Brevity Challenge Cup 4 - IC Everything Thread

[Oberour Ar Moro]

"A match against Cassadaigua, even in a tournament such as the Brevity Cup, is going to be a tall order," said Oberour manager Bertele Juillet. "A win and the Dragoons are on their way. A loss and we're on the backfoot going forward."

"Powers and Authorities protect us!" he exclaimed.

[Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland]

50 word prompt response

There are several musicians in the team. Tommy Bernauer plays guitar in a hardcore punk band called No Inflection Point; Dragotin Klanènik plays the traditional Ruhntuhnkuhnlander mandolin; and Aaron Pfeifer has a strong baritone singing voice. Lukas Wolf, a fingerstyle guitar picker, is the most talented musician in the team.

Team name: Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland
Trigram: SWR
Demonym/adjective: Schutzenphalian*, Schutzi (colloq.)
* Technically, players such as Dragotin Klanènik are Ruhntuhnkuhnlander, but in practice, ‘Schutzenphalian’ is used as an omnibus descriptor for everyone from the United Iron Principality.
Team nickname: Mountaineers

Staff

Head coach: Max Renner (56)
Assistant coach: Oliver Uhe (30)

Renner is a coach who likes adaptable players capable of covering multiple positions. As such his formations can be fluid, at best putting the best players regardless, at worst forcing square pegs into round holes. Uhe is a young advocate of analytics who never made it to professional football after spending some time in the semi-pro ligen.

All players play in the Schutzenlige unless otherwise stated.

Goalkeepers

1. Niklas Kaplan (27) Obernbrück
12. Emil Haneke (23) SC Weinsbüren
23. Basti Glöckner (25) Saalstein Freihöring

Defenders

2. Max Muster (Lengenbrück Gudenfeld)
3. Dragotin Klanènik (Sankt Margrethe’s)
4. Stefan Kandel (Obernbrück)
5. Benjamin Schlager (Sankt Margrethe’s)
6. Aaron Pfeifer ( Hofvinger)
16. Nathanaël Ndòsi ( Corinthians No Longer)
18. Daniel Fischer (Obernbrück)
21. Xaver Bruckner ( Scunthorpe de Puyevier)
24. Christoph Vogl ( Hagejoki)

Midfielders

7. Lukas Wolf ( Starling)
8. Tom Klor (Lengenkamp SC)
14. Luca Geyer (Lengenbrück Gudenfeld)
15. Jan Egger (Obernbrück)
20. Ralf Lorenz (Saalstein Freihöring)
22. Nico Auer (Mistelstein 1882)
25. Srðan Verdnik ( Caralanian Caralania)

Forwards

9. Kai Röthke (Wolfzeller FV)
10. Daniel Reiter ( Maigburg)
11. Noah Frankenberger (Saalstein Freihöring)
13. Branimir Bulganin ( Korsbach)
17. Lucas von Wolfberg (SV Klagenzell Vólkerheim)
19. Tommy Bernauer (Lengenbrück Gudenfeld)
26. Kareef Hamidou (Saalstein Freihöring)

Captain: A. Pfeifer
Penalties: Wolf, von Wolfberg
Free-kicks: Klor, Klanènik, von Wolfberg
Corners: Klor, Klanènik

50 word RP permission box

I grant you unlimited permissions with respect to fußball. You may choose scorers, assign yellow and red cards, and hand out injuries, though I will decide the long term consequences thereof. You may godmode wacky events. The only thing I ask is that you absolutely do not, under any circumstances,

[Huayramarca]

A random person entered to the offices of the Brevity Challenge Cup organisers to provide them with an envelope, there was a note with a list of 25 players inside of it, with basic data of them and also a little information of what they do in their daily lives.

The person, who argued to be a representative of the Huayramarcan Football Federation left the place and laughed after it, his plan was working well and nobody would suspect it, he thinks.

25 random people, from all different walks of life, from criminals to professionals who haven't seen to each other in their lives, without knowing what they do, a complete surprise in the list of players to field in the Brevity Cup. Their style is offensive (+5), they can go for everything in a football match, they just want to win no matter what.

RP permissions:

Do what you want!

[Huayramarca]

Who on Earth thought that fielding a team featuring a drug dealer, a police officer, a dog trainer, a random guy picked from the main square of a village was a good idea? I guess that nobody except a dumb guy, it had to be Huayramarcan, we are all crazy!

[Cassadaigua]

Team Cassadaigua- Brevity Cup 4

Coach- Hannah Shanley (Starksville United) (48)
Starting defender from World Cups 80-83, and then served as a regular substitute in World Cup 84. Has served in this role since World Cup 85, and that includes while she was still active as a player for a little while. Some are beginning to think that Shanley might be a little too focused on the national team, given Starksville United’s struggles of late. Shanley has been a regular assistant of Byers, but did not serve as such in the Copa Rushmori 40 title run. Has had some opportunities to manage junior teams, but is getting a chance to be the manager here. Being named to this position does not imply that Brittany Byers is not going to be back to her role.

Assistant- Chelsea Blake (Rutland FC) (49)
Respected World Cup defender for many cycles, and a regular teammate of Shanley’s on the field. As such, they remain close friends and Blake gets a taste of international duty here. With Rutland FC, she has managed a mid-table, at best, side. The fact that Starksville United and Rutland FC are bitter rivals as not impacted the friendship of the coaches.

Starters in Green
Subs in Blue
Reserves in Red

Goalkeepers:
#20- Sophia Harlowe (33) (North Granby)- Reserve WC 92
#21- Erica Knapp (21) (Concord Heights City)- International Debut- Senior teams
#30- Meghan Lewis (20) (Starksville United)- International Debut- Senior teams

Expect Harlowe to get most, if not all of the work here. She’s a great story of player who got better with age and was named as a reserve to the World Cup team as an appreciation for her career. Now, the Brevity Cup gives her a chance to get regular time. Knapp and Lewis are names to watch for the future.

Defenders:
#6- Rachel Becker (21) (New Lakeland SC)- Reserve CR 41, Sub WC 92
#4- Alyssa Marlin (19) (Winchester City)- International Debut- Senior teams
#3- Maddie Hertel (21) (White Mountain)- International Debut- Senior teams
#2- Ashley Crossman (28) (Concord Heights City)- International Debut- Senior teams
#23- Kirsten Hughes (19) (Brattleboro FC)- International Debut- Senior teams
#24- Kevin Renberg (18) (Winchester Traditional SC)- International Debut- Senior teams
#25- Brian Bennett (19) (Fairfax FC)- International Debut- Senior teams
#26- Allie Cloverfield (26) (Victoriaville South End)- International Debut- Senior teams

CASE has high hopes for Rachel Becker, and she has been performing very well with New Lakeland SC and made the most of her opportunities in the World Cup. Marlin is someone that is expected, in time, to get at least Copa Rushmori playing time if not World Cup time. The other names will need to make the most of this opportunity to make an impression.

Midfielders:

#19- Kaitlyn Millikan (20) (Concord Heights City)- Sub WC 92
#8- Jenna Stokley (21) (New Lakeland SC)- Reserve WC 92
#16- Marquis Miles (22) (Victoriaville City)- Sub WC 92
#12- Alyssa Mueller (20) (Victoriaville City)- International Debut- Senior teams
#27- Courtney Edwards (19) (White Mountain)- International Debut- Senior teams
#32- Abby Piscitelli (19) (Concord Heights Suburban)- International Debut- Senior teams
#34- Stephanie Sykes (26) (Starksville Coastal)- International Debut- Senior teams
#36- Hannah Corbitt (18) (North Granby)- International Debut- Senior teams

While everyone here is capable, the go-to players are Millikan and Stokley. Scouts are raving about the potential of Kaitlyn Millikan, and she made the most of her World Cup time. Marquis Miles is seen as the best homegrown male talent we have seen in a very long time. Courtney Edwards might not see a lot of playing time, but if you have never heard her play the trumpet, you are truly missing out. If soccer never worked out for her, she would most definitely have a future as an entertainer. Though fans in White Mountain are more than aware of her talent. She has played the Cassadagan national anthem as a trumpet solo before games on plenty of occasions.

Forwards:
#9- Allyson Perry (23) (Winchester City)- Sub CR 41, WC 92, Starter DBC 52, Reserve WC 91 (TEAM CAPTAIN)
#43- Lexi McGregor (18) (Starksville United)- Reserve WC 92
#38- Kelsey Whitman (27) (Brattleboro FC)- International Debut- Senior teams
#44- Heather McKinstry (29) (Concord Heights Suburban)- International Debut- Senior teams
#29- Lacey Sherwood (18) (Rutland Dockside)- International Debut- Senior teams
#28- Tyler Pickett (19) (Grande Mountain Men’s Club)- International Debut- Senior teams

A great chance for Allyson Perry to be the go-to, featured player. Being a year than World Cup starters Chloe Anderson and Rachel Boldin makes it hard for her to get starting time herself, but whenever Perry has been used as a substitute, she has been highly effective. Lexi McGregor is a player with a ton of flair (aka arrogance), and feels that she is the best player in Cassadaigua already. She has backed that up to an extent, and made the most of very limited playing time in the World Cup. Scored one goal and executed her now signature cartwheels after scoring a goal.

RP Permissions:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose Goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (only say they are hurt, please)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Give red cards to my players: Yes (No more than one more than you give yourself)
Godmod other events: No

Style Modifier: + 3.4


Kits: (Pink= home, White= away, Black= keeper or third. Thanks Donnacona!)

If there is a conflict with the white kit, the team will wear pink.
If there is a conflict with the pink kit, we will first compliment the other team on their choice of uniform color. We should probably get to know one another better. Then, wear white.

Retired Kit Numbers:
#1 is retired in honor of Allison Salamida
#5 is retired in honor of Michelle Fuller
#7 is retired in honor of Shannon Myers
#10 is retired in honor of Brittany Lawton
#11 is retired in honor of Courtney Ferguson
#13 is retired in honor of Meaghan Bateman
#14 is retired in honor of Stacie Kerrigan-Fraser
#15 is retired in honor of Erica Lambert
#17 is retired in honor of Jessica Schanke
#18 is retired in honor of Taylor Connolly
#22 is retired in honor of Lupe Enriquez
#33 is retired in honor of Hannah Ranucci

[Cassadaigua]

Concord Heights Times- Sports Brief

The Brevity Challenge Cup will be kicking off tonight in Banija, and we suggest tuning in to see some players that often do not get the power to be in the spotlight! More details to follow on the website. Let us hope for the best!

[Adab]

Note: In the Adabian timeline, the Brevity Cup takes place in August 2041. Age as of August 1, 2041.

The Adabian National Football Team

Demonym: Adabian (plural Adabians)
Association: Adab Football Association (AFA)

KIT

The national team's kits, designed by Ahmad Enlil (the first President of the Football Association) in 1907, are currently manufactured by Shining Sun Company, owned by Rahman Ashurbanipal, businessman and grandson of Emperor Tizqar III.

STAFF
Manager: Saad KAYKALI - Male – born January 20, 1974 (age 67)
Assistant manager: Rashid ABBAS - Male – born February 15, 1987 (age 54)
General coach: Yitzhak BENNETT - Male – born September 20, 1976 (age 64)
Goalkeeping coach: Faishal AR-RASHID - Male – born August 14, 1978 (age 62)
Physio: Hamza RIDHA - Male – born January 15, 1983 (age 58)

STARTING LINEUP
GK: 1 – Satchit CHANDRASEKAR – Male – born February 7, 2015 (age 26) – Colonial Sile (Vilita)
LB: 2 – Tansu ALTUN - Female – born February 25, 2009 (age 32) - Mosul
CB: 3 – Shania ENMERKAR - Female – born January 20, 2008 (age 33) - Baghdad City
CB: 15 – Sarrugi AKSHAK – Male – born May 29, 2016 (age 25) – Vilitan League (TBD) (Vilita)
RB: 16 – Sally THOMAS – Female – born October 5, 2015 (age 25) – Beirut
LM: 6 – Emma ARTHUR - Female – born November 18, 2012 (age 28) - Tihon (Chromatika)
CM: 7 – Alulim SINMUBALLIT - Male – born September 15, 2013 (age 27)
RM: 8 – Ephraim ORLEV - Male – born April 18, 1999 (age 41) - Mosul
LAM/LW: 22 – Kastiliasu AKAPTAHA – Male – born March 27, 2014 (age 27) – Baghdad City
RAM/RW: 10 – Rebekah YISSAKAR - Female – born January 20, 2013 (age 28) - Adab United
CF: 11 – Enlilbani YARGAB - Male – born April 21, 1999 (age 41) - Baghdad City
GK: 12 – Akurgal SHULGI – Male – born May 15, 2017 (age 24) – Damascus Steelers
LB: 13 – Adnan AL-TIKRITI – Male – born July 20, 2015 (age 26) – Damascus Steelers
CB: 15 – Sarrugi AKSHAK – Male – born May 29, 2016 (age 25) – Vilitan League (TBD) (Vilita)
RB: 5 – Nadia AL-MALIKI – Female – born October 15, 2011 (age 29) – Baghdad United
LM: 17 – Said ANWAR – Male – born April 5, 2014 (age 27) – Beirut
CM: 18 – Naram-Sin SAMANU – Male – born March 29, 2018 (age 23) – Baghdad United
RM: 19 – Amara EMMITA – Female – born January 19, 2016 (age 25) – Baghdad United
LAM/LW: 20 – Dasia KHOURY – Female – born September 15, 2017 (age 23) – Baghdad City
RAM/RW: 21 – Abdullah SARSUR – Male – born June 11, 2007 (age 34) – Yerushalayim
RAM/RW: 25 – Omar ABBAS – Male – born January 15, 2008 (age 23) – Mosul
LAM/LW: 9 – Hakim AL-AMIN - Male – born March 27, 2009 (age 32) - Damascus Steelers
CF: 23 – Nadje BARZANI – Female – born March 14, 2017 (age 24) – Beirut

STADIUM

Adab City Stadium

TACTICS AND FORMATION
The team will use 4-3-2-1, the "Christmas tree" formation.

RP PERMISSIONS
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Yes
Choose scoring events: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
Make substitutions: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No, and I won’t injure your players either
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: No, and I won’t give red cards to your players either
Godmod other events: Yes, just don't injure or kill my players or staff or prevent them from being present in the next match

Style mod: +4.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me via TG or Discord! You may find me on the NS Sports Discord server.

[Zwangzug]

64 teams enter the university bracket every season. Each of the eight schools that made the most recent quarterfinals sent two representatives to this team, while the eight teams that lost in the round of sixteen have one player each.

This is Zwangzug, after all. Powers of two solve everything!

[Ketiou]

RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent role-plays first they may:
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y, you may comment on severity although I shall have final say
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: Y, see above, although no more than two in one game please
Godmod other events: Y

Ketiou is a young nation located in south-west Rushmore on the Goose Coast, next to Djocoranga and Mwembamba. The Ketioulais were colonised by Prahecq centuries ago and are still recovering from the scars of colonialism, a bloody revolution managed to push the Prahecqois out and the key dates of 1093 and the whole month of August – regarded as a revolutionary month – are venerated across the country. Ketiou’s relationship to the colonial metropole can be seen in the make-up of their national team, with 18 of their 26-man squad playing in the Prahecqois Championnat, most of these players being born in Prahecq to Ketioulais parents. Only six players play for domestic sides, with the other two – Antoine Mushiya and Damilola Camara – plying their trade in Mytanija’s Druga Liga.

Ketiou is currently run as a federal Utilist-Tolikist one-party socialist republic, with political dissidence harshly punished. The lack of political freedom has been somewhat mitigated by the country’s economic and social development under this system. Revolutionary President Amidou Kassambara’s ambitious policy programme has seen the country nationalise all land and mineral wealth; launch a nationwide literacy campaign; redistribute land to peasants; large-scale road and rail construction; and a drive for agrarian self-sufficiency. Public health has also been an important area, with enormous vaccination programmes; newly-built medical dispensaries in every city, town and village; and the outlawing of female genital mutilation. Kassambara has pursued an anti-imperialist foreign policy, shunning foreign aid, pushing for debt reduction and regularly criticising Prahecq for their colonial terror.

The best players in the squad are towering Étoile Rouge centre-half Maxi Dumont and tricky Douanes’ winger Manu Bethuna. There is a wealth of promising young talent sprinkled throughout the squad, particularly midfield creator Ghislain Nana and young strikers Connaissance Mambeka and Kanga Mbo Mbo.

##  Pos.    Name                  Age  Club                         
01  GK      Émeric Dubuisson      28   1093 AS Sankara
02  DL      Francois Sardou       23   Stade Yvelines (PRH)
03  DC      Maxi Dumont           24   Étoile Rouge (PRH)
04  DC      Didier Lanoie         32   Marianne (PRH)
05  DR      Tanzetanau Modibo     25   Étoile Noire
06  DMC     Sennet Béland         29   Perros-Guirec (PRH)
07  MC      Jean-Marie Corné (c)  30   Che Che
08  MC      Jean Michel Prophète  24   Bassé Santa Su
09  ST      Damilola Camara       29   SK Port Jarko (MYT)
10  AML/R   Manu Bethuna          29   Douanes (PRH)
11  AMR     Antoine Mushiya       30   NK Thessia (MYT)
12  GK      Formose Sene          19   Champex du Lac (PRH)
13  DL      Youssef Hamou         31   Clichy-sous-Bois (PRH)
14  DC      Franck Bonnel         26   Champex du Lac (PRH)
15  DC      Cheikh Diédhou        20   Clichy-sous-Bois (PRH)
16  DR      Mamadou Guèye         18   Douanes (PRH)
17  DMC     Ilyassa Bina          22   1093 AS Sankara
18  MC      Zoumana Kaboré        19   Che Che
19  MC/AMC  Ghislain Nana         18   Epinal (PRH)
20  AML     Jean-Eudes Lindor     20   SS Plumelec (PRH)
21  AMR     Gabriel Huot-Bonnet   33   Espérance (PRH)
22  ST      Connaissance Mambeka  20   Douanes (PRH)
23  GK      Abdou Karim Benga     18   Douanes (PRH)
24  MC      Aly Ba                19   Union (PRH)
25  ST      Kanga Mbo Mbo         20   Marianne (PRH)
26  ST      António Lutonda       19   Étoile Rouge (PRH)

Head coach: Anatole Bandza - 46

Captain: Jean-Marie Corné
Vice-captain: Didier Lanoie
Penalties: Damilola Camara
Free-kicks: Manu Bethuna
Corners: Manu Bethuna

Style modifier: +1.0

[Ketiou]

“Look,” President Kassambara gestured to the foreign sports magazine in his hand, seething. “They have us down here as Brevity Cup debutants ‘KEITOU’, ignorant imperialist pigs!”

“Hmm, it must be a mistake…” Frédéric, his eternally harassed chief aide replied quietly. Unimaginable power and a misprint is what he focused on.

[Delaclava]

Delaclava will be bringing a lot of strong players to Banija for the Brevity Challenge Cup. Current stars, veterans seeking one last hurrah, possibly some new blood too?

The Phoenixes face Drawkland first. The Elite Eleven ought to be very strong. It's too bad this isn't a sixteen team tournament.

[Lozho]

Hey there opponents! I will keep this brief
Our upcoming wins will settle this beef
Our domination's inevitable
Your tactics are mostly laughable
Get your early baths, heads hung low in shame
We get the dubs, lift the cup on that green plain

- 'Opponents Diss Track', Traditional Lozho Folk Song

[Loyo]

The People’s Republic of Loyo | National Football Team

Manager: Han Tamada, 60
Captain: Tsujii Matashichi, 35, GK
Formation: 3-4-1-2
Style Modifier: +2

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Starting XI

•GK Tsujii Matashichi, 35
•LB Stephen Hutasuhut, 27
•CB Luka Devayne, 30
•RB Shinzo Liucci, 28
•DMF Fletcher Spadini, 29
•DMF Clint Cetti, 33
•LM Harrison Smithini, 29
•RM Joss Saturnalis, 31
•CAM Seth Lambosa, 28
•LST Cora Takeshi, 33
•RST King Blanche, 31

Bench/Reserve Players

•GK Soetanto Honghai, 30

•WB Woosan Julius, 27
•WB Matias Sastre, 23
•CB Arthur Kingly, 29
•CB Sebastian Bilbao, 24

•CAM Osuma Jinaowa, 31
•MF Wan Grant, 25
•MF Ali Cemal, 27
•MF Mo Guanyu, 27
•MF Jasper Celadon, 25

•ST Hakan Risamasu, 30
•ST Jeremi Argayagoyena, 29
•ST Ichinomiya Yoshiaga, 27

Loyo isn’t a nation known for football. Baseball was her first love, and the traditions of the ancients hold her citizens in a captivating grip. Still, the game has found a new popularity since the nation opened itself to the world again. Children play the game in the streets, kicking plastic bottles around in lieu of proper balls. Passionate fans crowd around fields that were once used for farming, but now host traveling groups of footballers that thrill locals with the foreign game. Small-town celebrities have been made overnight with stellar performances loudly applauded, and schools are abuzz with talk of domestic and international stars.

Many find in football a return to sport for sporting’s sake, allowing for men and women alike to participate in the joy of the beautiful game after a long week’s work. Yet more see opportunity in the social gatherings that accompany the game, with the more casual atmosphere more conducive to recreation and relaxation than the rabid energy of Loyo’s baseball league.

Manager Han Tamada has been the driving force behind the team’s appearance's since the Baptism of Fire campaign, and his connections within the Communist Party of Loyo have played a part in ensuring the national team will be supplied with the meager essentials to compete. Plans to construct a stadium befitting a national team have been held up, but success on the pitch may free up the project’s roadblocks.

The team itself is a mixed bag of talent from the country’s touring semi-professional clubs. Captain Tsujii Matashichi, will captain the team, selected for his management skills on and off the pitch. He functions as Tamada’s right hand, carrying out the will of the manager, whom he has known for his entire life.

The best player on the pitch is likely to be creative attacking midfielder Osuma Jinaowa, who caught the eye of the manager while playing a pickup game only a month before the tournament. Jinaowa has a natural gift for the game, and has impressed manager and teammates alike with his crafty movements. However, he’s fallen into a bit of a situation with the manager, Tamada, for his critical comments of the team before the Baptism of Fire final, which Loyo ended up winning in tense penalty shootout.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
Godmod other events: No

Musical Info

Argayagoyena has a wonderful deep singing voice, and captain Matashichi plays the flute with wonderful mastery. Han Tamada plays the horn, and most of the military men and women can play some instrument or another.

[Loyo]

What’s the hardest thing about football in Loyo? The ball. A lack of support for the game leaves many rural football fans forced crafting their own balls from a creative list of parts: plastic bottles, string, and torn-up sneakers.

Even though they’re torn, they’re the best balls in the world.

[Ceni]

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ROSTER FOR BREVITY CHALLENGE CUP 4

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It's brief, y'all. (This is the team that Ceni would have sent to the DBC preceding WC 92 which did not happen, for reasons.)

Pos. 	Name			Age
GK	Aneirin Wadebridge	18
GK	Eilana Avith-Rose	17
GK	Tara Moacyr		18
LB	Andreia Tiburão		19
LB	Sara Peralejo		18
CB	Elizabeth Girthon	19
CB	Alejo Palancar		19
RB	Hannah Valleverde	19
RB	Ieva Kyossar		17
DM	Eli Sarrik		18
DM	Lyra Avant		18
CM	Eoin Vannemen		18
CM	Ewan Vespertine		18
CM	Kyn Koriden		18
CM	Nico del Solar		19
AM	Marco Santa Oria	20
AM	Oliver Xasan		19
AM/LW	Keir Aughertree		21
AM/RW	Niall Almorness		20
ST	Xavi Halagués		19
ST	Jacob Temarch-Montella	18
ST/LW	Bjarni Ásbjörnsson	17
ST/RW	Mia Europa-Abad		17

Tara Moacyr plays the piano. Kyn Koriden somehow plays the mountain dulcimer. Jacob Temarch-Montella is learning to play the Electrumite nose flute, but poorly. And if pressed, Andreia Tiburão will demonstrate her uncommonly good knowledge of the double flagiolet. (No, I didn't make that up.)

[Banija]

Banija National Team- The Kadongo Kamu

Since the only senior NT players we are bringing are the two backup goalkeepers from WC92, we will only use 10% of our rank for the tournament. Furthermore, any records and statistics from this tournament will not go into the record books. This is otherwise college soccer players.

Information
Country code: BNJ
Denonym: Banijan(s)
Association: Royal Banijan Soccer Association(RBSA)
Nickname: The Kadongo Kamu
Manager: Gitonga Kahara. WC86 winning captain, WCC Hall of Famer. Widely considered one of the greatest Banijan players of all-time.
Home Kits: Green
Away Kits: White
Alternate: Orange

RP Permissions
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Choose Scoring Events: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
RP Injuries to my players: Yes(please state what injury they have suffered and how many games they will miss. No deaths without my permission)
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes(please state what injury they have suffered and how many games they will miss. No deaths without my permission)
Godmod other events: Yes(However, there is a hard ban on any Banijan nationals, player or fans or whoever, from catching a pandemic)
Style modifier: +3.5

Jerseys
Full credit to Filindostan for the design and production of these jerseys. Thank you very much!

Starters: 4-2-1-3.
GK #35 Hebron Yiena. Age 26. Plays for Busukuma AC in the S-FPL. Female. She will start MDs 1 and 3.
LB #20 Alieu Touré. Senior at Loyola-Istria.
LCB #4 Ousman Kaba. Junior at Northern Moravica University.
RCB #5 Kutubo Camara. Sophomore at Kizza I College.
RB #2 Banja Kuyateh. Freshman at the University of Bunyoro. Plays the harp.
CM #8 Sajo Soley. Junior at Sankt Adelheid University.
CM #14 Cyper Sesay. Senior at the University of Aksum. Captain.
CAM #10 Lama Janneh. Junior at the University of Kitara.
LW #11 Wasa Sohna. Senior at Hangaza Tech University. Plays the banjo.
ST #9 Yakuba Kinteh. Senior at Wild Valley University. Plays bass guitar.
RW #7 Dembo Biri. Junior at Heshima & Usian University.
Bench:
GK #39 Hebron Rao. Age 28. Plays for Jinja City FC in the S-FPL. Female. She will start MD2 and, if we qualify, the Ro16.
LB #44 Jaramogi Ogol. Junior at Northern Moravica.
CB #30 Mindiwo Okungu. Senior at Kizza I College.
CB #3 Raila Okeyo. Junior at the University of Moravica. Plays the vocals.
RB #15 Oguta Omondi. Senior at Loyola-Istria.
CM #6 Onindo Ojwang’. Senior at Loyola-Jinja.
CM #25 Jachin Rao. Junior at Loyola-Istria.
CAM #15 Zion Lagum. Senior at Northern Moravica.
RM/RW #21 Aaron Luwum. Freshman at Bunyoro A&M University.
LW/LM #22 Shiloh Achuka. Senior at Thabiso University.
ST #12 Janoah Yienya. Junior at Zakuka State University.

[Banija]

Wasa Sohna was sitting, looking at the banjo in his locker.

"This banjo? It provides me power." Sohna thought to himself. "Dad bought me this banjo after I won a U7 final. This banjo has given me direction. And after I score tonight- I'm playing this thing all night long."

[Banija]

First Cutoff of the Brevity Cup

The songs will get shorter and shorter... starting at 37 seconds and shrinking! First, a Cartoon Network classic.

Matchday 2 Optional Prompt: The MD1 prompt was about musicians on your team. Have your player talk about somebody else that they'd like to make music with at this tournament- either on their own team, or a player on another squad.

Matchday 1 Scores

Tables will come after Matchday 2.

Sally Group
Banija 2–4 Poafmersia
Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland 4–0 StrayaRoos

Alex Terán Group
Lozho 1–0 Saterun
Chartistan 0–1 Tikariot

Group Christine II
Bostopia 1–2 Gnejs
Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom 0–1 Adab

Marco van Ciavatinni Group
The Sarian 1–0 Qasden
Ceni 3–2 Zwangzug

Gitonga Kahara Group
Tinhampton 2–2 Loyo
Mertagne 0–1 Huayramarca

Rebecca Schoenlein Group
Dod Rava 1–0 Cardenao
The Cordian Isles 0–0 Chromatika

Derek McNair Group
New Gesem 1–3 Koronavia
Oberour Ar Moro 3–3 Cassadaigua

Group Albert III
Ketiou 0–0 Reçueçn
Delaclava 1–3 Drawkland

[Lozho]

Zoan: I'd love to make a song with Droozle. We could be like Simon and Zarlunkel, with his angelic voice accentuating my lyrics.

Excerpt from my lyrics notebook:

'He droozles on da pitch
And all over ya bitch'

Bars right? Maybe we could get hired to officially write Lozhoan anthems.

[Gnejs]

I detest playing that football manager game. You start with a lowly side in some backwater league, you devote time and energy, and you slowly fall in love with those black and white stripes, that hot prospect and the old defender. And then they sack you for bankrupting the club.

[New Gesem]

Ed Rodriguez is "that guy" who brings his guitar to a party. After the loss, Ken Nelson has the guys over for a bonfire. Ed plays the blues, but Ken's wife whispers in his ear. He looks nervous, but strums while she sings an old song in her haunting soprano.

[Adab]

“You know, boss,” Emma Arthur, mesmerized, told Saad Kaykali, “I never knew you could play piano that good. We should do a duet sometime.”

Saad nodded without looking back, fingers dancing on the keys. “My wife was much better than me.”

“Was she a great pianist?”

“Best I’ve ever seen.”

[Chartistan]

“Well would you look at that,” Combbrush said as his team walked off the pitch. “It’s like the Cup of Harmony bug never left us.”

“Try to say that again, Dr. Lucas,” replied goalkeeper Asad "The Best" Music.

“Another one? Please, we have two games to go.”

“Ask Liam Barney.”

[Delaclava]

My name is Petr Zeman. I am a soccer forward, and I play the oboe. I am simply flawless at it. Flawless.

Yesterday we lost a game to Drawkland, three goals to one. We tried our best to fight it, but it's true: Drawkland is my big strong power daddy.

[Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland]

The Mountaineers, one of world football's least successful sides, picked up a rare win courtesy of a Lukas Wolf free kick and a brace of goals from Lucas von Wolfberg. Substitute Kai Röthke headed in a fourth, questionably offside, though there weren't enough words left for a video assisted review.