Transfers pre-season 34Into the college system:
Hyeon Myeong-Joon (CSKA Quebec, Quebec) -> 102d Polyteknik
Adrian Rushton (Southfell United, Nephara) -> Heisenberg University
Erin Fry (Hornchurch, Eura) -> Orling College, loan
Out of the college system:
Mackenzie Lehman (Sapper Tech) -> Columbia, Cassadaigua
Anita Rao-Chavan (Fleinhardt College) -> Betham FC, Sylestone
Ibilx-Irtix Ono, Otoln-Prant Ezi, Karar-Falax Zev (Klerked College, Maddon College, DU; and the uni-Q headquarters) -> Northern Union, Brenecia
Zwangzugians overseas:
Ryan Lippe-Berg (Altendalur, Græntfjall) -> Valley Wanderers, South Newlandia
La la la these sure are some people who exist. Rao-Chavan's experience turned out to be pretty useless when game planning against the Sentients. We wish the Qusmo entrepreneurs all the best, even if we suspect that some of their studies are a bit too radical for our conservative faculty. Erin Fry was transfer number 2^9 on the list which is a good omen. The slowness of the Nepharim calendar means we
still get to keep Helena Buis and Barry Theodore around for another season after this one, which is honestly pretty great considering what they've been up to.
Aaaand...we're just going to go through a little of "who's up and who's down."
Down:
Spenson Suburbia sink to the basement, albeit in a tied logjam. Matchday Six saw them crushed by Keppal Cosmos; Johan Idmar scored two goals in the first fifteen minutes. Javier Drouet committed a stupid foul in his own box on Carly Hayes-Clevel in minute 41, and--perhaps even more stupidly, depending on your level of idealism versus cynicism--freely admitted it to bemused referee Arjun Jo-Ahmed. Hayes-Clevel duly converted the penalty past a taut Itzhak Canterbury, who was too mature to take his obvious anger out on Drouet but not mature enough to channel it somewhere healthy and devolved into a superstitious wreck for most of the second half (if not the season). Idmar completed his hat trick in minute 63, was promptly ruled offside just like he was several times during the qualifiers, and completed it for reals in minute 88.
Up: After a couple of seasons, Einvarður Adamsson appears to have found his sea legs, or whatever it is that Græntfjallers find when they need to escape from krakens. Perhaps it's the job security that comes from a franchise system, perhaps it's just more interesting than following politics, but he's settled in with the
Canbix Muses. In a model of efficiency, the Muses' first five matches consisted of four one-nil wins and a 2-1 victory against visiting Namiri Independent; this method of making it look easy and jumping into action if, and only if, the moment requires is making Helen Pimbura a fan favorite in goal. We would say that Potz Gambor excelled here to make up for his national team's underwhelming showing, but the truth is he was fairly anonymous, and let's be fair, there are also a lot of Zwangzugians whose form didn't improve despite our national team's underwhelming showing. Anyway, Groth Park will host IFCF play again.
Down: On Matchday Twenty-Seven, this happened:
(Gordon Blum 12 and 29 and 54 and 90+3, Amos Noile-Murne 36, Nolan Treford 62, Drew Merrill 70; Vipul Ericson 38, Aziz Khanna 81)
Bassabook Old Boys seven, Namiri Independent two. This, obviously, increased Bassabook's goal differential. It increased it up to negative one. Despite Blum's prolific efforts, the defense is stale and ineffective; Randal Saitta, who's honestly past it at this point, came off the bench a couple times and earned himself a couple cards to go right back there again. We'd say they need to think about rebuilding during the transfer window, but not only do they not care, they're probably right not to bother caring considering how little transfers affect the rankings. Um...I mean how efficiently we redistribute profits to developing youth talent. Communism!
The good news is that the hymn about how they are too still singing and they will raise songs and praises forevermore has met with the Kate DiMarini seal of approval, so they will brag about this as proving they really do understand Important Football Traditions.
Up: On the field, the
Twineur Bugs and Canbix can resemble each other in their fast-paced play. And both of them used that pace to improve over last season. But they took very different approaches to efficiency; while the Muses scraped out several close victories, the Bugs' approach, under manager Dale Hartford-Phelps, appeared to be "whenever a game looks slightly out of reach just give up, play the kids, and hope they get experience and the defense builds some character." They dropped several games by a 4-1 scoreline, in Canbix, Arlington, and Bassabook; lost 3-0 at home against Keppal; and 6-2 at home against Ephesian. (Games involving Ephesian are never likely to be defensive-minded affairs, but still.)
And yet...it worked. Sort of. Aimee Ginoud-Sachs isn't exactly a household name yet, but she's good at winning possession challenges. Ryne Sheneth-Calvert has, uh, lots of character if his defensive experience is anything to indicate. Molly Nestor's height and athleticism mean she racks up plenty of headers. They're not going to win anything where goal difference is a tiebreaker, but Hartford-Phelps' resigned approach might actually be vindicated.
[People who actually care about chess appreciate the "resign when you can't win" approach too, just saying. -ed]
Shut it.
Down: In simpler times, the only real conflict involving
Eintracht Trink was the city's rivalry with their cross-district rivals, Danhy. As You Know, Bob, Danhy don't even have a football team, which makes Trink's enmity slightly quaint at best. But in brief--Trink is a city whose founders were fleeing terrible war and bloodshed and senseless violence directed against them by hostile powers. This is not particularly unique for Zwangzug, actually it's extremely typical for Zwangzug, but apparently this war was both especially brutal and comparatively recent, hence the narrative of lingering trauma. Danhy is
also a city whose founders were fleeing the horrors and atrocities of that same recent-ish war, but instead of being the victims who needed to get somewhere else to not die, they were fleeing the unbearable stigma of being those who(se compatriots) perpetrated such. Trink's reason for hating Danhy is obvious. Danhy's rationale for not getting along with Trink is slightly less obvious, unless you have been crushed by the iron grip of revisionist history. You laughed at Danhy before, but are you laughing now? Ẃ̶̼̣̅ḣ̵̟e̷̞̪͊̀n̵̮̒͛ ̸͙͔̈́y̷͎̆o̷̻̮̅ǔ̶̯ ̷̜̝̽͠h̴̤̪̿̀ä̶͕́̑v̸̛̯̼e̷̩̍̊ ̸̭̮͐s̴̡̓e̸̼͑̄e̸͙͔̐n̴̰̆ ̵̥̓͊t̵̻̓̂ͅh̷̩͍̆̇ȩ̴̠̽ ̶̱̼̆̄c̶̙̓̂ȍ̷̙r̶̛̲̥͝ŕ̵̢̟ō̴̢̏s̶̤̕i̷͓̞̔́v̷̀ͅě̷͚̤ ̶̩͊͝c̵̙͕̽̌h̸̗̍u̷̢̦̓̊r̷̝̹͌̉n̴͓̙̄̀ ̵̧͚̀̊o̴̯͕̿͘f̴͇̹̃͝ ̶͔̏̾t̷̯͚͋h̶͇̞͐͌e̷̜͒͛ ̸̧̞͘s̶̛̩͇͠o̶͕͎͠c̶̻͕̉̐ȋ̵͉͊a̴̺̝͗͒l̷͖͊͋ ̷̠̬́n̴̥̽͐è̴̥̹͠t̴̙̉͜w̵͖͛o̶͈̤͛̕ŕ̶̺̪k̴̼̈́s̸̪̐̌ ̷̬̣͌a̴̲͈̒̀n̴̨͖̎̕d̶͉̜̅ ̷̜̣̑̽t̴̫̺͌̕h̵͖͑͘e̸̜͐͐ͅ ̴̼͇́ḯ̵̩̐n̸͉̔c̷̥̆̈́o̸̪̲̐̔ḩ̶͚͒͒ẽ̷̱͚̾r̵̥̫͋é̸̩̔n̶̳̳͗̌c̶̲̤̐ȇ̶̝͇̅ ̸̬͒o̵̮̹̿f̵̲̫͊͆ ̵͚̓t̷̠̋ḥ̶̏́e̴̎̈ͅ ̸͉̽s̸͚͉̆e̶͓͊̉l̴̙̋f̶͍̈́-̴̲̈ŕ̷̲͔̓ǐ̸͇̜g̴̀͐ͅh̸̤͈̓ṭ̷͙͌̾e̶̖͂̀o̵͖̭͌̇ū̴̬̾s̴̩͆̄,̴̮̌ ̵̨̘̓ẁ̵̰͠h̴͖̮̋ė̵̮n̶̗̗͗ ̵̲̫͒t̴̟̼̀̚h̴͎̋e̷͉̪̒͝ ̶̝̞̄h̸͇̘̉ȯ̶͕͜n̸͕͈̋͠e̴̝̱͆̆s̴̒͜t̶̡͎͆̉ ̸͓̭͑͐e̶̗̊v̸̧̧̛͗e̵͚̾̆ŗ̷̲̏͊ý̸̗̠̍f̷̛͉̼á̴̗́ņ̶̥̑͝ ̸̡̧͝i̶̦̼̽͛s̴͉̥͊ ̴́ͅs̶͇̽̀h̷̼̽̓á̴͉m̴̮̀ȩ̶̹̌̋d̸̲̐ ̷͗̀ͅḯ̷̗ṅ̸̝̻t̵͉͝ọ̵̐ ̸͕̇s̸̛̩̘i̸̺̍̕l̷͓͈̏̈ē̵̟̦ņ̶̀̓ç̷̃é̴͈̯ ̴̻̀̇ā̴̲͕̂n̷̮͍̒͗d̴̺̣̃͠ ̸̨͉̂m̴̛͉͆a̷̜͠ś̸̡̢̂o̴̱̲̒ç̵̿h̷̯͛̕i̷̦̦͊͘ṡ̶̟͚t̶̤̥͐̓i̴̳͊͛c̵̲̅ ̴̢̑h̵̟͇̀y̴̠̣͒̓p̸͖̖̌̈́o̵̞͈͂̈ć̷̘ṟ̶̖̃ï̴͙͒ş̵̂̈́y̵̺̻̑ ̷̥̠̊͒ś̵̳̍p̴̣̀̈́r̷̠̘͌̅ĕ̴̗̍a̷͍̒̚d̸̫̓s̷̥̖̀ ̴͎̳̇l̸̹͊̅i̵͔͇̊k̸̥̪̓ë̶̙́͘ ̵̝̋͛a̶̞͆ ̸͈͗w̸̘̎̈́e̵̢̖̊̅ȅ̷͍d̶̛̦̄,̵̜̓̓ ̵̤̙́͘D̷̰̩̂O̶̹͜͝ ̷̟̕͝Y̸̼̣̆̋O̵̗̥̍̽U̴͙̓̕ ̶̜͉͗̚Ş̴͍̿T̶̨̖̋̒I̵̥̘͂̔Ĺ̶̩̐L̶̯̥̂̈́ ̴̫͘L̷̻̬͊Ä̸̧́̐Ȕ̶̢̙̽G̸͎̣̅H̴̲̾̕?̶̮̜̌̃ ̷̦̋D̶̤͌O̸̢̘̒ ̵̣͙̚͝Y̵̭̫̓Õ̴͈U̷̼͎͑̐?̶͜͝
[Sorry. -ed]
Aaaaaaaas I was saying, Trink have basically been a mediocre mid-table club for a while so their relationship with Danhy is the most interesting thing about them. After eight matchdays, though, they sat fourth! They actually didn't lose either leg against Arlington, and the only other club who can say that is Bassabook, whose two wins against City didn't get them very far. What went wrong?
Well...matchday nine, they lost badly in Zwischen. But fine, it's Ephesian, they're going to score a lot. The next match, their momentum was drained and they lost to Slogda, who...are consistently terrible, but that didn't break
Nebenstimme's spirits either. They were back up to fourth by halfway. And then the rematch with Ephesian came around.
Keiko Mitsubishi got things started with a goal in minute 13. Nine minutes later, Rutger Jenkins-Palin made it 2-0 to Trink, and 2-0 it remained at halftime. Four minutes after the resumption of play, Piet Wilkes scored: 3-0. Marianne Ezekiel won the kickoff for Ephesian and promptly scored from distance; 3-1. Hanna Suzuki won the kickoff for Trink and promptly scored from distance; 4-1. Five minutes later, a Mitsubishi free kick found Jenkins-Palin standing in front of an open goal (more open than usual, I mean); Trink led 5-1, and were well on their way to avenging the first-half defeat.
By the eighty-first minute, not much had changed except the musical complexity of the fans' chants. That was when Trink defender Noelle Raschka brought down Jacques Nelson-Boque. The referee (it was actually Jo-Ahmed again, he had a fun season, and it's definitely not because I'm too lazy to make up names) had heretofore been limited to shushing Jesse McWhorter when he got too jaw-y, but promptly awarded a penalty to Ephesian, which Nelson-Boque scored. Trink fans were dissatisfied with the effect on their goal differential, but so it goes.
Three minutes later, Paulina Henrico's left foot made it 5-3. Two minutes after that, McWhorter set up his national teammate Jaclyn Burkhart, and Ephesian pulled within one. And in the second minute of added time, Quinten Fryx came up with the equalizer. Trink five, Ephesian five. Momentum is a strange thing, and it would be exaggerating to say that
Nebenstimme's form precipitiously dropped off as a result, but it sure felt like that summarized the season.
Up: Okay, so it's not by much. In fact, it's only by one place, from eighth to seventh. But
102d Jr.s will take it, because they finished above archrivals Bassabook for the first time since the very first season (102d were second to Canbix!).
The two matches they played against each other kind of summarized both sides' skills; exuberance but defensive shakiness in Bassabook, ruthless efficiency in 102d. Matchday Seven saw Blum outdo himself for haste, scoring a brace in the opening
four minutes, but Bassabook couldn't secure possession thereafter and Arturo Jaccard put the visitors on the scoreboard. After halftime, Murphy Drad-Ikey found the opposite direction much more favorable, as she recorded a quick opening goal that was pretty much a copy of Blum's first. A distant blast from Noile-Murne gave the hosts the lead once again six minutes later, but Sonja Reuel-Whail equalized for 102d in minute 79. Less dramatics than the Ephesian/Trink match that...hadn't taken place and wouldn't for seventeen rounds...but still a nice comeback by the visitors to annoy the hosts.
In contrast, the matchday twenty-two encounter consisted of Tianming Sun scoring in minute eleven, and the hosts being content to park the train. Fedya Troy-Vee made a highlight-reel save from Blum around the hour mark, but that was about it.
Still fourteenth:Namiri Independent emerging ahead of the tied pack on goal difference is a little surprising after that Bassabook game, but they thwapped Spenson in the second leg of the tactically-neutral sides, so that helps. More to their liking was the hastily-scheduled VCI, in which they joined their cross-district rivals, Trink, and the Rovers in making a deep but unsuccessful run. The shootout was thrilling, of course, except for a group of bandwagon fans centered in Bassabook who appear to be supporting AS Marcadia for complicated reasons involving their motto, which apparently bears some distant relation to the Old Boys' undefeated campaign in season 16.
About the same but still pretty darn good:In the last three seasons under Kirk McDonagh,
Ephesian FC have come sixth, fifth, and fourth. A third-place finish would secure a Champions' League place and send him off in style. Or maybe it wouldn't, it's unclear what order these events are occuring in. Nevertheless, one way or another, the capital side did indeed secure third place and look forward to showcasing their "unique" tactical approach in the Champions' League.
Speaking of "sides that owe a lot of their improvement and success to a manager who has recently moved elsewhere and can't reap the fruits of their labors,"
Trebuchet Cham are second again! They were undefeated until a high-scoring clash with, uh, 102d on matchday thirteen, and topped the table as late as matchday nineteen, albeit on head-to-head results. Their official elimination from the title race was less than stellar--an own goal from Tova Miovuku against Slogda on the penultimate matchday--but Kayla Haugen is emerging as a charismatic leader even without DiMarini's mentorship.
Arlington City have now won five titles in a row, which is more than even Slogda managed in their heyday, and the bizarre "curse" of going from adorable losers to unsympathetic overlords. We might actually have to put effort into shaking up the ranking system. But on the other hand, have you seen the history of Eastfield Lodge's league?
They keep busy overseas, too. Particularly, uh, impressive was the League of Victors run, which saw
two scoreless draws turn into penalty victories, and only in the semifinals did a 1-1 draw become a penalty defeat. Harper Norwich, their latest and...latest standout goalkeeper, has done more than yeoman's work. (Yeowoman's work? Yeoperson's work? She's not even a yeoperson so I'm not sure about that one.)
Also, silicon or no silicon, Meldi'ita Mungwaii won the World Cup.
Pos/Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Arlington City 30 19 6 5 47 21 +26 22
2 Trebuchet Cham 30 17 8 5 76 51 +25 21
3 Ephesian FC 30 15 8 7 75 59 +16 19
4 Canbix Muses 30 15 7 8 35 28 +7 18.5
5 Namiri Forest 30 13 9 8 33 20 +13 17.5
6 Keppal Cosmos 30 14 6 10 38 23 +15 17
7 102d Jr.s 30 11 9 10 38 34 +4 16.5
8 Bassabook Old Boys 30 11 8 11 52 52 0 15
9 Twineur Bugs 30 11 8 11 41 55 −14 15
10 Eintracht Trink 30 11 7 12 60 65 −5 14.5
11 FTC United 30 7 11 12 27 39 −12 13.5
12 Sporting Esper 30 9 6 15 22 33 −11 12
13 Rovers United 30 7 7 16 37 53 −16 11.5
14 Namiri Independent 30 7 6 17 44 58 −14 10
15 Excelsior Slogda 30 7 6 17 20 36 −16 10
16 Spenson Suburbia 30 6 8 16 30 48 −18 10
Cereal CupFirst RoundArlington City 1–0 Sporting Esper
Trebuchet Cham 2–2 Canbix Muses
Bassabook Old Boys 3–0 Spenson Suburbia
Ephesian FC 6–2 FTC United
Keppal Cosmos 2–0 Twineur Bugs
Namiri Forest 1–0 Namiri Independent
Eintracht Trink 2–1 Rovers United
102d Jr.s 1–0 Excelsior Slogda
The Namiri rivalry got schedulemakers' attention last season when the seeding was finalized. The surprise is not that Forest won by a single goal, but that it came from defender Kausalya Vizirani.
While not advertised as such, Bassabook-Spenson in practice was a clash between two underperforming sides looking elsewhere for success. And it was Bassabook who found it, with Nolan Treford opening the tally in minute 34 and the reliable Blum adding on shortly after halftime. Jasmine Idaho added on in minute 71, which might be important if goal differential turns out to matter (hint). Arlington City give the impression that they have better things to do but deign to make an appearance anyway, with Reinhold Elston scoring the only goal.
When the capital side takes on the largest cities, there will be a decent amount of neutral excitement and also, probably, a lot of goals. Ephesian got off to a fast start with goals from Paulina Henrico and Quinten Fryx, but FTC United scored in minute 20 via Becca Yontararak. Seven minutes later, Jaclyn Burkhart restored a two-goal margin for Ephesian, and before the half was out, Wesley Arons-Davies and April Ixcal had run up the score.
Both sides put their cycles into coast gear for the second half (we don't deal with automotive brakes here). Wiwat Petchrung tapped in a free kick about ten minutes after the restart, and Jesse McWhorter blasted in a long goal shortly before full time.
Second RoundEphesian FC 4–4 Bassabook Old Boys
Keppal Cosmos 0–1 Arlington City
Namiri Forest 3–0 Eintracht Trink
102d Jr.s 1–3 Trebuchet Cham
Canbix Muses 2–1 Sporting Esper
Namiri Independent 2–2 Rovers United
Excelsior Slogda 1–1 Twineur Bugs
Spenson Suburbia 0–1 FTC United
Bassabook and Ephesian's reward for being the biggest winners was getting to play each other. Once again, it would be the hosts who got off to a fast start, with Jacques Nelson-Boque and Marianne Ezekiel scoring within the opening ten minutes. Drew Merrill recorded Bassabook's opener, and there was a flurry of set pieces and bad-tempered fouls shortly after the half-hour mark. First, Burkhart got her head to an Ixcal free kick. Then, a thoughtless penalty foul from Marjorie Dako let Blum record one of his easier goals of the year. And then Henrico overcame a lazy tackle from an aging Amos Noile-Murne, making it 3-3. By halftime, Ephesian could justly claim to have been the stronger side, but the scores were level. And while Fryx scored slightly after halftime, a late equalizer from Treford salvaged half a point for Bassabook and kept them in contention.
Meanwhile, a perfunctory Junia McCue goal brought further success for Arlington. Forest also remain perfect, with Govind Bannerjee, Farrokh Sokhi, and Jamsetjee Peerbhoy all getting on the scoreboard.
Third RoundArlington City 0–0 Namiri Forest
Trebuchet Cham 4–2 Ephesian FC
Bassabook Old Boys 5–3 Canbix Muses
Keppal Cosmos 0–0 102d Jr.s
FTC United 3–3 Eintracht Trink
Rovers United 0–2 Excelsior Slogda
Twineur Bugs 0–0 Namiri Independent
Sporting Esper 1–0 Spenson Suburbia
Namiri Forest were fifth during the regular season. Which means they're qualifying to the Challengers' Cup. Which means they can't qualify for the Vilitan Cove Invitational, which is definitely a regularly scheduled thing and I didn't just hastily edit this at the last minute. Which means they don't have a great deal to play for, here, other than bragging rights--considering the loose organizational structure and tiebreaking chaos, this is perhaps not as serious and prestigious a cup competition as some, but don't tell anyone I said that. And then, of course, there's the issue that this probably happened sometime earlier in the season, when they were...still probably fifth-ish. But anyway. Forest played like they really cared about this tournament, and Arlington kind of...didn't, except they obviously do based on how nitpicky they were about tiebreakers last time. Mostly it was Forest being unrelenting and Arlington either tired or distracted, but anyway there was no score.
There was, however, lots of scoring in Bassabook versus Canbix. A flurry of goals in the first twenty minutes made it 3-1 to the Old Boys. Merrill, Blum, and Rafael Ashadha scored for the hosts, and Dina Udrie-Lous for the Muses. The visitors would claw their way back, with Simon Gannett and Devin O'Shea scoring either side of halftime. But half an hour into the second half, Noile-Murne and Blum scored in quick succession to put the game out of reach.
Fourth RoundNamiri Forest 0–1 Bassabook Old Boys
Trebuchet Cham 2–4 Arlington City
Ephesian FC 1–2 Keppal Cosmos
Excelsior Slogda 1–0 Canbix Muses
Eintracht Trink 4–3 102d Jr.s
Namiri Independent 0–1 FTC United
Sporting Esper 1–0 Twineur Bugs
Rovers United 0–1 Spenson Suburbia
It was the unlikely Randall Saitta who returned from the bench long enough to give the Old Boys a win against Forest. Meanwhile, Cham and Arlington were reprising their league battles. If you took your time on the way past the other sports fields/questionable mad scientist experiments in Stabb Field, you may have missed Elston's opener for the visitors. But by the time everyone had settled down with their muffins, the indefatigable Meldi'ita Mungwaii scored to make it 2-0. Peter Rudovich put the Cabbas on the board around the half-hour mark, but after halftime, Jenna Kowalski tapped in a McCue free kick. Kayla Haugen scored for the hosts to make it 3-2. And two minutes from full time, Elston scored what was kind of a mirror-image of his goal two minutes in. Kind of.
Anyway, the upshot is that goal difference is kind of a weird thing to call upon here, but Bassabook are cup champions outright as well as qualifying for the VCI, which is still totally a thing.
June JankinessFirst Round:Modal College 2–4 College of the Riverside
University of Jeatt--Lucina 3–1 St. Deedrag University
Taravin College 1–2 Brench
Sapper Tech 2–1 Stiglex University
University of 102d 0–2 Zwangzug University
Westfield College 2–2 Geeccles University (2–3 AET)
Newtown Institute 1–2 University of Greater Zwangzug
Stoal Institute of Science 4–1 Hassench College
Mandelbrot University 0–3 Bryce College
Engdahl Institute 3–0 Zwangzug National University
College of Bronc 3–1 Zwangzug University of Science
Pittman University 2–4 University of Sinako
Ozcheb University 1–0 Universitaet Schwandt
Neume College 2–1 Fleinhardt College
University of Dauclem 0–2 Jefhed College
102d Polyteknik 3–3 Orling College (3–4 AET)
Leblanc Universite 3–0 Snowden College
Erewhon University 3–1 University of Homler
Glune Institute of Natural Sciences 0–3 University of Ponderosa
DU 1–3 Culver College
Shanbock University 0–2 AIU
Edison College 2–5 University of Naspe
Klerked College 4–1 Heisenberg University
Bulkeley College 2–3 University of Twineur
Scholl College 1–0 Mursbayley College
Wawen College 2–0 Henssen Institute
Maddon College 2–0 Parmel District University
Liulevi University 8–3 College of Twake
Elizur Mountain College 0–1 Minong College
University of Jeatt--Kindtown 1–0 Ronquebuck University
Freund College 4–3 Ashthorn College
Frammard College 1–2 Lanius University
Second Round:College of the Riverside 0–1 University of Jeatt--Lucina
Brench 4–3 Sapper Tech
Zwangzug University 5–1 Geeccles University
University of Greater Zwangzug 4–3 Stoal Institute of Science
Bryce College 1–0 Engdahl Institute
College of Bronc 1–0 University of Sinako
Ozcheb University 1–0 Neume College
Jefhed College 1–2 Orling College
Leblanc Universite 3–1 Erewhon University
University of Ponderosa 2–3 Culver College
AIU 4–1 University of Naspe
Klerked College 4–1 University of Twineur
Scholl College 0–1 Wawen College
Maddon College 2–1 Liulevi University
Minong College 1–4 University of Jeatt--Kindtown
Freund College 1–4 Lanius University
Third Round:University of Jeatt--Lucina 1–1 Brench (2–1 AET)
Zwangzug University 4–0 University of Greater Zwangzug
Bryce College 1–0 College of Bronc
Ozcheb University 0–2 Orling College
Leblanc Universite 3–1 Culver College
AIU 3–4 Klerked College
Wawen College 1–0 Maddon College
University of Jeatt--Kindtown 2–3 Lanius University
Fourth Round:University of Jeatt--Lucina 4–4 Zwangzug University (4–5 AET)
Bryce College 2–4 Orling College
Leblanc Universite 3–2 Klerked College
Wawen College 1–0 Lanius University
Semifinals:Zwangzug University 2–1 Orling College
Leblanc Universite 0–2 Wawen College
Third place:Orling College 3–1 Leblanc Universite
Final:Zwangzug University 0–1 Wawen College
Zwangzug (ZWZ) qualifiers
IFCF Champions League: Arlington City, Trebuchet Cham, Ephesian FC
IFCF Challengers Cup: Canbix Muses, Namiri Forest, Keppal Cosmos
Liga dos Vencedores: Arlington City, Trebuchet Cham
Taça das Confederações: Ephesian FC
VCIAPP: Bassabook Old Boys (ZWZ)