Liga Federal de Valladares (Official Thread)

by **Valladares** » Sat May 18, 2013 3:45 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-THIRD SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators and last season's King's Shield winners Eterna Stars. Dragon Stadium in Canalave was the venue for the tenth SuperCopa match, and the place where both Valladar titans locked horns in order to add yet another trophy to their showcase, with 43,982 people attending and most of them being obviously Eterna fans, given Canalave's proximity to the Eternan capital, who were also expecting their team to win a trophy at the home stadium of their most hated rivals, Canalave Dragons.

In the first half, we were able to witness an interesting, back-and-forth match, with both teams trying to open the scoreboard as soon as possible while also trying their best to prevent Canalave's sunny climate and humidity from affecting them. Although the Stars, propelled by their fans' massive support, were the ones always exerting pressure on their rivals, the Alligators were the ones closer to break the deadlock, with Miguel Flórez and Pedrinho always bringing danger to the Stars' defense. Despite the effort shown by both Stars and Alligators, both teams were punished with a 0-0 at halftime.

For the second half, the Alligators went more decided to open the scoreboard, and with the Stars' defense now offering less resistance than in the first half, the Liga-1 champions were awarded a penalty kick after a childish foul on MA striker Carlos Alberto Sáez, which Flórez quickly turned into the first goal of the day in the 57th minute. The goal gave MA wings and the Green-Blues enjoyed more chances to double the advantage during the remainder of the second half, while the Stars looked tired and without arguments to go and equalize the match. This, however, wasn't liked at all by the Stars fans, who started making riots in their allocated stand for the match when the match clock hit 80 minutes. A flare thrown onto the pitch was the trigger that led to the suspension of the match, with the referee declaring the match finished since 75% of it had already been played. South End Eterna marred the Alligators' celebration of another Canalave Crown triumph on Dragon Stadium's pitch, but were unable to stop the celebrations in Metropolis with the Crown itself, though.

TENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS VS. ETERNA STARS


Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 43,982)

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Eterna Stars (Flórez 57' PK)

* Match finished after 80 minutes due to riots organized by Eterna Stars fans

Liga-1 Season Review

Another Liga-1 season that ends with the Alligators defending successfully their crown, however, they once again found stiff contention in the form of Olympique de Fontvielle and 10-time champions Fontvielle Impact, who are now seeing how MA get dangerously closer and closer to emulate their feat of winning 6 titles in a row. Despite those three teams were always fighting at the top and switching positions during 35 weeks, Round 36 was when the league winner was decided, with MA and Fontvielle Impact facing each other in a crucial Derby du Sud, while Olympique travelled to the Valladar capital to take on Nacional, who were at the time fighting for a Globe Cup berth. Eventually, MA's 2-0 win over Impact at the Stade de la Frontière and Olympique's 1-1 draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium were enough for the Alligators to clinch a third title in a row, and eighth overall, while l'OF were forced to settle for a Champions' Cup berth and another set of silver medals, and Impact were punished with third place (and the last CC berth) after being unable to get more than a point in their last 2 games of the campaign at Montreux and at home against Pumas.

After missing out on UICA competition last time, which also meant a hard blow to billionaire Rémy de Saint-Lorent's finances, AS Bezieres managed to bounce back from that failure and secured a Globe Cup berth after a decent campaign which was just enough for Les Rouges to finish in fourth place, and Edmonton United were also able to bounce back from their ninth place last season and managed to secure the last UICA berth of the season with their fifth place, returning to the Globe Cup in the process. Meanwhile, AS Montreux are getting closer to a maiden participation in a UICA first-tier competition, after getting their highest finish ever this season, a sixth place which undoubtedly has ASB's former main rivals happy, while Nacional and Pradera FC are still unable to recover their winning memory, and in the case of Pradera, Montreux are slowly replacing the Verdiblancos as the Liga-1's "surprise package".

In the middle part of the standings, we have Canalave Dragons and CAP, both of them finding in the King's Shield more reasons to smile than in the league, while Marinos Metropolis, former Globe Cup winners, are unable to find either success or happiness in both, that 11th place achieved this season by Los Marineros reflecting this fact. After a dreadful season which had them closer than ever to the drop, Eterna Stars may find some solace with a 12th place which honestly, was more than the fans expected, while Ajax Carloburgo, Pumas Maldonado, and their fans may be happier than ever with both teams shocking everyone by being able to avoid the drop and finishing in comfortable positions this time (13th and 14th), and Slateport Bulls collected more disappointment with another 15th place finish.

And we reached the most exciting zone of the standings this time: the relegation zone! And the relegation race was more exciting than ever with 4 teams going into the final match of the campaign with chances to be relegated to Liga-2, those being the mystical Étoile Verte, led by former NT coach José Marín, who were finally enjoying the flashes of Liga-1 after their Liga-2 championship last season, SC Caimanes, who were playing Globe Cup earlier this season, AC Tallin, and debutants Bohemians Metropolis. Before the last matchday and despite none of the involved teams were still able to secure direct survival, Caimanes had the upper hand for the playoff berth with 36 points and a superior goal difference than Tallin, Bohemians were behind in 19th place with a point less, and Étoile Verte were dead-last and trailing the Jacarés by 2 points. And the crucial match of the day was being played at Parken Road in Carloburgo, with Tallin and Étoile Verte facing each other, Caimanes were playing in Eterna City against the Stars, while Bohemians were challenging their fate in Edmonton against the Monties. Eventually, all the history of Étoile Verte came back to life with the green team from Bezieres beating Tallin 2-0 and securing the coveted spot in the relegation playoff, sending the Gunners down in the process, while Caimanes lost to the Stars and will be reunited with Chiquito in Liga-2 and Bohemians returned to the second tier in their début season after drawing at Albert Field.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                              P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Metropolis Alligators        38  21  10   7  74  32  +42  73 CH - CC
  2 Olympique de Fontvielle      38  21   8   9  60  32  +28  71 CC
  3 Fontvielle Impact            38  18  13   7  63  43  +20  67 CC
  4 AS Bezieres                  38  19   9  10  69  38  +31  66 GC
  5 Edmonton United              38  17  11  10  57  43  +14  62 GC
  6 AS Montreux                  38  15  12  11  39  36   +3  57
  7 Nacional                     38  16   8  14  56  45  +11  56
  8 Pradera FC                   38  14  13  11  61  48  +13  55
  9 Canalave Dragons             38  14  11  13  51  56   -5  53 GC
 10 CAP                          38  15   8  15  41  49   -8  53
 11 Marinos Metropolis           38  13  12  13  48  48   +0  51
 12 Eterna Stars                 38  13  11  14  38  55  -17  50
 13 Ajax Carloburgo              38  12  12  14  49  47   +2  48
 14 Pumas Maldonado              38  11  11  16  40  57  -17  44
 15 Slateport Bulls              38  11  10  17  50  64  -14  43
 16 Tannenberg FC                38   9  13  16  34  58  -24  40
 17 Étoile Verte                 38   8  13  17  41  62  -21  37 P-O
 18 SC Caimanes                  38   9   9  20  41  58  -17  36 REL
 19 AC Tallin                    38  10   6  22  31  57  -26  36 REL
 20 Bohemians Metropolis         38   8  12  18  32  47  -15  36 REL

CHAMPIONS
Metropolis Alligators (8th title)

The Twenty-Third King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

Pradera FC 1-3 Canalave Dragons

Olympique de Coulombes 2-0 FC Verder Metropolis

Clermont FC 3-0 Chiquito FC

Valencia FC 2-4 Policía Nacional FC

Tannenberg FC 0-2 Bretford Royals

Real Pradera 1-0 Hamilton Rockets

Pumas Maldonado 0-2 AS Lausanne

FC Townsville 1-3 CAP

Canalave Dragons 2-1 AS Lausanne

Bretford Royals 1-3 CAP

Real Pradera 0-0 Clermont FC (0-0 AET, 2-0 PKs)

Olympique de Coulombes 1-0 Policía Nacional FC

Olympique de Coulombes 0-1 CAP

Canalave Dragons 2-0 Real Pradera

FINAL @ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 32,185)

CAP 0-0 Canalave Dragons (0-0 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Congratulations to Canalave Dragons, who won their third King's Shield in dramatic fashion and qualified for both the Globe Cup and the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hoxford Rovers                  38  22   6  10  63  40  +23  72  CH - SBCC
  2 Bretford Royals                 38  22   5  11  76  54  +22  71  P - SBCC
  3 Servette FC                     38  20   9   9  65  46  +19  69  P/O
  4 AS Vaud                         38  19   9  10  52  43   +9  66  P/O
  5 Chiquito FC                     38  19   8  11  59  46  +13  65  P/O
  6 Minault United                  38  18  11   9  54  42  +12  65  P/O
  7 RC Belfort                      38  18  10  10  54  37  +17  64
  8 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  17   7  14  49  48   +1  58
  9 Olympique de Coulombes          38  16  10  12  42  35   +7  58
 10 SC Alcázares                    38  16  10  12  56  42  +14  58
 11 AD Cerro                        38  17   7  14  47  40   +7  58
 12 Nord Energie FC                 38  16   6  16  46  43   +3  54
 13 FC Townsville                   38  13   6  19  45  58  -13  45
 14 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  11   9  18  37  52  -15  42
 15 FC Fauxham                      38  12   6  20  44  57  -13  42
 16 Universitario de Maldonado      38  11   7  20  48  60  -12  40
 17 FC Columbus                     38  10   8  20  50  63  -13  38  P-O
 18 RC Corania                      38   8  10  20  31  56  -25  34  REL
 19 Villaznia AC                    38   8   8  22  33  60  -27  32  REL
 20 Valencia FC                     38   8   6  24  27  56  -29  30  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Minault United (6) 0-3 (3) Servette FC
Servette FC (3) 1-1 (6) Minault United
Agg: Servette FC 4-1 Minault United

Chiquito FC (5) 2-2 (4) AS Vaud
AS Vaud (4) 0-0 (5) Chiquito FC
Agg: AS Vaud 2-2 Chiquito FC (AS Vaud advance on away goals rule)

Final:

Servette FC (3) 0-1 (4) AS Vaud

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Étoile Verte vs. Servette FC

Servette FC 2-1 Étoile Verte
Étoile Verte 2-1 Servette FC (3-1 AET, 3-2 agg)

Thus, Étoile Verte keep their spot in the Valladar Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Corumbá EC                 38  22   7   9  55  37  +18  73  CH - P
  2 FC Sillimus                38  21   9   8  50  28  +22  72  P
  3 Adelaide Kickers           38  16  13   9  47  37  +10  61  P/O
  4 Hamanos Athletic Club      38  17  10  11  39  27  +12  61  P/O
  5 Eterna Celtic              38  18   6  14  54  43  +11  60  P/O
  6 Gatineau UC 98             38  16  10  12  57  49   +8  58  P/O
  7 Alianza Antioquia          38  15   7  16  46  45   +1  52
  8 Newcastle Town             38  15   7  16  36  42   -6  52
  9 Defensores de Neuquén      38  14   9  15  47  50   -3  51
 10 CR Palmas                  38  14   9  15  37  44   -7  51
 11 Club Osum                  38  11  17  10  44  40   +4  50
 12 Stanford United            38  13  11  14  44  42   +2  50
 13 EC Comercial               38  14   8  16  37  40   -3  50
 14 Atlas SC                   38  13  10  15  38  46   -8  49
 15 Patriotas FC               38  13   9  16  35  39   -4  48
 16 Real Pradera               38  12  12  14  40  45   -5  48
 17 AC Talamonte               38  12  11  15  37  40   -3  47
 18 Estudiantes de Colón       38  10  12  16  34  47  -13  42  REL
 19 Neuchâtel-Sport            38  10  10  18  33  39   -6  40  REL
 20 Clermont FC                38   4  13  21  24  54  -30  25  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Gatineau UC 98 (6) 1-2 (3) Adelaide Kickers
Adelaide Kickers (3) 0-1 (6) Gatineau UC 98
Agg: Adelaide Kickers 2-2 Gatineau UC 98 (Adelaide Kickers advance on away goals rule)

Eterna Celtic (5) 0-2 (4) Hamanos Athletic Club
Hamanos Athletic Club (4) 3-1 (5) Eterna Celtic
Agg: Hamanos Athletic Club 5-1 Eterna Celtic

Final:

Adelaide Kickers (3) 0-0 (4) Hamanos Athletic Club (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: FC Columbus vs. Adelaide Kickers

Adelaide Kickers 1-1 FC Columbus
FC Columbus 1-0 Adelaide Kickers (2-1 agg)

Thus, FC Columbus keep their spot in the Valladar Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Metropolis Alligators
Runner-Up: Olympique de Fontvielle
King's Shield Winner: Canalave Dragons
Relegated Teams: SC Caimanes, AC Tallin, Bohemians Metropolis
Promoted Teams: Hoxford Rovers, Bretford Royals, AS Vaud

Top Scorers:

1. Miguel Flórez (Metropolis Alligators): 25 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 23 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Jean-Pierre de Roux (Fontvielle Impact): 21 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Pedrinho (Metropolis Alligators): 20 goals
5. Eric Clancy (AS Montreux): 19 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 48:
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Olympique de Fontvielle - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 45:
Canalave Dragons - King's Shield winner
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Edmonton United - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 45:
Hoxford Rovers - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Bretford Royals - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
AS Vaud - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Servette FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 23:
Canalave Dragons - King's Shield winner

by **Valladares** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:01 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators and last season's King's Shield winners Canalave Dragons, played at the latter's home stadium, Dragon Stadium. This, of course, guaranteed that the curtain raiser of the Valladar footballing season was played with packed stadium (over 50,000 spectators) and leaving huge profits for the VFA, which still had a fine to pay to the Canalave Municipality due to the events happened in last season's Crown match.

As for the match, Canalave Dragons went out to demolish the Alligators, the Shield holders started exerting pressure while the League champions tried to endure the Dragons' onslaught. Yves Rexach and his unusual and unorthodox yet ultra-offensive 4-2-4 formation made sure that the Alligators defense, and especially Jimmy Pereira and Polarian Olivier Kindahl had more work than usual to hold back the "home" side and its players' attacks. However, the MA players managed to find themselves on the pitch soon and didn't take long to start creating dangerous counterattacks, led by Iturributan striker Balendin Uzkudun. Even though the Dragons had enjoyed of the best chances to break the deadlock during the first half, the Alligators were the ones who found the first goal of the match, after Carlos Alberto Sáez benefited from Canalave's poor pass delivering and fired a powerful 25-metre shot which left Dragon Stadium silent and sent the Alligators ahead in the first match of the season four minutes before halftime.

For the second half the Dragons' strategy didn't change, and being one goal down, they were forced to find a goal as soon as possible. With this in mind, and also seeking to avoid any further burnout on his players, Roger Lenhart switched from his usual 4-3-3 to a more conservative 4-4-2 which could bring more trouble for the Dragons in their quest to score the equalizer while also looking for the spaces they left in order to counterattack them. However, the Shield holders, pushed by their own faithful, were finally able to equalize thanks to Pablo Morel, who was able to head a corner kick into the goal defended by Luis Fuentes in the 77th minute. The 1-1 lifted the Dragons' momentum, who looked closer than their rivals to score the winning goal but the 90 minutes mark was reached before any team could finish the match off. And in 30 minutes of extra time we saw nothing different to 22 players who looked already tired and willing to drag the match to a penalty shootout, which eventually happened.

Dragon Stadium's southern goal was chosen for the penalty shootout, this was obviously not liked at all by the Alligators staff since the Dragons' "hardcore" fans sit in the southern stand and that meant more pressure directed at Luis Fuentes. There were three goals for each team after three attempts, and it was time for the fourth attempt for each team: Frank Lambert scored for the Dragons, but Landon Allister was unable to cope with the pressure and fired his shot to the top...of Mackarin Tower! Pablo Morel is once more in charge of embittering the Alligators with the definitive fifth shot which goes to the back of the net. The Supercopa trophy stays in Canalave until next season.

ELEVENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS VS. CANALAVE DRAGONS


Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 50,045)

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 AET Canalave Dragons (Morel 77'; Sáez 41')

Canalave Dragons won 5-3 on penalty kicks

Liga-1 Season Review

If you still find yourself unable to get used to MA's Liga-1 domination during the most recent seasons, well, we've got very bad news for you: Metropolis Alligators won the Liga-1 (yes, once again)! And this time, they ran away with the league virtually unopposed mostly thanks to the huge gap they opened with the teams fighting for second place during the first half of the season: at halfway point, they were leading the league being 15 points clear of the second placed at that moment, Étoile Verte (we'll talk about them later). Still don't believe us? Well, check this out then:

Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Metropolis Alligators        19  16  2   1  35  10  +25  50
  2 Étoile Verte                 19  10  5   4  29  22   +7  35
  3 Olympique de Fontvielle      19  10  2   7  27  20   +7  32
  4 Fontvielle Impact            19   9  4   6  25  21   +4  31
  5 Tannenberg FC                19   9  3   7  27  24   +3  30

And the Alligators managed to win their ninth domestic title with several matches to spare, and everyone in Valladares (well, everyone within the Alligators family) was happy. End of. Meanwhile, both Fontvielle teams made even less interesting the contention for the top places as both Olympique and Impact managed to equal their respective finishes to the ones last season, meaning that both teams will accompany MA in the next Champions' Cup, as has been the constant those last few Liga-1 seasons. On the other hand, Bezieres continued having serious trouble to recover the lost lustre, as Les Rouges had (once more) to come back from behind after a disastrous start to the season in order to claim a Globe Cup berth. And then we talk about Bezieres' crosstown rival: the mythic Étoile Verte, who seemed to have dusted all their past glory in order to do a memorable campaign after being struggling for survival the last season. The squad coached by former NT coach José Marín was able to reach halfway point in second place after getting unexpected results such as winning in Fontvielle against Olympique, tying Impact at home and Nacional on the road and giving hard fight to the Alligators in a narrow 1-0 loss at the Dome. However, Les Verts allowed other teams to steal points from them in the second half of the season and lost the decisive matches against both Fontvielle teams, leaving them anchored to fifth place at the end of the season but rewarding them with a Globe Cup berth. And Pradera turned the Gobernador Villa into a fortress once again and thanks to their excellent home form throughout the season (11W, 7D and 1L), and also to Olympique's help, they were able to claim the last Globe Cup spot after "winning" a heated race for sixth place against Montreux, Edmonton, CAP, and Nacional (who once again choked at the crucial moments).

Going into the mid zone of the table, we find teams like Slateport Bulls, who did just enough to escape soon from the relegation race, just like the Rovers, who can be content with their 12th place finish, and the Stars, who were more than happy to be away from the relegation contention. And now, we're going to talk about some worrying cases, such as Canalave Dragons, who played an impressive game against the Alligators in the Canalave Crown but were never able to find that level in 38 weeks of league action. Marinos Metropolis also fall in that category, experiencing a fast decline on their level every season and now being really involved in the relegation contention all over the season. However, TFC's case is the most bemusing of all: as you can see above, the Citizens had an excellent first half of the season, even being in contention for a Globe Cup spot, but suffered a terrible winless streak which soon brought them down to the relegation race. Eventually those savings from the first half of the season helped them avoid the relegation playoff, to which Ajax Carloburgo (TFC's crosstown rival) was doomed after failing to defeat the Alligators' youth squad in their last match of the season, while Bretford, who did a fairly decent campaign, will be going back to the Liga-2 after 1 season as will Vaud and Pumas, who returned to their old ways after shockingly reaching salvation last season.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                              P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Metropolis Alligators        38  27   4   7  68  29  +39  85 CH - CC
  2 Olympique de Fontvielle      38  21   5  12  58  39  +19  68 CC
  3 Fontvielle Impact            38  20   7  11  55  40  +15  67 CC
  4 AS Bezieres                  38  19   6  13  58  52   +6  63 GC
  5 Étoile Verte                 38  18   8  12  55  46   +9  62 GC
  6 Pradera FC                   38  16  12  10  53  42  +11  60 GC
  7 AS Montreux                  38  16  10  12  49  39  +10  58
  8 Edmonton United              38  17   6  15  52  42  +10  57
  9 CAP                          38  17   6  15  43  41   +2  57
 10 Nacional                     38  16   7  15  53  51   +2  55
 11 Slateport Bulls              38  15   6  17  44  58  -14  51
 12 Hoxford Rovers               38  13   9  16  44  49   -5  48
 13 Eterna Stars                 38  11  15  12  39  41   -2  48
 14 Canalave Dragons             38  11  12  15  40  50  -10  45
 15 Marinos Metropolis           38  12   9  17  45  48   -3  45
 16 Tannenberg FC                38  12   8  18  49  61  -12  44
 17 Ajax Carloburgo              38  11   8  19  46  61  -15  41 P-O
 18 Bretford Royals              38  10   7  21  27  36   -9  37 REL
 19 AS Vaud                      38   8  10  20  30  53  -23  34 REL
 20 Pumas Maldonado              38   9   7  22  39  69  -30  34 REL

CHAMPIONS
Metropolis Alligators (9th title)

The Twenty-Fourth King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

SC Alcázares 0-0 Nord Energie FC (0-1 AET)

FC Sillimus 0-1 Dynamo Metropolis

FC Fauxham 2-1 Atlético Pavia

Servette FC 0-3 Chiquito FC

Alianza Antioquia 0-1 Operário FC

Hoxford Rovers 0-2 Valencia FC

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 Gatineau UC 98

Fontvielle Impact 3-1 AS Vaud

Dynamo Metropolis 1-2 FC Fauxham

Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Chiquito FC 3-0 Operário FC

Valencia FC 1-1 Nord Energie FC (1-1 AET, 0-2 PKs)

Nord Energie FC 1-0 FC Fauxham

Chiquito FC 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

FINAL @ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 31,774)

Nord Energie FC 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Congratulations to Olympique de Fontvielle, who won their third King's Shield in dramatic fashion and qualified for the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RC Belfort                      38  21   8   9  71  43  +28  71  CH - SBCC
  2 AC Tallin                       38  19  10   9  62  39  +23  67  P - SBCC
  3 Minault United                  38  19   8  11  61  38  +23  65  P/O
  4 SC Caimanes                     38  18  11   9  55  38  +17  65  P/O
  5 Chiquito FC                     38  17  12   9  60  41  +19  63  P/O
  6 Nord Energie FC                 38  18   8  12  54  48   +6  62  P/O
  7 Universitario de Maldonado      38  17   7  14  50  50   +0  58
  8 AD Cerro                        38  16  10  12  65  51  +14  58
  9 Servette FC                     38  17   4  17  64  71   -7  55
 10 Bohemians Metropolis            38  14  13  11  41  46   -5  55
 11 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  14  11  13  59  44  +15  53
 12 Olympique de Coulombes          38  14  11  13  42  41   +1  53
 13 FC Fauxham                      38  14   9  15  50  57   -7  51
 14 SC Alcázares                    38  12  10  16  40  51  -11  46
 15 FC Sillimus                     38  11  10  17  39  41   -2  43
 16 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  10  10  18  42  54  -12  40
 17 FC Columbus                     38   9  11  18  34  68  -34  38  P-O
 18 Hamanos Athletic Club           38   9   9  20  31  54  -23  36  REL
 19 FC Townsville                   38   9   9  20  37  60  -23  36  REL
 20 Corumbá EC                      38   6  11  21  35  57  -22  29  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Nord Energie FC (6) 1-0 (3) Minault United
Minault United (3) 1-0 (6) Nord Energie FC (1-1 AET)
Agg: Minault United 1-2 Nord Energie FC

Chiquito FC (5) 2-1 (4) SC Caimanes
SC Caimanes (4) 2-0 (5) Chiquito FC
Agg: SC Caimanes 3-2 Chiquito FC

Final:

SC Caimanes (4) 0-2 (6) Nord Energie FC

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Ajax Carloburgo vs. SC Caimanes

SC Caimanes 2-0 Ajax Carloburgo
Ajax Carloburgo 3-1 SC Caimanes (SC Caimanes wins on away goals rule)

Thus, SC Caimanes got promoted to the Valladar Liga-1 for next season, while Ajax Carloburgo will occupy Caimanes' place in the Liga-2.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Valencia FC                38  20   7  11  64  39  +25  67  CH - P
  2 CR Palmas                  38  18  11   9  48  31  +17  65  P
  3 RC Corania                 38  18  11   9  36  20  +16  65  P/O
  4 Real Pradera               38  19   6  13  50  40  +10  63  P/O
  5 Adelaide Kickers           38  18   8  12  52  36  +16  62  P/O
  6 Patriotas FC               38  15  14   9  50  42   +8  59  P/O
  7 Villaznia AC               38  15  11  12  50  41   +9  56
  8 Atlas SC                   38  13  16   9  41  38   +3  55
  9 AC Talamonte               38  14  10  14  33  39   -6  52
 10 Newcastle Town             38  14   9  15  42  48   -6  51
 11 Eterna Celtic              38  12  14  12  38  44   -6  50
 12 Tessano FC                 38  13  10  15  43  45   -2  49
 13 Alianza Antioquia          38  11  15  12  36  43   -7  48
 14 Stanford United            38  12  11  15  33  40   -7  47
 15 Gatineau UC 98             38  12   9  17  49  52   -3  45
 16 EC Comercial               38  11  12  15  42  46   -4  45
 17 AS Lausanne                38  13   5  20  30  41  -11  44
 18 Club Osum                  38  10  12  16  37  43   -6  42  REL
 19 AS Laval-Avignon           38   9   8  21  22  44  -22  35  REL
 20 Defensores de Neuquén      38   5  17  16  32  56  -24  32  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Patriotas FC (6) 0-2 (3) RC Corania
RC Corania (3) 2-1 (6) Patriotas FC
Agg: RC Corania 4-1 Patriotas FC

Adelaide Kickers (5) 1-1 (4) Real Pradera
Real Pradera (4) 1-2 (5) Adelaide Kickers
Agg: Real Pradera 2-3 Adelaide Kickers

Final:

RC Corania (3) 2-0 (5) Adelaide Kickers

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: FC Columbus vs. Adelaide Kickers

Adelaide Kickers 1-0 FC Columbus
FC Columbus 3-1 Adelaide Kickers (3-2 agg)

Thus, FC Columbus keep their spot in the Valladar Liga-2 for next season, after beating Adelaide Kickers in the relegation playoff once again.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Metropolis Alligators
Runner-Up: Olympique de Fontvielle
King's Shield Winner: Olympique de Fontvielle
Relegated Teams: Bretford Royals, AS Vaud, Pumas Maldonado, Ajax Carloburgo
Promoted Teams: RC Belfort, AC Tallin, Nord Energie FC, SC Caimanes

Top Scorers:

1. Balendin Uzkudun (Iturributa, Metropolis Alligators): 24 goals (Golden Boot)*
2. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 24 goals (Silver Boot)*
3. Éric Clancy (Étoile Verte): 22 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Yoan Gignac (Fontvielle Impact): 21 goals
5. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 20 goals

* Balendin Uzkudun won the Golden Boot over Frank Rozenthal on number of assists.

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 49:
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Olympique de Fontvielle - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 46:
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Étoile Verte - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team
Pradera FC - Valladar Liga-1 sixth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 46:
RC Belfort - Valladar Liga-2 champions
AC Tallin - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
Nord Energie FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
SC Caimanes - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 24:
Olympique de Fontvielle - King's Shield winner

by **Valladares** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:11 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART I OF IV)

Ladies and gentlemen, the VFA and the Liga Federal de Valladares now welcome you all to a new installment of the LFV, its thirty-fifth season! With Metropolis Alligators winning their ninth championship (and fourth in a row) this last season, 19 other teams from all over Valladares will be looking forward to dethrone them in November. Also, given that the LFV has fallen out of the top 6 in the UICA ranks, the Liga-1 will be (once again) deprived of one of its Champions' Cup berths, and this in turn will make the fight for Globe Cup berths more interesting. Will the Titan be finally able to equal their arch-rivals Fontvielle Impact's title tally? or will this season be the end of their domination over the rest of Liga-1 teams? The answer can be found within the four parts of this season's review!

Canalave Crown Match (March 9)

As usual every season, the Canalave Crown match was the curtain-raiser to the new season of Valladar football, with Liga-1 defending champions Metropolis Alligators and King's Shield current holders Olympique de Fontvielle presenting their new squads and kicking off the new season in front of 37,761 spectators who gathered at Dragon Stadium on a hot and sunny Saturday afteroon.

Both teams arrived to Canalave with the intention to establish themselves as strong candidates to either retain the Liga-1 title (in the Alligators' case) or win it for the first time (Olympique). However, Les Jaunes et Bleu came without one of their star players, that one being striker Frank Rozenthal, who travelled to Saugeais to play the Copa Rushmori with the Valladar national team. And the Shield holders seemed to feel this absence during the first half of this match, as they were unable to string together a single dangerous chance against Luis Fuentes for 45 minutes, while in the same period of time the Alligators squad felt confident and dominated the ball, with Carlos Alberto Sáez and Balendin Uzkudun bringing constant havoc to Olympique's defensive line, and headaches to Jean Camacho, who couldn't find a way to turn his team's fortunes around. Fortunately for him, Jacques Gavanon (OF's goalie) was on his day and saved his team from conceding at least 3 goals, and he was the main responsible for the 0-0 draw at halftime.

For the second half though, we saw a less naive and more aggressive Olympique side, which soon managed to corner the Alligators into their area. That pressure even helped them to go ahead in the score after Polarian defense Olivier Kindahl mistakenly headed into his own goal a corner kick thrown from the left in the 65th minute. With this goal, everyone thought Olympique would go on, however, the Alligators regained control of the ball and didn't take long to equalize, as Carlos Alberto Sáez successfully managed to finish a counterattack and beat Gavanon's reflexes in the 71st minute. From that moment on, the match became more intense and more hard-fought as despite the fatigue shown by both Alligators and Olympique, both teams went out for the winning goal, which was eventually found by the Liga-1 champions thanks to Iturributan striker Balendin Uzkudun, who scored the winning goal for MA thanks to a penalty in the 86th minute. L'OF tried to react to this but it was too late and the Alligators celebrated yet another Crown win to start the season in winning fashion.

TENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS VS. OLYMPIQUE DE FONTVIELLE


Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 37,761)

Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle (Sáez 71, Uzkudun 86' (PK); Kindahl 65' (OG))

King's Shield Preliminary Round (March 13)

Before we start with the proper Liga-1 season, it's time for King's Shield action to start, with the Preliminary Round, featuring 16 Valladar clubs, who are currently competing in the State Championships and will be fighting for a berth into the main cup competition.

Victoria United 2-2 FC Verder Metropolis (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Excelsior Exeter 2-0 CS Clermont

Stade Foixien 2-1 Port Arthur FC

Rapid Metropolis 0-0 Deportivo Angostura (0-1 AET)

Gatineau Athletic Club 1-2 Port Arthur Warriors

Atlético Rozo 0-1 Português

FC Blacktown 1-0 Salvador FC

Leeward Tech FC 0-2 Cartago FC

And now we return to your normal Liga-1 broadcast...

Round 1 (March 15-16-17)

This new season of Liga-1 action started on March 15 with the Champions' Kick-Off between Liga-1 champs Metropolis Alligators and their Liga-2 counterparts RC Belfort at the Metropolis Dome, with the Alligators scoring against Les Rouge et Noir seven times in their return to the top flight of Valladar football. Eterna Stars also started flying high with a 4-1 thrashing at home against another returnee to Liga-1: AC Tallin, while Olympique bounced back from their loss to the Alligators in the Canalave Crown with a 3-0 win over Montreux. Fontvielle Impact's campaign was also off to a good start with a win at the City of Metropolis Stadium against Nacional, while the other Metropolis side (Marinos) lost in Slateport to the Bulls in a heated Blue Derby, the Dragons won in Pradera, TFC emerged victorious from their tough visit to the Stade de Foix-Jules Picot, Étoile Verte and the other 2 promoted sides (Nord Energie and Caimanes) were defeated in their respective openers as well.

Metropolis Alligators 7-0 RC Belfort

Miguel Flórez scores the fifth goal for
MA in their 7-0 thrashing of RC Belfort.

CAP 1-0 SC Caimanes
Eterna Stars 4-1 AC Tallin
Edmonton United 1-0 Nord Energie FC
Étoile Verte 3-1 Hoxford Rovers
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-0 AS Montreux
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Nacional 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
AS Bezieres 1-2 Tannenberg FC
Pradera FC 0-2 Canalave Dragons

Round 2 (March 23-24)

After hitting Belfort at full speed last week in the Champions' Kick-Off, champions Metropolis Alligators steamrolled Caimanes in the first Reptilian Derby of the season and continued with their perfect start to the season with 6 out of 6 points. Both Eterna Stars and Slateport Bulls have also got 2 wins in 2 matches with away wins at Hoxford and TFC, respectively, same as Fontvielle Impact, who narrowly defeated Olympique in a Derby de Fontvielle played behind closed doors. AS Bezieres bounced back from the loss in their season opener and inflicted another loss on Pradera, Montreux got their first 3 points of season 35 against Edmonton, Marinos and Étoile Verte cancelled each other out at the Dome, Nacional got a huge win at Dragon Stadium, Nord Energie's first "actual" home match in a long time ended with a win for the Electric Boys, and Belfort are bottom after two matches after losing to fellow promoted outfit Tallin in Carloburgo.

SC Caimanes 0-4 Metropolis Alligators
AC Tallin 3-1 RC Belfort
Nord Energie FC 3-1 CAP
Hoxford Rovers 1-2 Eterna Stars
AS Montreux 1-0 Edmonton United
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Étoile Verte
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Tannenberg FC 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Canalave Dragons 2-4 Nacional
Pradera FC 0-3 AS Bezieres

Round 3 (March 30-31)

With Tallin stealing a point from the Dome after a brave performance against the Alligators, Fontvielle Impact and Eterna Stars are now the only sides who can boast a 100% performance, with Impact seizing the top spot on goals scored thanks to their win in a goalfest against Edmonton, while the Stars handed Marinos their second defeat of the season. Étoile Verte are now fourth thanks to their 3-2 win against Tannenberg in Bezieres, while Les Rouges lost to Nacional in the Valladar capital. In other matches this week, Montreux and Canalave Dragons got wins on the road against CAP and Olympique de Fontvielle, respectively, Pradera's campaign finally took off with an impressive victory at Slateport, Caimanes hammered Nord Energie, and Belfort got their first win of the season against the Rovers and left them anchored to the basement with three losses in three matches.

Metropolis Alligators 2-2 AC Tallin
SC Caimanes 5-0 Nord Energie FC
RC Belfort 3-0 Hoxford Rovers
CAP 1-3 AS Montreux
Eterna Stars 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Edmonton United 3-5 Fontvielle Impact
Étoile Verte 3-2 Tannenberg FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-2 Canalave Dragons
Slateport Bulls 1-4 Pradera FC
Nacional 1-0 AS Bezieres

Round 4 (April 6-7)

Fontvielle Impact managed to retain the lead despite drawing against CAP at the Stade de la Frontière, thanks to the Stars' loss in Carloburgo against Tannenberg and MA's draw against Nord Energie on the road, while we now see Canalave Dragons and Nacional dangerously approaching the top thanks to their narrow wins against Edmonton and Slateport Bulls, respectively. Pradera made it two wins in a row after winning their first home match of the season, against José Marín's Étoile Verte, Hoxford Rovers beat Tallin at Westlands and left the basement, with Marinos going down there after their scoreless draw against Belfort, and Olympique came from behind to defeat ASB after being 2-0 down at halftime, and left Les Rouges in a compromising situation.

Nord Energie FC 1-1 Metropolis Alligators

Nacional and Slateport Bulls struggled
against the heavy rain in their match.

Hoxford Rovers 2-1 AC Tallin
AS Montreux 0-0 SC Caimanes
Marinos Metropolis 0-0 RC Belfort
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 CAP
Tannenberg FC 3-0 Eterna Stars
Canalave Dragons 1-0 Edmonton United
Pradera FC 2-1 Étoile Verte
AS Bezieres 2-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
Nacional 1-0 Slateport Bulls

Round 5 (April 13-14)

Nacional took advantage of Fontvielle Impact's draw in Campo Grande against Caimanes and took the lead by getting a win at the Stade de Charmilliot against Étoile Verte, with Metropolis Alligators jumping to second place thanks to their 2-1 defeat of Hoxford Rovers at home. Montreux walloped Nord Energie at the Municipal Stadium and trail Los Albos by 2 points, as do the Stars, who let Pradera escape with a point from the Alain Tramontin. In other matches, TFC were unable to get the full prize in their trip to Gatineau and drew with Belfort, Canalave Dragons and Slateport Bulls were given harsh drubbings in their away games against CAP and Olympique, respectively, Marinos got their first win of the season against Tallin at Parken Road, and Edmonton defeated Bezieres at home with a brace by Sicoutian Girard Giroux and left Les Rouges reeling, now being second-from-bottom with only a win and 3 points.

Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Hoxford Rovers
Nord Energie FC 0-4 AS Montreux
AC Tallin 1-3 Marinos Metropolis
SC Caimanes 0-0 Fontvielle Impact
RC Belfort 2-2 Tannenberg FC
CAP 6-3 Canalave Dragons
Eterna Stars 1-1 Pradera FC
Edmonton United 2-0 AS Bezieres
Étoile Verte 1-2 Nacional
Olympique de Fontvielle 8-2 Slateport Bulls

Round 6 (April 17-18)

Round 6 was not really fruitful for away teams, since only champions Metropolis Alligators were able to snatch points from their host on this mid-week fixture, holding Montreux to a draw at the Stade Micoud. Also on Wednesday 17th, Nacional continued on top thanks to a 4-2 win over the Stars, while Fontvielle Impact's victory over Nord Energie allowed Les Bleus to climb up one position at MA's expense. Canalave Dragons bounced back from last week's dismal performance in Los Chorros and beat Caimanes at home, jumping to fifth place in the process, the Carloburgo Derby ended with TFC beating Tallin as usual, ASB managed to breathe fresh air with a much-needed win over CAP, and Slateport Bulls will try to forget that 8-2 loss in Fontvielle with a 1-0 win over Edmonton at the Estadio de la Riviera. And the next day, Marinos got their second win in a row and sunk the Rovers at the basement, and Olympique seized fourth place after defeating Étoile Verte at the Stade de l'Amitié.

AS Montreux 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Hoxford Rovers
Fontvielle Impact 3-0 Nord Energie FC
Tannenberg FC 2-0 AC Tallin
Canalave Dragons 1-0 SC Caimanes
Pradera FC 2-0 RC Belfort
AS Bezieres 3-1 CAP
Nacional 4-2 Eterna Stars
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Edmonton United
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Étoile Verte

Round 7 (April 20-21)

The top 3 (Nacional, Impact, and MA) was not altered after this weekend's results, with Nacional winning their match at Gatineau's Stade Omnisports, Impact doing their task in Montreux, and MA emerging as winners in the first Clásico Metropolitano against Marinos in dramatic fashion. Canalave Dragons returned from their short trip to Toril with 3 points which allow them to equal the champions and their tally of points. Olympique slipped in their visit to Eterna Stars, with Pradera taking advantage of this by beating Tallin on the road. In other matches, Tannenberg were unable to defeat the Rovers in Hoxford, Slateport lost to CAP in a thrilling match, and the ever-passionate Illyrian Derby between Caimanes and ASB, ended with the Jacarés thumping Les Rouges 3-0.

Metropolis Alligators 4-3 Marinos Metropolis

Foul play was present everywhere in the
first Illyrian Derby of the season.

AS Montreux 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
Hoxford Rovers 1-1 Tannenberg FC
Nord Energie FC 1-2 Canalave Dragons
AC Tallin 1-2 Pradera FC
SC Caimanes 3-0 AS Bezieres
RC Belfort 1-2 Nacional
CAP 3-2 Slateport Bulls
Eterna Stars 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Edmonton United 3-1 Étoile Verte

Round 8 (April 27-28)

The first Derby between arch-rivals Fontvielle Impact and Metropolis Alligators, played at the Stade de la Frontière, finished with a 2-1 win for Les Bleus, who were also able to switch positions with Nacional after Los Albos were unable to defeat Tallin at home. Pradera are now third thanks to a hard-fought home win over the Rovers, while the Dragons sent MA to fifth place despite Montreux left Canalave with a valuable scoreless draw. In other matches played this weekend, Marinos lost to TFC at White Meadow Arena, Bezieres stomped Nord Energie at home, Olympique bounced back from their loss in Eterna City with a win over the Liga-2 champions, and Monties and Stars cancelled themselves out at Albert Field.

Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Metropolis Alligators
Tannenberg FC 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Canalave Dragons 0-0 AS Montreux
Pradera FC 3-2 Hoxford Rovers
AS Bezieres 3-0 Nord Energie FC
Nacional 0-0 AC Tallin
Slateport Bulls 2-1 SC Caimanes
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-1 RC Belfort
Étoile Verte 1-1 CAP
Edmonton United 0-0 Eterna Stars

Round 9 (May 4-5)

After losing against one of their most hated rivals, Metropolis Alligators were back at the Dome to play host to TFC (another one of their most hated rivals), and eventually they returned to winning ways after a hard-fought 1-0 win over the Citizens. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact are still leading the Liga-1 despite dropping points at home against the Dragons, with Nacional being shocked by the Rovers in the Westlands and Pradera leapfrogging Los Albos for second place with a win over Marinos. Regional rivals Montreux and Bezieres exchanged blow after blow in an entertaining 2-2 draw, as did Nord Energie and Slateport, Olympique were held to a draw by Tallin, the Stars were beaten by CAP in their visit to the "suburbs" of Metropolis, Edmonton got another dull scoreless stalemate, and the irregular Étoile Verte defeated Caimanes in Campo Grande.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Canalave Dragons
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Pradera FC
AS Montreux 2-2 AS Bezieres
Hoxford Rovers 3-1 Nacional
Nord Energie FC 2-2 Slateport Bulls
AC Tallin 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
SC Caimanes 0-1 Étoile Verte
RC Belfort 0-0 Edmonton United
CAP 3-0 Eterna Stars

King's Shield First Round (May 8)

The proper King's Shield started with the first round and all the teams from the LFV, Liga Nacional, and the 40 remaining teams from the 7 State Championships entering the competition in this round along with the 8 preliminary round winners, to make a field of 128 teams. Although favourites to win the Shield like the Alligators, Nacional, Bezieres, Impact, and Marinos won their respective matches with relative comfort, and others like TFC, Slateport, and Étoile Verte managed to scrape through to the next round after being given some scares by underdogs like RC Victoria, Gatineau UC 98, and AS Laval-Avignon, there were some others who were kicked out early, such as the defending Shield holder, Olympique de Fontvielle, who bowed out after shockingly losing to Liga Estatal Antioqueña (fifth tier) outfit Mineros de Talamonte. Canalave Dragons were dragged to extra time by a courageous Cardenales FC side but conceded two goals in those additional 30 minutes and were eliminated, and Eterna Stars and CAP locked horns for the second time in 4 days, this time in Eterna City. The Cuervos were through to the next round after beating the Stars once again.

AS Mont-Blanc 0-3 Carloburgo Phoenix

Carolina Rangers 0-0 Isla Nueva FC (0-1 AET)

Neuchâtel-Sport 4-0 FC Coulombes

Stade Foixien 1-1 Metropolis City FC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Eterna Stars 0-2 CAP

SC Tabatinga 0-1 AC Talamonte

Operário FC 1-0 Araguaná

Tessano FC 1-4 CR Palmas

Hamanos Athletic Club 0-0 FC Blacktown (0-1 AET)

Edmonton United 2-0 Potros de Slateport

Deportivo Meléndez 2-0 Pumas Maldonado

Defensores de Neuquén 1-2 Alejandría SC

Adelaide City FC 0-0 EC Comercial (1-0 AET)

Sion-Impact OSC 0-2 AC Valencia

Pradera FC 0-1 Toril Beavers

AS Lausanne 1-2 Corumbá EC

FC Fauxham 1-1 Yumbo FC (2-1 AET)

Northport Mariners 2-0 Policía Nacional FC

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-1 Atlas SC (2-1 AET)

Marinos Metropolis 4-0 Swangard FC

Curzón FC 1-0 Sillimus Islanders FC

Étoile Verte 1-1 RC Victoria (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)

FC Verder Metropolis 0-3 AD Cerro

Vitória Maldonado 2-1 Atlético Poblado

Mineros de Talamonte 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

RC Belfort 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

Nacional 7-0 Olympique de Coulombes

Orlèans FC 0-3 Minault United

Cardenales FC 1-1 Canalave Dragons (3-1 AET)

Tarragona FC 1-2 Real Colón

Canalave Rangers 0-2 Atlético Robles

Nord Energie FC 1-0 Servette FC

Patriotas FC 3-1 Adelaide Kickers

FC Borderville 2-3 Valencia FC

Português 1-1 Campograndense (1-1 AET, 0-2 PKs)

Bohemians Metropolis 2-4 Chiquito FC

AS Bezieres 5-1 Excelsior Exeter

Atlético Pavia 0-1 Universitario de Maldonado

Gazélec Saint-Rémy 0-1 Cidade do Leste

Alianza Antioquia 3-0 Kingsville Reds

Fontvielle Impact 3-0 Port Arthur Warriors

FC 1093 Los Chorros 4-1 RC Copacabana

Hamilton Rockets 2-2 Stanford United (2-3 AET)

SC Alcázares 3-1 Mountain United

Tannenberg FC 3-2 Gatineau UC 98

Eterna Celtic 3-1 Northport Bears

AC St. Louis 2-0 Deportivo Lomas

Hoxford Rovers 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Deportivo Aguablanca 3-1 Santacruz FC

Deportivo Angostura 0-2 Newcastle Town

RC Corania 3-1 AS Vaud

Estudiantes de Colón 1-2 Danubio FC

Bretford Royals 1-0 Bellavista Jets

Rexam 2-1 Real Pradera

FC Sillimus 0-2 FC Columbus

Borderville Rogues 2-0 Club Osum

Dynamo Metropolis 1-0 FC Townsville

San Luis FC 2-1 AS Montreux

SC Río Laguna 2-5 AC Tallin

SC Caimanes 2-2 Villaznia AC (2-2 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Slateport Bulls 1-0 AS Laval-Avignon

Hoxford Athletic 2-1 Cartago FC

Clermont FC 1-0 Richmond City

Atlético Nápoles 0-2 Columbus Cannons

Round 10 (May 11-12)

We've reached the first quarter of this season and Fontvielle Impact look determined to prevent the Alligators from equalling their record of domestic titles, this time beating arch-rivals AS Bezieres in the first Derby du Foix of the season. However, the Alligators took advantage of Canalave's current hard time and defeated them at the Dragon's Den with a resounding 3-0 in order to escort Les Bleus. Nacional are now third despite allowing Marinos to steal a point from the City of Metropolis Stadium in the Clásico, while Tannenberg are now charging for UICA contention after beating Pradera at the Gobernador Villa. Nord Energie and Hoxford Rovers were sunk further into the basement after getting losses in their visits to the Foix state, and Tallin got a historic maiden win in Edmonton thanks to a brace by young striker Abel Brücke.

Canalave Dragons 0-3 Metropolis Alligators

Abel Brücke celebrates his first goal for
AC Tallin in their 2-0 win in Edmonton.

Pradera FC 0-1 Tannenberg FC
AS Bezieres 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
Nacional 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Slateport Bulls 1-0 AS Montreux
Olympique de Fontvielle 4-1 Hoxford Rovers
Étoile Verte 2-1 Nord Energie FC
Edmonton United 0-2 AC Tallin
Eterna Stars 1-1 SC Caimanes
CAP 2-3 RC Belfort

Standings after Matchday 10

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Fontvielle Impact           10  7  3  0  19   6  +13  24
  2  Metropolis Alligators       10  6  3  1  26  10  +16  21
  3  Nacional                    10  6  2  2  16  12   +4  20
  4  Olympique de Fontvielle     10  6  1  3  25  13  +12  19
  5  Pradera FC                  10  6  1  3  16  13   +3  19
  6  Tannenberg FC               10  5  2  3  15  10   +5  17
  7  Canalave Dragons            10  5  2  3  14  15   -1  17
  8  Slateport Bulls             10  5  1  4  14  20   -6  16
  9  Eterna Stars                10  4  3  3  13  15   -2  15
 10  CAP                         10  4  2  4  20  19   +1  14
 11  Étoile Verte                10  4  2  4  15  15   +0  14
 12  AS Montreux                 10  3  4  3  11  10   +1  13
 13  Edmonton United             10  3  2  5   9  11   -2  11
 14  AS Bezieres                 10  3  1  6  14  16   -2  10
 15  Marinos Metropolis          10  2  3  5  10  12   -2   9
 16  AC Tallin                   10  2  3  5  12  17   -5   9
 17  SC Caimanes                 10  2  3  5  10  10   +0   9
 18  RC Belfort                  10  2  3  5  11  21  -10   9
 19  Hoxford Rovers              10  2  1  7  12  21   -9   7
 20  Nord Energie FC             10  1  2  7   8  24  -16   5

Liga-2: After the first 10 matches of the season in the second tier, we've got surprise package Minault United on top with 22 points with the ever-underachieving (and only unbeaten side) Servette FC trailing them by 2 points. Completing the top 6, in third place we have Bretford Royals, who had their sip of Liga-1 action not long ago, in fourth underdogs SC Alcázares, who are doing a very successful campaign by their own standards, yo-yo team Pumas Maldonado in fifth (those three teams with 17 points each), and another underdog is closing this group: Carloburgo Phoenix in sixth place. The teams tipped to be the favourites to get promoted at the start of the season are currently underperforming since the one with the best campaign (apart from Pumas) is Ajax, who are currently sitting in eighth place. One of the teams with the biggest amount of goals scored this season is Vaud, who however, are punished with being in the lower half of the table due to their leaky defense. Cerro and Chiquito are doing pretty modest campaigns as well, and four former Liga-1 sides are currently in line for relegation to Liga-3: Valencia are in the relegation play-off position, while Columbus, Fauxham, and RC Corania would be relegated if the season ended today.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Minault United                 10  7  1  2  19  11   +8  22
  2 Servette FC                    10  5  5  0  20   8  +12  20
  3 Bretford Royals                10  5  2  3  13   7   +6  17
  4 SC Alcázares                   10  5  2  3  11   9   +2  17
  5 Pumas Maldonado                10  5  2  3  17  15   +2  17
  6 Carloburgo Phoenix             10  4  4  2  10   8   +2  16
  7 Deportivo Aguablanca           10  5  1  4  20  15   +5  16
  8 Ajax Carloburgo                10  5  1  4  17  15   +2  16
  9 Olympique de Coulombes         10  4  3  3  11   8   +3  15
 10 Bohemians Metropolis           10  4  3  3  12   8   +4  15
 11 AS Vaud                        10  4  3  3  20  20   +0  15
 12 FC Sillimus                    10  4  2  4  13  15   -2  14
 13 AD Cerro                       10  4  1  5  15  16   -1  13
 14 Chiquito FC                    10  3  2  5  12  15   -3  11
 15 Universitario de Maldonado     10  3  2  5  12  16   -4  11
 16 CR Palmas                      10  2  4  4   8  10   -2  10
 17 Valencia FC                    10  2  4  4   8  12   -4  10
 18 FC Columbus                    10  1  5  4   7  18  -11   8
 19 FC Fauxham                     10  2  1  7   8  17   -9   7
 20 RC Corania                     10  1  2  7   6  16  -10   5

Liga-3: Here in Liga-3 we also have an unexpected leader: AS Lausanne, who have never competed in a higher tier than the third one, but are currently leading the league with 22 points and displaying some nice play. Next we have some sides who have already experienced Liga-2 football, with Villaznia AC and EC Comercial trailing them by only 2 points, and Corumbá EC, who are currently sitting in fourth place with 17 points. Stanford United and Adelaide Kickers are fifth and sixth, respectively, with 15 points, with Eterna Celtic having that same tally of points and sitting just outside the playoff zone. In this division we have two former Liga-1 outfits: Gatineau UC 98 and Hamanos Athletic Club, who don't seem to want to leave Liga-3 any time soon and are currently placed 11th and 13th, respectively. And FC Townsville, who just got relegated to Liga-3 the last season are currently last and in danger to leave the Liga Federal system.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                           P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 AS Lausanne               10  7  1  2  15  11   +4  22
  2 Villaznia AC              10  6  2  2  15   6   +9  20
  3 EC Comercial              10  6  2  2  16   9   +7  20
  4 Corumbá EC                10  5  2  3  14  14   +0  17
  5 Stanford United           10  4  3  3  11   8   +3  15
  6 Adelaide Kickers          10  4  3  3  10   9   +1  15
  7 Eterna Celtic             10  4  3  3   8   7   +1  15
  8 Real Pradera              10  4  2  4  14   8   +6  14
  9 Patriotas FC              10  4  2  4  13  10   +3  14
 10 Newcastle Town            10  4  2  4  10  12   -2  14
 11 Gatineau UC 98            10  3  5  2  15  12   +3  14
 12 Alianza Antioquia         10  4  2  4  12  10   +2  14
 13 Hamanos Athletic Club     10  4  1  5   8   8   +0  13
 14 Neuchâtel-Sport           10  4  1  5  12  16   -4  13
 15 AC Talamonte              10  3  3  4   7   8   -1  12
 16 Tessano FC                10  3  2  5  11  17   -6  11
 17 Estudiantes de Colón      10  2  3  5   5  11   -6   9
 18 Atlas SC                  10  3  0  7   4  17  -13   9
 19 Metropolis City FC        10  2  3  5   7  11   -4   9
 20 FC Townsville             10  2  2  6   8  11   -3   8

by **Valladares** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:29 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART II OF IV)

Round 11 (May 18-19)

Fontvielle Impact remain unstoppable on top of the table after beating Slateport Bulls at the Stade de la Frontière, with rivals Metropolis Alligators and Olympique de Fontvielle trying to chase them after getting wins of their own against Pradera and Marinos, respectively, and TFC leapfrogged Nacional for fourth place thanks to a brace by young Pasargan prospect Julian Izmaylov against Los Albos at White Meadow Arena. In other matches, Canalave Dragons were only able to rescue a point against ASB at home, Étoile Verte and Eterna Stars emerged victorious from their short trips to Montreux and Toril, respectively, CAP defeated Tallin in Carloburgo and jumped to ninth place, Caimanes won a crucial six-pointer against one of their direct rivals (Belfort), and the Derby of the Westlands was won by Edmonton, once more.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Pradera FC
Canalave Dragons 2-2 AS Bezieres
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Nacional
Fontvielle Impact 4-2 Slateport Bulls
Marinos Metropolis 0-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
AS Montreux 2-3 Étoile Verte
Hoxford Rovers 1-2 Edmonton United
Nord Energie FC 1-2 Eterna Stars
AC Tallin 0-2 CAP
SC Caimanes 3-0 RC Belfort

Round 12 (May 22-23)

Fontvielle Impact won their ninth match of the season at the Stade de Charmilliot against a brave Étoile Verte team and continue on top of the Liga-1, however, Metropolis Alligators are still on hot pursuit after winning against the other Bezieres team (ASB) the following day. Olympique de Fontvielle are still third after netting seven goals against a hapless Tannenberg team, while Pradera finished their tour of the capital with a win over Nacional which keeps them in fourth place. Meanwhile, CAP's meteoric ascension continues as Los Cuervos defeated Hoxford Rovers to go up to fifth place, Slateport Bulls and Canalave Dragons cancelled each other out at the Estadio de la Riviera, Montreux won three important points in Eterna City, Caimanes defeated another direct rival (Tallin) at home, and Marinos collected another loss in Edmonton and it seems they have already hit the panic button, being in 17th place with only 9 points.

AS Bezieres 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

Olympique de Fontvielle mauled TFC
7-1 at the Stade de l'Amitié.

Nacional 2-4 Pradera FC
Slateport Bulls 2-2 Canalave Dragons
Olympique de Fontvielle 7-1 Tannenberg FC
Étoile Verte 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
Edmonton United 2-0 Marinos Metropolis
Eterna Stars 0-1 AS Montreux
CAP 2-1 Hoxford Rovers
RC Belfort 1-1 Nord Energie FC
SC Caimanes 3-1 AC Tallin

Round 13 (May 25-26)

Metropolis Alligators' draw at the Dome against Nacional allowed Fontvielle Impact to open a 5-point gap at the top with the incumbent champions, with Les Bleus defeating their old rivals Eterna Stars, and Olympique de Fontvielle and Pradera taking points off themselves with their 1-1 draw at the Gobernador Villa. However, Tannenberg managed to bounce back from the heavy defeat against Olympique with a win over mid-table dwellers Edmonton, and returned to fourth place, while CAP were unable to defeat the troubled Marinos at the Dome and fell off to sixth. Elsewhere, Canalave Dragons are still unable to win in front of their faithful, with Étoile Verte holding them to a draw, Bezieres returned to winning ways after defeating Slateport Bulls at home, and Caimanes' winning streak was cut off by another direct rival: the Rovers, who got the full prize in an action-packed match at Westlands Stadium and left the red zone in the process.

Metropolis Alligators 2-2 Nacional
AS Bezieres 2-1 Slateport Bulls
Pradera FC 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Étoile Verte
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Edmonton United
Fontvielle Impact 5-2 Eterna Stars
Marinos Metropolis 0-0 CAP
AS Montreux 3-1 RC Belfort
Hoxford Rovers 3-2 SC Caimanes
Nord Energie FC 0-0 AC Tallin

King's Shield Second Round (May 29)

The King's Shield returned with its Second Round, in which the field of participants was cut from 64 First Round winners to only 32 teams. And upsets are now present, with powerhouses Metropolis Alligators bowing out of the Shield after losing against Liga-3 outfit Neuchâtel-Sport, while Slateport Bulls lost to Liga Estatal Antioqueña side Deportivo Meléndez in extra time after a scoreless draw in 90 minutes. However, the other favorites still in contention advanced to the Round of 32, with Bezieres shattering Campeonato Chiquitense side Cidade do Leste, Fontvielle Impact thumping Liga Nacional (fourth tier) side Hoxford Athletic at home, Marinos beating Cardenales FC, TFC doing their job against División 1 Distrital outfit Rexam, and Nacional and Edmonton United narrowly winning their respective ties. In other matches, Tallin and CAP drubbed Clermont FC and Dynamo Metropolis, Étoile Verte lost 3-0 to Chiquito in Campo Grande, Nord Energie defeated Universitario de Maldonado with 2 goals in extra time, and Liga-2 champions Belfort were knocked out by Liga-3 side Newcastle Town.

SC Alcázares 1-2 Patriotas FC

CR Palmas 0-1 Nacional

Bretford Royals 0-2 Deportivo Aguablanca

Operário FC 1-1 FC Fauxham (1-2 AET)

Neuchâtel-Sport 1-0 Metropolis Alligators

Chiquito FC 3-0 Étoile Verte

Danubio FC 0-0 Campograndense (0-1 AET)

Curzón FC 0-0 Atlético Robles (1-0 AET)

FC Blacktown 0-1 Edmonton United

Eterna Celtic 1-0 Isla Nueva FC

Marinos Metropolis 3-1 Cardenales FC

FC Columbus 1-1 Villaznia AC (1-2 AET)

Minault United 2-0 AC St. Louis

Columbus Cannons 2-0 Toril Beavers

Dynamo Metropolis 0-4 CAP

Stanford United 1-1 Corumbá EC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Borderville Rogues 1-1 Vitória Maldonado (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

RC Corania 1-0 FC 1093 Los Chorros

Mineros de Talamonte 1-3 Northport Mariners

Alejandría SC 1-1 Carloburgo Phoenix (2-1 AET)

Universitario de Maldonado 0-0 Nord Energie FC (0-2 AET)

AS Bezieres 5-1 Cidade do Leste

San Luis FC 2-1 Real Colón

Alianza Antioquia 0-2 AD Cerro

Adelaide City FC 0-2 Valencia FC

Metropolis City FC 2-1 AC Talamonte

AC Tallin 4-0 Clermont FC

RC Belfort 0-1 Newcastle Town

Fontvielle Impact 3-0 Hoxford Athletic

Tannenberg FC 2-0 Rexam

AC Valencia 0-1 Trois-Rivières Athletic

Deportivo Meléndez 0-0 Slateport Bulls (1-0 AET)

Round 14 (June 1-2)

And we had to wait 14 matches to see Liga-1 leaders Fontvielle Impact finally lose a match, as their visit to Gatineau to face Belfort finished with the Liga-2 defending champions snatching an unexpected yet valuable 2-1 win in their quest to avoid relegation. However, Metropolis Alligators wasted this golden chance to cut the gap with l'Impact, losing to the Bulls in Slateport and still without getting over the shocking elimination from the King's Shield. On the other hand, Olympique de Fontvielle took advantage of this setback and became new escorts after beating Nacional at the Stade de l'Amitié, while CAP are now fourth after beating the former fourth-place tenants, TFC, in Los Chorros. Meanwhile, Marinos got a much-needed win against Caimanes in Campo Grande, the E1 Derby and the Derby de Bezieres were both red as Dragons and Rouges got away victories against Stars and Verts, respectively, and Nord Energie won their second match of the campaign against fellow relegation strugglers Hoxford Rovers, but they're still at the basement.

Slateport Bulls 1-0 Metropolis Alligators

Eterna Stars and Canalave Dragons
played another passionate E1 Derby

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 Nacional
Étoile Verte 0-1 AS Bezieres
Edmonton United 0-0 Pradera FC
Eterna Stars 1-2 Canalave Dragons
CAP 2-1 Tannenberg FC
RC Belfort 2-1 Fontvielle Impact
SC Caimanes 0-1 Marinos Metropolis
AC Tallin 1-2 AS Montreux
Nord Energie FC 3-1 Hoxford Rovers

Round 15 (June 8-9)

Fontvielle Impact took advantage of the draw between their closest rivals Metropolis Alligators and Olympique de Fontvielle at the Metropolis Dome and won a hard-fought match against Tallin in order to increase the gap with Olympique to 6 points. Meanwhile, Pradera defeated CAP in a exciting match at the Gobernador Villa and displaced Los Cuervos from fourth place, with both Tannenberg and Canalave Dragons having their fourth-place aspirations dented by Caimanes and Belfort, who got golden wins on the road against Citizens and Dragons, respectively. Edmonton piled more misery on Nacional as Guy Dickson's team inflicted another defeat on Johan Kraft's squad, Bezieres' comeback continued with an important 2-1 win against the Stars at home, and Marinos are still trying to move away from the relegation contention with a win over cellar-dweller Nord Energie at the Dome.

Metropolis Alligators 2-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Étoile Verte
Nacional 0-1 Edmonton United
AS Bezieres 2-1 Eterna Stars
Pradera FC 5-2 CAP
Canalave Dragons 1-3 RC Belfort
Tannenberg FC 1-2 SC Caimanes
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 AC Tallin
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Nord Energie FC
AS Montreux 1-1 Hoxford Rovers

Round 16 (June 15-16)

After 16 matches, Fontvielle Impact are still on top after beating Hoxford Rovers in the Westlands, however, the current Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators aren't letting Les Bleus to run away with the league as they also collected a win against Étoile Verte in Bezieres and returned to second place thanks to Olympique de Fontvielle being unable to get a win in Edmonton. Pradera are still in fourth and now dangerously approaching both Alligators and l'OF after beating Caimanes. Canalave Dragons travelled to Carloburgo and got a win at Parken Road, while Bezieres are now ninth after collecting their fourth straight win. The SuperClásico between Stars and Bulls ended with both teams sharing the spoils in a boring scoreless stalemate, same as the clash between Nord Energie and TFC, and both Nacional and Marinos got 1-1 draws on the road against CAP and Montreux, respectively.

Étoile Verte 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Éric Clancy trying to head a corner kick
into Metropolis Alligators' goal

Edmonton United 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Eterna Stars 0-0 Slateport Bulls
CAP 1-1 Nacional
RC Belfort 0-2 AS Bezieres
SC Caimanes 1-3 Pradera FC
AC Tallin 1-3 Canalave Dragons
Nord Energie FC 0-0 Tannenberg FC
Hoxford Rovers 0-3 Fontvielle Impact
AS Montreux 1-1 Marinos Metropolis

Round 17 (June 22-23)

Fontvielle Impact are still leaders despite having suffered their second defeat in this Liga-1 season (and first at home) at the hands of Marinos, who shockingly steamrolled Les Bleus at home by a score of 4-0. And both Metropolis Alligators and Olympique de Fontvielle managed to take advantage of this to cut the gap with the 10-time champions, with the former thumping Edmonton at home and the latter beating CAP in Fontvielle, and Pradera are still within striking distance of those two teams after defeating Nord Energie at home. Meanwhile, Bezieres' winning streak was brought to an end by a surprising yet serious Tallin squad who managed to leave the Stade de Foix with 3 important points in their fight against relegation, Nacional got back to winning ways thanks to a 2-0 win over Caimanes in Metropolis, and Montreux are now fifth after defeating TFC in Carloburgo, but now they find themselves trailing Pradera (fourth) by 6 points.

Metropolis Alligators 4-1 Edmonton United
Étoile Verte 3-2 Eterna Stars
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 CAP
Slateport Bulls 0-0 RC Belfort
Nacional 2-0 SC Caimanes
AS Bezieres 0-1 AC Tallin
Pradera FC 2-1 Nord Energie FC
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Hoxford Rovers
Tannenberg FC 1-2 AS Montreux
Fontvielle Impact 0-4 Marinos Metropolis

Round 18 (June 29-30)

Fontvielle Impact bounced back from the heavy home defeat at the hands of Marinos and defeated Tannenberg FC at the Stade de la Frontière with a header from Yoan Gignac, getting their thirteenth win of the season and confirming themselves at the top. However, the Alligators lost in Eterna City to the Stars and allowed Olympique de Fontvielle (who defeated Caimanes in Campo Grande) and Pradera to surpass them in the table. Nacional got their second win in a row after beating Nord Energie in Toril and took advantage of Montreux losing their crucial match against Pradera at the Stade Micoud to claim fifth place, with Canalave Dragons giving chase to them after stealing a point from their showdown against Marinos. Bezieres brought 3 points from Westlands Stadium thanks to their win over the Rovers, Belfort are still winning vital points in their quest to avoid relegation, and the Bulls were walloped by Tallin, another of the sides involved in that fight.

Eterna Stars 3-1 Metropolis Alligators

Emmanuel Grenier about to put Montreux
ahead in their match against Pradera FC

CAP 0-0 Edmonton United
RC Belfort 4-2 Étoile Verte
SC Caimanes 1-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
AC Tallin 4-0 Slateport Bulls
Nord Energie FC 0-2 Nacional
Hoxford Rovers 1-2 AS Bezieres
AS Montreux 1-2 Pradera FC
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Canalave Dragons
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 Tannenberg FC

Round 19 (July 6-7)

And this season reaches its halfway point with Fontvielle Impact claiming the honorific title of "Summer Champion" after beating Pradera 1-0 at the Gobernador Villa, while Olympique de Fontvielle defeated Nord Energie 2-1 at home and sank them further into the basement and the Alligators climbed up to third thanks to Pradera's loss and a win over CAP at the Dome. Unlike other previous seasons, and also due to the reduction of UICA berths suffered by the Liga-1, it looks like Fontvielle Impact, Olympique de Fontvielle, Metropolis Alligators, and Pradera FC will be on the driver's seat to claim the 4 UICA berths that are at stake this season, with Nacional and Canalave Dragons trailing the Verdiblancos by 5 points after beating Montreux and TFC, respectively. Les Hérons suffered two defeats in a row which left them anchored with 27 points and seeing how the teams in the top 4 keep moving away from them, while Edmonton and Bezieres are undoubtedly in a more comfortable position to try and charge for a UICA berth than the ones they had after 10 matches. Slateport Bulls recovered from the trouncing received in Carloburgo and returned home to trounce the Rovers, while Marinos can now breathe some fresh air after winning in Bezieres, result which will give them more hope for the second half of the campaign. However, they along with TFC, the Bulls, the Stars, and Étoile Verte still find themselves in a not-so-comfortable position, being not-so-far from the relegation zone. And speaking of which, the relegation contention will have Belfort, Tallin, Caimanes, Hoxford Rovers, and bottom-placed Nord Energie looking to avoid relegation, although Rovers and Electric Boys will have a higher mountain to climb than the other three teams.

Metropolis Alligators 2-0 CAP
Eterna Stars 2-2 RC Belfort
Edmonton United 2-0 SC Caimanes
Étoile Verte 1-3 AC Tallin
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Nord Energie FC
Slateport Bulls 5-0 Hoxford Rovers
Nacional 1-0 AS Montreux
AS Bezieres 0-1 Marinos Metropolis
Pradera FC 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Canalave Dragons 3-0 Tannenberg FC

King's Shield Round of 32 (July 10)

The King's Shield's Round of 32 marks the start of the "proper" competition, as the awfully long list of competing teams at the start of the competition gets reduced to only 16 teams after this round. And we saw Liga-3 side Neuchâtel-Sport putting on their giant-killing suit once again, and after kicking Metropolis Alligators out of the competition, this time was Fontvielle Impact's turn to bow out, with the third division outfit beating Les Bleus 1-0 at the Stade de la Frontière and punching a berth to the Round of 16. Tannenberg FC and CAP also said bye-bye to the Shield after losing to Liga Nacional outfits San Luis FC on penalties (the former) and Northport Mariners in extra time (the latter). Meanwhile, Marinos and Edmonton qualified for the next round after defeating Liga-3 sides Patriotas FC and Corumbá EC, Bezieres eliminated Nacional on penalties after 120 hard-fought minutes of football, Nord Energie are also through to the next round (in contrast to their dismal league campaign) after eliminating Deportivo Aguablanca, and Tallin were knocked out by Vitória Maldonado, a club currently competing in the Campeonato Chiquitense.

Chiquito FC 0-1 Minault United

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Patriotas FC

Alejandría SC 0-2 Columbus Cannons

Eterna Celtic 1-0 Villaznia AC

AD Cerro 2-0 Curzón FC

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-0 Newcastle Town

Nord Energie FC 2-1 Deportivo Aguablanca

Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Neuchâtel-Sport

San Luis FC 1-1 Tannenberg FC (1-1 AET, 2-0 PKs)

Vitória Maldonado 1-0 AC Tallin

Campograndense 0-0 Metropolis City FC (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Valencia FC 0-1 FC Fauxham

CAP 1-1 Northport Mariners (1-2 AET)

Corumbá EC 0-2 Edmonton United

Deportivo Meléndez 0-2 RC Corania

AS Bezieres 1-1 Nacional (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Liga-1 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Fontvielle Impact            19  14  3   2  38  18  +20  45
  2  Olympique de Fontvielle      19  12  4   3  48  20  +28  40
  3  Metropolis Alligators        19  11  5   3  41  19  +22  38
  4  Pradera FC                   19  11  3   5  33  23  +10  36
  5  Nacional                     19   9  4   6  26  24   +2  31
  6  Canalave Dragons             19   8  7   4  30  27   +3  31
  7  AS Montreux                  19   7  6   6  24  21   +3  27
  8  AS Bezieres                  19   8  2   9  25  24   +1  26
  9  Edmonton United              19   7  5   7  18  19   -1  26
 10  CAP                          19   7  5   7  29  31   -2  26
 11  Slateport Bulls              19   7  5   7  26  33   -7  26
 12  Tannenberg FC                19   7  3   9  23  27   -4  24
 13  Marinos Metropolis           19   6  6   7  20  20   +0  24
 14  Eterna Stars                 19   6  5   8  26  32   -6  23
 15  Étoile Verte                 19   6  4   9  27  33   -6  22
 16  RC Belfort                   19   5  6   8  24  36  -12  21
 17  AC Tallin                    19   5  4  10  24  30   -6  19
 18  SC Caimanes                  19   5  3  11  22  26   -4  18
 19  Hoxford Rovers               19   3  3  13  21  42  -21  12
 20  Nord Energie FC              19   2  5  12  16  36  -20  11

Liga-2: At halfway point in Liga-2, we see Ajax Carloburgo on top with 36 points and looking to secure their return to Liga-1 as soon as possible, with Bretford Royals escorting them with 34 points, and Servette and Pumas Maldonado trailing the Westlanders by a single point. Minault United with 31 points and SC Alcázares with 30 points close the group of play-off qualifiers, while we have 7 teams (Carloburgo Phoenix, Aguablanca, Olympique de Coulombes, Vaud, FC Sillimus, Chiquito, and Bohemians) in hot pursuit of Alcázares for the last playoff spot. However, there are some traditional teams in trouble, with Cerro and Fauxham doing modest campaigns (although Cerro may still have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs), and Valencia, Corania, and Columbus are getting closer to leave Liga-2, but not for Liga-1 as they would wish, though.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Ajax Carloburgo                 19  11  3   5  37  21  +16  36
  2 Bretford Royals                 19  10  4   5  23  14   +9  34
  3 Servette FC                     19   9  6   4  33  21  +12  33
  4 Pumas Maldonado                 19   9  6   4  30  24   +6  33
  5 Minault United                  19   9  4   6  28  22   +6  31
  6 SC Alcázares                    19   9  3   7  26  19   +7  30
  7 Carloburgo Phoenix              19   7  8   4  18  14   +4  29
  8 Deportivo Aguablanca            19   9  2   8  28  22   +6  29
  9 Olympique de Coulombes          19   8  4   7  21  19   +2  28
 10 AS Vaud                         19   7  6   6  28  27   +1  27
 11 FC Sillimus                     19   8  3   8  24  28   -4  27
 12 Chiquito FC                     19   7  5   7  26  24   +2  26
 13 Bohemians Metropolis            19   7  5   7  23  20   +3  26
 14 AD Cerro                        19   7  4   8  25  29   -4  25
 15 FC Fauxham                      19   7  1  11  24  28   -4  22
 16 Universitario de Maldonado      19   6  3  10  18  31  -13  21
 17 Valencia FC                     19   5  6   8  15  24   -9  21
 18 CR Palmas                       19   5  4  10  19  26   -7  19
 19 RC Corania                      19   5  3  11  15  26  -11  18
 20 FC Columbus                     19   2  6  11  14  36  -22  12

Liga-3: Now we go to review the situation in Liga-3, and then we find EC Comercial leading with 37 points, with Eterna Celtic trailing them by 3 points. As for the playoff zone, we can find teams like Villaznia, Newcastle Town, perennial playoff runners-up Adelaide Kickers, and Corumbá EC, with others like Hamanos Athletic Club and our favourite giant-killer club, Neuchâtel, being in hot pursuit of Corumbá and the others. There are five teams with 25 points and trailing Corumbá by 3: Patriotas, Tessano, Real Pradera, Alianza Antioquia, and Lausanne, with Gatineau drifting in the middle of the table with 24 points. As for the relegation zone, there are no surprises: anyone would have predicted before the start of the season that teams like Atlas, Talamonte, and Stanford would be going down in November.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                            P   W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 EC Comercial               19  11  4  4  26  16  +10  37
  2 Eterna Celtic              19  10  4  5  20  13   +7  34
  3 Villaznia AC               19   8  7  4  23  11  +12  31
  4 Newcastle Town             19   8  5  6  23  23   +0  29
  5 Adelaide Kickers           19   7  8  4  18  14   +4  29
  6 Corumbá EC                 19   8  4  7  24  25   -1  28
  7 Hamanos Athletic Club      19   8  3  8  17  14   +3  27
  8 Neuchâtel-Sport            19   7  5  7  23  24   -1  26
  9 Patriotas FC               19   7  4  8  22  20   +2  25
 10 Tessano FC                 19   7  4  8  24  26   -2  25
 11 Real Pradera               19   7  4  8  25  23   +2  25
 12 Alianza Antioquia          19   6  7  6  23  20   +3  25
 13 AS Lausanne                19   7  4  8  19  26   -7  25
 14 Gatineau UC 98             19   5  9  5  28  25   +3  24
 15 FC Townsville              19   6  5  8  17  17   +0  23
 16 Estudiantes de Colón       19   5  7  7  14  18   -4  22
 17 Metropolis City FC         19   5  7  7  17  20   -3  22
 18 Atlas SC                   19   6  3 10  14  29  -15  21
 19 AC Talamonte               19   5  5  9  16  23   -7  20
 20 Stanford United            19   4  7  8  17  23   -6  19

by **Valladares** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:51 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART III OF IV)

Round 20 (July 13-14)

The second and decisive half of this season started, and there were no changes in the top positions, with Metropolis Alligators defeating Liga-2 champions RC Belfort while also exerting pressure on leaders Fontvielle Impact and second-placed Olympique de Fontvielle, the former being held to a draw by Nacional in a thrilling 3-3 affair at the Stade de la Frontière and the latter being unable to defeat Montreux. Meanwhile, Pradera's race to the top 3 was stopped by the Dragons, who defeated the Verdiblancos at the "Dragon's Den" in order to increase their point tally to 34 and get closer to UICA qualifying places, with Pradera holding the last Globe Cup spot as of now. Edmonton and Bezieres won important matches on the road against Nord Energie and Tannenberg, respectively, and keep climbing up the table, with the Bulls doing the "double" against Marinos with a hard-fought win at the Dome and worsening their situation even more. And in the ever passionate race against relegation, Caimanes and Tallin got golden wins at home over CAP and the Stars, respectively, while Hoxford lost to Étoile Verte at home and were sunk further into the basement, now trailing Tallin (16th) by 10 points.

RC Belfort 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

Canalave Dragons defeated direct rivals
Pradera FC and boosted their UICA bid.

SC Caimanes 1-0 CAP
AC Tallin 2-1 Eterna Stars
Nord Energie FC 0-1 Edmonton United
Hoxford Rovers 1-2 Étoile Verte
AS Montreux 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Fontvielle Impact 3-3 Nacional
Tannenberg FC 0-1 AS Bezieres
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Pradera FC

Round 21 (July 20-21)

A crucial Derby de Fontvielle between Fontvielle Impact and Olympique de Fontvielle was played at the Stade de la Frontière, with both teams sharing the spoils and Impact keeping the 5-point gap between them and l'OF intact. However, the most benefited ones with this result were the Alligators, who defeated Caimanes at the Dome and managed to cut the gap with Impact to 3 points, and seized second place from Olympique's hands. The fight for the second and last Globe Cup spot gets exciting with Pradera being unable to defeat Bezieres, Canalave Dragons puncturing against direct rivals Nacional, who jumped to fifth place after beating the Dragons, and Edmonton now starting to involve themselves in this fight after beating Montreux at Albert Field. Going into the relegation zone, Marinos and Eterna Stars moved away from that fight thanks to much-needed wins against Étoile Verte and Hoxford Rovers, unlike TFC who were unable to do the same after being unable to beat Slateport Bulls at the Estadio de la Riviera. Jacarés and Rovers sank further into the red zone after losing their matches, as aforementioned, Nord Energie held CAP to a meaningless scoreless draw, and in the highlighted match of the zone this weekend, Belfort and Tallin exchanged blow after blow in an interesting match which ended tied 2-2 and kept Les Rouge et Noir in the relegation play-off place and the Southern Gunners one position ahead.

Metropolis Alligators 3-1 SC Caimanes
RC Belfort 2-2 AC Tallin
CAP 0-0 Nord Energie FC
Eterna Stars 2-1 Hoxford Rovers
Edmonton United 2-0 AS Montreux
Étoile Verte 1-2 Marinos Metropolis
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Tannenberg FC
Nacional 3-2 Canalave Dragons
AS Bezieres 1-1 Pradera FC

King's Shield Round of 16 (July 24)

The King's Shield is also entering its time for definitions, with 16 teams still in contention for a spot into the next Cygnus Cup, and there will be only 8 lucky ones advancing to the quarterfinals. Edmonton United and Marinos Metropolis are now the only big names still in contention, after the Monties narrowly defeated Liga-3 leaders Eterna Celtic and the Marineros kicked Bezieres out of the competition with a goal in extra time. Aside from those two, the other Liga-1 side still in contention is Nord Energie FC, who advanced to the quarterfinals after bringing Vitória Maldonado's cup campaign to an end. Meanwhile, Neuchâtel's fairytale was ended by FC Fauxham, who brought them back to Earth with a 4-2 win, and 2 other Liga-2 teams with history in the Liga-1 (Cerro and Corania) also made it to the next round along with Mountbatten A-League's Columbus Cannons and Championnat d'Honneur Foixien's Trois-Rivières Athletic, both of them making history since a fifth-division side had never made it this far in the King's Shield before.

Eterna Celtic 0-1 Edmonton United

Campograndense 1-3 RC Corania

San Luis FC 1-2 AD Cerro

Neuchâtel-Sport 2-4 FC Fauxham

Minault United 0-1 Columbus Cannons

Nord Energie FC 1-0 Vitória Maldonado

AS Bezieres 0-0 Marinos Metropolis (0-1 AET)

Trois-Rivières Athletic 2-0 Northport Mariners

Round 22 (July 27-28)

The top 3 of the league found themselves unable to win their matches this weekend, with Fontvielle Impact being shocked at their own stadium by an Edmonton side who are dangerously climbing positions week after week, the Alligators drew Tallin once again, and Olympique were only able to bring a point from Canalave. However, Pradera are now exerting pressure on those 3 teams thanks to their win over Slateport at the Gobernador Villa, while at the same time the Verdiblancos moved away from Canalave, Edmonton, and Nacional, who lost 2-0 in Bezieres. In other matches related to the relegation struggle, TFC were steamrolled by Étoile Verte at home and remain close to the red zone, with Les Verts moving away from it, Belfort got a valuable win against bottom-placed Hoxford, and Nord Energie kept Caimanes anchored to the direct relegation spots after defeating them two-nil.

AC Tallin 2-2 Metropolis Alligators
Nord Energie FC 2-0 SC Caimanes
Hoxford Rovers 0-1 RC Belfort
AS Montreux 1-1 CAP
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Eterna Stars
Fontvielle Impact 0-2 Edmonton United
Tannenberg FC 0-4 Étoile Verte
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pradera FC 2-0 Slateport Bulls
AS Bezieres 2-0 Nacional

Round 23 (August 3-4)

Round 23 brought unexpected losses for the two winningest teams in Valladares, as leaders Fontvielle Impact lost in their visit to CAP, and third-placed Metropolis Alligators slipped at home against Nord Energie, who despite getting their second win in a row still have a long way to go in order to leave the relegation zone. On the other hand, Olympique de Fontvielle returned to second place after beating Bezieres at the Stade de l'Amitié, and Pradera got within striking distance of the Alligators after leaving the Stade de Charmilliot with the full prize. Nacional's UICA aspirations got back on track with a win in Slateport, while Edmonton and Canalave Dragons cancelled themselves out at Albert Field. Eterna Stars and Tannenberg left the Alain Tramontin Stadium with a draw which doesn't help either of them in their goal to avoid relegation positions, and the Rovers kept Tallin at bay with an unexpected 2-1 win at Parken Road.

Metropolis Alligators 0-1 Nord Energie FC

MA were shocked by Nord Energie
and missed a chance to claim the lead.

AC Tallin 1-2 Hoxford Rovers
SC Caimanes 0-0 AS Montreux
RC Belfort 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
CAP 2-1 Fontvielle Impact
Eterna Stars 2-2 Tannenberg FC
Edmonton United 1-1 Canalave Dragons
Étoile Verte 0-3 Pradera FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 AS Bezieres
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Nacional

Round 24 (August 10-11)

Liga-1 defending champions Metropolis Alligators have now lost two matches in a row against relegation-bound sides, this time leaving Hoxford with the hands empty and a 2-1 loss to the Rovers in the bag, and have fallen off to fourth place, with Pradera entering the top 3 thanks to a narrow home win over the Stars, who are getting closer to the red zone, and Olympique de Fontvielle are still second despite having punctured at Slateport. Fontvielle Impact returned to winning ways after beating Caimanes, who are still stuck to 18th place with only 22 points. Meanwhile, Nacional's UICA dream got a boost with their win over José Marín's Étoile Verte, with Bezieres jumping to sixth place after hammering Edmonton at the Jules Picot, Tallin got another golden win on the road against Marinos, and Belfort defeated TFC at White Meadow Arena and sent the Citizens to the relegation playoff spot instead of their crosstown rivals, who left that spot with the win in Metropolis.

Hoxford Rovers 2-1 Metropolis Alligators

Jerôme Revault about to shoot a cross
in the Bezieres-Edmonton match.

AS Montreux 3-1 Nord Energie FC
Marinos Metropolis 0-1 AC Tallin
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 SC Caimanes
Tannenberg FC 0-1 RC Belfort
Canalave Dragons 0-1 CAP
Pradera FC 3-2 Eterna Stars
AS Bezieres 4-0 Edmonton United
Nacional 1-0 Étoile Verte
Slateport Bulls 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 25 (August 17-18)

Fontvielle Impact extended the gap between them and their escorts to 5 points after leaving Toril with 3 more points and putting another nail on Nord Energie's cross, being also helped by Olympique's inability to win, as l'OF were held to a 1-1 draw by Étoile Verte in Bezieres. Metropolis Alligators returned to winning ways with their 3-1 defeat of Montreux at the Metropolis Dome and claimed third place back after Pradera were unable to defeat Belfort in Gatineau. The Verdiblancos are fourth again, while Nacional are now 6 points adrift after losing 3-0 to the Stars in Eterna City, and Bezieres now trail Pradera by 8 after winning in Los Chorros against CAP. Marinos dealt a hard blow to the Rovers' survival hopes with a crushing 4-0 defeat at Westlands, Caimanes defeated the Dragons in Campo Grande and revived their survival hopes, and Tannenberg defeated city rivals Tallin in a critical Carloburgo Derby and switched positions once again.

Metropolis Alligators 3-1 AS Montreux
Hoxford Rovers 0-4 Marinos Metropolis
Nord Energie FC 2-4 Fontvielle Impact
AC Tallin 0-1 Tannenberg FC
SC Caimanes 2-1 Canalave Dragons
RC Belfort 2-2 Pradera FC
CAP 0-2 AS Bezieres
Eterna Stars 3-0 Nacional
Edmonton United 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Étoile Verte 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 26 (August 24-25)

Fontvielle Impact continue on top of this Liga-1 season despite having drawn Montreux at home, however, now it's Olympique de Fontvielle's time to exert pressure, as l'OF defeated the Stars and cut the gap with Impact to 3 points. The fight between Pradera and the current champions Metropolis Alligators gets hotter with MA losing the Clásico Metropolitano to Marinos and Pradera taking advantage of this to defeat Tallin in the Antioquian capital and snatch third place from the Alligators' hands once again, while Nacional's UICA dream gets another hit courtesy of Belfort, who are slowly moving away from the relegation zone. Speaking of teams currently there, Caimanes played a dull and decafeinated Illyrian Derby against Bezieres and now trail the Southern Gunners by a single point, while Étoile Verte's situation worsens as they were unable to beat Edmonton at home, and TFC brought Hoxford Rovers closer to Liga-2 after getting a much-needed win at White Meadow Arena.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Metropolis Alligators
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 AS Montreux
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Hoxford Rovers
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Nord Energie FC
Pradera FC 3-1 AC Tallin
AS Bezieres 0-0 SC Caimanes
Nacional 0-1 RC Belfort
Slateport Bulls 1-1 CAP
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Eterna Stars
Étoile Verte 1-1 Edmonton United

Round 27 (August 31-September 1)

The Fontvielle Impact-Metropolis Alligators rivalry had another chapter this weekend, with MA emerging as victors this time with a clear 3-0 thumping of l'Impact at the Metropolis Dome, result which also benefited Olympique de Fontvielle (who defeated Belfort in a hard-fought match at the Omnisports) and Pradera (who trounced the hapless Rovers in the Westlands). And now we have both Fontvielle teams at the summit of the table with the same amount of points (54), Pradera in third with 53, and the Alligators trailing both Impact and Olympique by 3, while Nacional's and Bezieres' hopes to qualify for a UICA competition slowly fade away with a loss in Carloburgo to Tallin for the former and a defeat to Nord Energie on the road for Les Rouges. Meanwhile, Eterna Stars are moving away from the relegation contention after beating Edmonton at the Alain Tramontin Stadium, same applies for Étoile Verte as the last season's surprise package defeated CAP in order to stay clear of Tallin by 3 points, and TFC are still struggling in 16th place, having drew against Marinos in Metropolis.

Metropolis Alligators 3-0 Fontvielle Impact
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Tannenberg FC
AS Montreux 2-0 Canalave Dragons
Hoxford Rovers 0-4 Pradera FC
Nord Energie FC 2-1 AS Bezieres
AC Tallin 3-1 Nacional
SC Caimanes 3-1 Slateport Bulls
RC Belfort 2-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
CAP 0-2 Étoile Verte
Eterna Stars 2-0 Edmonton United

Round 28 (September 7-8)

Few winners and lots of draws were the common denominator on Matchday 28, with the biggest shock being arguably given by Tallin, who have already got used to snatch points and wins outside Parken Road Stadium, this time stunning Olympique de Fontvielle at the Stade de l'Amitié. Fontvielle Impact remain on top despite having only been able to draw with Canalave Dragons at Dragon Stadium, while Pradera were held to a draw by Marinos at home, and the Alligators were unable to get closer to the top as a brave TFC side rescued a 2-2 draw at home in the dying minutes of the match. Meanwhile, Bezieres took advantage of Nacional's draw against Hoxford Rovers and jumped to fifth place after beating Montreux at the Stade Jules Picot, Étoile Verte defeated Caimanes in a relegation six-pointer at the Stade de Charmilliot, Nord Energie got an important win at Slateport, and Belfort were defeated 3-0 in Edmonton and inherited the playoff spot from Tallin.

Tannenberg FC 2-2 Metropolis Alligators
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
Pradera FC 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
AS Bezieres 2-0 AS Montreux
Nacional 1-1 Hoxford Rovers
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Nord Energie FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 AC Tallin
Étoile Verte 2-0 SC Caimanes
Edmonton United 3-0 RC Belfort
Eterna Stars 2-1 CAP

King's Shield Quarterfinals (September 11)

The King's Shield has now entered into its final stretch with 8 teams still remaining in contention for the Shield, but only 4 will remain after this round. Marinos Metropolis punched their ticket to the tournament's semifinals by comfortably defeating Nord Energie FC at the Dome, while Edmonton are still in contention after winning a nail-biting penalty shootout against a strong Fauxham squad. Meanwhile, two Liga-2 teams will complete the field of semifinalists for this edition of the Shield, as AD Cerro also secured their qualification for the penultimate stage of the Shield in dramatic fashion by ending Columbus Cannons' dream on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes, and RC Corania also qualified for the semifinals with a win over Trois-Rivières Athletic.

Marinos Metropolis 3-0 Nord Energie FC

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-2 RC Corania

Columbus Cannons 1-1 AD Cerro (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Edmonton United 0-0 FC Fauxham (0-0 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Round 29 (September 14-15)

With this round, we have completed 75% of the regular season, and Fontvielle Impact are getting closer to their coveted eleventh title after beating Bezieres in another edition of the Derby du Foix, with Metropolis Alligators jumping to second place after downing Canalave Dragons in a thrilling match at the Dome. Pradera's scoreless draw in Carloburgo against Tannenberg was only good to send the Verdiblancos down to third place, while Olympique fell to fourth place after losing their second match in a row, this time at Hoxford. Bezieres, who lost to l'Impact, and Edmonton, who got even with Tallin after the Southern Gunners beat them at Albert Field in the first half of the season, are currently fifth and sixth with 43 points each, but they now find themselves trailing Olympique by 11 points, with Edmonton being the only one with a midly decent chance to qualify for next season's UICA competitions (by winning the King's Shield). After winning their matches against Caimanes and Nacional, Eterna Stars and Marinos Metropolis have finally entered to the top half of the table, and currently look safe from any relegation risk, however, the situation isn't that good for TFC. The Citizens are currently 15th, with 35 points, and are clear of Tallin (17th) by just 2 points, Étoile Verte and Montreux, surprise packages in recent seasons, and CAP are also in risk of falling to the bottom 4. RC Belfort, Liga-2 champions, are currently outside of any relegation position, with Tallin trailing them by a single point, and it looks like Caimanes, Nord Energie, and Hoxford Rovers should start packing up to return to Liga-2 for next season.

Metropolis Alligators 3-2 Canalave Dragons

The Derby du Foix ended with a win
for Liga-1 leaders Fontvielle Impact.

Tannenberg FC 0-0 Pradera FC
Fontvielle Impact 3-1 AS Bezieres
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Nacional
AS Montreux 0-1 Slateport Bulls
Hoxford Rovers 3-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Nord Energie FC 0-0 Étoile Verte
AC Tallin 0-1 Edmonton United
SC Caimanes 1-3 Eterna Stars
RC Belfort 2-2 CAP

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Fontvielle Impact            29  17   7   5  54  35  +19  58
  2  Metropolis Alligators        29  16   7   6  59  31  +28  55
  3  Pradera FC                   29  16   7   6  53  32  +21  55
  4  Olympique de Fontvielle      29  15   9   5  62  32  +30  54
  5  AS Bezieres                  29  13   4  12  39  32   +7  43
  6  Edmonton United              29  12   7  10  30  29   +1  43
  7  Nacional                     29  12   6  11  37  41   -4  42
  8  Eterna Stars                 29  11   7  11  45  45   +0  40
  9  Marinos Metropolis           29  10  10   9  33  28   +5  40
 10  Slateport Bulls              29  10   8  11  34  44  -10  38
 11  Canalave Dragons             29   9  11   9  40  42   -2  38
 12  Étoile Verte                 29  10   7  12  40  42   -2  37
 13  AS Montreux                  29   9  10  10  33  33   +0  37
 14  CAP                          29   9   9  11  37  43   -6  36
 15  Tannenberg FC                29   9   8  12  32  39   -7  35
 16  RC Belfort                   29   8  10  11  35  49  -14  34
 17  AC Tallin                    29   9   6  14  38  44   -6  33
 18  SC Caimanes                  29   8   5  16  31  40   -9  29
 19  Nord Energie FC              29   6   8  15  25  45  -20  26
 20  Hoxford Rovers               29   6   4  19  31  62  -31  22

Liga-2: In Liga-2 we're seeing an interesting head-to-head between two traditional teams: Pumas Maldonado and Ajax Carloburgo, both of them currently sitting in direct promotion spots, with Bretford Royals and AS Vaud (both of them already having Liga-1 experience) trailing Ajax by 2 points. However, there are two not-so-traditional sides currently holding the last two playoff positions: SC Alcázares and FC Sillimus, the team from that city-state next to Canalave, who are sixth thanks to their head-to-head results against Minault United. Other "traditional" teams such as Servette, Chiquito, and Fauxham also look ready to assault the current top 6, with Sillimus and Fauxham (10th) being separated by only 3 points. And in the lower zone of the table, things look weird, given the presence of several traditional teams in the relegation struggle (Bohemians, Cerro, Corania, Universitario, FC Columbus, Valencia), with Universitario de Maldonado in relegation playoff position at the moment, and Columbus and Valencia in serious risk of going down to Liga-3.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pumas Maldonado                 29  14  10   5  44  32  +12  52
  2 Ajax Carloburgo                 29  15   5   9  53  32  +21  50
  3 Bretford Royals                 29  13   8   8  31  22   +9  47
  4 AS Vaud                         29  13   8   8  42  40   +2  47
  5 SC Alcázares                    29  13   7   9  40  31   +9  46
  6 FC Sillimus                     29  13   6  10  37  39   -2  45
  7 Minault United                  29  13   6  10  44  35   +9  45
  8 Servette FC                     29  11  11   7  42  36   +6  44
  9 Chiquito FC                     29  12   7  10  37  32   +5  43
 10 FC Fauxham                      29  13   3  13  39  38   +1  42
 11 Carloburgo Phoenix              29  11   9   9  26  22   +4  42
 12 Deportivo Aguablanca            29  12   5  12  40  39   +1  41
 13 Olympique de Coulombes          29  12   4  13  31  31   +0  40
 14 Bohemians Metropolis            29   9  10  10  31  27   +4  37
 15 AD Cerro                        29  10   7  12  38  44   -6  37
 16 RC Corania                      29   9   5  15  27  35   -8  32
 17 Universitario de Maldonado      29   8   7  14  28  44  -16  31
 18 FC Columbus                     29   7   8  14  34  49  -15  29
 19 Valencia FC                     29   6   8  15  27  46  -19  26
 20 CR Palmas                       29   5   8  16  26  43  -17  23

Liga-3: The situation in Liga-3 looks tighter than the one in Liga-2, with EC Comercial, Eterna Celtic, and Real Pradera being separated by one point from each other, and Corumbá, Villaznia, and Hamanos Athletic Club holding the rest of the playoff spots. However, two "traditionals" such as Patriotas FC and Adelaide Kickers are still exerting pressure on the top 6, mainly on Villaznia and HAC. Gatineau are struggling in 12th place with 38 points, while last season's relegated outfit FC Townsville are in the middle of a dogfight against relegation along with 8 other teams, one of them being Neuchâtel-Sport, mostly known for being giant-killers in the current King's Shield.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 EC Comercial               29  14   8   7  37  29   +8  50
  2 Eterna Celtic              29  15   4  10  36  26  +10  49
  3 Real Pradera               29  14   6   9  39  29  +10  48
  4 Corumbá EC                 29  12   9   8  36  30   +6  45
  5 Villaznia AC               29  12   7  10  32  23   +9  43
  6 Hamanos Athletic Club      29  13   4  12  27  25   +2  43
  7 Patriotas FC               29  12   6  11  37  35   +2  42
  8 Adelaide Kickers           29  11   8  10  34  28   +6  41
  9 Newcastle Town             29  10  10   9  32  32   +0  40
 10 Alianza Antioquia          29  10   9  10  32  29   +3  39
 11 AS Lausanne                29  11   6  12  29  36   -7  39
 12 Gatineau UC 98             29   9  11   9  42  40   +2  38
 13 Estudiantes de Colón       29   9  10  10  29  30   -1  37
 14 Atlas SC                   29  11   4  14  24  43  -19  37
 15 Tessano FC                 29  10   5  14  35  43   -8  35
 16 Metropolis City FC         29   9   8  12  29  32   -3  35
 17 FC Townsville              29   9   8  12  29  31   -2  35
 18 Stanford United            29   8  10  11  28  33   -5  34
 19 Neuchâtel-Sport            29   8   9  12  33  38   -5  33
 20 AC Talamonte               29   9   6  14  31  39   -8  33

by **Valladares** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:43 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART IV OF IV)

Round 30 (September 21-22)

The final stretch of this Liga-1 season started this weekend with Fontvielle Impact still at the top of the table after winning an important match in Slateport and surpassing the 60-point mark. However, both Olympique de Fontvielle and Pradera are still trying to chase the 10-time Liga-1 champions with the former thrashing Marinos in Fontvielle and the latter defeating Metropolis Alligators in a six-pointer and leaving the current champions trailing Les Bleus by 6 points now. Bezieres, Edmonton, and Nacional are still far from the UICA zone despite defeating Canalave Dragons, bottom-placed Hoxford Rovers, and TFC (respectively) at home, while at the relegation zone, Caimanes added more spice to the fight after beating direct rivals RC Belfort in Gatineau and getting within striking distance of them, with Tallin making the weekend for Les Rouge et Noir worse with a 1-1 in Los Chorros which sent the latter team to the relegation playoff.

Pradera FC 2-0 Metropolis Alligators
AS Bezieres 2-0 Canalave Dragons
Nacional 2-1 Tannenberg FC
Slateport Bulls 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
Olympique de Fontvielle 4-1 Marinos Metropolis
Étoile Verte 1-1 AS Montreux
Edmonton United 2-1 Hoxford Rovers
Eterna Stars 2-0 Nord Energie FC
CAP 1-1 AC Tallin
RC Belfort 1-2 SC Caimanes

Round 31 (September 28-29)

The battle for the championship gets more and more exciting as leaders Fontvielle Impact allowed relegation-strugglers Étoile Verte to snatch a win at the Stade de la Frontière, with Pradera also losing at home, against Nacional. Olympique de Fontvielle and the defending Liga-1 champions took advantage of this not only by the former snatching second place from Pradera's hands, with l'OF beating Tannenberg in Carloburgo, but the latter also managed to exert more pressure on the leaders by beating Bezieres at the Dome. Meanwhile, Edmonton are still refusing to give up their UICA dream and beat Marinos in Metropolis in order to keep themselves trailing MA by 9 points, with Nacional also dreaming after their win at the Gobernador Villa. In the lower zone of the table, the 4-horse race for not falling down is still hot with Tallin winning a key match in their aspirations against Caimanes, who are still anchored to 18th place, and Belfort left the relegation playoff spot after dealing another hard blow to Nord Energie's slim chances to avoid the drop, with Tannenberg now inheriting that position thanks to their aforementioned loss to Olympique.

Metropolis Alligators 2-1 AS Bezieres

The Liga-2 champs got an important win
in Toril and sunk Nord Energie further.

Pradera FC 1-3 Nacional
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Slateport Bulls
Tannenberg FC 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Fontvielle Impact 0-2 Étoile Verte
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Edmonton United
AS Montreux 1-0 Eterna Stars
Hoxford Rovers 0-2 CAP
Nord Energie FC 1-2 RC Belfort
AC Tallin 1-0 SC Caimanes

Round 32 (October 8)

And the special Independence Day matchday (which was held on a Tuesday) opened action with a decisive match for the title, Olympique playing host to Pradera and defeating them after 90 thrilling minutes and a hat-trick by Frank Rozenthal which propelled them to the top spot thanks to Impact being obliterated by the Stars in the penultimate match of the day. Metropolis Alligators were unable to get closer to Olympique and had to settle for a draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium against Nacional which nonetheless helped them leapfrog Pradera for third place. In the lower zone of the table, things are still far from being decided, especially with Caimanes thumping the Rovers in Campo Grande and putting more pressure on TFC (who got 3 golden points in Edmonton in the closing match), Belfort (who were unable to beat Montreux), and Tallin (who allowed Nord Energie to leave Carloburgo with a 0-0 draw in the bag. Even Slateport can now feel themselves in danger after losing an important match at home to Bezieres and being with 39 points, with those 3 teams now trailing them by a single point, and Caimanes by 4.

Olympique de Fontvielle 3-2 Pradera FC
Étoile Verte 2-3 Canalave Dragons
RC Belfort 1-1 AS Montreux
Nacional 2-2 Metropolis Alligators
CAP 2-2 Marinos Metropolis
SC Caimanes 3-0 Hoxford Rovers
Slateport Bulls 0-1 AS Bezieres
AC Tallin 0-0 Nord Energie FC
Eterna Stars 8-0 Fontvielle Impact
Edmonton United 1-2 Tannenberg FC

Round 33 (October 12-13)

Fontvielle Impact and Olympique de Fontvielle continue with their head-to-head for the Liga-1 championship, with l'Impact claiming the top spot back from their crosstown rivals after defeating Belfort at home and seeing Olympique and Nacional share the spoils in Metropolis. Current champions Metropolis Alligators are now trailing both Fontvielle teams by 2 points after hammering Slateport Bulls at the Dome, while Pradera are starting to fall behind after failing to beat Edmonton at home. The Derby de Bezieres between Rouges and Verts ended with both teams cancelling each other out with a 1-1 draw, Eterna Stars confirmed their recovery by bashing their old nemesis Canalave Dragons in the E1 Derby, and now going into the relegation struggle, we find Tallin stealing points from Montreux and taking another step to salvation, the Bulls falling to 15th place after being thrashed by MA, TFC still with problems to win at home as CAP managed to escape with a draw from White Meadow Arena, Caimanes' sudden revival being halted by a loss to Marinos, and Hoxford Rovers still showing some fight after thanks to their win over Nord Energie, which brought the latter team closer to the abyss.

Metropolis Alligators 5-0 Slateport Bulls

Tannenberg FC stumbled once again
at home, this time against CAP.

Nacional 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
AS Bezieres 1-1 Étoile Verte
Pradera FC 1-1 Edmonton United
Canalave Dragons 0-3 Eterna Stars
Tannenberg FC 1-1 CAP
Fontvielle Impact 3-1 RC Belfort
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 SC Caimanes
AS Montreux 1-1 AC Tallin
Hoxford Rovers 1-0 Nord Energie FC

King's Shield Semifinals (October 16)

And this cup competition reaches its decisive stretch with two former Liga-1 champions (Marinos Metropolis and Edmonton United) facing each other in one of the two semifinal ties, the other one being played by a couple of Liga-2 teams (AD Cerro and RC Corania) who had already the chance to play at the highest tier of Valladar football. This ensured that the November 20th match will have a Liga-1 team and a Liga-2 team facing each other.

In the first semifinal tie, AD Cerro played host to RC Corania at the Estadio Miller Hoverberg in the Metropolis suburb of Cerro. Although both teams are through difficult moments in the Liga-2 right now, being in the relegation fight and such, both offered a decent show with the match having finished with a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. Cerro, however, were more effective in extra time, and a goal by Andrés Vélez in the 114th minute qualified the Celestes for the Shield's final. Meanwhile, some kilometers to the north, Marinos Metropolis and Edmonton United were playing an entertaining match at the Metropolis Dome, where a chance to qualify for international football was at stake. After both teams exchanged blow after blow, the Marineros were able to defeat Edmonton with a goal courtesy of their new Sargossan signing, Matías Escobar, eight minutes before the final whistle. Thus, this season's King's Shield final will be an all-Metropolis affair, and an all-"Celeste" one, too...

AD Cerro 1-1 RC Corania (2-1 AET)

Marinos Metropolis 3-2 Edmonton United

Round 34 (October 19-20)

Olympique de Fontvielle and Metropolis Alligators faced each other in a crucial match for the title at the Stade de l'Amitié which ended in a scoreless tie which only helped l'OF, as Les Jaune et Bleu not only seized the top spot with this result, but also secured qualification for UICA football next season. Fontvielle Impact were unable to take advantage of their direct rivals taking points off themselves as they were shocked by a Tallin squad who took a huge step towards their goal of avoiding relegation, while Pradera were unable to beat CAP and continue in fourth place. In other matches, Bezieres and Edmonton relinquished a great percentage of their chances to continue in contention for a UICA berth after failing to defeat Eterna Stars and Nacional, while Los Albos are still dreaming after emerging as victors at Albert Field. In the relegation fight, Belfort thrashed Canalave Dragons and dragged Yves Rexach's side to the contention, Tannenberg pummeled Caimanes in a critical match at the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli and got closer to safety, with Slateport now in the relegation playoff place after losing to Étoile Verte. Nord Energie got an important win over Marinos but it looks like the Electric Boys will have to fight for finishing in the playoff place, the one to which the Rovers can only aim at now despite beating Montreux at Westlands.

Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 Metropolis Alligators

Despite the draw, Olympique dented
MA's aspirations to retain the Stargoal.

Étoile Verte 2-1 Slateport Bulls
Edmonton United 1-3 Nacional
Eterna Stars 0-0 AS Bezieres
CAP 0-0 Pradera FC
RC Belfort 4-0 Canalave Dragons
SC Caimanes 1-4 Tannenberg FC
AC Tallin 2-0 Fontvielle Impact
Nord Energie FC 2-1 Marinos Metropolis
Hoxford Rovers 2-0 AS Montreux

Round 35 (October 26-27)

With only three matches left in this Liga-1 season, there's nothing decided yet but Olympique de Fontvielle are now heading to their first Liga-1 title ever thanks to their win over Edmonton in Fontvielle, although the defending champions aren't willing to give up and keep the pressure on l'OF after whacking Étoile Verte at home and securing qualification for UICA football for next season, as well as Fontvielle Impact, who had to endure a shocking loss at home to bottom-placed Hoxford Rovers and now trail their crosstown rivals by 4 points. Pradera are on the brink of clinching the last UICA berth after demolishing Caimanes at the Gobernador Villa and bringing them closer to relegation, with Bezieres still holding a very slim hope of snatching that berth after beating Belfort at the Stade Jules Picot. Tallin were dealt a hard blow courtesy of the Dragons and remain in a difficult situation, but the loss to the Stars in the SuperClásico further worsened Slateport's one, with TFC slowly moving away after leaving Nord Energie all but doomed with a draw and with the relegation play-off as their only and very last chance, same as the Rovers.

Metropolis Alligators 5-0 Étoile Verte
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Edmonton United
Slateport Bulls 1-3 Eterna Stars
Nacional 1-2 CAP
AS Bezieres 3-2 RC Belfort
Pradera FC 6-1 SC Caimanes
Canalave Dragons 4-0 AC Tallin
Tannenberg FC 2-2 Nord Energie FC
Fontvielle Impact 2-3 Hoxford Rovers
Marinos Metropolis 3-0 AS Montreux

Round 36 (November 2-3)

Olympique de Fontvielle are now separated from their first Valladar championship by a win after defeating CAP in Los Chorros and seeing Metropolis Alligators lose at Edmonton. Fontvielle Impact's and Pradera's chances to win the title are still alive thanks to the former's win against the King's Shield finalist and the latter's triumph in Toril, which not only gave Pradera the chance to return to the UICA stage but also doomed Nord Energie to relegation. Hoxford Rovers' fate was also sealed thanks to their loss to Canalave Dragons at home and as a result, they will go back to Liga-2 for next season. Tallin got another important win, this time against Bezieres and they're now safe from direct relegation, while TFC were smashed by Montreux, Caimanes revived their bid for survival after beating Nacional, and Slateport were only able to draw in Gatineau, and Belfort are still clear of the Bulls by 2 points.

Edmonton United 2-0 Metropolis Alligators
Eterna Stars 2-2 Étoile Verte
CAP 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
RC Belfort 1-1 Slateport Bulls
SC Caimanes 2-0 Nacional
AC Tallin 1-0 AS Bezieres
Nord Energie FC 0-1 Pradera FC
Hoxford Rovers 0-2 Canalave Dragons
AS Montreux 4-1 Tannenberg FC
Marinos Metropolis 1-3 Fontvielle Impact

Round 37 (November 9-10)

With a dominating 5-0 win over Caimanes, who are now doomed to play for the relegation play-off berth, and a stellar performance from their key striker Frank Rozenthal who scored a hat-trick, Olympique de Fontvielle secured their first Valladar Liga-1 title ever in front of their faithful at the Stade de l'Amitié. Meanwhile, Metropolis Alligators, who bounced back from the loss in Edmonton with a thrashing over the Stars, Pradera (who did the same to Montreux), and Fontvielle Impact, who put TFC at the edge of the ledge will be fighting for the last Champions' Cup spot, with the match between Verdiblancos and Bleus being the highlight for the next and last matchday of the season. However, there was happiness to some extent in Carloburgo, given that Tallin managed to beat Slateport Bulls at the Estadio de la Riviera, saving themselves from the drop with a match to go and forcing the Bulls to go look for a win in the Westlands next week, while the Liga-2 champions were only able to snatch a point from the Stade de Charmilliot and were unable to reach safety.

Metropolis Alligators 4-1 Eterna Stars

Frank Rozenthal scoring the first of his
three goals for l'OF against Caimanes.

Edmonton United 3-0 CAP
Étoile Verte 1-1 RC Belfort
Olympique de Fontvielle 5-0 SC Caimanes
Slateport Bulls 2-3 AC Tallin
Nacional 2-0 Nord Energie FC
AS Bezieres 2-1 Hoxford Rovers
Pradera FC 4-1 AS Montreux
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Tannenberg FC 0-2 Fontvielle Impact

Round 38 (November 17)

CAP 0-3 Metropolis Alligators
RC Belfort 1-1 Eterna Stars
SC Caimanes 1-0 Edmonton United
AC Tallin 2-0 Étoile Verte
Nord Energie FC 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Hoxford Rovers 0-2 Slateport Bulls
AS Montreux 0-1 Nacional
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 AS Bezieres
Fontvielle Impact 2-2 Pradera FC
Tannenberg FC 1-1 Canalave Dragons

And another Liga-1 season is now over with Olympique de Fontvielle being able to lift the Stargoal for the first time ever after beating relegated outfit Nord Energie in Toril, but the important thing this weekend was knowing the competitions the rest of UICA qualifiers were going to, and who were going to be the third relegated team and the one forced to play the relegation playoff. Fontvielle Impact and Pradera FC were playing each other at the Stade de la Frontière with a Champions' Cup berth at stake, however, the 2-2 draw at the end of their hard-fought match helped none other than the Alligators, who managed to sneak into second place on the final day of the season with a win over CAP in Los Chorros, and forced Bleus and Verdiblancos to settle for a Globe Cup berth each. Meanwhile, the fight against relegation ended with Belfort and TFC both drawing in their final matches of the season and rendering victories for both Slateport and Caimanes against the Westlands teams useless, with the Bulls having to wait for a Liga-2 team in the relegation playoff, and the Jacarés inevitably going back to the Liga-2, at least in a more decent fashion than the other relegated sides...

As a final note, congratulations to AC Tallin for achieving a historic 9th place finish. Definitely, snatching points from every "Big" team always pays off. It always does.

King's Shield Final (November 20)

And this is the final game of the season, the King's Shield Final, which will be played by Liga-1 side Marinos Metropolis and Liga-2 outfit AD Cerro, both of them with subpar domestic campaigns this season and willing to save them with an unexpected cup title. 67,233 people attended this match, which was expected given that both teams are based off the District of Metropolis.

We saw in the first half that both teams were willing to do their best in order to return to an international competition, Cerro started exerting pressure on the Marineros, but the latter side were the ones who found the first goal of the match in a well-finished counterattack by striker Edwin Aguilar in the 11th minute. The goal conceded represented a hard blow for Cerro, as they were unable to regroup themselves while Marinos took the initiative and started looking for more goals, being led by Sargossan Matías Escobar. Edwin Aguilar could have increased his personal goal tally with two more shots which were eventually deflected by Alejandro Angulo, Cerro's goalkeeper. With Marinos being 1-0 up, the first half came to its end.

For the second half, Cerro went out to find the equalizer and came firing on all cylinders looking to beat Roberto Vélez, Marinos' goalie, but Paulo Oliveira's team had prepared a defensive wall hard to trespass by the Cerro players. However, that wall blinked in the 64th minute, and Jeisson Quiñonez sneaked into Marinos' box and scored the equalizer for the Celestes. Both teams were then in a level playing field again but the Marineros went out for the second goal again while Cerro resorted to push them to extra time. The strategy mounted by the Liga-2 team didn't work out, though, as Michael Rubio managed to get into Cerro's area and fired a shot which Angulo was unable to stop 11 minutes after Quiñonez's goal. Eventually Marinos won their second King's Shield in history and therefore, the next Globe Cup competition will be graced by the presence of a former GC champion, as well as the Cygnus Cup. For Cerro, this was a memorable cup campaign, despite being so close yet so far from winning the Shield, like all the other Liga-2 sides who have reached this far in the competition.

AD Cerro 1-2 Marinos Metropolis (Quiñonez 64'; Aguilar 11', Rubio 75')

Marinos Metropolis qualified to both the Cygnus Cup and the Globe Cup after winning their second King's Shield.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  22  11   5  81  37  +44  77 CH - CC
  2  Metropolis Alligators        38  21   9   8  80  39  +41  72 CC
  3  Fontvielle Impact            38  21   8   9  68  54  +14  71 GC
  4  Pradera FC                   38  20  10   8  72  43  +29  70 GC
  5  AS Bezieres                  38  18   6  14  51  40  +11  60
  6  Nacional                     38  17   8  13  52  51   +1  59
  7  Edmonton United              38  16   8  14  43  40   +3  56
  8  Eterna Stars                 38  15  10  13  65  54  +11  55
  9  AC Tallin                    38  14   9  15  49  52   -3  51
 10  Canalave Dragons             38  12  14  12  51  55   -4  50
 11  Marinos Metropolis           38  12  12  14  46  45   +1  48 GC
 12  Étoile Verte                 38  12  11  15  51  58   -7  47
 13  AS Montreux                  38  11  13  14  42  47   -5  46
 14  CAP                          38  11  13  14  45  55  -10  46
 15  RC Belfort                   38  10  14  14  49  62  -13  44
 16  Tannenberg FC                38  11  11  16  44  55  -11  44
 17  Slateport Bulls              38  11  10  17  41  61  -20  43 P-O
 18  SC Caimanes                  38  12   5  21  42  59  -17  41 REL
 19  Nord Energie FC              38   7  10  21  30  57  -27  31 REL
 20  Hoxford Rovers               38   9   4  25  39  77  -38  31 REL

CHAMPIONS
Olympique de Fontvielle (1st title)

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pumas Maldonado                 38  19  14   5  61  39  +22  71  CH - SBCC
  2 Ajax Carloburgo                 38  19   8  11  65  40  +25  65  P - SBCC
  3 FC Sillimus                     38  18   9  11  55  49   +6  63  P/O
  4 Bretford Royals                 38  17  11  10  39  29  +10  62  P/O
  5 Chiquito FC                     38  17  10  11  49  39  +10  61  P/O
  6 AS Vaud                         38  16  12  10  52  47   +5  60  P/O
  7 Servette FC                     38  15  14   9  58  46  +12  59
  8 Minault United                  38  16  11  11  56  44  +12  59
  9 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  16   7  15  50  49   +1  55
 10 SC Alcázares                    38  15   8  15  50  46   +4  53
 11 Olympique de Coulombes          38  14   8  16  38  39   -1  50
 12 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  13  11  14  32  36   -4  50
 13 Bohemians Metropolis            38  12  13  13  43  41   +2  49
 14 FC Fauxham                      38  14   6  18  47  53   -6  48
 15 RC Corania                      38  13   7  18  41  44   -3  46
 16 AD Cerro                        38  11  12  15  46  55   -9  45
 17 Universitario de Maldonado      38  11   9  18  41  61  -20  42  P-O
 18 FC Columbus                     38  10  10  18  44  62  -18  40  REL
 19 Valencia FC                     38  10   8  20  42  64  -22  38  REL
 20 CR Palmas                       38   6   8  24  35  61  -26  26  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

AS Vaud (6) 2-3 (3) FC Sillimus
FC Sillimus (3) 1-0 (6) AS Vaud
Agg: FC Sillimus 4-2 AS Vaud

Chiquito FC (5) 1-0 (4) Bretford Royals
Bretford Royals (4) 2-1 (5) Chiquito FC
Agg: Bretford Royals 2-2 Chiquito FC (Chiquito FC advances on away goals rule)

Final:

FC Sillimus (3) 2-0 (4) Chiquito FC

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Slateport Bulls vs. Chiquito FC

Chiquito FC 1-1 Slateport Bulls
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Chiquito FC (1-1 AET, 2-2 agg, 3-2 PKs)

Thus, Slateport Bulls will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Eterna Celtic              38  18   9  11  49  36  +13  63  CH - P
  2 Hamanos Athletic Club      38  18   6  14  36  31   +5  60  P
  3 Real Pradera               38  16  12  10  50  38  +12  60  P/O
  4 Adelaide Kickers           38  16  11  11  49  37  +12  59  P/O
  5 EC Comercial               38  16  10  12  48  48   +0  58  P/O
  6 Corumbá EC                 38  16  10  12  51  39  +12  58  P/O
  7 Villaznia AC               38  16   9  13  47  35  +12  57
  8 AS Lausanne                38  16   7  15  41  43   -2  55
  9 Alianza Antioquia          38  14  12  12  43  39   +4  54
 10 Patriotas FC               38  15   9  14  50  44   +6  54
 11 Gatineau UC 98             38  13  12  13  56  53   +3  51
 12 Estudiantes de Colón       38  13  12  13  39  42   -3  51
 13 Stanford United            38  12  13  13  42  41   +1  49
 14 Newcastle Town             38  12  11  15  43  46   -3  47
 15 Atlas SC                   38  13   8  17  35  57  -22  47
 16 FC Townsville              38  12  10  16  36  41   -5  46
 17 Neuchâtel-Sport            38  11  12  15  48  53   -5  45
 18 AC Talamonte               38  13   6  19  39  51  -12  45  REL
 19 Tessano FC                 38  13   5  20  46  59  -13  44  REL
 20 Metropolis City FC         38  10  10  18  36  51  -15  40  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Corumbá EC (6) 0-1 (3) Real Pradera
Real Pradera (3) 1-1 (6) Corumbá EC
Agg: Real Pradera 2-1 Corumbá EC

EC Comercial (5) 2-0 (4) Adelaide Kickers
Adelaide Kickers (4) 2-0 (5) EC Comercial (2-1 AET)
Agg: Adelaide Kickers 2-3 EC Comercial

Final:

Real Pradera (3) 1-3 (5) EC Comercial

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Universitario de Maldonado vs. Real Pradera

Real Pradera 0-1 Universitario de Maldonado
Universitario de Maldonado 0-0 Real Pradera (1-0 agg)

Thus, Universitario de Maldonado will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Olympique de Fontvielle
Runner-Up: Metropolis Alligators
King's Shield Winner: Marinos Metropolis
Relegated Teams: SC Caimanes, Nord Energie FC, Hoxford Rovers
Promoted Teams: Pumas Maldonado, Ajax Carloburgo, FC Sillimus

Top Scorers:

1. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 29 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Yoan Gignac (Fontvielle Impact): 26 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Frank Zapata (Pradera FC): 25 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Carlos Alberto Sáez (Metropolis Alligators): 24 goals
5. Simão (Olympique de Fontvielle): 23 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 50:
Olympique de Fontvielle - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up

Globe Cup 47:
Marinos Metropolis - King's Shield winners
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team
Pradera FC - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 47:
Pumas Maldonado - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Ajax Carloburgo - Valladar Liga-2 Runners-up
FC Sillimus - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Chiquito FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 25:
Marinos Metropolis - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:37 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-SIXTH SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Olympique de Fontvielle and last season's King's Shield winners Marinos Metropolis. 33,275 people attended the thirteenth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave.

Olympique de Fontvielle completely dominated the first half of the match, constantly exerting pressure on Roberto Vélez, the Marinos goalie. Frank Rozenthal started testing Vélez in the 4th minute with a powerful shot from 30 meters which went wide, and tried again two minutes later with a setpiece which ended up deflected by the goalie. However, the Olympique striker would eventually open the way for the Liga-1 champions with a goal in the 11th minute. Rozenthal's goal prompted a reaction from Paulo Oliveira's squad, but the King's Shield holders were having trouble to pass through Olympique's solid defense and Jacques Gavanon was barely tested by Marinos and their strikers. Despite Marinos showed a more offensive tactic after conceding the first goal, Jean Camacho's squad continued attacking and in the 44th minute, youngster Simon Graz found the Marineros' defense off-guard and sent the ball to the back of the net after finishing a deadly counterattack with class.

With Olympique leading 2-0, the second half showed players in both teams already with signs of fatigue, but l'OF kept looking for more goals while the King's Shield holders could barely touch the ball. Paulo Oliveira tried to make some substitutions in order to gain ball possession but his efforts were in vain as Olympique had already cornered them and erected goalkeeper Vélez as the MVP of the match, as he was responsible for Olympique not winning the match for more than 2 goals. And so, l'OF win another trophy, while the Mariners now head themselves to a long Liga-1 season with more questions than answers after being overwhelmed in the Canalave Crown by a team that didn't need much effort to do so.

THIRTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: OLYMPIQUE DE FONTVIELLE VS. MARINOS METROPOLIS


Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 33,275)

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 Marinos Metropolis (Rozenthal 11', Graz 44')

Liga-1 Season Review

It seems Les Rouges are back. After some seasons of darkness and Metropolis Alligators domination, AS Bezieres presented a strong squad and some nice football throughout the season, which helped them get important results like Doubles over defending Liga-1 champions Olympique de Fontvielle and arch-rivals Fontvielle Impact, and a win and a draw against Metropolis Alligators. Jean-Pierre Aulas' squad would eventually manage to put an end to their long title drought and secured their sixth Liga-1 championship on Matchday 36 after defeating Nacional at home and seeing the Alligators lose to the Dragons in Canalave, opening a 9-point gap with MA with only 2 matches to go, and leaving the latter team involved in a head-to-head with Fontvielle Impact for the second and last Champions' Cup berth, which ended up going to the Alligators anyways, after they got 4 out of those 6 points remaining, while l'Impact got none and finished third, having to settle for a Globe Cup berth.

Speaking of Globe Cup berths, the race for those berths was hotter than ever, as we had four teams (champions Olympique, Pradera, Edmonton, and Marinos) fighting for them until the last day of the season, and even in the final stretch of matches we had the chance to enjoy showdowns between direct rivals like for example, Pradera's 2-1 win at the Dome on matchday 30 and Marinos and Olympique de Fontvielle cancelling each other out 2 weeks later at that same stadium. But the final day of the season would decide everything on the Globe Cup front, as Verdiblancos, Monties, and Jaunes et Bleus came to their last match tied in points, while Marinos were in seventh place with 59 points and trailing their rivals by 2. Edmonton and Pradera had a priori the easiest task, as they were playing host to relegation-threatened Ajax Carloburgo and AC Tallin (who were already safe from relegation), respectively, while Olympique were looking to spoil ASB's title celebration, and Marinos were facing another team in the relegation race, Montreux. Four teams were fighting for 2 Globe Cup berths (since the other one was practically in Impact's hands), however, Edmonton's qualification to the King's Shield final could have potentially reduced that number to one. And Pradera were up to expectations and clinched their GC berth by beating Tallin in the Meadow Derby, with Edmonton doing the same at their stadium against Ajax and sending them back to Liga-2 while grabbing fifth place and a return to the Globe Cup for themselves. On the other hand, Olympique de Fontvielle confirmed their downfall by losing to newly crowned champions Bezieres in sort of a handover ceremony at the Stade de Foix and ended up missing on the Globe Cup and falling to seventh place after Marinos defeated Montreux. This result did nothing for Marinos but help them climb up a position.

Three traditional teams complete the top 10 of this season: Tannenberg, Nacional, and Eterna Stars, whose irregularity throughout the season conspired against their chances of posing a threat to the rest of UICA contenders, while this one was another average campaign for both Canalave Dragons and Étoile Verte, who have started to get used to the middle of the table, as have Belfort and Tallin, who once again managed to save themselves from relegation with many matches to go (although this season was a step back for the Gunners, who finished 9th the last season).

FC Sillimus deserve a special mention, as the newcomers from the city-state managed to bounce back from a humbling at the hands of Fontvielle Impact in their début and managed to finish in a surprising 13th place, away from the relegation zone. As for the race against relegation, Pumas' fate had already been sealed on MD37, with a loss in their six-pointer against Slateport Bulls, but CAP, Montreux, the Bulls, and Ajax still had some work to do in order not to accompany Pumas in Liga-2 next season. Eventually, CAP saved themselves from relegation thanks to their win on the last day against the Stars, while Ajax lost in the Westlands and went down as aforementioned. And Slateport Bulls became the third and last relegated side, after losing to Canalave Dragons at Dragon Stadium, leaving Montreux (who lost to Marinos as aforementioned) with the chance to beat a Liga-2 side in order to stay in Liga-1 for next season.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  AS Bezieres                  38  23  10   5  69  31  +38  79 CH - CC
  2  Metropolis Alligators        38  20  10   8  79  50  +29  70 CC
  3  Fontvielle Impact            38  20   6  12  63  38  +25  66 GC
  4  Pradera FC                   38  19   7  12  51  41  +10  64 GC
  5  Edmonton United              38  20   4  14  55  44  +11  64 GC/CYG
  6  Marinos Metropolis           38  17  11  10  54  41  +13  62
  7  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  17  10  11  57  48   +9  61
  8  Tannenberg FC                38  15  15   8  61  52   +9  60
  9  Nacional                     38  16   7  15  54  51   +3  55
 10  Eterna Stars                 38  14  11  13  43  50   -7  53
 11  Canalave Dragons             38  15   7  16  52  58   -6  52
 12  Étoile Verte                 38  11  13  14  43  46   -3  46
 13  FC Sillimus                  38  12   9  17  46  54   -8  45
 14  RC Belfort                   38  11  11  16  47  60  -13  44
 15  AC Tallin                    38  10  11  17  46  56  -10  41
 16  CAP                          38   9  13  16  43  54  -11  40
 17  AS Montreux                  38   8  13  17  32  49  -17  37 P-O
 18  Slateport Bulls              38  10   6  22  42  65  -23  36 REL
 19  Ajax Carloburgo              38   8  11  19  36  64  -28  35 REL
 20  Pumas Maldonado              38   8   9  21  50  71  -21  33 REL

CHAMPIONS
AS Bezieres (6th title)

The Twenty-Sixth King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

FC Fauxham 1-0 Tannenberg FC

Étoile Verte 1-0 Bretford Royals

Slateport Bulls 3-2 FC Townsville

CAP 0-1 AD Cerro

AS Vaud 1-2 Metropolis Alligators

Adelaide City FC 0-1 Pumas Maldonado

Neuchâtel-Sport 0-2 Edmonton United

AS Bezieres 3-0 AC Valencia

Pumas Maldonado 0-0 Slateport Bulls (0-1 AET)

AS Bezieres 3-2 AD Cerro

FC Fauxham 1-1 Metropolis Alligators (2-1 AET)

Edmonton United 0-0 Étoile Verte (1-0 AET)

AS Bezieres 1-0 Slateport Bulls

Edmonton United 1-0 FC Fauxham

FINAL @ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 62,982)

AS Bezieres 1-2 Edmonton United

Congratulations to Edmonton United, who won the King's Shield while denying AS Bezieres the chance to win the Double and qualified for both the Globe Cup and the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Caimanes                     38  23   8   7  85  39  +46  77  CH - SBCC
  2 Minault United                  38  18  10  10  55  38  +17  64  P - SBCC
  3 AD Cerro                        38  18   7  13  57  43  +14  61  P/O
  4 FC Fauxham                      38  17   8  13  48  40   +8  59  P/O
  5 Nord Energie FC                 38  15  14   9  37  36   +1  59  P/O
  6 SC Alcázares                    38  17   8  13  64  65   -1  59  P/O
  7 AS Vaud                         38  15  13  10  45  37   +8  58
  8 Servette FC                     38  14  15   9  58  51   +7  57
  9 Bretford Royals                 38  14  14  10  36  29   +7  56
 10 Chiquito FC                     38  16   7  15  48  45   +3  55
 11 Hoxford Rovers                  38  14  12  12  43  37   +6  54
 12 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  15   8  15  42  44   -2  53
 13 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  13  11  14  35  40   -5  50
 14 Bohemians Metropolis            38  12  12  14  43  51   -8  48
 15 Universitario de Maldonado      38  13   8  17  49  54   -5  47
 16 Olympique de Coulombes          38   9  13  16  30  49  -19  40
 17 RC Corania                      38   9  12  17  28  41  -13  39  P-O
 18 Eterna Celtic                   38  10   8  20  34  51  -17  38  REL
 19 EC Comercial                    38   8  11  19  40  63  -23  35  REL
 20 Hamanos Athletic Club           38   4  13  21  28  52  -24  25  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

SC Alcázares (6) 2-2 (3) AD Cerro
AD Cerro (3) 4-0 (6) SC Alcázares
Agg: AD Cerro 6-2 SC Alcázares

Nord Energie FC (5) 0-1 (4) FC Fauxham
FC Fauxham (4) 3-1 (5) Nord Energie FC
Agg: FC Fauxham 4-1 Nord Energie FC

Final:

AD Cerro (3) 1-1 (4) FC Fauxham (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AS Montreux vs. FC Fauxham

FC Fauxham 1-1 AS Montreux
AS Montreux 0-0 FC Fauxham (1-1 agg) (AS Montreux wins on away goals rule)

Thus, AS Montreux will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Adelaide Kickers           38  22  11   5  60  33  +27  77  CH - P
  2 Valencia FC                38  18  13   7  62  35  +27  67  P
  3 Gatineau UC 98             38  18   7  13  44  42   +2  61  P/O
  4 Villaznia AC               38  17   9  12  49  37  +12  60  P/O
  5 CR Palmas                  38  15  12  11  32  32   +0  57  P/O
  6 Alianza Antioquia          38  15  11  12  48  41   +7  56  P/O
  7 Corumbá EC                 38  13  15  10  43  41   +2  54
  8 Patriotas FC               38  14  12  12  46  39   +7  54
  9 Newcastle Town             38  14  10  14  47  47   +0  52
 10 Atlas SC                   38  15   7  16  40  43   -3  52
 11 FC Columbus                38  14   9  15  53  46   +7  51
 12 Defensores de Neuquén      38  13  12  13  41  44   -3  51
 13 Real Pradera               38  12  12  14  34  43   -9  48
 14 Neuchâtel-Sport            38  13   5  20  40  56  -16  44
 15 Stanford United            38  12   8  18  35  42   -7  44
 16 Club Osum                  38  11  10  17  40  43   -3  43
 17 AS Lausanne                38  11   9  18  41  51  -10  42
 18 Canalave Rangers           38  11   9  18  35  51  -16  42  REL
 19 Estudiantes de Colón       38   9  14  15  34  44  -10  41  REL
 20 FC Townsville              38   9  13  16  44  58  -14  40  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Alianza Antioquia (6) 0-2 (3) Gatineau UC 98
Gatineau UC 98 (3) 1-1 (6) Alianza Antioquia
Agg: Gatineau UC 98 3-1 Alianza Antioquia

CR Palmas (5) 1-1 (4) Villaznia AC
Villaznia AC (4) 0-1 (5) CR Palmas
Agg: Villaznia AC 1-2 CR Palmas

Final:

Gatineau UC 98 (3) 3-0 (5) CR Palmas

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: RC Corania vs. CR Palmas

CR Palmas 2-1 RC Corania
RC Corania 3-1 CR Palmas (4-3 agg)

Thus, RC Corania will continue in Valladar Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: AS Bezieres
Runner-Up: Metropolis Alligators
King's Shield Winner: Edmonton United
Relegated Teams: Slateport Bulls, Ajax Carloburgo, Pumas Maldonado
Promoted Teams: SC Caimanes, Minault United, AD Cerro

Top Scorers:

1. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 26 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Ruben Munro (The Licentian Isles, Metropolis Alligators): 24 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 22 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Frank Zapata (Pradera FC): 20 goals
5. Jean-Pierre de Roux (Fontvielle Impact): 20 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 51:
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up

Globe Cup 48:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team
Pradera FC - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 48:
SC Caimanes - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Minault United - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
AD Cerro - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
FC Fauxham - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 26:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:14 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON (PART I OF IV)

Ladies and gentlemen, the VFA and the Liga Federal de Valladares now welcome you all to a new installment of the LFV, its thirty-seventh season! With AS Bezieres winning their sixth championship (and fourth in a row) this last season, 19 other teams from all over Valladares will be looking forward to dethrone them in November. Also, the LFV is back into the top 6 in the UICA ranks and will get an extra Champions' Cup berth back, woo! There will also be changes regarding Globe Cup qualification via King's Shield, mostly focused on awarding the Shield runners-up with a berth to this competition should the winners have already qualified for UICA competition, which will surely turn the contention for the Top 5 into a really fierce affair. Will l'ASB be able to further cut the gap with their arch-rivals Fontvielle Impact and Metropolis Alligators with a successful title defense? or will this season witness the crowning of another team? The answer can be found within the four parts of this season's review!

Canalave Crown Match (March 8)

As usual every season, the Canalave Crown match was the curtain-raiser to the new season of Valladar football, with Liga-1 defending champions AS Bezieres and King's Shield current holders Edmonton United presenting their new squads and kicking off the new season in front of 35,325 spectators who gathered at Dragon Stadium on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

As usual, due to this being the first official match for both teams, both Bezieres and Edmonton didn't show their best football, although Les Rouges tried to be more ambitious and incisive, controlling the ball and trying to get closer to the goal defended by John Morera. The Monties, on the other hand, resorted to counterattacks and were always looking for an error by the red-clad team. ASB striker Jérôme Revault tried to break the deadlock in the 20th minute with a powerful shot from 25 meters which went wide, and then Christian Núñez helped erect Morera as the match's MVP with two good chances which were blocked by the Edmonton goalie. Edmonton would barely disturb ASB's defense during the first half, and the score was still 0-0 at halftime.

For the second half though, Edmonton looked more aggressive and started threatening Bezieres, stealing the ball from Les Rouges and cornering them in their own half of the pitch. Eventually, Edmonton's pressure would pay off with Mytanar Jarik Bucek starting an attack on the left flank and then crossing the ball on time for Paulo Jr. to head it to the back of the goal defended by Éric Mallory in the 62nd minute. The Monties were already 1-0 up and Jean-Pierre Aulas' side felt the blow. The Liga-1 champions then went for the equalizer, although with more despair than order, while their rivals parked the bus and spent the remaining minutes of the match defending and preventing the Bezieres strikers from getting close to Morera's goal. The match finished, and the current King's Shield holders were able claim payback for the loss suffered at the hands of that same rival in this same match some seasons ago.

FOURTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: AS BEZIERES VS. EDMONTON UNITED

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 35,325)

AS Bezieres 0-1 Edmonton United (Paulo Jr. 62')

King's Shield Preliminary Round (March 12)

Before we start with the proper Liga-1 season, it's time for King's Shield action to start, with the Preliminary Round, featuring 96 Valladar clubs, who are currently competing in the Ligas Regionales (5th division) and the eight State Championships (6th division) and will be fighting for a berth into the main cup competition.

Fauxham United 1-0 Sporting Florencia

AC St. Louis 1-1 Rapid Metropolis (2-1 AET)

RC Victoria 2-0 Central Español

Alejandría SC 0-1 Leeward Tech FC

Tarragona FC 1-1 Richmond City (1-2 AET)

Cidade do Leste 2-2 Atlético Robles (2-3 AET)

Orlèans FC 1-0 Stade Foixien

Nacional FC 2-1 FC 1093 Los Chorros

Excelsior Exeter 3-0 SC Canalave Young Boys

Townsville Fury 1-1 University of Canalave FC (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Deportivo Meléndez 0-2 Adelaide City FC

Gatineau Athletic Club 1-0 Isla Nueva FC

Real Colón 2-1 Chesham Town

Borderville Rogues 2-1 OSC Canalave

Policía Nacional FC 1-0 Remo

Vitória Maldonado 0-0 FC Annecy (0-1 AET)

Trois-Rivières Athletic 0-2 Buitrera FC

LDU Victoria 1-1 Jamundí FC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Columbus Cannons 0-1 AFC Fylde

AFC Trefford 2-3 Carolina Rangers

FC Borderville 2-1 Hamilton Rockets

Unión de Loja FC 1-0 Deportivo Angostura

Salvador FC 1-1 Santacruz FC (1-1 AET, 4-3 PKs)

Blue-White Westporte 2-1 Atlético Caney

AS Mont-Blanc 1-0 Atlético Rozo

Swangard FC 0-0 Adelaide Heart FC (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Mountain United 3-1 Sillimus Islanders FC

Potros de Slateport 3-1 Mineros de Talamonte

Westporte City FC 1-2 FC Blacktown

Bridgeborough United 1-3 Kingsville Reds

Cartago FC 0-0 Deportivo Balboa (1-0 AET)

FC Bluewich-Furness 2-0 CS Ypres

SC Tabatinga 2-1 Standard Fontvielle

Cerro Plateado FC 1-2 Sion-Impact OSC

AD Sillimus 0-2 CS Clermont

Port Arthur Warriors 0-1 Victoria United

FC 984 Westporte-Rainham 0-3 Cardenales FC

Campinas FC 1-2 Araguaná

Port Authority FC 0-1 Abbotsford SC

Aguablanca FC 2-1 Campograndense

Estrella Roja 2-0 EC São Januário

Atlético Nápoles 0-3 Rexam

Port Arthur FC 1-1 Português (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

FC Verder Metropolis 0-1 Hamilton Steelers

Gazélec Saint-Rémy 0-1 AC Valencia

Yumbo FC 0-1 RC Copacabana

FC Silverstone 0-1 Fermont OSC

Westporte Sailors FC 0-1 AC Huez

And now we return to your normal Liga-1 broadcast...

Round 1 (March 14-15-16)

This new season of Liga-1 action started on March 14th with the Champions' Kick-Off, which featured this time a new edition of the Ilirian Derby between Liga-1 champions AS Bezieres and their Liga-2 counterparts SC Caimanes at the Stade de Foix-Jules Picot, which ended up in the first win of the season for Les Rouges by 3-2 after their heartbreak in Canalave last week. Metropolis Alligators and Fontvielle Impact also started with home victories this season after defeating Canalave Dragons and FC Sillimus, respectively, while Olympique de Fontvielle were defeated in Gatineau at the hands of RC Belfort by the odd goal in three. As for the other promoted sides, Cerro successfully upset TFC at White Meadow Arena, while Minault United managed to steal a point from Eterna City in their top-flight début. In the rest of matches of the weekend, Montreux stunned Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, Pradera were off to a good start with a win over Tallin, CAP narrowly defeated Étoile Verte in Los Chorros, and Edmonton beat Marinos at Albert Field.

AS Bezieres 3-2 SC Caimanes

Jérôme Revault scored a brace for ASB
against Caimanes in their 3-2 win.

Nacional 0-2 AS Montreux
Eterna Stars 1-1 Minault United
Edmonton United 2-0 Marinos Metropolis
Tannenberg FC 0-2 AD Cerro
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Canalave Dragons
RC Belfort 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pradera FC 2-1 AC Tallin
Fontvielle Impact 2-0 FC Sillimus
CAP 1-0 Étoile Verte

Round 2 (March 22-23)

After 2 matches of this Liga-1 season, champions Bezieres and Pradera FC are leading with 6 out of 6 points, Les Rouges beating Montreux at the Stade Micoud, while the Verdiblancos inflicted the second defeat in 2 matches on Étoile Verte. Canalave Dragons, Olympique de Fontvielle, and Marinos Metropolis bounced back from their losses to MA and Edmonton in their openers, and defeated Edmonton, TFC, and Nacional at home, with the latter two also collecting their second loss in two matches. In other matches, the Stars steamrolled Cerro at the National Stadium, Caimanes defeated Minault in Slateport and collected their first 3 points of the season, Sillimus and Belfort cancelled each other out at the city-state, and MA punctured in their visit to Carloburgo and were held by Tallin to a scoreless draw.

AS Montreux 0-2 AS Bezieres
Minault United 1-2 SC Caimanes
Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Nacional
AD Cerro 0-3 Eterna Stars
Canalave Dragons 1-0 Edmonton United
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Tannenberg FC
AC Tallin 0-0 Metropolis Alligators
FC Sillimus 1-1 RC Belfort
Étoile Verte 1-3 Pradera FC
CAP 1-1 Fontvielle Impact

Round 3 (March 29-30)

And Metropolis Alligators jumped to the top with a convincing 3-0 win over Étoile Verte at the Metropolis Dome, also helped by the 2-2 draw between the champions Bezieres and the newly promoted Minault United in Bezieres, while the Estadio Gobernador Villa was the place where Pradera and Impact, two title contenders locked horns and shared the spoils in an entertaining match. In other matches, TFC hammered Sillimus and got their first 3 points of the season, Olympique defeated the Stars at the Alain Tramontin and climbed up to fifth place, Tallin stole a point from the Westlands, Montreux handed Marinos their second loss of the season, and Nacional rescued their first point of the season with a late goal against the Dragons at home.

AS Bezieres 2-2 Minault United

Pradera FC and Fontvielle Impact drew
1-1 at the Estadio Gobernador Villa.

AS Montreux 2-1 Marinos Metropolis
SC Caimanes 3-1 AD Cerro
Nacional 1-1 Canalave Dragons
Eterna Stars 1-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Edmonton United 0-0 AC Tallin
Tannenberg FC 4-0 FC Sillimus
Metropolis Alligators 3-0 Étoile Verte
RC Belfort 1-1 CAP
Pradera FC 1-1 Fontvielle Impact

Round 4 (April 5-6)

The first match of the season between Fontvielle Impact and Metropolis Alligators ended with a win for the Alligators over Les Bleus in a thrilling match at the Stade de la Frontière, however, Bezieres thumped Marinos at the Dome and seized top spot once again on goal difference, while Olympique are keeping up the pressure on the leaders with their 5-1 rout of Caimanes. Montreux shocked the Dragons at home and went up to fourth place with 9 points and also within striking distance of the leaders, while Pradera were held to another draw at home by Belfort and slipped to fifth place. Meanwhile, Edmonton resumed their race to the top by beating bottom-placed Étoile Verte at the Stade de Charmilliot, and Tannenberg now made it 2 wins in a row thanks to Edwin Wallace's goal in Los Chorros against CAP. In this weekend, we also witnessed Minault's first ever Liga-1 win: a 3-1 victory over fellow promoted side Cerro in Swangard, while Nacional and Eterna Stars were both defeated in their visits to lowly Tallin and Sillimus, respectively.

Marinos Metropolis 0-4 AS Bezieres
AD Cerro 1-3 Minault United
Canalave Dragons 0-1 AS Montreux
Olympique de Fontvielle 5-1 SC Caimanes
AC Tallin 1-0 Nacional
FC Sillimus 1-0 Eterna Stars
Étoile Verte 0-2 Edmonton United
CAP 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Fontvielle Impact 2-3 Metropolis Alligators
Pradera FC 2-2 RC Belfort

Round 5 (April 12-13)

It looks like it's going to be a Bezieres-Alligators head-to-head for the league's top spot, with ASB and MA collecting win after win. This time, Bezieres defeated Cerro, while Belfort became the Alligators' most recent victim, although in a much tighter fashion. However, Olympique and Montreux lost ground in their chase of the leaders, with l'OF being unable to bring the full prize from Slateport, and Les Hérons dropping points at home against Tallin, allowing Edmonton to sneak into fourth place thanks to their win over Fontvielle Impact at Albert Field. TFC extended their winning streak to 3 matches after handing Pradera their first loss of the season at White Meadow Arena, the Stars thumped CAP and entered the upper half of the standings, Canalave Dragons defeated Marinos in their second visit to the Dome in this season, and Étoile Verte got their first win against Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, making sure Los Albos remained winless and slipped down to bottom place in the process.

AS Bezieres 2-1 AD Cerro
Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Canalave Dragons
Minault United 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
AS Montreux 3-3 AC Tallin
SC Caimanes 2-1 FC Sillimus
Nacional 1-2 Étoile Verte
Eterna Stars 3-0 CAP
Edmonton United 3-1 Fontvielle Impact
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Pradera FC
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 RC Belfort

Round 6 (April 16-17)

Metropolis Alligators were able to stop TFC cold with a 3-1 victory over the Citizens at the Dome, and are now sole leaders after Bezieres failed to beat Canalave Dragons but instead were defeated in their second visit of Dragon Stadium in the season. Edmonton are now third thanks to their win over Belfort in Gatineau, while Olympique punctured once again, this time letting Cerro steal a point from the Stade de l'Amitié. Pradera suffered their second defeat in a row, this time against the Stars at home, while Fontvielle Impact bounced from a 2-game losing streak with a win over Nacional, who are still buried in the basement. This result would also prompt the firing of Johan Kraft from the Albo helm, and the appointment of Alberto Vega as his replacement.

Canalave Dragons 2-1 AS Bezieres
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 AD Cerro
AC Tallin 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
FC Sillimus 1-1 Minault United
Étoile Verte 1-0 AS Montreux
CAP 1-0 SC Caimanes
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Nacional
Pradera FC 0-1 Eterna Stars
RC Belfort 0-1 Edmonton United
Metropolis Alligators 3-1 Tannenberg FC

Round 7 (April 19-20)

Metropolis Alligators remain on top of the Liga-1 in their Centenary year after winning a hard-fought match in Eterna City against the Stars, who were really close to rescue a draw but were unable to do so. However, the defending champions are still exerting pressure on the Alligators thanks to their win against Olympique at home, with Canalave Dragons taking advantage of Edmonton's loss to TFC to seize third place with a win over Tallin. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact and Pradera are both back on track and climbing up positions after overcoming their respective negative streaks with the former thumping Montreux at the Stade Micoud, and the latter beating Caimanes in Campo Grande. Marinos defeated Étoile Verte and escaped the bottom three, sending José Marín's squad there, while Alberto Vega's tenure of Nacional was off to a good start with the 3-time champions getting their first win of the season at home against Belfort, however, they're still at the basement.

AS Bezieres 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

James Carrick is about to score Eterna's
second goal against Liga-1 leaders MA.

Canalave Dragons 2-1 AC Tallin
AD Cerro 3-1 FC Sillimus
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Étoile Verte
Minault United 1-2 CAP
AS Montreux 0-3 Fontvielle Impact
SC Caimanes 2-3 Pradera FC
Nacional 1-0 RC Belfort
Eterna Stars 2-3 Metropolis Alligators
Edmonton United 0-1 Tannenberg FC

Round 8 (April 26-27)

A 2-0 victory over Caimanes at the Dome plus Bezieres' loss at the hands of Tallin at Parken Road helped the Alligators open a 6-point gap between them and the reigning Liga-1 champions, while Les Rouges also saw Edmonton match their amount of points (16) after the Monties beat the Stars in the Westlands. Canalave Dragons' meteoric ascension to the top spot was stopped by Étoile Verte, who rescued a point at home against the Dragons, and Olympique de Fontvielle took advantage of this by shellacking new bottom-placed Sillimus at Moss Tower Stadium and climbling up to fourth place. CAP are quietly making a place for themselves in the top spots thanks to their win over Cerro which helps them be level in points with Olympique and Canalave. In other matches, Pradera were held to a draw by Minault at home, Marinos managed to pull an upset against Impact on the road, and Nacional got their second win under Alberto Vega in Carloburgo against TFC.

AC Tallin 1-0 AS Bezieres
FC Sillimus 0-4 Olympique de Fontvielle
Étoile Verte 0-0 Canalave Dragons
CAP 1-0 AD Cerro
Fontvielle Impact 1-3 Marinos Metropolis
Pradera FC 1-1 Minault United
RC Belfort 1-1 AS Montreux
Metropolis Alligators 2-0 SC Caimanes
Tannenberg FC 0-1 Nacional
Edmonton United 2-1 Eterna Stars

Round 9 (May 3-4)

Metropolis Alligators collected yet another win, this time it was in Slateport against Minault United and remain strong on top with 25 out of 27 points. However, Bezieres bounced back from the disappointing loss to Tallin last week and narrowly defeated Sillimus in order to stay in second place while also being pressed by Edmonton, who defeated Caimanes on the road and still sit in third place with 19 points, same as l'ASB. Olympique had some trouble to get rid of CAP but eventually they succeeded and remain in fourth place, now being 2 points clear of Canalave Dragons, who drew Fontvielle Impact at Dragon Stadium in a dull match. And Nacional's revival under Alberto Vega continued with Los Albos beating the Stars at the City of Metropolis Stadium and picking up their third victory in a row.

AS Bezieres 1-0 FC Sillimus
AC Tallin 0-0 Étoile Verte
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 CAP
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Fontvielle Impact
AD Cerro 1-1 Pradera FC
Marinos Metropolis 2-2 RC Belfort
Minault United 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
AS Montreux 1-0 Tannenberg FC
SC Caimanes 2-4 Edmonton United
Nacional 1-0 Eterna Stars

King's Shield First Round (May 7)

The proper King's Shield started with the first round and all the 80 teams from the LFV (Liga-1, Liga-2, and Liga-3) and Liga Nacional are entering the competition in this round, joining the 48 preliminary round winners, to make a field of 128 teams. Most Liga-1's top teams, including the Alligators, Bezieres, the Stars, TFC, Edmonton, Olympique de Fontvielle, Nacional, Marinos, Pradera, and the Dragons were through to the next round, with Olympique, Edmonton and Tannenberg demolishing their opposition, and others like Bezieres, Marinos, the Dragons, and Nacional narrowly beating their rivals in order to qualify for the next round. However, Fontvielle Impact were embarrassed by their own feeder team, who were able to push them to penalty kicks and eliminate them from the Shield. As for other Liga-1 teams, Étoile Verte, Tallin, Cerro, Sillimus, and Montreux won their matches and were also through, while Belfort were knocked out by División 1 Distrital (sixth division) outfit Rexam, and Caimanes were knocked out by a single goal from Liga Regional's Swangard FC on extra time and at home.

Clermont FC 1-1 AS Vaud (1-2 AET)

Adelaide Kickers 0-1 Étoile Verte

Valencia FC 1-0 Stanford United

Northport Bears 0-1 EC Comercial

San Luis FC 1-1 Fauxham United (2-1 AET)

Dynamo Metropolis 2-0 AFC Fylde

Carolina Rangers 0-2 Club Osum

AC Tallin 3-2 Cartago FC

AS Laval-Avignon 1-6 Tannenberg FC

Salvador FC 1-0 Estrella Roja

AD Cerro 1-0 FC Annecy

AC Huez 0-1 AC Talamonte

Servette FC 3-2 Villaznia AC

AS Bezieres 1-0 Newcastle Town

Slateport Bulls 0-1 Olympique de Coulombes

Minault United 1-0 Port Arthur FC

AS Montreux 2-0 Metropolis City FC

Neuchâtel-Sport 2-2 Northport Mariners (3-2 AET)

Hoxford Rovers 3-0 Hamanos Athletic Club

Araguaná 0-2 Cardenales FC

Real Pradera 0-3 Bohemians Metropolis

SC Caimanes 0-0 Swangard FC (0-1 AET)

Blue-White Westporte 0-2 Potros de Slateport

Orlèans FC 0-3 SC Tabatinga

Nord Energie FC 3-1 FC Bluewich-Furness

FC Sillimus 2-2 Patriotas FC (3-2 AET)

Bretford Royals 4-1 Universitario de Maldonado

Atlético Robles 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 CAP

Nacional FC 0-1 Canalave Rangers

Operário FC 2-2 Hoxford Athletic (2-2 AET, 4-1 PKs)

Policía Nacional FC 0-1 Nacional

AC St. Louis 0-2 Eterna Stars

Fermont OSC 0-3 FC Columbus

FC Coulombes 3-0 Excelsior Exeter

Olympique de Fontvielle 5-0 Atlas SC

Eterna Celtic 1-2 FC Blacktown

Pradera FC 2-1 Pumas Maldonado

Atlético Pavia 1-0 Real Colón

Chiquito FC 1-0 Danubio FC

Gatineau UC 98 1-2 AS Lausanne

SC Río Laguna 1-3 Mountain United

CR Palmas 1-0 Hamilton Steelers

Corumbá EC 1-1 Alianza Antioquia (2-1 AET)

RC Victoria 0-1 Ajax Carloburgo

Adelaide City FC 1-2 Kingsville Reds

Sion-Impact OSC 1-1 Fontvielle Impact (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

FC Townsville 1-0 Deportivo Lomas

Carloburgo Phoenix 0-2 Toril Beavers

RC Copacabana 1-3 Buitrera FC

Estudiantes de Colón 0-0 Leeward Tech FC (1-0 AET)

Rexam 2-0 RC Belfort

AS Mont-Blanc 0-1 Unión de Loja FC

SC Alcázares 1-0 Aguablanca FC

Defensores de Neuquén 2-0 AC Valencia

Jamundí FC 0-3 Edmonton United

Abbotsford SC 1-2 FC Fauxham

RC Corania 1-1 Victoria United (2-1 AET)

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-0 Borderville Rogues

University of Canalave FC 0-1 Curzón FC

Richmond City 0-1 CS Clermont

Tessano FC 3-0 FC Borderville

Bellavista Jets 2-5 Atlético Poblado

Gatineau Athletic Club 0-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 10 (May 10-11)

We've reached the first quarter of this season and Metropolis Alligators are leading after defeating Cerro and winning their eighth game in a row. Defending champions Bezieres are now 3 points clear of Edmonton (who punctured against Minault at home) in second place and trailing the Alligators by 6 points after beating the struggling Étoile Verte in the Derby de Bezieres. Meanwhile, Olympique's charge to the top was harshly stopped by Pradera, who smashed them at the Gobernador Villa and got closer to the top 5, as did Impact, who thumped Tallin at the Stade de la Frontière. TFC defeated Marinos in Carloburgo and remain within striking distance of the top positions, and Nacional made it four wins in a row (5, if we count the King's Shield one last Wednesday) by beating Caimanes at home. However, the most benefited team of the day were Montreux, who won at the Alain Tramontin Stadium and jumped to fifth place while seeing the Dragons lose in Gatineau to Belfort and slip down to ninth place. As for the lower zone of the table, Sillimus got an important win in Los Chorros but still remain at the basement.

Étoile Verte 1-2 AS Bezieres

Christian Núñez (in red) tries to head the
ball into Étoile Verte's goal in the Derby.

CAP 0-1 FC Sillimus
Fontvielle Impact 3-0 AC Tallin
Pradera FC 4-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
RC Belfort 3-1 Canalave Dragons
Metropolis Alligators 4-1 AD Cerro
Tannenberg FC 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Edmonton United 0-0 Minault United
Eterna Stars 0-1 AS Montreux
Nacional 2-0 SC Caimanes

Standings after Matchday 10

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators       10  9  1  0  22   7  +15  28
  2  AS Bezieres                 10  7  1  2  19  10   +9  22
  3  Edmonton United             10  6  2  2  14   6   +8  20
  4  Olympique de Fontvielle     10  5  2  3  19  13   +6  17
  5  AS Montreux                 10  5  2  3  11  11   +0  17
  6  Pradera FC                  10  4  4  2  17  13   +4  16
  7  Fontvielle Impact           10  4  3  3  16  12   +4  15
  8  Tannenberg FC               10  5  0  5  11   9   +2  15
  9  Canalave Dragons            10  4  3  3   8   8   +0  15
 10  CAP                         10  4  2  4   7   9   -2  14
 11  Nacional                    10  4  1  5   8   9   -1  13
 12  Marinos Metropolis          10  3  2  5   9  14   -5  11
 13  AC Tallin                   10  2  5  3   7  10   -3  11
 14  RC Belfort                  10  2  5  3  12  12   +0  11
 15  Eterna Stars                10  3  1  6  12  11   +1  10
 16  SC Caimanes                 10  3  0  7  14  23   -9   9
 17  Minault United              10  1  6  3  12  13   -1   9
 18  AD Cerro                    10  2  2  6  11  19   -8   8
 19  Étoile Verte                10  2  2  6   6  14   -8   8
 20  FC Sillimus                 10  2  2  6   6  18  -12   8

Liga-2: After the first 10 matches of the season in the second tier, we've got surprise package SC Alcázares and former Liga-1 underdogs Hoxford Rovers leading with 21 points out of 30 possible ones, while having some pressure exerted by a couple of teams that also have previous Liga-1 experience, Pumas Maldonado and Nord Energie, who sit in third and fourth place with 20 points apiece. Slateport Bulls, who were relegated last season, are looking to get back up as soon as possible and are in sixth place with 19 points, trailing the leaders by 2 points, with other former Liga-1 sides such as Fauxham, Ajax, and Bretford currently engaged in a close fight for sixth place. Meanwhile, other "known" teams such as Gatineau, Vaud, Chiquito, Valencia, and Corania are currently struggling in the lower half of the table, Corania even being in relegation places as of now. It is even rumoured that Chiquito's license could be sold to investors based outside the city of Campo Grande due to the club's serious financial problems, with the city of Junín, located on the Endemien Ocean shore, being the frontrunner for the team's license should they fail to get promoted to next season's Liga-1.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Alcázares                   10  7  0  3  17  16   +1  21
  2 Hoxford Rovers                 10  6  3  1  23  11  +12  21
  3 Pumas Maldonado                10  6  2  2  17   9   +8  20
  4 Nord Energie FC                10  6  2  2  18   9   +9  20
  5 Slateport Bulls                10  6  1  3  18  11   +7  19
  6 FC Fauxham                     10  4  4  2  15   9   +6  16
  7 Servette FC                    10  5  1  4  15  12   +3  16
  8 Ajax Carloburgo                10  4  3  3  13  11   +2  15
  9 Bretford Royals                10  4  3  3   9   8   +1  15
 10 Gatineau UC 98                 10  3  4  3  14  11   +3  13
 11 Adelaide Kickers               10  4  1  5  13  14   -1  13
 12 Deportivo Aguablanca           10  3  3  4  14  11   +3  12
 13 AS Vaud                        10  3  3  4  11  11   +0  12
 14 Bohemians Metropolis           10  2  4  4  11  16   -5  10
 15 Chiquito FC                    10  3  1  6   9  17   -8  10
 16 Valencia FC                    10  3  1  6  12  23  -11  10
 17 Universitario de Maldonado     10  2  4  4  17  20   -3  10
 18 Carloburgo Phoenix             10  2  3  5   8  13   -5   9
 19 RC Corania                     10  2  2  6  10  19   -9   8
 20 Olympique de Coulombes         10  2  1  7   7  20  -13   7

Liga-3: Here in Liga-3 we have FC Columbus as leader with 22 points, as expected, with CR Palmas (who were deemed favourites for promotion as well) trailing them by a single point. The fight for the playoff spots is getting hot, with third-placed HAC separated from seventh-placed EC Comercial by just two points, with former Liga-2 sides Club Osum and Villaznia between them and currently sitting in playoff spots. We also have some "famous" strugglers here, with Eterna Celtic currently sitting in eleventh place with 13 points, and Patriotas FC being second-from-last with only 10 points. And Alianza Antioquia have found themselves in trouble to try and keep a squad that's crumbling to pieces and this is reflected on their mediocre campaign which puts them as dead last with only 4 points.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                           P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Columbus               10  7  1  2  17  10   +7  22
  2 CR Palmas                 10  6  3  1  15   9   +6  21
  3 Hamanos Athletic Club     10  6  1  3  16   9   +7  19
  4 Club Osum                 10  6  1  3  14  10   +4  19
  5 Villaznia AC              10  5  2  3   9   7   +2  17
  6 Newcastle Town            10  5  2  3  15   8   +7  17
  7 EC Comercial              10  5  2  3   9   7   +2  17
  8 Corumbá EC                10  4  2  4  14  10   +4  14
  9 Real Pradera              10  4  2  4  14  12   +2  14
 10 Stanford United           10  3  5  2  12  10   +2  14
 11 Eterna Celtic             10  4  1  5  11  14   -3  13
 12 AS Lausanne               10  3  3  4  13  13   +0  12
 13 Atlas SC                  10  3  3  4   8  15   -7  12
 14 Neuchâtel-Sport           10  2  5  3  10   9   +1  11
 15 AC Talamonte              10  3  2  5   7  11   -4  11
 16 AS Laval-Avignon          10  3  2  5   6  11   -5  11
 17 Northport Mariners        10  3  2  5  11  14   -3  11
 18 Defensores de Neuquén     10  3  1  6   8  14   -6  10
 19 Patriotas FC              10  3  1  6   7  11   -4  10
 20 Alianza Antioquia         10  1  1  8   3  15  -12   4

by **Valladares** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:17 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON (PART II OF IV)

Round 11 (May 17-18)

Metropolis Alligators are still unstoppable at the lead and collected their tenth win of the campaign by defeating Olympique de Fontvielle at the Stade de l'Amitié, keeping the 6-point gap with AS Bezieres intact as Les Rouges narrowly beat CAP at home and opened a 4-point gap of their own with Edmonton United, who were unable to defeat Cerro at the National Stadium, let alone score a goal against them. And now the third place currently held by the Monties is threatened by Montreux, who piled more misery on Caimanes with a 1-0 win at home and climbed one position up to fourth after Olympique's setback. In other matches, both Pradera and Fontvielle Impact were defeated in their visits to FC Sillimus and Étoile Verte, respectively, Alberto Vega's Nacional steamrolled Minault at the Estadio de la Riviera and continue their (so far) unstoppable comeback, Canalave Dragons defeated TFC at Dragon Stadium and seized fifth place, and Tallin-Belfort and Marinos-Stars cancelled themselves out with 2-2 draws.

AS Bezieres 1-0 CAP

Julián Rosero's goal was not enough
for TFC to avoid defeat in Canalave.

Étoile Verte 4-2 Fontvielle Impact
FC Sillimus 2-0 Pradera FC
AC Tallin 2-2 RC Belfort
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Tannenberg FC
AD Cerro 0-0 Edmonton United
Marinos Metropolis 2-2 Eterna Stars
Minault United 1-6 Nacional
AS Montreux 1-0 SC Caimanes

Round 12 (May 24-25)

It's "Derby weekend" here in the Valladar Liga-1, with 4 mouth-watering matches between regional/city rivals, the ones standing up above the rest being the first Derby du Foix of the season between Impact and Bezieres, and the E1 Derby between Eterna Stars and Canalave Dragons. And the match at the Stade de la Frontière ended up with a costly loss for Bezieres against the 10-time champions, result that pushed the defending champions further away from the Alligators (who only keep on winning and winning) and at the same time allowed Edmonton to cut the gap with them back to 1 point after the Monties handed Olympique their third straight defeat. The E1 Derby was the chance for the Stars to emerge from their ashes, and they didn't waste it as they beat the Dragons by a resounding score of 3-1. Meanwhile, TFC and Tallin were locking horns in the increasingly balanced Carloburgo Derby and ended up sharing the spoils in an entertaining match, and at the City of Metropolis Stadium, not content with having netted six on Minault the last week, Nacional cruised to a sixth win in a row by crushing Cerro in one of the Metropolitan derbies. In other matches, Pradera bounced back from the loss in Sillimus by clobbering CAP at the Gobernador Villa, Marinos defeated Caimanes on the road, and Montreux slipped at home by losing to Minault.

Fontvielle Impact 2-1 AS Bezieres
Pradera FC 6-1 CAP
RC Belfort 1-0 Étoile Verte
Metropolis Alligators 3-1 FC Sillimus
Tannenberg FC 2-2 AC Tallin
Edmonton United 3-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Eterna Stars 3-1 Canalave Dragons
Nacional 4-0 AD Cerro
SC Caimanes 2-4 Marinos Metropolis
AS Montreux 1-2 Minault United

Round 13 (May 31-June 1)

Metropolis Alligators have now opened a healthy 15-point gap with their escorts thanks to their win in Los Chorros against CAP and Bezieres' 5-2 thumping at the hands of Pradera at the Stade de Foix. Edmonton United missed a valuable chance to seize second spot from Les Rouges by being unable to defeat Sillimus and they are now level in points with the defending champions in 25. Fontvielle Impact's comeback has now helped them sneak into the top 5 with a win over RC Belfort at the Stade de la Frontière, while Olympique de Fontvielle bounced back from their winless streak by putting the handbrake on Nacional with a 3-0 thumping at the Stade de l'Amitié. In other matches, Canalave Dragons were unable to beat Caimanes at the Dragon's Den, TFC managed to steal a point from the Stade de Charmilliot, as did Minault from their visit to the Dome to play Marinos, and Montreux are still losing more ground on what will become the UICA fight by losing to Cerro in their visit to the National Stadium.

AS Bezieres 2-5 Pradera FC
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 RC Belfort
CAP 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
Étoile Verte 1-1 Tannenberg FC
FC Sillimus 1-1 Edmonton United
AC Tallin 1-1 Eterna Stars
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-0 Nacional
Canalave Dragons 2-2 SC Caimanes
AD Cerro 2-1 AS Montreux
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Minault United

King's Shield Second Round (June 4)

The King's Shield returned with its Second Round, in which the field of participants was cut from 64 First Round winners to only 32 teams. And we have two traditional teams locking horns this round, with Tannneberg and Eterna Stars facing each other in yet another representation of the eternal "Second vs. Third city" showdown, this time being played at the Alain Tramontin Stadium and won by the Stars after a hard-fought 120-minute match. AS Bezieres were also dragged to extra time in their tie against Liga Nacional side FC Coulombes by a late goal from the fourth division side. Eventually, Les Rouges would score two goals in extra time in order to get rid of the brave minnows and qualify for the next round. Olympique de Fontvielle and Edmonton United were through to the next round in comfortable fashion by thumping Liga-2 sides Chiquito and Nord Energie by similar 3-0 scores, while Metropolis Alligators defeated their own "farm club" Dynamo Metropolis in order to qualify for the Round of 32. However, the other Metropolitan sides in Liga-1 would have a different fate, with Marinos being defeated by Canalave Dragons at home, Nacional losing to Liga-2 side Bretford Royals on extra time and Cerro being eliminated at the hands of Liga-3 side EC Comercial in Campo Grande. It's also worth mentioning Ajax Carloburgo's 8-0 slaughtering of Liga Regional outfit Cardenales FC.

Nacional 1-1 Bretford Royals (1-2 AET)

FC Fauxham 1-1 AS Lausanne (1-1 AET, 0-2 PKs)

AC Tallin 2-0 Operário FC

EC Comercial 1-0 AD Cerro

Nord Energie FC 0-3 Edmonton United

RC Corania 1-0 Sion-Impact OSC

Ajax Carloburgo 8-0 Cardenales FC

AS Bezieres 1-1 FC Coulombes (3-1 AET)

Curzón FC 0-2 FC Townsville

Deportivo Aguablanca 2-2 Bohemians Metropolis (3-2 AET)

Unión de Loja FC 0-1 Potros de Slateport

Corumbá EC 0-0 Minault United (0-0 AET, 3-4 PKs)

SC Alcázares 3-3 AC Talamonte (4-3 AET)

FC Columbus 1-2 Buitrera FC

Étoile Verte 3-0 Atlético Poblado

Hoxford Rovers 1-2 Olympique de Coulombes

Olympique de Fontvielle 3-0 Chiquito FC

Club Osum 2-0 Neuchâtel-Sport

AS Montreux 2-0 Kingsville Reds

Valencia FC 4-5 Salvador FC

FC Blacktown 0-2 CS Clermont

Marinos Metropolis 0-2 Canalave Dragons

Servette FC 1-0 AS Vaud

San Luis FC 0-1 Pradera FC

Atlético Pavia 2-1 Canalave Rangers

Dynamo Metropolis 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Mountain United 1-1 CR Palmas (1-2 AET)

SC Tabatinga 3-0 Tessano FC

Eterna Stars 0-0 Tannenberg FC (1-0 AET)

Swangard FC 2-0 FC Sillimus

Estudiantes de Colón 0-1 Defensores de Neuquén

Toril Beavers 0-0 Rexam (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Round 14 (June 7-8)

With Pradera being the Alligators' next victim (not without giving some fight, though) and Bezieres thrashing Belfort in Gatineau, things at the top of the table have not changed, however, Edmonton were shocked by CAP at Albert Field and lost ground with Les Rouges in the fight for second place. Fontvielle Impact took advantage of Pradera's defeat in Metropolis to maul Tannenberg at White Meadow Arena and jumped to fourth place, now exerting pressure on Edmonton for third, but Olympique were unable to do the same and allowed Montreux to rescue a point in their match at Stade Micoud. In other matches, Marinos trounced Cerro and sank them further in the basement, Caimanes dragged Tallin closer to the bottom 3 with their win at the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli, Étoile Verte moved away from that zone after stunning the Stars in Eterna City, and Nacional have been unable to bounce back from their loss in Fontvielle and their elimination from the King's Shield, and lost to Sillimus at home.

RC Belfort 0-4 AS Bezieres

L'Impact defeated TFC in Carloburgo
and jumped up to fourth place.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Pradera FC
Tannenberg FC 0-3 Fontvielle Impact
Edmonton United 2-3 CAP
Eterna Stars 1-2 Étoile Verte
Nacional 1-2 FC Sillimus
SC Caimanes 2-1 AC Tallin
AS Montreux 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Minault United 2-2 Canalave Dragons
Marinos Metropolis 4-1 AD Cerro

Round 15 (June 14-15)

The defending champions had their best chance to cut the big 12-point gap with the Alligators when they were playing host to the 9-time champion at the Stade de Foix, however, the Liga-1 leaders were far too much for Les Rouges and defeated them by 3-1, leaving l'ASB now trailing the Alligators not by 12, no, but by 15 points instead. Fontvielle Impact are now in third, partly thanks to their win over the Stars at home, and partly because of Edmonton's wrecking in Pradera, which leaves the Verdiblancos in fourth place, and the Monties in fifth, only separated by the four goals scored at the Gobernador Villa this weekend. Elsewhere, Olympique de Fontvielle defeated Marinos at the Stade de l'Amitié and got within striking distance of Edmonton, and Tannenberg's win at the Stade Omnisports Gatineau lifts the Citizens to the top half of the table.

AS Bezieres 1-3 Metropolis Alligators
RC Belfort 1-3 Tannenberg FC
Pradera FC 4-0 Edmonton United
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Eterna Stars
CAP 1-1 Nacional
Étoile Verte 2-0 SC Caimanes
FC Sillimus 0-0 AS Montreux
AC Tallin 1-0 Minault United
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Canalave Dragons 2-2 AD Cerro

Round 16 (June 21-22)

After 16 matches, Metropolis Alligators remain as solid leaders and increased their impressive winning streak to 14 matches by beating Edmonton at Albert Field, and both Foixien powerhouses (defending champions Bezieres and Fontvielle Impact) are still fighting tooth and nail for second place, with wins for both on the road against TFC and Caimanes. Meanwhile, Pradera are still strong in fourth place after beating Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, Canalave Dragons got the better of Olympique de Fontvielle in their showdown at Dragon Stadium, Montreux are still unable to get out of their slump with CAP escaping the Stade Micoud with a point, the Stars thumped Belfort, and Étoile Verte are quietly getting close to the top places after getting their third win in a row, this time travelling to Slateport to beat Minault.

Tannenberg FC 1-4 AS Bezieres

Patrick Leclerc about to score the first
goal for Canalave Dragons against l'OF.

Edmonton United 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
Eterna Stars 3-0 RC Belfort
Nacional 0-2 Pradera FC
SC Caimanes 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
AS Montreux 0-0 CAP
Minault United 1-2 Étoile Verte
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 FC Sillimus
AD Cerro 1-3 AC Tallin
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 17 (June 28-29)

Nacional became the Alligators' victim number 16 at the end of the Derby Metropolitano between both teams at the Dome, and they're now 16 points clear of the second-placed side, who are now Fontvielle Impact. L'Impact's win over Minault in Fontvielle was enough to put them in second place with 33 points, while defending champs Bezieres lost the Canalave Crown's rematch against Edmonton with a lone goal from Sunrisian striker Júnior Mardinho in the 74th minute of the match played at the Stade de Foix and Pradera took advantage of this as well to place themselves in third place after they thumped Montreux at the Antioquian capital. In other matches, TFC got even with the Stars after their King's Shield elimination at the hands of the yellow-clad team and beat them 3-1 at White Meadow Arena, Étoile Verte defeated cellar-dwellers Cerro in order to claim their fourth straight victory, Olympique were upset by Tallin at Parken Road, Marinos got back to winning ways in Los Chorros against CAP, and the Sillimus-Canalave derby ended in a win for the Dragons on Sillimus island.

AS Bezieres 0-1 Edmonton United
Tannenberg FC 3-1 Eterna Stars
Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Nacional
RC Belfort 2-1 SC Caimanes
Pradera FC 3-0 AS Montreux
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Minault United
CAP 1-2 Marinos Metropolis
Étoile Verte 2-1 AD Cerro
FC Sillimus 1-3 Canalave Dragons
AC Tallin 3-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 18 (July 5-6)

The Alligators surpassed the 50-point mark with Licentian striker Ruben Munro scoring a brace in their win at Montreux this weekend and stay 16 points clear of Fontvielle Impact, who defeated Cerro at the National Stadium. Pradera's 3-0 thumping of Marinos at the Dome ensured that the Verdiblancos would continue in third place, despite Bezieres exerting pressure on them thanks to their win in Eterna City (pushing the Stars into the lower zone of the table), because of their superior goal difference compared to the defending champions' one. And it looks like it's time for high-scoring draws, as Nacional dropped a three-goal advantage against Edmonton and the Montie comeback in the second half left Alberto Vega and his squad frustrated with a 4-4 draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium which nevertheless benefited Canalave Dragons as it allowed them to seize fifth place with a win over CAP. Meanwhile, Olympique de Fontvielle were swept away at home by a resurgent Étoile Verte side, who are still enjoying a nice winning streak, Caimanes and Tannenberg were unable to separate each other in their 2-2 draw in Campo Grande, and Tallin left Sillimus anchored to 17th place with their 2-1 win, getting closer to the top positions in the process.

Eterna Stars 1-3 AS Bezieres

Hermès Adiarche (ASB) about to shoot
a cross during the Stars-ASB match.

Nacional 4-4 Edmonton United
SC Caimanes 2-2 Tannenberg FC
AS Montreux 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
Minault United 1-1 RC Belfort
Marinos Metropolis 0-3 Pradera FC
AD Cerro 1-3 Fontvielle Impact
Canalave Dragons 2-1 CAP
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-3 Étoile Verte
AC Tallin 2-1 FC Sillimus

Round 19 (July 12-13)

And this season reaches its halfway point with Metropolis Alligators being denied the right to an unbeaten first half of the season by their arch-rivals Marinos in the Clásico Metropolitano, which is obviously an important win for the struggling Marineros but does not spoil the celebration of the "summer championship" for the MA. Meanwhile, Olympique de Fontvielle crushed Fontvielle Impact in the Derby de Fontvielle and gave Pradera the chance to leapfrog the 10-time champions for second place with their win over Canalave Dragons at the Gobernador Villa. Bezieres missed a golden chance to claim second place back after letting Nacional get a point from their visit to the Foixien capital, with Edmonton clinging on to fifth place thanks to their win over Montreux in the Westlands, and Étoile Verte's sixth straight win brought them dangerously close to the top 5. TFC were shocked by Minault at White Meadow Arena, and looks like the relegation race (which is about to start) will be including Nacional, Belfort, CAP, the Stars, Minault, and the current bottom 3: Sillimus, Caimanes, and Cerro. And it will be as hot and passionate as usual...

AS Bezieres 1-1 Nacional
Eterna Stars 1-0 SC Caimanes
Edmonton United 2-1 AS Montreux
Tannenberg FC 1-2 Minault United
Metropolis Alligators 1-2 Marinos Metropolis
RC Belfort 3-1 AD Cerro
Pradera FC 3-0 Canalave Dragons
Fontvielle Impact 0-4 Olympique de Fontvielle
CAP 2-1 AC Tallin
Étoile Verte 3-1 FC Sillimus

King's Shield Round of 32 (July 16)

The King's Shield's Round of 32 marks the start of the "proper" competition, as the awfully long list of competing teams at the start of the competition gets reduced to only 16 teams after this round. And Edmonton made it to the next round in comfortable fashion, by beating former giant-killers Club Osum 3-0 in the Westlands, as well as Tallin, who steamrolled current Liga Regional's Eastern Conference leaders SC Tabatinga in order to qualify for the Round of 16. Bezieres were also through after dispatching fellow Liga-1 side Minault United, their crosstown rivals knocking Bretford Royals out of the competition after extra time. Also, there were other 3 all-Liga-1 ties, Pradera-MA, Montreux-Stars, and Olympique-Dragons, with l'OF beating Canalave by 2-1 and Alligators and Stars having to wait until extra time to score the goal that allowed them to get rid of Verdiblancos and Hérons.

Atlético Pavia 1-2 FC Townsville

AS Bezieres 3-1 Minault United

Bretford Royals 0-0 Étoile Verte (0-1 AET)

Buitrera FC 2-0 CR Palmas

AC Tallin 5-1 SC Tabatinga

EC Comercial 2-0 RC Corania

Pradera FC 0-0 Metropolis Alligators (0-1 AET)

AS Montreux 0-0 Eterna Stars (0-1 AET)

Rexam 0-1 Servette FC

Edmonton United 3-0 Club Osum

SC Alcázares 1-0 CS Clermont

Swangard FC 0-0 Deportivo Aguablanca (0-0 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Canalave Dragons

Olympique de Coulombes 2-0 AS Lausanne

Potros de Slateport 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Defensores de Neuquén 1-1 Salvador FC (3-1 AET)

Liga-1 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        19  17  1   1  40  14  +26  52
  2  Pradera FC                   19  11  4   4  43  19  +24  37
  3  Fontvielle Impact            19  11  3   5  33  25   +8  36
  4  AS Bezieres                  19  11  2   6  36  24  +12  35
  5  Edmonton United              19   9  5   5  27  23   +4  32
  6  Étoile Verte                 19   9  3   7  25  22   +3  30
  7  Canalave Dragons             19   8  6   5  24  24   +0  30
  8  Olympique de Fontvielle      19   8  3   8  33  27   +6  27
  9  AC Tallin                    19   6  8   5  23  22   +1  26
 10  Marinos Metropolis           19   7  5   7  25  27   -2  26
 11  Tannenberg FC                19   7  3   9  25  27   -2  24
 12  AS Montreux                  19   6  5   8  17  23   -6  23
 13  Nacional                     19   6  4   9  26  25   +1  22
 14  CAP                          19   6  4   9  16  26  -10  22
 15  RC Belfort                   19   5  7   7  22  28   -6  22
 16  Eterna Stars                 19   6  3  10  26  25   +1  21
 17  Minault United               19   3  9   7  23  30   -7  18
 18  FC Sillimus                  19   4  5  10  16  32  -16  17
 19  SC Caimanes                  19   4  2  13  24  40  -16  14
 20  AD Cerro                     19   3  4  12  20  41  -21  13

Liga-2: At halfway point in Liga-2, we see Slateport Bulls on top with 41 points and looking to secure their return to Liga-1 as soon as possible, with a couple of teams escorting them with 34 points: Ajax Carloburgo and Nord Energie FC. FC Fauxham are looking to finish in the top 2 in order to avoid the dreadful playoffs, however, they're short of their goal with 32 points in fourth place. Pumas Maldonado are currently fifth with 31 points, but looking forward to get more points in the matches against their direct rivals in the second half of the season in order to reach a higher position, and Bretford Royals currently sit in sixth place with 29 points, but threatened by Hoxford Rovers, Alcázares, the resurgent Chiquito (who are still in talks to move out of Campo Grande), and even Carloburgo Phoenix. Servette are currently underperforming in the lower half of the table but might re-enter the promotion talk with 1 or 2 wins. And, in the relegation zone, we've got some well-known sides such as Corania, Valencia, and Vaud, with the latter two being in the red zone and forced to get wins in order to get out of there as soon as possible.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Slateport Bulls                 19  13  2   4  39  20  +19  41
  2 Ajax Carloburgo                 19  10  4   5  26  17   +9  34
  3 Nord Energie FC                 19  10  4   5  28  17  +11  34
  4 FC Fauxham                      19   8  8   3  30  20  +10  32
  5 Pumas Maldonado                 19   8  7   4  28  17  +11  31
  6 Bretford Royals                 19   8  5   6  19  16   +3  29
  7 Hoxford Rovers                  19   7  7   5  34  26   +8  28
  8 SC Alcázares                    19   9  0  10  25  33   -8  27
  9 Chiquito FC                     19   7  5   7  17  22   -5  26
 10 Carloburgo Phoenix              19   7  5   7  22  21   +1  26
 11 Adelaide Kickers                19   7  4   8  21  23   -2  25
 12 Servette FC                     19   8  1  10  32  31   +1  25
 13 Deportivo Aguablanca            19   6  5   8  26  23   +3  23
 14 Gatineau UC 98                  19   6  5   8  23  24   -1  23
 15 Bohemians Metropolis            19   5  7   7  23  30   -7  22
 16 Olympique de Coulombes          19   6  3  10  18  29  -11  21
 17 RC Corania                      19   5  5   9  16  26  -10  20
 18 Valencia FC                     19   6  2  11  23  39  -16  20
 19 AS Vaud                         19   5  5   9  23  24   -1  20
 20 Universitario de Maldonado      19   4  6   9  25  40  -15  18

Liga-3: Now we go to review the situation in Liga-3, and then we find CR Palmas leading with 39 points, with surprise package Newcastle Town trailing them by 5 points. As for the playoff zone, we can find teams like Real Pradera, EC Comercial, former Liga-1 guests Hamanos Athletic Club, and FC Columbus, with others like Patriotas, Eterna City, Club Osum, perennial playoff qualifiers Villaznia, and Atlas being in hot pursuit of Columbus and the others. As for the relegation zone, there are no surprises: Laval and Northport Mariners have been unable to be up to the challenge presented by the league to them, and Alianza Antioquia have been catching up slowly but they've still got a long way to go.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CR Palmas                  19  11  6   2  29  15  +14  39
  2 Newcastle Town             19  10  4   5  27  14  +13  34
  3 Real Pradera               19  10  3   6  25  17   +8  33
  4 Hamanos Athletic Club      19   9  5   5  25  15  +10  32
  5 EC Comercial               19   9  5   5  17  13   +4  32
  6 FC Columbus                19   9  4   6  25  21   +4  31
  7 Patriotas FC               19   9  4   6  20  16   +4  31
  8 Eterna Celtic              19   9  3   7  22  21   +1  30
  9 Club Osum                  19   8  5   6  21  19   +2  29
 10 Villaznia AC               19   8  5   6  17  14   +3  29
 11 Atlas SC                   19   7  7   5  21  23   -2  28
 12 Corumbá EC                 19   7  5   7  23  19   +4  26
 13 AS Lausanne                19   7  4   8  19  21   -2  25
 14 Stanford United            19   5  7   7  19  23   -4  22
 15 Defensores de Neuquén      19   5  6   8  16  22   -6  21
 16 Neuchâtel-Sport            19   3  9   7  21  25   -4  18
 17 AC Talamonte               19   4  5  10  14  23   -9  17
 18 AS Laval-Avignon           19   5  2  12  13  30  -17  17
 19 Alianza Antioquia          19   4  3  12  13  24  -11  15
 20 Northport Mariners         19   3  4  12  16  28  -12  13

by **Valladares** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:21 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON (PART III OF IV)

Round 20 (July 19-20)

The second and decisive half of this season kicked off with fireworks in Sillimus, as Fontvielle Impact demolished the Sillimese team and made them start their race to avoid relegation with the left foot. Meanwhile, to the other side of the Danubio, the Alligators lost to the Dragons in Canalave their second match of the year and allowed Pradera to start reducing their gap with them with their win over Tallin in Carloburgo. Defending champions Bezieres were also able to land a hit on another of the teams involved in the relegation struggle by doing the "double" against their Ilirian arch-rivals Caimanes with a win in Campo Grande that kept the Jacarés in the bottom three, while Edmonton are also within striking distance of both Foixien powerhouses thanks to their hard-fought win at the Dome over Marinos. The real start of the "UICA race" also brought wins to both Étoile Verte and Olympique de Fontvielle in their respective home legs against CAP and Belfort, respectively, while the Stars lost to Minault in a six-pointer down there in the relegation affair and entered the relegation playoff zone.

SC Caimanes 0-1 AS Bezieres
AS Montreux 1-2 Nacional
Minault United 2-0 Eterna Stars
Marinos Metropolis 2-3 Edmonton United
AD Cerro 0-0 Tannenberg FC
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Metropolis Alligators
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-1 RC Belfort
AC Tallin 1-3 Pradera FC
FC Sillimus 0-6 Fontvielle Impact
Étoile Verte 2-1 CAP

Round 21 (July 26-27)

The Alligators are back to winning ways after defeating a really hard nut to crack in the shape of Tallin at the Metropolis Dome, however, Pradera are still determined to reduce the gap with the Alligators and brought Étoile Verte's winning streak to an end with a lone goal from Frank Zapata at the Estadio Gobernador Villa. And Bezieres' loss to Montreux at the Stade de Foix helped Fontvielle Impact open a 4-point gap with the defending champions with their win over CAP in Fontvielle. But the big match of the weekend in the UICA front was the one played at Albert Field between Edmonton United and Canalave Dragons, where the Dragons won 2-0 and managed to leapfrog the Monties for fifth place and the last Globe Cup berth, while TFC dented Olympique de Fontvielle's chances to remain in contention for UICA football with a 2-1 win at White Meadow Arena. In Campo Grande, we also had another big match between SC Caimanes and Minault United, this one counting for the relegation race, which ended in a scoreless draw that doesn't seem to really benefit either side but their rivals, although it seems to be enough to keep Minault out of the playoff zone, thanks to Belfort's home defeat to Sillimus, one of their direct rivals. And the Stars managed to defeat another of their direct rivals for relegation, Cerro, and got out of the playoff spot.

AS Bezieres 0-2 AS Montreux

Caimanes and Minault cancelled each
other out in a crucial match for both.

SC Caimanes 0-0 Minault United
Nacional 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Eterna Stars 2-0 AD Cerro
Edmonton United 0-2 Canalave Dragons
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 AC Tallin
RC Belfort 0-1 FC Sillimus
Pradera FC 1-0 Étoile Verte
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 CAP

King's Shield Round of 16 (July 30)

The King's Shield is also entering its time for definitions, with 16 teams still in contention for a berth to the next Cygnus Cup, and there will be only 8 lucky ones advancing to the quarterfinals. Current Shield holders Edmonton United are on the way to retain their title, this time knocking out Liga Nacional outfit FC Townsville in order to get a round closer to the deciding match at Swangard. Étoile Verte also made it to the next round in comfortable fashion, demolishing División 1 Distrital side Buitrera FC at the Estadio Luis Frattini in Metropolis by a 5-1 score, while crosstown rivals AS Bezieres had more trouble to dispose of Liga-2 side SC Alcázares but a late goal by Christian Núñez eventually did it for Les Rouges. Eterna Stars are also through to the next round thanks to their narrow win over Deportivo Aguablanca, however, Metropolis Alligators had to bid farewell to the competition after losing to Olympique de Fontvielle on extra time. AC Tallin completed the list of Liga-1 qualifiers for the next round after defeating Potros de Slateport, and Servette FC and Olympique de Columbus (both with Liga-2 membership) are the only non-Liga-1 sides still remaining in contention.

Edmonton United 4-1 FC Townsville

Potros de Slateport 0-1 AC Tallin

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle (1-2 AET)

Buitrera FC 1-5 Étoile Verte

EC Comercial 1-2 Servette FC

SC Alcázares 0-1 AS Bezieres

Defensores de Neuquén 1-2 Olympique de Coulombes

Eterna Stars 1-0 Deportivo Aguablanca

Round 22 (August 2-3)

Fontvielle Impact and Pradera FC faced each other at the Stade de la Frontière with the right to escort the Alligators (whose leadership won't be threatened for at least a month) at stake, and the Verdiblancos were up to the challenge and defeated Les Bleus in order to keep themselves trailing the leaders by 12 points and at the same time, open a 4-point gap of their own with l'Impact. AS Bezieres and Canalave Dragons stay strong in UICA qualifying places after downing Minault in Slateport and Nacional at home, respectively, with Edmonton still losing matches and dropping crucial points (this time to Tallin, at Parken Road). The relegation race didn't report many news, except for the Stars winning 3 vital points at the Stade de l'Amitié against Olympique (who can start bidding farewell to their chances to qualify for UICA now), CAP opening a 3-point gap on both Minault and Belfort with their much-needed win over the latter team, and Cerro beating Caimanes in another key match that lifts the Celestes out of the basement.

Minault United 0-2 AS Bezieres
Marinos Metropolis 1-0 AS Montreux
AD Cerro 2-1 SC Caimanes
Canalave Dragons 3-1 Nacional
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 Eterna Stars
AC Tallin 3-2 Edmonton United
FC Sillimus 1-2 Tannenberg FC
Étoile Verte 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
CAP 1-0 RC Belfort
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Pradera FC

Round 23 (August 9-10)

After their loss to second-placed Pradera at home, Fontvielle Impact's next fixture wasn't less scary by any means as they had to visit super-leaders Metropolis Alligators at the National Stadium. And they became the twentieth victim for the Alligators in the season and slipped out of the CC qualifying places thanks to Bezieres beating Marinos at the Stade de Foix. Pradera are still strong in second place thanks to their win over Belfort at the Omnisports, while the Dragons kept the 4-point gap that separates them from Edmonton intact with both teams clinching wins against Montreux and Étoile Verte, respectively. The Stars, Nacional, and CAP are all moving away from the relegation fight with wins against Sillimus, Tallin, and TFC, respectively, and Minault are still collecting draws against their main rivals, this time they were held to a draw by Cerro, who were as urged (or even more) for a win as them.

AS Bezieres 4-2 Marinos Metropolis

Alan Bothroyd scoring the opener for MA
against Fontvielle Impact in Swangard.

Minault United 3-3 AD Cerro
AS Montreux 1-3 Canalave Dragons
SC Caimanes 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Nacional 1-0 AC Tallin
Eterna Stars 3-1 FC Sillimus
Edmonton United 3-1 Étoile Verte
Tannenberg FC 0-1 CAP
Metropolis Alligators 2-0 Fontvielle Impact
RC Belfort 1-3 Pradera FC

Round 24 (August 16-17)

The Alligators are now enjoying of a nice 14-point gap at the top thanks to their win at Belfort combined with Pradera dropping points in their match against TFC. However, the fight for the last Champions' Cup berth between Impact, ASB, and Canalave Dragons gets hotter with Impact beating Edmonton and dealing a huge blow to their hopes to get involved in it while also jumping up to third place, also helped by Bezieres' shocking loss at the hands of Cerro and the Dragons' scoreless stalemate with Marinos at Dragon Stadium. Nacional are now ninth after beating Étoile Verte at the Stade de Charmilliot, CAP stopped the Stars' meteoric ascension with a 2-1 win at the Estadio Municipal, Minault shocked Olympique with a golden 2-1 win at the Stade de l'Amitié, and Sillimus have moved out of the relegation zone by thumping Caimanes at home, sending Belfort in their place in the process.

AD Cerro 2-1 AS Bezieres
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 Minault United
AC Tallin 1-2 AS Montreux
FC Sillimus 3-0 SC Caimanes
Étoile Verte 1-3 Nacional
CAP 2-1 Eterna Stars
Fontvielle Impact 2-0 Edmonton United
Pradera FC 2-2 Tannenberg FC
RC Belfort 1-2 Metropolis Alligators

Round 25 (August 23-24)

The Alligators' loss to TFC in Carloburgo may not be that dangerous for them right now, however, Pradera's high-scoring win in Eterna City against the Stars leaves the Verdiblancos trailing MA by 11 points now. Meanwhile, the defending champions keep giving points away at home, and the ones they've let escape this weekend could be crucial, given that Canalave Dragons are currently a direct rival for Champions' Cup qualification and the 2-1 win at the Stade de Foix propelled the Dragons to third place, also helped by Fontvielle Impact's loss at the City of Metropolis Stadium. Edmonton aren't willing to let their hopes die and defeated Belfort in a close affair at Albert Field, but they still find themselves trailing Les Rouges by 4 points. And there's nothing new in the relegation zone, apart from the draw between Minault and Sillimus that keeps the status quo between both teams in the fight to avoid the relegation play-off.

AS Bezieres 1-2 Canalave Dragons
AD Cerro 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 AC Tallin
Minault United 1-1 FC Sillimus
AS Montreux 1-0 Étoile Verte
SC Caimanes 1-2 CAP
Nacional 1-0 Fontvielle Impact
Eterna Stars 3-6 Pradera FC
Edmonton United 1-0 RC Belfort
Tannenberg FC 4-2 Metropolis Alligators

Round 26 (August 30-31)

Victories for both Metropolis Alligators and Pradera mean that the gap between the top 2 of the league remained untouched, the same statement can apply to the fight between Canalave Dragons and Fontvielle Impact for the last Champions' Cup berth, given that both teams were held to draws by Tallin and Montreux, respectively. However, Bezieres' defeat to Olympique at the Stade de l'Amitié allowed Edmonton to break into the top 5 by beating TFC in Carloburgo, with Les Rouges being pushed out of fifth place on H2H record against their hangman this season. In the relegation front, Belfort got a much-needed win against Nacional and are now exerting more pressure on Sillimus, who despite being held to a draw by Cerro, are still hanging on to the relegation playoff spot. It's worth mentioning that all three sides were greatly benefited by Minault's defeat to CAP in Los Chorros, which keeps all of them within striking distance of the Matecañas.

Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 AS Bezieres

Jerôme Revault shooting a corner kick
during ASB's loss to Olympique.

AC Tallin 1-1 Canalave Dragons
FC Sillimus 0-0 AD Cerro
Étoile Verte 4-0 Marinos Metropolis
CAP 3-1 Minault United
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 AS Montreux
Pradera FC 2-1 SC Caimanes
RC Belfort 1-0 Nacional
Metropolis Alligators 3-0 Eterna Stars
Tannenberg FC 2-4 Edmonton United

Round 27 (September 6-7)

Pradera's shocking loss at the hands of Minault in Slateport means that 1) they are now moving 4 points clear of Sillimus (17th) and Belfort (18th) and 5 points clear of Cerro (19th), and 2) they have (albeit unintentionally) helped the Alligators restore the 14-point gap with Pradera at the top. The 4-horse race for 3 UICA berths between Fontvielle Impact, Canalave Dragons, Edmonton United, and AS Bezieres had yet another passionate chapter this weekend, with all four sides winning their matches and keeping the status quo at that zone. And now, in the relegation affair, the Stars' costly loss at the hands of Edmonton pushes them closer to the red zone, with Sillimus and Belfort getting closer after stealing points from the Stade de l'Amitié and the Stade Micoud, respectively, and Cerro stopping CAP cold and now trailing the aforementioned sides by a single point.

AS Bezieres 2-0 AC Tallin
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 FC Sillimus
Canalave Dragons 2-0 Étoile Verte
AD Cerro 4-2 CAP
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
Minault United 2-1 Pradera FC
AS Montreux 3-3 RC Belfort
SC Caimanes 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
Nacional 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Eterna Stars 0-2 Edmonton United

Round 28 (September 13-14)

Here comes the shock, with Minault United beating Metropolis Alligators at the Metropolis Dome and just like they did last week with them, they helped Pradera get back to the 11-point gap with a win against Cerro at the Gobernador Villa. Fontvielle Impact and Canalave Dragons played a key match for Champions' Cup qualification at the Stade de la Frontière, and victory would go to Les Bleus who defeated the Dragons in a hard-fought match and snatched third place from the hands of their rivals, and Bezieres took advantage of Edmonton dropping points against Caimanes at home to trounce Sillimus at Moss Tower Stadium and return to the top 5 of the league. Eterna Stars were able to bounce back and defeated Nacional in order to move away from the dangerous bottom four, while Marinos are now feeling threatened after failing to beat Belfort, who only needed to rescue a 3-3 draw against the Marineros to jump to the playoff spot, however, they're still trailing Marinos and Stars by 6 points.

FC Sillimus 2-5 AS Bezieres

Carlos Conte (10) scored the second goal
for l'Impact against the Dragons.

Étoile Verte 0-2 AC Tallin
CAP 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Canalave Dragons
Pradera FC 1-0 AD Cerro
RC Belfort 2-2 Marinos Metropolis
Metropolis Alligators 0-1 Minault United
Tannenberg FC 3-2 AS Montreux
Edmonton United 0-0 SC Caimanes
Eterna Stars 1-0 Nacional

King's Shield Quarterfinals (September 17)

The King's Shield has now entered into its final stretch with 8 teams still remaining in contention for the Shield, but only 4 will remain after this round. The current Shield holders are determined to retain their crown and punched their ticket to the semifinals by beating Liga-2 side Servette FC, with Olympique de Fontvielle putting an end to the cup adventure of the other non-Liga-1 team still involved in the competition, who also happen to be called "Olympique"...de Coulombes. Étoile Verte mauled the Stars at the Stade de Charmilliot to become team #3 in the Shield semifinals, and Bezieres said bye-bye to their goal of winning a record fifth Shield after losing to Tallin in Carloburgo by a 2-0 score.

Edmonton United 1-0 Servette FC

Olympique de Coulombes 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Étoile Verte 4-0 Eterna Stars

AC Tallin 2-0 AS Bezieres

Round 29 (September 20-21)

With this round we have completed 75% of the regular season, and Metropolis Alligators are still dropping points against hapless minnows, this time it was Cerro's turn to make the headlines with their resounding win at the National Stadium. However, Pradera were unable to keep cutting the gap with the Alligators as their visit to Olympique ended up in a defeat, while Fontvielle Impact's win over Tallin at Parken Road and Bezieres' win in the Derby against Étoile Verte keep those arch-rivals in an interesting race for the last Champions' Cup berth, with Canalave Dragons being stalled by Belfort with a draw at Dragon Stadium. Minault are still taking points off the top teams, defeating Edmonton in their trip to the Westlands and preventing them from assaulting fifth place, while at the same time consolidating themselves in the safe zone. Speaking of the relegation struggle, Eterna Stars were able to breathe some fresh air thanks to their win at Montreux, and dragged the Hérons into the relegation contention, as well as Tallin. However, it looks like the three relegated sides and the one that will go to that extra procedure against a Liga-2 team are going to be defined between Belfort, Cerro, Sillimus, and Caimanes, although it looks like the latter side are all but doomed now...

AS Bezieres 4-2 Étoile Verte
FC Sillimus 0-0 CAP
AC Tallin 2-3 Fontvielle Impact
Olympique de Fontvielle 5-3 Pradera FC
Canalave Dragons 1-1 RC Belfort
AD Cerro 1-0 Metropolis Alligators
Marinos Metropolis 4-0 Tannenberg FC
Minault United 3-2 Edmonton United
AS Montreux 1-3 Eterna Stars
SC Caimanes 0-2 Nacional

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        29  23   1   5  54  24  +30  70
  2  Pradera FC                   29  18   5   6  66  34  +32  59
  3  Fontvielle Impact            29  17   4   8  50  34  +16  55
  4  AS Bezieres                  29  17   2  10  56  37  +19  53
  5  Canalave Dragons             29  14   9   6  41  32   +9  51
  6  Edmonton United              29  14   6   9  44  38   +6  48
  7  Olympique de Fontvielle      29  13   4  12  49  38  +11  43
  8  Tannenberg FC                29  12   5  12  41  44   -3  41
  9  CAP                          29  12   5  12  29  36   -7  41
 10  Nacional                     29  11   5  13  37  34   +3  38
 11  Étoile Verte                 29  11   3  15  35  40   -5  36
 12  Marinos Metropolis           29   9   9  11  39  44   -5  36
 13  Minault United               29   8  12   9  38  43   -5  36
 14  Eterna Stars                 29  11   3  15  41  43   -2  36
 15  AS Montreux                  29   9   7  13  31  40   -9  34
 16  AC Tallin                    29   8  10  11  34  38   -4  34
 17  RC Belfort                   29   6  10  13  32  45  -13  28
 18  AD Cerro                     29   7   7  15  32  53  -21  28
 19  FC Sillimus                  29   6   9  14  25  49  -24  27
 20  SC Caimanes                  29   4   4  21  28  56  -28  16

Liga-2: In Liga-2, Slateport Bulls are leading with 57 points and look sharp in their quest to get back up, however, they're currently involved in an interesting head-to-head for top spot as Nord Energie FC are now trailing them by a single point. Hoxford Rovers and Ajax Carloburgo are also looking strong in the playoff places, while there's another interesting 3-horse race between Bretford Royals, Pumas Maldonado, and FC Fauxham for the other 2 playoff berths. And in the lower zone, things are starting to look normal now, with Chiquito FC and Valencia barely out of the relegation zone, Corania currently in the relegation playoff position, and Olympique de Coulombes, Universitario de Maldonado, and Gatineau UC 98 as the bottom three who would be going down to Liga-3 right now.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Slateport Bulls                 29  18   3   8  55  30  +25  57
  2 Nord Energie FC                 29  16   8   5  44  24  +20  56
  3 Hoxford Rovers                  29  15   8   6  53  33  +20  53
  4 Ajax Carloburgo                 29  15   7   7  43  29  +14  52
  5 Bretford Royals                 29  14   8   7  32  20  +12  50
  6 Pumas Maldonado                 29  14   7   8  48  31  +17  49
  7 FC Fauxham                      29  13   9   7  44  34  +10  48
  8 Deportivo Aguablanca            29  12   7  10  42  31  +11  43
  9 Servette FC                     29  13   2  14  48  44   +4  41
 10 Bohemians Metropolis            29   8  12   9  33  39   -6  36
 11 Adelaide Kickers                29   9   9  11  31  34   -3  36
 12 SC Alcázares                    29  11   2  16  40  55  -15  35
 13 AS Vaud                         29   9   8  12  32  33   -1  35
 14 Carloburgo Phoenix              29   9   7  13  30  32   -2  34
 15 Chiquito FC                     29   8  10  11  24  33   -9  34
 16 Valencia FC                     29  10   4  15  35  54  -19  34
 17 RC Corania                      29   7   7  15  23  38  -15  28
 18 Olympique de Coulombes          29   8   4  17  27  49  -22  28
 19 Universitario de Maldonado      29   6   9  14  40  61  -21  27
 20 Gatineau UC 98                  29   6   7  16  28  48  -20  25

Liga-3: The situation in Liga-3 looks tighter than the one in Liga-2, CR Palmas leading with 51 points and being 2 points clear of second-placed Hamanos and 3 points clear of Villaznia, who are currently in third place. Newcastle and Real Pradera are in the playoff zone with 47 points, however there is a 4-way tie for sixth place with Eterna Celtic being ahead on H2H record between the teams involved, who are Columbus, Comercial, and Patriotas, with Corumbá being a single point behind this group. And in the relegation zone, Laval and Talamonte exchanged positions and now it's the Antioquian team the ones who would be unable to avoid the drop to the Liga Nacional, along with state rivals Alianza Antioquia and bottom-placed Northport Mariners.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CR Palmas                  29  14   9   6  39  26  +13  51
  2 Hamanos Athletic Club      29  14   7   8  41  26  +15  49
  3 Villaznia AC               29  14   6   9  32  24   +8  48
  4 Newcastle Town             29  13   8   8  35  22  +13  47
  5 Real Pradera               29  13   8   8  40  29  +11  47
  6 Eterna Celtic              29  13   6  10  31  33   -2  45
  7 FC Columbus                29  13   6  10  41  33   +8  45
  8 EC Comercial               29  12   9   8  29  28   +1  45
  9 Patriotas FC               29  13   6  10  31  28   +3  45
 10 Corumbá EC                 29  12   8   9  37  24  +13  44
 11 Atlas SC                   29   9  12   8  32  33   -1  39
 12 AS Lausanne                29  10   8  11  29  31   -2  38
 13 Neuchâtel-Sport            29   9  10  10  32  33   -1  37
 14 Club Osum                  29   9   9  11  29  32   -3  36
 15 Stanford United            29   8  11  10  28  35   -7  35
 16 Defensores de Neuquén      29   8   8  13  25  40  -15  32
 17 AS Laval-Avignon           29   8   7  14  22  38  -16  31
 18 Alianza Antioquia          29   8   4  17  23  35  -12  28
 19 AC Talamonte               29   6   9  14  19  30  -11  27
 20 Northport Mariners         29   5   7  17  25  40  -15  22

by **Valladares** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:41 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON (PART IV OF IV)

Round 30 (September 27-28)

The final stretch of this Liga-1 season started this weekend with Pradera dropping more vital points in the fight for the championship by drawing Sillimus in a dull 0-0 stalemate at the Gobernador Villa, while Metropolis Alligators took advantage of this to increase the gap at the top to 13 points with a win over Olympique de Fontvielle at the Dome. Fontvielle Impact missed an excellent chance to get closer to second place by allowing Étoile Verte to steal a point from the Stade de la Frontière, Bezieres were unable to bring the full prize from Los Chorros and drew CAP, and Canalave Dragons were defeated by TFC in Carloburgo and allowed Edmonton to level them in points for fifth place thanks to their 5-2 rout of relegation-threatened Cerro in the Westlands. Minault are now getting closer to safety after thrashing Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, Eterna Stars and Marinos cancelled each other out at the Alain Tramontin, Montreux won a vital game in Campo Grande against a Caimanes side who are now closer to the drop, and Tallin lost a key match in Gatineau against Belfort and allowed the Rouges et Noir to put themselves within striking distance of the Southern Gunners.

CAP 1-1 AS Bezieres
Fontvielle Impact 2-2 Étoile Verte
Pradera FC 0-0 FC Sillimus
RC Belfort 2-1 AC Tallin
Metropolis Alligators 2-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Tannenberg FC 1-0 Canalave Dragons
Edmonton United 5-2 AD Cerro
Eterna Stars 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Nacional 1-4 Minault United
SC Caimanes 0-3 AS Montreux

Round 31 (October 4-5)

Metropolis Alligators are still dropping points, this time being defeated by Sillimus (who are still trying to get out of the relegation zone) at Moss Tower Stadium, however, Edmonton's defeat in Fontvielle at the hands of Olympique was enough to qualify the Alligators for UICA with 8 matches to spare. However, Pradera are still trying to cut the gap with the leaders by beating CAP at the Estadio Municipal and now the Verdiblancos are trailing the centenary Titan by 10 points. The fight for third place and the last Champions' Cup berth reached its climax with the ever-passionate Derby de Foix and Fontvielle Impact's visit to their arch-rival with the goal to hold on third place and also deal a hard blow to their rival's chances to return to the Champions' Cup next season, however, Les Rouges got the better of their rivals thanks to Jérôme Revault's goal and leapfrogged Les Bleus for third place, and Canalave Dragons left their arch-rivals (the Stars) compromised at the relegation contention and were also benefited by Edmonton's defeat thanks to their 4-1 win at Dragon Stadium in the E1 Derby. In the relegation struggle, we saw the Carloburgo Derby ending in a much-needed win for Tallin over TFC, which helped them move away from the red zone, Belfort were held to a draw by Étoile Verte at the Stade de Charmilliot and missed a chance to get closer to the teams in the safe zone, and Cerro and battered bottom-placed Caimanes both received a boost to their survival chances with wins over Nacional and Marinos, which drag both Metropolitan sides into the conversation at the lower zone.

AS Bezieres 1-0 Fontvielle Impact

The season's last Derby de Foix became
crucial for Champions' Cup contention.

CAP 2-3 Pradera FC
Étoile Verte 0-0 RC Belfort
FC Sillimus 1-0 Metropolis Alligators
AC Tallin 2-0 Tannenberg FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 Edmonton United
Canalave Dragons 4-1 Eterna Stars
AD Cerro 3-2 Nacional
Marinos Metropolis 0-1 SC Caimanes
Minault United 1-1 AS Montreux

Round 32 (October 8)

And the special Independence Day matchday (which was conveniently held on a Wednesday) opened action at the Stade Omnisports Gatineau with a decisive match for Belfort's survival and Impact's CC qualification which ended up with Jean-Pierre de Roux giving the full prize to Les Bleus with his late goal. Then, in Metropolis, Nacional won a vital game that got them closer to safety and dealt an accurate blow to Olympique's slim chances to qualify for the Globe Cup, and MA were held to a draw by CAP, preventing them from getting far from Pradera. Montreux also won a key match against Cerro, sinking the Celestes into the red zone, and Caimanes didn't allow the Dragons to move away from Edmonton but are closer than ever to the drop. In Eterna City, the desperate Stars won a six-pointer against Tallin which drags the latter side back to the danger zone, with Marinos following the same fate after losing to the resurgent Minault, who have now finally broken into the top half of the table. TFC defeated Étoile Verte, who are still compromised in the relegation race, Pradera sent Bezieres back to fourth place with their narrow win at the Gobernador Villa and kept cutting the gap with the Alligators while also dooming both Foixien powerhouses to fight for third place, and in the day's closing match, Edmonton were unable to get closer to fifth place and allowed Sillimus to snatch a valuable win from Albert Field that helped them jump up to the relegation playoff spot at Belfort's expense.

RC Belfort 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Nacional 2-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Metropolis Alligators 1-1 CAP
AS Montreux 1-0 AD Cerro
SC Caimanes 0-0 Canalave Dragons
Eterna Stars 1-0 AC Tallin
Minault United 2-0 Marinos Metropolis
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Étoile Verte
Pradera FC 3-2 AS Bezieres
Edmonton United 0-1 FC Sillimus

Round 33 (October 11-12)

October 12th was D-Day for Pradera, as Metropolis Alligators were coming to town and this could be their very last chance to remain in contention for the championship. And the Verdiblancos were up to the challenge at the Estadio Gobernador Villa and beat MA 2-0 in order to get within 5 points of the leaders and also qualified for UICA competition for next season. Meanwhile, the head-to-head between Impact and Bezieres for the last Champions' Cup spot remains hot, as Bezieres took advantage of Impact's slip against TFC at home by demolishing Belfort and taking third place back, with the Dragons now back into that fight after bringing Minault's unbeaten run to an end at Dragon Stadium. And with the draws between Étoile Verte and Eterna Stars, Sillimus and Nacional, Cerro-Marinos, and Tallin-Caimanes, everything at the relegation fight remains pretty much unchanged, except for Caimanes now having the relegation playoff as their very last chance.

AS Bezieres 5-1 RC Belfort

Pradera FC won their crucial match against
MA and got closer to the top spot.

Pradera FC 2-0 Metropolis Alligators
Fontvielle Impact 2-2 Tannenberg FC
CAP 1-1 Edmonton United
Étoile Verte 1-1 Eterna Stars
FC Sillimus 2-2 Nacional
AC Tallin 1-1 SC Caimanes
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 AS Montreux
Canalave Dragons 4-2 Minault United
AD Cerro 2-2 Marinos Metropolis

King's Shield Semifinals (October 15)

And this cup competition reaches its penultimate round with defending Shield holders Edmonton United, Olympique de Fontvielle, Étoile Verte and AC Tallin as the final four of the competition. The Monties had to visit Étoile Verte at the Stade de Charmilliot, while Olympique were playing host to Tallin with two berths to the final match at Swangard.

The first semifinal pitted the defending champions against Étoile Verte in Bezieres, and although most pundits were expecting Edmonton to punch their ticket to the final, Les Verts managed to hold their own against the Monties, eventually scoring the lone goal of the match thanks to striker Éric Clancy and thus shattering Edmonton's hopes to defend their Shield victory succesfully (and maybe their last chance to access the Globe Cup) while also sending themselves to the final match in November.

In the second semifinal, Olympique de Fontvielle were playing Tallin at the Stade de l'Amitié, and although Olympique scored the opener thanks to Mytanar Igor Artemiev and enjoyed of some interesting chances to increase their advantage, they were facing a very ordered side who didn't look desperate at any moment in the match, even being 1-0 down, and managed to equalize thanks to a header from striker Carlos Valdemar in the second half. And this goal was enough for the Southern Gunners to push Les Jaunes et Bleu to extra time, when the home side seemed to have infected itself with the anxiety from the stands, and when everyone was already expecting the penalty shootout, a goal for Tallin courtesy of NTer Abel Brücke appeared to send the team from Carloburgo to the final match and also killed every hope held by Olympique to qualify to any international competition for the next season.

Étoile Verte 1-0 Edmonton United

Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 AC Tallin (1-2 AET)

Round 34 (October 18-19)

The fight for the Liga-1 title is now getting exciting, as Metropolis Alligators kept dropping points, this time against ASB at the Dome and saw how Pradera's impressive comeback has now reduced their gap at the top to only 3 points, with its most recent step being delivering another lethal blow to Edmonton with a win at Albert Field. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact's win in Eterna City plus the aforementioned match between their two fiercest rivals, allowed l'Impact to return to third place at Bezieres' expense, with the Dragons being dragged away from the fight for third place by Cerro, who rescued a 1-1 draw at the National Stadium which doesn't help them that much, either. Marinos are still stalled at the lower zone, after being unable to beat Olympique at home, and now see how Sillimus and the relegation playoff berth are now trailing them by a single point thanks to the Griffons' win in Montreux. Tallin won a key match for their survival in Slateport against Minault, as did Belfort in Carloburgo at White Meadow Arena, and Caimanes became the first relegated side of the season after Étoile Verte pummeled them at the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli.

Metropolis Alligators 0-0 AS Bezieres
Tannenberg FC 0-1 RC Belfort
Edmonton United 1-2 Pradera FC
Eterna Stars 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
Nacional 4-0 CAP
SC Caimanes 0-3 Étoile Verte
AS Montreux 0-1 FC Sillimus
Minault United 1-2 AC Tallin
Marinos Metropolis 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
AD Cerro 1-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 35 (October 25-26)

And MA's most known "bogeyman" in the form of Edmonton came again to ruin everything for the Alligators, as their win at the Dome helps Pradera claim the top spot on H2H after whacking Nacional at the Gobernador Villa, while also keeps the Monties with a slim hope of getting the league's final Globe Cup berth. Nevertheless, both Alligators and Verdiblancos are already qualified for the next Champions' Cup. Fontvielle Impact and Bezieres keep their head-to-head for the last CC berth after the former smashed TFC at the Stade de Foix and the latter defeated the demoralized and already relegated Caimanes in Fontvielle. Canalave Dragons were only able to steal a point from Olympique de Fontvielle, however, they are still with a solid five-point lead on Edmonton for the last Globe Cup spot. And in the relegation zone, Tallin left Cerro walking on thin ice with their 3-1 win over the Celestes at Parken Road, Minault took a crucial step towards salvation by defeating Étoile Verte on the road, as did the Stars with their win in Gatineau, leaving Belfort in the same situation as Cerro. Montreux lost in Los Chorros and are still unable to secure safety from relegation, and in the day's key match, Sillimus beat Marinos on the island and left the relegation playoff zone at the Mariners' expense.

AS Bezieres 3-0 Tannenberg FC
Metropolis Alligators 0-2 Edmonton United
RC Belfort 2-3 Eterna Stars
Pradera FC 4-1 Nacional
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 SC Caimanes
CAP 1-0 AS Montreux
Étoile Verte 0-2 Minault United
FC Sillimus 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
AC Tallin 3-1 AD Cerro
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-3 Canalave Dragons

Round 36 (November 1-2)

Metropolis Alligators were able to become sole leaders again despite being unable to defeat Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, and after Montreux defeated Pradera in a match that got Les Hérons closer to safety. And Edmonton's D-Day was on this weekend, as Bezieres were visiting Albert Field and the Monties had no margin of error if they wanted to continue with life support in their quest to claim the last Globe Cup berth. However, Les Rouges would enact their revenge for the prior two defeats against this team (in the Canalave Crown match and on MD17 at the Stade de Foix) with a 1-0 win which eliminated the Blue-Blacks from UICA contention and qualified Impact, themselves, and Canalave Dragons to UICA next season, while also claiming third place thanks to Impact's defeat in Slateport which secured safety for Minault. Tallin repeated the dose to Olympique, defeated them at the Stade de l'Amitié once again, and definitely saved themselves from relegation, the Stars suffered a dangerous setback at the hands of TFC, Cerro are still determined to fight for their survival and this was shown by their win over Étoile Verte at the National Stadium, Caimanes dragged Belfort closer to relegation with their scoreless draw, and Sillimus were defeated by the Dragons, but Marinos were unable to take advantage of this and they're still fourth-from-bottom after failing to defeat CAP.

Edmonton United 0-1 AS Bezieres

Minault United were able to reach
safety after beating Fontvielle Impact.

Eterna Stars 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Nacional 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
SC Caimanes 0-0 RC Belfort
AS Montreux 2-1 Pradera FC
Minault United 2-0 Fontvielle Impact
Marinos Metropolis 0-0 CAP
AD Cerro 2-1 Étoile Verte
Canalave Dragons 1-0 FC Sillimus
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-3 AC Tallin

Round 37 (November 8-9)

Metropolis Alligators' draw with Montreux at the Dome and Pradera's defeat to Marinos at the Gobernador Villa confirmed that the Liga-1 championship will be defined on the last matchday, unlike it's been happening in recent seasons. Defending champions Bezieres clinched third place and the final berth to the Champions' Cup by beating Eterna Stars and also benefiting from Impact's shocking loss at home to Cerro, who despite this win were relegated thanks to Marinos' win in Pradera, and both Impact and the Dragons lost their matches, but Bezieres' qualification for the CC sent both teams to the Globe Cup. Meanwhile, at the relegation zone, Belfort were also relegated after sharing the spoils with Minault at the Omnisports, Nacional and Montreux are now mathematically safe despite the former lost in Edmonton and the latter held MA to a draw, Étoile Verte and Sillimus got important wins in their quest for safety, and the Stars were left in a very compromising situation with their defeat in Bezieres.

Next week and last Liga-1 matchday: Marinos-MA, with the former desperate for a win to secure survival and the latter looking to clinch their tenth championship in their centenary, Canalave-Pradera, the latter looking for their first Liga-1 championship ever...and key match in the relegation struggle: Sillimus-Étoile Verte, with Caimanes-Stars relevant to the matter as well...oh my God...

AS Bezieres 1-0 Eterna Stars
Edmonton United 1-0 Nacional
Tannenberg FC 2-1 SC Caimanes
Metropolis Alligators 2-2 AS Montreux
RC Belfort 2-2 Minault United
Pradera FC 0-2 Marinos Metropolis
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 AD Cerro
CAP 2-1 Canalave Dragons
Étoile Verte 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
FC Sillimus 1-0 AC Tallin

Round 38 (November 16)

And welcome one and all to the last and definitive Liga-1 matchday of the season, with a title still at stake between Metropolis Alligators and Pradera FC, and Étoile Verte, Eterna Stars, FC Sillimus, and Marinos Metropolis fighting for avoiding the relegation play-off and two matches against a Liga-2 side. Obviously all eyes will be focused on the most decisive Derby Metropolitano ever, where Marinos Metropolis and Metropolis Alligators will lock horns looking to achieve two different goals, as well as potentially ruining a whole season for their rival: the Mariners will be out to reach safety from relegation and at the same time prevent the Alligators from claiming their tenth title in their Centenary, while MA will be looking to finally clinch their title after leading the whole season with relative comfort while also dooming their arch-rivals to an unwanted meeting with a Liga-2 side that could lead to a painful relegation.

However, there's also an interesting match in Sillimus, where the home team will play host to Étoile Verte in a match where neither of them can afford to lose. In Campo Grande, with Caimanes already relegated, the Stars will be out to avoid the relegation playoff, and in Canalave, Pradera will be looking to beat Canalave and expect a setback from the Alligators at the Dome to claim their first Liga-1 title. And now, without any further ado, here we go with the final and decisive matchday in this Liga-1 season:

15:30 - Just 30 minutes from kickoff, the pitch at Dragon Stadium looks affected by a torrential downpour and the kickoff of the match between Canalave Dragons and Pradera might be delayed. Reports from Moss Tower Stadium, where Sillimus and Étoile Verte are slated to play, inform about another pitch affected by heavy rain.

15:45 - Heavy rain does not cease at Canalave and the match's kickoff will be delayed, delaying the kickoffs in Metropolis for the Derby Metropolitano, in Sillimus, and in Campo Grande for about half an hour. #CANvsPRA

16:00 - Matchday 38 kicks off at the remaining six stadia, with the match between Cerro and Belfort at the National Stadium being the first one to start, followed by the game at Montreux between Montreux and Edmonton.

16:03 - The first goal of the day is scored in Slateport for Minault United, who are beating Tannenberg FC after 3 minutes. #MIUvsTFC

16:08 - TFC don't take long to equalize at the Estadio de la Riviera, and this match looks electrifying after just 8 minutes. 1-1 here in Slateport. #MIUvsTFC

16:14 - Belfort take the lead against Cerro at an empty National Stadium. Which is easily explainable, because both sides are already relegated. #ADCvsRCB

16:15 - Rain seems to cease at Canalave and Sillimus, but the referees at both stadia still deem the pitches unfit to play and decide to wait a bit more. #CANvsPRA #FCSvsETV

16:18 - And Tannenberg took advantage of a gross defensive mistake committed by Minault in order to go ahead in the score. After 18 minutes in Slateport, the Citizens defeat the Matecañas 2-1. #MIUvsTFC

16:20 - Olympique de Fontvielle take the lead against Impact at the Stade de l'Amitié in the Derby de Fontvielle, but both are only playing for their pride and the city's bragging rights. #OFvsFON

16:31 - Goal for Tallin at Parken Road. The Southern Gunners are now beating CAP 1-0. #ACTvsCAP

16:34 - Paulo Jr. scores the opener for Edmonton at the Stade Micoud against Montreux, and the Monties are bidding farewell to the season in decent fashion. #ASMvsEDM

16:41 - After several minutes threatening TFC's goal, Minault were finally able to find the equalizer. Entertaining match in Slateport. #MIUvsTFC

16:45 - Belfort score the second goal against Cerro. Les Rouges et Noir are comfortably winning in this showdown between relegated sides. #ADCvsRCB

16:48 - The first halves in Metropolis, Fontvielle, Carloburgo, Slateport, and Montreux finished with the following scores: Nacional 0-0 Bezieres, Cerro 0-2 Belfort, Olympique 1-0 Impact, Tallin 1-0 CAP, Minault 2-2 Tannenberg, and Montreux 0-1 Edmonton.

16:55 - After another inspection to the pitch at Dragon Stadium, the referee decides to set the kickoff time for Dragons-Pradera (and the other 3 matches remaining) at 17:30. #CANvsPRA

17:02 - The second half between Tallin and CAP at Parken Road kicks off, followed by the match in Montreux between Hérons and Monties.

17:03 - And Edmonton swiftly increase their lead on Montreux to two goals, Paulo Jr. being the scorer again. Montreux lose 2-0 at home but they're already safe. #ASMvsEDM

17:05 - Certainly this is an ominous time for Montreux, as the Hérons conceded once again, and Edmonton are comfortably winning 3-0 here at Stade Micoud. #ASMvsEDM

17:07 - The teams are warming up at the Metropolis Dome. Marinos-Alligators will hopefully kick off at 17:30 as announced. #MARvsMA

17:12 - Youngster René Chasselay opens the scoreboard for Bezieres against Nacional after 53 minutes. ASB one, Nacional nil at the CoMS. #NACvsASB

17:15 - Tannenberg are ahead once again against Minault. The Citizens are willing to finish their season on a high note at the Estadio de la Riviera. #MIUvsTFC

17:21 - Teams are ready to appear on the pitch here at Moss Tower Stadium. The drainage system appears to have done a nice job here in Sillimus. #FCSvsETV

17:25 - Belfort are now beating Cerro comfortably 3-0 at Swangard, but it's a little too late for them. #ADCvsRCB

17:28 - National and state anthems now being sung in Canalave, Metropolis, Sillimus, and Campo Grande. The main show is ready to start!

17:29 - Minault equalize once again against TFC. We're watching a spectacular back-and-forth match in which neither side can separate from the other. 3-3 here in Slateport. #MIUvsTFC

17:31 - And here we go! #MARvsMA #CANvsPRA #FCSvsETV #SCCvsETS

17:36 - Igor Artemiev scores the second goal for Olympique de Fontvielle in the Derby against l'Impact. 2-0 here at the Stade de l'Amitié. #OFvsFON

17:41 - What a match in Slateport! Now Minault are 4-3 ahead against TFC! It's a shame both teams are playing with only their honour and pride at stake, though. #MIUvsTFC

17:44 - Goal for Caimanes at the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli! The Stars are now hoping Marinos don't score in their match against the Alligators! #SCCvsETS

17:46 - CAP found the equalizer against Tallin. Honours even with this 1-1 at Parken Road Stadium. #ACTvsCAP

17:50 - And just when TFC were all out for the equalizer, Minault kill every hope held by their fans and scored the definitive fifth goal. Minault are now 1 minute from beating TFC, 5-3! #MIUvsTFC

17:53 - After 22 minutes at Dragon Stadium, Canalave Dragons and Pradera are still struggling with the wet pitch. The Dragons are controlling the ball as of now. #CANvsPRA

17:54 - And the matches that kicked off at 16:00 ended with the following results: Nacional 0-1 Bezieres, Cerro 0-3 Belfort, Olympique 2-0 Impact, Tallin 1-1 CAP, Minault 5-3 Tannenberg, and Montreux 0-3 Edmonton.

17:58 - And it's a GOAL! GOAL for Canalave Dragons! The Dragons are now 1-0 ahead against Pradera, and the title is going to the Alligators for the moment! #CANvsPRA

18:00 - After 30 minutes at the Metropolis Dome, Marinos are looking more incisive but have lacked the resources to get past the MA defense. MA are relying on counterattacks. #MARvsMA

18:02 - And it's a GOAL for Étoile Verte! Les Verts are now 1-0 ahead at Moss Tower Stadium and are securing their stay in Liga-1 for one more season. #FCSvsETV

18:04 - After the opener at Dragon Stadium, the Dragons are now more comfortable and looking for more. Pradera are unresponsive at the wet pitch. The hosts are closer to the second than Pradera to the equalizer. #CANvsPRA

18:07 - GOAL in Metropolis! GOAL for Marinos! And this goal, deserved by the way, changes everything at the red zone, sending the Mariners straight to safety and Sillimus to the relegation play-off on account of their worst record against the Stars. MA still champions for now. #MARvsMA

18:10 - GOAL! GOAL for Metropolis Alligators! The Alligators reacted fast and found the equalizer through Ruben Munro! And Marinos are going back to that 3-way tie between them, the Stars, and Sillimus which leaves them with the worst record of all three. #MARvsMA

18:12 - The news coming from Metropolis and Sillimus seem to have encouraged the Stars to attack and look for the equalizer, but Caimanes are still strong at the back. The Stars are still 1-0 down in Campo Grande. #SCCvsETS

18:14 - Étoile Verte's and Marinos' goals were a nice wake-up call for Sillimus, who are now on an onslaught against José Marín's team. The equalizer looks close to come. #FCSvsETV

18:18 - And at halftime at Metropolis, Canalave, Sillimus, and Campo Grande, we've got the following scores: Marinos 1-1 MA, Canalave 1-0 Pradera, Sillimus 0-1 Étoile Verte, and Caimanes 1-0 Stars. MA champions and Marinos to the playoff, for now.

18:33 - The second half kicks off at the Metropolis Dome, followed right after by the match on Sillimus island.

18:37 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for Marinos! Marinos are ahead once again, and Sillimus are going to the playoff! 2-1 at the Dome but still no changes at the top. #MARvsMA

18:40 - Pradera are looking totally different from the dismal side that was overwhelmed by the Dragons during the first half. Now both teams have exchanged roles and the Verdiblancos are charging for the equalizer. #CANvsPRA

18:42 - GOAL for Caimanes! FC Sillimus must like this, as the Stars are going 2-0 down and a goal from the Griffons will send the yellow-clad team to the relegation play-off! #SCCvsETS

18:46 - GOAL in Canalave! And Pradera got the equalizer! 1-1 at Dragon Stadium, and the Alligators will be hoping the Verdiblancos don't get more than that. #CANvsPRA

18:54 - GOAL for Marinos! The Derby Metropolitano has a clear dominator, and the Marineros are now beating a crumbling MA side by 3-1. #MARvsMA

19:01 - GOAL in Canalave! And this is not going to be liked by the Alligators fans at all, because it's a goal for Pradera! Arnold Agustien scored the 2-1 for the Verdiblancos, who have just seized top spot with this goal! #CANvsPRA

19:05 - GOAL for Sillimus! And Sillimus' offensive avalanche finally pays off! The Sillimese and Étoile Verte are sharing the spoils and dooming the Stars to the relegation play-off! #FCSvsETV

19:11 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for Marinos! The Alligators are further sunk by a goal from Edwin Aguilar and their hopes of reaching Impact at the Roll of Honour are fading away in a terrible way. Now we're 4-1 at the Dome! #MARvsMA

19:12 - Pradera's fans are now celebrating at the stands at Dragon Stadium. The Dragons seem to have given up already and the Verdiblancos are still out for more! #CANvsPRA

19:13 - GOAL for Caimanes! And the Stars receive another blow with the Jacarés' third goal, and are now doomed to play the relegation play-off #SCCvsETS

19:16 - GOAL in Canalave! GOAL for Pradera! Michael Tello scores the 3-1 for Pradera in Canalave and the Verdiblancos are some five minutes away from their first title! Green carnival in Canalave. #CANvsPRA

19:20 - Full time at Sillimus. FC Sillimus and Étoile Verte drew 1-1 and both are safe from relegation. #FCSvsETV

19:21 - Full time at the Metropolis Dome. Marinos won 4-1 and reached safety while also giving a heartbreak to their rivals, who were expecting to celebrate their 10th title in their Centenary year and lost all in the last matchday. #MARvsMA

19:21 - Full time in Campo Grande, Caimanes bid farewell to the Liga-1 with a decent performance against the Stars, who now have to wait for a Liga-2 side to define their future.

19:22 - Full time in Canalave. PRADERA FC ARE THE NEW LIGA-1 CHAMPIONS! The Verdiblancos finally got to claim their prize to many seasons of lowly rewarded efforts in epic fashion after crushing a 15-point gap from Metropolis Alligators and winning the title on a day that will pass to history and will be remembered by perhaps every Valladar fan, or well, except by MA's faithful. Still, congratulations to the new champions.

Nacional 0-1 AS Bezieres

Michael Tello scored the title-clincher
for Pradera in Canalave.

SC Caimanes 3-0 Eterna Stars
AS Montreux 0-3 Edmonton United
Minault United 5-3 Tannenberg FC
Marinos Metropolis 4-1 Metropolis Alligators
AD Cerro 0-3 RC Belfort
Canalave Dragons 1-3 Pradera FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 Fontvielle Impact
AC Tallin 1-1 CAP
FC Sillimus 1-1 Étoile Verte

King's Shield Final (November 23)

And this is the final game of the season, the King's Shield Final, which will be played by Liga-1 sides Étoile Verte and AC Tallin in an unprecedented meeting at Alexander I National Stadium in Swangard. 45,686 people were present for the final match of the season, which was played a week after the epic Liga-1 finale.

Étoile Verte were coming to this match having played a highly-exhausting game against Sillimus the previous week, while Tallin decided to give rest to their most important players in the league's closing match against CAP. And this was shown at the start of the match, with a fresh Tallin side who were constantly bringing havoc to the Vert goal with Abel Brücke's long runs. And eventually, the Southern Gunners would open fire first, with a combination between Brücke and Carlos Valdemar which would end in the striker's first goal when the clock was marking 17 minutes. And Tallin would also fire twice, Valdemar being on his day as he found the Étoile Verte's defense off-guard and fired, with full liberty, another shot that ended at the back of the net. In 26 minutes, Anthony Clarke's side was already 2-0 up. Étoile Verte would finally react but they were only able to find a goal in the 42nd minute, thanks to winger Francisco Suárez. The score was 2-1 at halftime.

For the second half, the side coached by José Marín came out firing on all cylinders trying to look for the equalizer, which they would finally find thanks to their key striker Éric Clancy in the 65th minute. However, this was sort of a wake-up call for Tallin and both teams were now in search of the winning goal, which Wilmer Parra found for the Southern Gunners in the 83rd minute. Étoile Verte would be charging for the equalizer once again, but time and Tallin's Guayabalense goalkeeper Henry Hernandez would prevent that from happening, and thus Tallin, who were always overshadowed by their richer and more famous neighbours TFC, would win their first piece of professional silverware.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH KING'S SHIELD
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard, District of Metropolis
Attendance: 45,686
Referee: Geoffrey Jérez (Foix)

Étoile Verte 2-3 AC Tallin
(Suárez 42', Clancy 65'; Valdemar 17', 26', Parra 83')

AC Tallin qualified to both the Cygnus Cup and the Globe Cup after winning their first King's Shield ever.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Pradera FC                   38  24   6   8  84  45  +39  78 CH - CC
  2  Metropolis Alligators        38  24   5   9  61  37  +24  77 CC
  3  AS Bezieres                  38  23   4  11  71  42  +29  73 CC
  4  Fontvielle Impact            38  20   6  12  58  45  +13  66 GC
  5  Canalave Dragons             38  17  12   9  56  45  +11  63 GC
  6  Edmonton United              38  18   7  13  57  46  +11  61
  7  Tannenberg FC                38  16   6  16  52  58   -6  54
  8  Minault United               38  13  14  11  59  56   +3  53
  9  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  15   7  16  57  50   +7  52
 10  CAP                          38  14  10  14  38  48  -10  52
 11  AC Tallin                    38  12  12  14  47  47   +0  48 GC/CYG
 12  Marinos Metropolis           38  11  13  14  48  52   -4  46
 13  AS Montreux                  38  12  10  16  41  50   -9  46
 14  Étoile Verte                 38  13   7  18  44  50   -6  46
 15  Nacional                     38  13   7  18  50  50   +0  46
 16  FC Sillimus                  38  11  12  15  33  53  -20  45
 17  Eterna Stars                 38  13   5  20  49  58   -9  44 P-O
 18  RC Belfort                   38   9  13  16  43  57  -14  40 REL
 19  AD Cerro                     38  10   9  19  44  71  -27  39 REL
 20  SC Caimanes                  38   6   7  25  34  66  -32  25 REL

CHAMPIONS
Pradera FC (1st title)

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nord Energie FC                 38  20   9   9  53  36  +17  69  CH - SBCC
  2 Pumas Maldonado                 38  20   9   9  65  38  +27  69  P - SBCC
  3 Ajax Carloburgo                 38  19  11   8  57  38  +19  68  P/O
  4 Slateport Bulls                 38  20   6  12  67  42  +25  66  P/O
  5 FC Fauxham                      38  18  10  10  57  43  +14  64  P/O
  6 Bretford Royals                 38  18  10  10  40  26  +14  64  P/O
  7 Hoxford Rovers                  38  17  11  10  61  44  +17  62
  8 Bohemians Metropolis            38  14  13  11  48  47   +1  55
  9 Chiquito FC                     38  14  11  13  41  42   -1  53
 10 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  14  11  13  48  38  +10  53
 11 Servette FC                     38  16   4  18  60  61   -1  52
 12 AS Vaud                         38  13  10  15  45  44   +1  49
 13 Adelaide Kickers                38  11  14  13  43  44   -1  47
 14 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  11  10  17  38  44   -6  43
 15 Universitario de Maldonado      38  10  11  17  55  77  -22  41
 16 SC Alcázares                    38  12   5  21  45  67  -22  41
 17 Valencia FC                     38  11   7  20  40  66  -26  40  P-O
 18 Olympique de Coulombes          38  11   6  21  35  60  -25  39  REL
 19 RC Corania                      38   9  11  18  32  49  -17  38  REL
 20 Gatineau UC 98                  38   7  11  20  37  61  -24  32  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Bretford Royals (6) 0-2 (3) Ajax Carloburgo
Ajax Carloburgo (3) 1-1 (6) Bretford Royals
Agg: Ajax Carloburgo 3-1 Bretford Royals

FC Fauxham (5) 1-0 (4) Slateport Bulls
Slateport Bulls (4) 1-0 (5) FC Fauxham (3-0 AET)
Agg: Slateport Bulls 3-1 FC Fauxham

Final:

Ajax Carloburgo (3) 2-2 (4) Slateport Bulls (2-2 AET; 4-2 PKs)

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Eterna Stars vs. Slateport Bulls

Slateport Bulls 2-2 Eterna Stars
Eterna Stars 3-3 Slateport Bulls (5-5 agg) (Slateport Bulls wins on away goals rule)

After two SuperClásicos full of emotions and goals, Slateport Bulls defeated Eterna Stars on away goals and sent the 2-time Valladar champions to the Liga-2 while also claiming back their spot in Liga-1 after their relegation last season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 CR Palmas                  38  18  11   9  45  31  +14  65  CH - P
  2 Hamanos Athletic Club      38  19   8  11  51  34  +17  65  P
  3 FC Columbus                38  18   8  12  53  39  +14  62  P/O
  4 Patriotas FC               38  18   8  12  47  40   +7  62  P/O
  5 Real Pradera               38  16  12  10  46  35  +11  60  P/O
  6 Newcastle Town             38  16  11  11  47  31  +16  59  P/O
  7 Corumbá EC                 38  16  11  11  47  32  +15  59
  8 Neuchâtel-Sport            38  15  12  11  43  36   +7  57
  9 Villaznia AC               38  16   8  14  38  33   +5  56
 10 Eterna Celtic              38  16   7  15  38  44   -6  55
 11 EC Comercial               38  14  13  11  36  37   -1  55
 12 Atlas SC                   38  13  12  13  44  44   +0  51
 13 Defensores de Neuquén      38  13  10  15  36  46  -10  49
 14 Club Osum                  38  13  10  15  42  44   -2  49
 15 Alianza Antioquia          38  13   5  20  38  47   -9  44
 16 AS Lausanne                38  10  12  16  34  45  -11  42
 17 Northport Mariners         38  10  10  18  37  46   -9  40
 18 Stanford United            38   9  13  16  39  51  -12  40  REL
 19 AC Talamonte               38   8  11  19  29  45  -16  35  REL
 20 AS Laval-Avignon           38   9   8  21  29  59  -30  35  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Newcastle Town (6) 1-0 (3) FC Columbus
FC Columbus (3) 3-1 (6) Newcastle Town
Agg: FC Columbus 3-2 Newcastle Town

Real Pradera (5) 2-1 (4) Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC (4) 1-1 (5) Real Pradera
Agg: Patriotas FC 2-3 Real Pradera

Final:

FC Columbus (3) 4-0 (5) Real Pradera

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Valencia FC vs. Real Pradera

Real Pradera 0-2 Valencia FC
Valencia FC 3-1 Real Pradera (5-1 agg)

Thus, Valencia FC will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Pradera FC
Runner-Up: Metropolis Alligators
King's Shield Winner: AC Tallin
Relegated Teams: RC Belfort, AD Cerro, SC Caimanes, Eterna Stars
Promoted Teams: Nord Energie FC, Pumas Maldonado, Ajax Carloburgo, Slateport Bulls

Top Scorers:

1. Michael Tello (Pradera FC): 28 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Ruben Munro (The Licentian Isles, Metropolis Alligators): 26 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 25 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 23 goals
5. Frank Zapata (Pradera FC): 22 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 52:
Pradera FC - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 49:
AC Tallin - King's Shield winners
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Canalave Dragons - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 49:
Nord Energie FC - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Pumas Maldonado - Valladar Liga-2 Runners-up
Ajax Carloburgo - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Slateport Bulls - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 27:
AC Tallin - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:41 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-EIGHTH SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Pradera FC and last season's King's Shield winners AC Tallin. 30,475 people attended the fifteenth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave.

Pradera, who had already been crowned Liga-1 champions at Dragon Stadium's pitch, went out with the idea to win a second piece of silverware at the same stadium, while Tallin, as King's Shield holders, were looking to make a statement with a win over the newly-crowned Liga-1 champions in their first official match of the season, however, the Verdiblancos were a hurricane that overwhelmed the Southern Gunners during the first minutes of the match, keeping Guayabalense goalkeeper Henry Hernandez busy with several chances created by the Liga-1 champions, whose players easily got past Tallin's leaky defensive line. And this match was the time for Arnold Agustien to shine. The 23-year old forward was Pradera's most threatening player and brought havoc to the King's Shield holders every single time he was in possession of the ball, however, his main goal was set on the goal defended by Hernandez, and he was finally able to break the deadlock after three attempts with his goal in the 18th minute. The 1-0 seemed to have been a wake-up call for Tallin, who became more acquainted with the ball after 20 minutes of having seen their rivals touching and moving it at pleasure, and started looking for paths to threaten the goal defended by Fabio Saavedra but their offensive intentions were harmless. And Pradera took advantage of this to hit back with Frank Zapata scoring the second goal for the Verdiblancos three minutes before halftime.

With Pradera leading 2-0, the second half showed players in both teams already with signs of fatigue, but the trend displayed by both sides during the first half was kept: the Liga-1 champions were looking for more goals but were now having trouble to get past Tallin's defense, while the King's Shield holders could barely touch the ball. And so, the match entered into a war of attrition where none of the contenders could do more damage to their rival. However, Agustien would have the last say with his second goal of the day and third for the Liga-1 champions in the 79th minute, which made sure the Canalave Crown would go to Pradera for the first time ever.

FIFTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: PRADERA FC VS. AC TALLIN


Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 30,475)

Pradera FC 3-0 AC Tallin (Agustien 18', 79', Zapata 42')

Liga-1 Season Review

The hex for TFC is finally over, as the Citizens won their third title after 22 seasons of drought and suffering for their devoted faithful. However, Tannenberg's third title wouldn't come without its dose of drama, as they were involved in a heated head-to-head with their arch-rivals (and now Liga-1's eternal runners-up) Metropolis Alligators for the championship throughout the season, which was only defined by a single point and a win for TFC in their derby against Ajax and last match of the season at White Meadow Arena, which rendered the Alligators' win against Sillimus useless and was the crucial step for the Citizens in order to sew the third star in their crest. Meanwhile, Metropolis Alligators were left frustrated with another set of silver medals once again, and lost the title by a single point once again: at the end of the last season, Roger Lenhart was sacked after wasting a 15-point gap at the top of the league and then allowing Marinos to utterly embarrass them in their centenary season with two wins: one of them being the memorable 4-1 win on the final day that allowed Pradera to leapfrog MA for the Stargoal. Polarian gaffer Joachim Schwartz landed from the Licentian Isles and his very first action at the helm was sending Ruben Munro in exile to Slateport Bulls, in a decision no-one at the MA environment really liked. However, the Alligators were a wrecking machine during most of the season, but the key points lost to certain rivals (especially TFC) would take their toll at the end of the campaign.

In third place, we find Fontvielle Impact (once again), who have already got used to end up as the "third best football club of Valladares" when there was that time when l'Impact used to be the most feared club of the whole multiverse. Certainly Les Bleus have still got a lot of quality to get back into their rightful place, but the truth is that the side coached by Frank Boern always finds pleasure in giving points away to their rivals, specially in the last stretch of the season, and this is what pegs them back to the lowest pedestal of the podium every time. For finishing third, they're now getting Champions' Cup football as award, but the question is for how long will third place give such a honour? With Impact completing the Valladar representation in the next CC, their arch-rivals AS Bezieres will be going to the Globe Cup instead thanks to their fourth place finish, while last season's champions Pradera will also be going there after failing to repeat the memorable comeback that gave them the title last season (not like MA would've given them extra help this time, either...)

In sixth, we find Olympique de Fontvielle, who since their championship three seasons ago, have failed to even qualify for UICA football, in another (and more severe) "curse of the first-timer" case just like we've already seen with teams like Marinos Metropolis, Canalave Dragons, and Edmonton United. And Slateport Bulls are back and trying to leave the already wounded Eternan honour aloft after having sent their arch-rivals Eterna Stars on a vacation at the Liga-2 in that remembered relegation play-off. The Bulls seem to have returned to the right track with their seventh-place finish under the leadership of Licentian player Ruben Munro, slighted by Joachim Schwartz at MA. José Marín's Étoile Verte have also surprised all and sundry by finishing in eighth place and being in contention for a Globe Cup berth for most of the season, while Minault United did another fairly decent campaign that allowed them to finish in a comfortable ninth place, with Nacional rounding up the top 10 after coach Alberto Vega decided to play only with "home-made" players and promoted some graduates from the Guzmán-Cress Academy to the first squad in the hopes to form a strong squad to be in UICA/title contention in 2 seasons time.

Now, going into the lower half of the table, we see Edmonton United in 11th place, showing they cared way more about the King's Shield this time around (just like the three most recent seasons), Marinos in a somewhat "stable" 12th position, and Tallin in another stable 13th place. Canalave Dragons were the most resounding failure of the season after they failed to find the results they wanted in both the league and the Globe Cup and as a result they ended in a low 14th place which was the last straw for the Board to sack Farf coach Gyff Saindí, while FC Sillimus can be more than happy with a fifteenth place which keeps the Griffons for one more year in the elite of Valladar football.

The race between CAP and AS Montreux to avoid the relegation playoff was extended to the last matchday of the season, and losses for both teams against Pradera and Étoile Verte, respectively, confirmed CAP's continuity in the Liga-1 for one more season on account of their superior goal difference, while the Hérons were doomed to defeat a Liga-2 team in order to follow the Cuervos in the highest tier, while Nord Energie, Pumas Maldonado, and Ajax Carloburgo are now back in Liga-2 after yet another cameo appearance in Liga-1.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Tannenberg FC                38  22   8   8  64  36  +28  74 CH - CC
  2  Metropolis Alligators        38  22   7   9  79  41  +38  73 CC
  3  Fontvielle Impact            38  19  12   7  55  44  +11  69 CC
  4  AS Bezieres                  38  18  11   9  63  37  +26  65 GC
  5  Pradera FC                   38  18  11   9  54  40  +14  65 GC
  6  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  18  10  10  64  45  +19  64
  7  Slateport Bulls              38  15  12  11  54  41  +13  57
  8  Étoile Verte                 38  14  13  11  58  44  +14  55
  9  Minault United               38  14  11  13  47  58  -11  53
 10  Nacional                     38  15   7  16  48  50   -2  52
 11  Edmonton United              38  14   9  15  54  51   +3  51 GC/CYG
 12  Marinos Metropolis           38  13  11  14  41  47   -6  50
 13  AC Tallin                    38  12  12  14  48  54   -6  48
 14  Canalave Dragons             38  13   8  17  53  61   -8  47
 15  FC Sillimus                  38  11  13  14  35  37   -2  46
 16  CAP                          38   9  11  18  37  47  -10  38
 17  AS Montreux                  38   8  14  16  26  41  -15  38 P-O
 18  Nord Energie FC              38   6  16  16  26  54  -28  34 REL
 19  Pumas Maldonado              38   8   9  21  35  72  -37  33 REL
 20  Ajax Carloburgo              38   5   7  26  34  75  -41  22 REL

CHAMPIONS
Tannenberg FC (3rd title)

The Twenty-Eighth King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

FC Borderville 1-2 FC Fauxham

Adelaide Kickers 0-0 Tannenberg FC (0-0 AET, 2-4 PKs)

Pumas Maldonado 0-0 AS Bezieres (2-0 AET)

Real Campo Grande 0-1 Canalave Dragons

FC Townsville 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo (2-2 AET, 2-0 PKs)

Eterna Stars 3-1 Servette FC

Nacional 2-0 Bretford Royals

Danubio FC 0-1 Edmonton United

Nacional 2-0 FC Townsville

FC Fauxham 2-2 Pumas Maldonado (2-2 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Eterna Stars 0-1 Tannenberg FC

Canalave Dragons 0-2 Edmonton United

Nacional 1-0 Tannenberg FC

FC Fauxham 1-1 Edmonton United (1-2 AET)

FINAL @ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 52,493)

Nacional 0-3 Edmonton United

Congratulations to Edmonton United, who won the King's Shield once again, and qualified for both the Globe Cup and the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Deportivo Junín                 38  23   8   7  71  41  +30  77  CH - SBCC
  2 Eterna Stars                    38  22   6  10  62  39  +23  72  P - SBCC
  3 Real Campo Grande               38  19  12   7  60  35  +25  69  P/O
  4 Bretford Royals                 38  18  11   9  46  29  +17  65  P/O
  5 RC Belfort                      38  16   9  13  67  49  +18  57  P/O
  6 FC Columbus                     38  15  11  12  55  57   -2  56  P/O
  7 Valencia FC                     38  14  12  12  44  42   +2  54
  8 Hoxford Rovers                  38  15   9  14  50  48   +2  54
  9 AD Cerro                        38  15   8  15  52  58   -6  53
 10 AS Vaud                         38  13  13  12  48  38  +10  52
 11 Servette FC                     38  14   7  17  49  56   -7  49
 12 Bohemians Metropolis            38  13   9  16  36  39   -3  48
 13 Hamanos Athletic Club           38  13   8  17  34  45  -11  47
 14 FC Fauxham                      38  12  11  15  47  56   -9  47
 15 SC Alcázares                    38  13   8  17  43  54  -11  47
 16 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  10  15  13  50  55   -5  45
 17 Universitario de Maldonado      38  12   9  17  45  57  -12  45  P-O
 18 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  11   8  19  30  48  -18  41  REL
 19 CR Palmas                       38   8   9  21  39  58  -19  33  REL
 20 Adelaide Kickers                38   7  11  20  30  54  -24  32  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

FC Columbus (6) 1-0 (3) Real Campo Grande
Real Campo Grande (3) 2-1 (6) FC Columbus
Agg: Real Campo Grande 2-2 FC Columbus (FC Columbus advance on away goals rule)

RC Belfort (5) 2-0 (4) Bretford Royals
Bretford Royals (4) 0-1 (5) RC Belfort
Agg: Bretford Royals 0-3 RC Belfort

Final:

RC Belfort (5) 1-3 (6) FC Columbus

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AS Montreux vs. RC Belfort

RC Belfort 1-0 AS Montreux
AS Montreux 3-1 RC Belfort (3-2 agg)

Thus, AS Montreux will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Real Pradera                38  18  15   5  51  32  +19  69  CH - P
  2 Olympique de Coulombes      38  18  13   7  46  29  +17  67  P
  3 EC Comercial                38  19   9  10  46  32  +14  66  P/O
  4 Villaznia AC                38  17  12   9  47  30  +17  63  P/O
  5 Gatineau UC 98              38  17  12   9  62  50  +12  63  P/O
  6 Atlas SC                    38  16  11  11  46  37   +9  59  P/O
  7 Defensores de Neuquén       38  15  13  10  42  38   +4  58
  8 Neuchâtel-Sport             38  16   9  13  43  40   +3  57
  9 FC Townsville               38  16   8  14  49  45   +4  56
 10 RC Corania                  38  14  13  11  32  29   +3  55
 11 Patriotas FC                38  13  13  12  43  36   +7  52
 12 Club Osum                   38  13  11  14  36  41   -5  50
 13 Eterna Celtic               38  14   8  16  49  41   +8  50
 14 Newcastle Town              38  12  12  14  54  49   +5  48
 15 Corumbá EC                  38  13   7  18  39  45   -6  46
 16 Alianza Antioquia           38  11  10  17  36  46  -10  43
 17 AS Lausanne                 38  10  10  18  32  45  -13  40
 18 Atlético Poblado            38   7  14  17  34  58  -24  35  REL
 19 Estudiantes de Colón        38   5  11  22  33  58  -25  26  REL
 20 Northport Mariners          38   5  11  22  24  63  -39  26  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Atlas SC (6) 0-1 (3) EC Comercial
EC Comercial (3) 2-0 (6) Atlas SC
Agg: EC Comercial 3-0 Atlas SC

Gatineau UC 98 (5) 1-2 (4) Villaznia AC
Villaznia AC (4) 1-2 (5) Gatineau UC 98 (1-3 AET)
Agg: Villaznia AC 3-4 Gatineau UC 98

Final:

EC Comercial (3) 2-2 (5) Gatineau UC 98 (2-2 AET, 4-2 PKs)

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Universitario de Maldonado vs. Gatineau UC 98

Gatineau UC 98 2-0 Universitario de Maldonado
Universitario de Maldonado 0-0 Gatineau UC 98 (0-2 agg)

Thus, Gatineau UC 98 will be promoted to the Valladar Liga-2 for next season, while Universitario de Maldonado will be replacing Les Chevaliers d'Or in Liga-3.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Tannenberg FC
Runner-Up: Metropolis Alligators
King's Shield Winner: Edmonton United
Relegated Teams: Nord Energie FC, Pumas Maldonado, Ajax Carloburgo
Promoted Teams: Deportivo Junín, Eterna Stars, FC Columbus

Top Scorers:

1. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 26 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Julián Rosero (Tannenberg FC): 23 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Ruben Munro (The Licentian Isles, Slateport Bulls): 22 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Miguel Flórez (Metropolis Alligators): 20 goals
5. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 19 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 53:
Tannenberg FC - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 50:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Pradera FC - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 50:
Deportivo Junín - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Eterna Stars - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
FC Columbus - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
RC Belfort - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 28:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Sun May 04, 2014 8:45 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
THIRTY-NINTH SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Tannenberg FC and last season's King's Shield winners Edmonton United. 33,583 people attended the sixteenth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave.

The match, despite being the season warming-up for the Liga-1 and Shield champions, started off with fireworks coming from a dynamic and cheerful Edmonton squad, which greatly surprised all and sundry, especially players, coaching staff, and fans of TFC, who were seeing how the Citizens were showing a slow and passive football exhibition, typical for a team with few training sessions on board. The Monties took great advantage of this in order to score the opener thanks to Sunrisian striker Junior Mardinho, who had received a lot of flak the last season due to his own goal drought, however, the man from Northern Sunrise Islands vindicated himself with his fans with a strong header after 17 minutes. This goal greatly increased Edmonton's confidence, and the King's Shield holders were very close to increase the gap with the Liga-1 champions but Jeffrey Starr, TFC's goalie, saved his side from conceding more goals. TFC striker Julián Rosero constantly tried to threaten Edmonton's defense but the Montie back line was totally impervious to the Liga-1 champions for the duration of the first half.

The roles were inverted for the second half, though, as Tannenberg looked like the best side on the pitch, while the KIng's Shield holders, perhaps already exhausted by the effort done during the first 45 minutes, allowed TFC to take the reins of the match and create the most dangerous chances. One of those would be capitalized into the equalizer in the 55th minute, courtesy of midfielder Alan Collins after an impressive run from the middle of the field. Like happened with Edmonton's goal, this goal plus the cheering coming from the fans at the stands (who were majority in this Saturday afternoon game in Canalave) pushed TFC to go for the winner. Rosero and Frank Zapata kept trying to score more goals but unfortunately for them (well, fortunately for Edmonton's interests), the ball did not enter the goal and the match went to extra time. However, in those 30 additional minutes, neither Citizens nor Monties were able to do something to separate each other and the Canalave Crown's new holder had to be decided through the penalty shootout.

Luck was tough with Edmonton's "stars" in the shootout, however, as both Mardinho and Paulo Jr. missed their respective penalties and allowed TFC, who displayed a 100% effectiveness, to claim the Canalave Crown after only 4 kicks for each team.

SIXTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: TANNENBERG FC VS. EDMONTON UNITED

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 33,583)

Tannenberg FC 1-1 Edmonton United (1-1 AET) (Collins 55', Mardinho 17')

* TFC won 4-2 on penalty kicks

Liga-1 Season Review

Ole, ole! Ole, ola! The Alligators are champions once again!

Metropolis Alligators are back in the throne of Valladar football after 5 seasons of drought and a very disappointing Centenary year. The (now) ten-time champions were once again the side that won the most matches in the season, and despite their high number of losses (10), Joachim Schwartz's side managed to win their tenth Stargoal and match Fontvielle Impact's record with one match to spare and a dominating win over arch-rivals Nacional, keeping a 5-point gap with AS Bezieres which was ultimately reduced to 2 points after Les Rouges beat Canalave Dragons in the last matchday and MA fell to Eterna Stars at the Alain Tramontin Stadium. Speaking of the red-clad team, Bezieres had to paddle upstream in order to claim another set of 23 silver medals: they started the season with a draw in Columbus and a win over Edmonton at the Stade de Foix, however, they were unable to edge past Étoile Verte in the Derby and were also humbled by Marinos at home. Eventually Les Rouges were able to put together their team but a draw with Slateport Bulls at home paved the way for the Alligators to claim the title one week later. Meanwhile, the defending champions were having loads of trouble by their big amount of draws throughout the season which had them placed in eighth at halfway point. However, TFC managed to perform a remarkable comeback during the second half of the season which helped them secure a place in the league podium and a berth into the Champions' Cup preliminaries.

And now we're getting into the hottest zone of the standings this season: the fourth and last Champions' Cup berth and two Globe Cup ones, with Fontvielle Impact, Pradera FC, Eterna Stars, Nacional, and even Marinos Metropolis heading to the final day with chances to snatch one of the three UICA berths at stake (although Marinos could only aim at one of the Globe Cup ones). In the last matchday, Nacional and Fontvielle Impact were playing each other, Pradera were playing host to Edmonton, the Stars were due to play the newly-crowned champions, and Marinos were being visited by Columbus, who had been relegated the previous week after losing to Pradera at home. After the last day of the season, Eterna Stars were able to leapfrog Fontvielle Impact for the last Champions' Cup berth thanks to their aforementioned win over the Alligators and Impact's loss at the City of Metropolis Stadium, meaning that the renewed Stars passed from the hell called "Liga-2" to the honour of being able to compete in the most prestigious club football competition of the multiverse in just 2 seasons.

Speaking of Nacional, it seems that Alberto Vega's strategy of forming a team made in its entirety by home-grown players has started to pay off, as La Academia managed to secure their return to UICA football next season with a narrow win over Fontvielle Impact despite being challenging for Champions' Cup football for most of the season, while l'Impact rounded up their worst season in a while with that loss to Nacional and the sacking of their coach Frank Boern (well, technically it's not a sacking as Boern will be heading back to Impact's farm team Sion-Impact). Fortunately for them, sixth place is now enough to clinch a Globe Cup berth although who knows how long the bliss will last.

However, where there are winners there must be losers as well, and Pradera and Marinos were the biggest losers of the day. The Verdiblancos blew away their chance to return to the Champions' Cup (and by extension, any UICA tournament) in ridiculous fashion with a 1-0 loss to Edmonton at home, with the Monties scoring the lone goal of the match in the dying minutes of the match, while Marinos were blushed by relegated outfit Columbus and lost 3-1 to them at the Dome, bidding farewell to their slim chance to get into the Globe Cup through the window. Slateport Bulls were, like Nacional, cruising to a CC berth for 3/4s of the season, however they let their balloon pop in the final stretch and eventually, a 2-0 loss to Olympique in Round 37 knocked them out of UICA contention, while Étoile Verte were too busy with their King's Shield campaign to pay attention to the league, but nevertheless were able to finish in a respectable 10th place.

Now, going into the lower half of the table, we see Edmonton United and Olympique de Fontvielle being punished by their dreadful campaigns with dreadful finishes in 11th and 12th place, respectively, Minault United finished one place below Olympique and for the first time in their relatively short Liga-1 history, the Matecañas ended outside the top 10 of the league, Canalave Dragons had another subpar campaign which left them anchored to 14th place, with Sillimus being happy with a 15th place which allows them to survive in the Liga-1 for another season, and despite Deportivo Junín were unable to turn their faraway stadium into a fortress, the Granates did a decent enough campaign which gave them the chance to avoid relegation in their maiden Liga-1 season, even though they could only be fully relieved after beating Étoile Verte 3-0 at the Camal Stadium on the last day of the season.

And now we talk about the bottom four, with Tallin being the team who will have to play two extra matches against a Liga-2 side after being unable to avoid defeat in their final match of the season against Olympique de Fontvielle while also seeing Junín defeat Étoile Verte, result which also doomed CAP, who lost to Sillimus (who reached safety with this win) and will be heading back to Liga-2 along with Columbus, who will be returning to Liga-2 after another cameo appearance in Liga-1, and Montreux, who did a terrible campaign in the first half of the season by collecting only 11 out of 57 possible points and were unable to catch up with the rest of teams in the red zone.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        38  25   3  10  66  41  +25  78 CH - CC
  2  AS Bezieres                  38  21  13   4  71  37  +34  76 CC
  3  Tannenberg FC                38  17  13   8  70  58  +12  64 CC
  4  Eterna Stars                 38  16  12  10  63  47  +16  60 CC
  5  Nacional                     38  17   9  12  51  52   -1  60 GC
  6  Fontvielle Impact            38  16  11  11  60  48  +12  59 GC
  7  Pradera FC                   38  17   8  13  52  45   +7  59
  8  Marinos Metropolis           38  15  10  13  70  62   +8  55
  9  Slateport Bulls              38  15  10  13  42  36   +6  55
 10  Étoile Verte                 38  14  12  12  47  47   +0  54 GC/CYG
 11  Edmonton United              38  14  12  12  57  50   +7  54
 12  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  12  16  10  48  43   +5  52
 13  Minault United               38  11  12  15  43  52   -9  45
 14  Canalave Dragons             38  11  10  17  50  60  -10  43
 15  FC Sillimus                  38   9  15  14  36  47  -11  42
 16  Deportivo Junín              38  10   9  19  56  64   -8  39
 17  AC Tallin                    38   9  11  18  43  61  -18  38 P-O
 18  CAP                          38   8  11  19  34  59  -25  35 REL
 19  FC Columbus                  38   8  11  19  40  57  -17  35 REL
 20  AS Montreux                  38   8   6  24  27  60  -33  30 REL

CHAMPIONS
Metropolis Alligators (10th title)

The Twenty-Ninth King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

Pradera FC 0-2 AS Montreux

Minault United 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

Real Pradera 1-0 Olympique de Coulombes

Adelaide Kickers 4-0 Valencia FC

Deportivo Junín 2-1 AD Cerro

CR Palmas 1-0 Hamanos Athletic Club

Étoile Verte 3-2 Deportivo Aguablanca

Fontvielle Impact 1-2 Canalave Dragons

AS Montreux 2-2 Étoile Verte (2-2 AET, 0-2 PKs)

Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Real Pradera (2-2 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Deportivo Junín 0-2 CR Palmas

Adelaide Kickers 1-2 Canalave Dragons

Canalave Dragons 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

CR Palmas 0-2 Étoile Verte

THE TWENTY-NINTH KING'S SHIELD FINAL
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 48,325)

Canalave Dragons 0-2 Étoile Verte (Clancy 33', Urrea (OG) 77')

Congratulations to Étoile Verte, who won their first King's Shield ever and qualified for both the Globe Cup and the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pumas Maldonado             38  24   8   6  57  27  +30  80  CH - SBCC
  2 RC Belfort                  38  20   9   9  56  36  +20  69  P - SBCC
  3 Real Campo Grande           38  19  11   8  61  40  +21  68  P/O
  4 Bohemians Metropolis        38  21   3  14  60  48  +12  66  P/O
  5 Ajax Carloburgo             38  19   8  11  53  46   +7  65  P/O
  6 AD Cerro                    38  19   5  14  55  48   +7  62  P/O
  7 Valencia FC                 38  17   9  12  54  42  +12  60
  8 Hoxford Rovers              38  17   7  14  53  47   +6  58
  9 AS Vaud                     38  18   4  16  40  41   -1  58
 10 Nord Energie FC             38  14  14  10  37  31   +6  56
 11 Servette FC                 38  14   7  17  53  54   -1  49
 12 Bretford Royals             38  11  14  13  26  32   -6  47
 13 FC Fauxham                  38  12   9  17  37  42   -5  45
 14 Olympique de Coulombes      38  12   8  18  52  56   -4  44
 15 Gatineau UC 98              38  11   9  18  39  60  -21  42
 16 Deportivo Aguablanca        38  12   5  21  42  54  -12  41
 17 EC Comercial                38   9  11  18  34  50  -16  38  P-O
 18 SC Alcázares                38  10   8  20  42  53  -11  38  REL
 19 Real Pradera                38  10   8  20  42  62  -20  38  REL
 20 Hamanos Athletic Club       38   7  11  20  27  51  -24  32  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

AD Cerro (6) 1-1 (3) Real Campo Grande
Real Campo Grande (3) 2-0 (6) AD Cerro
Agg: Real Campo Grande 3-1 AD Cerro

Ajax Carloburgo (5) 2-1 (4) Bohemians Metropolis
Bohemians Metropolis (4) 0-0 (5) Ajax Carloburgo
Agg: Bohemians Metropolis 1-2 Ajax Carloburgo

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Real Campo Grande (3) 1-0 (5) Ajax Carloburgo

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AC Tallin vs. Ajax Carloburgo

Ajax Carloburgo 3-1 AC Tallin
AC Tallin 2-0 Ajax Carloburgo (3-3 agg) (AC Tallin advance on away goals rule)

Thus, AC Tallin will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  19  10   9  49  28  +21  67  CH - P
  2 CR Palmas                       38  17  12   9  54  43  +11  63  P
  3 Patriotas FC                    38  18   8  12  50  40  +10  62  P/O
  4 Villaznia AC                    38  17  11  10  43  30  +13  62  P/O
  5 Adelaide Kickers                38  16  13   9  58  39  +19  61  P/O
  6 Neuchâtel-Sport                 38  14  16   8  45  35  +10  58  P/O
  7 Universitario de Maldonado      38  15  11  12  44  35   +9  56
  8 Atlas SC                        38  13  16   9  38  37   +1  55
  9 Stanford United                 38  16   5  17  38  41   -3  53
 10 RC Corania                      38  13  13  12  40  38   +2  52
 11 Alianza Antioquia               38  14  10  14  38  42   -4  52
 12 Corumbá EC                      38  12  13  13  41  43   -2  49
 13 Newcastle Town                  38  12  11  15  34  33   +1  47
 14 FC Townsville                   38  12  11  15  37  46   -9  47
 15 AS Lausanne                     38  12  11  15  36  48  -12  47
 16 Eterna Celtic                   38  10  14  14  40  45   -5  44
 17 Club Osum                       38  11   9  18  37  45   -8  42
 18 AC Talamonte                    38  11   5  22  30  50  -20  38  REL
 19 Defensores de Neuquén           38   8  13  17  33  47  -14  37  REL
 20 Deportivo Lomas                 38   9  10  19  27  47  -20  37  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Neuchâtel-Sport (6) 0-2 (3) Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC (3) 2-0 (6) Neuchâtel-Sport
Agg: Patriotas FC 4-0 Neuchâtel-Sport

Adelaide Kickers (5) 1-1 (4) Villaznia AC
Villaznia AC (4) 1-3 (5) Adelaide Kickers
Agg: Villaznia AC 2-4 Adelaide Kickers

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Patriotas FC (3) 1-1 (5) Adelaide Kickers (2-1 AET)

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: EC Comercial vs. Adelaide Kickers

Adelaide Kickers 1-0 EC Comercial
EC Comercial 4-2 Adelaide Kickers (4-3 agg)

Thus, EC Comercial will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Metropolis Alligators
Runner-Up: AS Bezieres
King's Shield Winner: Étoile Verte
Relegated Teams: CAP, FC Columbus, AS Montreux
Promoted Teams: Pumas Maldonado, RC Belfort, Real Campo Grande

Top Scorers:

1. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 25 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Edwin Aguilar (Marinos Metropolis): 24 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Daniel Mendoza (Pradera FC): 22 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Julián Rosero (Tannenberg FC): 21 goals
5. Lucas Valdez (Nacional): 20 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 54:
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 champions
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Tannenberg FC - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team
Eterna Stars - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team

Globe Cup 51:
Étoile Verte - King's Shield winners
Nacional - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 sixth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 51:
Pumas Maldonado - Valladar Liga-2 champions
RC Belfort - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
Real Campo Grande - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Ajax Carloburgo - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 29:
Étoile Verte - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:26 am

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTIETH SEASON (PART I OF IV)

Ladies and gentlemen, the VFA and the Liga Federal de Valladares now welcome you all to a new installment of the LFV, its fortieth season! With Metropolis Alligators winning their tenth championship and matching Fontvielle Impact's record at the summit of the roll of honour this last season, 19 other teams from all over Valladares will be looking forward to dethrone them in November. Three Champions' Cup spots and two Globe Cup ones will be up for grabs via the league this season, with a third GC one to be awarded via the King's Shield (or via the league if the Shield winner and runner-up are already qualified for UICA competition), and the fight for those berths is expected to be an exciting affair as it usually is. Will MA be able to successfully defend their title and edge past l'Impact with a record eleventh championship? or will this season be the time for another team? The answer can be found within the four parts of this season's review!

Canalave Crown Match (March 8)

As usual every season, the Canalave Crown match was the curtain-raiser to the new season of Valladar football, with Liga-1 defending champions Metropolis Alligators and King's Shield current holders Étoile Verte presenting their new squads and kicking off the new season in front of 39,871 spectators who gathered at Dragon Stadium on a sunny Saturday afternoon. This time, Metropolis Alligators defeated Étoile Verte 2-0 thanks to goals scored by MA's "star signing" in the shape of Euran Sam Ashtree in the 12th minute and youngster Andy Hoyos in the 62nd minute. As usual, the Canalave Crown match wasn't really a brilliant match but had its moments of excitement nonetheless and also allowed coaches and fans of both sides to look at the pros and cons of their teams before their Liga-1 début the following weekend.

THE SEVENTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS VS. ÉTOILE VERTE
@ Dragon Stadium, City of Canalave, Canalave
Attendance: 39,871
Referee: Santiago Laverde (Antioquia)

Metropolis Alligators 2-0 Étoile Verte
(Ashtree 12', Hoyos 62')

King's Shield Preliminary Round (March 12)

Before we start with the proper Liga-1 season, it's time for King's Shield action to start, with the Preliminary Round, featuring 96 Valladar clubs, who are currently competing in the Ligas Regionales (5th division) and the eight State Championships (6th division) and will be fighting for a berth into the main cup competition.

Remo 0-0 Cidade do Leste (0-1 AET)

Port Arthur Warriors 1-1 Westporte Sailors FC (2-1 AET)

Bridgeborough United 0-3 RC Copacabana

SC Canalave Young Boys 1-2 CS Ypres

Townsville Fury 0-1 Yumbo FC

Northport Mariners 2-1 Campinas FC

Leeward Tech FC 0-1 Real Colón

FC Silverstone 1-0 Abbotsford SC

Orlèans FC 2-1 AFC Fylde

Carolina Rangers 1-1 Sporting Florencia (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Northport Bears 1-1 Alejandría SC (1-1 AET, 1-0 PKs)

RC Victoria 1-3 AC Huez

Adelaide City FC 4-0 Atlético Rozo

FC Westporte 984 0-0 Hoxford Athletic (0-1 AET)

Deportivo Meléndez 3-1 CS Clermont

Unión de Loja FC 0-2 Stade Foixien

AD Sillimus 3-2 EC São Januário

Port Arthur FC 2-1 Hamilton Steelers

Isla Nueva FC 1-1 Trois-Rivières Athletic (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)

FC Blacktown 1-1 Kingsville Reds (1-1 AET, 4-1 PKs)

Sillimus Islanders FC 2-1 Aguablanca FC

Araguaná 0-0 Policía Nacional FC (0-0 AET, 3-0 PKs)

AC St. Louis 3-0 AFC Trefford

Rapid Metropolis 3-1 Westporte City FC

Fauxham United 3-2 Port Authority FC

Fermont OSC 0-1 Standard Fontvielle

Sion-Impact OSC 1-1 Mountain United (1-2 AET)

Victoria United 4-2 Columbus Cannons

Nacional FC 2-0 Operário FC

Richmond City 1-1 Cerro Plateado FC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Buitrera FC 0-1 Hamilton Rockets

Borderville Rogues 1-2 Potros de Slateport

Adelaide Heart FC 1-0 FC Annecy

OSC Canalave 0-0 Jamundí FC (0-0 AET, 5-4 PKs)

Cardenales FC 0-0 Chesham Town (0-0 AET, 3-4 PKs)

Rexam 4-0 Salvador FC

Metropolis City FC 1-1 Deportivo Balboa (2-1 AET)

Santacruz FC 0-0 Swangard FC (1-0 AET)

Blue-White Westporte 0-0 Atlético Caney (1-0 AET)

Mineros de Talamonte 1-0 FC 1093 Los Chorros

Tarragona FC 0-1 Vitória Maldonado

Atlético Robles 0-0 Estrella Roja (0-1 AET)

Excelsior Exeter 1-0 Deportivo Angostura

University of Canalave FC 0-0 LDU Victoria (1-1 AET, 5-6 PKs)

Tessano FC 1-0 Atlético Nápoles

FC Verder Metropolis 1-0 AC Valencia

Campograndense 1-3 Central Español

Português 1-0 FC Bluewich-Furness

And now we return to your normal Liga-1 broadcast...

Round 1 (March 14-15-16)

This new season of Liga-1 action started on March 14th with the Champions' Kick-Off, which had Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators playing host to their Liga-2 counterparts, Pumas Maldonado. The Alligators would eventually start their title defense with a win thanks to a goal by Euran in the 79th minute of the match. Meanwhile, Pradera, TFC, and AS Bezieres had few problems to claim their first wins of the season: both Verdiblancos and Citizens won on the road by identical scores against FC Sillimus and Slateport Bulls, respectively, while Les Rouges trounced Olympique de Fontvielle at their own home with a relentless 5-1. The Stars also picked up their first win of the season on the road, after a nail-bitter against Tallin at Parken Road, while Victor Anigo's tenure of Fontvielle Impact started with a draw in Bezieres against Étoile Verte. In other matches, the Dragons lost to Minault in Slateport, Belfort won three valuable points in the Westlands against Edmonton, and Nacional and Junín exchanged blow after blow in an interesting 3-3 draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium. There were only 9 matches played in the Liga-1's opening matchday, since the game between Real Campo Grande and Marinos Metropolis was postponed to a later date given that the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozelli will be closed for remodeling and expansion works for the duration of the season, and the temporary stadium for RCG (Arena do Jacaré in Corumbá) was not available this weekend.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
FC Sillimus 2-4 Pradera FC
Slateport Bulls 2-4 Tannenberg FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-5 AS Bezieres
Edmonton United 1-2 RC Belfort
Minault United 2-1 Canalave Dragons
Étoile Verte 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
AC Tallin 2-3 Eterna Stars
Nacional 3-3 Deportivo Junín
Real Campo Grande x-x Marinos Metropolis - POSTPONED

Round 2 (March 22-23)

TFC, RC Belfort, and incumbent champions Metropolis Alligators are the only sides that can count all their 2 matches of the season as wins, with Tannenberg hammering Pumas 5-1 at White Meadow Arena, Belfort handing Slateport their second defeat in a row with a 2-0 win at the Omnisports, and MA passing their first "big" test of the season with a narrow triumph over Pradera at the Antioquian capital. Canalave Dragons were able to bounce back from their loss last week by getting a hard-fought 3-2 win over Olympique de Fontvielle, who also have to count all their matches as defeats, while l'Impact were stomped by Edmonton at home. The Stars, who also have their home stadium closed for expansion, had to host Minault United at Frank Clair Stadium in Fauxham, but were unable to claim the full prize as Minault managed to snatch a point with a late goal, Real Campo Grande's season début was auspicious after a 4-0 rout of Nacional in Corumbá, Marinos and Tallin both starred a high-scoring draw at the Dome, and Sillimus' defensive antics proved to be too much for Bezieres, who were left frustrated after their 0-0 draw at the Stade de Foix.

Pradera FC 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
Tannenberg FC 5-1 Pumas Maldonado
AS Bezieres 0-0 FC Sillimus
RC Belfort 2-0 Slateport Bulls
Canalave Dragons 3-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Fontvielle Impact 0-3 Edmonton United
Eterna Stars 1-1 Minault United
Deportivo Junín 1-2 Étoile Verte
Marinos Metropolis 4-4 AC Tallin
Real Campo Grande 4-0 Nacional

Round 3 (March 29-30)

Matchday 3 was the first time Metropolis Alligators and Tannenberg FC clashed in the season, and the Citizens shocked the incumbent Liga-1 champions with an unexpected 2-1 win at the Dome, thus jumping at the summit of the table, with surprise package Belfort also making 9 out of 9 thanks to a victory over the blue-clad punching bag (aka Pumas) in Maldonado. Real Campo Grande's campaign is also perfect so far despite having only played 2 matches and they gave another sample of their strong start of the season with their road 3-2 win over Étoile Verte. In other interesting matches, Bezieres managed to steal a point from the Estadio Gobernador Villa with their 2-2 draw vs. Pradera, Impact finally lifted off after defeating the Bulls 2-1 at the Estadio de la Riviera and dooming them to their third loss in three outings this season, with Marinos also getting a win there against Minault the previous day, Olympique de Fontvielle got their first point of the season after drawing the Stars at home, Nacional conceded four goals once again, and the Dragons' short trip to Sillimus island ended in defeat to the Griffons.

Metropolis Alligators 1-2 Tannenberg FC

Metropolis Alligators' first defeat of
the season came courtesy of TFC.

Pradera FC 2-2 AS Bezieres
Pumas Maldonado 2-3 RC Belfort
FC Sillimus 1-0 Canalave Dragons
Slateport Bulls 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Eterna Stars
Edmonton United 0-0 Deportivo Junín
Minault United 1-2 Marinos Metropolis
Étoile Verte 2-3 Real Campo Grande
AC Tallin 4-1 Nacional

Round 4 (April 5-6)

TFC continued with their perfect start of the season by beating another early contender, RC Belfort, the lone goal at the Omnisports coming from Guayabalense player Marcos Haedo. The Alligators were able to bounce back from their defeat the last weekend against the Citizens and snatched three valuable points from the Stade de Foix with a win over Bezieres, who are now unable to win a match since their thumping of Olympique on the opening matchday, while Real Campo Grande got their perfect streak cut by Edmonton United, who battled hard to get a 3-3 draw in Corumbá, and Fontvielle Impact won their second match in a row after dispatching bottom-placed Pumas at home. In other matches, Olympique de Fontvielle won their first match of the season at the Dome against Marinos, Canalave Dragons and Pradera cancelled each other out with their 1-1 draw at Dragon Stadium, as did Tallin and Étoile Verte in Carloburgo, Nacional got their first win by beating Minault 3-2 at home, the Stars drew 0-0 against Sillimus in a dull match played on the island despite the Stars were the home side, and Junín buried the Bulls at the basement as the team from Slateport were defeated 2-nil in their visit to the far eastern city.

AS Bezieres 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
RC Belfort 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Pradera FC
Fontvielle Impact 4-1 Pumas Maldonado
Eterna Stars 0-0 FC Sillimus
Deportivo Junín 2-0 Slateport Bulls
Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Real Campo Grande 3-3 Edmonton United
Nacional 3-2 Minault United
AC Tallin 1-1 Étoile Verte

Round 5 (April 12-13)

Fontvielle Impact put the handbrake on TFC with their 5-1 thrashing of the leaders at White Meadow Arena, however, both Alligators and Belfort missed out on the chance to level the Citizens in points at the summit after both sides cancelled themselves out with their 1-1 draw at the Dome and now trail Tannenberg by 2 points. Meanwhile, Bezieres won for the first time after MD1 by clobbering Canalave Dragons 4-0 and jumped to fifth place with 8 points, same as Tallin, who shocked Edmonton in the Westlands with a 1-0 win, Junín, who got their second win in a row against Pumas (who now pile up five straight losses), and Pradera (who edged past the Stars). The Bulls were finally able to collect points after five matches with a 2-0 win over Real Campo Grande, while Nacional and Olympique tied at the Stade de l'Amitié, result that doesn't help either side climb up the table.

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 RC Belfort

Jérome Revault (red) opened the path
to victory for l'ASB vs. the Dragons.

AS Bezieres 4-0 Canalave Dragons
Tannenberg FC 1-5 Fontvielle Impact
Pradera FC 1-0 Eterna Stars
Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Deportivo Junín
FC Sillimus 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Slateport Bulls 2-0 Real Campo Grande
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Nacional
Edmonton United 0-1 AC Tallin
Minault United 1-1 Étoile Verte

Round 6 (April 16-17)

TFC remain as sole leaders after bringing Junín's 2-match unbeaten streak to an end with their narrow 1-0 win at Junín Arena, with Metropolis Alligators in pursuit of the leaders after beating the Dragons in Canalave. Fontvielle Impact and Belfort were unable to separate each other with their scoreless draw at the Stade de la Frontière and allowed Tannenberg to open a 4-point gap on both plus Pradera, who seized third place after dismantling Marinos in the capital. In other matches, Real Campo Grande defeated Pumas in the Chiquito Derby, Slateport won their second match at Tallin's expense, Nacional defeated Sillimus at the City of Metropolis Stadium, and Olympique and Étoile Verte were unable to harm each other at the Stade de Charmilliot. The Eterna Stars-ASB match was postponed because of the Stars' inability to find a suitable venue for an "A-Class" game.

Canalave Dragons 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
Fontvielle Impact 0-0 RC Belfort
Eterna Stars x-x AS Bezieres - POSTPONED
Deportivo Junín 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Marinos Metropolis 0-5 Pradera FC
Real Campo Grande 3-1 Pumas Maldonado
Nacional 2-0 FC Sillimus
AC Tallin 0-1 Slateport Bulls
Étoile Verte 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Minault United 0-2 Edmonton United

Round 7 (April 19-20)

The season's first Derby between Metropolis Alligators and Fontvielle Impact, which was won by MA 1-0, was filled with controversy as l'Impact had two legit goals disallowed as well as some claims from the Foixiens about a potential bias from the referee and his assistants towards the Alligators. Leaving controversy, the defending champions won an important match which allowed them to exert more pressure on TFC, who let Real Campo Grande escape White Meadow Arena with a point and now are only ahead of the Alligators thanks to their win over them in MD3. Pradera defeated Nacional in a hard-fought match and got closer to both leaders, while Canalave Dragons won an important match against the Stars at Dragon Stadium, which helps them move out of the basement zone, and Pumas got their first win of the season thanks to their win over Tallin in Maldonado. This matchday also featured draws in other 5 stadiums, as the Belfort-Junín, Bezieres-Marinos, Sillimus-Étoile Verte, Slateport-Minault, Olympique-Edmonton matches all ended with the teams involved on them sharing the spoils.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Fontvielle Impact

The first E1 Derby of the season
ended with a win for Canalave Dragons.

Canalave Dragons 2-1 Eterna Stars
RC Belfort 0-0 Deportivo Junín
AS Bezieres 2-2 Marinos Metropolis
Tannenberg FC 2-2 Real Campo Grande
Pradera FC 1-0 Nacional
Pumas Maldonado 2-1 AC Tallin
FC Sillimus 1-1 Étoile Verte
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Minault United
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Edmonton United

Round 8 (April 26-27)

Round 8 brought punctures for both leaders, as Tannenberg fell victims to Tallin in the season's first Carloburgo Derby, while MA were defeated by the Stars in Canalave after being twice ahead in the scoreboard. However, Pradera missed out on the chance to seize top spot after losing to Étoile Verte in their trip to Bezieres, with Fontvielle Impact taking advantage of this in order to snatch third place from Pradera's hands with a brilliant performance (and victory) in Junín against the Granates. Meanwhile, Belfort stay in the top places by getting an important point in Corumbá against Real Campo Grande, who were left frustrated by that scoreless draw at home, and Sillimus broke into the top half thanks to a shock win over Edmonton at Albert Field. Marinos-Canalave and Minault-Pumas starred two boring stalemates between teams that are in desperate need of wins to move out of the red zone, Nacional and Bezieres drew a match that could have perfectly gone either way, and Olympique and Slateport Bulls were both disappointed by their 1-1 draw as well.

Eterna Stars 3-2 Metropolis Alligators
Deportivo Junín 1-4 Fontvielle Impact
Marinos Metropolis 0-0 Canalave Dragons
Real Campo Grande 0-0 RC Belfort
Nacional 2-2 AS Bezieres
AC Tallin 2-0 Tannenberg FC
Étoile Verte 3-1 Pradera FC
Minault United 0-0 Pumas Maldonado
Edmonton United 1-2 FC Sillimus
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Slateport Bulls

Round 9 (May 3-4)

The head-to-head for the Liga-1's top spot between TFC and MA continues as both sides pick up narrow 1-0 victories in their respective home matches against Minault and Junín, with Pradera still trailing both leaders by 2 points and collecting a win against Edmonton at the Gobernador Villa. Fontvielle Impact lost ground in the fight for the summit after losing to Real Campo Grande at home, with Belfort now suffering chronic empatitis after tying Tallin at the Omnisports. Meanwhile, the first Derby de Bezieres of the season had ASB emerge as winner in a tight affair against Étoile Verte, Alberto Vega's Nacional entered the top half of the standings with their important win at Dragon Stadium, the Bulls also got an important win on the road against Sillimus, cellar-dwellers Pumas and Olympique cancelled themselves out with yet another stalemate, as well as Stars and Marinos, who played at Riverside Stadium in Westporte thanks to the goodwill shown by the city's mayor.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Eterna Stars 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Real Campo Grande
Canalave Dragons 2-3 Nacional
RC Belfort 2-2 AC Tallin
AS Bezieres 1-0 Étoile Verte
Tannenberg FC 1-0 Minault United
Pradera FC 4-2 Edmonton United
Pumas Maldonado 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
FC Sillimus 0-2 Slateport Bulls

King's Shield First Round (May 7)

The proper King's Shield started with the first round and all the 80 teams from the LFV (Liga-1, Liga-2, and Liga-3) and Liga Nacional are entering the competition in this round, joining the 48 preliminary round winners, to make a field of 128 teams. Metropolis Alligators, Fontvielle Impact, Olympique de Fontvielle, AC Tallin, Deportivo Junín, and Minault United found few problems to make it to the next round, with Étoile Verte, Real Campo Grande, Edmonton, and Slateport Bulls also winning their ties against non-Liga-1 sides and qualifying for the Second Round. The current Liga-1 leaders, Tannenberg FC were eliminated from the competition after losing to Marinos at the Metropolis Dome, while the Stars were knocked out by their own arch-rival, Canalave Dragons. Meanwhile, the current Liga-2 champions, Pumas Maldonado, were defeated by Stanford United and thus, knocked out of the competition as well, however, Nacional and ASB had more resounding failures, as Los Albos were beaten by División 1 Distrital side Central Español, while Bezieres were pushed to penalty kicks and eliminated by another División 1 Distrital outfit, FC Verder Metropolis.

FC Fauxham 1-2 Étoile Verte

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-0 Newcastle Town

AS Montreux 3-1 Metropolis City FC

Northport Bears 1-1 Nacional FC (1-1 AET, 0-1 PKs)

SC Tabatinga 1-1 Bellavista Jets (1-2 AET)

Hamanos Athletic Club 1-4 AC Tallin

Fontvielle Impact 4-0 AS Mont-Blanc

Estrella Roja 0-2 Estudiantes de Colón

AS Laval-Avignon 0-2 Real Campo Grande

Atlético Pavia 0-3 FC Sillimus

Gazélec Saint-Rémy 4-1 Santacruz FC

Clermont FC 0-1 Edmonton United

Patriotas FC 1-1 Bretford Royals (2-1 AET)

Metropolis Alligators 5-0 Alianza Antioquia

Rexam 1-3 Canalave Rangers

Stade Foixien 3-5 Real Colón

Mountain United 1-0 Port Arthur FC

FC Columbus 1-3 Danubio FC

AS Bezieres 1-1 FC Verder Metropolis (2-2 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Slateport Bulls 1-0 Toril Beavers

Carloburgo Phoenix 4-0 Potros de Slateport

Cidade do Leste 0-3 Olympique de Fontvielle

Orlèans FC 1-3 Defensores de Neuquén

San Luis FC 3-0 Yumbo FC

Villaznia AC 0-1 Servette FC

Dynamo Metropolis 4-1 Standard Fontvielle

Universitario de Maldonado 1-0 Deportivo Aguablanca

Atlético Poblado 0-1 Ajax Carloburgo

Olympique de Coulombes 2-0 Tessano FC

EC Comercial 2-0 Chesham Town

Português 0-0 Deportivo Meléndez (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)

SC Río Laguna 0-1 CR Palmas

Adelaide Kickers 5-0 Sillimus Islanders FC

Real Pradera 0-0 Neuchâtel-Sport (0-0 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Fauxham United 0-2 Club Osum

Victoria United 1-1 Vitória Maldonado (1-2 AET)

AC Talamonte 0-0 AC St. Louis (0-0 AET, 4-2 PKs)

Northport Mariners 0-2 CS Ypres

Adelaide City FC 1-1 Hoxford Athletic (1-3 AET)

Corumbá EC 1-1 FC Coulombes (2-1 AET)

Marinos Metropolis 2-0 Tannenberg FC

Cerro Plateado FC 1-1 AS Lausanne (2-1 AET)

FC Silverstone 2-0 Port Arthur Warriors

Atlas SC 1-0 LDU Victoria

RC Copacabana 2-3 Cartago FC

Araguaná 0-1 OSC Canalave

RC Belfort 2-0 Gatineau Athletic Club

Sporting Florencia 1-0 AS Vaud

Pradera FC 3-0 Mineros de Talamonte

Hoxford Rovers 2-0 Adelaide Heart FC

RC Corania 0-0 Hamilton Rockets (1-0 AET)

Stanford United 2-0 Pumas Maldonado

Curzón FC 3-0 AD Sillimus

FC Townsville 2-0 AC Huez

SC Alcázares 1-2 Eterna Celtic

Eterna Stars 1-2 Canalave Dragons

Minault United 4-1 Deportivo Lomas

Deportivo Junín 4-0 Rapid Metropolis

Excelsior Exeter 3-2 FC Blacktown

Bohemians Metropolis 0-2 CAP

Central Español 2-1 Nacional

Nord Energie FC 1-0 Gatineau UC 98

FC Borderville 2-0 Valencia FC

Blue-White Westporte 1-2 AD Cerro

Round 10 (May 10-11)

We've reached the first quarter of this season and Pradera finally reached the top after taking advantage of Tannenberg's high-scoring draw in Fontvielle against Olympique, and Marinos' much-needed win in the Derby Metropolitano against the defending champions, seizing first place with a win over the Bulls and a better goal difference than TFC's. Despite losing to Junín at Corumbá, Real Campo Grande remain in fourth place with 15 points, with Tallin (who beat Impact at Parken Road) and Nacional (who won their match against the Stars in the capital) exerting pressure over them, even though RCG have one match still to play. Fontvielle Impact are now seventh after their setback in Carloburgo, along with Belfort, who got their draw streak interrupted by a resounding defeat at the hands of Minault in Slateport, while Bezieres lost to Edmonton in the Westlands and fell to ninth place. Canalave Dragons got a relieving three points in Bezieres with their win over Étoile Verte, and the lower zone of the table looks congested after the season's first quarter, though Pumas Maldonado in last place and trailing the second-from-bottom (Olympique) by 4 points shouldn't be that surprising.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Metropolis Alligators

Edwin Aguilar celebrates his goal
against the Alligators in the Derby.

Real Campo Grande 0-2 Deportivo Junín
Nacional 5-3 Eterna Stars
AC Tallin 2-1 Fontvielle Impact
Étoile Verte 0-1 Canalave Dragons
Minault United 3-0 RC Belfort
Edmonton United 2-0 AS Bezieres
Olympique de Fontvielle 4-4 Tannenberg FC
Slateport Bulls 0-2 Pradera FC
FC Sillimus 0-0 Pumas Maldonado

Standings after Matchday 10

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Pradera FC                  10  6  2  2  22  12  +10  20
  2  Tannenberg FC               10  6  2  2  21  17   +4  20
  3  Metropolis Alligators       10  6  1  3  13   9   +4  19
  4  Real Campo Grande            9  4  3  2  16  12   +4  15
  5  AC Tallin                   10  4  3  3  19  15   +4  15
  6  Nacional                    10  4  3  3  20  22   -2  15
  7  Fontvielle Impact           10  4  2  4  17  12   +5  14
  8  RC Belfort                  10  3  5  2  10  10   +0  14
  9  AS Bezieres                  9  3  4  2  17  11   +6  13
 10  Edmonton United             10  3  3  4  15  13   +2  12
 11  Deportivo Junín             10  3  3  4  11  11   +0  12
 12  FC Sillimus                 10  2  5  3   7  11   -4  11
 13  Canalave Dragons            10  3  2  5  10  16   -6  11
 14  Slateport Bulls             10  3  2  5  10  14   -4  11
 15  Marinos Metropolis           9  2  5  2  11  15   -4  11
 16  Étoile Verte                10  2  5  3  11  11   +0  11
 17  Eterna Stars                 9  2  4  3  12  14   -2  10
 18  Minault United              10  2  4  4  11  12   -1  10
 19  Olympique de Fontvielle     10  1  7  2  13  17   -4  10
 20  Pumas Maldonado             10  1  3  6   7  19  -12   6

Liga-2: In Liga-2, Nord Energie are the leaders after 10 matches with 21 points, with Bohemians, Valencia, and Bretford 2 points behind, and surprise package Patriotas trailing the Electric Boys by 3. As for the other favourites, we see Hoxford Rovers in seventh place and Ajax ninth with 16 points, but both of them close to promotion/playoff spots, while Vaud, Columbus, and Cerro are having a tough time in the middle zone. The other relegated sides last season are having a tough season as well, as Montreux are 14th after having only collected 10 points in the same amount of matches, while CAP remain winless with 6 draws and 4 losses in penultimate place.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                            P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nord Energie FC            10  6  3  1  12   5   +7  21
  2 Bohemians Metropolis       10  5  4  1  20  10  +10  19
  3 Valencia FC                10  5  4  1  19  11   +8  19
  4 Bretford Royals            10  5  4  1  13   6   +7  19
  5 Patriotas FC               10  6  0  4  13   9   +4  18
  6 Deportivo Aguablanca       10  4  5  1  13   8   +5  17
  7 Hoxford Rovers             10  4  4  2  16  13   +3  16
  8 Olympique de Coulombes     10  5  1  4   9   9   +0  16
  9 Ajax Carloburgo            10  4  4  2  16  12   +4  16
 10 EC Comercial               10  5  1  4  14  14   +0  16
 11 AS Vaud                    10  3  5  2  14  13   +1  14
 12 FC Columbus                10  4  2  4  13  13   +0  14
 13 AD Cerro                   10  3  3  4  11  11   +0  12
 14 AS Montreux                10  1  7  2  14  16   -2  10
 15 Servette FC                10  2  3  5  11  13   -2   9
 16 CR Palmas                  10  2  2  6   8  17   -9   8
 17 Carloburgo Phoenix         10  2  2  6   8  20  -12   8
 18 Gatineau UC 98             10  2  1  7  10  17   -7   7
 19 CAP                        10  0  6  4   7  15   -8   6
 20 FC Fauxham                 10  1  1  8  11  20   -9   4

Liga-3: The situation in Liga-3 also looks closely contested, as usual, with Atlas SC and Neuchâtel both on top with 19 points, with Alianza Antioquia being close to the leading duo with 18, and Villaznia trailing the leaders by 2 points. Real Pradera and Corumbá close the top 6 with 16 points each, while Newcastle Town are exerting pressure with 15 points, Corania, Universitario de Maldonado, Adelaide Kickers, and Townsville remain close to the playoff positions with 14 points, and Hamanos are drifting in the middle zone of the standings with 13 points.

Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
  1 Atlas SC                       10  6  1  3  15   9  +6  19
  2 Neuchâtel-Sport                10  6  1  3  14  10  +4  19
  3 Alianza Antioquia              10  5  3  2  21  17  +4  18
  4 Villaznia AC                   10  4  5  1  18   8 +10  17
  5 Real Pradera                   10  4  4  2  13  10  +3  16
  6 Corumbá EC                     10  5  1  4  10  12  -2  16
  7 Newcastle Town                 10  3  6  1  16  13  +3  15
  8 RC Corania                     10  4  2  4   8   7  +1  14
  9 Universitario de Maldonado     10  3  5  2  16  15  +1  14
 10 Adelaide Kickers               10  4  2  4  13  10  +3  14
 11 FC Townsville                  10  3  5  2  12  10  +2  14
 12 Danubio FC                     10  3  4  3  10  11  -1  13
 13 Hamanos Athletic Club          10  4  1  5  14  10  +4  13
 14 Stanford United                10  4  1  5  12  10  +2  13
 15 SC Alcázares                   10  2  6  2  14  16  -2  12
 16 AS Lausanne                    10  4  0  6   8  17  -9  12
 17 Estudiantes de Colón           10  2  4  4   9  16  -7  10
 18 AS Laval-Avignon               10  2  3  5  11  18  -7   9
 19 Club Osum                      10  2  2  6   8  13  -5   8
 20 Eterna Celtic                  10  0  4  6   6  16 -10   4

by **Valladares** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:59 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTIETH SEASON (PART II OF IV)

Round 11 (May 17-18)

Pradera continued one more week in the Liga-1's leadership thanks to their 3-0 win over cellar-dwellers Pumas at the Gobernador Villa, and were also helped by TFC's inability to defeat Sillimus at home and MA's home draw with Real Campo Grande. After these three teams, we've got four with 16 points: Bezieres, who defeated Slateport 2-1 and have still got one game in hand, Tallin, who snatched a draw against Junín with an extra dose of drama at the Arena Junín, the aforementioned Real Campo Grande, and Nacional, who drew in the derby against Marinos at the Dome. In other matches, Minault stunned Fontvielle Impact with an unexpected win at the Stade de la Frontière, and more ties: the Stars and Étoile Verte drew in Fauxham, Canalave Dragons and Edmonton cancelled each other out with their draw at Dragon Stadium, and Olympique de Fontvielle picked up a record eighth draw in the season, this time against Belfort in Gatineau.

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 Real Campo Grande
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Nacional
Deportivo Junín 2-2 AC Tallin
Eterna Stars 1-1 Étoile Verte
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Minault United
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Edmonton United
RC Belfort 3-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
AS Bezieres 2-1 Slateport Bulls
Tannenberg FC 2-2 FC Sillimus
Pradera FC 3-0 Pumas Maldonado

Round 12 (May 24-25)

Leaders Pradera hosted TFC in this matchday's standout match in which the table's summit was at stake. It was eventually an entertaining match with both sides sharing the spoils and keeping the Verdiblancos on top, and the Citizens were the most harmed side with the result as Metropolis Alligators took advantage of this draw to sneak into second place with their 2-1 victory over Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium. Real Campo Grande returned to fourth place by beating direct rivals Tallin at Parken Road and seeing Nacional lose and Bezieres tie Pumas in Maldonado, while the Derby de Fontvielle was another chance taken by Fontvielle Impact in their quest to climb up the table, the side coached by Victor Anigo sinking Olympique in the process with an own goal by Jéremy Carrasso at the Stade de l'Amitié, and Minault managed to break into the top half of the table thanks to their win over Deportivo Junín in Slateport. Speaking of the Bulls, their uninspiring campaign was dealt another blow by Canalave Dragons with their win at the Estadio de la Riviera, Marinos ended up on the losing end in their match against Étoile Verte, and Eterna Stars thrashed Edmonton in the Westlands and managed to breathe some fresh air.

Nacional 1-2 Metropolis Alligators

Olympique lost to Impact in the
season's first Derby de Fontvielle.

AC Tallin 0-1 Real Campo Grande
Étoile Verte 1-0 Marinos Metropolis
Minault United 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Edmonton United 2-5 Eterna Stars
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Slateport Bulls 1-2 Canalave Dragons
FC Sillimus 2-0 RC Belfort
Pumas Maldonado 1-1 AS Bezieres
Pradera FC 2-2 Tannenberg FC

Round 13 (May 31-June 1)

Matchday 13 and the arrival of June brought some unexpected losses to the top 3, as Pradera returned from Gatineau with a defeat at the hands of Belfort, MA were beaten by Tallin at the Dome, and Tannenberg were clobbered by Bezieres at the Stade de Foix. Meanwhile, Real Campo Grande capitalized on all those setbacks (especially TFC's) with a 5-1 thrashing of Minault at the Arena do Jacaré and moved into third place with 22 points and one game in hand, and both Foixien powerhouses managed to match the 20-point mark with ASB's aforementioned win and Impact's home victory against Sillimus. Nacional bounced back from their loss to the Alligators the previous week and defeated Étoile Verte at home, the Dragons piled up more misery on Pumas and beat them 2-0 at home, both Marinos and Olympique de Fontvielle reacted and got refreshing wins against Edmonton (the former) and Junín the latter, and Eterna Stars had another match postponed, this one being the SuperClásico against the Bulls since the Westporte Mayoralty refused to lend Riverside Stadium for the match and its Canalave counterpart refused the idea of having their two bitterest foes locking horns at their city.

Metropolis Alligators 0-1 AC Tallin
Nacional 2-0 Étoile Verte
Real Campo Grande 5-1 Minault United
Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Edmonton United
Deportivo Junín 1-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
Eterna Stars x-x Slateport Bulls - POSTPONED
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 FC Sillimus
Canalave Dragons 2-0 Pumas Maldonado
RC Belfort 2-0 Pradera FC
AS Bezieres 4-0 Tannenberg FC

King's Shield Second Round (June 4)

The King's Shield returned with its Second Round, in which the field of participants was cut from 64 First Round winners to only 32 teams. In this stage of the competition, we saw a clash of "Olympics" between Olympique de Fontvielle and their counterpart from Coulombes, currently competing in Liga-2, which eventually ended with Les Jaune et Bleu going through after thrashing their rival 6-1. Both Marinos and Metropolis Alligators are also through to the Round of 32 after beating FC Borderville and Universitario de Maldonado, with Fontvielle Impact and Slateport Bulls also winning their respective ties, as well as the Shield holders, Étoile Verte. Meanwhile, Edmonton barely managed to defeat a tough EC Comercial side at Albert Field, Pradera beat Liga Nacional side Defensores de Neuquén after being dragged by the latter to an exhausting extra time, as well as Real Campo Grande, who found Hoxford Rovers to be a very hard nut to crack, and Deportivo Junín got rid of Ajax Carloburgo with two goals in extra time. AC Tallin and FC Sillimus were both eliminated on penalty kicks, while Liga-3 outfit Eterna Celtic somehow "avenged" their neighbours by knocking Canalave Dragons out of the competition.

Carloburgo Phoenix 2-0 Danubio FC

Pradera FC 1-1 Defensores de Neuquén (2-1 AET)

Hoxford Athletic 1-2 Corumbá EC

FC Borderville 0-2 Marinos Metropolis

RC Belfort 1-2 Club Osum

Patriotas FC 1-3 FC Verder Metropolis

Olympique de Fontvielle 6-1 Olympique de Coulombes

Universitario de Maldonado 0-3 Metropolis Alligators

AC Talamonte 1-0 AD Cerro

San Luis FC 0-1 Central Español

OSC Canalave 0-0 FC Sillimus (0-0 AET, 1-0 PKs)

Fontvielle Impact 2-0 Neuchâtel-Sport

Mountain United 3-0 CR Palmas

Stanford United 1-0 Gazélec Saint-Rémy

Servette FC 0-0 AS Montreux (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Adelaide Kickers 1-0 Curzón FC

Bellavista Jets 0-2 Étoile Verte

Slateport Bulls 2-0 Vitória Maldonado

Dynamo Metropolis 1-0 Cartago FC

Excelsior Exeter 1-1 Trois-Rivières Athletic (2-1 AET)

Edmonton United 1-0 EC Comercial

Ajax Carloburgo 1-1 Deportivo Junín (1-3 AET)

FC Townsville 0-0 Português (1-0 AET)

FC Silverstone 0-1 Cerro Plateado FC

Eterna Celtic 1-0 Canalave Dragons

Sporting Florencia 1-1 Nord Energie FC (1-2 AET)

Atlas SC 3-1 Canalave Rangers

Hoxford Rovers 1-1 Real Campo Grande (1-2 AET)

Real Colón 1-3 CAP

Estudiantes de Colón 2-0 Nacional FC

CS Ypres 0-0 Minault United (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

AC Tallin 0-0 RC Corania (0-1 AET)

Meanwhile, Bezieres visited Eterna Stars in Canalave in order to play the postponed Liga-1 match they should have played on the weekend of April 16-17. The match was won by the Stars thanks to a lone goal by midfielder Fernando Sandoval, thus getting closer to the top half of the table and denting Bezieres' aspirations to close the grip on leaders Pradera.

Eterna Stars 1-0 AS Bezieres

Round 14 (June 7-8)

Things at the top of the table didn't change this weekend, given that both Pradera and TFC won on this matchday: the Verdiblancos beat Impact at the Gobernador Villa and the Citizens saw off Canalave Dragons with a triumph at White Meadow Arena. However, the defending champions lost more ground in the fight for the lead as they failed to beat Étoile Verte, while Bezieres exert more pressure on them after beating Belfort 2-0. Nacional also got three valuable points at Edmonton which allow them to continue in the fight for the top spots. Elsewhere, Olympique de Fontvielle won their second match in a row, preventing Real Campo Grande from breaking into the top 3, Slateport Bulls got a much-needed (and resounding) victory against the equally-troubled Marinos at the Estadio de la Riviera, and Eterna Stars won their second match in a row against Pumas in Maldonado.

Étoile Verte 0-0 Metropolis Alligators

Slateport Bulls thumped old foes
Marinos in the Blue Derby's first leg.

Minault United 1-0 AC Tallin
Edmonton United 1-3 Nacional
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Real Campo Grande
Slateport Bulls 3-0 Marinos Metropolis
FC Sillimus 2-1 Deportivo Junín
Pumas Maldonado 1-2 Eterna Stars
Pradera FC 3-1 Fontvielle Impact
Tannenberg FC 1-0 Canalave Dragons
AS Bezieres 2-0 RC Belfort

Round 15 (June 14-15)

Pradera's defeat at the hands of Deportivo Junín in the far east allowed Tannenberg to be on the lead once more with TFC beating the Stars 2-1 in Westporte, while Metropolis Alligators managed to jump to second place at the expense of the Verdiblancos by beating Minault at the Dome with a lone goal by Sam Ashtree, and Real Campo Grande defeated Sillimus in Corumbá and continue exerting pressure on the top 3, trailing both MA and Pradera by 2 points, and TFC by 3. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact played host to their arch-rivals AS Bezieres at the Stade de la Frontière and both Bleus and Rouges ended up sharing the spoils and keeping both sides away from the fight for the top spots. Slateport Bulls got their second win in a row by beating Nacional in an interesting match, Olympique de Fontvielle continue with their comeback after beating Tallin at Parken Road, Canalave Dragons are now eight thanks to their win over Belfort at Dragon Stadium, and Marinos have already hit the panic button after being surprised and defeated by bottom-placed Pumas.

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Minault United
Étoile Verte 0-0 Edmonton United
AC Tallin 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Nacional 2-3 Slateport Bulls
Real Campo Grande 2-0 FC Sillimus
Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Pumas Maldonado
Deportivo Junín 2-0 Pradera FC
Eterna Stars 1-2 Tannenberg FC
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 AS Bezieres
Canalave Dragons 3-1 RC Belfort

Postponed Match (June 18)

And now it's time for Real Campo Grande and Marinos Metropolis to play their MD1 postponed match, with Real looking for a win to seize top spot and Marinos looking to win in order to move away from the relegation zone. Eventually, victory was for the Mariners, who took advantage of virtually their only chance to score, courtesy of Michael Rubio, and moved up to 13th place with 18 points. In contrast, RCG stayed anchored to fourth place with 25 points.

Real Campo Grande 0-1 Marinos Metropolis

Round 16 (June 21-22)

TFC are still strong on the lead after beating Marinos in Carloburgo, and also after taking advantage of the Alligators' draw with Edmonton and both Pradera and Real Campo Grande cancelling themselves out at the Gobernador Villa. Bezieres are now fourth thanks to their win over Junín at the Stade Jules Picot, with Nacional emerging as victor from their match in Maldonado and still fighting to sneak in the top 5. Olympique de Fontvielle and Slateport Bulls continue with their comebacks with home wins against Minault and Étoile Verte respectively, while the Stars punctured in Gatineau against Belfort, and Impact proved to be too much for the Dragons, as the ten-time champions edged past the team from Canalave by the odd goal on seven.

Edmonton United 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Minault United
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Étoile Verte
FC Sillimus 1-0 AC Tallin
Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Nacional
Pradera FC 1-1 Real Campo Grande
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Marinos Metropolis
AS Bezieres 2-0 Deportivo Junín
RC Belfort 1-1 Eterna Stars
Canalave Dragons 3-4 Fontvielle Impact

Round 17 (June 28-29)

The Liga-1's summit exchanges owner once again, as Pradera are leaders once again thanks to their win over Tallin at Parken Road and TFC's loss to Nacional in Metropolis. MA were thumped by the revived Olympique de Fontvielle missed the chance to make it a triple tie at the top, while l'OF cruised to their fifth win in a row and are now sixth. Meanwhile, the Ilirian Derby was played in Maldonado and won by Bezieres, who seized third place with their win over RCG and reduced the gap with the leading duo to a single point. Impact left Dragon Stadium with a valuable point after denying the Stars the win in their match, Canalave Dragons demolished Junín at Arena Junín and continue clinging on the top half of the table, Edmonton were unable to escape the bottom 3 after only drawing the Bulls at home, and Marinos beat Belfort and keep moving away from the red zone.

Metropolis Alligators 0-3 Olympique de Fontvielle

The Ilirian Derby ended up with l'ASB
defeating RCG two-nil in Maldonado.

Edmonton United 2-2 Slateport Bulls
Minault United 3-1 FC Sillimus
Étoile Verte 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
AC Tallin 1-3 Pradera FC
Nacional 3-1 Tannenberg FC
Real Campo Grande 0-2 AS Bezieres
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 RC Belfort
Deportivo Junín 0-5 Canalave Dragons
Eterna Stars 1-1 Fontvielle Impact

Postponed Match (July 2)

Time for both Eterna Stars and Slateport Bulls to catch up on the league's fixture with the Eterna SuperClásico, which was played at Canalave after ~~begging~~making intensive efforts to convince the Canalave Mayoralty to let them play at Dragon Stadium. At the end of the day, the Stars managed to win a hard-fought match which helps them break into the top half of the table with 25 points, trailing MA (fourth) only by 3, while Slateport were left drifting in mid-table with 21 points.

Eterna Stars 3-2 Slateport Bulls

Round 18 (July 5-6)

Pradera managed to separate themselves from Tannenberg and become sole leaders once again by defeating Minault at the Gobernador Villa and seeing Étoile Verte steal the full prize from White Meadow Arena. After losing at home the last weekend against the now sole leaders, Tallin were out to recover on the road the points lost at Parken Road and shocked Bezieres with a 2-0 win, which helps the Southern Gunners climb up to 12th place and keeps Les Rouges anchored to third place, fact which both MA and Nacional were unable to take advantage of, as the Alligators were only able to steal a point from Slateport against the Bulls, and the latter were beaten by Belfort at the Omnisports. Olympique de Fontvielle are now fourth after collecting yet another win, this time Sillimus being the victim, Real Campo Grande were defeated by the Dragons in Canalave, Impact and the Stars tied with Marinos and Junín respectively, and Edmonton left Maldonado with three important points in the bag.

Slateport Bulls 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
FC Sillimus 1-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pumas Maldonado 0-1 Edmonton United
Pradera FC 3-2 Minault United
Tannenberg FC 1-2 Étoile Verte
AS Bezieres 0-2 AC Tallin
RC Belfort 1-0 Nacional
Canalave Dragons 1-0 Real Campo Grande
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Eterna Stars 1-1 Deportivo Junín

Round 19 (July 12-13)

And this season reaches its halfway point with TFC levelling Pradera in points once again, after the Citizens defeated the struggling Edmonton in the Westlands capital and the Verdiblancos became Olympique's seventh victim in their winning streak, however, the "summer championship" went to Pradera on goal difference this time. Speaking of Olympique, l'OF have now entered into the title fight with this win over the leaders which brings them within striking distance of the summit, as well as MA, who defeated Sillimus at the Dome and remain in fourth place. Bezieres allowed Minault to rescue a draw after trailing 2-0 at halftime at the Estadio de la Riviera and were prevented from moving up the table, while the Dragons defeated Tallin after exchanging blow after blow with them and entered the title contention. Meanwhile, Nacional and Fontvielle Impact drew at the City of Metropolis Stadium and moved away from the fight for UICA berths that is about to start, Real Campo Grande and Eterna Stars postponed their match and now close the top 10, and all teams in the lower half of the table are now somewhat involved in the relegation struggle, although Étoile Verte are a bit ahead of the rest, and Edmonton, Junín, and Pumas are the most compromised sides within a week of the start of the race against relegation.

Metropolis Alligators 2-0 FC Sillimus

Nacional's marking prevented Fontvielle
Impact from claiming a win in Metropolis.

Slateport Bulls 2-2 Pumas Maldonado
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Pradera FC
Edmonton United 1-2 Tannenberg FC
Minault United 2-2 AS Bezieres
Étoile Verte 0-0 RC Belfort
AC Tallin 3-4 Canalave Dragons
Nacional 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
Real Campo Grande x-x Eterna Stars - POSTPONED
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Deportivo Junín

King's Shield Round of 32 (July 16)

The King's Shield's Round of 32 marks the start of the "proper" competition, as the awfully long list of competing teams at the start of the competition gets reduced to only 16 teams after this round. Liga-1's current leaders Pradera managed to make it to the next round after beating Liga Nacional side Dynamo Metropolis with a resounding 5-2 score, while Metropolis Alligators and Fontvielle Impact faced tougher challenges represented by División 1 Distrital outfit Central Español and old acquaintance RC Corania, both of them only being narrowly beaten by the couple of Valladar titans. Olympique de Fontvielle were also through to the next round after disposing of the tricky Club Osum, but Marinos faced an easier task against Servette and were also through to the next round. However, this round was the end of the road for Deportivo Junín, who were stomped by CAP in Los Chorros, Real Campo Grande, who lost the "derby" to Corumbá on extra time, Slateport Bulls, who were knocked out by Stanford United on penalty kicks, and former Shield winners Edmonton, who moved their league hardships to the cup competition and were beaten on penalty kicks by League of Canalave outfit OSC Canalave, effectively killing their hopes of qualifying for an international competition this season.

Excelsior Exeter 1-1 Carloburgo Phoenix (1-2 AET)

CAP 3-0 Deportivo Junín

FC Verder Metropolis 0-0 Atlas SC (0-0 AET, 5-4 PKs)

Corumbá EC 1-1 Real Campo Grande (2-1 AET)

Adelaide Kickers 0-1 Nord Energie FC

CS Ypres 1-0 AC Talamonte

Club Osum 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Pradera FC 5-2 Dynamo Metropolis

OSC Canalave 1-1 Edmonton United (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Estudiantes de Colón 1-2 Étoile Verte

Marinos Metropolis 2-0 Servette FC

Cerro Plateado FC 1-0 Mountain United

Stanford United 2-2 Slateport Bulls (2-2 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Central Español 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

Eterna Celtic 1-0 FC Townsville

RC Corania 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

Liga-1 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P  W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Pradera FC                   19 10  4   5  38  25  +13  34
  2  Tannenberg FC                19 10  4   5  34  33   +1  34
  3  Olympique de Fontvielle      19  8  8   3  31  26   +5  32
  4  Metropolis Alligators        19  9  5   5  21  17   +4  32
  5  AS Bezieres                  19  8  7   4  33  19  +14  31
  6  Canalave Dragons             19  9  3   7  31  27   +4  30
  7  Nacional                     19  8  5   6  35  32   +3  29
  8  Fontvielle Impact            19  7  6   6  28  23   +5  27
  9  Real Campo Grande            18  7  5   6  27  21   +6  26
 10  Eterna Stars                 18  6  8   4  28  25   +3  26
 11  Étoile Verte                 19  5  9   5  16  16   +0  24
 12  Marinos Metropolis           19  5  8   6  19  26   -7  23
 13  Slateport Bulls              19  6  5   8  26  28   -2  23
 14  Minault United               19  6  5   8  23  26   -3  23
 15  RC Belfort                   19  5  8   6  19  23   -4  23
 16  AC Tallin                    19  6  4   9  28  28   +0  22
 17  FC Sillimus                  19  5  6   8  16  24   -8  21
 18  Edmonton United              19  4  7   8  24  28   -4  19
 19  Deportivo Junín              19  4  6   9  19  28   -9  18
 20  Pumas Maldonado              19  2  5  12  12  33  -21  11

Liga-2: At halfway point in Liga-2, we see Nord Energie on top with 40 points and looking to clinch their return to Liga-1 as soon as possible, being 7 points clear of second-placed Bohemians Metropolis and 9 points clear of third-placed Bretford Royals. The fight for the playoff berths is shaping up to be interesting, as only 3 points separate fourth-placed Patriotas from eleventh-placed Ajax, with Cerro, Valencia, Olympique de Coulombes, Hoxford Rovers, Carloburgo Phoenix, and Deportivo Aguablanca all between those two sides. The relegated sides from Liga-1 last season haven't really improved after our first cut though, as Columbus, Montreux, and CAP are all near or in relegation positions and will have to fight to avoid the drop with other old Liga-1 guests such as Vaud, Fauxham, and Gatineau.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nord Energie FC             19  12   4   3  28  11  +17  40
  2 Bohemians Metropolis        19   9   6   4  31  20  +11  33
  3 Bretford Royals             19   8   7   4  23  15   +8  31
  4 Patriotas FC                19   9   2   8  20  20   +0  29
  5 AD Cerro                    19   8   5   6  23  17   +6  29
  6 Valencia FC                 19   7   7   5  36  30   +6  28
  7 Olympique de Coulombes      19   8   4   7  22  20   +2  28
  8 Hoxford Rovers              19   8   4   7  27  26   +1  28
  9 Carloburgo Phoenix          19   7   5   7  19  27   -8  26
 10 Deportivo Aguablanca        19   6   8   5  19  21   -2  26
 11 Ajax Carloburgo             19   7   5   7  24  21   +3  26
 12 CR Palmas                   19   7   4   8  15  25  -10  25
 13 EC Comercial                19   7   3   9  23  27   -4  24
 14 Servette FC                 19   6   6   7  24  24   +0  24
 15 AS Vaud                     19   5   9   5  28  25   +3  24
 16 FC Columbus                 19   6   4   9  24  32   -8  22
 17 AS Montreux                 19   3  12   4  22  22   +0  21
 18 FC Fauxham                  19   5   5   9  25  29   -4  20
 19 Gatineau UC 98              19   5   2  12  20  33  -13  17
 20 CAP                         19   2   8   9  22  30   -8  14

Liga-3: Now we go to review the situation in Liga-3, and then we find a tie at the top between Universitario de Maldonado and Hamanos Athletic Club, both with 32 points and only separated by head-to-head. Neuchâtel and Villaznia are within striking distance of the leading duo, trailing both by a single point, while Alcázares and Corumbá are fifth and sixth with 30 points. Alianza Antioquia and Atlas are just outside playoff positions by a single point, and while the fight for playoff berths here isn't shaping up to be as hot as in Liga-2, we can expect a hotly contested affair here as well.

Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Universitario de Maldonado      19  8  8  3  33  24   +9  32
  2 Hamanos Athletic Club           19 10  2  7  27  14  +13  32
  3 Neuchâtel-Sport                 19  9  4  6  24  22   +2  31
  4 Villaznia AC                    19  8  7  4  29  20   +9  31
  5 SC Alcázares                    19  7  9  3  33  25   +8  30
  6 Corumbá EC                      19  8  6  5  20  18   +2  30
  7 Alianza Antioquia               19  8  5  6  34  30   +4  29
  8 Atlas SC                        19  9  2  8  23  22   +1  29
  9 Danubio FC                      19  7  7  5  24  22   +2  28
 10 Real Pradera                    19  7  5  7  22  25   -3  26
 11 Adelaide Kickers                19  7  5  7  28  21   +7  26
 12 FC Townsville                   19  6  7  6  25  22   +3  25
 13 Newcastle Town                  19  5  9  5  27  26   +1  24
 14 Stanford United                 19  6  6  7  23  20   +3  24
 15 RC Corania                      19  6  5  8  14  15   -1  23
 16 Club Osum                       19  6  4  9  19  25   -6  22
 17 AS Lausanne                     19  6  3 10  16  30  -14  21
 18 AS Laval-Avignon                19  4  6  9  18  29  -11  18
 19 Estudiantes de Colón            19  4  6  9  16  32  -16  18
 20 Eterna Celtic                   19  2  8  9  16  29  -13  14

by **Valladares** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:14 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTIETH SEASON (PART III OF IV)

Round 20 (July 19-20)

The second and decisive half of this season kicked off with Pradera still on top after beating Sillimus at home, the Sillimese team starting the relegation race with the left foot. Cellar-dwellers Pumas are still hopeful of avoiding relegation and gave the shock of the week by beating the defending champions in Maldonado and leaving the Alligators behind in the title race, while TFC also slipped, by losing to Slateport in Carloburgo, and Olympique de Fontvielle took advantage of this to snatch second place with a win over Bezieres at the Jules Picot. Nacional dealt a hard blow to Junín's chances to stay in Liga-1 with their 1-2 triumph on the road and entered the title contention as well, Fontvielle Impact and Eterna Stars defeated Étoile Verte and Tallin, respectively, Marinos tied their ninth match of the season, this time against Real Campo Grande, and the Dragons allowed Minault to escape Dragon Stadium with a valuable point in their quest to avoid the drop.

Pumas Maldonado 3-2 Metropolis Alligators
Pradera FC 3-0 FC Sillimus
Tannenberg FC 2-3 Slateport Bulls
AS Bezieres 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
RC Belfort 0-2 Edmonton United
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Minault United
Fontvielle Impact 3-1 Étoile Verte
Eterna Stars 2-1 AC Tallin
Deportivo Junín 1-2 Nacional
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Real Campo Grande

Round 21 (July 26-27)

In this weekend's key match, the Alligators put more pressure on Pradera and reduced the gap between the leaders and their escorts to only 2 points thanks to their win over the Verdiblancos at the Metropolis Dome, however, both Olympique de Fontvielle and TFC were unable to take advantage of this as the former side lost to the Dragons at the Stade de l'Amitié in a hard-fought match and the latter fell to Pumas in Maldonado, who are now trailing Edmonton (17th) by 5 points after their two straight wins against two of the best Liga-1 sides. Meanwhile, Bezieres are now fourth after beating Sillimus (who kept losing ground in the relegation race) at Moss Tower Stadium, Fontvielle Impact and Canalave Dragons are getting closer to the leaders with their away wins over Edmonton and Olympique, Nacional punctured at home and were only able to rescue a draw against Real Campo Grande, Marinos lost a crucial match to their hopes of avoiding the red zone despite giving some fight to Tallin at Parken Road, and Junín bounced back from their setback against Nacional with a victory over Étoile Verte in Bezieres.

Metropolis Alligators 3-1 Pradera FC

MA defeated the Liga-1 leaders and
opened up the race for the championship.

Pumas Maldonado 2-0 Tannenberg FC
FC Sillimus 0-2 AS Bezieres
Slateport Bulls 0-1 RC Belfort
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-3 Canalave Dragons
Edmonton United 1-2 Fontvielle Impact
Minault United 1-1 Eterna Stars
Étoile Verte 1-3 Deportivo Junín
AC Tallin 3-2 Marinos Metropolis
Nacional 1-1 Real Campo Grande

King's Shield Round of 16 (July 30)

The King's Shield is also entering its time for definitions, with 16 teams still in contention for a berth to the next Cygnus Cup, and there will be only 8 lucky ones advancing to the quarterfinals. Pradera, current Liga-1 leaders, confirmed their wish to go for the league-cup double this season with a dominating win over Liga-3 side Stanford United, as well as Metropolis Alligators, who disposed of Liga Estatal Antioqueña (sixth division) side Cerro Plateado without much trouble, and crosstown rivals Marinos, who defeated Étoile Verte at the Stade de Charmilliot three goals to nil. However, fortunes for both teams from Fontvielle were mixed, as Impact were through by narrowly beating CAP, while Olympique were knocked out by Corumbá at the Stade de l'Amitié. Nord Energie will be the only Liga-2 team in the quarterfinals after putting an end to OSC Canalave's road, while Ypres and Verder Metropolis (the ones who knocked Bezieres out back in the first round) are the only teams from the State Championships still in contention. As an aside, it's worth noting that no match in this round needed extra time to define a winner.

Fontvielle Impact 1-0 CAP

Étoile Verte 0-3 Marinos Metropolis

Olympique de Fontvielle 0-1 Corumbá EC

Pradera FC 3-0 Stanford United

Cerro Plateado FC 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Eterna Celtic 0-1 CS Ypres

Nord Energie FC 3-1 OSC Canalave

Carloburgo Phoenix 0-1 FC Verder Metropolis

Elsewhere, Eterna Stars travelled to Corumbá to face Real Campo Grande, in the match scheduled for Round 19 and eventually postponed. The Stars tried to get the full prize but RCG were far too much for them and defeated the two-time Liga-1 champions 2-0, leapfrogging the Eternans for ninth place with 31 points while the Stars were left behind with 30 in 10th place.

Real Campo Grande 2-0 Eterna Stars

Round 22 (August 2-3)

With Pradera losing to Bezieres in the Foixien capital and allowing Les Rouges to jump to second place, Metropolis Alligators became the new leaders after inflicting a third loss in a row on TFC with their win at White Meadow Arena. Canalave Dragons are now a single point away from the top after beating Sillimus at Dragon Stadium, while Fontvielle Impact's win over Slateport Bulls also brought the ten-time champions closer to the summit. Going to the lower half of the table, we see Belfort cutting Pumas' short-lived winning streak with a 3-2 win at the Stade Omnisports and moving away from the red zone while also burying the Felinos at the basement in the process, Marinos and Minault doing nothing but hurting themselves after sharing the spoils at the Dome, and Edmonton winning a vital game for survival at the Arena Junín against the Granates, who are now trailing the Monties by 4 points.

Tannenberg FC 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
AS Bezieres 1-0 Pradera FC
RC Belfort 3-2 Pumas Maldonado
Canalave Dragons 2-0 FC Sillimus
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 Slateport Bulls
Eterna Stars 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Deportivo Junín 1-3 Edmonton United
Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Minault United
Real Campo Grande 0-1 Étoile Verte
Nacional 0-0 AC Tallin

Round 23 (August 9-10)

Metropolis Alligators' rule at the top of the standings didn't last long, since a stalemate with direct rivals Bezieres at the Dome, and Canalave Dragons preventing Pradera from claiming back the top spot with their 2-0 win in the Antioquian capital meant the Dragons would become the new leaders, with MA trailing by a single point. Fontvielle Impact are now within one point of the summit as well, after putting another nail on Pumas' cross with a 2-0 triumph at the Estádio do Maldonado, while TFC beat Belfort at home and laid their losing streak to rest. Meanwhile, Marinos won an important match in their race to survival and dented Olympique's hopes to get back into the title contention, Étoile Verte lost to Tallin and allowed the Southern Gunners to move out of the relegation battle, and Slateport (who lost to Junín at home) and Edmonton (who had to settle for a draw against Real Campo Grande at Albert Field) are now under strong pressure from the Granates, whose hopes to avoid the drop are still alive after the important victory vs. the Bulls.

Metropolis Alligators 0-0 AS Bezieres

Fontvielle Impact's title chances got
a boost with their win in Maldonado.

Tannenberg FC 2-0 RC Belfort
Pradera FC 0-2 Canalave Dragons
Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
FC Sillimus 0-1 Eterna Stars
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Deportivo Junín
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-3 Marinos Metropolis
Edmonton United 1-1 Real Campo Grande
Minault United 1-1 Nacional
Étoile Verte 0-1 AC Tallin

Round 24 (August 16-17)

Bezieres became the new leaders after travelling to Canalave and returning with 3 points in the bag thanks to their 1-0 win over the Dragons, who fell to fourth place behind the Alligators (who stole a point from Gatineau) and Fontvielle Impact, who drew TFC and prevented them from getting closer to the top 3. In Westporte, Pradera's downfall was accentuated with their defeat at the hands of the Stars, who have now entered into the championship conversation as well, while Nacional and Olympique de Fontvielle cancelled themselves out with their draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium and continue moving away from the UICA fight. In the relegation zone, Slateport Bulls and Edmonton both got refreshing wins over Real Campo Grande and Tallin on the road, but Junín also followed suit by defeating Pumas at home and leaving them closer to the abyss. Sillimus' chances to avoid the drop also took a hard blow with their loss to Marinos at the Dome, while Minault were beaten by Étoile Verte in a direct match and this result, added to the wins for Bulls and Monties, sent the Matecañas to the playoff zone.

RC Belfort 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Canalave Dragons 0-1 AS Bezieres
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Tannenberg FC
Eterna Stars 2-1 Pradera FC
Deportivo Junín 2-1 Pumas Maldonado
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 FC Sillimus
Real Campo Grande 0-1 Slateport Bulls
Nacional 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
AC Tallin 2-3 Edmonton United
Étoile Verte 4-1 Minault United

Round 25 (August 23-24)

With Bezieres losing at home to the Stars, who are now third and trailing the leaders by a single point, Metropolis Alligators were able to seize the top spot once again by defeating a direct rival such as the Dragons at the Metropolis Dome, while Fontvielle Impact are now breathing down their necks after beating Belfort in Gatineau. Nacional and Olympique de Fontvielle defeated Sillimus and Étoile Verte respectively and got back on track in the UICA fight, with TFC being stalled by Junín, who managed to leave Carloburgo with a draw. Marinos piled more misery on Pradera with their valuable triumph at the Gobernador Villa and continue moving away of the red zone, as well as Edmonton, who jumped to 11th place after beating Minault at home in another six-pointer for the one-time champions. Another six-pointer in the relegation race was played at the Estadio de la Riviera between Slateport Bulls and Tallin, and won by the visitors, leaving Slateport only one point clear of the playoff position, which is now occupied by Junín, who took advantage of Minault's loss in Edmonton to send them to the direct relegation zone.

Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Canalave Dragons
RC Belfort 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
AS Bezieres 1-2 Eterna Stars
Tannenberg FC 1-1 Deportivo Junín
Pradera FC 1-2 Marinos Metropolis
Pumas Maldonado 3-1 Real Campo Grande
FC Sillimus 0-2 Nacional
Slateport Bulls 0-2 AC Tallin
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-2 Étoile Verte
Edmonton United 1-0 Minault United

Round 26 (August 30-31)

Metropolis Alligators, now as sole leaders, defeated former co-leaders Fontvielle Impact at the Stade de la Frontière in another edition of the Derby de Valladares and managed to open a 3-point gap with their rivals and Eterna Stars, who tied fifth-placed Canalave Dragons at Dragon Stadium in the last E1 Derby of the season and kept the Dragons away from the top. Bezieres also missed a chance to exert more pressure on the Alligators and blew away a 2-goal lead against Marinos at the Dome, having to settle for a 2-2 draw in exchange and now trailing MA by 4 points. Meanwhile, Pradera returned to winning ways with an important win over direct rivals Nacional in Metropolis and got back on track in the UICA fight, and in the relegation race, Slateport Bulls and Deportivo Junín slaughtered Minault (5-1) and Belfort (7-0) respectively, and dragged Les Rouge et Noir to the playoff spot, with Étoile Verte also being in danger after failing to defeat Sillimus at home.

Fontvielle Impact 0-2 Metropolis Alligators

Deportivo Junín forward Armando Padilla
rues a missed chance against RC Belfort.

Eterna Stars 1-1 Canalave Dragons
Deportivo Junín 7-0 RC Belfort
Marinos Metropolis 2-2 AS Bezieres
Real Campo Grande 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Nacional 1-2 Pradera FC
AC Tallin 2-0 Pumas Maldonado
Étoile Verte 1-1 FC Sillimus
Minault United 1-5 Slateport Bulls
Edmonton United 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 27 (September 6-7)

The status quo at the upper half of the table remained in place with leaders Metropolis Alligators tying the Stars at the Dome, and draws at home for Impact, Bezieres, and Canalave Dragons against Junín, Nacional, and Marinos, respectively. The season's second and last Carloburgo Derby ended up with TFC getting even with their crosstown rivals, defeating them by the same score Tallin beat them at the Olympic Stadium back on MD8, and going up to fifth place while trailing leaders MA by 5 points. In the lower half of the table, things got more interesting, though, as Belfort bounced back from the opprobrious thrashing in Junín last week by winning a vital match against Real Campo Grande which helped them get out the red zone, Slateport Bulls also managed to stay away of that zone by beating Olympique with a lone goal by NT "repatriate" Néider Riascos at their Estadio de la Riviera, Minault's hopes to avoid the drop were boosted by their victory over the almost hopeless Pumas in Maldonado, and the weekend's biggest losers were Étoile Verte, who were dragged into the playoff zone despite stealing a point from Pradera.

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 Eterna Stars
Fontvielle Impact 0-0 Deportivo Junín
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
RC Belfort 3-2 Real Campo Grande
AS Bezieres 3-3 Nacional
Tannenberg FC 2-0 AC Tallin
Pradera FC 1-1 Étoile Verte
Pumas Maldonado 0-1 Minault United
FC Sillimus 0-0 Edmonton United
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 28 (September 13-14)

Leaders Metropolis Alligators slipped in Junín against the Granates, however the defending champions are still on top despite Impact's win in Corumbá against Real Campo Grande thanks to their double (victories 1-0 and 2-0) over l'Impact in the Derby de Valladares, while TFC and Pradera are now exerting pressure on both Valladar titans after their wins on the road over Minault and Edmonton, while the Stars were stopped cold in their ascension by Marinos in an epic match at the Dome which ended in a 3-2 win for the Marineros. Nacional won an important match in their quest for UICA qualification against the Dragons, as well as Olympique de Fontvielle, who beat Pumas Maldonado and left the Liga-2 champions with a slim chance to avoid relegation. As for the rest of teams involved in this race, we can highlight Belfort's win over Tallin and Étoile Verte's victory over Bezieres in the Derby which leave Gunners and Verts tied with Junín, Slateport (who were beaten by Sillimus), and Real Campo Grande on 35 points, and the Verts still in the relegation play-off zone. Edmonton's aforementioned loss to Pradera puts them in risk of falling into the red zone, and Minault lost a valuable chance to get closer to the group of teams tied on 35 points with their loss to TFC.

Deportivo Junín 1-0 Metropolis Alligators

Étoile Verte defeated ASB in the Derby
and continue fighting for their survival.

Marinos Metropolis 3-2 Eterna Stars
Real Campo Grande 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
Nacional 1-0 Canalave Dragons
AC Tallin 2-3 RC Belfort
Étoile Verte 2-0 AS Bezieres
Minault United 2-3 Tannenberg FC
Edmonton United 0-2 Pradera FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-1 Pumas Maldonado
Slateport Bulls 0-2 FC Sillimus

King's Shield Quarterfinals (September 17)

The King's Shield has now entered into its final stretch with 8 teams still remaining in contention for the Shield, but only 4 will remain after this round. Metropolis Alligators continue with their march to Swangard after knocking Nord Energie out of the competition with a strong performance in Toril, with Pradera also being through to the semis with a dominating win over Liga-3 side Corumbá. However, the most interesting match of the round was the one played between Marinos and Fontvielle Impact at the Metropolis Dome, which turned out to be a tense affair that was eventually decided with a dramatic late goal by midfielder Alexandre for l'Impact which sent the 10-time Liga-1 champions to the penultimate round of the competition. And the dream for Verder Metropolis is still alive after eliminating fellow sixth division side Ypres, thus reaching the Shield's semifinal against all odds.

Nord Energie FC 2-4 Metropolis Alligators

Pradera FC 3-0 Corumbá EC

Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

CS Ypres 1-3 FC Verder Metropolis

Round 29 (September 20-21)

With this round we have completed 75% of the regular season, and Metropolis Alligators are heading to a record 11th title after beating Marinos in the Derby Metropolitano with Fontvielle Impact slipping at home with a scoreless draw against Tallin, while wins for TFC against Olympique, Eterna Stars against Nacional, and Bezieres against Edmonton put more spice to the fight for the Stargoal and the four UICA berths awarded via Liga-1, although Pradera's and Canalave's chances to qualify for an UICA competition were harmed with Slateport taking three points away from the Gobernador Villa and Étoile Verte stealing a seemingly "useful" point from Dragon Stadium. Coming into the last stretch of the league, the relegation race is on fire, with 11 out of 20 teams in the league being somehow involved in it. Slateport Bulls and Deportivo Junín won crucial matches in their quest to reach safety, as the Bulls defeated Pradera as aforementioned, and the Granates won against Real Campo Grande and sent the Reales to the playoff zone, with Minault placing themselves within 3 points of salvation thanks to their win over direct rivals Belfort, bringing them closer to that zone. Edmonton, Tallin, and Étoile Verte are also a single point clear of Belfort and two clear of RCG, while Sillimus, who beat Pumas in the "battle of the basement" and are trailing the team from Campo Grande by 6 points in 19th place, and bottom-placed Pumas are all but doomed.

Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Marinos Metropolis
Deportivo Junín 1-0 Real Campo Grande
Eterna Stars 1-0 Nacional
Fontvielle Impact 0-0 AC Tallin
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Étoile Verte
RC Belfort 1-2 Minault United
AS Bezieres 3-2 Edmonton United
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pradera FC 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Pumas Maldonado 1-3 FC Sillimus

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        29  14   8   7  36  26  +10  50
  2  Fontvielle Impact            29  13   9   7  40  28  +12  48
  3  Tannenberg FC                29  14   6   9  47  46   +1  48
  4  Eterna Stars                 29  12  11   6  43  37   +6  47
  5  AS Bezieres                  29  12  10   7  46  32  +14  46
  6  Pradera FC                   29  13   5  11  50  39  +11  44
  7  Nacional                     29  11  10   8  47  42   +5  43
  8  Canalave Dragons             29  12   7  10  42  36   +6  43
  9  Olympique de Fontvielle      29  11   9   9  46  42   +4  42
 10  Marinos Metropolis           29   9  12   8  36  41   -5  39
 11  Deportivo Junín              29  10   8  11  37  36   +1  38
 12  Slateport Bulls              29  11   5  13  38  39   -1  38
 13  RC Belfort                   29   9   9  11  31  44  -13  36
 14  AC Tallin                    29  10   6  13  41  40   +1  36
 15  Edmonton United              29   9   9  11  38  39   -1  36
 16  Étoile Verte                 29   8  12   9  30  30   +0  36
 17  Real Campo Grande            29   9   8  12  36  35   +1  35
 18  Minault United               29   8   9  12  34  44  -10  33
 19  FC Sillimus                  29   7   8  14  23  38  -15  29
 20  Pumas Maldonado              29   5   5  19  25  52  -27  20

Liga-2: In Liga-2, Nord Energie FC are leading with 50 points and look determined to return to Liga-1 the next season, while Hoxford Rovers are in second place with 47 points and also trying to finally make their and the Derby of the Westlands's return to Liga-1, while the fight for the playoffs is on fire with Bretford Royals (46 points), Ajax Carloburgo (44), Bohemians Metropolis (44), and Valencia FC (44) currently in playoff zone, but being closely followed by Cerro, Olympique de Coulombes (both with 43 points), surprise packages CR Palmas and Comercial (both with 42), and Deportivo Aguablanca (41). And it looks like none of the relegated teams last season will be making a return to Liga-1 next season, as Columbus, CAP, and Montreux are all involved in the relegation struggle along with well-known teams such as Fauxham, Servette, and Gatineau, and might be relegated to Liga-3 at the end of the season instead.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nord Energie FC             29  15   5   9  39  25  +14  50
  2 Hoxford Rovers              29  14   5  10  41  36   +5  47
  3 Bretford Royals             29  12  10   7  32  21  +11  46
  4 Ajax Carloburgo             29  12   8   9  41  32   +9  44
  5 Bohemians Metropolis        29  11  11   7  43  33  +10  44
  6 Valencia FC                 29  11  11   7  48  39   +9  44
  7 AD Cerro                    29  11  10   8  37  28   +9  43
  8 Olympique de Coulombes      29  12   7  10  32  31   +1  43
  9 CR Palmas                   29  12   6  11  31  39   -8  42
 10 EC Comercial                29  12   6  11  43  43   +0  42
 11 Deportivo Aguablanca        29  11   8  10  29  37   -8  41
 12 Patriotas FC                29  11   4  14  25  34   -9  37
 13 Carloburgo Phoenix          29  10   7  12  29  41  -12  37
 14 FC Columbus                 29   9   8  12  37  43   -6  35
 15 CAP                         29   8  10  11  33  35   -2  34
 16 FC Fauxham                  29   9   7  13  39  40   -1  34
 17 AS Montreux                 29   6  16   7  32  32   +0  34
 18 AS Vaud                     29   8   9  12  36  36   +0  33
 19 Servette FC                 29   7   9  13  39  45   -6  30
 20 Gatineau UC 98              29   8   5  16  30  46  -16  29

Liga-3: The situation in Liga-3 looks exciting as well, with Hamanos and Alcázares tied on top with 48 points but separated by H2H record. However, the biggest surprise so far is Danubio FC being currently in third place with 45 points and currently holding the highest seed in the playoffs, with other more traditional sides such as Atlas, Real Pradera, Corumbá, and Alianza Antioquia being behind them. Universitario de Maldonado are currently doing a rather disappointing campaign but still have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs and/or even earning automatic promotion, however, it looks like Estudiantes de Colón, AS Laval-Avignon, and Eterna Celtic are starting to be left behind and will have to prepare their next season in the Liga Nacional.

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hamanos Athletic Club           29  14   6   9  43  23  +20  48
  2 SC Alcázares                    29  12  12   5  50  39  +11  48
  3 Danubio FC                      29  12   9   8  40  33   +7  45
  4 Atlas SC                        29  14   3  12  41  33   +8  45
  5 Real Pradera                    29  13   6  10  40  36   +4  45
  6 Corumbá EC                      29  12   8   9  34  33   +1  44
  7 Alianza Antioquia               29  11  11   7  46  40   +6  44
  8 Universitario de Maldonado      29  10  13   6  45  40   +5  43
  9 Neuchâtel-Sport                 29  12   6  11  35  36   -1  42
 10 Villaznia AC                    29  10  12   7  41  35   +6  42
 11 Club Osum                       29  11   6  12  32  36   -4  39
 12 Adelaide Kickers                29   9  10  10  40  35   +5  37
 13 FC Townsville                   29   8  12   9  32  29   +3  36
 14 Newcastle Town                  29   8  12   9  37  37   +0  36
 15 Stanford United                 29   9   7  13  30  38   -8  34
 16 RC Corania                      29   9   7  13  24  28   -4  34
 17 AS Lausanne                     29   9   7  13  26  41  -15  34
 18 Estudiantes de Colón            29   6  12  11  26  40  -14  30
 19 AS Laval-Avignon                29   6  10  13  27  40  -13  28
 20 Eterna Celtic                   29   4  13  12  26  43  -17  25

by **Valladares** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:51 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTIETH SEASON (PART IV OF IV)

Round 30 (September 27-28)

The final stretch of this Liga-1 season started this weekend with defending champions Metropolis Alligators taking a huge step to retain their title with their win over the troubled Real Campo Grande in Corumbá, and Fontvielle Impact's draw in Slateport against Minault. TFC and Bezieres also slipped in this round as they allowed Sillimus and Slateport to keep their survival hopes alive by losing to them at Moss Tower Stadium and Estadio de la Riviera, respectively while also hurting their chances to win the league in the process. All of this was good news for Olympique de Fontvielle, who got into UICA contention once again by pummeling Belfort at home, and Nacional and Canalave Dragons remain close enough to continue threatening Bezieres despite only drawing Marinos and Edmonton. In the relegation race, things haven't really changed this week, with the Bulls and Tallin cruising towards salvation, Sillimus cutting the gap with Belfort, Real Campo Grande, and Minault, and bottom-placed Pumas still holding some hope after shocking Pradera.

Real Campo Grande 1-3 Metropolis Alligators
Nacional 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
AC Tallin 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Étoile Verte 2-2 Eterna Stars
Minault United 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
Edmonton United 3-3 Canalave Dragons
Olympique de Fontvielle 5-2 RC Belfort
Slateport Bulls 3-2 AS Bezieres
FC Sillimus 2-0 Tannenberg FC
Pumas Maldonado 5-2 Pradera FC

Round 31 (October 4-5)

The fight for the Liga-1 crown got hotter with the Alligators dropping points in the Derby against Nacional and Eterna Stars cutting the gap to only 2 points with their win over Edmonton in Westporte. Bezieres are now third thanks to their win over Pumas at the Stade de Foix, while Impact were stalled by Olympique in the Derby de Fontvielle's rematch and keep trailing the leaders by 4 points, and Tannenberg were prevented from climbing up by Pradera with a harsh thumping at White Meadow Arena. In the lower zone of the table, things also get more exciting with Minault's 5-1 thrashing of Junín in the far east, which helps the Matecañas go out of the red zone and puts Real Campo Grande into the direct relegation zone with the latter's loss to Tallin at home. Belfort and Sillimus shared the spoils in a six-pointer but Les Rouge et Noir were pushed by Minault into the playoff zone with this result and the Griffons are now 4 points adrift salvation, while Edmonton's and Junín's dangerous setbacks this weekend also put them in danger, and Pumas' defeat in Bezieres puts them on thin ice.

Metropolis Alligators 2-3 Nacional
Real Campo Grande 0-1 AC Tallin
Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Étoile Verte
Deportivo Junín 1-5 Minault United
Eterna Stars 2-0 Edmonton United
Fontvielle Impact 1-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Slateport Bulls
RC Belfort 2-2 FC Sillimus
AS Bezieres 2-1 Pumas Maldonado
Tannenberg FC 0-3 Pradera FC

Round 32 (October 8)

And the special Independence Day matchday (which was conveniently held on a Wednesday) opened action at Parken Road Stadium, where Metropolis Alligators got a vital win against Tallin which keeps them on top with a re-opened gap with their escorts. At the Estadio de la Riviera, we had a double-header starting with a crucial game in the relegation race between Minault and Real Campo Grande, which ended with the Reales defeating the Matecañas and pulling out of the relegation zone, while Junín snatched a point from the Stade de l'Amitié against Olympique. In Bezieres, Nacional won another important match in their quest to get into UICA competitions next season against Étoile Verte, who still can't get out of the relegation struggle, and Canalave Dragons delivered another hard blow to Pumas while also reviving their chances of qualifying for UICA. Then, the SuperClásico was the closing match for the Slateport double-header, with Bulls and Stars tying 1-1 and helping MA in the process, while Fontvielle Impact were also benefited with this draw and seized second place with their win at Sillimus. The Pradera-Belfort match at the Estadio Gobernador Villa left the Gatineau side in the relegation zone with their defeat to the Verdiblancos, then in Carloburgo TFC smashed Bezieres and jumped to fourth place in an important match for both, and in the day's closing match, we went to the Westlands to see how Edmonton and Marinos cancelled themselves out with a 1-1 draw which obviously benefits the Marineros more than the Monties.

AC Tallin 1-2 Metropolis Alligators

Tannenberg and Bezieres locked horns on
Independence Day in a six-pointer.

Minault United 1-2 Real Campo Grande
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Deportivo Junín
Étoile Verte 0-1 Nacional
Pumas Maldonado 1-3 Canalave Dragons
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Eterna Stars
FC Sillimus 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Pradera FC 1-0 RC Belfort
Tannenberg FC 3-0 AS Bezieres
Edmonton United 1-1 Marinos Metropolis

Round 33 (October 11-12)

With MA still dropping points at home, this time against an Étoile Verte side urged to get positive results, and wins for Pradera, Nacional, Bezieres, and Olympique, the fight for the title is very open as of now. The Verdiblancos sneaked into second place thanks to their win over direct rivals Fontvielle Impact and third in a row, while Nacional's 5-3 win over Edmonton brought the Albos to third place, at the expense of the aforementioned Impact and the Stars, who were clobbered by Pumas in Westporte. There is, in fact, an interesting group of 5 teams with 52 points behind MA, Pradera, and Nacional: Eterna Stars, AS Bezieres, Olympique de Fontvielle, Fontvielle Impact, and Tannenberg FC (who exchanged blow after blow with the Dragons in a thrilling 3-3 draw). And the relegation fight is not less passionate, despite the status quo was kept in place with Edmonton, Real Campo Grande, Minault, Belfort, and Sillimus all losing their matches. Pumas, however, won theirs but they're still far from the tunnel's exit.

Metropolis Alligators 1-2 Étoile Verte
AC Tallin 3-0 Minault United
Nacional 5-3 Edmonton United
Real Campo Grande 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Marinos Metropolis 2-4 Slateport Bulls
Deportivo Junín 2-0 FC Sillimus
Eterna Stars 0-3 Pumas Maldonado
Fontvielle Impact 1-2 Pradera FC
Canalave Dragons 3-3 Tannenberg FC
RC Belfort 2-5 AS Bezieres

King's Shield Semifinals (October 15)

And this cup competition reaches its penultimate round with defending Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators as well as Fontvielle Impact, Pradera FC, and surprise package FC Verder Metropolis as the final four of the competition. A high-level match between Verdiblancos and Bleus was to be played at the Estadio Gobernador Villa with a berth to the King's Shield final at stake, and the Alligators were going for their ticket against Verder Metropolis, who in turn were looking to make a bigger shock than knocking Bezieres out in the first round.

In the first semifinal, we saw an interesting match between Pradera and Fontvielle Impact with both sides giving it all for the win in the 90 minutes, however, the goals would only come during extra time, the first one to strike was forward Carlos Conte for Victor Anigo's side in the 112nd minute, but while Impact were celebrating their expected qualification for the final, Pradera would manage to equalize thanks to young striker Alan Navarro in the 119th minute, sending both sides to penalties, where the Verdiblancos would be far more effective and would leave Impact at the doors of a Shield final once again.

The second semifinal was an all-Metropolis affair between the defending Liga-1 champs, the Alligators, who were looking for the chance to win yet another Shield, and Verder Metropolis, who made headlines by the mere fact of having knocked ASB in first round and reached this far in the competition. The match, played at the Metropolis Dome, showed an overly cautious Verder Metropolis defending stoically against the Alligators, who kept attacking but lacked effectiveness. Eventually, Alan Bothroyd, with a 25-metre shot in the 64th minute, would give MA the win against this cagey rival and qualification for the final vs. Pradera at Swangard.

Pradera FC 0-0 Fontvielle Impact (1-1 AET, 4-1 PKs)

FC Verder Metropolis 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

Round 34 (October 18-19)

Metropolis Alligators got closer to complete another successful title defense by demolishing Minault at the Estadio de la Riviera, helped by the draws between TFC and Stars in Carloburgo, Bezieres and Impact in the Derby de Foix's second leg, and Pradera letting Junín escape with a golden point in their match. Olympique de Fontvielle also missed a valuable chance to get closer to the Champions' Cup berths with their loss against Tallin, who are now one point away from safety, while Slateport Bulls prevented Nacional from claiming second place by beating them at the Estadio de la Riviera and not only are they mathematically safe now, but they're also even able to enter the UICA contention, as well as Canalave Dragons, who regained ground in the UICA fight by winning in Gatineau. In the relegation fight, Edmonton are still unable to move away as they were only able to rescue a point at home against Étoile Verte, Sillimus missed a real chance to move closer to safety by tying direct rivals Real Campo Grande at home, and Pumas can now only aim at the playoff berth after losing to Marinos at home.

Minault United 1-7 Metropolis Alligators
Edmonton United 1-1 Étoile Verte
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 AC Tallin
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Nacional
FC Sillimus 2-2 Real Campo Grande
Pumas Maldonado 2-3 Marinos Metropolis
Pradera FC 2-2 Deportivo Junín
Tannenberg FC 2-2 Eterna Stars
AS Bezieres 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
RC Belfort 0-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 35 (October 25-26)

Metropolis Alligators had their title hopes dented once again by Edmonton, with the Monties being able to leave the Dome with a 1-1 draw which nevertheless doesn't help them that much in their fight against relegation. But Nacional, the Stars, Bezieres, and TFC took advantage of this in order to cut the gap with the leaders to 4 points: Los Albos shatteted every hope for survival still held by Pumas and sent them to the Liga-2 with their 3-2 win at the City of Metropolis Stadium, the Stars defeated Belfort and put another nail on their cross, Bezieres destroyed Junín on the road, and TFC prevented Marinos from reaching salvation with their 3-1 victory at the Dome. Fontvielle Impact and Canalave Dragons shared the spoils at the Stade de la Frontière and lost more ground in the fight for UICA berths, as did Pradera, who were defeated by Real Campo Grande in Corumbá, and Olympique (who tied Minault in Slateport). In the relegation struggle, that win for RCG doesn't help any of the teams currently in the red zone (except for Pumas, who were already mathematically relegated) nor Edmonton, who are now only 2 points clear of Minault, and 3 clear of Sillimus (who defeated Tallin and now see salvation within reach) and Belfort.

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 Edmonton United

The Alligators were unable to defeat
an Edmonton side still in trouble.

Minault United 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Étoile Verte 1-0 Slateport Bulls
AC Tallin 0-1 FC Sillimus
Nacional 3-2 Pumas Maldonado
Real Campo Grande 2-1 Pradera FC
Marinos Metropolis 1-3 Tannenberg FC
Deportivo Junín 1-8 AS Bezieres
Eterna Stars 2-0 RC Belfort
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 36 (November 1-2)

Leaders Metropolis Alligators keep on dropping more vital points in their quest to retain the title, this time pardoning Olympique and settling for a draw with Les Jaune et Bleu at the Stade de l'Amitié. And Eterna Stars, Bezieres, and Tannenberg are still taking advantage of this and they're now 2 points adrift the top with their wins: the Yellows dented Fontvielle Impact's chances of qualifying for UICA this season with their win at the Stade de la Frontière, as did the Citizens with Nacional by thumping La Academia at White Meadow Arena, and Bezieres kept their Ilirian rivals Real Campo Grande in danger of relegation after beating them at home. As for the relegation battle, 7 teams remain in that race to avoid the drop to the Liga-2: Marinos, who were held to a draw by fellow relegation strugglers Belfort, Junín, who were thrashed in Canalave, RCG, Edmonton (who got yet another draw, this time at Slateport), the aforementioned Belfort, who are currently in direct relegation zone, and Sillimus and Minault United, who locked horns in maybe the most important match of the weekend, which ended with the Matecañas pushing the Griffons further into the relegation zone by beating them 1-0 and opening a healthy 4-point lead on both Belfort and Sillimus with 2 matches to go.

Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Slateport Bulls 2-2 Edmonton United
FC Sillimus 0-1 Minault United
Pumas Maldonado 0-4 Étoile Verte
Pradera FC 1-1 AC Tallin
Tannenberg FC 3-0 Nacional
AS Bezieres 2-1 Real Campo Grande
RC Belfort 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Canalave Dragons 4-1 Deportivo Junín
Fontvielle Impact 1-2 Eterna Stars

Round 37 (November 8-9)

With one matchday to go, there's nothing decided in the battle for the title as MA's draw at home with Slateport Bulls added to wins for both TFC (in Bezieres against Étoile Verte) and Bezieres (in Carloburgo vs. Tallin) left those three sides tied on 62 points at the summit, with the Stars being left behind after a loss in Junín which made sure the Granates would finally be safe, and Nacional and Canalave Dragons getting important wins which bring both sides closer to UICA qualification. Pradera and both Fontvielle sides are also in the contention for Globe Cup berths (since they won't get any of the Champions' Cup ones with only 60/61 points) after winning their matches. Meanwhile, in the relegation zone, Sillimus and Belfort confirmed their relegation with the former losing to Olympique de Fontvielle after conceding 2 goals in injury time, and the latter were thrashed by Nacional in Metropolis and won't be able to beat Minault on head-to-head after losing both matches to them.

So, this leaves nine teams still in contention for UICA berths, only three of those with a real chance to win the championship, and Edmonton United, Real Campo Grande, and Minault United battling to avoid the relegation play-off berth on the last matchday.

Metropolis Alligators 0-0 Slateport Bulls

Sillimus failed to avoid relegation
by losing to Olympique in Fontvielle.

Olympique de Fontvielle 5-3 FC Sillimus
Edmonton United 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Minault United 0-1 Pradera FC
Étoile Verte 0-1 Tannenberg FC
AC Tallin 0-1 AS Bezieres
Nacional 4-1 RC Belfort
Real Campo Grande 1-2 Canalave Dragons
Marinos Metropolis 0-3 Fontvielle Impact
Deportivo Junín 2-0 Eterna Stars

Round 38 (November 16)

And welcome one and all to the last and definitive Liga-1 matchday of the season, with a title still at stake between Metropolis Alligators, AS Bezieres, and Tannenberg FC, all three of them along with Nacional, Canalave Dragons, Eterna Stars, Pradera FC, Fontvielle Impact, and Olympique de Fontvielle looking to clinch qualification for some UICA competition, and four teams looking to avoid an unwanted meeting with a Liga-2 side in the promotion/relegation play-off.

Metropolis Alligators will be looking to win their eleventh crown against FC Sillimus at Moss Tower Stadium, while AS Bezieres will be playing host to Minault, who in turn will be looking to get a win that helps them avoid the playoff on the last matchday, and TFC will be looking for a win against Edmonton and some extra help from Sillimus and Minault in order to lift their fourth Stargoal. We'll also be having other interesting matches such as Impact-Nacional and Pradera-Olympique, both important for UICA contention, and Eterna Stars hosting Real Campo Grande in Westporte, which pits a team fighting for CC/GC qualification against another trying to reach safety from relegation, while Canalave Dragons will be looking to clinch their GC berth against Tallin at home. And now, without any further ado, here we go with the final and decisive matchday in this Liga-1 season:

16:00 - Matchday 38 kicks off with the match between Deportivo Junín and Marinos Metropolis at the Arena Junín being the first one to start, followed by the game at Maldonado between Pumas and Slateport.

16:10 - GOAL! GOAL FOR TFC! Tannenberg are now ahead in their match against Edmonton, and take the lead in the fight for the title. Tannenberg 1-0 Edmonton, and the Monties are hoping that neither Real Campo Grande nor Minault score. #TFCvsEDM

16:12 - GOAL! for Real Campo Grande. The Reales are now beating the Stars 1-0 in Westporte and denying them the chance to qualify for a UICA tournament next season while also reaching safety.

16:15 - GOAL for the Stars! The team from Eterna City equalize and now things are just as they were before RCG scored.

16:21 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR ASB! Bezieres score their first goal against Minault and seize the lead on goal difference and also sink Minault in the relegation playoff berth.

16:23 - GOAL! for Canalave Dragons. The Dragons now take the lead against Tallin at Dragon Stadium and get closer to a Globe Cup berth.

16:25 - GOAL for Eterna Stars! The Stars are now 2-1 ahead and, considering Nacional's draw in Fontvielle against l'Impact, push La Academia out of the UICA zone!

16:29 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR BEZIERES! Les Rouges score their second goal against Minault. The score at the Stade de Foix is now 2-0 and looks like the Matecañas are doomed to play the relegation play-off while their rivals are already preparing the celebrations for what could be their seventh title.

16:31 - GOAL! in Fontvielle. Bad news for the Stars as it is a goal for Nacional! Los Albos are now 1-0 ahead against Victor Anigo's side and the Yellows are now sixth while Nacional and Canalave Dragons are claiming the Globe Cup berths.

16:35 - GOAL for Sillimus! And this goal means a lot to Bezieres and TFC, as the defending champions are seeing their hopes of winning their 11th crown being shattered by a relegated team: Sillimus 1-0 MA!

Also, checking the current standings, we find out that this goal is more harmful to the Alligators than we initially thought, as we enter a 4-team tie between Canalave Dragons, Nacional, Eterna Stars, and the Alligators for third place, and the defending champions are last in that tie and currently out of both UICA competitions!

16:41 - RC Belfort strikes first against Étoile Verte, however they are already relegated even though they level Minault's tally of points with this score.

16:47 - The first half of this decisive final matchday ends with the following scores: Bezieres 2-0 Minault, Canalave 1-0 Tallin, Junín 0-0 Marinos, Stars 2-1 RCG, Sillimus 1-0 Alligators, Impact 0-1 Nacional, Pradera 0-0 Olympique, Pumas 0-0 Slateport, Belfort 1-0 Étoile Verte, TFC 1-0 Edmonton. Bezieres are crowning themselves as champions and qualifying for the CC along with TFC and Nacional. Canalave Dragons and Eterna Stars qualifying for the GC, Minault confirming themselves in the playoff with this loss, and MA being left out of any UICA competition via league.

17:02 - The second half kicks off in Pradera in the Pradera-Olympique match, followed by the match between Eterna Stars and Real Campo Grande at the Riverside Stadium in Westporte.

17:09 - Marinos score against Deportivo Junín at the Arena Junín, however, this match doesn't really change things anywhere.

17:13 - GOAL! GOAL for Edmonton! Edmonton managed to find the equalizer at White Meadow Arena and ruin Tannenberg's dream of a fourth title with this 1-1 draw while also saving themselves from the playoff.

17:16 - GOAL! GOAL in Canalave! The Dragons score their second goal against Tallin and their GC berth is pretty safe right now.

17:18 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for the Stars! The Stars increase their lead on Real Campo Grande. Eterna Stars 3, Real Campo Grande 1 in Westporte and the Stars are also following their arch-rivals into the Globe Cup.

17:23 - Deportivo Junín managed to find the equalizer against Marinos. Things at the Arena Junín in a match of few relevance are now 1-1.

17:27 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR BEZIERES! Les Rouges are now 25 minutes away from their seventh title after scoring their third goal against Minault, while the Matecañas already resigned themselves to their fate.

17:30 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR THE ALLIGATORS! The defending champions equalize against Sillimus and are back on track in the title fight, since another goal from them will automatically help them leapfrog ASB for first place, and the Stars are now out of the Globe Cup. 1-1 at Moss Tower Stadium.

17:33 - GOAL! GOAL for Real Campo Grande! The Reales cut the gap with the Stars, who are still out of the Globe Cup. 3-2 the score at Westporte.

17:36 - GOAL for Minault! Minault United didn't fail to score in their match against Bezieres, but looks like they won't avoid the relegation play-off as things stand with this 3-1 loss at the Stade de Foix.

17:39 - Pumas are bidding a decent farewell to Liga-1 with a goal against Slateport, the Cougars are defeating the Bulls 1-0 in their last match before going back down.

17:41 - GOAL for Fontvielle Impact! L'Impact scored the equalizer against the squad coached by Alberto Vega, and with this result, the Stars are going back to the Globe Cup while Nacional are out of UICA contention!

17:45 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR TFC! Tannenberg took the lead once again against Edmonton, but it looks like the title is going to the Foix state this time. 2-1 the score at White Meadow Arena.

17:47 - GOAL for Canalave Dragons! Tallin conceded their third goal of the day and the Dragons will be going to the Globe Cup again.

17:49 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for Bezieres! The score at the Stade de Foix is now 4-1, and Les Rouges are already celebrating their championship!

17:50 - GOAL for Real Campo Grande! The Reales give Nacional a huge help with this goal in the dying moments of their match against the Stars. The score in Westporte is now 3-3 and the Stars are left out of the Globe Cup, that berth going to Nacional instead.

17:51 - Full time in Pradera! Pradera and Olympique played to a scoreless draw which did nothing but leaving Olympique out of UICA contention, and the Verdiblancos are already qualified for the Globe Cup no matter what happens in the King's Shield final.

17:52 - Full time in Westporte! Eterna Stars also missed out on the Globe Cup after conceding that fateful third goal against Real Campo Grande in the 90th minute.

17:53 - Full time in Bezieres and Les Rouges are the Liga-1 champions! With a 4-1 win over Minault United, AS Bezieres secured a title which was never at risk during this last matchday, even when TFC scored their first goal against Edmonton and MA equalized the match in Sillimus. Congratulations to the now seven-time champions!

17:55 - The results after this decisive last matchday in Liga-1 were the following:

FC Sillimus 1-1 Metropolis Alligators

AS Bezieres players celebrate the
title-winning goal against Minault.

Pumas Maldonado 1-0 Slateport Bulls
Pradera FC 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Edmonton United
AS Bezieres 4-1 Minault United
RC Belfort 1-0 Étoile Verte
Canalave Dragons 3-0 AC Tallin
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Nacional
Eterna Stars 3-3 Real Campo Grande
Deportivo Junín 1-1 Marinos Metropolis

King's Shield Final (November 23)

And this is the final game of the season, the King's Shield Final, which will be played by Liga-1 sides Pradera FC and Metropolis Alligators at an unprecedented venue: TFC's own White Meadow Arena. 64,939 people were present for the final match of the season, which was played a week after the Liga-1 finale.

The match was played with intensity by both sides; Pradera, after being denied several chances to score goals by Olympique de Fontvielle in their final league match last week, were desperate to find a goal which put them closer to win the Shield, while the Alligators were intelligent and spent their time hoping for the Verdiblancos to make a mistake while also trying to have ball possession and create some chances of their own. With these two strategies clashing, the match went to halftime still tied 0-0.

The Alligators woke up for the second half and finally managed to break the deadlock thanks to Euran "firefighter" Sam Ashtree, who despite being fiercely opposed by a sector of the Alligators fanbase, scored what would be the winning goal for MA in the 52nd minute. The goal conceded obviously pushed Pradera to go firing on all cylinders for the equalizer, however, the Alligators took advantage of this to create some dangerous counterattacks which could have killed the match off but ended up as wasted chances by the MA attackers.

THE THIRTIETH KING'S SHIELD
@ White Meadow Arena, Carloburgo, Mountbatten
Attendance: 64,939
Referee: Álvaro Amador (Chiquito)

Pradera FC 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
(Ashtree 52')

Metropolis Alligators qualified to the Cygnus Cup after winning this season's King's Shield, and passed their Globe Cup berth to their rivals in this final, Pradera FC.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  AS Bezieres                  38  18  11   9  71  45  +26  65 CH - CC
  2  Tannenberg FC                38  19   8  11  64  58   +6  65 CC
  3  Metropolis Alligators        38  17  12   9  54  37  +17  63 CC
  4  Canalave Dragons             38  17  11  10  63  47  +16  62 GC
  5  Nacional                     38  16  12  10  65  56   +9  60 GC
  6  Eterna Stars                 38  15  15   8  57  51   +6  60
  7  Pradera FC                   38  17   8  13  63  50  +13  59 GC
  8  Fontvielle Impact            38  15  13  10  51  39  +12  58
  9  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  15  13  10  64  53  +11  58
 10  Slateport Bulls              38  14   9  15  50  49   +1  51
 11  Étoile Verte                 38  12  14  12  41  37   +4  50
 12  AC Tallin                    38  14   7  17  50  49   +1  49
 13  Deportivo Junín              38  12  11  15  48  58  -10  47
 14  Marinos Metropolis           38  10  16  12  46  58  -12  46
 15  Edmonton United              38  10  14  14  51  56   -5  44
 16  Real Campo Grande            38  11  10  17  48  51   -3  43
 17  Minault United               38  10  11  17  45  64  -19  41 P-O
 18  RC Belfort                   38  10  11  17  40  65  -25  41 REL
 19  FC Sillimus                  38   9  11  18  34  52  -18  38 REL
 20  Pumas Maldonado              38   8   5  25  40  70  -30  29 REL

CHAMPIONS
AS Bezieres (7th title)

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nord Energie FC             38  21   5  12  53  34  +19  68  CH - SBCC
  2 Bretford Royals             38  17  12   9  41  25  +16  63  P - SBCC
  3 Valencia FC                 38  17  11  10  60  46  +14  62  P/O
  4 Hoxford Rovers              38  16  10  12  59  53   +6  58  P/O
  5 Bohemians Metropolis        38  15  12  11  53  42  +11  57  P/O
  6 Carloburgo Phoenix          38  16   8  14  42  49   -7  56  P/O
  7 AD Cerro                    38  14  14  10  48  41   +7  56
  8 Ajax Carloburgo             38  15   9  14  50  44   +6  54
  9 FC Columbus                 38  15   8  15  49  54   -5  53
 10 CR Palmas                   38  14  10  14  40  50  -10  52
 11 Deportivo Aguablanca        38  14   9  15  37  49  -12  51
 12 EC Comercial                38  14   8  16  49  52   -3  50
 13 Patriotas FC                38  14   7  17  41  48   -7  49
 14 AS Vaud                     38  13  10  15  51  45   +6  49
 15 Olympique de Coulombes      38  13   9  16  36  41   -5  48
 16 CAP                         38  11  13  14  42  45   -3  46
 17 AS Montreux                 38   8  19  11  37  43   -6  43  P-O
 18 FC Fauxham                  38  11   9  18  52  56   -4  42  REL
 19 Servette FC                 38   9  14  15  48  55   -7  41  REL
 20 Gatineau UC 98              38  11   7  20  41  57  -16  40  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Carloburgo Phoenix (6) 0-3 (3) Valencia FC
Valencia FC (3) 2-0 (6) Carloburgo Phoenix
Agg: Valencia FC 5-0 Carloburgo Phoenix

Bohemians Metropolis (5) 1-1 (4) Hoxford Rovers
Hoxford Rovers (4) 3-1 (5) Bohemians Metropolis
Agg: Hoxford Rovers 4-2 Bohemians Metropolis

Final:

Valencia FC (3) 0-0 (4) Hoxford Rovers (0-0 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Minault United vs. Valencia FC

Valencia FC 1-1 Minault United
Minault United 1-1 Valencia FC (2-1 AET, 3-2 agg)

After two matches full of drama (especially the second leg in Slateport), Minault United managed to keep their spot in Liga-1 by defeating Valencia FC (who will stay in Liga-2) on extra time.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 SC Alcázares                    38  17  15   6  68  48  +20  66  CH - P
  2 Neuchâtel-Sport                 38  18   8  12  50  43   +7  62  P
  3 Universitario de Maldonado      38  15  16   7  58  46  +12  61  P/O
  4 Real Pradera                    38  18   7  13  51  44   +7  61  P/O
  5 Hamanos Athletic Club           38  16  10  12  52  34  +18  58  P/O
  6 Danubio FC                      38  15  12  11  51  46   +5  57  P/O
  7 Corumbá EC                      38  15  11  12  40  39   +1  56
  8 Adelaide Kickers                38  14  13  11  54  42  +12  55
  9 Villaznia AC                    38  13  16   9  56  45  +11  55
 10 Alianza Antioquia               38  12  16  10  53  50   +3  52
 11 Club Osum                       38  14   9  15  39  47   -8  51
 12 RC Corania                      38  13   9  16  34  35   -1  48
 13 Atlas SC                        38  14   5  19  48  51   -3  47
 14 AS Lausanne                     38  12  10  16  30  47  -17  46
 15 Newcastle Town                  38  10  16  12  46  49   -3  46
 16 FC Townsville                   38  10  16  12  38  37   +1  46
 17 AS Laval-Avignon                38  11  11  16  37  49  -12  44
 18 Estudiantes de Colón            38   9  13  16  37  52  -15  40  REL
 19 Stanford United                 38   9  10  19  34  50  -16  37  REL
 20 Eterna Celtic                   38   6  15  17  31  53  -22  33  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Danubio FC (6) 1-1 (3) Universitario de Maldonado
Universitario de Maldonado (3) 3-0 (6) Danubio FC
Agg: Universitario de Maldonado 4-1 Danubio FC

Hamanos Athletic Club (5) 0-0 (4) Real Pradera
Real Pradera (4) 1-1 (5) Hamanos Athletic Club
Agg: Real Pradera 1-1 Hamanos Athletic Club (Hamanos Athletic Club wins on away goals)

Final:

Universitario de Maldonado (3) 1-3 (4) Hamanos Athletic Club

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AS Montreux vs. Universitario de Maldonado

Universitario de Maldonado 1-4 AS Montreux
AS Montreux 2-0 Universitario de Maldonado (6-1 agg)

Thus, AS Montreux will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: AS Bezieres
Runner-Up: Tannenberg FC
King's Shield Winner: Metropolis Alligators
Relegated Teams: RC Belfort, FC Sillimus, Pumas Maldonado
Promoted Teams: Nord Energie FC, Bretford Royals, Hoxford Rovers

Top Scorers:

1. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 27 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Sam Ashtree (Eura, Metropolis Alligators): 24 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Alexandre (Fontvielle Impact): 23 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Frank Rozenthal (Olympique de Fontvielle): 21 goals
5. Adam Pinto (AS Bezieres): 20 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 55:
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Tannenberg FC - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 52:
Canalave Dragons - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Nacional - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team
Pradera FC - King's Shield runners-up

Series B Champions' Cup 52:
Nord Energie FC - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Bretford Royals - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
Hoxford Rovers - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Valencia FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 30:
Metropolis Alligators - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:51 am

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FIRST SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions AS Bezieres and last season's King's Shield winners Metropolis Alligators. 42,564 people attended the eighteenth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave.

The match, which was expected to be attractive and played with intensity, did not disappoint the audience at all, with Rouges and Alligators showing they were willing to win since kick-off and the Liga-1 champions trying to threaten their rivals' goal since the very first moment. It was only the fifth minute of the match and MA's defense was already committing gross mistakes which eventually capitalized on a penalty kick awarded to Les Rouges after a handball by the young Alligators defender Alex Samson. Bezieres' captain Jérôme Revault turned that chance into a goal and the Liga-1 champions were already 1-0 ahead. The early goal was useful to wake the Shield holders up, who didn't took long to seize control of the ball and create dangerous goal chances, while Bezieres also had the chance to further punish the Alligators whenever the ball fell in their feet. This obviously stressed the lack of defensive sync both teams had given the few amount of pre-season training sessions held until the day of the match. However, MA were able to equalize just before the halftime whistle, thanks to a counterattack wonderfully finished by Miguel Flórez when it seemed the Liga-1 champions were going to the break with the score in their favour.

The second half was an extension of the first half, as Rouges and Alligators kept attacking each other and making this a back-and-forth match, to the delight of fans in both sides. Although the Shield holders were looking better and more threatening, defensive mistakes in Joachim Schwartz's side reappeared and spoiled the party for them while also bringing happiness back to the Foixiens, with striker Christian Núñez taking advantage of a poor delivery by MA's defense and sending the ball to the net without any pressure from an unfocused defense in the 73rd minute. With Jean-Pierre Aulas' side ahead in the score once again, it was expected another response from the Alligators but the champions were able to hold on in the back and endure the pressure exerted by the Alligators for an equalizer that would never come.

Thus, Bezieres won another Canalave Crown and further raised expectations for a double in the upcoming Liga-1 season.

EIGHTEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: AS BEZIERES VS. METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 42,564)

AS Bezieres 2-1 Metropolis Alligators (Revault 5' (pen), Núñez 73'; Flórez 45+1')

Liga-1 Season Review

Fontvielle Impact are back in the pinnacle of Valladar football after 13 long seasons of drought in which they saw Metropolis Alligators match their record of domestic titles (although not their record of longest title-winning streak, which still stands), arch-rivals AS Bezieres getting closer to them in the Roll of Honour with two more championships, and even former underdogs Olympique de Fontvielle and Pradera FC winning the Liga-1 once each. And precisely, the fight for the Liga-1 championship was only open to 3 teams once again: Impact, last season's champions Bezieres, and the Alligators, all of them leading the league at some moment during the tournament. The fight between the new "Big 3" of Valladares was so heated throughout the championship that the title definition came down to the wire, with l'Impact leading with 66 points, l'ASB trailing Les Bleus by a single point, and the Alligators coming in third and trailing l'Impact by 2 points. Everything was served for Victor Anigo's side to claim the title as they were going to host Étoile Verte on the last matchday, while Bezieres were hosting the ever dangerous Olympique de Fontvielle, who were having a rather subpar season, and the Alligators had to visit Slateport to play a Minault side struggling with relegation.

On the last matchday, Impact players were aware they would clinch the title just by beating Étoile Verte, and they did so in a match full of drama with a goal by Jean-Pierre de Roux in the dying minutes of the match, which was also enough to ruin celebrations of a second title in a row in Bezieres with Les Rouges defeating Olympique 2-1 and finishing one point behind the now eleven-time champions and behind them for the first time in three seasons. Meanwhile, the Alligators had their chances to win the title not only dashed by their arch-rivals winning their matches, but also by being unable to beat Minault United at the Estadio de la Riviera. Despite the side coached by Joachim Schwartz was the team that lost the least amount of matches in the season (only 5), they also dropped many points in the form of draws and that was precisely what prevented them from winning an eleventh domestic championship. In fact, the Alligators collected 17 draws in 38 matches, a clear record regarding amount of draws in a season for MA. Nevertheless, all three sides will be in the Champions' Cup next season, and a two-time champion of that competition will be back through the front door.

Marinos Metropolis had a remarkable season in both the administrative and sporting fields: more and new sponsorships, more memberships, and a great season in both the Liga-1 and the King's Shield. The Marineros will be back in the Globe Cup after finishing in fourth place with 62 points and ending with an unbeaten streak that spread for 11 matches, while Nacional, the side coached by Alberto Vega, continued with their regularity and clinched a ticket to the Globe Cup once again thanks to a meritorious fifth place with 60 points. It's worth mentioning that Nacional are currently competing with a young squad and finishing fifth (in UICA qualification positions) for the third straight season is truly an achievement for these guys (and they'll surely want more in the future). And now we talk about the club that exploded the Valladar transfer market with their expensive and flamboyant signings in the off-season...yeah, we're talking about Real Campo Grande. The team from the Chiquito state saw no problem in spending 75 million dollars in until-then nobodies such as Gregoryisgodistani forward Loyal Friend of Lord Almighty Gregory Robert Possibe (hereinafter Robert Possibe) and Quebecois striker Zachary Fortin, and whilst 59 goals might not meant much when compared to ASB's 74 or MA's 72 goals, they were instrumental in the success in both domestic tournaments for the Verdolagas, as their goals were enough to turn the Estádio Estadual Armando Bozzelli into a fortress and qualify RCG to the Globe Cup, at the expense of Tannenberg FC, who dropped several points in the final stretch of the season (three of those being in the goalfest that became Real Campo Grande 5-4 Tannenberg FC on MD37), and teams such as Eterna Stars, Pradera FC, and Slateport Bulls, whose reactions to a slow start to the season came a little bit too late.

It's also worth noting Deportivo Junín's progress and consolidation in the top tier, with the Granates achieving a record ninth place with 56 points but falling short of contention for a Globe Cup berth thanks to losses to direct rivals Real Campo Grande and Eterna Stars in the final six matches of the season. And, where there's progress there must also be regressions, such as the ones by Edmonton United, Canalave Dragons, and Olympique de Fontvielle, all one-time Liga-1 champions who have entered into a slump after their respective championships, with Olympique's case being more dramatic this time as they were only able to escape the relegation battle for good with only two matches left in the season. Étoile Verte and Tallin were also struck hard by irregularity and poor streaks which had them at the edge of the ledge until the final matchday, however, both sides were able to reach salvation thanks to the others' misfortune.

And by "the others", we mean the bottom four sides, starting with Minault United, whose magic seasons now seem to be over with a weakened side, poor performances, and the obligation to play the relegation play-off for the second season in a row. And then we have the relegated sides, starting with Bretford Royals, who always displayed a nice football but were unlucky when it comes to results (this is another sample that nice football =/= good results), and going down to Nord Energie and Hoxford Rovers, who (as well as Bretford) will be going back to Liga-2 after a cameo appearance in Liga-1 but one in which both teams showed precisely what a newly promoted side cannot do in the top tier.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Fontvielle Impact            38  20   9   9  59  45  +14  69 CH - CC
  2  AS Bezieres                  38  20   8  10  74  52  +22  68 CC
  3  Metropolis Alligators        38  16  17   5  72  38  +34  65 CC
  4  Marinos Metropolis           38  18   8  12  57  44  +13  62 GC
  5  Nacional                     38  17   9  12  51  49   +2  60 GC
  6  Real Campo Grande            38  16  11  11  59  49  +10  59 GC
  7  Tannenberg FC                38  15  12  11  59  55   +4  57
  8  Eterna Stars                 38  17   5  16  56  54   +2  56
  9  Deportivo Junín              38  14  14  10  54  44  +10  56
 10  Pradera FC                   38  14  12  12  52  48   +4  54
 11  Slateport Bulls              38  12  15  11  50  56   -6  51
 12  Edmonton United              38  13  10  15  48  49   -1  49
 13  Canalave Dragons             38  12  10  16  42  51   -9  46
 14  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  11  11  16  45  44   +1  44
 15  Étoile Verte                 38  10  12  16  37  50  -13  42
 16  AC Tallin                    38  10  12  16  48  64  -16  42
 17  Minault United               38   8  16  14  42  46   -4  40 P-O
 18  Bretford Royals              38  11   7  20  33  54  -21  40 REL
 19  Nord Energie FC              38   7  14  17  34  57  -23  35 REL
 20  Hoxford Rovers               38   8  10  20  40  63  -23  34 REL

CHAMPIONS
Fontvielle Impact (11th title)

The Twenty-Ninth King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

Eterna Stars 2-1 Canalave Dragons

Valencia FC 2-2 Defensores de Neuquén (2-2 AET, 0-1 PKs)

Real Campo Grande 1-0 Tannenberg FC

Nord Energie FC 1-3 Bretford Royals

RC Belfort 0-2 Gazélec Saint-Rémy

Metropolis Alligators 1-1 Marinos Metropolis (1-2 AET)

Cerro Plateado FC 2-0 Northport Bears

San Luis FC 0-0 Fontvielle Impact (0-1 AET)

Cerro Plateado FC 0-2 Bretford Royals

Fontvielle Impact 2-0 Eterna Stars

Marinos Metropolis 4-1 Gazélec Saint-Rémy

Real Campo Grande 1-0 Defensores de Neuquén

Real Campo Grande 0-0 Fontvielle Impact (1-0 AET)

Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Bretford Royals

THE THIRTY-FIRST KING'S SHIELD FINAL
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 69,956)

Real Campo Grande 1-2 Marinos Metropolis (Ruel 75'; Peláez 35', Aguilar 83')

Congratulations to Marinos Metropolis, who won their second King's Shield and qualified for the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RC Belfort                  38  23   7   8  59  35  +24  76  CH - SBCC
  2 AD Cerro                    38  22   9   7  51  27  +24  75  P - SBCC
  3 Patriotas FC                38  20  10   8  54  27  +27  70  P/O
  4 Bohemians Metropolis        38  20   6  12  50  34  +16  66  P/O
  5 Pumas Maldonado             38  15  11  12  54  43  +11  56  P/O
  6 EC Comercial                38  15  10  13  42  40   +2  55  P/O
  7 Ajax Carloburgo             38  16   7  15  59  41  +18  55
  8 FC Sillimus                 38  15   9  14  43  41   +2  54
  9 Deportivo Aguablanca        38  15   8  15  47  53   -6  53
 10 Valencia FC                 38  15   6  17  50  50   +0  51
 11 Olympique de Coulombes      38  16   2  20  37  54  -17  50
 12 AS Vaud                     38  12  12  14  29  41  -12  48
 13 FC Columbus                 38  12  12  14  42  44   -2  48
 14 Carloburgo Phoenix          38  12  11  15  32  43  -11  47
 15 Hamanos Athletic Club       38  12   9  17  45  54   -9  45
 16 CAP                         38  11  10  17  44  56  -12  43
 17 AS Montreux                 38  10  12  16  38  44   -6  42  P-O
 18 CR Palmas                   38  10  12  16  31  43  -12  42  REL
 19 SC Alcázares                38   9  14  15  36  49  -13  41  REL
 20 Neuchâtel-Sport             38   7   9  22  37  61  -24  30  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

EC Comercial (6) 2-0 (3) Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC (3) 2-0 (6) EC Comercial (2-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Agg: Patriotas FC 2-2 EC Comercial (Patriotas FC advance on penalty kicks)

Pumas Maldonado (5) 0-1 (4) Bohemians Metropolis
Bohemians Metropolis (4) 3-0 (5) Pumas Maldonado
Agg: Bohemians Metropolis 4-0 Pumas Maldonado

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Patriotas FC (3) 3-2 (4) Bohemians Metropolis

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Minault United vs. Bohemians Metropolis

Bohemians Metropolis 0-1 Minault United
Minault United 3-3 Bohemians Metropolis (4-3 agg)

Thus, Minault United will continue in Liga-1 for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Real Pradera                    38  22   8   8  50  31  +19  74  CH - P
  2 Universitario de Maldonado      38  21   8   9  59  43  +16  71  P
  3 FC Fauxham                      38  19  10   9  59  39  +20  67  P/O
  4 Servette FC                     38  18   8  12  56  36  +20  62  P/O
  5 Atlas SC                        38  16   8  14  38  38   +0  56  P/O
  6 Newcastle Town                  38  16   8  14  45  40   +5  56  P/O
  7 AS Lausanne                     38  16   7  15  42  40   +2  55
  8 Defensores de Neuquén           38  14  12  12  38  37   +1  54
  9 Corumbá EC                      38  12  18   8  51  47   +4  54
 10 Villaznia AC                    38  14  12  12  40  35   +5  54
 11 Gatineau UC 98                  38  14  11  13  46  50   -4  53
 12 Adelaide Kickers                38  14  10  14  41  42   -1  52
 13 RC Corania                      38  12  14  12  32  29   +3  50
 14 Alianza Antioquia               38  13  10  15  44  39   +5  49
 15 FC Townsville                   38  10  15  13  35  40   -5  45
 16 Danubio FC                      38  10  14  14  39  43   -4  44
 17 Deportivo Lomas                 38  10  11  17  31  42  -11  41
 18 Club Osum                       38  11   5  22  29  49  -20  38  REL
 19 AS Laval-Avignon                38   7   9  22  31  57  -26  30  REL
 20 Canalave Rangers                38   5  14  19  26  55  -29  29  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Newcastle Town (6) 1-2 (3) FC Fauxham
FC Fauxham (3) 1-0 (6) Newcastle Town
Agg: FC Fauxham 3-1 Newcastle Town

Atlas SC (5) 1-1 (4) Servette FC
Servette FC (4) 0-0 (5) Atlas SC
Agg: Servette FC 1-1 Atlas SC (Servette FC advance on away goals)

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

FC Fauxham (3) 0-2 (4) Servette FC

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AS Montreux vs. FC Fauxham

FC Fauxham 2-3 AS Montreux
AS Montreux 3-3 FC Fauxham (6-5 agg)

Thus, AS Montreux will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Fontvielle Impact
Runner-Up: AS Bezieres
King's Shield Winner: Marinos Metropolis
Relegated Teams: Bretford Royals, Nord Energie FC, Hoxford Rovers
Promoted Teams: RC Belfort, AD Cerro, Patriotas FC

Top Scorers:

1. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 27 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 25 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Edwin Aguilar (Marinos Metropolis): 24 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Robert Possibe (Gregoryisgodistan, Real Campo Grande): 23 goals
5. Jean-Pierre de Roux (Fontvielle Impact): 22 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 56:
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 champions
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 53:
Marinos Metropolis - King's Shield winners and Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Nacional - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team
Real Campo Grande - King's Shield runners-up and Valladar Liga-1 sixth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 53:
RC Belfort - Valladar Liga-2 champions
AD Cerro - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
Patriotas FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Bohemians Metropolis - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 31:
Metropolis Alligators - Cygnus Cup 30 Winners
Marinos Metropolis - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:35 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-SECOND SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Fontvielle Impact and last season's King's Shield winners Marinos Metropolis. 36,053 people attended the nineteenth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave. Both sides were looking to start the season with a new addition to their trophy showcase, especially Marinos, who were donning their new alternate kit: a rare orange and white outfit.

Fontvielle Impact kicked off in overwhelming fashion, controlling the ball at pleasure and locking Marinos into their own field with dangerous and repeated corner kicks while also generating chance after chance, however, this domination was not capitalized into goals by Impact's strikers: Jean-Pierre de Roux, Carlos Conte, and Alexandre. Meanwhile, Marinos waited patiently for l'Impact's onslaught to end and also for a chance to hurt them, which eventually came at the most unexpected moment for Les Bleus: in the 19th minute, when the Liga-1 champions were closer to open the scoreboard, Marinos midfielder Javier Cano sneaked between two Impact defenders and tried his hand with a shot from outside the box. And what a goal it was, no, no, no...what a GOLAZO it was. Marinos were now 1-0 ahead and Victor Anigo's side and their supporters were left shocked. Starting from that moment, Marinos took complete control of the game while Fontvielle Impact didn't show any reaction. This was the perfect situation for Marinos to increase their advantage, which they did in the 34th minute after a lethal counterattack finished with a goal by striker Edwin Aguilar. The first half ended with the Marineros beating Les Bleus by two-nil.

The Liga-1 champions were out for the comeback in the second half, but the Marineros dealt them yet another blow with a goal by James Croft in the 53rd minute, leaving l'Impact with a higher mountain to climb with the 3-0, however they weren't willing to give up and managed to score their first goal six minutes later thanks to their captain, Jean-Pierre de Roux, and his efforts at the front. The match was now back and forth, and Marinos took advantage of another gross mistake by Impact's defense and a counterattack in order to restore the three-goal advantage. Edwin Aguilar scored his second goal of the day and the 4-1 for his team in the 77th minute. Fontvielle Impact fans were already leaving the stadium when Carlos Conte cut the gap back to two goals in the 83rd minute by scoring the second goal for the Liga-1 champions, bringing hope back to them. Then, Impact's newest prospect, midfielder Yohan Guidetti, made the "Vouz pouvez!" chants coming from Impact's fans louder with his goal in the 87th minute. Marinos players were already looking worn out by Canalave's heat and humidity while Impact's players looked less confused and hoping for the completion of a miraculous comeback, which eventually came true with Alexandre's goal just before the final whistle. The Liga-1 champions had managed to reduce Marinos's 3-goal advantage to nothing in seven minutes full of drama, and the Liga-1 and King's Shield champions were now headed to extra time.

Extra time was a 30-minute monologue for Marinos, who tried to break into Fontvielle Impact's defense with their last remnants of energy but l'Impact defended well and, as a consequence, the match ended up going to the feared penalty shootout, where Paul Lacombe became the heroe for Fontvielle Impact by saving three shots from his orange-clad rivals and helping his side win yet another Canalave Crown in a dramatic definition, while Marinos were left ruing those fateful 7 minutes plus the extra 30 minutes where they were unable to finish off their rivals.

NINETEENTH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: FONTVIELLE IMPACT VS. MARINOS METROPOLIS

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 36,053)

Fontvielle Impact 4-4 Marinos Metropolis (de Roux 59', Conte 83', Guidetti 87', Alexandre 90+3'; Cano 19', Aguilar 34', 77', Croft 53')

Fontvielle Impact won 3-2 on penalties

Liga-1 Season Review

This season, AS Bezieres made sure the Stargoal returned to the banks of the Rivière de Foix by dominating the league from start to end, and clinching the championship with 3 matches to go with a scoreless draw against Cerro at the City of Metropolis Stadium. Subsequent defeats to Eterna Stars and Marinos did not matter at all and Les Rouges lifted the trophy for the eighth time after drawing with Olympique de Fontvielle at home in the last matchday. Bezieres will be back to the Champions' Cup alongside two uncommon attendees: Marinos Metropolis and Slateport Bulls. The painful loss on penalty kicks against Fontvielle Impact at the Canalave Crown struck hard into the Mariner foundations, however, Paulo Oliveira and his players knew how to bounce back and they did so by taking a team expected to underperform as usual into the podium and a berth into the Champions' Cup preliminaries. Oliveira's recipe for success? Nice football and excellent results (7 wins in a row) in the final stretch of the season. Orange alternate shirts may be helpful to invoke Champions' Cup berths, too. As for the team from Slateport, the Bulls had a consistent season like they hadn't had in years, being always in the top positions: topping the league on MD10, fourth at halfway, and third on MD29. A loss to eventual champions Bezieres on MD30 moved them away from the fight for the Stargoal and got Les Rouges closer to it, but the Bulls had enough savings to keep their third place and the last spot into the Champions' Cup.

Nacional are showing more and more progress each season with their young albeit impressive squad. Los Albos, just like Slateport Bulls, were always fighting with Bezieres for the top spot, but they entered into a streak of poor results after halfway point which was enough to send them out of the title contention. However, Alberto Vega's side managed to bounce back in the last stretch of the season and secured qualification for the Globe Cup with a win over Cerro on MD37. They would eventually fail to capitalize on MA's demolition of Slateport on the last matchday by losing to the Stars in Eterna City and missed out on the next Champions' Cup by a single point as a result. Speaking of the Alligators, we are sure the Titan and their fans will not remember this season for other thing different to the King's Shield, where they excelled, but their Liga-1 season was a disaster at the eyes of the ever demanding fans, being only able to finish in fifth place, the first time the Alligators ended outside the top 3 since the 22nd Liga-1 season, when they ended in fifth place as well. With Fontvielle Impact and Metropolis Alligators already qualified for the Globe Cup and both also busy at the King's Shield, there was an extra Globe Cup berth up for grabs, which ended going to Tannenberg FC, who narrowly edged out the Stars thanks to their better head-to-head record against them.

The Liga-1 defending champions, Fontvielle Impact, Pradera FC, and Real Campo Grande had subpar performances this season: maybe Victor Anigo's side was distracted by their success at both the Globe Cup and the King's Shield, but Verdiblancos and Verdolagas had no excuses this time and expectations were not met in Pradera nor Campo Grande, especially the latter with their expensive roster and their international commitment. Patriotas FC, on the other hand, had a dreamlike début season at the Liga-1, turning Danube Canyon Stadium in Columbus into an unassailable fortress where MA, TFC, Impact, Stars all lost and ASB could only rescue a point and managed to end in a honorable 11th place with 52 points. Canalave Dragons and Olympique de Fontvielle disappointed their fans once again, while Deportivo Junín, who had a remarkable first half of the season, were unable to keep up the good job in the decisive half and had to settle for a disappointing 14th place with 45 points, even flirting with relegation at some point in the season.

This season will be known as one where all the three relegated sides managed to keep their Liga-1 status at the end of the season: we already talked about Patriotas, and now we add AD Cerro and RC Belfort to the list. Celestes and Rouges et Noirs can also be content with their performances, which were enough to keep them safe from relegation, although the side from Gatineau was involved for most of the season in an interesting head-to-head for not falling into the relegation play-off with AC Tallin, where they eventually got the upper hand thanks to a crucial 2-0 win at Parken Road. Instead of showing progress, the Southern Gunners are showing more regression season after season, being unable to snatch points from the crucial games, like the one vs. Belfort we just mentioned, and as a punishment they will have to play the relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Liga-2 playoff.

And, since all the promoted sides managed to save their skins, the list of relegated sides for this season includes three surprises: Étoile Verte, Edmonton United, and Minault United, all of them failing to live up to the high expectations set on them (especially in the Monties' case, who already know what it feels being Liga-1 champion) and they will be heading back to the Liga-2, the place all of them once left.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  AS Bezieres                  38  20  11   7  71  39  +32  71 CH - CC
  2  Marinos Metropolis           38  17  13   8  64  47  +17  64 CC
  3  Slateport Bulls              38  16  15   7  51  42   +9  63 CC
  4  Nacional                     38  18   8  12  50  44   +6  62 GC
  5  Metropolis Alligators        38  16  12  10  50  41   +9  60 GC
  6  Tannenberg FC                38  15  14   9  51  44   +7  59 GC
  7  Eterna Stars                 38  16  11  11  43  36   +7  59
  8  Fontvielle Impact            38  16   8  14  57  54   +3  56 GC
  9  Pradera FC                   38  14  13  11  50  40  +10  55
 10  Real Campo Grande            38  14  10  14  53  44   +9  52
 11  Patriotas FC                 38  12  16  10  47  46   +1  52
 12  Canalave Dragons             38  14   8  16  48  51   -3  50
 13  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  13  10  15  47  55   -8  49
 14  Deportivo Junín              38  11  12  15  37  42   -5  45
 15  AD Cerro                     38  12   8  18  34  48  -14  44
 16  RC Belfort                   38  10  12  16  38  55  -17  42
 17  AC Tallin                    38  10  12  16  47  57  -10  42 P-O
 18  Étoile Verte                 38   9  10  19  31  41  -10  37 REL
 19  Edmonton United              38   7  11  20  42  65  -23  32 REL
 20  Minault United               38   5  16  17  39  59  -20  31 REL

CHAMPIONS
AS Bezieres (8th title)

The Thirty-Second King's Shield: [For this season, coverage starts in the Round of 16 due to broadcast restrictions]

Metropolis Alligators 0-0 Minault United (0-0 AET, 5-4 PKs)

Tannenberg FC 6-1 FC Borderville

FC Fauxham 0-2 Servette FC

AS Vaud 2-1 AD Cerro

Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo (2-1 AET)

AS Laval-Avignon 0-1 Villaznia AC

Adelaide Kickers 3-4 AC Talamonte

AS Lausanne 2-1 Bretford Royals

Tannenberg FC 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

AS Lausanne 0-1 Servette FC

AS Vaud 1-1 Villaznia AC (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

AC Talamonte 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

Fontvielle Impact 3-0 AS Vaud

Servette FC 0-3 Metropolis Alligators

THE THIRTY-SECOND KING'S SHIELD FINAL
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 87,448)

Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Metropolis Alligators (1-3 AET) (Conte 35'; Bothroyd 76', 110', Allister 113')

Congratulations to Metropolis Alligators, who won a record sixth King's Shield in an electrifying match against old foes Fontvielle Impact, and qualified for the Cygnus Cup!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Valencia FC                     38  23  10   5  68  33  +35  79  CH - SBCC
  2 Pumas Maldonado                 38  20  10   8  55  34  +21  70  P - SBCC
  3 Nord Energie FC                 38  18  11   9  44  31  +13  65  P/O
  4 Bohemians Metropolis            38  18   6  14  50  40  +10  60  P/O
  5 Hoxford Rovers                  38  15  15   8  56  45  +11  60  P/O
  6 Servette FC                     38  16  11  11  50  45   +5  59  P/O
  7 Ajax Carloburgo                 38  16   9  13  51  41  +10  57
  8 FC Sillimus                     38  16   8  14  43  42   +1  56
  9 AS Vaud                         38  15  10  13  51  41  +10  55
 10 Olympique de Coulombes          38  13  14  11  46  43   +3  53
 11 Real Pradera                    38  15   6  17  41  46   -5  51
 12 FC Columbus                     38  13   9  16  36  43   -7  48
 13 CAP                             38  13   6  19  40  41   -1  45
 14 Deportivo Aguablanca            38  10  14  14  43  58  -15  44
 15 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  11  10  17  42  50   -8  43
 16 AS Montreux                     38  10  12  16  32  44  -12  42
 17 Bretford Royals                 38  12   6  20  24  32   -8  42  P-O
 18 Hamanos Athletic Club           38   9  11  18  36  57  -21  38  REL
 19 EC Comercial                    38   9  10  19  27  44  -17  37  REL
 20 Universitario de Maldonado      38   6  16  16  32  57  -25  34  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Servette FC (6) 1-1 (3) Nord Energie FC
Nord Energie FC (3) 0-0 (6) Servette FC
Agg: Nord Energie FC 1-1 Servette FC (Nord Energie FC advance on away goals)

Hoxford Rovers (5) 1-3 (4) Bohemians Metropolis
Bohemians Metropolis (4) 0-0 (5) Hoxford Rovers
Agg: Bohemians Metropolis 3-1 Hoxford Rovers

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Nord Energie FC (3) 3-0 (4) Bohemians Metropolis

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: AC Tallin vs. Bohemians Metropolis

Bohemians Metropolis 0-1 AC Tallin
AC Tallin 2-3 Bohemians Metropolis (3-3 agg) (Bohemians Metropolis win on away goals rule)

The second was the charm for Bohemians Metropolis, as they earned promotion to next season's Liga-1 in their second straight attempt at the promotion play-off by rounding up a heroic comeback at Parken Road with a last-minute header. Meanwhile, AC Tallin will have a long Liga-2 season to reflect on how they wasted a three-goal advantage on aggregate score.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Gatineau UC 98             38  19  10   9  58  38  +20  67  CH - P
  2 Alianza Antioquia          38  19   8  11  55  40  +15  65  P
  3 FC Fauxham                 38  16  15   7  55  37  +18  63  P/O
  4 SC Alcázares               38  16  14   8  48  27  +21  62  P/O
  5 Villaznia AC               38  15  15   8  45  42   +3  60  P/O
  6 Danubio FC                 38  16   8  14  47  45   +2  56  P/O
  7 Deportivo Lomas            38  15  11  12  43  43   +0  56
  8 Atlas SC                   38  15  10  13  44  44   +0  55
  9 Bellavista Jets            38  16   7  15  48  50   -2  55
 10 RC Corania                 38  14  12  12  34  28   +6  54
 11 Defensores de Neuquén      38  14  11  13  43  41   +2  53
 12 Corumbá EC                 38  14   9  15  42  41   +1  51
 13 Neuchâtel-Sport            38  12  11  15  42  43   -1  47
 14 Adelaide Kickers           38  11  13  14  35  43   -8  46
 15 CR Palmas                  38  11  12  15  41  43   -2  45
 16 FC Townsville              38  10  15  13  44  55  -11  45
 17 AS Lausanne                38  12   9  17  46  50   -4  45
 18 Newcastle Town             38  10  12  16  38  46   -8  42  REL
 19 Estudiantes de Colón       38   7  14  17  28  50  -22  35  REL
 20 Northport Bears            38   5  10  23  25  55  -30  25  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Danubio FC (6) 2-0 (3) FC Fauxham
FC Fauxham (3) 1-2 (6) Danubio FC
Agg: FC Fauxham 1-4 Danubio FC

Villaznia AC (5) 1-0 (4) SC Alcázares
SC Alcázares (4) 2-1 (5) Villaznia AC
Agg: SC Alcázares 2-2 Villaznia AC (Villaznia AC advance on away goals)

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Villaznia AC (5) 0-1 (6) Danubio FC

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Bretford Royals vs. Villaznia AC

Villaznia AC 0-4 Bretford Royals
Bretford Royals 0-0 Villaznia AC (4-0 agg)

Thus, Bretford Royals will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: AS Bezieres
Runner-Up: Marinos Metropolis
King's Shield Winner: Metropolis Alligators
Relegated Teams: Étoile Verte, Edmonton United, Minault United, AC Tallin
Promoted Teams: Valencia FC, Pumas Maldonado, Nord Energie FC, Bohemians Metropolis

Top Scorers:

1. Edwin Aguilar (Marinos Metropolis): 26 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Adam Levine (Slateport Bulls): 24 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 23 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Felipe Pardo (Nacional): 21 goals
5. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 20 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 57:
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Marinos Metropolis - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Slateport Bulls - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 54:
Fontvielle Impact - Globe Cup 53 winners
Metropolis Alligators - King's Shield winners and Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team
Nacional - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Tannenberg FC - Valladar Liga-1 sixth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 54:
Valencia FC - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Pumas Maldonado - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
Nord Energie FC - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
Bohemians Metropolis - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 32:
Metropolis Alligators - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:37 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-THIRD SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions AS Bezieres and last season's King's Shield winners Metropolis Alligators. 40,111 people attended the twentieth SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave, where Rouges and Alligators would be locking horns for the first time in the season with the Canalave Crown at stake.

Despite all the expectation raised by this match between Valladares' two strongest teams nowadays, the match was not up to these high expectations. Rather, it was a dull affair with few chances to score and many battles for ball possession in the midfield, some of which ended in dangerous challenges and bookings for players of both sides. The Shield holders were on the offensive for most of the first half, but their efforts to open the scoreboard shipwrecked on the legs of Rouge defenders.

The best moment of the game were the first 20 minutes of the second half, when ASB realized that defending a scoreless stalemate was not a good thing to do in a winner-takes-all match such as the Crown. Then the match turned out to be entertaining with both sides creating chances and erecting the goalkeepers as candidates to Man of the Match with some nice saves. However, this span of time gave the Alligators the chance to score the match's winning goal after ASB returned to their strategy of fouling rival players which did nothing for them but award a penalty kick against the Liga-1 champions which Alan Bothroyd did not waste, scoring the 1-0 for the Alligators in the 66th minute. This goal was eventually a lethal blow to the Liga-1 champions, who tried everything they could to turn things around and revert the result, but MA decided to change their usual 3-5-2 formation to a more conservative 4-4-2 which made sure Bezieres would not have a chance to stage a comeback like Impact did last season vs. Marinos, while the Alligators ran away with yet another Canalave Crown in the process.

TWENTIETH SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: AS BEZIERES VS. METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 40,111)

AS Bezieres 0-1 Metropolis Alligators (Bothroyd 66')

Liga-1 Season Review

[Summary to be edited in soon]

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        38  19  10   9  61  38  +23  67 CH - CC
  2  AS Bezieres                  38  20   5  13  69  46  +23  65 CC
  3  Fontvielle Impact            38  19   8  11  56  46  +10  65 CC
  4  Marinos Metropolis           38  19   7  12  64  46  +18  64 GC
  5  Nacional                     38  18   9  11  57  36  +21  63 GC
  6  Tannenberg FC                38  16  14   8  59  50   +9  62
  7  Slateport Bulls              38  18   8  12  46  33  +13  62
  8  Canalave Dragons             38  17   7  14  62  45  +17  58
  9  Pradera FC                   38  16   7  15  56  52   +4  55
 10  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  14  11  13  52  50   +2  53
 11  Deportivo Junín              38  13  12  13  53  48   +5  51
 12  Eterna Stars                 38  14   7  17  46  59  -13  49
 13  Real Campo Grande            38  11  12  15  36  50  -14  45
 14  Valencia FC                  38  12   9  17  46  50   -4  45
 15  Pumas Maldonado              38  11  11  16  38  58  -20  44
 16  Bohemians Metropolis         38  10  11  17  33  47  -14  41
 17  Patriotas FC                 38  10  11  17  41  55  -14  41 P-O
 18  Nord Energie FC              38  11   7  20  43  59  -16  40 REL
 19  RC Belfort                   38  10  10  18  30  57  -27  40 REL
 20  AD Cerro                     38   9  10  19  47  70  -23  37 REL

CHAMPIONS
Metropolis Alligators (11th title)

The Thirty-Third King's Shield:

Sporting Florencia 0-0 Columbus Cannons (0-0 AET, 3-1 PKs)

AC Valencia 2-1 University of Canalave FC

Rapid Metropolis 0-0 Orlèans FC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Kingsville Reds 1-4 Cidade do Leste

FC Westporte 984 1-0 Sion-Impact OSC

Hoxford Athletic 2-1 Victoria United

Metropolis City FC 0-1 Carolina Rangers

Araguaná 0-0 Tessano FC (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)

AFC Fylde 1-1 Port Authority FC (2-1 AET)

Bridgeborough United 0-0 Aguablanca FC (0-0 AET, 3-1 PKs)

LDU Victoria 2-1 Westporte City FC

Port Arthur Warriors 1-0 Dynamo Metropolis

Atlético Rozo 0-2 SC Canalave Young Boys

Fauxham United 1-3 RC Victoria

SC Tabatinga 1-1 Trois-Rivières Athletic (1-2 AET)

Richmond City 1-1 Vitória Maldonado (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

AFC Trefford 0-2 Sillimus Islanders FC

Borderville Rogues 1-1 FC Coulombes (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Buitrera FC 1-1 Salvador FC (2-1 AET)

RC Copacabana 0-2 Deportivo Balboa

Central Español 2-1 Stade Foixien

FC Verder Metropolis 3-0 Potros de Slateport

Alejandría SC 0-1 Hamilton Rockets

Northport Mariners 3-1 Cardenales FC

Excelsior Exeter 1-2 Hamilton Steelers

Port Arthur FC 1-0 Atlético Robles

FC Borderville 2-1 FC 1093 Los Chorros

Standard Fontvielle 0-1 Adelaide Heart FC

CS Ypres 1-0 Isla Nueva FC

FC Silverstone 2-1 Mountain United

Mineros de Talamonte 3-0 AC St. Louis

EC São Januário 1-0 Gazélec Saint-Rémy

FC Blacktown 2-0 Jamundí FC

Abbotsford SC 0-1 Real Colón

Operário FC 2-1 FC Bluewich-Furness

Chesham Town 1-0 Nacional (CG)

Toril Beavers 1-1 Deportivo Meléndez (2-1 AET)

Remo 3-0 FC Annecy

AC Huez 0-1 Blue-White Westporte

Townsville Fury 1-0 Fermont OSC

Unión de Loja FC 2-1 Yumbo FC

AD Sillimus 1-1 Português (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Rexam 1-1 Campograndense (2-1 AET)

Tarragona FC 2-1 OSC Canalave

Leeward Tech FC 1-1 Policía Nacional FC (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Atlético Caney 1-1 CS Clermont (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Estrella Roja 2-1 Westporte Sailors FC

Deportivo Angostura 1-1 Cerro Plateado FC (1-1 AET, 4-1 PKs)

Operário FC 0-5 Tannenberg FC

Metropolis Alligators 4-0 Deportivo Balboa

Estrella Roja 1-2 AS Vaud

Blue-White Westporte 0-4 Alianza Antioquia

Bridgeborough United 2-3 Cidade do Leste

Remo 1-0 AS Laval-Avignon

RC Corania 2-2 Gatineau UC 98 (2-2 AET, 4-3 PKs)

Atlético Poblado 1-3 Adelaide Kickers

Stanford United 2-2 Unión de Loja FC (2-2 AET, 3-0 PKs)

Slateport Bulls 2-1 Club Osum

RC Victoria 0-2 Nord Energie FC

Chesham Town 1-2 Bellavista Jets

Gatineau Athletic Club 1-5 Nacional

Ajax Carloburgo 0-2 FC Sillimus

Deportivo Lomas 2-1 Estudiantes de Colón

Port Arthur FC 0-0 FC Westporte 984 (1-0 AET)

Sporting Florencia 1-1 Fontvielle Impact (1-2 AET)

Eterna Celtic 2-1 Buitrera FC

Deportivo Junín 1-3 Bretford Royals

Trois-Rivières Athletic 0-1 Northport Mariners

Hoxford Rovers 0-1 Canalave Dragons

AC Tallin 1-0 CR Palmas

FC Blacktown 1-2 Northport Bears

FC Fauxham 2-0 AD Sillimus

AS Mont-Blanc 0-1 Étoile Verte

Townsville Fury 4-2 Adelaide City FC

San Luis FC 0-3 AS Montreux

Curzón FC 0-1 CAP

SC Alcázares 0-2 Toril Beavers

Real Pradera 2-4 Real Campo Grande

Olympique de Fontvielle 3-0 Campinas FC

Patriotas FC 1-2 FC Columbus

Deportivo Aguablanca 2-0 Olympique de Coulombes

Deportivo Angostura 3-0 Bohemians Metropolis

Atlético Nápoles 1-0 Mineros de Talamonte

Valencia FC 1-1 AS Lausanne (2-1 AET)

FC Verder Metropolis 0-3 Carolina Rangers

Atlas SC 3-2 Minault United

Atlético Pavia 0-0 Swangard FC (0-0 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Richmond City 4-1 EC São Januário

Orlèans FC 1-2 Hamilton Rockets

Santacruz FC 0-1 Servette FC

Universitario de Maldonado 2-2 AS Bezieres (2-2 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Leeward Tech FC 1-0 Eterna Stars

Neuchâtel-Sport 1-0 Clermont FC

EC Comercial 0-2 Central Español

Araguaná 3-0 FC Borderville

Corumbá EC 1-1 Danubio FC (2-1 AET)

Marinos Metropolis 1-2 Edmonton United

Sillimus Islanders FC 1-2 Hoxford Athletic

Adelaide Heart FC 1-1 Port Arthur Warriors (4-2 AET)

AC Valencia 1-1 Carloburgo Phoenix (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)

SC Canalave Young Boys 1-3 Cartago FC

Villaznia AC 2-1 SC Río Laguna

Hamilton Steelers 1-1 Tarragona FC (1-4 AET)

Real Colón 2-0 Rexam

AD Cerro 1-1 AC Talamonte (1-1 AET, 0-1 PKs)

Hamanos Athletic Club 1-0 LDU Victoria

Atlético Caney 1-1 RC Belfort (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

CS Ypres 2-4 FC Coulombes

Pumas Maldonado 1-1 Canalave Rangers (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Defensores de Neuquén 0-4 Pradera FC

FC Townsville 2-1 Newcastle Town

AFC Fylde 0-2 FC Silverstone

Tannenberg FC 1-3 CAP

Corumbá EC 2-1 Townsville Fury

Cartago FC 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

FC Coulombes 0-1 AC Valencia

Real Campo Grande 2-1 FC Townsville

Neuchâtel-Sport 0-1 RC Belfort

Slateport Bulls 3-0 Hoxford Athletic

Deportivo Lomas 1-0 Araguaná

Remo 0-1 AS Vaud

Bellavista Jets 2-1 Stanford United

Hamilton Rockets 1-0 FC Silverstone

Nacional 1-2 Canalave Dragons

Port Arthur FC 0-2 FC Sillimus

Edmonton United 1-0 Northport Mariners

AS Bezieres 1-1 Adelaide Kickers (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Bretford Royals 1-1 Canalave Rangers (2-2 AET, 0-3 PKs)

Cidade do Leste 0-1 Real Colón

Adelaide Heart FC 1-2 Atlético Nápoles

AS Montreux 1-0 Villaznia AC

Hamanos Athletic Club 3-4 Metropolis Alligators

Northport Bears 0-1 Atlas SC

Pradera FC 0-0 Étoile Verte (0-0 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Valencia FC 4-2 FC Columbus

Deportivo Angostura 1-1 Toril Beavers (2-1 AET)

AC Talamonte 1-1 Alianza Antioquia (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Richmond City 0-2 Leeward Tech FC

FC Fauxham 1-0 Carolina Rangers

Central Español 2-2 Swangard FC (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-0 AC Tallin

Tarragona FC 0-2 Fontvielle Impact

Nord Energie FC 0-0 RC Corania (0-0 AET, 3-4 PKs)

Servette FC 0-2 Eterna Celtic

AS Montreux 2-0 Leeward Tech FC

Swangard FC 1-3 Deportivo Aguablanca

RC Belfort 0-1 CAP

Metropolis Alligators 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

AC Valencia 0-3 FC Sillimus

Canalave Dragons 1-0 Atlético Nápoles

Eterna Celtic 0-0 Corumbá EC (0-2 AET)

Deportivo Lomas 0-3 Real Campo Grande

FC Fauxham 3-0 Hamilton Rockets

Valencia FC 2-0 Bellavista Jets

Étoile Verte 0-1 Edmonton United

Atlas SC 1-1 Fontvielle Impact (1-2 AET)

AS Vaud 1-0 Slateport Bulls

Adelaide Kickers 3-1 Deportivo Angostura

Canalave Rangers 0-1 RC Corania

Real Colón 2-0 Alianza Antioquia

Canalave Dragons 3-0 AS Vaud

Edmonton United 2-1 FC Sillimus

Fontvielle Impact 5-0 FC Fauxham

Olympique de Fontvielle 0-1 RC Corania

Real Colón 0-3 Real Campo Grande

Adelaide Kickers 0-2 AS Montreux

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-1 Valencia FC (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)

Corumbá EC 3-2 CAP

AS Montreux 1-1 Deportivo Aguablanca (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Real Campo Grande 2-2 Corumbá EC (2-2 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Edmonton United 1-0 RC Corania

Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Canalave Dragons

Deportivo Aguablanca 0-2 Fontvielle Impact

Edmonton United 5-1 Corumbá EC

THE THIRTY-THIRD KING'S SHIELD FINAL
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 48,029)

Fontvielle Impact 0-2 Edmonton United (Paulo Jr. 9', 47')

Congratulations to Edmonton United, who won their fourth King's Shield and became the first Valladar Liga-2 winner of the King's Shield while also qualifying for the Cygnus Cup in the process!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hoxford Rovers              38  19   9  10  69  55  +14  66  CH - SBCC
  2 Ajax Carloburgo             38  19   8  11  59  45  +14  65  P - SBCC
  3 Edmonton United             38  16  13   9  52  42  +10  61  P/O - CYG
  4 AC Tallin                   38  16  12  10  40  35   +5  60  P/O
  5 FC Columbus                 38  16  10  12  44  38   +6  58  P/O
  6 AS Montreux                 38  16  10  12  42  34   +8  58  P/O
  7 Gatineau UC 98              38  15  11  12  42  49   -7  56
  8 Olympique de Coulombes      38  13  14  11  46  41   +5  53
  9 AS Vaud                     38  15   7  16  53  55   -2  52
 10 Real Pradera                38  15   6  17  46  51   -5  51
 11 Servette FC                 38  15   6  17  53  56   -3  51
 12 Étoile Verte                38  13  11  14  43  39   +4  50
 13 CAP                         38  13  11  14  37  42   -5  50
 14 Deportivo Aguablanca        38  14   8  16  45  49   -4  50
 15 FC Sillimus                 38  12  12  14  38  44   -6  48
 16 Bretford Royals             38  11  13  14  35  34   +1  46
 17 Alianza Antioquia           38  12   8  18  42  51   -9  44  P-O
 18 Minault United              38  12   8  18  53  55   -2  44  REL
 19 Danubio FC                  38   9  15  14  41  51  -10  42  REL
 20 Carloburgo Phoenix          38   8  10  20  42  56  -14  34  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

AS Montreux (6) 1-0 (3) Edmonton United
Edmonton United (3) 0-0 (6) AS Montreux
Agg: Edmonton United 0-1 AS Montreux

FC Columbus (5) 1-0 (4) AC Tallin
AC Tallin (4) 1-0 (5) FC Columbus (1-1 AET)
Agg: AC Tallin 1-2 FC Columbus

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

FC Columbus (5) 0-0 (6) AS Montreux (0-0 AET, 4-1 PKs)

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Patriotas FC vs. AS Montreux

AS Montreux 2-0 Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC 0-0 AS Montreux (0-2 agg)

AS Montreux will be back in Liga-1 after a four-season absence. Meanwhile, Patriotas FC will return to the second tier after two seasons in Valladares' top flight.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Fauxham                      38  21   6  11  64  33  +31  69  CH - P
  2 Atlas SC                        38  19   8  11  45  34  +11  65  P
  3 Corumbá EC                      38  18  10  10  50  35  +15  64  P/O
  4 Universitario de Maldonado      38  17  11  10  54  34  +20  62  P/O
  5 Hamanos Athletic Club           38  18   8  12  42  30  +12  62  P/O
  6 Bellavista Jets                 38  15  13  10  46  40   +6  58  P/O
  7 Neuchâtel-Sport                 38  15  12  11  44  41   +3  57
  8 RC Corania                      38  16   7  15  32  32   +0  55
  9 Defensores de Neuquén           38  16   6  16  37  45   -8  54
 10 Deportivo Lomas                 38  15   8  15  35  44   -9  53
 11 EC Comercial                    38  14  10  14  44  46   -2  52
 12 Villaznia AC                    38  13  12  13  39  38   +1  51
 13 Adelaide Kickers                38  13   9  16  40  48   -8  48
 14 SC Alcázares                    38  13   8  17  51  51   +0  47
 15 AS Lausanne                     38  13   7  18  38  46   -8  46
 16 FC Townsville                   38  12  10  16  40  44   -4  46
 17 CR Palmas                       38  11  10  17  29  42  -13  43
 18 San Luis FC                     38   9  14  15  34  51  -17  41  REL
 19 Club Osum                       38   9  13  16  29  39  -10  40  REL
 20 Eterna Celtic                   38   7  10  21  33  53  -20  31  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Bellavista Jets (6) 0-0 (3) Corumbá EC
Corumbá EC (3) 4-0 (6) Bellavista Jets
Agg: Corumbá EC 4-0 Bellavista Jets

Hamanos Athletic Club (5) 2-0 (4) Universitario de Maldonado
Universitario de Maldonado (4) 3-1 (5) Hamanos Athletic Club
Agg: Universitario de Maldonado 3-3 Hamanos Athletic Club (Hamanos Athletic Club advance on away goals)

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Corumbá EC (3) 1-1 (5) Hamanos Athletic Club (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Alianza Antioquia vs. Corumbá EC

Corumbá EC 0-0 Alianza Antioquia
Alianza Antioquia 2-0 Corumbá EC (2-0 agg)

Thus, Alianza Antioquia will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Metropolis Alligators
Runner-Up: AS Bezieres
King's Shield Winner: Edmonton United
Relegated Teams: Nord Energie FC, RC Belfort, AD Cerro, Patriotas FC
Promoted Teams: Hoxford Rovers, Ajax Carloburgo, FC Columbus, AS Montreux

Top Scorers:

1. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 28 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 26 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Frank Leclerc (Canalave Dragons): 24 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Edwin Aguilar (Marinos Metropolis): 23 goals
5. Joel Sutton (Eura, Metropolis Alligators): 21 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 58:
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 champions
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team

Globe Cup 55:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners
Marinos Metropolis - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team
Nacional - Valladar Liga-1 fifth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 55:
Hoxford Rovers - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Ajax Carloburgo - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
FC Columbus - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
AS Montreux - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 33:
Edmonton United - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:51 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FOURTH SEASON (REVIEW)

SuperCopa Valladar/Canalave Crown Match

A new season of Valladar football opened with the Canalave Crown match between last season's Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators and last season's King's Shield winners Edmonton United. 45,208 people attended the twenty-first SuperCopa match and first of the Valladar footballing season at Dragon Stadium in Canalave, where the Alligators would face their most famous "Bogey" team for the first time since Edmonton's relegation two seasons ago, with another piece of silverware at stake.

The match had a common theme in its two halves: the Liga-1 champions being always on the offense with their dangerous offensive trident while Edmonton displayed a rather conservative tactic, hoping for MA to commit a mistake for them to capitalize into a counter-attack. Although Metropolis Alligators piled up the pressure on the King's Shield, Edmonton's sturdy defense did an excellent job containing Alan Bothroyd and Joel Sutton, who were the most dangerous men in front for the Valladar champions, and as a result, neither team was able to open the scoreboard in the first half: the Alligators wanted to but never could, whilst the Monties never really dared to attack the Liga-1 champions. Halftime, and no goals at Dragon Stadium. The second half showed no changes in the proposal of both teams: the Alligators on the offense, and Edmonton relying on defense, perhaps looking to wear the Liga-1 champions out just to deliver the blow in the right moment, even if it involved dragging the match to extra time. However, the Monties lost their defensive concentration just when they needed it the most: with three minutes to go, a quick run through the right wing by Landon Allister ended with the ball being passed to Alan Bothroyd, who managed to sneak into the box and send the ball to the back of the net. This goal was the deserved prize for Metropolis Alligators, who did far more for the game than a conservative Edmonton whose defensive strategy ended up costing them dearly.

TWENTY-FIRST SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: METROPOLIS ALLIGATORS VS. EDMONTON UNITED

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 45,208)

Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Edmonton United (Bothroyd 87')

Liga-1 Season Review

The forty-fourth Valladar Liga-1 season brought one of the longest streaks in Valladar football to an end. Forty years of drought for Marinos Metropolis were finally over after the Marineros defeated Olympique de Fontvielle at the Stade de l'Amitié by 1-4 on Matchday 36, result which added up to a defeat for Marinos' arch-rivals and incumbent Liga-1 champions Metropolis Alligators against TFC in Carloburgo, established a 7-point gap between both Metropolis teams with only 2 games to go, thus giving Marinos and their long-suffering fanbase their second title and first one since the now distant fourth Liga-1 season. Things were looking bad for Marinos at the start of the season, though: with Paulo Oliveira leaving for San José Guayabal in the offseason, few would have expected Marinos to contend for a UICA berth, let alone the title, after seasons of being so near yet so far, however, Oliveira's replacement Flavio Flórez managed to keep Oliveira's ideas while also printing his own personal touch on the Mariners and this eventually paid off with the sky blue team claiming the Stargoal after a long time.

Metropolis Alligators ended once again as league runners-up mostly thanks to the two derbies lost against Marinos, especially the 1-0 loss on Matchday 35, which left the Green-Blues with no margin of error for their visit to White Meadow Arena to entertain TFC, match that they lost as aforementioned. The frustrating loss to the Citizens confirmed MA would have to defend their spot in the Champions' Cup preliminaries from Bezieres and Fontvielle Impact, and also confirmed the dismissal of Polarian gaffer Joachim Schwartz at the end of the season. Nevertheless, MA managed to clinch the second and last berth into the CC by sending both AS Montreux and Bohemians Metropolis back to the Liga-2 with two wins in the last two games of the season. AS Bezieres, on the other hand, had managed to bounce back from a slow start to the season by enchaining an unbeaten streak of 10 games in the final stretch of the season, only tying to Pradera on Matchday 35. Les Rouges came to the final matchday with chances to qualify for the Champions' Cup: trailing Metropolis Alligators by one point, they needed a win in Slateport against the Bulls and MA to lose at the Estadio Luis Frattini against Bohemians, who were fighting to avoid the drop. Eventually, the eight-time Liga-1 champions had to settle for a Globe Cup berth after dropping a two-goal advantage and sharing the spoils with the Bulls in an entertaining 3-3 draw at the Estadio de la Riviera while Metropolis Alligators did their job against Bohemians.

However, what caught the attention of most Liga-1 followers on the last matchday was the definition of the last Globe Cup qualifier between Fontvielle Impact, Pradera FC, and Nacional. All three sides were separated by a single point from each other at the beginning of the day, and out of the three only l'Impact depended solely on their own effort, just needing to beat a troubled Pumas side, while Pradera and Nacional were hosting Deportivo Junín and champions Marinos, hoping for a win and a loss for the eleven-time champions in Maldonado. At the end of the day, none of the three sides was able to win their games, with Fontvielle Impact falling to Pumas by 4-1, who saved themselves from the relegation play-off with that win, Nacional being defeated by Marinos after a valiant effort from La Academia, whilst Pradera managed to rescue a point against Junín but were left out of the Globe Cup by two goals after matching Fontvielle Impact's amount of points (65).

Tannenberg FC, who had a great first half of the season, disappointed their fans once again with their early elimination from the King's Shield and their failure to qualify for a UICA competition for next season, finishing in seventh place and with somber final performances against Bohemians at home and Canalave Dragons on the road. The same thing can be said about Slateport Bulls, Eterna Stars, Canalave Dragons, Real Campo Grande, and Deportivo Junín, who reinforced themselves in order to contend for a UICA berth but were quickly dragged out of contention and into the bottom half of the table. Disappointment must be bigger in the Chiquito state, with RCG spending (and ultimately wasting) incredible amounts of money in players not really worth their price every season.

Olympique de Fontvielle have been somewhat missing from the Liga-1 spotlight since they won their first and only title in season 35, with some mediocre campaigns which ultimately led to their star player Frank Rozenthal leaving for pastures new in Eura. However, Jean Camacho's team have been slowly recovering from these setbacks, finishing in a respectable ninth place and focusing all their efforts in winning the King's Shield and the direct tickets to both the Globe and Cygnus Cups. And Ajax Carloburgo and Valencia FC were this season's pleasant surprises: the Inmigrants certainly made a statement in their return to the Liga-1 with a shocking eighth-place finish, while Valencia are slowly consolidating themselves in the top tier with a tenth-place finish, ahead of teams like Slateport Bulls, the Stars, the Dragons, and RCG. In the lower zone, Pumas Maldonado and FC Columbus were involved in a hard-fought head-to-head to avoid the playoff zone and eventually relegation, head-to-head which was solved in favour of Pumas with their win over Fontvielle Impact on the last matchday, while Bohemians, Montreux, and Hoxford Rovers failed to fulfill their goal of escaping relegation and were sent back to the Liga-2, with Gallos and Hérons being unlucky enough to have their fate sealed by none other than Metropolis Alligators in the last two games of the season.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Marinos Metropolis           38  22  11   5  71  37  +34  77 CH - CC
  2  Metropolis Alligators        38  21   9   8  81  45  +36  72 CC
  3  AS Bezieres                  38  19  12   7  69  40  +29  69 GC
  4  Fontvielle Impact            38  20   5  13  60  48  +12  65 GC
  5  Pradera FC                   38  18  11   9  49  38  +11  65 
  6  Nacional                     38  18   9  11  60  48  +12  63
  7  Tannenberg FC                38  17   8  13  56  47   +9  59
  8  Ajax Carloburgo              38  17   6  15  53  42  +11  57
  9  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  13  13  12  46  51   -5  52 GC/CYG
 10  Valencia FC                  38  14   8  16  53  56   -3  50
 11  Slateport Bulls              38  12  13  13  47  47   +0  49
 12  Canalave Dragons             38  14   7  17  51  60   -9  49
 13  Eterna Stars                 38  12  12  14  48  52   -4  48
 14  Real Campo Grande            38  13   9  16  43  60  -17  48
 15  Deportivo Junín              38  10  16  12  45  46   -1  46
 16  Pumas Maldonado              38  11   7  20  40  58  -18  40
 17  FC Columbus                  38  11   7  20  38  62  -24  40 P-O
 18  Bohemians Metropolis         38   8  11  19  35  54  -19  35 REL
 19  AS Montreux                  38   9   6  23  27  55  -28  33 REL
 20  Hoxford Rovers               38   8   6  24  39  65  -26  30 REL

CHAMPIONS
Marinos Metropolis (2nd title)

The Thirty-Fourth King's Shield:

Cerro Plateado FC 2-1 FC Blacktown

Dynamo Metropolis 1-0 Excelsior Exeter

Tarragona FC 3-0 Kingsville Reds

Metropolis City FC 3-0 Stade Foixien

Fauxham United 0-0 FC Westporte 984 (0-1 AET)

Port Arthur FC 3-1 Sporting Florencia

Victoria United 1-0 Sion-Impact OSC

Araguaná 0-1 Carolina Rangers

FC Silverstone 2-6 RC Copacabana

Port Arthur Warriors 1-1 Deportivo Angostura (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

FC Coulombes 2-0 Gazélec Saint-Rémy

Real Colón 2-1 Hamilton Rockets

Leeward Tech FC 1-0 Cidade do Leste

Abbotsford SC 1-0 Blue-White Westporte

AD Sillimus 2-1 FC Verder Metropolis

Port Authority FC 0-0 Chesham Town (0-0 AET, 4-3 PKs)

CS Clermont 2-1 Unión de Loja FC

Westporte City FC 0-0 Atlético Caney (0-1 AET)

Deportivo Balboa 0-2 RC Victoria

Toril Beavers 2-0 Buitrera FC

Townsville Fury 0-1 FC Bluewich-Furness

Alejandría SC 1-1 Águilas de Tresquebradas (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

FC 1093 Los Chorros 1-0 Sillimus Islanders FC

Jamundí FC 0-0 Orlèans FC (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Rexam 2-0 Atlético Robles

OSC Canalave 2-2 EC São Januário (2-3 AET)

Tessano FC 2-0 Salvador FC

Columbus Cannons 1-0 AC St. Louis

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-0 Português

Adelaide Heart FC 2-0 Vitória Maldonado

Northport Mariners 2-0 Potros de Slateport

SC Tabatinga 0-1 Fermont OSC

Standard Fontvielle 2-3 Campograndense

AC Valencia 1-1 Atlético Rozo (2-1 AET)

AFC Trefford 0-1 Nacional (CG)

Yumbo FC 0-1 Mountain United

Rapid Metropolis 2-2 University of Canalave FC (2-3 AET)

Cardenales FC 2-0 Estrella Roja

CS Ypres 2-0 Borderville Rogues

Aguablanca FC 2-3 LDU Victoria

FC Annecy 2-2 Richmond City (2-2 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Hoxford Athletic 0-0 Operário FC (0-1 AET)

Isla Nueva FC 1-0 Remo

Mineros de Talamonte 2-0 FC Borderville

Westporte Sailors FC 4-1 Bridgeborough United

Central Español 1-2 AC Huez

Policía Nacional FC 2-0 Hamilton Steelers

Deportivo Meléndez 1-2 SC Canalave Young Boys

Campinas FC 0-1 Nacional

RC Copacabana 0-0 Orlèans FC (2-1 AET)

San Luis FC 0-0 Carloburgo Phoenix (0-0 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Toril Beavers 0-1 Universitario de Maldonado

Port Arthur FC 1-1 Bohemians Metropolis (1-3 AET)

Real Colón 2-0 Danubio FC

AD Cerro 0-2 Eterna Stars

Canalave Rangers 0-2 AC Valencia

Alianza Antioquia 1-0 Leeward Tech FC

Nacional (CG) 2-3 Gatineau UC 98

LDU Victoria 3-1 Tarragona FC

Defensores de Neuquén 1-2 FC Sillimus

Neuchâtel-Sport 3-0 Santacruz FC

RC Corania 0-1 Metropolis Alligators

FC Columbus 5-1 Swangard FC

Slateport Bulls 2-0 Tannenberg FC

Adelaide Heart FC 1-2 Northport Bears

Atlético Caney 0-0 Northport Mariners (0-1 AET)

SC Río Laguna 1-0 Valencia FC

Edmonton United 2-3 Dynamo Metropolis

RC Belfort 0-1 Hamanos Athletic Club

Minault United 2-1 EC São Januário

Deportivo Lomas 0-0 FC Bluewich-Furness (0-0 AET, 0-1 PKs)

Rexam 0-1 AS Laval-Avignon

Isla Nueva FC 0-3 Carolina Rangers

Étoile Verte 2-0 Columbus Cannons

Port Authority FC 1-0 Atlético Poblado

Clermont FC 1-0 Campograndense

Villaznia AC 1-0 Cartago FC

AC Huez 0-1 Deportivo Aguablanca

Operário FC 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

Trois-Rivières Athletic 4-0 Atlético Nápoles

Fontvielle Impact 5-1 Águilas de Tresquebradas

Policía Nacional FC 3-3 Marinos Metropolis (3-3 AET, 1-3 PKs)

Nord Energie FC 1-1 Fermont OSC (2-1 AET)

Hoxford Rovers 1-0 SC Canalave Young Boys

Victoria United 1-1 AS Mont-Blanc (1-2 AET)

Tessano FC 2-1 FC Annecy

FC Townsville 2-0 Olympique de Coulombes

FC 1093 Los Chorros 1-0 Bretford Royals

Cardenales FC 1-0 Curzón FC

Eterna Celtic 1-0 Westporte Sailors FC

University of Canalave FC 2-0 AS Lausanne

AS Montreux 2-0 Newcastle Town

Mountain United 0-2 Deportivo Junín

AD Sillimus 2-0 Bellavista Jets

Mineros de Talamonte 0-0 Club Osum (0-1 AET)

Cerro Plateado FC 0-1 FC Westporte 984

Canalave Dragons 1-0 Real Campo Grande

Stanford United 0-0 Ajax Carloburgo (0-0 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Real Pradera 1-2 EC Comercial

Pradera FC 2-0 Abbotsford SC

FC Coulombes 2-0 Adelaide Kickers

CS Ypres 1-0 Adelaide City FC

SC Alcázares 3-0 Estudiantes de Colón

AS Bezieres 2-0 FC Fauxham

CAP 1-0 Atlético Pavia

Patriotas FC 3-1 AS Vaud

RC Victoria 0-1 Gatineau Athletic Club

Deportivo Angostura 0-0 AC Tallin (0-0 AET, 2-0 PKs)

Metropolis City FC 1-0 Atlas SC

Pumas Maldonado 2-0 AC Talamonte

CR Palmas 2-1 Servette FC

Corumbá EC 3-0 CS Clermont

FC Sillimus 2-0 LDU Victoria

CR Palmas 1-1 CAP (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Corumbá EC 0-1 Minault United

Club Osum 0-1 Hamanos Athletic Club

Stanford United 2-1 Patriotas FC

FC Coulombes 1-1 Deportivo Aguablanca (1-2 AET)

Universitario de Maldonado 1-0 Gatineau UC 98

Neuchâtel-Sport 3-2 Clermont FC

Metropolis Alligators 3-0 FC Westporte 984

Canalave Dragons 0-0 AS Montreux (1-0 AET)

Northport Bears 3-1 Villaznia AC

AC Valencia 0-0 Eterna Stars (0-1 AET)

Pradera FC 1-2 Hoxford Rovers

Nord Energie FC 5-1 Port Authority FC

SC Alcázares 2-0 Northport Mariners

Eterna Celtic 1-0 CS Ypres

Trois-Rivières Athletic 1-2 Nacional

EC Comercial 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

Real Colón 1-2 Pumas Maldonado

FC Columbus 0-3 Étoile Verte

Dynamo Metropolis 1-1 Gatineau Athletic Club (1-1 AET, 4-3 PKs)

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Fontvielle Impact

Deportivo Angostura 1-1 San Luis FC (1-1 AET, 1-4 PKs)

Cardenales FC 1-1 FC 1093 Los Chorros (2-1 AET)

Bohemians Metropolis 4-1 FC Bluewich-Furness

AD Sillimus 0-1 AS Mont-Blanc

Metropolis City FC 2-1 University of Canalave FC

Deportivo Junín 1-0 Slateport Bulls

Carolina Rangers 2-0 AS Laval-Avignon

RC Copacabana 4-3 SC Río Laguna

FC Townsville 1-1 Tessano FC (1-2 AET)

AS Bezieres 4-1 Alianza Antioquia

Metropolis City FC 2-0 SC Alcázares

Marinos Metropolis 0-0 CR Palmas (3-0 AET)

Canalave Dragons 0-2 FC Sillimus

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Hoxford Rovers

Étoile Verte 2-0 Northport Bears

Stanford United 1-1 Nord Energie FC (2-2 AET, 4-1 PKs)

AS Bezieres 0-0 Minault United (0-0 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Tessano FC 0-1 Pumas Maldonado

Hamanos Athletic Club 1-1 Neuchâtel-Sport (2-1 AET)

Universitario de Maldonado 1-2 Eterna Celtic

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-1 Metropolis Alligators (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

Deportivo Junín 6-2 AS Mont-Blanc

Cardenales FC 2-2 Carolina Rangers (2-2 AET, 2-3 PKs)

RC Copacabana 0-1 San Luis FC

Eterna Stars 1-2 Nacional

Bohemians Metropolis 1-1 Dynamo Metropolis (1-2 AET)

Deportivo Junín 2-0 Marinos Metropolis

Deportivo Aguablanca 4-3 Stanford United

Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Nacional

Dynamo Metropolis 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle

FC Sillimus 1-0 Carolina Rangers

Eterna Celtic 0-2 AS Bezieres

Metropolis City FC 0-1 Hamanos Athletic Club

Étoile Verte 0-0 San Luis FC (0-0 AET, 2-3 PKs)

Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 FC Sillimus (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)

Nacional 1-2 AS Bezieres

Hamanos Athletic Club 2-0 Deportivo Junín

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-0 San Luis FC

AS Bezieres 2-1 Hamanos Athletic Club

Deportivo Aguablanca 0-3 Olympique de Fontvielle

THE THIRTY-FOURTH KING'S SHIELD FINAL
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard-Metropolis (Att. 57,606)

AS Bezieres 1-3 Olympique de Fontvielle (Núñez 42'; Courbis 18', Adiarche (OG) 75', Varela 90'+2')

Congratulations to Olympique de Fontvielle, who won their fourth King's Shield and qualified for both the Globe Cup and the Cygnus Cup in the process!

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                             P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RC Belfort                  38  27   7   4  72  24  +48  88  CH - SBCC
  2 Étoile Verte                38  19   9  10  51  36  +15  66  P - SBCC
  3 AC Tallin                   38  18  11   9  55  43  +12  65  P/O
  4 Patriotas FC                38  19   7  12  54  41  +13  64  P/O
  5 FC Sillimus                 38  19   7  12  44  38   +6  64  P/O
  6 Nord Energie FC             38  17   9  12  47  36  +11  60  P/O
  7 Gatineau UC 98              38  17   8  13  49  53   -4  59
  8 AD Cerro                    38  14  12  12  50  45   +5  54
  9 FC Fauxham                  38  15   6  17  57  56   +1  51
 10 Edmonton United             38  13  10  15  54  55   -1  49
 11 AS Vaud                     38  13   9  16  46  48   -2  48
 12 Servette FC                 38  14   6  18  56  66  -10  48
 13 Alianza Antioquia           38  13   8  17  54  57   -3  47
 14 Bretford Royals             38  12  10  16  30  41  -11  46
 15 CAP                         38  11  12  15  48  53   -5  45
 16 Deportivo Aguablanca        38  14   3  21  49  58   -9  45
 17 Real Pradera                38   9  16  13  29  36   -7  43  P-O
 18 Hamanos Athletic Club       38  10  12  16  37  57  -20  42  REL
 19 Olympique de Coulombes      38  10   9  19  31  46  -15  39  REL
 20 Atlas SC                    38   6   9  23  38  62  -24  27  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Nord Energie FC (6) 0-1 (3) AC Tallin
AC Tallin (3) 2-1 (6) Nord Energie FC
Agg: AC Tallin 3-1 Nord Energie FC

FC Sillimus (5) 2-0 (4) Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC (4) 3-1 (5) FC Sillimus
Agg: Patriotas FC 3-3 FC Sillimus (FC Sillimus advance on away goals)

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

AC Tallin (3) 4-2 (5) FC Sillimus

Liga-1/Liga-2 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: FC Columbus vs. FC Sillimus

FC Sillimus 1-0 FC Columbus
FC Columbus 1-0 FC Sillimus (1-0 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-2 PKs)

In a dramatic penalty shootout, FC Columbus thwarted FC Sillimus' ambitions to return to the Valladar Liga-1 while also keeping their Liga-1 membership for next season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Defensores de Neuquén           38  17  15   6  48  36  +12  66  CH - P
  2 FC Townsville                   38  17  12   9  42  34   +8  63  P
  3 Carloburgo Phoenix              38  18   8  12  42  36   +6  62  P/O
  4 Villaznia AC                    38  15  14   9  50  38  +12  59  P/O
  5 RC Corania                      38  16  11  11  30  22   +8  59  P/O
  6 Deportivo Lomas                 38  15  14   9  37  25  +12  59  P/O
  7 Bellavista Jets                 38  16   9  13  54  43  +11  57
  8 Universitario de Maldonado      38  15  10  13  56  50   +6  55
  9 Danubio FC                      38  13  14  11  37  37   +0  53
 10 SC Alcázares                    38  13  13  12  40  42   -2  52
 11 Corumbá EC                      38  12  13  13  38  40   -2  49
 12 Minault United                  38  12  13  13  40  38   +2  49
 13 EC Comercial                    38  13   9  16  43  44   -1  48
 14 Neuchâtel-Sport                 38  11  14  13  48  45   +3  47
 15 Newcastle Town                  38  12  11  15  43  47   -4  47
 16 Adelaide Kickers                38  10  12  16  34  42   -8  42
 17 AS Lausanne                     38  10  11  17  31  44  -13  41
 18 CR Palmas                       38   8  16  14  27  42  -15  40  REL
 19 Campinas FC                     38  10   8  20  25  42  -17  38  REL
 20 Estudiantes de Colón            38   6  15  17  38  56  -18  33  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Deportivo Lomas (6) 1-1 (3) Carloburgo Phoenix
Carloburgo Phoenix (3) 3-0 (6) Deportivo Lomas
Agg: Carloburgo Phoenix 4-1 Deportivo Lomas

RC Corania (5) 0-1 (4) Villaznia AC
Villaznia AC (4) 1-2 (5) RC Corania
Agg: Villaznia AC 2-2 RC Corania (RC Corania advance on away goals)

Final (@ Alexander I National Stadium):

Carloburgo Phoenix (3) 3-2 (5) RC Corania

Liga-2/Liga-3 Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: Real Pradera vs. RC Corania

RC Corania 2-0 Real Pradera
Real Pradera 1-0 RC Corania (1-2 agg)

Thus, RC Corania earned promotion to the Liga-2 for next season at Real Pradera's expense.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Marinos Metropolis
Runner-Up: Metropolis Alligators
King's Shield Winner: Olympique de Fontvielle
Relegated Teams: Bohemians Metropolis, AS Montreux, Hoxford Rovers
Promoted Teams: RC Belfort, Étoile Verte, AC Tallin

Top Scorers:

1. Pablo Scotti (Marinos Metropolis): 27 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 25 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Joel Sutton (Eura, Metropolis Alligators): 24 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 22 goals
5. Alexandre Costa (Fontvielle Impact): 21 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 59:
Marinos Metropolis - Valladar Liga-1 champions
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up

Globe Cup 56:
Olympique de Fontvielle - King's Shield winners
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team
Fontvielle Impact - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 56:
RC Belfort - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Étoile Verte - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
AC Tallin - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners
FC Sillimus - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Runners-up

Cygnus Cup 34:
Olympique de Fontvielle - King's Shield winners

by **Valladares** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:07 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART I OF IV)

Ladies and gentlemen, the VFA and the Liga Federal de Valladares now welcome you all to a new installment of the LFV, its forty-fifth season! With Marinos Metropolis breaking one of the longest winning droughts in domestic football by winning their second championship (and first in 40 seasons) this last season, 19 other teams from all over Valladares will be looking forward to dethrone them in November. Also, the Kings' Shield will feature a brand-new format with regional preliminaries being included for the first time (as per proposal from the State FAs and approved at the most recent VFA General Assembly), with those regional rounds filling the void left from late-January to mid-March by league football.

There will be some stadium moves as well with both Metropolis titans (Alligators and Marinos) moving out of the Metropolis Dome after its management declined to continue hosting football games in favour of baseball: the Alligators will settle at the National Stadium for the time being and Marinos reached an agreement to groundshare the City of Metropolis Stadium with Nacional. Slateport Bulls will also move to the town of Hamanos while the Estadio de la Riviera undergoes important structural reinforcement and remodeling works while Ajax Carloburgo will return to Parken Road Stadium until the downgrading of Carloburgo's Olympic Stadium is complete. Will Marinos be able to defend their title (and also getting a double with a Cup win)? Or will any of the other favourites (MA, ASB, Impact, Nacional, TFC) return to the Olympus of Valladar football? The answer can be found within the four parts of this season's review!

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: First Regional Round (January 25-February 1)

This season of Valladar football will make history for being the one with the earliest start, as 86 teams from seven Valladar states which are currently playing in the lower tiers of the pyramid (from Liga-3 to the State Championships) are making their début in the Kings' Shield in this new addition to the competition: the regional rounds. The first two regional rounds were played on a home-and-away basis between clubs in the same State FA, with the clubs in the highest tiers of the league pyramid entering the competition in the second regional round. Due to the number of clubs affiliated to their State FAs, the Canalave and Junín preliminaries will begin at the second regional round.

Estrella Roja 0-1 Swangard FC
Swangard FC 1-2 Estrella Roja (2-2 agg) (Estrella Roja wins on away goals rule)

FC Verder Metropolis 1-1 Atlético Poblado
Atlético Poblado 2-1 FC Verder Metropolis (3-2 agg)

Rapid Metropolis 0-0 Buitrera FC
Buitrera FC 1-0 Rapid Metropolis (1-0 agg)

Rexam 0-2 Policía Nacional FC
Policía Nacional FC 3-0 Rexam (5-0 agg)

Alejandría SC 2-0 Central Español
Central Español 2-0 Alejandría SC (2-0 AET, 2-2 agg, 3-0 PKs)

Metropolis City FC 0-0 Abbotsford SC
Abbotsford SC 3-1 Metropolis City FC (3-1 agg)

Puracé FC 1-0 Independiente Morón
Independiente Morón 2-1 Puracé FC (2-2 agg) (Puracé FC wins on away goals rule)

Deportivo del Sur 0-1 Real Colón
Real Colón 4-1 Deportivo del Sur (5-1 agg)

CA Puente Viejo 2-0 Sabaneta FC
Sabaneta FC 1-2 CA Puente Viejo (1-4 agg)

Aguablanca FC 0-2 Deportivo Angostura
Deportivo Angostura 0-0 Aguablanca FC (2-0 agg)

Chesham Town 0-1 Kingsville Reds
Kingsville Reds 1-3 Chesham Town (2-3 agg)

FC Broomfield 0-0 Birdwall City
Birdwall City 1-1 FC Broomfield (1-1 agg) (FC Broomfield wins on away goals rule)

FC Blacktown 2-0 Saintsbury United
Saintsbury United 1-0 FC Blacktown (1-2 agg)

Carloburgo Star FC 2-0 Luton Town FC
Luton Town FC 1-2 Carloburgo Star FC (1-4 agg)

Águilas de Tresquebradas 2-0 Port Arthur Warriors
Port Arthur Warriors 1-0 Águilas de Tresquebradas (1-2 agg)

Leeward Tech FC 2-1 Unión de Loja FC
Unión de Loja FC 1-1 Leeward Tech FC (2-3 agg)

Potros de Slateport 1-1 Albany Lynx FC
Albany Lynx FC 0-1 Potros de Slateport (1-2 agg)

FC Silverstone 2-1 Fauxham United
Fauxham United 0-1 FC Silverstone (1-3 agg)

Borderville Rogues 1-0 Port Arthur FC
Port Arthur FC 3-0 Borderville Rogues (3-1 agg)

Cidade do Leste 0-1 Salvador FC
Salvador FC 2-0 Cidade do Leste (3-0 agg)

Remo 3-0 Campograndense
Campograndense 3-1 Remo (3-4 agg)

Atlético Robles 2-1 Vitória Maldonado
Vitória Maldonado 0-1 Atlético Robles (1-3 agg)

Araguaná 3-1 Nacional (CG)
Nacional (CG) 1-1 Araguaná (2-4 agg)

Standard Fontvielle 1-5 AS Lausanne
AS Lausanne 2-3 Standard Fontvielle (7-4 agg)

AS Laval-Avignon 4-0 Sion-Impact OSC
Sion-Impact OSC 0-4 AS Laval-Avignon (0-8 agg)

FC Annecy 2-0 CS Ypres
CS Ypres 0-2 FC Annecy (0-4 agg)

Fermont OSC 2-2 Orlèans FC
Orlèans FC 1-0 Fermont OSC (3-2 agg)

Gazélec Saint-Rémy 3-4 Neuchâtel-Sport
Neuchâtel-Sport 3-1 Gazélec Saint-Rémy (7-4 agg)

AC St. Louis 0-0 Stade Foixien
Stade Foixien 3-0 AC St. Louis (3-0 agg)

Trois-Rivières Athletic 0-4 Clermont FC
Clermont FC 2-0 Trois-Rivières Athletic (6-0 agg)

Gatineau Athletic Club 3-0 CS Clermont
CS Clermont 0-2 Gatineau Athletic Club (0-5 agg)

Sporting Florencia 1-0 Mineros de Talamonte
Mineros de Talamonte 1-0 Sporting Florencia (1-0 AET, 1-1 agg, 0-2 PKs)

Tarragona FC 1-1 Atlético Rozo
Atlético Rozo 2-1 Tarragona FC (3-2 agg)

Cerro Plateado FC 2-1 Deportivo Meléndez
Deportivo Meléndez 3-2 Cerro Plateado FC (4-4 agg) (Cerro Plateado FC wins on away goals rule)

Deportivo Balboa 1-0 Cartago FC
Cartago FC 1-0 Deportivo Balboa (1-1 AET, 1-2 agg)

AC Valencia 0-0 Jamundí FC
Jamundí FC 0-0 AC Valencia (1-0 AET, 1-0 agg)

Cardenales FC 1-1 Carolina Rangers
Carolina Rangers 2-3 Cardenales FC (3-4 agg)

Adelaide Heart FC 0-1 LDU Victoria
LDU Victoria 2-0 Adelaide Heart FC (3-0 agg)

Mountain United 2-1 Isla Nueva FC
Isla Nueva FC 0-1 Mountain United (1-3 agg)

Hoxford Athletic 2-0 Hamilton Steelers
Hamilton Steelers 2-2 Hoxford Athletic (2-4 agg)

Townsville Fury 1-1 RC Victoria
RC Victoria 1-1 Townsville Fury (2-1 AET, 3-2 agg)

Victoria United 2-0 Northport Mariners
Northport Mariners 2-1 Victoria United (2-3 agg)

Hamilton Rockets 1-0 Excelsior Exeter
Excelsior Exeter 5-2 Hamilton Rockets (5-3 agg)

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Second Regional Round (February 8-15)

The second regional round featured the Kings' Shield début of the top guns of Valladar football (except for Canalave Dragons and Deportivo Junín, who were given a bye to the regional groups) and it was also the scenario for some of those "top guns" to bid farewell to the competition in shocking fashion, the biggest shock of which being Metropolis Alligators's elimination at the hands of AD Cerro after two 2-1 defeats at the National Stadium. Needless to say, this resounding failure meant the end of Joachim Schwartz's tenure of the Titan. The other shock was starred by defending Shield holders Olympique de Fontvielle, who failed miserably at defending their title by losing to AS Laval-Avignon 1-0 on aggregate score and failing to even advance to the Foixien groups. The rest of Liga-1 clubs (bar Pumas, who lost their tie against Real Campo Grande) managed to advance to the regional groups, although Eterna Stars and FC Columbus had to beat two hard nuts to crack in the form of local rivals Eterna Celtic and Estudiantes de Colón in order to achieve this.

Estrella Roja 1-0 Bellavista Jets
Bellavista Jets 1-1 Estrella Roja (1-2 agg)

Servette FC 0-2 Marinos Metropolis
Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Servette FC (4-1 agg)

AD Cerro 2-1 Metropolis Alligators
Metropolis Alligators 1-2 AD Cerro (2-4 agg)

Bohemians Metropolis 3-0 Dynamo Metropolis
Dynamo Metropolis 4-1 Bohemians Metropolis (4-4 agg) (Bohemians Metropolis wins on away goals rule)

Atlético Poblado 1-0 Atlético Nápoles
Atlético Nápoles 1-1 Atlético Poblado (1-2 agg)

Nacional 1-1 Buitrera FC
Buitrera FC 0-2 Nacional (1-3 agg)

Policía Nacional FC 0-3 Danubio FC
Danubio FC 1-0 Policía Nacional FC (4-0 agg)

Central Español 1-3 Abbotsford SC
Abbotsford SC 2-0 Central Español (5-1 agg)

Deportivo Aguablanca 1-3 Curzón FC
Curzón FC 0-0 Deportivo Aguablanca (3-1 agg)

Columbus Cannons 0-2 Deportivo Angostura
Deportivo Angostura 0-0 Columbus Cannons (2-0 agg)

Real Colón 0-0 Patriotas FC
Patriotas FC 1-1 Real Colón (1-1 agg) (Real Colón wins on away goals rule)

FC 1093 Los Chorros 0-0 Puracé FC
Puracé FC 0-2 FC 1093 Los Chorros (0-2 agg)

CA Puente Viejo 0-2 Atlético Pavia
Atlético Pavia 2-1 CA Puente Viejo (4-1 agg)

CAP 2-0 Yumbo FC
Yumbo FC 3-3 CAP (3-5 agg)

Atlético Caney 1-2 Deportivo Lomas
Deportivo Lomas 2-1 Atlético Caney (4-2 agg)

FC Columbus 1-1 Estudiantes de Colón
Estudiantes de Colón 0-2 FC Columbus (1-3 agg)

Carloburgo Phoenix 0-0 Tessano FC
Tessano FC 1-1 Carloburgo Phoenix (1-1 agg) (Carloburgo Phoenix wins on away goals rule)

FC Blacktown 2-0 Carloburgo Star FC
Carloburgo Star FC 1-1 FC Blacktown (1-3 agg)

FC Broomfield 1-2 Newcastle Town
Newcastle Town 1-0 FC Broomfield (3-1 agg)

Tannenberg FC 4-0 Bridgeborough United
Bridgeborough United 0-2 Tannenberg FC (0-6 agg)

Chesham Town 0-2 SC Río Laguna
SC Río Laguna 2-0 Chesham Town (4-0 agg)

SC Alcázares 1-0 Minault United
Minault United 0-1 SC Alcázares (0-2 agg)

AC Tallin 4-2 Stanford United
Stanford United 3-3 AC Tallin (5-7 agg)

Ajax Carloburgo 1-1 Richmond City
Richmond City 1-3 Ajax Carloburgo (2-4 agg)

Nord Energie FC 6-0 Toril Beavers
Toril Beavers 2-0 Nord Energie FC (2-6 agg)

Potros de Slateport 1-0 FC Silverstone
FC Silverstone 1-2 Potros de Slateport (1-3 agg)

Villaznia AC 1-1 Slateport Bulls
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Villaznia AC (2-1 agg)

FC Borderville 0-0 FC Fauxham
FC Fauxham 2-1 FC Borderville (2-1 agg)

Port Arthur FC 1-1 AC Huez
AC Huez 0-1 Port Arthur FC (1-2 agg)

Eterna Celtic 1-2 Eterna Stars
Eterna Stars 2-2 Eterna Celtic (4-3 agg)

Club Osum 0-0 Leeward Tech FC
Leeward Tech FC 1-0 Club Osum (1-0 agg)

AS Mont-Blanc 4-1 Águilas de Tresquebradas
Águilas de Tresquebradas 1-1 AS Mont-Blanc (2-5 agg)

RC Copacabana 2-1 Português
Português 1-1 RC Copacabana (2-3 agg)

Campinas FC 0-2 SC Tabatinga
SC Tabatinga 2-1 Campinas FC (4-1 agg)

Operário FC 1-0 Araguaná
Araguaná 0-3 Operário FC (0-4 agg)

EC Comercial 1-2 EC São Januário
EC São Januário 0-2 EC Comercial (2-3 agg)

Corumbá EC 3-0 Salvador FC
Salvador FC 1-1 Corumbá EC (1-4 agg)

Atlético Robles 0-0 Remo
Remo 0-1 Atlético Robles (0-1 agg)

Real Campo Grande 2-0 Pumas Maldonado
Pumas Maldonado 1-0 Real Campo Grande (1-2 agg)

Universitario de Maldonado 2-1 CR Palmas
CR Palmas 1-3 Universitario de Maldonado (2-5 agg)

Clermont FC 0-4 AS Bezieres
AS Bezieres 2-0 Clermont FC (6-0 agg)

AS Laval-Avignon 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 AS Laval-Avignon (0-1 agg)

Neuchâtel-Sport 1-0 AS Montreux
AS Montreux 3-1 Neuchâtel-Sport (3-2 agg)

Fontvielle Impact 2-1 AS Vaud
AS Vaud 1-1 Fontvielle Impact (2-3 agg)

AS Lausanne 0-1 Gatineau UC 98
Gatineau UC 98 1-2 AS Lausanne (2-2 agg) (AS Lausanne wins on away goals rule)

Stade Foixien 1-4 Étoile Verte
Étoile Verte 0-1 Stade Foixien (4-2 agg)

Orlèans FC 0-3 Gatineau Athletic Club
Gatineau Athletic Club 1-0 Orlèans FC (4-0 agg)

RC Belfort 1-0 FC Annecy
FC Annecy 1-2 RC Belfort (1-3 agg)

Cardenales FC 1-1 Atlas SC
Atlas SC 2-2 Cardenales FC (3-3 agg) (Cardenales FC wins on away goals rule)

Jamundí FC 2-4 Pradera FC
Pradera FC 2-0 Jamundí FC (6-2 agg)

Hamanos Athletic Club 1-0 Valencia FC
Valencia FC 1-1 Hamanos Athletic Club (1-2 agg)

AC Talamonte 0-1 Atlético Rozo
Atlético Rozo 0-0 AC Talamonte (1-0 agg)

San Luis FC 2-1 Cerro Plateado FC
Cerro Plateado FC 0-2 San Luis FC (1-4 agg)

Sporting Florencia 1-0 Alianza Antioquia
Alianza Antioquia 3-1 Sporting Florencia (3-2 agg)

RC Corania 1-0 Deportivo Balboa
Deportivo Balboa 2-3 RC Corania (2-4 agg)

Defensores de Villafuerte 3-1 Real Pradera
Real Pradera 2-2 Defensores de Villafuerte (3-5 agg)

Sillimus Islanders FC 0-2 AD Sillimus
AD Sillimus 1-1 Sillimus Islanders FC (3-1 agg)

FC Westporte 984 4-0 Westporte City FC
Westporte City FC 1-1 FC Westporte 984 (1-5 agg)

Canalave Rangers 2-0 University of Canalave FC
University of Canalave FC 1-1 Canalave Rangers (1-3 agg)

FC Sillimus 1-0 SC Canalave Young Boys
SC Canalave Young Boys 2-1 FC Sillimus (2-2 agg) (FC Sillimus wins on away goals rule)

Blue-White Westporte 0-2 FC Bluewich-Furness
FC Bluewich-Furness 2-0 Blue-White Westporte (4-0 agg)

AFC Trefford 1-0 Port Authority FC
Port Authority FC 2-2 AFC Trefford (2-3 agg)

OSC Canalave 1-0 Westporte Sailors FC
Westporte Sailors FC 3-2 OSC Canalave (3-3 agg) (OSC Canalave wins on away goals rule)

LDU Victoria 1-1 FC Coulombes
FC Coulombes 2-1 LDU Victoria (3-2 agg)

Victoria United 1-0 Edmonton United
Edmonton United 3-0 Victoria United (3-1 agg)

FC Townsville 2-0 Hoxford Rovers
Hoxford Rovers 2-2 FC Townsville (2-4 agg)

Adelaide Kickers 1-2 Olympique de Coulombes
Olympique de Coulombes 2-0 Adelaide Kickers (4-1 agg)

Adelaide City FC 2-0 RC Victoria
RC Victoria 3-2 Adelaide City FC (3-4 agg)

Northport Bears 0-1 Bretford Royals
Bretford Royals 1-1 Northport Bears (2-1 agg)

Hoxford Athletic 1-2 Mountain United
Mountain United 4-0 Hoxford Athletic (6-1 agg)

Santacruz FC 1-2 Excelsior Exeter
Excelsior Exeter 1-2 Santacruz FC (1-3 AET, 3-4 agg)

Club Juventud 3-0 Ferroviario
Ferroviario 2-1 Club Juventud (2-4 agg)

CSDA Junín 0-0 FC Endemien
FC Endemien 3-0 CSDA Junín (3-0 agg)

Real Junín FC 1-0 Playa Larga FC
Playa Larga FC 0-1 Real Junín FC (0-2 agg)

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 1 (February 21-22)

After going through the first two regional rounds to reduce the number of teams from 197 to only 80, the winners of the second regional round joined Canalave Dragons, Deportivo Junín, Unión Junín, Universitario de Junín, Real Guadír, and 8 de Octubre FC in the regional groups, where the 8 teams in each state were separated in two groups of 4, for a total of 20 groups. The 20 group winners and the 12 best group runners-up will qualify for the knockout rounds. And the final regional stage kicked off on the weekend of February 21^st with Fontvielle Impact walloping Liga Nacional outfit Gatineau Athletic Club by seven goals to one and Bezieres preventing Laval-Avignon from giving another upset with their 2-0 win. Étoile Verte were not lucky enough to avoid being shocked by AS Lausanne in their début. In the Metropolis groups, the Liga-1 champions Marinos Metropolis and Nacional were also off to good starts with the Marineros crushing Liga Regional side Estrella Roja in Group 1 and the Albos beating Abbotsford SC in Group 2. Ajax Carloburgo and TFC also won in their first games in the Mountbatten West preliminaries, with FC Columbus thumping Deportivo Angostura in their Mountbatten East group, while the Bulls beat the Potros in the Slateport derby and Eterna Stars easily cruised past Port Arthur FC in the Eternan groups. Real Campo Grande, Canalave Dragons, Pradera FC, and Deportivo Junín won their respective group openers, while former Shield winners Edmonton United were held to a draw by FC Coulombes in front of their disappointed faithful at Albert Field.

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 2 (February 28-March 1)

Matchday 2 brought some unexpected surprises for most of the "top guns", with Marinos Metropolis and Nacional being held to draws by underdogs Danubio FC and Atlético Poblado, Junín tying with 8 de Octubre, and Fontvielle Impact being left frustrated with the scoreless stalemate they got in Lausanne. Slateport Bulls suffered an unexpected loss in their visit to Mont-Blanc, while Bezieres were defeated by rivals Montreux at the Stade Micoud. On the other hand, TFC, the Stars, Canalave Dragons, Real Campo Grande, and Pradera FC got their second win and stay strong in command of their respective groups, with the Verdiblancos beating HAC in a match that resembled the heated Clásicos Antioqueños of the past.

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 3 (March 4-7-8)

Matchday 3 of the Regional Groups kicked off on March 4^th with Marinos finishing their preparation for the Canalave Crown and the Liga-1 by steamrolling Bohemians 5-0 at the City of Metropolis Stadium. The rest of games were played on the weekend while the Marineros and Olympique de Fontvielle (eliminated in the previous stage) were duking it out for the Crown at Canalave. Tannenberg FC and Canalave Dragons got closer to the knockout rounds after winning in their respective derbies against AC Tallin and Canalave Rangers on Sunday, with Real Campo Grande and Pradera also making it 9 out of 9 points thanks to the former defeating Corumbá at home and the latter hammering Defensores de Villafuerte, who will make their Liga-2 début next week. Bezieres and Nacional bounced back from their setbacks last week by winning their games against Belfort and Cerro, while Fontvielle Impact kept on tripping over and lost to Étoile Verte at home, result that left them anchored in Group 12 with 4 points.

Canalave Crown Match (March 7)

With the Kings' Shield being already underway, the Canalave Crown match has now become the curtain-raiser to the Liga-1, with Liga-1 defending champions Marinos Metropolis and current Shield holders Olympique de Fontvielle playing for the season's first piece of silverware in front of 33,231 spectators at Dragon Stadium in Canalave on a hot but cloudy Saturday afternoon. The match itself was not really entertaining, since both teams were still "in construction" (although that can be argued about Marinos, who are the Liga-1 champs), however, Les Jaune et Bleu did a bit more for the win, showed by Jeffrey Verne's goal in the 86th minute which avoided a boring match to go into even more boring 30 minutes of extra time and a dramatic penalty shootout, meaning that the Crown will be leaving for Fontvielle this season and also giving Marinos their second defeat in a row against teams from the southern city in this match.

TWENTY-SECOND SUPERCOPA VALLADAR: MARINOS METROPOLIS VS. OLYMPIQUE DE FONTVIELLE

Dragon Stadium - Canalave (Att: 33,231)

Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle (Verne 86')

And now, it's time for Liga-1 action to begin...

Round 1 (March 13-14-15)

This new season of Liga-1 action started on March 13^th with the Champions' Kick-Off between Liga-1 champs Marinos Metropolis and their Liga-2 counterparts RC Belfort at the City of Metropolis Stadium, with the defending champions kicking off this new Liga-1 campaign with a convincing 4-2 win against Les Rouge et Noir. Both Foixien titans AS Bezieres and Fontvielle Impact also started this league with wins on the road against Crown winners Olympique and Étoile Verte, respectively, while Metropolis Alligators and Nacional were unable to separate from each other and had to settle for a draw at the City of Metropolis Stadium on Sunday. A lone goal by Gregoryisgodistani player Robert Possibe gave Real Campo Grande the win against Slateport Bulls, while Ajax narrowly defeated Pumas Maldonado in Carloburgo. In other games, the Clásico Antioqueño between Valencia and Pradera ended with both teams sharing the spoils in an entertaining 1-1 draw, Canalave Dragons managed to steal a point from Columbus despite being ahead in the scoreboard twice, Tallin and TFC kicked off the season with a derby and a draw at Parken Road, and the Stars managed to leave the Far East with a valuable point.

Marinos Metropolis 4-2 RC Belfort
Real Campo Grande 1-0 Slateport Bulls
Valencia FC 1-1 Pradera FC
Ajax Carloburgo 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Étoile Verte 0-2 Fontvielle Impact
FC Columbus 2-2 Canalave Dragons
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-2 AS Bezieres
AC Tallin 1-1 Tannenberg FC
Deportivo Junín 1-1 Eterna Stars
Nacional 0-0 Metropolis Alligators

Round 2 (March 21-22)

Real Campo Grande became the only team to make 6 out of 6 points thanks to their win over Pumas in Maldonado, with Bezieres tripping up at home against Étoile Verte in the Derby de Bezieres with a 3-2 loss and Fontvielle Impact being stunned by Valencia at the Stade de la Frontière with a defeat by the same score. Champions Marinos spoiled Slateport's début at the Municipal Stadium in Hamanos by finding an equalizer in the dying minutes of the Blue Derby in front of 17,000 people, while Metropolis Alligators and Nacional bounced back from the boring match played by both in their début with home wins over Tallin and Deportivo Junín. In other games, Canalave Dragons won their first home game against a brave Ajax side, Pradera and Belfort starred this weekend's snoozefest at the Estadio Gobernador Villa, TFC defeated Columbus at home and Eterna Stars got a hard-fought win against Olympique de Fontvielle, who along with Pumas are the only sides with no points after two games.

Slateport Bulls 1-1 Marinos Metropolis

Eterna Stars captain David Wattson opened
the scoreboard against l'OF at the ATS.

Pradera FC 0-0 RC Belfort
Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Real Campo Grande
Fontvielle Impact 2-3 Valencia FC
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Ajax Carloburgo
AS Bezieres 2-3 Étoile Verte
Tannenberg FC 3-2 FC Columbus
Eterna Stars 3-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Metropolis Alligators 2-0 AC Tallin
Nacional 2-1 Deportivo Junín

Round 3 (March 28-29)

Real Campo Grande were unable to win their third straight match after Canalave Dragons held them for an uninspiring goalless stalemate at the Estádio Estadual, which Marinos Metropolis took advantage of in order to reach the Liga-1 summit with 7 points after beating Pradera at home. Fontvielle Impact bounced back from last week's disappointing performance and smashed Liga-2 champions Belfort at the Omnisports, while Bezieres also bounced back from their loss to Étoile Verte in the derby and defeated Valencia. However, the most surprising results came from the Mountbatten state: In Carloburgo's White Meadow Arena, Ajax Carloburgo trounced TFC in order to claim their second win of the season, whilst Metropolis Alligators were unable to beat Columbus at Danube Canyon Stadium and had to settle for a draw with the home side. Pumas and Olympique won their first games this weekend: with the Cougars biting the Bulls in Hamanos, while l'OF defeated Nacional at the Stade de l'Amitié in a game that could have gone either way.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Pradera FC
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Pumas Maldonado
RC Belfort 0-4 Fontvielle Impact
Real Campo Grande 0-0 Canalave Dragons
Valencia FC 0-2 AS Bezieres
Ajax Carloburgo 4-0 Tannenberg FC
Étoile Verte 1-1 Eterna Stars
FC Columbus 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-1 Nacional
AC Tallin 1-1 Deportivo Junín

Round 4 (April 4-5)

Marinos won their third match of the season against Pumas and continue on top of the Liga-1 now with 10 points, while Real Campo Grande fell behind thanks to their loss in Carloburgo against Tannenberg FC. Bezieres are now in second place with 9 points after handing Belfort their third loss of the season at the Stade de Foix, while Metropolis Alligators and Eterna Stars got closer to the summit with their home wins against Ajax (the former) and Valencia (the latter). In other games, Fontvielle Impact and Canalave Dragons were unable to prevent Pradera and Slateport Bulls to leave their stadiums with the full prize, Étoile Verte were no match for Nacional, who easily won 3-0 at the City of Metropolis Stadium, Tallin and Olympique cancelled themselves out with a 1-1 draw at Parken Road, and Junín defeated Columbus at the Arena Junín in what was their first win of the season.

Pumas Maldonado 2-4 Marinos Metropolis

The young striker Bryan Sánchez scoring
the winning goal for the Bulls in Canalave.

Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Pradera FC
Canalave Dragons 0-1 Slateport Bulls
AS Bezieres 2-0 RC Belfort
Tannenberg FC 4-3 Real Campo Grande
Eterna Stars 1-0 Valencia FC
Metropolis Alligators 2-1 Ajax Carloburgo
Nacional 3-0 Étoile Verte
Deportivo Junín 3-1 FC Columbus
AC Tallin 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 4 (April 8-9)

With Real Campo Grande's win in São Bernardo against Operário, the Reales collected a perfect 12 points clinching Group 9 with 2 matches to go and became the first club qualified for the Round of 32. Tannenberg FC in Group 5, Carloburgo Phoenix in Group 6, and Pradera FC in Group 13 have also managed to win 4 matches out of 4 and have almost secured their qualification to the next round, while Canalave Dragons missed out on the chance to clinch their berth to the next round by drawing to second-placed Canalave Rangers in the Canalave Derby. In Group 1, Liga-1 champions Marinos and Liga-3 outfit Danubio FC will be facing in a winner-takes-all match (where the winner will automatically secure their presence in the Ro32) in the next matchday after beating (and eliminating) Estrella Roja and Bohemians Metropolis, Fontvielle Impact's campaign got back on track with their win in Gatineau over GAC, whilst Nacional, Bezieres, Eterna Stars, Slateport Bulls, and Deportivo Junín all won their matches and got closer to the Round of 32.

Round 5 (April 11-12)

Round 5 only featured four wins and draws in the remaining six games, one of those wins being MA's important 4-1 thumping of Real Campo Grande on the road which coupled to Marinos' draw in Metropolis against Fontvielle Impact, allowed the Titan to claim top spot on goal difference. Nacional are now dangerously approaching the league's summit after chaining a second 3-0 win in a row, the victim being Valencia this time, while Bezieres punctured in their visit to Pradera and remain one point adrift. Canalave Dragons recovered the points lost last week at home with a 1-0 win in Maldonado against Pumas, who have now lost all of their 3 home games so far. Ajax is the complete opposite to Pumas' situation, having now won 3 out of 3 games at Parken Road after seeing Junín off with a lone goal by Adam Stanton in the 89th minute and keeping themselves within striking distance of the leaders.

Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
Pumas Maldonado 0-1 Canalave Dragons
Pradera FC 1-1 AS Bezieres
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Tannenberg FC
RC Belfort 0-0 Eterna Stars
Real Campo Grande 1-4 Metropolis Alligators
Valencia FC 0-3 Nacional
Ajax Carloburgo 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Étoile Verte 1-1 AC Tallin
FC Columbus 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle

Round 6 (April 15-16)

Alligators and Marineros continue on top of the table after the former beat Slateport Bulls at the National Stadium and the latter returned from Canalave with three valuable points, but the Derby du Foix was the match that caught the attention of most people, with Les Rouges hosting Les Bleus at a packed Stade de Foix in their first meeting of the season, which eventually ended with a 3-1 victory for l'ASB that keeps them close to both Metropolis sides, while l'Impact fell to 12th place with only 7 points. Meanwhile, Pradera brought Eterna Stars' unbeaten streak to an end by crushing them at the Alain Tramontin Stadium, Étoile Verte got a much-needed win against Columbus at Danube Canyon Stadium, Nacional were unable to beat cellar-dwellers Belfort at home, TFC handed Pumas yet another loss, Olympique and Ajax tied in a match where both should have lost, Granates and Reales shared the spoils in the Far East, and Tallin's fourth home match ended with their fourth 1-1 draw, with Valencia getting a well-deserved point at Parken Road.

Canalave Dragons 0-1 Marinos Metropolis

AS Bezieres and Fontvielle Impact renewed
their passionate rivalry at the Stade de Foix.

AS Bezieres 3-1 Fontvielle Impact
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Pumas Maldonado
Eterna Stars 2-6 Pradera FC
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Slateport Bulls
Nacional 1-1 RC Belfort
Deportivo Junín 1-1 Real Campo Grande
AC Tallin 1-1 Valencia FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 Ajax Carloburgo
FC Columbus 1-2 Étoile Verte

Round 7 (April 18-19)

Bezieres visited the City of Metropolis Stadium on Saturday looking to leapfrog defending champions Marinos with a win while also awaiting for Pumas to upset Metropolis Alligators. At the end of the day, none of those things happened as they were beaten by the Marineros with a brace by Quebecois star Zachary Fortin and MA won in Maldonado, increasing to 4 points the gap between both Metropolitan sides and the red-clad team from the Foixien capital. Fontvielle Impact are losing more ground in the table after being defeated by the Stars at home and they're now down to an uncomfortable 14th place, while their crosstown rivals Olympique returned to winning ways in Campo Grande against RCG. The Dragons prevented TFC from repeating the same feat Marinos did last Wednesday by defeating them at Dragon Stadium, while Ajax's brilliant form at home was ruined by a resurgent Étoile Verte side, who have now broken into the top half of the table. In other matches, Slateport are still feeling uncomfortable at their rented home of Hamanos and allowed Junín to claim a maiden win on the road, Pradera and Nacional shared the spoils in an interesting game at the Gobernador Villa, and Belfort and Columbus finally picked their first wins of the campaign: the former thumped Tallin (who are now the only winless outfit in the league) at the Omnisports, while the latter beat Valencia at their Estadio Municipal.

Marinos Metropolis 2-1 AS Bezieres
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Tannenberg FC
Fontvielle Impact 1-3 Eterna Stars
Pumas Maldonado 1-2 Metropolis Alligators
Pradera FC 1-1 Nacional
Slateport Bulls 2-3 Deportivo Junín
RC Belfort 3-0 AC Tallin
Real Campo Grande 2-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
Valencia FC 2-3 FC Columbus
Ajax Carloburgo 1-2 Étoile Verte

Round 8 (April 25-26)

Marinos and MA were both unable to separate from each other thanks to both collecting draws in their matches against TFC and Canalave Dragons, respectively. However, Bezieres took advantage of those setbacks for the Metropolitan sides and managed to cut the gap to only 2 points thanks to their 2-0 win against the Stars in Eterna City, while Étoile Verte grabbed their third win in a row against Real Campo Grande at the Stade de Charmillot, and Les Verts are now fourth with 14 points thanks to this steady climb. Speaking of "steady climbs", Olympique de Fontvielle are now seventh with 12 points after defeating the crumbling Slateport Bulls at the Stade de l'Amitié, nailing their second win in a row, whilst their crosstown rivals Fontvielle Impact took some air with a victory over Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium. Elsewhere, Valencia won at Parken Road against Ajax their first match since Round 2, Belfort made it 2 wins in a row with their valuable win against Columbus, who are considered one of their direct rivals in the relegation affair, and Tallin and Pumas sank further into the basement after losses to Pradera and Junín.

Tannenberg FC 2-2 Marinos Metropolis
Eterna Stars 0-2 AS Bezieres
Metropolis Alligators 2-2 Canalave Dragons
Nacional 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Deportivo Junín 2-1 Pumas Maldonado
AC Tallin 0-1 Pradera FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-0 Slateport Bulls
FC Columbus 1-2 RC Belfort
Étoile Verte 2-0 Real Campo Grande
Ajax Carloburgo 1-3 Valencia FC

Round 9 (May 2-3)

Wins by the same 1-0 scoreline for Metropolis Alligators in Carloburgo against TFC and for Marinos Metropolis at home against the Stars mean that the defending champions and their main arch-rivals will come to the first Clásico Metropolitano of the season in splendid form, topping the league (although MA leads thanks to a superior GD than their rivals' one). Meanwhile, Bezieres managed to overcome a two-goal deficit and defeated Nacional 3-2 in a thrilling game at the Jules Picot and kept the 2-point gap with the two leaders, with crosstown rivals Étoile Verte following them in fourth place with 16 points after delivering another blow to the Bulls in Hamanos. Fontvielle Impact are now back into the top half of the table after a lone goal by Apoxian NTer Steven Xylander helped them edge past the winless Tallin, Canalave Dragons jumped to fifth place thanks to their hard-fought win over a brave Junín side, while Olympique de Fontvielle and Pradera punctured and were held to a draw by Pumas and Columbus, respectively.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Eterna Stars
Tannenberg FC 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
AS Bezieres 3-2 Nacional
Canalave Dragons 2-1 Deportivo Junín
Fontvielle Impact 1-0 AC Tallin
Pumas Maldonado 2-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pradera FC 2-2 FC Columbus
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Étoile Verte
RC Belfort 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo
Real Campo Grande 2-3 Valencia FC

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 5 (May 6-7)

With their victories, Marinos Metropolis, Slateport Bulls, AS Bezieres, Canalave Dragons, and FC Sillimus added their names to the list of Round of 32 qualifiers, along with Real Campo Grande who had already secured their berth in the last matchday. Tannenberg FC had the chance to join them in the next round but were shockingly defeated by Liga-3 outfit SC Alcázares at White Meadow Arena, with their rivals Tallin now exerting pressure on them after handing Río Laguna a harsh defeat and turning the Tallin-TFC showdown on MD6 into a six-pointer for the top spot of Group 5. In Group 13, Pradera FC also had the chance to seal their qualification, however, the Verdiblancos lost to the HAC and allowed them to keep a slim hope of qualifying on top of the group, and in Group 19 Deportivo Junín also delayed their qualification after drawing with 8 de Octubre at the Arena Junín. In Group 12, Fontvielle Impact now trail Étoile Verte by 2 points, ahead of their crucial MD6 game, while Groups 3, 4, 14, and 17 look pretty open after 5 matchdays. The situation in Group 17 is the most interesting one out of those four groups: while in Groups 3, 4, and 14 only one team is eliminated after five games and the remaining three teams can still either qualify or be eliminated, in Group 17 all four teams can qualify and all four can still be eliminated, with Edmonton United currently placed in second place with 7 points, behind FC Townsville (8) and being under pressure from Adelaide City (7) and FC Coulombes (5).

Round 10 (May 9-10)

We've reached the first quarter of this season and Metropolis Alligators took advantage of the first Derby Metropolitano of the season to inflict on their arch-rivals Marinos their first defeat of the season and kick them out of the top of the table in the process, with Bezieres now in second place with 22 points thanks to their win over struggling Tallin at Parken Road. Étoile Verte also reached the 20-point mark thanks to a remarkable winning streak that extended to five games with Les Verts edging past Pumas at the Stade de Charmilliot, while Canalave Dragons and Olympique de Fontvielle lost ground with their draw in Fontvielle and Fontvielle Impact stumbled once again by losing in Columbus. Nacional and TFC bounced back from their defeats to Bezieres and MA last week with wins: Los Albos narrowly defeated the Stars at the City of Metropolis Stadium, and the Citizens' visit to Junín ended with their stomping of the home team. In other games, Ajax returned to the upper half of the table by thumping Pradera at Parken Road, Belfort are now unbeaten in 4 matches thanks to a valuable win in Campo Grande over RCG, and Valencia and Slateport Bulls confirmed their poor form with a woeful goalless match in Valencia.

Metropolis Alligators 3-1 Marinos Metropolis

Marinos' unbeaten streak was brought
to an end by the Alligators in the Derby.

Nacional 1-0 Eterna Stars
Deportivo Junín 0-4 Tannenberg FC
AC Tallin 1-2 AS Bezieres
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Canalave Dragons
FC Columbus 3-1 Fontvielle Impact
Étoile Verte 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Ajax Carloburgo 3-0 Pradera FC
Valencia FC 0-0 Slateport Bulls
Real Campo Grande 0-1 RC Belfort

Standings after Matchday 10

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators       10  7  3  0  18   7  +11  24
  2  AS Bezieres                 10  7  1  2  20  11   +9  22
  3  Marinos Metropolis          10  6  3  1  18  12   +6  21
  4  Étoile Verte                10  6  2  2  13  11   +2  20
  5  Canalave Dragons            10  4  4  2  12  10   +2  16
  6  Nacional                    10  4  3  3  14   9   +5  15
  7  Tannenberg FC               10  4  3  3  18  17   +1  15
  8  Ajax Carloburgo             10  4  2  4  14  10   +4  14
  9  Olympique de Fontvielle     10  3  5  2  15  13   +2  14
 10  Pradera FC                  10  3  5  2  13  11   +2  14
 11  Fontvielle Impact           10  4  1  5  14  14   +0  13
 12  RC Belfort                  10  3  4  3  10  13   -3  13
 13  Eterna Stars                10  3  3  4  11  15   -4  12
 14  Deportivo Junín             10  3  3  4  13  16   -3  12
 15  Valencia FC                 10  3  3  4  13  16   -3  12
 16  FC Columbus                 10  2  4  4  17  19   -2  10
 17  Real Campo Grande           10  2  2  6  12  18   -6   8
 18  Slateport Bulls             10  1  3  6   5  11   -6   6
 19  AC Tallin                   10  0  5  5   6  14   -8   5
 20  Pumas Maldonado             10  1  1  8   8  17   -9   4

Liga-2 Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                               P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bohemians Metropolis          10  8  2  0  18   5  +13  26
  2 Patriotas FC                  10  8  0  2  14   3  +11  24
  3 FC Townsville                 10  6  1  3  12   8   +4  19
  4 FC Sillimus                   10  5  2  3  12   6   +6  17
  5 Hoxford Rovers                10  5  2  3  12  10   +2  17
  6 Defensores de Villafuerte     10  5  1  4  10  10   +0  16
  7 CAP                           10  4  3  3  13   9   +4  15
  8 Alianza Antioquia             10  4  3  3   9   8   +1  15
  9 Nord Energie FC               10  4  2  4  10  12   -2  14
 10 AS Montreux                   10  4  2  4  11  14   -3  14
 11 AD Cerro                      10  4  2  4  11  10   +1  14
 12 Gatineau UC 98                10  3  5  2  18  13   +5  14
 13 Servette FC                   10  4  1  5  15  22   -7  13
 14 Carloburgo Phoenix            10  3  2  5   8  13   -5  11
 15 Edmonton United               10  2  4  4  10  13   -3  10
 16 AS Vaud                       10  3  1  6  14  17   -3  10
 17 FC Fauxham                    10  2  3  5  11  16   -5   9
 18 RC Corania                    10  3  0  7   6  13   -7   9
 19 Bretford Royals               10  2  2  6   6  11   -5   8
 20 Deportivo Aguablanca          10  2  0  8   7  14   -7   6

Liga-3 Standings after Matchday 10:

Team                                P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Deportivo Lomas                10  6  3  1  14   8   +6  21
  2 Hamanos Athletic Club          10  6  2  2  13   6   +7  20
  3 Northport Bears                10  6  2  2  17  12   +5  20
  4 Villaznia AC                   10  5  4  1  15   7   +8  19
  5 Universitario de Maldonado     10  6  1  3  22  19   +3  19
  6 Atlético Nápoles               10  5  3  2  15  10   +5  18
  7 Stanford United                10  5  3  2  14  10   +4  18
  8 Bellavista Jets                10  4  3  3  12  11   +1  15
  9 Neuchâtel-Sport                10  3  5  2  15  10   +5  14
 10 SC Alcázares                   10  4  2  4  14  12   +2  14
 11 Corumbá EC                     10  4  2  4   9   9   +0  14
 12 Danubio FC                     10  3  3  4   9  11   -2  12
 13 Adelaide Kickers               10  3  2  5  12  17   -5  11
 14 Real Pradera                   10  2  4  4  12  13   -1  10
 15 Atlas SC                       10  2  3  5   8  17   -9   9
 16 Newcastle Town                 10  1  5  4  10  11   -1   8
 17 Minault United                 10  1  5  4  16  19   -3   8
 18 AS Lausanne                    10  1  4  5   7  14   -7   7
 19 Olympique de Coulombes         10  1  3  6   9  18   -9   6
 20 EC Comercial                   10  1  3  6   4  13   -9   6

by **Valladares** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:37 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART II OF IV)

Round 11 (May 16-17)

Metropolis Alligators fell victims to an unexpected speed bump on this round, watching how Deportivo Junín, who displayed a clinical finish, took home 3 important points in their quest to escape the relegation battle as soon as possible with a 2-0 win at the National Stadium. The defending champions, Marinos, bounced back from the defeat in the Derby with a 3-1 victory of their own against Nacional at the City of Metropolis Stadium, but the new leaders are called AS Bezieres, who took advantage of the Alligators' defeat to snatch top spot from them with a narrow win over Columbus at home. Whilst Olympique de Fontvielle are climbing up the table after beating TFC in Carloburgo, Étoile Verte saw their winning run being halted by the Dragons in shattering fashion at the Dragon's Den, and Victor Anigo finally could breathe some fresh air with Impact's win over Ajax in Fontvielle. In other matches, Pradera also saw their unbeaten run at home ended by Real Campo Grande, who only needed a goal by Gregoryisgodistani player Robert Possibe to claim a refreshing win, Pumas and Valencia tied in a dismal match, the Stars beat Tallin and sent the Southern Gunners to bottom place, and Slateport Bulls rescued a draw at home against Belfort with a dramatic goal by Bryan Sánchez in injury time.

Marinos Metropolis 3-1 Nacional
Metropolis Alligators 0-2 Deportivo Junín
Eterna Stars 1-0 AC Tallin
Tannenberg FC 0-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
AS Bezieres 2-1 FC Columbus
Canalave Dragons 4-1 Étoile Verte
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Ajax Carloburgo
Pumas Maldonado 0-0 Valencia FC
Pradera FC 0-1 Real Campo Grande
Slateport Bulls 2-2 RC Belfort

Round 12 (May 23-24)

It looks like the fight for the title in this Liga-1 season is going to be reduced to a 3-horse race, with leaders Bezieres winning their ninth match against Ajax on the road and both Metropolitan teams exerting more pressure on Les Rouges: the Alligators are second with 27 points after beating Olympique de Fontvielle at the Stade de l'Amitié, while the defending champions triumphed at Junín with Zachary Fortin scoring the winning goal in front of a sizable group of Marinos supporters at the isolate eastern city. A second loss in a row for fourth-placed Étoile Verte, this time at home against TFC, moves Les Verts away from the battle for the top of the table, with Canalave Dragons missing the chance to take advantage of the situation and taking over fourth place with their defeat in Valencia. Those results for both teams allowed Nacional, Eterna Stars, and the Citizens themselves to get closer to them: Alberto Vega's side sunk Tallin further into the basement with their 2-0 win at Parken Road, and the Stars won in Columbus by the same score. Real Campo Grande and Fontvielle Impact cancelled themselves out with a 1-1 draw that does no good to either side, Pumas won their second match of the season in Gatineau and stopped Belfort cold, while the arrival of Yttribian coach Cecil Herberts to Slateport seems to have had an instant effect as the Bulls cruised to their first win at their rental home of Hamanos against a pale Pradera side that never really stood a chance in that match.

Deportivo Junín 1-2 Marinos Metropolis

Marinos won at the Arena Junín and
continue in hot pursuit of the leaders.

AC Tallin 0-2 Nacional
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-3 Metropolis Alligators
FC Columbus 0-2 Eterna Stars
Étoile Verte 0-2 Tannenberg FC
Ajax Carloburgo 0-2 AS Bezieres
Valencia FC 3-1 Canalave Dragons
Real Campo Grande 1-1 Fontvielle Impact
RC Belfort 1-2 Pumas Maldonado
Slateport Bulls 4-0 Pradera FC

Round 13 (May 30-31)

With Bezieres sharing the spoils with Real Campo Grande in the first leg of the Ilirian Derby, and defending champions Marinos being held to a draw by Tallin at home, Metropolis Alligators retook the lead by defeating Étoile Verte (who are now crumbling after winning 5 games in a row) at the National Stadium with a single goal by striker Alan Bothroyd. Meanwhile, the fight for the fourth and last UICA berth is shaping up to become an interesting affair in the latter half of the season with Canalave Dragons, Nacional, TFC, Eterna Stars, and Olympique de Fontvielle all winning their matches against their minor opposition and pushing Les Verts all the way back to ninth place with 20 points. Fontvielle Impact and Slateport Bulls were unable to separate each other at the Stade de la Frontière, result that kept l'Impact away from the top half of the table and showed a significant improvement in attitude for the Bulls, and Pradera got back on track after the disaster in Hamanos last week with a dominating performance in Maldonado that helped them claim a deserved 3-0 win.

Marinos Metropolis 1-1 AC Tallin
Deportivo Junín 1-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Nacional 1-0 FC Columbus
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Étoile Verte
Eterna Stars 2-1 Ajax Carloburgo
Tannenberg FC 3-1 Valencia FC
AS Bezieres 1-1 Real Campo Grande
Canalave Dragons 3-1 RC Belfort
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Slateport Bulls
Pumas Maldonado 0-3 Pradera FC

Kings' Shield Preliminaries: Regional Groups Matchday 6 (June 3-4)

The regional rounds of the Kings' Shield have finally reached their end with the final matchday of the regional groups and the qualification of Nacional, FC Columbus, CAP, AC Tallin, Ajax Carloburgo, Eterna Stars, EC Comercial, Fontvielle Impact, Pradera FC, RC Corania, Olympique de Coulombes, FC Townsville, Deportivo Junín, and Real Guadír, who joined the group of six teams that had already qualified for the Round of 32. Tallin, Ajax, Impact, and Real Guadír managed to snatch the top spot with wins on the final day over TFC, Carloburgo Phoenix, Étoile Verte, and Unión Junín, teams that also qualified as four of the best 12 group runners-up, just as AD Cerro and FC Fauxham, who were unable to qualify on top of their groups after failing to defeat Nacional and the Stars, respectively. Nord Energie, Curzón FC, Operário FC, Hamanos Athletic Club, Bretford Royals, and San Luis FC completed the list of 12 group runners-up, while the biggest disappointment of this round was former Shield winners Edmonton United, who were defeated by FC Townsville on the final day and were left in third place of their group, this result meaning their early elimination from the tournament.

Group 1

   Team                      P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Marinos Metropolis        6  5  1  0  18   2  +16  16  Q
 2 Danubio FC                6  3  1  2   7   6   +1  10
 3 Bohemians Metropolis      6  1  1  4   5  12   -7   4
 4 Estrella Roja             6  1  1  4   5  15  -10   4

Group 2

   Team                  P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Nacional              6  5  1  0  17   7 +10  16  Q
 2 AD Cerro              6  3  1  2  11   6  +5  10  Q
 3 Atlético Poblado      6  1  2  3   4  10  -6   5
 4 Abbotsford SC         6  1  0  5   4  13  -9   3

Group 3

   Team                     P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 FC Columbus              6  3  2  1  12   6  +6  11  Q
 2 Deportivo Angostura      6  2  2  2  10  13  -3   8
 3 Atlético Pavia           6  2  2  2   6   7  -1   8
 4 Deportivo Lomas          6  0  4  2   4   6  -2   4

Group 4

   Team                     P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 CAP                      6  3  1  2   9   5  +4  10  Q
 2 Curzón FC                6  3  1  2   8   3  +5  10  Q
 3 FC 1093 Los Chorros      6  2  1  3   5  10  -5   7
 4 Real Colón               6  2  1  3   7  11  -4   7

Group 5

   Team               P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 AC Tallin          6  4  1  1  13   5   +8  13  Q
 2 Tannenberg FC      6  4  0  2  12   6   +6  12  Q
 3 SC Alcázares       6  2  1  3   4   6   -2   7
 4 SC Río Laguna      6  1  0  5   3  15  -12   3

Group 6

   Team                    P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Ajax Carloburgo         6  4  1  1  13   5  +8  13  Q
 2 Carloburgo Phoenix      6  4  1  1   8   6  +2  13  Q
 3 Newcastle Town          6  1  2  3   6  10  -4   5
 4 FC Blacktown            6  0  2  4   5  11  -6   2

Group 7

   Team                     P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Slateport Bulls          6  4  0  2   7   5   +2  12  Q
 2 Nord Energie FC          6  3  2  1  10   3   +7  11  Q
 3 AS Mont-Blanc            6  3  1  2   5   3   +2  10
 4 Potros de Slateport      6  0  1  5   4  15  -11   1

Group 8

   Team                 P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eterna Stars         6  4  2  0  17   2  +15  14  Q
 2 FC Fauxham           6  3  3  0  12   6   +6  12  Q
 3 Leeward Tech FC      6  1  1  4   3  12   -9   4
 4 Port Arthur FC       6  1  0  5   3  15  -12   3

Group 9

   Team                   P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Real Campo Grande      6  5  0  1  13   5  +8  15  Q
 2 Operário FC            6  3  1  2   9   5  +4  10  Q
 3 Corumbá EC             6  1  2  3   7  10  -3   5
 4 SC Tabatinga           6  1  1  4   6  15  -9   4

Group 10

   Team                            P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 EC Comercial                    6  4  1  1   7  3  +4  13  Q
 2 Universitario de Maldonado      6  3  1  2   8  5  +3  10
 3 RC Copacabana                   6  3  0  3   5  5  +0   9
 4 Atlético Robles                 6  1  0  5   2  9  -7   3
 
Group 11

   Team                  P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 AS Bezieres           6  4  0  2  10   3  +7  12  Q
 2 AS Montreux           6  3  0  3   7   7  +0   9
 3 RC Belfort            6  3  0  3   7   7  +0   9
 4 AS Laval-Avignon      6  2  0  4   4  11  -7   6

Group 12

   Team                        P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Fontvielle Impact           6  4  1  1  14   2  +12  13  Q
 2 Étoile Verte                6  4  0  2   5   4   +1  12  Q
 3 AS Lausanne                 6  2  2  2   6   5   +1   8
 4 Gatineau Athletic Club      6  0  1  5   3  17  -14   1

Group 13

   Team                           P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pradera FC                     6  4  1  1  17   5  +12  13  Q
 2 Hamanos Athletic Club          6  3  1  2  10   7   +3  10  Q
 3 Atlético Rozo                  6  1  2  3   5  13   -8   5
 4 Defensores de Villafuerte      6  1  2  3   5  12   -7   5

Group 14

   Team                   P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 RC Corania             6  4  1  1  11   4   +7  13  Q
 2 San Luis FC            6  4  0  2   5   3   +2  12  Q
 3 Alianza Antioquia      6  3  0  3  11   9   +2   9
 4 Cardenales FC          6  0  1  5   3  14  -11   1

Group 15

   Team                     P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Canalave Dragons         6  5  1  0   8   1  +7  16  Q
 2 Canalave Rangers         6  3  1  2   8   6  +2  10
 3 FC Bluewich-Furness      6  2  1  3   6   5  +1   7
 4 OSC Canalave             6  0  1  5   2  12 -10   1

Group 16

   Team                  P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 FC Sillimus           6  5  0  1  10  5  +5  15  Q
 2 AFC Trefford          6  3  0  3   8  7  +1   9
 3 AD Sillimus           6  2  1  3   4  5  -1   7
 4 FC Westporte 984      6  1  1  4   3  8  -5   4

Group 17

   Team                  P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 FC Townsville         6  3  2  1  10  6  +4  11  Q
 2 FC Coulombes          6  2  2  2   7  7  +0   8
 3 Edmonton United       6  2  1  3   6  7  -1   7
 4 Adelaide City FC      6  2  1  3   6  9  -3   7

Group 18

   Team                        P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Olympique de Coulombes      6  4  1  1  10   9  +1  13  Q
 2 Bretford Royals             6  3  2  1   8   6  +2  11  Q
 3 Mountain United             6  1  2  3   8   9  -1   5
 4 Santacruz FC                6  1  1  4  10  12  -2   4

Group 19

   Team                        P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Deportivo Junín             6  3  3  0  13   9  +4  12  Q
 2 Universitario de Junín      6  2  2  2  12  11  +1   8
 3 8 de Octubre FC             6  2  2  2   6   7  -1   8
 4 Real Junín FC               6  1  1  4   6  10  -4   4

Group 20

   Team               P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Real Guadír        6  4  0  2   7  3  +4  12  Q
 2 Unión Junín        6  3  2  1   5  3  +2  11  Q
 3 FC Endemien        6  3  1  2   6  3  +3  10
 4 Club Juventud      6  0  1  5   0  9  -9   1

Round 14 (June 6-7)

Metropolis Alligators, Bezieres, and Marinos have now managed to open a comfortable 9-point gap between them and the rest of the league with wins for all three of them in Valencia, Hamanos (vs. Slateport) and Fontvielle (Olympique), respectively. However, Pradera's 3-0 win over the Dragons at the Gobernador Villa allowed Fontvielle Impact to get closer to UICA positions with their win in Maldonado, but TFC and Nacional were unable to get something in their visits to Belfort and Ajax, respectively, and the Stars missed a golden chance to seize fourth place from the Dragons despite leaving Campo Grande with a point. In other matches, Deportivo Junín piled up more misery on Étoile Verte after defeating them in Bezieres, and Tallin's winless run now extends to 14 matches thanks to their loss at Columbus.

Olympique de Fontvielle 0-3 Marinos Metropolis
FC Columbus 1-0 AC Tallin
Étoile Verte 0-1 Deportivo Junín
Ajax Carloburgo 1-0 Nacional
Valencia FC 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
Real Campo Grande 0-0 Eterna Stars
RC Belfort 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Slateport Bulls 1-3 AS Bezieres
Pradera FC 3-0 Canalave Dragons
Pumas Maldonado 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

Round 15 (June 13-14)

Metropolis Alligators and their arch-rivals and defending champions Marinos continue with their heated head-to-head for the top of the table by edging past Belfort and Columbus at home, however, the big news come from Bezieres, as Pumas Maldonado managed to pull out a massive upset against Les Rouges with an unexpected 4-0 win at the home of the eight-time Liga-1 champions and moved them away from the fight at the summit. This weekend's marquee match was the Eterna SuperClásico, which allowed Eterna Stars to leapfrog Canalave Dragons (who had to settle for a draw with Impact at Dragon Stadium) for fourth place with 25 points with their 2-0 win over the struggling Bulls, while TFC defeated Pradera in the other interesting match of the weekend at White Meadow Arena. In other matches, Nacional tieed at home against Real Campo Grande and lost ground in the fight for the fourth place, as did Olympique and Étoile Verte with their 2-2 draw at the Stade de l'Amitié, Junín and Valencia also shared the spoils in their match in the City of Junín, and the Tallin-Ajax derby ended in a boring scoreless stalemate.

Marinos Metropolis 3-0 FC Columbus

Slateport Bulls kept sinking in the bottom
three with their loss in the SuperClásico.

Olympique de Fontvielle 2-2 Étoile Verte
AC Tallin 0-0 Ajax Carloburgo
Deportivo Junín 1-1 Valencia FC
Nacional 1-1 Real Campo Grande
Metropolis Alligators 2-1 RC Belfort
Eterna Stars 2-0 Slateport Bulls
Tannenberg FC 3-1 Pradera FC
AS Bezieres 0-4 Pumas Maldonado
Canalave Dragons 2-2 Fontvielle Impact

Round 16 (June 20-21)

Marinos Metropolis seized top spot thanks to their 3-1 win at the Stade de Charmilliot over Étoile Verte added to MA slipping in Pradera against the Verdiblancos, while Bezieres got back into the contention for the summit with their victory in Canalave against the Dragons. The "fight for fourth" remained wide open as none of the teams involved in it managed to get a win in this round: the Stars were witnesses to the first home victory of the season for Pumas, Fontvielle Impact and TFC cancelled themselves out at the Stade de la Frontière with a lackluster 0-0 draw, Nacional lost in Hamanos to the Bulls, the aforementioned defeat for the Dragons at home, and Olympique de Fontvielle were unable to beat Valencia and had to settle for a draw with the Púrpuras, however, Pradera fully entered into that conversation with their win over the Alligators. In other matches, Ajax and Columbus shared the spoils with a draw at Parken Road, Belfort narrowly beat Junín at the Omnisports, and Real Campo Grande put another nail on Tallin's cross with their win over the league's only winless team.

Étoile Verte 1-3 Marinos Metropolis
Ajax Carloburgo 1-1 FC Columbus
Valencia FC 2-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Real Campo Grande 1-0 AC Tallin
RC Belfort 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Slateport Bulls 3-1 Nacional
Pradera FC 2-1 Metropolis Alligators
Pumas Maldonado 2-0 Eterna Stars
Fontvielle Impact 0-0 Tannenberg FC
Canalave Dragons 0-1 AS Bezieres

Round 17 (June 27-28)

Defending champions Marinos reached the 40-point mark with midfielder Javier López scoring the lone goal for the Marineros in a hard-fought game against Ajax at the City of Metropolis Stadium, but Metropolis Alligators and AS Bezieres kept exerting pressure on them with victories of their own: the former hosted Fontvielle Impact in a new edition of the Derby de Valladares which lived up to expectations with an entertaining, back-to-forth game that ended with MA claiming the full prize, winning 3-2, while the latter hammered TFC at White Meadow Arena. The E1 Derby between Eterna Stars and Canalave Dragons also had its first leg at Alain Tramontin Stadium, where the Dragons emerged as winners by a score of 3-1, but Pradera took advantage of this defeat for the Stars and seized fourth place with a win in Junín. In other matches, Nacional and Olympique de Fontvielle managed to remain close to the Verdiblancos after both collected wins against Pumas and Belfort, respectively, Real Campo Grande mauled Columbus at Danube Canyon Stadium, and Tallin and Slateport Bulls hurt themselves with their draw at Parken Road.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Ajax Carloburgo

The two winningest teams of Valladares
locked horns at a packed National Stadium.

Étoile Verte 4-1 Valencia FC
FC Columbus 0-3 Real Campo Grande
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 RC Belfort
AC Tallin 1-1 Slateport Bulls
Deportivo Junín 1-2 Pradera FC
Nacional 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Metropolis Alligators 3-2 Fontvielle Impact
Eterna Stars 1-3 Canalave Dragons
Tannenberg FC 0-3 AS Bezieres

Round 18 (July 4-5)

An uninspiring performance by Marinos in Valencia gave Metropolis Alligators the chance to seize top spot and also the chance to prevent AS Bezieres from getting any closer to the top of the table with a win at the Stade de Foix, which eventually happened as MA left the Foixien capital with a 2-0 win over Les Rouges and became the new leaders while also opening a four-point gap with the red-clad team. With Canalave Dragons-Nacional, Pradera-Olympique de Fontvielle, and TFC-Eterna Stars all unable to separate themselves in this round of matches, the fight for the last UICA spot has been guaranteed to be wide open, especially with Real Campo Grande enjoying a pleasing unbeaten streak that has now extended to 8 matches (including 3 wins in a row with the Verdolagas beating Ajax at home) and has turned them into a geniune threat for the teams in the upper half of the table. However, Fontvielle Impact kept on missing golden chances to assault fourth place by allowing Junín to escape the Stade de la Frontière with a point. Elsewhere, Belfort are dangerously approaching the upper half of the table after displaying a dominating performance against Étoile Verte, Cecil Herbert's Slateport Bulls won against Columbus a six-pointer in their quest to avoid relegation, and Pumas piled up even more misery on Tallin by defeating them in Maldonado.

Valencia FC 0-0 Marinos Metropolis
Real Campo Grande 2-0 Ajax Carloburgo
RC Belfort 3-0 Étoile Verte
Slateport Bulls 1-0 FC Columbus
Pradera FC 0-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Pumas Maldonado 1-0 AC Tallin
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Deportivo Junín
Canalave Dragons 0-0 Nacional
AS Bezieres 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
Tannenberg FC 1-1 Eterna Stars

Round 19 (July 11-12)

And this season reaches its halfway point with Metropolis Alligators claiming yet another "Summer Championship" despite they lost to Eterna Stars since Marinos also choked against Real Campo Grande at home and Bezieres were held to a draw by Junín. With their 3-2 win in Bezieres, Pradera will begin the decisive final half of the season in the driver's seat for the last Globe Cup berth, however, they're expected to face stiff contention by teams such as Olympique de Fontvielle (who defeated Fontvielle Impact in a high-voltage Derby), the Stars, Nacional, Canalave Dragons, and even Real Campo Grande and TFC, who were held back by Los Albos. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact lost a lot of ground in that fight in this second quarter of the season and will have a lot of hard work to do in order to contend for that final GC berth, as well as Étoile Verte. And, the relegation struggle is set to start with Belfort, Valencia, Junín, Slateport Bulls, Ajax (whose baloon has had pretty much the same fate as Étoile Verte's), Columbus, and Pumas Maldonado as the stars of the movie, while Tallin's dismal campaign in the first half of the season puts the Southern Gunners considerably closer to the drop than the rest of their rivals...

Marinos Metropolis 0-1 Real Campo Grande

Rouges and Granates played to a draw in
an interesting match at the Arena Junín.

Valencia FC 4-1 RC Belfort
Ajax Carloburgo 0-1 Slateport Bulls
Étoile Verte 2-3 Pradera FC
FC Columbus 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Olympique de Fontvielle 4-3 Fontvielle Impact
AC Tallin 2-1 Canalave Dragons
Deportivo Junín 1-1 AS Bezieres
Nacional 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Metropolis Alligators 0-1 Eterna Stars

King's Shield Round of 32 (July 15-16)

The Kings' Shield's Round of 32 marks the start of the "proper" competition, as the awfully long list of competing teams at the start of the competition gets reduced to only 16 teams after this round. AS Bezieres easily disposed of former Liga-1 club CAP and advanced to the next round, with Ajax Carloburgo and Pradera FC also doing the same with FC Townsville and Operário FC, respectively. Canalave Dragons, Fontvielle Impact, and Slateport Bulls found more problems to get rid of Hamanos Athletic Club, Unión Junín, and Olympique de Coulombes but ultimately Dragons, Bleus, and Bulls made it to the next round. However, there were some surprises such as Marinos Metropolis' elimination at the hands of Bretford Royals, who beat them 3-1 at the City of Metropolis Stadium, Nacional losing to Carloburgo Phoenix with two goals in extra time at that same stadium the next day, Deportivo Junín losing to Liga Nacional outfit San Luis FC at home, and Nord Energie FC being defeated by fifth-tier side Real Guadír on extra time. And, in all-L1 ties in this round, Étoile Verte beat Real Campo Grande at the Estádio Estadual and qualified for the Round of 16, Columbus were too much for Tallin, and in arguably the most interesting match of the round, Tannenberg FC knocked Eterna Stars out of the competition in a dramatic penalty shootout.

RC Corania 1-2 Curzón FC

Canalave Dragons 2-1 Hamanos Athletic Club

Ajax Carloburgo 3-1 FC Townsville

Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Unión Junín

Real Guadír 0-0 Nord Energie FC (2-1 AET)

Nacional 0-0 Carloburgo Phoenix (0-2 AET)

Olympique de Coulombes 1-2 Slateport Bulls

FC Sillimus 0-1 FC Fauxham

Deportivo Junín 0-2 San Luis FC

AC Tallin 1-2 FC Columbus

EC Comercial 2-0 AD Cerro

Marinos Metropolis 1-3 Bretford Royals

Eterna Stars 1-1 Tannenberg FC (1-1 AET, 4-5 PKs)

AS Bezieres 4-1 CAP

Pradera FC 2-0 Operário FC

Real Campo Grande 1-2 Étoile Verte

Liga-1 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Metropolis Alligators        19  13  3   3  31  16  +15  42
  2  Marinos Metropolis           19  12  5   2  34  17  +17  41
  3  AS Bezieres                  19  12  3   4  33  21  +12  39
  4  Pradera FC                   19   8  6   5  27  23   +4  30
  5  Olympique de Fontvielle      19   7  8   4  28  27   +1  29
  6  Eterna Stars                 19   8  5   6  21  22   -1  29
  7  Nacional                     19   8  5   6  22  17   +5  29
  8  Canalave Dragons             19   7  6   6  26  24   +2  27
  9  Real Campo Grande            19   7  6   6  23  21   +2  27
 10  Tannenberg FC                19   7  5   7  27  26   +1  26
 11  Étoile Verte                 19   7  3   9  23  31   -8  24
 12  Fontvielle Impact            19   6  6   7  27  27   +0  24
 13  RC Belfort                   19   6  5   8  21  27   -6  23
 14  Valencia FC                  19   5  7   7  25  29   -4  22
 15  Deportivo Junín              19   5  6   8  22  26   -4  21
 16  Slateport Bulls              19   5  6   8  19  21   -2  21
 17  Ajax Carloburgo              19   5  4  10  18  21   -3  19
 18  FC Columbus                  19   4  5  10  21  32  -11  17
 19  Pumas Maldonado              19   5  2  12  17  24   -7  17
 20  AC Tallin                    19   1  8  10  10  23  -13  11

Liga-2 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bohemians Metropolis           19  13  5   1  26   7  +19  44
  2 Patriotas FC                   19   9  4   6  21  16   +5  31
  3 Hoxford Rovers                 19   8  6   5  25  23   +2  30
  4 FC Townsville                  19   8  6   5  22  19   +3  30
  5 Gatineau UC 98                 19   7  9   3  31  22   +9  30
  6 Nord Energie FC                19   7  8   4  24  21   +3  29
  7 AS Montreux                    19   8  4   7  21  21   +0  28
  8 Edmonton United                19   8  4   7  23  21   +2  28
  9 AD Cerro                       19   8  3   8  22  20   +2  27
 10 Carloburgo Phoenix             19   6  8   5  17  18   -1  26
 11 AS Vaud                        19   8  2   9  27  29   -2  26
 12 CAP                            19   7  4   8  21  19   +2  25
 13 FC Sillimus                    19   6  6   7  20  17   +3  24
 14 Alianza Antioquia              19   6  6   7  14  18   -4  24
 15 Servette FC                    19   7  2  10  26  33   -7  23
 16 Defensores de Villafuerte      19   6  5   8  17  20   -3  23
 17 Bretford Royals                19   5  6   8  13  15   -2  21
 18 RC Corania                     19   6  2  11  15  23   -8  20
 19 Deportivo Aguablanca           19   5  2  12  15  26  -11  17
 20 FC Fauxham                     19   3  6  10  17  29  -12  15

Liga-3 Standings after Matchday 19

Team                                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bellavista Jets                 19  12  4   3  33  19  +14  40
  2 Corumbá EC                      19  12  3   4  30  12  +18  39
  3 Deportivo Lomas                 19   9  7   3  26  17   +9  34
  4 Northport Bears                 19  10  4   5  30  22   +8  34
  5 Hamanos Athletic Club           19   9  6   4  22  13   +9  33
  6 Stanford United                 19   8  7   4  21  16   +5  31
  7 Atlético Nápoles                19   8  6   5  29  23   +6  30
  8 Villaznia AC                    19   8  5   6  27  19   +8  29
  9 SC Alcázares                    19   8  4   7  29  28   +1  28
 10 Real Pradera                    19   6  8   5  19  17   +2  26
 11 Universitario de Maldonado      19   7  2  10  31  35   -4  23
 12 Neuchâtel-Sport                 19   5  8   6  23  25   -2  23
 13 Danubio FC                      19   6  5   8  15  18   -3  23
 14 Adelaide Kickers                19   5  7   7  21  28   -7  22
 15 EC Comercial                    19   5  5   9  15  27  -12  20
 16 AS Lausanne                     19   4  6   9  16  25   -9  18
 17 Minault United                  19   3  8   8  28  32   -4  17
 18 Olympique de Coulombes          19   3  7   9  17  28  -11  16
 19 Atlas SC                        19   3  5  11  15  33  -18  14
 20 Newcastle Town                  19   2  7  10  14  24  -10  13

by **Valladares** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:25 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART III OF IV)

Round 20 (July 18-19)

The decisive second half of this season kicked off with fireworks in Bezieres, as Les Rouges mercilessly crushed Olympique de Fontvielle by a score of 6-0 at the Stade de Foix and remained close to Metropolis Alligators and champions Marinos, who grabbed wins of their own against Nacional and Belfort. With their hard-fought 3-2 win in Hamanos against Slateport, Real Campo Grande took an early lead in the fight for the last Globe Cup spot, aided by Valencia with their win in Pradera in the Clásico Antioqueño, with Eterna Stars and Canalave Dragons also losing ground with the former losing to Junín in Eterna City and the latter exchanging blow after blow with relegation-threatened Columbus in a thrilling match that ended in a 4-all draw. Fontvielle Impact were also able to take advantage of all those setbacks by defeating Étoile Verte at the Stade de la Frontière, while TFC and Tallin cancelled each other out at the Carloburgo Derby. Meanwhile, the relegation race started with a six-pointer between two of the teams with the highest odds to go down as Pumas and Ajax faced each other in Maldonado, with Ajax taking the chance to thrash Pumas and sink them further into the red zone, while also managing to leave the playoff spot mostly thanks to the Bulls and their loss to RCG.

RC Belfort 0-2 Marinos Metropolis
Slateport Bulls 2-3 Real Campo Grande
Pradera FC 0-1 Valencia FC
Pumas Maldonado 0-4 Ajax Carloburgo
Fontvielle Impact 2-1 Étoile Verte
Canalave Dragons 4-4 FC Columbus
AS Bezieres 6-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Tannenberg FC 1-1 AC Tallin
Eterna Stars 0-2 Deportivo Junín
Metropolis Alligators 3-1 Nacional

Round 21 (July 25-26)

Alligators and Marineros continued their intense head-to-head for the championship by defeating Tallin and Slateport Bulls and dealing hard blows to their chances of survival, however, Bezieres lost to Étoile Verte in the return leg of the Derby de Bezieres and fell behind both Metropolitan sides in the fight for the crown. Meanwhile, Real Campo Grande stayed strong in fourth place thanks to their win against Pumas, who (just like Bulls and Gunners) were also unable to get a positive result in their quest to escape from the red zone, with Nacional and Canalave Dragons now exerting pressure on the Verdolagas for the last UICA spot with their important wins in Junín and Carloburgo against Deportivo Junín and Ajax, respectively, both of which also involved in the relegation struggle. Fontvielle Impact and Tannenberg took advantage of the draw between Olympique de Fontvielle and Eterna Stars by getting important wins on the road against Valencia and Columbus, and got closer to fourth place. And Belfort defeated Pradera and opened a 5-point gap with the 17th-placed team, Slateport Bulls, becoming the only team out of the involved ones in the relegation struggle to get a win in this round.

Marinos Metropolis 2-1 Slateport Bulls

The Blue Derby ended with Marinos
beating their long-time rivals, the Bulls.

RC Belfort 2-0 Pradera FC
Real Campo Grande 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Valencia FC 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Ajax Carloburgo 0-2 Canalave Dragons
Étoile Verte 1-0 AS Bezieres
FC Columbus 0-1 Tannenberg FC
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-0 Eterna Stars
AC Tallin 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
Deportivo Junín 1-2 Nacional

Kings' Shield Round of 16 (July 29)

The Kings' Shield is also entering its time for definitions, with 16 teams still in contention for a berth to the next Cup Winners' Cup, and there will be only 8 lucky ones advancing to the quarterfinals. We don't think fans of either AS Bezieres or Fontvielle Impact were expecting to have a Derby de Foix this early in the competition, however luck decided otherwise. And, in a nervy affair at the Stade de Foix, current league fortunes were reversed as Les Bleus narrowly edged past Les Rouges with a goal by forward Alexandre in the 85th minute, securing l'Impact a place in the top 8 of the tournament. Pradera are also headed to the quarterfinals by finishing San Luis FC's cinderella run, as well as Canalave Dragons, who needed extra time to net 2 goals past a brave Ajax Carloburgo side, and Étoile Verte, who were only able to separate themselves from FC Columbus on penalty kicks after 120 minutes and no goals. TFC are also through to the quarterfinals but needed to get rid of a tough Real Guadír side first, however, unlike Étoile Verte, luck was not on the Bulls' side and Cecil Herberts' team bid farewell to the competition while Comercial advanced instead. Bretford Royals (who eliminated fellow Liga-2 side Carloburgo Phoenix) and FC Fauxham (who defeated Curzón FC) complete the group of quarterfinalists.

Tannenberg FC 3-2 Real Guadír

Carloburgo Phoenix 0-1 Bretford Royals

EC Comercial 1-1 Slateport Bulls (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)

Canalave Dragons 0-0 Ajax Carloburgo (2-0 AET)

FC Fauxham 1-0 Curzón FC

Pradera FC 1-0 San Luis FC

FC Columbus 0-0 Étoile Verte (0-0 AET, 1-3 PKs)

AS Bezieres 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

Round 22 (August 1-2)

Draws for both Marinos and MA meant that the Titan keep their advantage of 1 point over the defending champions at the top, however, they also meant good news for ASB since their 3-0 win over Valencia at home helped Les Rouges cut the gap with the leaders to 4 points. In the struggle for the last UICA berth, Canalave Dragons thumped Real Campo Grande at Dragon Stadium, however, this result benefited Nacional more with Los Albos seizing fourth place by beating Olympique de Fontvielle at the City of Metropolis Stadium. Just like Pradera, Fontvielle Impact were unable to capitalize on RCG's loss in Canalave and were held by Belfort to a disappointing goalless stalemate which kept them 4 points adrift of fourth place, while TFC got a vital win in the Carloburgo Derby against Ajax and got closer to the fourth place. In the battle for salvation, Slateport Bulls woke up and dismantled fellow strugglers Pumas by 7-2 at the Estádio do Maldonado, taking advantage of Ajax's loss in order to send them to the playoff position, despite Columbus managing to snatch a point from the National Stadium, that does not help them much in their task to leave the red zone, and Tallin got closer to the abyss after being unable to defeat Junín.

Pradera FC 1-1 Marinos Metropolis
Pumas Maldonado 2-7 Slateport Bulls
Fontvielle Impact 0-0 RC Belfort
Canalave Dragons 4-0 Real Campo Grande
AS Bezieres 3-0 Valencia FC
Tannenberg FC 2-0 Ajax Carloburgo
Eterna Stars 1-2 Étoile Verte
Metropolis Alligators 1-1 FC Columbus
Nacional 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
Deportivo Junín 0-0 AC Tallin

Round 23 (August 8-9)

Things at the top 3 remained unchanged with wins for all three sides involved there: Alligators, Marinos, and Bezieres. But in the fight for fourth place, Nacional are running away with the last UICA berth with 38 points thanks to their impressive win in Bezieres against Étoile Verte, while Real Campo Grande regained the ground lost in Canalave with a home win against another direct rival, TFC and closely follow Los Albos in fifth place. In another six-pointer for the last Globe Cup spot, Pradera handed Fontvielle Impact yet another defeat which keeps the Verdiblancos in the fight while also denting l'Impact's chances of returning to an international competition as the 11-time Valladar champions are left stuck with 31 points. Canalave Dragons also missed a chance to keep themselves within striking distance of Nacional with a loss to the resurging Bulls in Hamanos, while their arch-rivals Eterna Stars won a vital match in Valencia and keep their chances intact. In the relegation race, Columbus and Junín were unable to separate each other and had to settle for a draw that helps the Granates more, and Tallin collected yet another draw which nevertheless was "useful" to keep Olympique de Fontvielle away from the UICA conversation.

Marinos Metropolis 3-2 Pumas Maldonado

Pradera beat Fontvielle Impact in a
hard-fought clash at the Gobernador Villa.

Pradera FC 1-0 Fontvielle Impact
Slateport Bulls 2-1 Canalave Dragons
RC Belfort 1-2 AS Bezieres
Real Campo Grande 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Valencia FC 1-3 Eterna Stars
Ajax Carloburgo 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
Étoile Verte 0-4 Nacional
FC Columbus 1-1 Deportivo Junín
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 AC Tallin

Round 24 (August 15-16)

Marinos' narrow win over a crumbling Impact side at the Stade de la Frontière added to MA's defeat at the National Stadium courtesy of Real Campo Grande, allowed the Marineros to claim top spot of the league with 54 points, leaving their arch-rivals behind with 53, and helping Bezieres to get closer with 51 and a win over GC contender Pradera at the Stade de Foix. Speaking of which, Nacional kept pace in fourth place with a 1-0 win over Valencia in Metropolis, with RCG exerting pressure after that win in the capital's suburbs over MA and Canalave Dragons trying to stay close to Albos and Verdolagas by putting another nail on Pumas' coffin. Eterna Stars and Tannenberg FC suffered dangerous defeats at the hands of Belfort and Slateport (who made it 3 wins in a row) which dragged them away from the conversation while also allowing the Bulls and Les Rouge et Noir to move away from the relegation struggle. Meanwhile, Ajax's vital win in the Far East coupled to Valencia's defeat puts Inmigrants and Púrpuras level on points for the relegation playoff position, with Valencia getting the edge on virtue of their 3-1 win in Carloburgo in the first half of the season, while the Granates are being dragged to the hazard. And Columbus, Pumas, and Tallin lost once again and are eyeing closer a return to the Liga-2 as the bottom three of the season.

Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Marinos Metropolis
Canalave Dragons 2-0 Pumas Maldonado
AS Bezieres 3-0 Pradera FC
Tannenberg FC 0-1 Slateport Bulls
Eterna Stars 0-1 RC Belfort
Metropolis Alligators 0-1 Real Campo Grande
Nacional 1-0 Valencia FC
Deportivo Junín 0-3 Ajax Carloburgo
AC Tallin 0-1 Étoile Verte
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 FC Columbus

Round 25 (August 22-23)

The second (third, if we count the Kings' Shield) Derby du Foix of the season was the deadline set to Fontvielle Impact's coach Victor Anigo by the club's Board to get a win, since direct rivals such as Nacional, Real Campo Grande, and the Dragons were running away with fourth place while the 11-time champions were sinking into a slump. Conveniently, Impact needed a win against their arch-rivals, who were comfortably sitting in third place and threatening the top spot held by Marinos Metropolis, so the task was far from being easy, however, as happened a month ago in the Shield, Les Bleus showed their true colours by defeating Les Rouges, what no-one was expecting was the score at the end of the match: Fontvielle Impact 7, AS Bezieres 4. Yes, SEVEN-FOUR. Anigo got to keep his job, Impact snapped out of their winless run, and Bezieres were stopped on their tracks while Marinos defeated Canalave Dragons at the City of Metropolis Stadium and opened up a 5-point gap at the top, with MA becoming the latest victims of Slateport's winning streak. Meanwhile, Real Campo Grande seized fourth place once again by beating Junín at home and also taking advantage of Nacional's loss in Gatineau. In other matches, Pradera made short work of the Stars by thrashing them 4-0 at the Gobernador Villa, Étoile Verte brought Columbus closer to the drop with their 3-0 win at the Stade de Charmilliot, Pumas's hopes of survival revived with their win over TFC, and Valencia and Ajax were held to draws at home by Tallin and Olympique de Fontvielle, which incidentally were just enough to send Deportivo Junín to the relegation playoff spot on virtue of their better H2H record against the Granates.

Marinos Metropolis 3-2 Canalave Dragons
Fontvielle Impact 7-4 AS Bezieres
Pumas Maldonado 1-0 Tannenberg FC
Pradera FC 4-0 Eterna Stars
Slateport Bulls 3-1 Metropolis Alligators
RC Belfort 3-1 Nacional
Real Campo Grande 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Valencia FC 1-1 AC Tallin
Ajax Carloburgo 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Étoile Verte 3-0 FC Columbus

Round 26 (August 29-30)

Defending champions Marinos were visiting third-placed AS Bezieres the Stade de Foix looking to strenghten their grip on top spot while at the same time dealing Les Rouges a hard blow in their championship hopes. However, the 8-time champion had another plans for the Marineros and cruised past them by a 4-0 score, thus helping both themselves and the Alligators (who brought Pumas one step closer to relegation) cut the gap with the leaders, and now the former trails Marinos by 3 points and the latter by 2, putting more spice to the battle for the title. Meanwhile, Real Campo Grande gave Olympique de Fontvielle an almost lethal blow with their win at the Stade de l'Amitié over Les Jaune et Bleu and continue in fourth place, now 3 points clear of fifth-placed Nacional, who dropped 2 points at home against Pradera in a scoreless draw. It also looks like Étoile Verte and Fontvielle Impact aren't willing to give themselves up so soon, with both teams getting vital wins in order to get closer to the last UICA berth: the former prevented Ajax from moving away from the relegation struggle with their 2-0 win at the Stade de Charmilliot, and the latter dented the Stars' hopes of getting back into the UICA fight with their 3-1 win in Eterna City. And in the lower zone of the standings, Valencia won a decisive six-pointer in Columbus and took advantage of the aforementioned defeat for Ajax and Junín losing at home to Slateport Bulls (who are quickly climbing positions in the table) to move 3 points clear of Inmigrantes and Granates in the fight to avoid 17th place.

AS Bezieres 4-0 Marinos Metropolis

Tallin got a relieving victory (and their
second of the season) against RC Belfort.

Tannenberg FC 3-2 Canalave Dragons
Eterna Stars 1-3 Fontvielle Impact
Metropolis Alligators 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Nacional 0-0 Pradera FC
Deportivo Junín 0-1 Slateport Bulls
AC Tallin 2-1 RC Belfort
Olympique de Fontvielle 0-2 Real Campo Grande
FC Columbus 0-1 Valencia FC
Étoile Verte 2-0 Ajax Carloburgo

Round 27 (September 5-6)

September started with Marinos beating Tannenberg at the City of Metropolis Stadium and hitting the 60-point mark, however, MA and Bezieres also picked up wins of their own against E1 rivals Canalave Dragons and Eterna Stars, respectively, and continue in hot pursuit of the Marineros at the top. Meanwhile, Étoile Verte put more spice to the fight for the last Globe Cup spot with their win in Campo Grande against RCG, preventing them from running away with fourth place after Nacional were stomped by another team that have just entered the fight: Fontvielle Impact. Les Bleus capitalized on Étoile Verte's win by defeating Nacional at the Stade de la Frontière and opened a fight that looked more like a 2-team affair before this matchday. Slateport Bulls is another side that took advantage of those losses for Verdolagas and Albos and now represent a serious threat to the teams in the UICA race thanks to their narrow win over Olympique de Fontvielle in Hamanos. In the relegation race, Tallin and Columbus snatched draws from Pradera and Belfort, which are pretty useless at this time as both teams are still unable to leave the drop zone, Pumas lost to Junín in what was a key match for their survival and by doing so, allowed the Granates to open a 9-point gap between them, and Valencia left Ajax anchored to the play-off spot by defeating them at home and leaving the Inmigrants trailing Junín by 3 points and Valencia by 6.

Marinos Metropolis 2-0 Tannenberg FC
AS Bezieres 1-0 Eterna Stars
Canalave Dragons 0-2 Metropolis Alligators
Fontvielle Impact 3-0 Nacional
Pumas Maldonado 0-2 Deportivo Junín
Pradera FC 2-2 AC Tallin
Slateport Bulls 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle
RC Belfort 2-2 FC Columbus
Real Campo Grande 0-1 Étoile Verte
Valencia FC 1-0 Ajax Carloburgo

Round 28 (September 12-13)

Marinos continue marching towards their third title with a win against the Stars in Eterna City, with Bezieres following closely behind thanks to their win over Nacional in the Valladar capital. However, Metropolis Alligators fell to third place after being shockingly trounced by Tannenberg FC at the National Stadium and could only see how their arch-rivals opened a 5-point gap at the top. Nacional's loss to ASB and Étoile Verte being defeated by Slateport were successfully capitalized by Real Campo Grande, who moved away from the group of UICA hopefuls with a 3-1 victory in Valencia, and now stay 5 points clear of Fontvielle Impact, who snatched fifth place from Étoile Verte and Nacional by getting the full prize against cellar-dwellers Tallin. Pradera also entered the UICA conversation thanks to their win in Columbus, which put the Lilies in serious trouble in the relegation race. Speaking of relegation affairs, Ajax managed to take advantage of Valencia and Junín losing by defeating Belfort, which allowed the Inmigrants to put more pressure on Púrpuras and Granates, while at the same time making things more difficult for Columbus and Pumas, who now trail the team from Carloburgo by 8 points.

Eterna Stars 0-2 Marinos Metropolis

The Citizens dented MA's hopes of title
contention with their resounding win.

Metropolis Alligators 1-5 Tannenberg FC
Nacional 0-3 AS Bezieres
Deportivo Junín 2-4 Canalave Dragons
AC Tallin 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-1 Pumas Maldonado
FC Columbus 0-1 Pradera FC
Étoile Verte 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Ajax Carloburgo 2-1 RC Belfort
Valencia FC 1-3 Real Campo Grande

Kings' Shield Quarterfinals (September 16)

The Kings' Shield has now entered into its final stretch with 8 teams still remaining in contention for the Shield, but only 4 will remain after this round. Canalave Dragons and Fontvielle Impact locked horns at Dragon Stadium in the most interesting quarterfinal tie, and Victor Anigo's side managed to overcome the hostile environment in the port city and sent the Dragons packing with a 25-metre shot from striker Alexandre in the 76th minute, while l'Impact were through to the semifinals. In Campo Grande, Pradera had an easier job as they defeated Comercial by a 4-2 score, while TFC punched their berth to the semis after narrowly beating Étoile Verte in Bezieres. And, in the only tie that went to extra time, current Liga-2 cellar-dwellers Fauxham became the fourth and last semifinalist by defeating Bretford Royals in the Westlands.

Canalave Dragons 0-1 Fontvielle Impact

Bretford Royals 1-1 FC Fauxham (1-2 AET)

EC Comercial 2-4 Pradera FC

Étoile Verte 0-1 Tannenberg FC

Round 29 (September 19-20)

With this round we have completed 75% of the season, and in what could be a decisive Derby Metropolitano Marinos and Metropolis Alligators shared the spoils in an entertaining match at the City of Metropolis Stadium, result which kept the status quo at the summit of the league in force since Bezieres were unable to defeat bottom-placed Tallin at the Stade de Foix. With 49 points, Real Campo Grande seem to be the frontrunners in the fight for the fourth and final UICA spot, although Slateport Bulls have shown a substantial improvement under the helm of Yttribian coach Cecil Herberts and jumped to fifth place after their offense fired on all cylinders against Valencia in an impressive 7-1 walloping at Hamanos' Municipal Stadium, with Étoile Verte closely following the Bulls with their win in Maldonado. Fontvielle Impact suffered a pretty ill-timed defeat at the hands of Columbus, whose hopes of survival got a boost with this win, while Pradera were also stunned by another team in the relegation struggle, namely Ajax Carloburgo, who defeated them at the Gobernador Villa and moved away from the dreadful playoff spot. Speaking of the relegation race, Ajax's win in Pradera put more pressure on Junín, who lost to TFC in Carloburgo and remained anchored to 17th place with 29 points, while Columbus managed to reduce the gap with the Granates to only 5 points, making things in the lower zone of the table more interesting as we enter the final stretch of the season. However, the inability to win of Pumas (19th, 21 points) and Tallin (bottom, 20 points) makes things more difficult for Cougars and Gunners and put them as the two main candidates to the drop at the end of the season, with 9 games to go.

Marinos Metropolis 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
Eterna Stars 2-1 Nacional
Tannenberg FC 2-1 Deportivo Junín
AS Bezieres 1-1 AC Tallin
Canalave Dragons 1-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Fontvielle Impact 1-2 FC Columbus
Pumas Maldonado 0-1 Étoile Verte
Pradera FC 1-2 Ajax Carloburgo
Slateport Bulls 7-1 Valencia FC
RC Belfort 1-1 Real Campo Grande

Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Marinos Metropolis           29  19   7   3  51  28  +23  64
  2  AS Bezieres                  29  19   4   6  60  31  +29  61
  3  Metropolis Alligators        29  18   5   6  43  28  +15  59
  4  Real Campo Grande            29  14   7   8  36  30   +6  49
  5  Slateport Bulls              29  13   6  10  46  32  +14  45
  6  Étoile Verte                 29  14   3  12  36  40   -4  45
  7  Fontvielle Impact            29  12   7  10  45  37   +8  43
  8  Nacional                     29  12   6  11  33  32   +1  42
  9  Tannenberg FC                29  12   6  11  41  36   +5  42
 10  Pradera FC                   29  11   9   9  37  34   +3  42
 11  Canalave Dragons             29  11   8  10  48  41   +7  41
 12  Olympique de Fontvielle      29   8  13   8  33  41   -8  37
 13  Eterna Stars                 29  10   6  13  28  39  -11  36
 14  RC Belfort                   29   9   8  12  33  39   -6  35
 15  Valencia FC                  29   8   8  13  32  48  -16  32
 16  Ajax Carloburgo              29   9   5  15  30  32   -2  32
 17  Deportivo Junín              29   7   8  14  31  40   -9  29
 18  FC Columbus                  29   5   9  15  31  48  -17  24
 19  Pumas Maldonado              29   6   3  20  23  46  -23  21
 20  AC Tallin                    29   2  14  13  18  33  -15  20

Liga-2 Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bohemians Metropolis           29  19   7   3  39  16  +23  64
  2 Nord Energie FC                29  15   9   5  49  26  +23  54
  3 Hoxford Rovers                 29  15   7   7  44  31  +13  52
  4 AS Montreux                    29  14   6   9  39  30   +9  48
  5 Patriotas FC                   29  14   6   9  33  29   +4  48
  6 Gatineau UC 98                 29  12  10   7  45  38   +7  46
  7 AD Cerro                       29  13   5  11  40  34   +6  44
  8 Edmonton United                29  13   5  11  43  39   +4  44
  9 Defensores de Villafuerte      29  12   7  10  33  29   +4  43
 10 Carloburgo Phoenix             29  10  10   9  28  29   -1  40
 11 FC Townsville                  29  11   7  11  30  36   -6  40
 12 AS Vaud                        29  12   3  14  35  39   -4  39
 13 CAP                            29  10   6  13  31  30   +1  36
 14 RC Corania                     29  11   3  15  24  30   -6  36
 15 FC Sillimus                    29   9   6  14  30  31   -1  33
 16 Bretford Royals                29   8   8  13  23  30   -7  32
 17 Alianza Antioquia              29   8   8  13  19  30  -11  32
 18 Servette FC                    29   7   4  18  30  55  -25  25
 19 Deportivo Aguablanca           29   7   4  18  22  40  -18  25
 20 FC Fauxham                     29   5   9  15  25  40  -15  24

Liga-3 Standings after Matchday 29

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Corumbá EC                      29  17   4   8  44  27  +17  55
  2 Deportivo Lomas                 29  14  11   4  38  24  +14  53
  3 Bellavista Jets                 29  15   8   6  44  31  +13  53
  4 Stanford United                 29  15   8   6  41  24  +17  53
  5 Villaznia AC                    29  12   9   8  38  27  +11  45
  6 Real Pradera                    29  11  12   6  33  25   +8  45
  7 Atlético Nápoles                29  12   9   8  40  34   +6  45
  8 Northport Bears                 29  13   6  10  38  30   +8  45
  9 Hamanos Athletic Club           29  12   8   9  33  27   +6  44
 10 Danubio FC                      29  10   7  12  29  32   -3  37
 11 Neuchâtel-Sport                 29   9  10  10  33  35   -2  37
 12 SC Alcázares                    29  10   7  12  38  45   -7  37
 13 EC Comercial                    29  10   6  13  27  41  -14  36
 14 Universitario de Maldonado      29  10   4  15  44  50   -6  34
 15 Minault United                  29   8   8  13  42  48   -6  32
 16 Adelaide Kickers                29   8   8  13  31  42  -11  32
 17 AS Lausanne                     29   8   8  13  29  38   -9  32
 18 Atlas SC                        29   8   6  15  29  45  -16  30
 19 Olympique de Coulombes          29   6   7  16  28  41  -13  25
 20 Newcastle Town                  29   5   8  16  22  35  -13  23

by **Valladares** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:13 pm

LIGA FEDERAL DE VALLADARES PRESENTED BY TRIANGLE ÉLECTRONIQUE
FORTY-FIFTH SEASON (PART IV OF IV)

Round 30 (September 26-27)

The final stretch of this Liga-1 season started this weekend with defending champions Marinos Metropolis dropping points against Nacional in the derby at the City of Metropolis Stadium, result which went down well with second-placed Bezieres, who managed to reduce the gap with the leaders to just 1 point thanks to their win in Columbus. However, Metropolis Alligators were unable to capitalize on Marinos' draw and had to settle for a draw of their own with Junín in the Far East which keeps them 5 points adrift the top. With Real Campo Grande and Pradera cancelling themselves out with a 2-2 draw in the capital of the Chiquito state, Slateport Bulls put even more pressure on the Verdolagas in the fight for the fourth and last UICA spot by claiming a ninth straight win in Gatineau against Belfort, with Étoile Verte being dragged away from the race with a loss to Canalave Dragons. Meawhile, in the relegation race, crucial home wins for Valencia against Pumas and Ajax against Fontvielle Impact allowed both Púrpuras and Immigrants to i) match Belfort's point tally (and therefore dragging them into the fight) and ii) move 5 points clear of 17th-placed Deportivo Junín, while losses for the bottom three (Columbus, Pumas, and Tallin) brought these three sides closer to the drop.

Nacional 1-1 Marinos Metropolis

Fontvielle Impact were unable to get any
points from Parken Road against Ajax.

Deportivo Junín 1-1 Metropolis Alligators
AC Tallin 1-2 Eterna Stars
Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 Tannenberg FC
FC Columbus 1-2 AS Bezieres
Étoile Verte 1-2 Canalave Dragons
Ajax Carloburgo 2-0 Fontvielle Impact
Valencia FC 2-1 Pumas Maldonado
Real Campo Grande 2-2 Pradera FC
RC Belfort 0-2 Slateport Bulls

Round 31 (October 3-4)

With seven games to go, the fight for the Liga-1 crown seems to have been reduced to 2 teams: defending champs Marinos Metropolis and AS Bezieres, with both Marineros and Rouges claiming victories at home against two of the sides involved in the relegation fight: Junín (who remained anchored to the relegation play-off spot) and Ajax Carloburgo, and also taking advantage of MA's recent slump, with the Titan dropping points at home once again after a 2-all draw against Olympique. Meanwhile, Slateport Bulls bid farewell to an impressive 9-game winning streak with a 2-0 defeat in Pradera, and allowed Real Campo Grande to run away with fourth place and the last Globe Cup berth with an important win in Fontvielle against l'Impact, virtually leaving the Bleus with the Kings' Shield as their only chance to play UICA football the next season. In the relegation affair, losses for Ajax, Valencia, Belfort, and Deportivo Junín meant that the situation remained unchanged before the crucial Independence Day matchday, but Pumas aren't willing to let their hope die so easily and they showed it by beating Belfort, whilst Columbus and Tallin kept dropping important points and now have an even higher mountain to climb.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Nacional 2-0 AC Tallin
Metropolis Alligators 2-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Eterna Stars 1-1 FC Columbus
Tannenberg FC 1-1 Étoile Verte
AS Bezieres 3-0 Ajax Carloburgo
Canalave Dragons 3-2 Valencia FC
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Real Campo Grande
Pumas Maldonado 2-0 RC Belfort
Pradera FC 2-0 Slateport Bulls

Round 32 (October 8)

And the special Independence Day matchday, when there's non-stop Liga-1 action starting from 10 AM until 9 PM opened action at the Stade de l'Amitié in Fontvielle, where Olympique de Fontvielle put another nail on Junín's chances of survival with a narrow 1-0 win for Les Jaune et Bleu and leaving the Granates still stranded with 30 points in the dangerous 17th place. Meanwhile, the Alligators' loss in Bezieres to Étoile Verte and the draw in the Ilirian Derby between Real Campo Grande and AS Bezieres were excellent news for Marinos, who tightened their grip on first place and a new championship with a unobjectionable 3-1 win over Tallin, which qualified the Marineros for UICA football and pretty much restricted Tallin's chances of survival to the play-off match. The draw between Verdolagas and Rouges was also just enough to qualify ASB for UICA football, but allowed Nacional (who clobbered Columbus) and Étoile Verte to get closer to fourth place, while the Bulls kept losing ground in that race by letting Fontvielle Impact steal the full prize from Hamanos. As for the teams involved in the relegation race, Belfort's draw with Canalave and Ajax's win over the Stars in Carloburgo allow those two teams to move away from Junín and closer to salvation, while Valencia tripped over by losing to TFC at home and remain in danger. In the match that closed this crazy football day, Pumas managed to steal one point from Pradera but they're still trailing Junín by 5 points, same as Columbus.

Olympique de Fontvielle 1-0 Deportivo Junín
Étoile Verte 2-1 Metropolis Alligators
RC Belfort 1-1 Canalave Dragons
FC Columbus 1-6 Nacional
Real Campo Grande 2-2 AS Bezieres
AC Tallin 1-3 Marinos Metropolis
Slateport Bulls 0-1 Fontvielle Impact
Valencia FC 1-2 Tannenberg FC
Ajax Carloburgo 3-2 Eterna Stars
Pradera FC 2-2 Pumas Maldonado

Round 33 (October 11-12)

Marinos got closer to their third championship thanks to their Quebecois star Zachary Fortin, whose lone goal in the 50th minute was enough to edge past Olympique de Fontvielle in a cagey affair at the City of Metropolis Stadium. However, the biggest shock of the round was Slateport Bulls thumping second-placed Bezieres at the Stade de Foix, result which benefited Marinos as well as the Alligators, who returned to winning ways by thrashing Valencia at the National Stadium and kept the pressure on Les Rouges. However, by losing to the Stars at the Alain Tramontin Stadium, Real Campo Grande opened up the fight for the last UICA spot to Cecil Herberts' side as well as Pradera, who trounced the Dragons in Canalave and now trail the Verdolagas by 4 points, while Nacional and Étoile Verte lost their matches to two sides involved in the relegation struggle (Ajax and Junín) and missed the chance to get closer to RCG. Speaking of which, that win for the Immigrants in Metropolis allowed them to reach 41 points, which is the theoretical limit of safety with Columbus (18th) now trailing them by 15 points with 5 matches to go. Deportivo Junín also got a much needed win at the Arena Junín against Étoile Verte and got within striking distance of Valencia and Belfort, who lost their games and now see the 17th-placed getting closer to them. As for the teams currently sitting in the red zone, Pumas were clobbered by Fontvielle Impact and Tallin and Columbus cancelled themselves out with a disappointing 0-0 which doesn't do the Lilies any favours and brings the Southern Gunners closer than ever to the abyss.

Marinos Metropolis 1-0 Olympique de Fontvielle

An unexpected win in Bezieres allowed
Slateport Bulls to heat up the UICA race.

AC Tallin 0-0 FC Columbus
Deportivo Junín 1-0 Étoile Verte
Nacional 0-2 Ajax Carloburgo
Metropolis Alligators 4-0 Valencia FC
Eterna Stars 3-1 Real Campo Grande
Tannenberg FC 2-0 RC Belfort
AS Bezieres 0-3 Slateport Bulls
Canalave Dragons 0-4 Pradera FC
Fontvielle Impact 5-0 Pumas Maldonado

Kings' Shield Semifinals (October 14)

And this cup competition reaches its penultimate round with three Liga-1 sides (Fontvielle Impact, Tannenberg FC, and Pradera FC) and Liga-2 outfit FC Fauxham as the final four battling for two berths to the final match in Swangard on November 22nd. Bleus and Verdiblancos faced each other in one of the semifinals, while Fauxham entertained the Citizens in the other one.

The first semifinal was played between Fauxham and Tannenberg at Fauxham's Frank Clair Stadium, and although the match looked to be even at some point, with Fauxham giving TFC a very hard time, in the end the Citizens managed to show their superior form and punched their ticket to Swangard thanks to a brace by Guayabalense player Marcos Haedo. Meanwhile, Fontvielle Impact and Pradera played with another berth to the National Stadium on stake as well as the chance for l'Impact to shake themselves off the superiority shown by the Verdiblancos in the two previous league meetings. And the squad coached by Victor Anigo would not waste this chance and scored twice thanks to two young players who, despite being only 17 years old, are already playing their first season of professional football with the 11-time champions: offensive midfielder Yohan Pignolet and striker Adrián Bassa, and thus ensured a meeting with TFC in the Shield final to be played at the Metropolis suburb of Swangard.

FC Fauxham 0-2 Tannenberg FC

Fontvielle Impact 2-0 Pradera FC

Round 34 (October 17-18)

Defending champions Marinos are closer than ever to round up a successful defense of the title won last season thanks to their crucial 3-2 win in Columbus which also left the Lilies walking on thin ice with a return to Liga-2 now looming large for them, however the Marineros were also helped by Pumas, who earned 3 important points in their quest to avoid relegation by dealing a hard blow to Bezieres' hopes with their win over Les Rouges in Maldonado and also allowing Marinos to qualify for the Champions' Cup. In a huge six-pointer in the UICA race, Nacional got a golden win against Real Campo Grande at the Estádio Estadual, result which left the UICA race wide open with four matches to go in the season as Slateport Bulls (who trounced the Stars in the second leg of the SuperClásico) finally matched the Verdolagas and their tally of points (54), Nacional placed themselves within striking distance of RCG and the Bulls with 52 points, Pradera are still in contention with 51 points after tying with Tannenberg in a thrilling match, and both Kings' Shield finalists Fontvielle Impact and the Citizens themselves entered the fight with 50 points, as well as Canalave Dragons and Étoile Verte with 49. Meanwhile, there was another six-pointer in the relegation zone, namely the most tense Carloburgo Derby ever between Ajax and Tallin, with Ajax looking to save themselves from all relegation danger for good and Tallin burning their last cartridge in their fight for survival, and eventually victory went to the Immigrants, who are now virtually safe thanks to Valencia thumping Junín in another decisive match, while Belfort dashed any and all championship hopes still held by the Alligators with their 1-0 win, which also allowed them to take a step closer to safety in the process.

FC Columbus 2-3 Marinos Metropolis
Étoile Verte 0-2 Olympique de Fontvielle
Ajax Carloburgo 1-0 AC Tallin
Valencia FC 3-0 Deportivo Junín
Real Campo Grande 2-4 Nacional
RC Belfort 1-0 Metropolis Alligators
Slateport Bulls 5-1 Eterna Stars
Pradera FC 3-3 Tannenberg FC
Pumas Maldonado 1-0 AS Bezieres
Fontvielle Impact 1-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 35 (October 24-25)

Marinos wasted their first match point to win the league by losing to Étoile Verte in a thrilling game at the City of Metropolis Stadium and allowed second-placed Bezieres to cut the gap with the leaders to six points with 3 matches remaining with their 4-1 win over Canalave Dragons which knocked the Dragons out of the UICA race. Speaking of the battle for that last UICA berth, Slateport Bulls seized fourth place with the side coached by Cecil Herberts winning a crucial match against direct rivals Nacional in Metropolis (and also dealing a hard blow to Alberto Vega's side and their hopes of UICA qualification) while also capitalizing on Real Campo Grande's tie with Tallin at Parken Road (which also sealed Tallin's mathematical relegation), and Pradera kept the pressure on Bulls and Verdolagas with an important win against third-placed Metropolis Alligators at the National Stadium. With Tallin's relegation already confirmed, things in the lower zone heated up with Junín winning a crucial six-pointer against Belfort and taking advantage of Valencia's defeat to Olympique in order to get closer to Púrpuras and Rouges et Noirs in the fight to avoid the relegation play-off, while Columbus sparked a slim light of hope by defeating Ajax at home and delaying celebrations for the Immigrants who will have to wait one more week to reach safety from relegation, while Pumas tied in Eterna City and are all but dead as a result.

Marinos Metropolis 2-3 Étoile Verte

Pradera defeated MA and prevented
them from clinching their UICA berth.

FC Columbus 3-0 Ajax Carloburgo
Olympique de Fontvielle 3-1 Valencia FC
AC Tallin 2-2 Real Campo Grande
Deportivo Junín 2-1 RC Belfort
Nacional 1-2 Slateport Bulls
Metropolis Alligators 0-2 Pradera FC
Eterna Stars 2-2 Pumas Maldonado
Tannenberg FC 0-4 Fontvielle Impact
AS Bezieres 4-1 Canalave Dragons

Round 36 (October 31-November 1)

Defending champions Marinos Metropolis are now closer than ever to make a new victory lap thanks to Zachary Fortin's goal against Ajax Carloburgo at Parken Road in the 23rd minute, however, Bezieres are not willing to give up yet despite trailing Marinos by 6 points with precisely 2 matches to go and defeated TFC at the Stade de Foix, confirming their qualification for the Champions' Cup in the process while Metropolis Alligators clinched third place and a spot in the Globe Cup preliminaries with a lacklustre win in one of the most spiritless Derbies de Valladares of recent times, with Fontvielle Impact already thinking in the Kings' Shield final. The UICA race reaches its climax with Slateport Bulls puncturing at home against already-relegated Tallin and allowing Pradera to reduce the gap to a single point thanks to their 3-0 win over Junín in the capital of the Antioquia state. Real Campo Grande lost to Columbus and kept losing ground at the most inconvenient time, while Nacional and Étoile Verte kept their hopes alive with road wins over Pumas and Valencia, respectively. This certainly was a happy Halloween for Ajax, who despite losing to the virtual champions reached safety thanks to Junín's defeat in Pradera, however, it was a pretty sour holiday for Pumas Maldonado, whose relegation was confirmed on this matchday with their defeat, while the relegation fight was reduced to Belfort, Valencia, Deportivo Junín, and Columbus, whose win in Campo Grande allows them to keep dreaming with salvation.

Ajax Carloburgo 0-1 Marinos Metropolis
Valencia FC 0-1 Étoile Verte
Real Campo Grande 0-1 FC Columbus
RC Belfort 1-3 Olympique de Fontvielle
Slateport Bulls 1-1 AC Tallin
Pradera FC 3-0 Deportivo Junín
Pumas Maldonado 1-2 Nacional
Fontvielle Impact 0-1 Metropolis Alligators
Canalave Dragons 1-2 Eterna Stars
AS Bezieres 2-0 Tannenberg FC

Round 37 (November 7-8)

With a superb performance by Quebecois striker Zachary Fortin, who practically secured the Golden Boot with his hat-trick in Marinos' 4-0 win against playoff-threatened Valencia on a rainy afternoon at the City of Metropolis Stadium, which meant the Marineros managed to clinch the title with one match to spare, and dashing all hopes held by Bezieres despite their 2-1 win over third-placed MA at the National Stadium. With the top three already decided, attention now turns to the fight for the fourth place, where Slateport Bulls, Pradera, and Étoile Verte won their matches and remain in contention for the last Globe Cup berth, whilst Nacional (who lost to Canalave Dragons at home) and Real Campo Grande (who shared the spoils with Ajax in Carloburgo) bid farewell to their chances. As for the relegation struggle, Columbus confirmed their relegation with a 2-0 defeat to Cecil Herberts' side, while in a surprising result, Deportivo Junín trounced Fontvielle Impact and sent Valencia to the playoff, whilst Belfort's defeat in Bezieres to Étoile Verte left them walking on thin ice ahead of their crucial last match against Valencia.

So, this leaves three teams still in contention for one UICA berth and other three sides battling to avoid the relegation play-off berth, with the Pradera-Étoile Verte and Belfort-Valencia matches turned into the most relevant duels on the decisive last matchday.

Marinos Metropolis 4-0 Valencia FC

Zachary Fortin scoring the fourth and
last goal for Marinos against Valencia FC.

Ajax Carloburgo 0-0 Real Campo Grande
Étoile Verte 3-0 RC Belfort
FC Columbus 0-2 Slateport Bulls
Olympique de Fontvielle 2-3 Pradera FC
AC Tallin 1-0 Pumas Maldonado
Deportivo Junín 5-1 Fontvielle Impact
Nacional 0-1 Canalave Dragons
Metropolis Alligators 1-2 AS Bezieres
Eterna Stars 1-2 Tannenberg FC

Round 38 (November 15)

And welcome one and all to the last and definitive Liga-1 matchday of the season. Although we already know who will be lifting the Stargoal at the end of the day as well as two of the other three Valladar qualifiers to UICA competitions and the three sides that will be relegated directly, a Globe Cup berth is still at stake between Slateport Bulls, Pradera FC, and Étoile Verte, while RC Belfort, Deportivo Junín, and Valencia FC are still looking to avoid that unwanted meeting with a Liga-2 side in the promotion/relegation play-off.

With Pradera hosting Étoile Verte in a direct match between two of the three UICA hopefuls and Slateport hosting Ajax and looking to book their ticket to the Globe Cup with a win, the fight for fourth place is expected to have an exciting conclusion. However, in the lower zone of the standings things are equally hot with 17th placed Valencia visiting 16th placed RC Belfort in Gatineau, knowing that a win for either team will automatically condemn their rivals, although Deportivo Junín cannot relax yet as they have a tough trip to runners-up Bezieres and a loss for the Granates combined with a draw in Gatineau will force them to play that feared series for survival. And now, without any further ado, here we go with the final and decisive matchday in this Liga-1 season:

15:59 - Matchday 38 kicks off with the match in Maldonado between Pumas Maldonado and FC Columbus, followed by the game between Eterna Stars and Metropolis Alligators at the Alain Tramontin Stadium. The rest of matches kicked off soon after.

16:03 - GOAL for Fontvielle Impact in the Derby de Fontvielle at the Stade de la Frontière. Alexandre allowed Les Bleus to strike first against crosstown rivals Olympique.

16:09 - GOAL! for Marinos Metropolis! Marinos defender Pedro Arias heads the ball into Real Campo Grande's goal following a corner kick, and the champions broke the deadlock in Campo Grande.

16:11 - Gregoryisgodistani striker Robert Possibe quickly equalizes for the Verdolagas in their match against the champions. 1-1 at the Estadual already!

16:14 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for Étoile Verte! Étoile Verte open the scoreboard at the Estadio Gobernador Villa but Slateport Bulls' draw with Ajax keeps them out of the Globe Cup. Étoile Verte one, Pradera nil!

16:15 - Étoile Verte's goal does not seem to faze Slateport Bulls, who are still trying to get through an ordered Ajax defense but haven't been able to find the key to open that padlock. Meanwhile in Gatineau, Belfort are still firing on all cylinders against Valencia but haven't been able to score yet thanks to Valencia's goalie, while in Bezieres Junín are playing with some comfort and have managed to keep Bezieres away from their box.

16:22 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR VALENCIA! Gerardo Roncero opens the scoreboard for the Púrpuras in a deadly counterattack, and despite Belfort looking as the most dominant team, Valencia are now winning 1-0 and currently sending Les Rouge et Noir to the relegation play-off!

16:26 - GOAL for Marinos! Zachary Fortin scores the second goal for the champions against Real Campo Grande, putting the Marineros back on the lead at the Estádio Estadual.

16:30 - It seems that goal for Valencia completely changed the scripts at the Omnisports: Belfort lost the fizz and sparkle of the first minutes and now Valencia are controlling the ball and creating chances. The Púrpuras are looking closer to the second goal than the home team to the equalizer. In Bezieres, AS Bezieres and Deportivo Junín are now evenly matched in an entertaining match, with Bezieres being closer to break the deadlock, while in Hamanos and Pradera the home sides are still dominating but their attempts to score have been futile so far.

16:33 - GOAL for Fontvielle Impact, who increased the gap with Olympique in the Derby to 2 goals after 32 minutes.

16:37 - Nacional struck first against Tannenberg at White Meadow Arena in a match between teams that were involved in the UICA race until few days ago.

16:42 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL for Deportivo Junín! In a back-and-forth match midfielder Luis Ángel Pasquel dealt the first blow for the Granates while also putting another nail on Belfort's cross! The Juninese team are now 1-0 ahead at the Stade de Foix and save themselves from every relegation danger with this win.

16:46 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR VALENCIA! The Púrpuras dealt another hard blow to Belfort with their second goal, securing themselves and Junín in the top tier for next season at Belfort's expense. Les Rouge et Noir go to halftime trailing 2-0.

16:47 - The first half of this decisive final matchday ends with the following scores: RCG 1-2 Marinos, Belfort 0-2 Valencia, Slateport 0-0 Ajax, Pradera 0-1 Étoile Verte, Pumas 0-0 Columbus, Impact 2-0 Olympique, Canalave 0-0 Tallin, Bezieres 0-1 Junín, TFC 0-1 Nacional, and Stars 0-0 Alligators. Marinos are confirming their championship with a victory, the Bulls are qualifying for the Globe Cup mostly thanks to Étoile Verte's goal in Pradera, and Valencia are sending Belfort to the relegation playoff with 45 minutes to go.

17:04 - The second half kicks off in Pradera in the Pradera-Étoile Verte match, followed by the match between Belfort and Valencia in Gatineau.

17:08 - Fontvielle Impact increase to three goals their advantage over Olympique de Fontvielle in the Derby, getting a morale-boosting win before the Kings' Shield final.

17:11 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR SLATEPORT BULLS! Bryan Sánchez returned after a long injury with what could be the goal that returns the side coached by Cecil Herberts to UICA action. The Municipal Stadium in Hamanos is now roaring with the blue-clad team defeating Ajax 1-0 after 51 minutes. Bad news for the teams playing at the Estadio Gobernador Villa right now...

17:15 - That goal by Slateport was frustrating for the coaches of both Pradera and Étoile Verte, and the fans at the Gobernador Villa are now desperate because the team hasn't found a way to drill EV's defense. Meanwhile, fans in Gatineau are also feeling anxious because Belfort are now desperately looking for a goal that brings them back to the game, and in Bezieres both sides seem to be comfortable with the score as it is right now, although Les Rouges have pressed for the equalizer.

17:19 - Canalave Dragons opened the scoreboard at Dragon Stadium against Tallin, in a game of few relevance.

17:22 - GOAL for Eterna Stars against Metropolis Alligators, who are closing a season to forget with yet another defeat.

17:25 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR BELFORT! Substitute player Roger Theriault scored an important goal to get Les Rouge et Noir back to the game, with Valencia winning 2-1 and now feeling the pressure from the host's fanbase!

17:27 - GOAL for Bezieres! Christian Núñez scores the equalizer for Les Rouges and puts pressure on Junín, who are now fearing another goal by Belfort in Gatineau!

17:30 - With drama growing in Gatineau, Junín, and Valencia because of the events in the most recent 5 minutes, we return to Hamanos and Pradera to see what's happening: In the former, Ajax have charged for the equalizer while the Bulls are still trying to wrap this up with another goal, while a disallowed goal by Pradera sparks controversy at the Estadio Gobernador Villa. And the Pradera-Étoile Verte match is now suspended as a result!

17:31 - GOAL for Real Campo Grande! The Verdolagas are exchanging blow after blow with the champions in an entertaining match in Campo Grande. 2-2 the score! And at the same time, Olympique de Fontvielle scored and reduced the gap in the Derby de Fontvielle to 2 goals.

17:36 - GOAL for Tannenberg! Guayabalense striker Marcos Haedo scores the equalizer for the Citizens against Nacional at White Meadow Arena.

17:37 - After some skirmishes in the northern end of the Estadio Gobernador Villa between Pradera fans and the police, the match between Verdiblancos and Verts is underway once again!

17:38 - GOAL for Ajax Carloburgo! Ajax restored some hope for Pradera FC with young forward Simon Brody scoring the equalizer against the Bulls. The score at Hamanos' Municipal Stadium is now 1-1!

17:40 - GOAL for Marinos! The Marineros are once again ahead at the Estadio Estádual and RCG have only got 7 minutes to turn things around! Either way, the Stargoal will be lifted by the visitors at the end of this match in Campo Grande.

17:44 - GOAL for Fontvielle Impact! Alexandre rounds up a great win for l'Impact against their crosstown rivals with a brace, making the score 4-1 at the Stade de la Frontière.

17:50 - GOAL! GOAL! GOAL FOR VALENCIA! Armando Parra left Belfort's destiny all but sealed with his goal in the 89th minute, which was also celebrated hundreds of kilometres to the east in the City of Junín as the Granates are also spared from the relegation playoff with this 3-1 win for Valencia!

17:51 - Full time in Hamanos! The Bulls tied 1-1 with Ajax and must now wait for the conclusion of the match in Pradera to confirm their qualification for the next Globe Cup.

17:52 - Full time in Bezieres! L'ASB and Deportivo Junín tied 1-1 and the Juninese players kneel around the center circle to thank God for their escape from relegation. Likewise, full time in Gatineau, and Belfort's 3-1 defeat means that they will have to wait two more matches to confirm their Liga-1 status for next season.

17:58 - Full time in Pradera! Pradera's defeat to Étoile Verte in their final game at the Estadio Gobernador Villa meant that the Verdiblancos will miss out on the Globe Cup once again. And joy explodes in nearby Hamanos and Slateport (of course) as the Bulls managed to turn a miserable start of season into an unexpected Globe Cup qualification, while at the same time in Campo Grande, NT defender and Marinos Metropolis captain Freddy Edwards lifts the third Stargoal in Marinos history (and second in a row). Congratulations to the champions, once again.

18:00 - The results after this decisive last matchday in Liga-1 were the following:

Real Campo Grande 2-3 Marinos Metropolis
RC Belfort 1-3 Valencia FC
Slateport Bulls 1-1 Ajax Carloburgo
Pradera FC 0-1 Étoile Verte
Pumas Maldonado 0-0 FC Columbus
Fontvielle Impact 4-1 Olympique de Fontvielle
Canalave Dragons 1-0 AC Tallin
AS Bezieres 1-1 Deportivo Junín
Tannenberg FC 1-1 Nacional
Eterna Stars 1-0 Metropolis Alligators

King's Shield Final (November 22)

And this is the final game of the season, the King's Shield Final, which will be played by Liga-1 sides Tannenberg FC and Fontvielle Impact, both of whom had subpar campaigns in the season that recently ended. 64,114 people were present for the final match of the season, which was played at its traditional venue: Alexander I National Stadium in Swangard, a week after the Liga-1 finale.

Knowing that this match was their last chance to qualify for a UICA competition next season, namely the Globe Cup, both teams went out for the victory, making the match an entertaining back-and-forth affair with chances galore for both Citizens and Bleus. While Fontvielle Impact enjoyed a higher percentage of ball possession, the most dangerous shots and chances were for Tannenberg, and striker Frank Zapata took advantage of one of those chances in the 44th minute to open the scoreboard for the Citizens, who went to halftime with a precious 1-0 win.

However, for the second half, Fontvielle Impact came out firing on all cylinders looking to score a quick equalizer to get back into the game. Considering that in the first half they controlled the ball but lacked offensive presence, Victor Anigo decided to send playmaker Andrés Ruiz trying to correct that deficiency, replacing Apoxian NTer Stevan Xylander who had a lacklustre match. And this substitution would eventually pay off with Ruiz becoming a partner for both Alexander and Adrián Bassa, with the former player scoring the equalizer for the 11-time Valladar champions in the 52nd minute. TFC could not bounce back from this goal and Fontvielle Impact kept the pressure on their rivals, and eventually the young Bassa scored the second goal for the blue-clad team in the 67th minute, which brought the morale of the Citizens down. Alexandre would eventually put the icing on the cake with a deadly counterattack in the 85th minute, confirming a well-deserved 3-1 victory and preventing Fontvielle Impact from going trophy-less this season.

THE THIRTY-FIFTH KING'S SHIELD
@ Alexander I National Stadium, Swangard, District of Metropolis
Attendance: 64,114
Referee: Oscar Macías (Junín)

Tannenberg FC 1-3 Fontvielle Impact
(Zapata 44'; Alexandre 52', 85', Bassa 67')

Fontvielle Impact qualified to both the Globe Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup after winning this season's Kings' Shield, their third overall.

Final Liga-1 Standings:

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1  Marinos Metropolis           38  26   8   4  70  37  +33  86 CH - CC
  2  AS Bezieres                  38  24   6   8  76  41  +35  78 CC
  3  Metropolis Alligators        38  20   7  11  53  39  +14  67 GC
  4  Slateport Bulls              38  18   8  12  62  39  +23  62 GC
  5  Étoile Verte                 38  19   4  15  48  49   -1  61
  6  Pradera FC                   38  16  12  10  58  44  +14  60
  7  Fontvielle Impact            38  16   8  14  61  48  +13  56 GC/CWC
  8  Real Campo Grande            38  15  11  12  48  47   +1  56
  9  Nacional                     38  16   8  14  50  43   +7  56
 10  Canalave Dragons             38  15  10  13  59  56   +3  55
 11  Tannenberg FC                38  15   9  14  52  50   +2  54
 12  Olympique de Fontvielle      38  13  14  11  48  53   -5  53
 13  Eterna Stars                 38  14   8  16  43  55  -12  50
 14  Ajax Carloburgo              38  13   7  18  39  42   -3  46
 15  Valencia FC                  38  11   8  19  44  67  -23  41
 16  Deportivo Junín              38  10  10  18  41  52  -11  40
 17  RC Belfort                   38  10   9  19  38  57  -19  39 P-O
 18  FC Columbus                  38   7  12  19  40  62  -22  33 REL
 19  Pumas Maldonado              38   8   6  24  32  60  -28  30 REL
 20  AC Tallin                    38   3  17  18  24  45  -21  26 REL

CHAMPIONS
Marinos Metropolis (3rd title)

Liga-2 Final Standings

Team                                P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bohemians Metropolis           38  25   8   5  51  19  +32  83  CH - SBCC
  2 Nord Energie FC                38  20  11   7  59  32  +27  71  P - SBCC
  3 Hoxford Rovers                 38  19  11   8  56  39  +17  68  P/O
  4 AS Montreux                    38  18   7  13  49  38  +11  61  P/O
  5 Patriotas FC                   38  17  10  11  42  37   +5  61  P/O
  6 AD Cerro                       38  16   9  13  56  46  +10  57  P/O
  7 Gatineau UC 98                 38  14  15   9  55  45  +10  57
  8 Defensores de Villafuerte      38  14  11  13  43  37   +6  53
  9 Edmonton United                38  15   6  17  53  56   -3  51
 10 CAP                            38  14   9  15  40  37   +3  51
 11 AS Vaud                        38  15   6  17  44  48   -4  51
 12 Carloburgo Phoenix             38  12  14  12  38  37   +1  50
 13 FC Townsville                  38  13   9  16  36  48  -12  48
 14 Bretford Royals                38  12  12  14  32  33   -1  48
 15 Alianza Antioquia              38  11  12  15  28  39  -11  45
 16 RC Corania                     38  13   5  20  29  42  -13  44
 17 FC Sillimus                    38  11   9  18  41  43   -2  42  P-O
 18 Deportivo Aguablanca           38  12   5  21  34  53  -19  41  REL
 19 Servette FC                    38   9   6  23  38  72  -34  33  REL
 20 FC Fauxham                     38   8   9  21  31  54  -23  33  REL

Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

AD Cerro (6) 0-0 (3) Hoxford Rovers
Hoxford Rovers (3) 0-1 (6) AD Cerro
Agg: Hoxford Rovers 0-1 AD Cerro

Patriotas FC (5) 0-1 (4) AS Montreux
AS Montreux (4) 1-0 (5) Patriotas FC
Agg: AS Montreux 2-0 Patriotas FC

Final:

AS Montreux (4) 1-0 (6) AD Cerro

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: RC Belfort vs. AD Cerro

AD Cerro 0-1 RC Belfort
RC Belfort 2-0 AD Cerro (3-0 agg)

RC Belfort defeated AD Cerro in both matches of the series and as a result, they will remain in the Liga-1 for one more season.

Liga-3 Final Standings

Team                                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bellavista Jets                 38  20  10   8  54  36  +18  70  CH - P
  2 Stanford United                 38  20  10   8  55  34  +21  70  P
  3 Corumbá EC                      38  19   8  11  52  36  +16  65  P/O
  4 Deportivo Lomas                 38  17  14   7  46  33  +13  65  P/O
  5 Villaznia AC                    38  17  12   9  50  34  +16  63  P/O
  6 Real Pradera                    38  15  14   9  41  31  +10  59  P/O
  7 Northport Bears                 38  17   8  13  47  37  +10  59
  8 Danubio FC                      38  15   9  14  46  42   +4  54
  9 Hamanos Athletic Club           38  14  11  13  38  34   +4  53
 10 Atlético Nápoles                38  14  11  13  46  43   +3  53
 11 SC Alcázares                    38  14  10  14  50  51   -1  52
 12 Universitario de Maldonado      38  15   6  17  60  60   +0  51
 13 EC Comercial                    38  15   6  17  36  50  -14  51
 14 Adelaide Kickers                38  13  11  14  47  50   -3  50
 15 Minault United                  38  11  10  17  51  62  -11  43
 16 AS Lausanne                     38  11  10  17  38  50  -12  43
 17 Neuchâtel-Sport                 38   9  11  18  39  53  -14  38
 18 Atlas SC                        38   9   9  20  34  57  -23  36  REL
 19 Olympique de Coulombes          38   9   8  21  35  51  -16  35  REL
 20 Newcastle Town                  38   7  10  21  29  50  -21  31  REL

Valladar Liga-3 Final Play-Offs

Semi-Finals:

Real Pradera (6) 2-0 (3) Corumbá EC
Corumbá EC (3) 2-0 (6) Real Pradera (2-0 AET, 4-2 PKs)
Agg: Corumbá EC 2-2 Real Pradera (Corumbá EC advance on penalty kicks)

Villaznia AC (5) 0-1 (4) Deportivo Lomas
Deportivo Lomas (4) 3-2 (5) Villaznia AC
Agg: Deportivo Lomas 4-2 Villaznia AC

Final:

Corumbá EC (3) 1-0 (4) Deportivo Lomas

Promotion-Relegation Play-Off: FC Sillimus vs. Deportivo Lomas

Deportivo Lomas 0-4 FC Sillimus
FC Sillimus 3-1 Deportivo Lomas (7-1 agg)

Thus, FC Sillimus will continue in Liga-2 for next season.

SUMMARY OF THE SEASON:

Champion: Marinos Metropolis
Runner-Up: AS Bezieres
King's Shield Winner: Fontvielle Impact
Relegated Teams: FC Columbus, Pumas Maldonado, AC Tallin
Promoted Teams: Bohemians Metropolis, Nord Energie FC, AS Montreux

Top Scorers:

1. Zachary Fortin (Royal Kingdom of Québec, Marinos Metropolis): 28 goals (Golden Boot)
2. Christian Núñez (AS Bezieres): 26 goals (Silver Boot)
3. Alexandre (Fontvielle Impact): 24 goals (Bronze Boot)
4. Alan Bothroyd (Metropolis Alligators): 23 goals
5. Adam Pinto (AS Bezieres): 21 goals

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Champions' Cup 60:
Marinos Metropolis - Valladar Liga-1 champions
AS Bezieres - Valladar Liga-1 runners-up

Globe Cup 57:
Fontvielle Impact - Kings' Shield winners
Metropolis Alligators - Valladar Liga-1 third-placed team
Slateport Bulls - Valladar Liga-1 fourth-placed team

Series B Champions' Cup 57:
Bohemians Metropolis - Valladar Liga-2 champions
Nord Energie FC - Valladar Liga-2 runners-up
AS Montreux - Valladar Liga-2 Final Play-Off Winners

Cygnus Cup 35:
Fontvielle Impact - Kings' Shield winners

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