki page. It’s really, really long. And a bit out of date. But not as much as the other one.
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Modifier: +1

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y (Excluding deaths)
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y (But bear in mind that C&M state policy will most likely see the Candelariasian press to decline to acknowledge anything particularly outlandish. I won’t, though, so knock yourself out.)

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Squad:

Ages and statistics more-or-less correct prior to WC51 pre-qualifying friendlies

Head Coach: Fifty-four year-old Carlos Panadero wasn’t widely expected to keep his job following the Big Blues’ quarter-final exit from the last World Cup, but it appears as though the CAMAFA have taken pity on Sexy Carlos following the team’s misadventures in the Dreamed Realm. He did, after all, lead C&M to WC50 without dropping a single point along the way. That’s quite an impressive achievement, when you think about it.

Panadero’s plans have certainly changed since he first got the job and, in the sizable wake left by Danny Adams’ retirement from international football, the current “best team in the world” (sort of) suddenly finds itself lacking a striker worthy of the name. For a manager still somewhat inclined to lump it, this is a serious problem.

So how is he going to get over this little nightmare? Why, by employing a 4-6-0, of course!

Ta-da!

Well, come on, don’t all congratulate us at once, will you? I think you’ll find we’ve been rather clever to’ve thought o–

Hm?

No, well, obviously, but… but…

So alright, where Ganz Ijak and the Babbage Islands lead, so we follow. Plus, CAMAFA President John Patience appears to be keen on it, and his word is Lore these days, apparently, so… there it is. Four-six-nought. A strikerless formation. God help us.

Anyway, that line-up will typically look something like Fernández – Archer, Davies, Hastings, Qiu – Kures, O’Airmeadhaigh – Gaggioli, Young (c), Nakatsuru, Randkelovic. No doubt there’ll be lots of chopping and changing, though, and the whole thing is very liable to fall on its arse and be dumped before we even reach the half-way stage of qualifying.

Goalkeepers:

1. Christian Fernández Montes, Aged 33, Cafundó do Juta [Cafundéu], 52 caps (3 as sub)
A familiar presence, Fernández on his day is one of the finest ‘keepers the multiverse has to offer. Tall and still athletic despite his advancing years, he has a particularly fine record saving from set pieces but can also be caught out by long-distance efforts if his concentration is allowed to slip.

22. Cobus van Linschoten, 27, Albrecht Turkish, 2 caps (1 as sub)
The Nethertopian-origin Van Linschoten, on the other hand, is known for keeping his wits about him throughout the ninety. Much smaller than Fernández, he has a powerful long kick that may make him a useful alternative should Panadero opt to switch back to a 4-5-1 for any particular match, but is still yet to prove himself a fully worthy successor to the great Marquezian.

23. Lyle Gwyther, 27, Green Island
A solid newcomer to the squad, Gwyther was ironically ousted by Van Linschoten at his boyhood club Albrecht Turkish, before making the switch to the Outlien giants and promptly taking the CMSC1 title. He’s done well. Good for him. He’s not about to thrill anyone, but then he’s a goalkeeper. Why on Earth should he?

Defenders:

2. Ricky Archer, 29, Ranca Toco [Cafundéu], STARTING RIGHT-BACK, 46 caps
Installed on a pretty much permanent basis in this role for his country now; the Clotaire-born Archer is by no means a thing of beauty – we can only assume that a desire to ingratiate himself to the traditionally dishabille supporters of his club side has stopped him spending his well-earned riches on sorting out his comedy teeth and violently pockmarked skin – and can still be a little too robust in the tackle; but he’s a monster going forward and a popular, amiably daft-as-a-scrubbing-brush, figure in the C&M camp.

6. Jacob Davies, 30, Cafundó do Juta [Cafundéu], STARTING CENTRE-BACK, 87 caps, 3 goals
Indisputably the key part of the backline, and set to become the Big Blues’ first player to a hundred caps, Davies is an awesome presence in defence – not for his height or bulk, neither of which are anything to write home about, but simply for his supreme confidence both on and off the ball. He should probably be captain an’ all, but that’s a whole other story…

18. Darren Hastings, 22, El din Marbles, STARTING CENTRE-BACK
A young man who does seem to have been around forever; Hastings made a top-flight starting spot his own at eighteen and brings an incredible amount of experience for his tender years. Rather more aggressive and naturally gifted than his predecessor Jono Plunkett, he lacks great height, leading to concerns that his partnership with Davies may be a little on the stunty side.

13. Brandon Qiu, 22, Albrecht Turkish, STARTING LEFT-BACK
Possessing bags of confidence, after being plucked from teenage obscurity by the venerable Fabio Mannasuch to become Turkish’s first-choice left-back, C&M’s latest eastasian sensation might well have made it as a striker and will be extremely useful on the overlap. The boots of outgoing Big Blues captain Oliver Wilkinson are sizable ones to fill, however, and we still haven’t got the faintest clue how you actually pronounce his surname.

3. Finlay Edwards, 27, Radyukevich CSC, 6 caps (3 as sub)
Qiu’s experienced understudy; Edwards is a reliable, defensive-minded, left-back and, frankly, about the only other half-decent one we’ve got at the moment. A somewhat surly character, he likes watching short-track speed skating apparently. Someone has to.

5. Chris Stewart, 31, Marquez-Onwere
A somewhat belated first-time call-up for the Bove native now plying his trade on Marquez. A cool head in the dressing room, the centre-half has clearly been included to bring rather more than a decade of top-flight experience at the back in the event of injury rather than with an eye to the future, but he’s at least fairly tall and has an impressive from set pieces in the opposition box.

12. William Vaughan, 30, Raynor City United [Valanora], 16 caps (10 as sub)
A versatile player who has earned the respect of the Elven Premier League as one of its most reliable defenders; the Albrecht native has been selected again with his abilities at right-back in mind but he would undoubtedly make a more than able stop-gap starter at centre-half if needs be.

Midfielders:

7. Francesco Gaggioli, 24, Radyukevich CSC, STARTING RIGHT MIDFIELDER
Brand new to the blue and green at any level; Frank’s elder brother Carlo was a C&M international defender for a couple of years a couple of years ago. Gaggioli the younger has been at hero at his boyhood clubs for quite some time now and, following a disappointing first full CMSC1 season, proved to be one of the players of XXXVIII in any shirt; notching up a superb goal tally from flowing moves and set pieces alike and impressing sufficiently with his movement and quick thinking to propel him into the heart of the Big Blues set-up. A troubled soul off-field, he has been widely linked in the press with moves to the El din Marbles, Mercia Bromham, Kapundae, Tallyn Rovers, Billiard, Taeshan City Miners, Lavatorian City…

19. Jhanna Young, 27, Green Island, STARTING ATTACKING MIDFIELDER, CAPTAIN, 60 caps (12 as sub), 30 goals
Ahh, Jhanna. The nation’s blue-eyed sweetheart, cute as an otter massacring ducklings and arguably the multiverse’s formost female footballer, providing one temporarily wipes the entire nation of Cassadaigua from all plains of existence, has been gifted the armband for reasons that aren’t immediately clear and bears an onerous responsibility. She remains the all-round technical package, along with a fine footballing brain, plenty of pace, several bulging sacks full of ambition, and breasts; but is she up to the task set by the crackpot new formation?

4. Ogus Kures, 30, Atlético Jutense [Cafundéu], STARTING DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER, 40 caps (10 as sub), 2 goals
Anchoring the midfield, the Albrecht-born Kures is one of a number of squad members to have come of age under the tutelage of elves at Green Island. Having missed out on two World Cup finals, this is surely Kures’ last chance at personal glory – and his highly successful move to Cafundéu won’t have done his chances for selection any harm at all.

16. Toirdhealbharch O’Airmeadhaigh, 28, Port of Clotaire, STARTING BOX-TO-BOX MIDFIELDER, 34 caps (23 as sub), 8 goals
In some ways, Terence Armitage – as he tends to be known in commentary, cultural solidarity be damned – is perhaps the most important part of this experimental new line-up. Seemingly equally adept resolutely protecting the back four, spraying balls around from the half-way line or ploughing forward; he’ll probably have to do all three – whilst maintaining a solid partnership with Kures and never letting the team forget their shape.

17. Jesse Nakatsuru, 29, Albrecht FC, STARTING ATTACKING MIDFIELDER, 72 caps (4 as sub), 35 goals
Beyond doubt an exceptionally gifted player; Nakatsuru now has to prove that his powers aren’t on the wane following a disappointing second half to the domestic season. Scoring goals, in his new role leading the line, won’t be a problem – Dear Jesse is already his country’s third-highest scorer of all time, despite his relatively deep-lying position of choice – but now he and Young have to click all over again in a side where an awful lot of players will be fighting for their turn on the ball. His achne’s just about cleared up, though.

11. Koviljko Randjelovic, 28, Albrecht Turkish, STARTING LEFT MIDFIELDER, 64 caps (2 as sub), 13 goals
Born in faraway Squornshelous; Randjelovic arrived on the Marquezian coast as a ten year-old, clinging to a wooden raft with two small sisters, a lampshade, and scurvy. Now the poster child for refugees made good, Randjelovic’s dribbling and crosses have made him an all but automatic choice out on the left for years now, but plenty have had cause to wonder if this campaign will be a step too far. If he can’t stop hogging his favoured flank quickly, he may well find his place under siege by a host of more versatile alternatives, but he can still drink any of yous under the jebanje table, and don’t yous fugget it!

8. Adam Kouakou Kouamé, 24, Albrecht FC, 30 caps (15 as sub), 9 goals
A difficult one, is Adam, as another former refugee yet to fully live up to the early hype. On his day he remains exceptional, and his natural touch is as exceptional as anything the multiverse has to offer, but too often he can flit in and out of games and be bullied off possession by much less physically imposing chaps than he. His best years may well be ahead of him, but he remains a very useful option off the bench and could be expected to fill in ably anywhere across the front six.

9. Ethan Robertson, 21, Green Island
A very consistent player for the GIZ in their most recent, unexpectedly title-winning, season; Robertson’s favoured role is as a wandering star just behind a single striker. Seldom particularly exciting but very consistent, he may well prove to be a useful link-map for ‘country’ as well as club.

14. Jacob Pond, 23, Green Island
Aaaand another beneficiary of his remarkable little club’s rapid rebirth; Pond is a fairly unexciting, touchline-hogging left-winger who should be primarily expected to start against lesser foes – though as a halfways impressive crosser of the ball, he should cause his fair share of chaos against ill-disciplined defences.

15. Jordan Hawker, 30, Dunboor FC [Cafundéu], 39 caps (15 as sub), 3 goals
A regular starter in the Candelariasian league at seventeen; the Marquezian Hawker and Candelarian Kures have had the holding midfield spot in the national team sewn up between them for some years now. More of a playmaker than his fellow Cafundelense-based player and less physically imposing, Panadero may well yet decide that the two together represents the dream ticket in the new formation.

21. Jameson Aldren, 26, Green Island, 41 caps (9 as sub), 11 goals
A victim both of the recent change in direction and his own failings over the last couple of years; Aldren has lost much of his early pace with inevitable injuries and, while his accuracy from the wings is rather better than it once was, Gaggioli appears to represent the more intelligent footballer for the most right-wing position in the front six.

Forwards:

10. Jamie Hamblett, 26, Port of Clotaire
And finally we reach the strikers. Dear-oh-deary-deary. The new number ten is by no means everyone’s idea of the perfect finisher, but the likes of Ben Clayton and Ryan Sheppard have not been overlooked simply out of spite. The newcomer Hamblett – continuing the considerable presence of Albrecht natives in the squad, despite his longtime Clotaire base – is well used to a role as part of a front three of strikers, and has become a far more versatile player than he once was. Panadero, however, is still more than likely to use him primarily as a last-ditch supersub and fox-in-the-box.

20. Gabriel Macanás, 29, El din Marbles, 56 caps (31 as sub), 28 goals
As for Big Gabe, he clings onto his place through dint of being the country’s best target man by a country mile. He’s a great lump, basically, and will be put to use when Panadero feels the need to embrace his route-one heritage against both very lithe and overtly robust defences.



Stadia:

FRN: C&M v Sargossa @ The Marble Ground, El din [cap. 40,052]
MD1: C&M v Barnettsville @ New Sausages Arena, Allemali [cap. 46,208]
MD2: Mount Shavano v C&M
MD3: C&M v Kosovoe @ Tristar Songstress Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 88,800]
MD4: Warkus v C&M
MD5: C&M v West Zirconia @ Estadio Nacional, Arrigo [cap. 50,138]
MD6: Pretty Awesome Persons v C&M
MD7: C&M v Zenethj @ Tristar Songstress Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 88,800]
MD8: C&M v Kazzoria @ La Escalera Naranja, Onwere [cap. 56,512]
MD9: Steroga v C&M
FRN:
MD10: Barnettsville v C&M
MD11: C&M v Mount Shavano @ McNeil Bingo Arena, Caires [cap. 40,144]
MD12: Kosovoe v C&M
MD13: C&M v Warkus @ Tristar Songstress Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 88,800]
MD14: West Zirconia v C&M
MD15: C&M v Pretty Awesome Persons @ Estadio Nacional, Arrigo [cap. 50,138]
MD16: Zenethj v C&M
MD17: Kazzoria v C&M
MD18: C&M v Steroga @ Tristar Songstress Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 88,800]
FRN: The Babbage Islands v C&M

[West Zirconia]

West Zirconian coach Liam Simpson has named a virtually unchanged squad for the qualifiers for Word Cup 51. The meteoric rise of youngster Steve Allerton has prompted SImpson to include him in the squad.

The squad is as follows:

GK Tom Lyons (Bradley Hornets)
DL Ben Phillips (c) (Mort Park)
DC Andy Turner (Banks)
DC Jon Little (Bradley Hornets)
DR Paul Paterson (Green Island, Candelaria And Marquez)
ML Dean Thompson (Banks)
MC Adrian Skinner (Markham)
MC Ed French (Engenheiro Peres, Cafundéu)
MR Paul Collins (Stanley United)
FW Tom Weston (Houghton Kestrels)
FW Alun Lydiate (Mort Park)

Substitutes:

Goalkeepers:
Steve Gray (Santa Cruz do Norte, Cafundéu)
Steve Doolan (Markham)


Defenders:
Lewis Fox (Radyukevich, Candelaria And Marquez)
Chris Lyons (Stanley United)
Adam Cooper (Taylor's Cross)


Midfielders:
Ian Hawthorne (Cafundó do Juta, Cafundéu)
Craig Green (Bradley Hornets)
Jon Buckley (Markham)

Forwards:
Martin Forster (Pocono City, Newmanistan)
Steve Allerton (Mort Park)
Liam Vernon (Banks)

[And now for the OOC bit: Style modifier - a counter-attacking +1. As for RP-ing, anything that could physically happen in the real world - however unlikely - is acceptable. The funnier the better, of course.]

[Steroga]

Colors: Red and white. Home kit is all red with white numbering and the away kit is all white with red numbering.
Home Stadium is Kumar Field, capacity 53,000.

Style: -5. We play a 5-4-1.

RP Permissions: Everything is a Yes. I will be disappointed if you do not have us play rough and get a few bookings.

Manager: Dakshi Patel, Age: 69
Assistant: Hemdev Patel, Age: 61 (not related)

Goalkeepers:
#52- Sandeep Kavoichit, Age: 22. Starter; relies on outstanding positioning. Powerful goal kick.
#53- Anshuman Shah, Age: 29. Substitute
#51- Hemdev Singh, Age: 20. Reserve

Defense:
#71- Yamir Patel, Age: 19. Starter. First time starting, youngest ever Sterogan defender to do so.
#72- Campbell Raviranjan, Age: 30. Starter. From Candelaria And Marquez but also has Sterogan ancestry and knew we’d be an easier team to make.
#73- Sanjay Naidu, Age: 27. Starter. Highly intelligent for his age. Plays in Newmanistan now.
#74- Soumil Naidu, Age: 29. Starter. Plays like his younger brother. Plays in Newmanistan now.
#79- Champak Jitrenda, Age: 24. Starter. Reserve last time. He’s learning and is upgraded.
#70- Chanakya Motallebzadeh, Age: 32. Sub. Don’t mess with him if you want to play the next game. Plays in Cafundeu now, a former starter.
#75- Iravan Patel, Age: 30. Sub. Very speedy, not related to any of the other Patel’s.
#77- Sunil Navalkar, Age: 18. Sub. First time on team.
#78- Swami Singhwancha, Age: 21. Reserve. Very rough tackler.
#76- Abhijay Surhato, Age: 31. Reserve.

Midfield:
#43- Randhir Nedzanani, Age: 21. Starter. Very agile and gets the call to start for 2nd time.
#49- Jaisukh Pattnaik, Age: 32. Starter. Used as a sixth defender often.
#48- Avinash Singh, Age: 29. Starter. He is our Mister Everything and the Captain.
#47- Uddunath Siddharth-Nabhendu, Age: 31. Starter. Aggressive but also has a nice shot.
#46- Pritam Gupta, Age: 30. Sub. Impressive two-way player.
#42- Naman Gandhi, Age: 24. Sub. Despite surname he has serious character issues. Was reserve last time.
#44- Pradeep Kokradi, Age: 27. Reserve. Has a lot of speed.
#45- Soumil Chowdhury, Age: 19. Reserve. First time on team.

Forwards:
#65- Jaival Subudhi, Age: 23- Starter. Him and Nedzanani look to connect for goals often. Plays in Candelaria And Marquez now.
#64- Bhupad Ahuwalia, Age: 30- Sub. Downgraded from substitute.
#62- Kapoor Wamankar, Age: 34- Reserve. Hopes to get some playing time.
#68- Sanjay Gupta, Age: 18- Reserve. First time on team.

[Sorthern Northland]

Sorthern Northland national football team

Number, name, age (at time of WC finals), position (n/a for goalies and forwards), club (club's country in brackets, if not a Sorthern club)

Goalkeepers:

1. Piran Hean (captain), 33 y/o, Ousevale Borough (Krytenia)
13. Leroy Nghiêm, 25 y/o, Marquez-Onwere (Candelaria And Marquez)
23: Yasser El-Borolossy, 19 y/o, 17th of October

The ever dependable Piran Hean naturally retains the number one jersey and the defence in front of him with confidence and now also has the added responsibility of having a captain's armband to go with the one he wears at his club side.

Leroy Nghiêm whose impressive displays of benchwarming for Marquez-Onwere have seen him move up to second in the pecking order. Just the captain standing in his way of the number one shirt now, exciting times! Oh, and Yasser El-Borolossy, who quite frankly looks more likely to become number one when Hean does eventually lose his place.

Defenders:

2: Margh Bastian, 31 y/o, right back, Atlético Jutense (Cafundéu)
12: Laura O'Bagels, 27 y/o, right back, Beningrad

Bastian, a right-back rather fond of bombing up and down the right-wing, even whilst rapidly losing the pace he once had retains the first choice right back slot. Though a left back for most of her career Laura O'Bagels is also quite capable on the right and will be making to look an impact should she be given a chance. And she's not in the squad just because of her surname and you can't prove anything.

3: Santiago Fuentes, 30 y/o, left back, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)
23: Mike Pohl, 23 y/o, left back, Tenderville United (Nethertopia)

Santiago Fuentes will have a point to prove – though some will say a weight of pressure off his shoulders – after being stripped of the captaincy following allegations that he drank a can of Landsberg. Other than that indiscretion he's a very good attacking full-back who can on occasion get rather lost defensively. In reserve to him Pohl has spent the last few seasons in Tenderville maturing into a splendid (okay, a half decent) left-back and is a two time Di Bradini Cup winner, having lifted DBC12 as the Sorthern-U21 captain.

5: Candelario Oliveira Tavares, 30 y/o centre back, Emberton Reds (Krytenia)
6: Andrew Heywood, 27 y/o centre-back, ISC Rig (Somewhereistonia)
15: Kaeton Fishsnapperbottom, 25 y/o centre-back, Marquez-Onwere (Candelaria And Marquez)
16: Brian Andrews (vice-captain), 34 y/o centre-back, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)

Despite being vice-captain Andrews has most definitely dropped behind Fishsnapperbottom and Heywood in the pecking order. Each of are very capable centre backs and, yeah.... other than being good footballers they're all rather dull really. Fishsnapperbottom has a pet llama though. Maybe. And Heywood recently moved moved from Heathfield City to ISC Rig in a deal supposedly worth $9m, a record fee received for City. Probably.

Midfielders:

7: Siobhan Ní hÓgáin, 28 y/o right winger, Corcaigh
27: Tadhg Ó Lorcáin, 20 y/o, right winger, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)

Having seen the ban on women playing top level football in Sorthern Northland being lifted largely in part due to her efforts during World Cup 49 and the previous AOCAF Cup, Ní hÓgáin has made the number seven shirt her own after proving her critics wrong and developing into a fine winger with a knack for mazy runs, accurate crosses and an eye for goal.

Ó Lorcáin meanwhile 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. Which he looks set to do having recently signed with Portaire, bit of a shock that eh?

11: Timm Holtz, 27 y/o, left winger, Tenderville United (Nethertopia)
17: Baral Qaavigaaq, 23 y/o, left winger, East Reading

Timm Holtz stays as first choice left winger despite his tendency to go completely missing in the red and gold shirt of Sorthern Northland. In reserve Baral Qaavigaaq, who as well as having more a's than his really smart sister got at school is good with both feet (really though, these lot are professional footballers, they should be able to use either foot), a fine taker of set-pieces and coming from the Northern Wastes is a man who considers any temperature above 0°C as nice and warm. Makes a lovely fish stew as well. Has crap fitness though, which is perhaps why he's not first choice.

4: Martijn Barentstochter of Bergkamp of Drotske of Groethuysen of Hackenbroch of Struycken, 28 y/o Central-midfielder, NAPCC (Nethertopia)
8: Will Hooper, 25 y/o, central midfielder, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)
14: Frank Vroon, 30 y/o, central midfielder, América (Cafundéu)
18: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, 21 y/o, central midfielder, Rio Bonito (Cafundéu)

Barentstochter of Bergkamp of etcetera (we just tend to call him Martijn to be honest) as well as providing a massive windfall in takings on replica shirts for his club provides the box-to-box drive and grit and determination and all those other words that unstylish but effective midfielders are described with. Hooper meanwhile provides the creativity and the passes to bring the crowds to their feet, and having been shifted to the right wing at Port of Clotaire is versatile as well. Which is always handy.

Vroon is in much the same mould as Martijn, though he does lack Martijn's sexy haircut. The long drawn out end to Marek Krofcky's international career would finally seem to have arrived with his place in the squad being taken by Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, who some are saying is the finest Sorthern attacking midfield talent since the Krofcky first broke onto the scene. Oh, those days when Krofcky was proclaimed as the future of Sorthern football. Weren't they wonderful, Nóirín? Nóirín?

Forwards:

9: Francisco Manuel Sánchez Garciá, 30 y/o, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)
10: Iñaki Arrigorriagakoa, 30 y/o, Port of Clotaire (Candelaria And Marquez)
19: Eulàlia Marxuach, 23 y/o, ISC Rig (Somewhereistonia)
20: Seán Ó Murchú, 22 y/o, Rode Ster Amsterdam

Considered by many Sortherners (and probably very few other people to tell the truth) to be amongst the best strike partnerships in the whole motherflukeing-multiversez Sánchez Garciá and Iñaki (we call 'im that, we can't pronounce his surname unfortunately) certainly know each other inside out having spent much of their professional career playing – and scoring plenty of goals – together at the quaint Harper Street. They certainly can prove to be a handful for any defence out there. Marxuach meanwhile broke into the senior team looking to have a bright future having scored plenty of goals at Di Bradini Cup 12 (which we won, might've mentioned that when talking about Mike Pohl) and was recently a big money buy for ISC Rig from Reading Town whilst Ó Murchú is always capable of finding the vague vicinity of the goal, a handy skill for a striker to possess. Though a number of his efforts do end up in row Z. Still, they said that about Lee Waywide once.

Coaching staff:

Manager: Caio Meback

Assistant manager: Ray Kirs
Coach: Tighearnach Ó Conaill
Coach: Amets Urzúa
Fitness coach: Seòras Mac a' Ghrùdair
Goalkeeping coach: Jonny Sage
Physiotherapist: Ashleigh Trumble
Kitman: Fernando Cervera

Formation is 4-4-2 with a style modifier of +5 (or whatever the max is).
Numbers 1 to 11 are the usual starters.
Feel free to make a couple of changes to those line ups though.

Kits

Still using the kits designed to commemorate World Cup 50. Asal éide spóirt couldn't be arsed to design any new ones, much to the relief of fans who don't like shelling out for a new replica shirt every World Cup.

Home/Away


Stadia/Stadiums/Whatever the fecking plural of stadium is

The home games against Bears Armed (Mainland), Liventia, Tentalon, Shivat and Albundania along with the friendly against Taeshan will held at the 150,000 capacity James Connolly Stadium in Beningrad, show in the picture below. Sexy, non? Or at least they will be as long as it doesn't come under siege by anatidae, which it shouldn't. Hopefully.



Parilisa meanwhile will play at Hathfield City's 30,000 capacity Blemney Road. City's cross-conurbation rivals Heathfield United will also get in on the hot and steamy World Cup qualifier action with their The Causeway [Ground] hosting the Seven Castles match. The Jersey Islands will be asked to venture into deepest darkest Hispanic Sorthern Northland (or El sur de las tierras del Norte as the Hispanic populace like to call it) with the qualifier against them being played at Castrograd SC's Estadio Castro which has a capacity of 90,000. The match against Cymru agus Éire (as the Gaelic revisionist population of Sorthern Northland insists on calling WalesaIreland) will be played at Corcaigh's 70,000 capacity Páirc Uí Rinn.

We would have photos of these venues, but unfortunately the battery on the camera ran out before we got round to taking them. And quite frankly now we've recharged it, we'd rather use the camera to take pictures of sexy naked ladies. If that's all the same with ye.

RP thingy

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod scoring events N
RP injuries to my players Y
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out red cards to my players Y
Godmod other events Y

[Commerce Heights]

Jasĭyun

Nickname: Hyesuŋjĭ
Formation: 4–4–2, attacking
Style modifier: +φ
Flag: red with the Jasĭyun logo in the center (image of flag)
Three-letter abbreviation: JSY
Kits: (made by C4)


Roster
(starters in bold · ages as of the first half of WC51 qualifying; add one year for second half of qualifying and two years for the World Cup)

Manager: Stella Taylor (age 52)

Forwards
02: Noah Rogers (age 32, Qidade Savana)
03: Carson Gibson (age 28, Heidelstadt Falken)
13: Billy Evans (age 26, Noka Mariners)
14: Cory Donaldson (age 28, Naquada Falls Demons)

Midfielders
Right
07: Cody White (age 30, Graceville Salamanders)
18: Landon Simpson (age 29, New Haverford Albion)
Center
05: Maria Hiersche (age 31, New Hampton Terrapins)
06: Panagiotis Papazachos (age 31, Griffin Zebras)
16: Sherry Estrada (age 28, Eintracht Maastricht)
17: Teresa Koch (age 25, Noka Mariners)
Left
04: Ida Lyecht (age 33, Carter FC)
15: Dimitris Kazantzidis (age 26, Lisda Lokado Goji Salamjĭ)

Defenders
Right
11: An Sû-lyoŋ (age 25, New Hampton Terrapins)
22: Andrea Panczak (age 30)
Center
09: Katie Sharp (age 28)
10: Conrad Wellenbrink (age 31)
20: Theresa Anderson (age 28, Jamaica Giants)
21: Karlo Ribo (age 28, Graceville Salamanders)
Left
08: Roberta Grant (age 31, Qidade Savana)
19: Juŋ Tæ-suŋ (age 31, Qidade Savana)

Goalkeepers
01: Sébastien Purdy (age 27, Naquada Falls Demons)
12: Caleb Adams (age 27, New Town Red Devils)
23: Marian Johnson (age 28, Noka Mariners)

Home venues
Matchday 1 vs Swartaz: Auswärtssieg Arena, Natestadt (capacity 127 802)
Matchday 3 vs DRo Alba: Sokojiwa Gyuŋgijaŋ, Sokojiwa Dosi (capacity 169 500)
Matchday 5 vs Kura-Pelland: Olympic Tower Stadium, Aeropag (capacity 196 812)
Matchday 7 vs the Han Empire: Sokojito Überdome, Sokojito Dosi (capacity 400 552)
Mtachday 9 vs Sentient Nukes: Stephen Rogers Memorial Stadium, Yuba (capacity 77 996)
Matchday 11 vs Royalsoldiers: Noka Communications Stadium, Noka (capacity 81 093)
Matchday 13 vs Rennidan: Metropolitan Stadium, Commerce Heights (capacity 180 270)
Matchday 15 vs Kanvers: Querzakhi Olympic Stadium, Querzakhi (capacity 157 080)
Matchday 17 vs Ad’ihan: Holmes Stadium, Columbia (capacity 390 100)