CAFA Cup 7: A Knives Out Mystery -- Signup/Bid Thread

by **CAFA** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:22 am

Signup/Roster Thread • CAFA 6 RP Thread • Current CAFA Rankings • Previous successful host bid

Welcome to the seventh edition of Anaia’s regional association football championship. The CAFA Cup is Anaia’s Regional Championship for Association Football. It is open only to nations in the Anaia Region, provided that they remain a member of the region for the duration of this competition, and that they also do not sign up for any other regional association football cup.

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Entrants to CAFA Cup 7: A Knives Out Mystery:
Nation Name [Username if different] (20)
Semarland
Ko-oren
Aleirave
Estorvipa and Estorpiva
Lexandrija
Krytenia
Ochre Islands
Flavovespia
Huayramarca
Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove
Kharakia
United Hawkland
Audioslavia
Mertagne
Pyazhnaya
Cocoabo Forest
Chromatika
Rarungan
Vilwandia
Koronavia

Puppets: (+3)
Evermark (Lexandrija)
Bostopia (Ochre Islands)
Yesopalitha (Chromatika)

Host Bids:
CAFA VII: Paterian Playtime by United Hawkland & Kharakia
Ko-orenite Host Bid for CAFA ~~the Third the Fourth~~ The Seventh by Ko-oren

by **Semarland** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:15 pm

SEMARLAND NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, OFFICIAL CAFA CUP 7 SQUAD

NATIONAL STADIUM - Natunolstadion, Jansberg, 86,000

Home - Goalkeeper - Away
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Back again. After twelve years away, the SFA are proud to present Semarland's return to the multiverse and what better way to kick it off with a double-bill of tournaments. As fans across the country know, preparations will begin with the Brevity Cup before their debut in the CAFA Cup - an exciting time indeed! The SFA have selected Cortell Carrasco as the man to lead Semarland forward, and fans await tentatively to see whether he can bring his club success to the international stage. For what it's worth, Semarland have been away from all forms of international competition for the past 12 (IC) years now. A long time, and it is more than fair to say the levels and standards as such have decreased during that period of time. The 23 players you see below are the best of the best in the league no doubt - but bear in mind the lack of international competition, both from IFCF entry and foreign players competing for places, the league is not what it used to be. The SFA are aware, the fans are aware, and the players and staff themselves are aware. Hopes aren't high, but they're bound to have fun and enjoy themselves as they look to make their mark again on the international stage, and maybe exceed what heights they once had many years ago. Without further ado, let's look at the team:

STAFF:
Manager: Cortell Carrasco, 63
Plucked from Sporting Saint Adrensburg by the SFA, Cortell Carrasco has been one of the league's most successful managers over the last twelve years. With just the one league title to his name, some may think he wasn't the best choice, but his long-term transformation of SSA has been truly remarkable. One for long-term results rather than short-term, it's fair to say the SFA don't have the highest of hopes as Semarland make their return to international football. Entering the Brevity Cup as a warm-up just before the CAFA, at the time of writing, we're yet to see Carrasco's Semarland play as a team just yet with the tournament expected to kick off in the coming days. That, the CAFA and the next World Cup are the first steps though in a new age (how many times have we said that now...) and millions of fans will be hoping the SFA avoid any more administrative cock-ups and Semarland can try and get where they used to be (getting knocked out at the group stage of the World Cup!) - maybe they'll get one better and make the Round of 16. One day. Anyway. Back to Carrasco - a talented tactical mind who happens to be a close friend of his predecessor Kadell Stevens who reportedly nominated him for the job. Expect attractive football - not as high-pace as Stevens, but still nice enough to watch with a focus on defence as much as attack, a nice balance. Oh, and he's brought his entire SSA backroom with him as well, so if someone's going to enjoy this, it's the SSA fans...

Assistant manager: Devonte Northfield, 47
SSA legend who never really got to make his mark for Semarland internationally - Devonte Northfield was quite unlucky given he was actually half-decent as a player and he had a lot of talent ahead of him. But he made his mark for his club, which led to him getting a job as coach within the youth team - and you know the story. He rose through the staffing ranks the same way he did in the playing ranks and wound up assistant manager to Carrasco after the retirement of his previous assistant Martin Etienne. Developing his tactical mind through Carrasco's mentorship, many were hoping he'd take up the reigns at SSA rather than join the rest of the backroom team, he didn't want to pass up the opportunity to represent his country in the dugout.

First team coaches: Marcos Sevenoaks, 45 and Cyrone Eastwood, 37
Two players (also SSA legends, if you notice the recurring theme) who did get to make their mark for Semarland internationally. Marcos Sevenoaks was a powerful winger with a thunderous left boot and Cyrone Eastwood was a midfielder who was one of those midfielders who did the job and made things tick without everyone else really clocking what they were doing, but being aware...if that makes sense? Anyway, they're not bad coaches - not as good as they were players, mind, but Carrasco trusts them enough to come with him to the big stage. They might not have as much tactical input as Northfield does, but we're sure they'll throw a piece of advice in or too. Their experience as regular-ish internationals, something that Carrasco and Northfield lack, will come in handy too, especially considering none of these players have pulled on the Semarland shirt before.

Goalkeeping coach: Devane Marylebone, 51
The last of the legends (God, anyone would think the SFA were raging SSA ultras or something...) and like Sevenoaks & Eastwood, a pretty decent player for club and country. Might have been too old for the league title win, he played his part as goalkeeping coach and had earned his name in SSA legacy as a player beforehand anyway. We could write loads more waffle about his abilities as a goalkeeping coach, but we won't bore you - he does his job well and will no doubt pass on his experience well.

Fitness coach: Boscoe Baywood, 60
Physio: Maxwell Eirsen, 42
Okay, we can't really call these guys "legends", they never even played professionally, let alone for Semarland. Or SSA for that matter? Unless the 5-a-side league counts. But in seriousness they're good at their job. SSA rarely struggled with injuries during Carrasco's time as manager, and that was thanks to the training regimes and medcial attention of Boscoe Baywood and Maxwell Eirsen respectively. Hopefully Semarland won't struggle with injuries like they used to way back when. We might allow ourselves to get our hopes up...

PLAYERS:
#1 - GK - Matthias Baxter - Age 33 - FC Nuholm
A safe pair of hands, Matthias Baxter has been a regular fixture week in week out between the posts at Nuholm for the best part of thirteen years now. A solid shot stopper with a knack for saving penalties, his distribution isn't what it used to be and he feels he's in the twilight of his playing career. Nonetheless, he's ready to give his all for the shirt and pass on his guidance to the two younger goalkeepers that join him in the squad. Whilst like everyone else, he has zero experience of international football - he's one of the most experienced players in the Premarligaen so that's got to count for something. Earmarked as a future goalkeeping coach for club and maybe country.

#2 - DR - Karl Kvist - Age 24 - Krsthaven
A dependable and well-liked member of the squad, Karl Kvist is a terrier-like full-back who is resilient uncompromising in the tackle. Released by FC Nuholm at a young age, he bounced back by ended up moving to Krsthaven aged 18 and worked in the postal sector for a year whilst playing part-time in the lower leagues for East Krsthaven United before earning a trial at Krsthaven. Breaking through into the first-team four years ago, he made his way to vice-captain and earned both the fans and players' player of the year award two years in a row. Has great positional sense and can also fill in at defensive midfield if required.

#3 - DL - Andre Driscoll-Glennon - Age 26 - FC Kolberg
The sole representation from FC Kolberg in the squad, Andre Driscoll-Glennon was converted into a left-back from a left-winger seven years ago and hasn't looked back. Capable of making surging, driving runs forward but a bit rough in the tackle sometimes, he has worked extremely hard to recover after a nasty injury two years ago. His performances in the league show why he's earned the #3 shirt for the national team, and he is a beloved and a consistent member of a Kolberg squad that many see as far from the team they used to be, which has put him on the radar of bigger and better clubs in the division.

#4 - DC - Gael Larsen - Age 25 - Krsthaven
The other half of the right half of Krsthaven's defence, Gael Larsen's commanding performances at the back for Krsthaven earned the interest of several other Premarligaen clubs, but the boyhood Krsthaven fan has stayed loyal and played a key part in their title-winning campaign. Assured on the ball with a good eye for a pass, he's the type of "modern-day" centre-back that looks to start attacking plays from inside his own half, whilst remaining fearless in the tackle. He can get a little bit too fearless though, and was no stranger to a yellow card last season.

#5 - DC - Shone Andrews - Age 34 - Eikborg Club (c)
The most experienced in the team, Shone Andrews broke through into Eikborg Club's side at a young age and was on standby for the national team last time they entered the AOCAF all those years ago. Able to play in a back two or three on either side, he is a natural leader and the perfect candidate to lead the country back into their return to international competitions. It's expected that after the next World Cup cycle he'll retire or at least take on a bit-part playing role as other centre-backs are nurtured into the side, but having him around the team is a huge bonus and no doubt he will pass on vital experience to the youngsters. Still got it at age 34, many Premarligaen attackers found him difficult to get past last season.

#6 - DMC - Rameses Kristoffersen - Age 24 - Molsbik Arkjet
Younger brother of one of the greatest (if not the best) players to never get the chance to wear the national team shirt in Saxon Kristoffersen, Rameses is a player of a similar vein to his older brother. The young Molsbik Arkjet captain has been dictating the play from defensive midfield for the last eight seasons but is another who has struggled with injuries of late. On his day, he is the jewel in the proverbial midfield crown, but if he's not feeling himself, he'll go missing. Should he work on his confidence and not let the fear of injury get in the way, he'll be a regular fixture for years to come - he definitely has the ability based on his club displays.

#7 - AMR - Kyrone Paris - Age 25 - Sporting Saint Adrensburg
Although not the fastest winger of all time, Kyrone Paris is the type to twist and turn his way past opposition defences with comfortable ease. SSA's star player for the last few years now, fans have been kept on the edge of their seats by his displays. With a high number of chances created, he was unlucky that SSA didn't quite have the season they deserved to on paper and it's rumoured he may be tempted by a move away. If he can add goals to his game on a consistent basis, he'll become even more a threat to opposition defences and a key member of the team.

#8 - MC - Jamal Barker - Age 25 - Krsthaven (vc)
Beloved Krsthaven captain Jamal Barker was whisked away from FC York as a 14 year old and worked his way up through the academy, making his debut at 17 and being a fixture in the team ever since, earning the captaincy three years later. With a heart of a lion, he never stops running on the pitch and he's the type to cover every blade of grass or die trying. The true definition of a box-to-box midfielder with a penchant for arriving in the box late and firing home, he was the highest scoring midfielder in the Premarligaen last season and his goals played a huge part in Krsthaven's title winning campaign last season.

#9 - ST - Loick Sorensen - Age 25 - FC Jansberg
Top scorer in the league last season, Loick Sorensen was incredibly unlucky to not lead FC Jansberg to the title as they missed out by just a thread. For years now, FC Jansberg have been waiting for a proven striker who has risen through the academy after the likes of Marc Lygaard and Kwame Nelson - and now Sorensen seems to be that player. Always at the top end of the goalscoring charts, fans are sure he's the complete, one-in-a-generation forward to lead the line and it's not just the Jansberg supporters who are excited to see him on the field.

#10 - AMC - Chevone Clarke - Age 23 - FC Nuholm
Diminutive playmaker who created the most chances in the Premarligaen last season, Chevone Clarke is another highly sought after individual. Everyone knows he'd cause serious damage in a team like Krsthaven or FC Jansberg who have a proven finisher, but unfortunately for Nuholm their rotation of strikers didn't offer the same calibre of firepower as Clarke's new international teammates. He has played with Loick Sorensen before when he was loaned out to FC Nuholm five years ago and they impressed then, so those that remember will be looking forward to see the two on the pitch again.

#11 - AML - D'Jean Hamilton - Age 22 - FC Jansberg
Younger half-brother of former FC Jansberg and Semarland winger Tyae, D'Jean Hamilton is similar to him in terms of temperament, playing style and ability - just on the opposite flank. A real livewire, Hamilton is known to test the patience of his managers sometimes but always gets back in the good book with his performances on the pitch. Still only quite young at 22, if he focuses and knuckles down he will no doubt go onto be one of the country's greatest players. In a similar playing mould to that of Clarke and Paris, the front three will be a joy to watch with flair reminiscent of the "good old days".

#12 - GK - Russell Boakye-Yiadom - Age 20 - FC Jansberg
The relations continue - meet Russell Boakye-Yiadom, son of former national team and FC Jansberg goalkeeper Kojo and the youngest goalkeeper in the Premarligaen last season - and for 2nd place FC Jansberg too. An athletic, acrobatic custodian very much in the mould of his dad, he's surprisingly nimble for someone of his height and boasts a very long and accurate throw. Very much one for the future, he'll hope to learn from the likes of Matthias Baxter and has his eyes firmly rooted on the #1 shirt for future. For now, he'll hope to kick on and get some playing time this tournament, and hopefully help FC Jansberg win the league next year.

#13 - GK - Gaetano Jorgensen - Age 26 - Kangemark Sport
Popular and lively member of the squad who was one of the Premarligaen's best goalkeepers last season, Gaetano Jorgensen was a key component in a Kangemark Sport side that finished 7th place in the league. Boasts accurate distribution from both long throws and goal kicks, and can command his defense well. Despite the fact he may not see much that game time ahead of both Baxter and Boakye-Yiadom, Semarland would be hard pressed to find a better third choice options in case things went south in the goalkeeping department.

#14 - MC - Lyrone Eastwood - Age 27 - Sporting Saint Adrensburg
Only the second player that Cortell Carrasco brings with him from Sporting Saint Adrensburg, club captain Lyrone Eastwood is literally a carbon copy of his older brother Cyrone (a member of the last Semarland team that took part in international competition). Tall, powerful and does just about everything you want a midfielder to do, he may not stand out as much on the pitch as his peers but he certainly gets the job done without much fuss and fanfare. A reliable member of the squad who may not necessarily be a key member on the pitch as much as he'd like, but a great person to have in the dressing room.

#15 - ST - Johan Larsen - Age 29 - Eikborg Club
A target man if there ever was one, Johan Larsen is the sort of man you'd want your crosses to end up on. A threat in the box from set pieces, the 6'6 Larsen scored a record number of headed goals for Eikborg Club last season. He's not bad at holding the ball up either, but he'll be the first to admit his style of play isn't the sort that would generally go with Cortell Carrasco's style of play. Nevertheless, he'll be itching to get on from the bench should things get awry and a change-up be needed, and no doubt he'll be willing to play in a front two with either one of Sorensen or Christie.

#16 - ST - Gennaro Christie - Age 26 - Krsthaven
Gennaro "Mr. Suave" Christie is living the dream. Literally. When he's not scoring goals for fun for Krsthaven, taking part in the neck-and-neck competition for top goalscorer with his friendly rival Loick Sorensen of FC Jansberg, he also manages to find the time for a music career as well? We're not sure if he'll have as much time for that now Semarland are back and ready to make their claim in Anaian international football...but we're sure that he's the most likely to gain attention for his off the pitch exploits as well as his performances on it. A talented and dependable goalscorer who will no doubt be able to fill in for Sorensen if required.

#17 - DMC - Byron Mandanda - Age 20 - FC Jansberg
One of the younger members of the squad, Byron Mandanda has been a non-stop battling man of steel in the FC Jansberg midfield for the last three years. Less experience than the rest of the midfielders perhaps, but if you'd never seen him play before, you wouldn't think it. Still rough around the edges in fairness, he's far from the finished article - but many predict he'll be set to be a fixture of the midfield for years to come internationally. For now he's just looking forward to gaining the experience, and his always-positive attitude will help him just do that.

#18 - DC - Kortney Delaware - Age 21 - Eikborg Club
Another for the future, Kortney Delaware has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years and it's easy to see why, having spent time learning from club legend Shone Andrews (plus former past generation heroes such as Kadeem Bailey-Foster and Courtney Simms). Mature beyond his years with a cool head in the most difficult situations, he will no doubt take the captaincy for his club upon Andrews' retirement, and with the likes of Boakye-Yiadom, Mandanda & Melbourne, many see him as a long-term prospect who will be a member of the team for years to come.

#19 - DR - Tyrique Ritchie - Age 25 - FC Jansberg
Frighteningly fast wing-back Tyrique Ritchie is the final member of the FC Jansberg squad to earn a call up. Probably the fastest player on the team, his attacking tendencies and general wing-back play make him more likely to be an option off the bench should the team need a bit more going forward. Excels when it comes to crossing and has the strength to get past players, but comes second to Karl Kvist when it comes to the defensive side - only just.

#20 - AMC - Hakim Masters - Age 26 - Eikborg Club
Boasting a low-centre of gravity, a knack of scoring from free kicks and the ability to slalom his way past defenders, to the untrained eye Hakim Masters would find himself unlucky to be beaten to the #10 shirt. For those not an expert on Semar domestic football however, he only has one season's worth of experience of top flight football. Signed from 2Ligaen's BT Klub at the beginning of last season, he impressed for someone with no prior top flight experience and goes into the 2050/51 campaign as one of they key players for Eric Nti-Bonso's side. Not quite nailed his consistency just yet, he was a bit of a shock inclusion but the ability is definitely there. To be used as a bit of a wildcard option off the bench.

#21 - DL - Ecuador Sorensen - Age 23 - FC Nuholm
Smooth on the ball, strong in the tackle, and the gameplaying intelligence of a creative #10 to match, Ecuador Sorensen is a delightful option to have at full back. Going into the tournament with a knock sustained at the end of last season, if fully fit he'd probably have the #3 shirt over Andre Driscoll-Glennon, and he will be relishing the challenge to work hard and claim the starting spot as his own. Not as fast as the average full-back, you're more likely to see him cutting into midfield and playing a delightful through-ball than running down the wing and getting crosses in the box.

#22 - DC - Pascal Melbourne - Age 22 - FC Nuholm
Another young talent emerging out of the FC Nuholm academy, Pascal Melbourne boasts a similar style of play to his left-sided partner Ecuador Sorensen. With the ability to bring the ball out of defence with such confidence that you'd expect from a seasoned player, it's hard to believe Melbourne is only 22. Strong in physique and assured on the ball, he has been a fan favourite at FC Nuholm for a while now with his commanding, marshall-like displays endearing him to many. Reminds the fans of former Nuholm and Semarland captain Martell Chalobah and it's easy to see why on the pitch.

#23 - MC - Johan Chevron - Age 25 - Krsthaven
Despite his slight frame, Johan Chevron is a neat and tidy midfielder who keeps things ticking over. A smooth passer of the ball who makes things happen, he led the assist charts for Krsthaven last season and is a wonderful compliment to his club midfield partner Jamal Barker's more energetic approach. On the sidelines for now due to a slight knock, he will have tough competition upon his return in the likes of Kristoffersen and Mandanda to partner his club teammate in midfield on the international stage.

STYLE MOD: +2

LIKELY STARTING XI (4-2-3-1, left to right): Baxter; Driscoll-Glennon, Andrews, Larsen, Kvist; Barker, Kristoffersen; Hamilton, Clarke, Paris; L Sorensen.
SECONDARY STARTING XI (4-3-1-2, left to right): Boakye-Yiadom/Jorgensen; E Sorensen, Melbourne, Delaware, Ritchie; Chevron, Mandanda, Eastwood; Masters; Larsen, Ritchie.

RP Permissions Box
If my opponent RPs our match first, I give them permission to:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes.
Godmod scoring events: Yes, within reason!
RP Injuries to my players: Yes, within reason and I reserve the right to change severity.
Godmod injuries to my players: As above.
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes.
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes - 2 maximum, but not to the captain or vice captain please.
Godmod other events: Depending on what it is, please give me a message beforehand just in case!

by **Ko-oren** » Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:16 am

ko-orenite football association national team
Style mod: -5. If they don't score, they don't win. That's post-football!

Nickname Dragonflies
Head Coach Lele Manguele, FFD
Assistant Coach #1 Tomoviko Mivune (46, ex-Alara, Rushmore United (DAR) midfielder)
Assistant Coach #2 Alan Brogley (46, ex-Bruncester fullback)
Assistant Coach #3 Zezonmerul Hosorthaunden (44, ex-Maethoru, Strongfair, Cirelbourne Utd midfielder)
Goalkeeping Coach Larut Theshendan (42, ex-Maethoru, Concord Heights (CDG), Gehrenna GK, and WC 87 legend/WC 89 winner)
Selector #1 Reizo Yokota (43, ex-Kanatsu midfielder)
Selector #2 Cy de Villepin (44, ex-Aminey, Branvon, Bruncester midfielder)
Selector #3 Ingmar Linderood (42, ex-Straudum, Busukuma AC (BNJ), Lakiska SC (BNJ) defender/utility)
Team Manager Aeneme Aoragolin
Scouting & Analysis x2 Lillian Stevens, Denal Cadadgoor
Doctor Luther Stokes Medical Staff Berentschot, Ponce, Runmeningun
Strength & Conditioning Yuki Ishido, Cwfw yDdeffchim
Trigramme KOR
Colours Green, blue, (yellow)

World Cup
Appearances: 22x - 64-66, 69-72, 74-75, 81, 83-94
Best Result: 1x 1st - 89. 1x 2nd - 87. 2x QF - 90, 94.
World Cup qualification
Appearances: 37x - 55-56, 58-75, 78-94
Cup of Harmony
Appearances: 10x - 50, 51, 53-55, 60, 65, 71-72, 74
Best Result: 1st, CoH 65. 3rd, CoH 74.
Anaia - CAFA Cup
Appearances: 7x - 1-7
Best Result: 2x 2nd - 3, 4. 1x 4th - 2.
Atlantian Oceania - AOCAF
Appearances: 21x - 40-51, 55-63
Best Result: 1st: 60. 2nd: 50. 3rd: 48, 59. 4th: 45, 47.
Eagle's Cup
Appearances: 5x - 10-14
Best Result: 5th, 12

Stadium Assignments
Aminey, Aminey - Stade sur la Baie (70000) - home to Aminey CS (and the Aminey Caspians, Aminey Buffaloes, and Aminey Owls).
The flagship stadium, huge production values, the works.

Schemerdrecht, Intermare - Orange Bowl (54000) - home to Schemerdrecht SVV (and the Schemerdrecht Admirals).
More associated perhaps with the Admirals than the SVV, but it's nearly always sold out venue for great crowds in any sport.

Maethoru, KCT - Rikalathen Arena (39000) - home to Maethoru SC (and Mayara Wanderers-Vulpecula).
Close to the KFA's training grounds, at least it has that going for it. Crowds aren't great here.

Étouille, Cote Austral - Stade Amandine (30000) - home to Tanques AOE (and the Etouille Vultures).
Some amazing drone shots over a stadium, a city, and a crowd that knows what makes life fun.

Santa Teresa, Finisterre - Estádio Fortaleza (29000) - home to Miradela GD (and the Santa Teresa Sabres).
Made to be exactly 1000 seats larger than their rivals' stadium, the Fortaleza is the upper-class stadium.
OR
Santa Teresa, Finisterre - Estádio Marítimo (28000) - home to Branvon CD.
The working class stadium that is, in all facets, a bit inferior to the Fortaleza. Except the crowds. There's no better stadium for wild crowds.

Maynard, Leeshire - Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) - home to Maynard AFC.
The unlucky Maynard team have asked the KFA to have their stadium used by the national team - as the only southwestern stadium.

Katashi, Katashi - Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) - home to Katashi-Kanatsu.
The biggest stadium in the east, Katashi deserves a game. The fans will mostly just cheer for the Yoshiman players, though.

Greencaster, Surbourneshire - Golhampton Grounds (25000) - home to Sydberg Olympia.
Greencaster never had a big football culture, but that's changed, and the local Olympia have kept pace with the hype. Biggest city in the country, too.

Aevanna, Aerellen - Northern Arena (32000) - home to university team 'Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet'.
The KFA wants some games geographically spread across the country, and so the cold, dark, and cold gridiron Northern Arena is on the list.

Alara, Alara - Spider Stadium (27100) - home to Advance Alara.
Eastern but not on the island Katashi's on. Fans are used to seeing a lot of goals - which the Dragonflies don't do.

Straudum, Sudaefjoll - Hazel Arena (25400) - home to Straudum VV.
Biggest stadium in the northeast, as far as the mainland goes. Straudum's style matches the NT's style perfectly. Propped up by the massive (rich) IT sector.

Eaglebury, WSR - Uriagali Field (18000) - home to WSR AFC and Pride of Eaglebury.
Biggest/only stadium on the west coast. Eaglebury has an amazing, flourishing sports culture and it's no longer completely ignored by the other 99% of the country.

RP Permissions
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Choose Scoring Events: Yes
Godmod Scoring Events: No
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: Yes (but give me an 'out' for the Ko-orenite fans and players if it's extreme)

1 GK Edou Bittencourt (KOR, 31) - Miradela GD, a martyr, strong, playmaker
11 GK Carl Malmstroom (KOR, 29) - Tanques AOE, a fanatical, compact, debater
21 GK Semelau (f) Odholthen (KOR, 16) - Gehrenna FC, a friendly, towering, workhorse

The Lele era so far doesn't mean much for the goalies. Bittencourt is the concensus number one and there's little that can be criticised about that. We're sure that Manguele likes the added passing capabilities as well, much more than Malmstroom's. Odholthen is a strange pick but the CAFA is where we trial these kinds of things anyway.

No big changes for the defence. Five players at the back (with slightly differing roles and freedoms).

2 LB Sujimbee Haggigana (KOR, 21) - Maethoru SC, a businesslike, bony, captain
12 RB Raudhjan Ekaregnau (KOR, 22) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a considerate, towering, artist
22 LB Persephone (f) Rowley (KOR, 23) - Sydberg Olympia, a unassuming, skinny, genius

You're not looking at this wrong - this is the rightback position. Beyond the almost retired, there's a lot of imperfect options. Haggigana could win this battle on the short term, though he's the embodiment of the old regime - boring, predictable, but oh so defensively stable. Ekaregnau and his Kanatsu ways are much more fitted to the possession game that we think Manguele will play, while Rowley is the underdog of the group with an unpredictable streak.

3 CB Harmon Mulvahil (KOR, 29) - Osarese Marcadia, AUD, a good, staunch, aggressor
13 CB Keiki Todaka (KOR, 17) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a sleazy, short, man marker
4 CB Charley Mellowby (KOR, 19) - Maynard AFC, a aggressive, petite, box-to-box player
5 CB Aoremis Aelea (KOR, 26) - Holdenberg, EUR, a loud, fit, tackler
14 CB Egesa Aedil (KOR, 21) - Tanques AOE, a polite, muscular, wall
15 CB Abi Lavaud (KOR, 26) - Damogran, SRS, a idiosyncratic, fast, dissenter
23 CB Gonshiro Furuya (KOR, 25) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a faithful, tiny, gladiator

Mulvahil, Mellowby, and Aelea are the primary starters. Mulvahil is easily the first name on the team sheet, emerging as the best defender in Ko-oren. Always suspected of flying off the handle, he never gelled under Davenport, but his aggressive side comes in handy with new leadership. Mellowby is alright on the ball but excellent at drifting upfield whenever an extra body is needed. Aelea is just really boisterous and, like Mulvahil, easily tackles. Todaka and Aedil are options for the future, quite standard defenders. Lavaud and Furuya are over-my-dead-body defenders that will liven up our back line with a slightly different philosophy.

6 LB Emi (f) van Kalvenhaar (KOR, 30) - Urrheddiao, CMT, a active, bulky, all-rounder
16 LB Kaneyoshi Kaji (KOR, 21) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a dense, petite, mercenary
26 LB Ryōsei Nagatomo (KOR, 20) - Katashi Azula, a sarcastic, towering, dissenter

You can't ignore Van Kalvenhaar, now entering her 10th year as a starter. Kaji is the heir apparent, Nagatomo a pretender to the throne. Is it just me or is everyone recognising that there are four Kanatsu defenders and one Azula defender versus no Straudumites, Schemerdrechters, Bruncesters or Cirelburnians?

HUGE changes for the midfield. They will have to do a lot for the passing/possession-based buildup (and keeping the ball away from the opponents), with more help from the defence drifting upfield. Nearly every combination of players will result in a slightly different block: wide or narrow, long direct passes or short one-two passes. No matter what, they will line up extremely asymetrically.

7 DM Abraham Torre (KOR, 21) - Miradela GD, a subservient, slim, professional
17 DM Orinosuke Uozumi (KOR, 24) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a circumspect, trim, aggressor

For what it's worth: the defensive midfielders. It only means they're usually closer to the defence than the rest. Usually... rarely. At least it's where they line up for their clubs.

8 RM Ciriaco Laza (KOR, 21) - Miradela GD, a cruel, compact, showman
18 LM Nanko Wormstal (KOR, 31) - Metropolis Alligators, VLD, a noncompetitive, heavy, wall
28 RM Zornim Turaulthen (KOR, 28) - Eivora Athletic FC, TKT, a rebellious, trim, trickster
27 RM Swini yLlwteis (KOR, 16) - Sydberg Olympia, a discreet, thin, tactician
29 LM Shutel Tehinnau (KOR, 21) - Maethoru SC, a political, tiny, captain

Here's your random assortment of wingers. Crosses into our lone striker, long winding dribbling adventures, maybe even the odd shot from distance swaying into row six of the upper tier. Laza tends to go it alone - which works out for Miradela very well - and Wormstal, never having had a lot of opportunities to play for the Dragonflies, tends to stick closer to the action. Turaulthen shows off skills, yLlwteis was born a decade too late, his skills better fitting the Juliasterinthen/Davenport system, and Tehinnau is a bit of a blank slate as of yet.

9 CM Purelbusak Entatingun (KOR, 24) - Maethoru SC, a noncompetitive, heavy, mercenary
X CM Geomraff yCinrhadd (KOR, 29) - Rogerton Rebels FC, DAR, a loving, stocky, architect
19 CM Ryobe Takagaki (KOR, 24) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a evasive, pudgy, creator
1X CM Hixinio Andrade (KOR, 17) - Miradela GD, a helpful, hard-hitting, free kick specialist

And that's your central mids - perfect passing placement and positioning required. Well, not so much the latter these days. They should be at their best in small spaces, putting teammates in the right position to go for goal... or, usually, to find space so more minutes tick down. Entatingun and yCinrhadd are a perfect duo, Entatingun the career Maethorian and a slippery guy, yCinrhadd the veteran journeyman who has seen the world and everything in it, not shying away from contact but usually setting up others for success. Takagaki is the standard Kanatsu player (making that 6 Kanatsu players so far!) with his gaze forward. Andrade is a bit all over the place in terms of strengths but he'll figure it out, he's only 17.

2X AM Teiichi Tsuchimoto (KOR, 21) - Katashi-Kanatsu, a mean, quick, debater
24 AM Rachel (f) Walbuck (KOR, 23) - Tanques AOE, a fearless, toned, workhorse

Without Aoriene, at least for a bit, what remains are two fine role-players but not absolute stars. Oh look, another Kanatsu player... are the top 4 too full of foreign players to get their Ko-orenites selected, or what? Walbuck is a great assister and will dive into most situations without hesitation.

= ST Aurin Aomelirea (KOR, 27) - Revolutionaries, EUR, a opportunistic, bulky, man marker
1= SS Hurorinul Bonstirthinden (KOR, 28) - Aminey CS, a inhibited, gigantic, glass cannon
2= ST Maran Lignanier (KOR, 24) - Advance Alara, a obsessive, nimble, daredevil
25 ST Loren Lemaigre (KOR, 25) - CSKA Quebec, QUE, a helpful, nimble, shadow
30 SS Nunstaurilin Joljaurinden (KOR, 29) - Maethoru SC, a modern, fit, interceptor

A mix of strikers for the one position they fill up front. Aomelirea, Lignanier, and Lemaigre are used to being mostly used as target men, with Aomelirea playing close to defenders, Lignanier charging into them, and Lemaigre lurking in the open spaces between. Bonstirthinden and Joljaurinden are much like attacking midfielders: Bonstirthinden has a mean shot from distance while Joljaurinden has more vision and is more spacially minded.

We play post-football, a term coined during World Cup 89 to put words to a horrible semifinal between Audioslavia and the Dragonflies, which ended 0-0 after 120 minutes, then all but one penalty was scored in the ensuing series. Post-football means no singing. No cheering. No scoring. Post-football is sideways passes, looking like the same, repetitive movements for minutes on end, but with tiny variations that at some point will get to you. It could be a counterattack, or a shot from distance, or a set piece. Post-football doesn't care if it takes 90 or 120 minutes, or more. Under Juliasterinthen and Davenport, the Ko-orenites earned a reputation as the perfectly positioned, tactical-yet-mean defensive team. Containing, capitalising, exploiting. Patience and countering.

Under Lele Manguele, an era that started just before CAFA 7 in cycle 94, we're breaking with traditions. Still targeted at preventing goals, the team instead tries to retain possession for as long as possible, in small, compact spaces, merging relationism with tenacious defence, for what that's worth and to what extent that's possible. Relations between individual players are now more important than retaining perfect structure. That means that the midfield will forgo most of their roles, and that the defence will break the line to help the passing game.

Numbers 1 to = typically start (but not always, feel free to choose your starters). That's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, and =.
Numbers 1-1= are typically selected as starters or subs (but not always, feel free to select some 23+-ers as subs or starters).
Numbers 20 and over are mostly there as emergency replacements, but can be part of the squad for some games. These are almost always younger players with a lot of promise.

All-time record: 565-152-244 +1398 -744 =+654
Upcoming milestones:
- 1400th overall goal (currently: 1398)
- 1000th overall game (currently: 961)
- 100th WCQ draw (currently: 96)
- 400th WCQ win (currently: 384)
- 1000th WCQ goal (currently: 959)
- 100th Regional win (currently: 90)

by **Aleirave** » Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:31 am

The Aleirave Football Association
Baptism of Fire LXXVIII Champions
Roster for CAFA Cup VII

OOC: All players in blue are ethnically Klysevian, all players in red are native Aleiravan.

The island nation of Aleirave is a rather small one, with a population of barely 50 thousand, located by a sea they know as the Retakono Me'a, or the sea of mystery. The only islands that were anywhere near them seemed to sink under the sea a couple years back, leaving them as the most isolated nation in the region of Anaia.

The nation of Aleirave was originally founded by Fyodor Tereyev, who was a puteshestvennik (or "traveller") from Klysevia, about 350 years ago. His descendants ruled the island up until the year 2023, when Alexandr Tereyev was shot and killed by a lone gunman in a peaceful protest. Since then, the island has been ruled as an Special Administrative Unit of Eshialand, effectively acting as its own democratic nation within a nation.

2027 was a year of all time, that's for sure. Aleirave found themselves unable to advance past the group stage in CAFA VI, and Haulafo took the liberty to sack himself as manager after their terrible results.

Ivan Shakarov was a good manager for a time, and it looked like he could've gotten them their covered first qualification... but nope. Things began to fall apart, and despite Haulafo retaking the reigns around the halfway point, it wasn't enough, and the Seagulls got themselves 4th.

Speaking of 4th, there's an interesting pattern in this team's CAFA results, isn't there? GS exit, 4th, GS exit, 4th, GS exit... perhaps it's time for them to shoot for 4th again? Let's see what Haulafo can cook up this time...

Nickname: the Seagulls
Trigram: ALR

First international: Audioslavia 4-0 Aleirave (CAFA II)
First win: Aleirave 6-3 Space Laser Dinosaur Robot Pirate Land (CAFA III)
Best win: Aleirave 6-0 Unpleasant (BoF LXXVIII)
Worst loss: Audioslavia 4-0 Aleirave (CAFA II)
Most goals for: Aleirave 7–2 The Cannaland Islands (WCQ XCIII)
Most goals against: Audioslavia 4-0 Aleirave (CAFA II), Eraman 4–4 Aleirave (WCQ XCIII)
Highest-scoring match: Aleirave 6-3 Space Laser Dinosaur Robot Pirate Land (CAFA III), Caribbia 3-6 Aleirave (BoF LXXVIII), Aleirave 7–2 The Cannaland Islands (WCQ XCIII)

Coach: Haulafo PAKA'ULA (M, 57)
Given the political situation in Aleirave, Coach Paka'ula was not supposed to form this team. His grand scheme when he decided to craft this team was to show that natives could be just as good at football as the Klysevians, and that the two could work together in an international competition. President Tereyev flatly denied Haulafo's request to start the team, so he did what any normal person would do and assembled the team anyway.

Formation: 3-4-1-2
Style: +4

The Roster (starting XI in bold)
Goalkeepers:

GK #1 Falena RUKIPIATO (F, 31)

Oleg PONIEROV

Tehieko FEHIFELA

Defenders:

LB #4 Yekaterina OLAYEVA (F, 32)

RB #5 Piheve EVATENE (M, 22)

Serani NA'ELERU

CB #11 Tefei'o TESUNA'E (M, 28)

Grigori ZHENTONIOV

Sergei BYALKO

Midfielders:

LM #2 Efineha TESUNA'E (F, 28)

RCM #3 Aleksandr VRALETSKY (M, 33)

RM #8 Valeri TYONKO (M, 30)

LCM #12 Nakelia LIFEVANEKA (F, 23)

Lunaha FUSERAKA

Nusene FAVENOKU

Pavel RASTENIUK

Ma'uho KATEHOVI

Forwards:

ST #10 Neraveke HO'UMINALU (F, 26)

ST #13 Fyodor VESHCHIK (M, 25)

Terale FIASALA

Valentina RESNYEVA

Renasetevo NANERIKEHA

AM #99 Ivefela NOSELELA (F, 29)

RP Permissions
If my opponent roleplays first, they may:
Choose my starting lineup: Yes.
Choose my goalscorers: Yes.
Godmod scoring events: Yes.
RP injuries to my players: Please TG me and I'll determine the severity.
Godmod injuries to my players: No.
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes.
Hand out red cards to my players: No more than one per match without TGing me about it first.
Godmod other events: Please TG me first, but most likely yes.

If you wanna collaborate on a match, just TG me! I'm open to all collaboration!

Lastly, please don't use pictures in your RP and say they represent my players. Trust me, they probably don't.

by **Estorvipa and Estorpiva** » Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:43 am

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF ESTORVIPA AND ESTORPIVA
NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

The Federal Republic of Estorvipa and Estorpiva is a federal union between two states, the Federation of Estorvipa and the Republic of Estorpiva, created on 22 November 2019 after the two states agreed to unite together and present a combined front against the other rebel sides in the Estorian Civil War. The Federal Republic is backed by the Democratic People's Republic of the United Socialist States of Pridnestrovia (or just Pridnestrovia for short), which was an ally of the old Estorvipan People's Republic before it collapsed into numerous competing factions and states, and Pridnestrovia decided that the Federal Republic was the most stable nation-state that they could support in this war. But despite being backed by a "socialist" nation and adopting some socialist imagery, the Federal Republic is a democratic republic with free and fair elections for the 27 million people under its governance, and its ultimate aim is to reunite the Vipan and Pivan lands peacefully, but if the Federal Republic must use force to restore peace and order in the land then it will certainly do so.

BASIC INFORMATION
Name of nation: Federal Republic of Estorvipa and Estorpiva
Demonym: Estorian
Team colors: Yellow. blue, and red
Style modifier: -2.00
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Head coach: Branislav Vinogradovsky (64 y/o, male, Pridnestrovia)

STARTERS
GK: Sashka VIDANOVA 36 y/o, female, FK Spartak Rybolovlev (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
She's just setting the Federal Top League alight with the number of crazy save highlights she produces game by game. She's pretty much a younger female version of Fiodor Enin with the way she stops shots and rushes at opposing forwards, and she is expected to alternate games with Enin after Traian Pantilimon has played his one and only game for the Federal Republic.

RB: Aleksey KHOKHLOV 26 y/o, male, FK Traktor St. Paulsburg (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
Adequate defender, good pace

RCB: Dencho TIMNEV 30 y/o, male, Ufa Verkhovyansk (Pridnestrovia)
He's an excellent defender by any means, capable of either helping play the ball out of the back or keeping up with those fast and tricky forwards trying to bear down on the Estorian goal. His only downside is that he is nowhere near as good in the air as he is on the ground which, for someone as tall as he is (at 177 cm) is a bit of a liability on the pitch.

LCB: Dzyamid USHKEVICH 30 y/o, male, Metallurgist Beledor (Pridnestrovia)
Under most circumstances, he wouldn't be able to make the national teams of most other nations, but given that the Federal Republic is in need of players to represent it on the international stage, Ushkevich has been given the chance to prove himself worthy of representing this new state to the rest of the world. He can defend, he can head the ball, and he can dribble his way out of a few sticky situations, but he's still a bit too raw to start a game in most cases.

LB: Holden KRASTENKOVIC 30 y/o, male, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia)
Another Vipan refugee who fled to Pridnestrovia after the first withdrawal of Pridnestrovian troops from Estorian lands due to the Treaty of Kotelnirovo. He was originally from the northern city of Tarkovska, now the de facto capital of the Estorvipan Commune, and had made the arduous journey to the Pridnestrovian-occupied south on foot, evading Communard and Imperial military patrols in order to secure a ride to Pridnestrovia alongside other refugees and pro-leftist Vipans and Pivans seeking to flee the Estorian nation before the Communards enacted their anti-leftist purges. Despite having never picked up a football before in his life, he was recruited to Exiles FK, where he has surprisingly developed into an average defender with brilliant pace and average passing skills.

RM: Rahmatullo RODIN 31 y/o, male, Masyafspor (Pridnestrovia)
He is everything that Arseniy Davydov is: a brilliant playmaker with a keen eye for both his teammates and the goal who can also put in defensive shifts if needed. The only reason why Davydov is starting over Rodin is because Davydov is a more polished and complete player than Rodin right now, but now we know what Rodin could look like once he becomes the finished product. In the meantime, he will have to operate deeper in the midfield in order to develop the defensive side of his game, although given his age some might say that this is a case of trying to teach an old dog new tricks.

LM: Serafina POTRITSKIJ 32 y/o, female, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia) (vice-captain)
Her main function in the midfield is to distribute the ball and take the occasional pot shot at goal if given the chance. She can run back and help in the defense if needed, but her primary function is to spread the ball around the pitch for the attacking Estorian players to latch onto and put the goal under threat. If the ball happens to end up right back on her feet during that sequence then she has license to fire a shot on target or pass to another teammate to start the cycle anew.

RW: ROBERTO Kunaplenko 30 y/o, male, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia)
Twin brother of Roberta Kunaplenko. He is the son of the former Estorvipan ambassador to the Sultanate of Oontaz, Venyamin Kunaplenko, who fell in love with a local woman whom he would eventually marry. The Kunaplenkos had been living quietly in Rybolovlev when the Pridnestrovian intervention in the Estorian Civil War happened, and the family soon fell under suspicion because of good relations between the Sultanate of Oontaz and Pridnestrovia. The Kunaplenko family fled to Pridnestrovia alongside the first withdrawal of Pridnestrovian troops, and the twins were recruited to play for Exiles FK alongside other Vipan and Pivan refugees. He is a fast winger with incredible pace and outstanding technique but has a marked inability to cross the ball into the box. This is in contrast to his twin sister who is a faster winger and better crosser but can't escape out of a sticky situation.

CAM: Rada Mladenova KOSTOVA 32 y/o, female, CSK Armiya Supskij (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
She is a very good playmaker who can make things happen from the middle of the pitch. Her good passing and solid pace also means that she can put in a defensive shift if needed, but she is really more suited to orchestrating attacks on the opponent. However, the less said about her ability to put the ball into the back of the net, the better.

LW: ROBERTA Kunaplenko 30 y/o, female, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia)
Twin sister of Roberto Kunaplenko. She is the daughter of the former Estorvipan ambassador to the Sultanate of Oontaz, Venyamin Kunaplenko, who fell in love with a local woman whom he would eventually marry. The Kunaplenkos had been living quietly in Rybolovlev when the Pridnestrovian intervention in the Estorian Civil War happened, and the family soon fell under suspicion because of good relations between the Sultanate of Oontaz and Pridnestrovia. The Kunaplenko family fled to Pridnestrovia alongside the first withdrawal of Pridnestrovian troops, and the twins were recruited to play for Exiles FK alongside other Vipan and Pivan refugees. She is a very fast winger with outstanding pace and average playmaking ability but can't escape out of a sticky situation. This is in contrast to her twin brother who has incredible pace and outstanding technique but also a marked inability to cross the ball into the box.

ST: Fabian PRASUTAGUSIC 34 y/o, male, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia)
He is pretty much the star player for this Estorian team. He personally refused to recognize any of the other warring factions in the Estorian Civil War as legitimate, and he was of the opinion that the northern Estorvipan Commune was nothing but a bunch of blood traitors willing to sell out themselves and their own country in exchange for favors from the Imperium. He was a product of CSKA Tiraspol's academy, and while he was nothing special in the Army Club, he had turned into a superstar striker once he moved to Exiles FK, and he looks to replicate this performance for the Estorian national team.

RESERVES
GK: Yaroslav SHCHETININ 29 y/o, male, FK Mamai Ihorovtsi (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
The future of the Estorian goalkeeping position looks very bright with him in between the sticks. He's already doing the job for Mamai Ihorovtsi, and local managers are praising him for his divine goalkeeping skills. His only weakness is that his passing is a bit poor, and opponents might be able to take advantage of that once he plays for the national team.

GK: Gleb PAROV 26 y/o, male, FK Traktor St. Paulsburg (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
An excellent keeper for his age and has loads of pace which allows him to charge out of his box to intimidate opposing strikers, but has poor stamina which means that he might start sticking around his area as the game goes on.

DF: Vasilisa BERDYUGINA 24 y/o, female, FK Spartak Rybolovlev (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
Weak defender, adequate passing

DF: Viktorija KESOVIJA 27 y/o, female, FK Mamai Ihorovtsi (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
She is a solid defender with adequate technique in her to help her get out of sticky situations when needed, and she is also a reasonable goalscoring threat during set pieces, or if she happens to get the ball somewhere outside the box in open play. However, she does have a weakness, and that is her pace. It's easy for her to get caught out of position sometimes, and because she knows that she can't get back in time, she will often resort to fouling the opposition instead.

DF: Markus KRASNENKO 33 y/o, male, Exiles FK (Pridnestrovia)
He is a Vipan refugee who used to live in St. Paulsburg and played for a semi-professional football side in the city before the Estorian Civil War. He was originally conscripted into the Estorvipan People's Army, but his regiment defected to Field Marshal Petar Antonic's Estorvipan Liberation Army near the beginning of the civil war. He surrendered to the Pridnestrovian Army after teh end of the Battle of St. Paulsburg and took advantage of the offer of asylum extended by the Pridnestrovians in the aftermath of the Treaty of Kotelnirovo. He was soon signed by Exiles FK where he made a name of himself as a good defender, but his pace and technique are definitely lacking compared to other defenders in the Pridnestrovian league system.

DF: Nicu Marian RĂILEANU 30 y/o, male, FK Spartak Rybolovlev (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
All the necessary elements for a solid and outstanding wingback are all there; all he really needs to do now is to gain experience in both club and international football and he's going to be playing under the colors of the Federal Republic of years to come. But until then, he will have to make do with some appearances from the bench.

MF: Ignjatije ATANACKOVIĆ 28 y/o, male, FK Traktor St. Paulsburg (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
He may be young but he's already got the makings of a very good central midfielder within him. He can make things happen from almost anywhere on the pitch, and he has the speed to both attack the goal and defend his own side if needed. If only he didn't get gassed so easily then maybe he could make a case for being included in the starting eleven more times than not.

MF: Kresimir TASIĆ 21 y/o, male, FC Cavaleri Urodorasul (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
Good playmaker, adequate technique, good passing

MF: Ashot RAZINSKIJ 26 y/o, male, CSK Armiya Supskij (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
The jack-of-all-trades had been placed on the left side because of his wicked good left foot. With that left foot he could pick out any player he wanted, dribble his way out of trouble, or even nick the ball off of anyone trying to get through to the Estorian goal on the left side, and even score the occasional goal.

FW: Viktoriya ZALUZHENKO 27 y/o, female, FC Foc Feuerstadt (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
At a young age, she's already making a name for herself in the small and nascent Federal Top League of the Federal Republic. She has the accuracy and the fancy footwork to set her up for a good future in football, but apart from those skills, she still needs to develop a lot more before she can start thinking about pursuing a starting spot.

FW: Marek LEMISH 30 y/o, male, FC Dinamo Durdenville (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
He's a very good striker; there's no denying that. But the problem is that Fabian Prasutagusic is even better than him, and there are also some things that Lemish will need to work on if he wishes to become a success in this Estorian team; things such as his stamina and passing. Other than that, he's actually a remarkably good player.

FW: Petru-Iustin UDEANU 26 y/o, male, FK Dinamo Durdenville (Estorvipa and Estorpiva)
An average striker whose main job is to just be there to receive the ball and shoot at goal when it gets passed to him. He can dribble his way out of trouble if need be, but if he needs to spend more than a few seconds thinking about where to shoot then it's a guaranteed miss or save from the keeper once he finally pulls the trigger.

STARTING FORMATION

KITS (provided by Adidulas)

RP PERMISSIONS
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but I decide the severity and length of time out
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (maximum of 6 per game)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, but only 1 per 2 games
Godmod other events: Contact me via TG or Discord first before proceeding

Style modifier: -2.00 (Negative two point zero zero)

by **Evermark** » Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:35 pm

THE SEEKERS
Puppet to Lexandrija

The 'Evermark national football team', calling themselves the Seekers, have arrived at the CAFA determined to secure a result, which they consider a sacred duty. This is Evermark's first official tournament, though they are adamant in claiming that they, or at least their people, have previously won a World Cup. While some players have started to prove themselves abroad, they retain a determination to call up at least one player per 'Pride'.

Contact was made by an ethnography team from a number of universities. The result of their studies of the first Evermarker season, and a number of their customs, can be found here. The ethnography team have continued to operate as the Evermarkers' go-between with civilisation, and effectively sponsored their arrival in the CAFA.

The Seekers will take to the field in green shirts and black shorts, with an all-white change strip and an all-orange or all-indigo goalkeeper strip. While their kits and boots are rudimentary by modern standards, they are fairly functional.

Perilous Sapphire regards this as the last chance for the original generations to accomplish anything of note.

Evermark's opponents have permission to do anything short of a godmod.

STYLE: -2
FORMATION: 4-4-2

Used to a permissive refereeing style in their homeland, Evermarkers play an unrelentingly physical and dirty style of play, regarding this as their most likely way of acquiring the sacred Result. Used to being on the receiving end of such play, their attacking combinations are very direct, often bypassing the midfield. Without exception, their players are strong and athletic, though lacking many sport science innovations integral to the modern game such as cryotherapy or doping. After defeat, they will fast the night in penance, which does carry the risk of a protracted losing streak; after victory, they drink themselves into a stupor, carrying its own risks.

Perilous Sapphire has at times come dangerously close to unorthodox thought, last CAFA often opting for a 4-4-2 where one of the 'strikers' was, to all intents and purposes, a midfielder. This will be tolerated only so long as it is successful.

MANAGER
Perilous Sapphire - Age 47
Sapphire earned her post after bringing unexpected glory to the Valiant. She respects the sport deeply and hopes to learn much from the tournament. She's already shown a dangerous instinct for innovation.

GOALKEEPERS
1 - GK - Thylacine Nemeth - Age 24 - Argus Wild Arms (EOT)
Nemeth played for some time as a left-back, but his conversion to goalkeeper late in his teenage years has been remarkably successful. Though an indifferent shot-stopper, his ability to surge off his line to throw opponents off is remarkable.

12 - GK - Merry Cassalei - Age 32 - Pristine
An avid feaster, drinker and boaster, Cassalei cuts a generous figure between the posts but lunges for the ball with a deceptive agility. There's a low-key ferocity behind those sleepy eyes. Easily the best goalkeeper in Evermark, but poor compared to much of the rest of the team.

20 - GK - Tricia Iron Gut - Age 22 - Diligent
A hard-nosed goalkeeper, whose greatest act of renown was to swallow a lethally venomous Cheap Divorce Snake whole. So far, it hasn't killed her.

DEFENDERS
2 - RB - Costil Weary Eyes - Age 31 - Creston Wolves (COR)
Carried an oddly world-weary look even at a young age. Costil hails from an ancient and honoured line of ferret-herds, so merely corralling wingers is child's play.

3 - LB - Languid Prisca - Age 20 - Paragon
An immensely promising player. Unrushed in all things, and calm even as raging fanatic Evermarkers rush her in possession, professional play should be an easy step up for her.

4 - CB - Gerhard Beacon - Age 36 - Paragon
Gerhard stands firm in defence and sets a good example to the rest of the team. He is appallingly slow, but the team's conservative low block should at least look to cover for this.

5 - CB - Seneca Creeksifter - Age 26 - Valiant
A wild thylacine attack has left Seneca with a slight but permanent limp. She will always be one of the slowest players on the pitch, but she overcame any fear her career in the Rites might be over thanks in part to her remarkable sense of anticipation and in part due to her propensity for full-throated violence.

16 - RB - Alyss Raincloud - Age 22 - Pristine
Annika is one of the few attack-minded fullbacks in Evermark, making up for her courageous forward runs by cynically fouling anyone who gets behind her.

18 - CB - Silent Matthis - Age 34 - Resplendent
Matthis lets his football do the talking. Or, at least, what he does on the pitch; one time, he bit a chunk of flesh off a man's calf. A respected man of honour.

22 - LB - Cutter Petrus - Age 25 - Erudite
Scruffy, wiry and lethal in close quarters, Petrus' trade as one of Evermark's finest hunters of stray thylacines has made him one of the peoples' sharpest and most badly-scarred players at the Rites.

24 - CB - Garnet Stephi - Age 26 - Watchful
Short for an Evermarker, let alone a centre-half, Stephi's success at the Rites is chiefly down to her willingness to wrestle people to the ground in a manner frowned upon by international refereeing standards.

MIDFIELDRS
6 - DM - Elena Oaktree - Age 32 - Resplendent
Slow and strong, as her honourific suggests, Elena has a languid grace in possession that livens up even the very physically focused, grinding and direct Rites.

8 - CM - Morgana Snakebite - Age 20 - Dauntless
It is unclear to the ethnography team whether Morgana has endured a snakebite, bitten a snake, or perhaps both. What is certain is that she has been a class above in the Proving Grounds.

10 - RM - Gleaming Hoard Stern - Age 23 - Paragon
Stern aims above all to be rich. What he has seen of foreign currency, he likes. His name is, for now, an ironic one, but he hopes to prove himself in the CAFA enough to make it a reality.

11 - LM - Virile Harker - Age 27 - Resplendent
Harker has sired countless children for the sake of the Evermarker people, but it has never slowed him down on the pitch. He has pace, brains and brawn in equal measure, though he is no technician.

13 - RM - Kalenz Rhinohide - Age 30 - Dauntless
A relative latecomer to the rites, Kalenz proved his right to compete by slaying a bear with tooth and nail alone. Admired for his ferocity more than his ability to hit a cross.

14 - CM - Spindle Idina - Age 33 - Ardent
Idina despises her pathetically weak Pride, the Ardent, though it is that Pride's very weakness that meant she was a certain callup for the Seekers. She craves the opportunity to prove herself abroad, but it is doubtful she is of the requisite quality.

19 - LM - Sparkling Ingrid - Age 29 - Gilded City Dragons (COR)
Considered something of an iconoclast in Evermarker circles, Ingrid once made the bold suggestion that the permissive refereeing at the Rites was contributing to the sport's brutal attrition rates. That she has been called up despite her moral failings speaks much of her talent.

23 - DM - Hard-nosed Carsten - Age 34 - Outcast
The leading committer of fouls and accumulator of yellow cards in the Rites, Carsten has earned much honour and credibility for his work. He is a thug, and admired for it.

25 - AM - Relentless Andre - Age 29 - Paragon
The closest thing in Evermark to a traditional playmaker, Andre is notorious for his refusal to run; he is one of the few whose honourific appears to be completely ironic.

26 - CM - Kris Sweetling - Age 25 - Dauntless
The ethnography team is yet to work out the deal with Kris, who remains for the most part under wraps.

FORWARDS
7 - ST - Leif Nine Fingers - Age 31 - Carrington PREMIER (TLI)
A scarred, handsome striker, one of the first to earn a foreign contract. His name is no metaphor, one finger having been eaten by a rabid thylacine.

9 - ST - Hilda Rockbiter - Age 25 - Outcast
Hulking, overweight and nasty to have to take on in a fight, Hilda's lack of fitness, terrible attitude and blatant disobedience of team orders may at times be made up for by her eye for goal and unbeatable aerial ability... at least in a league that doesn't penalise swinging elbows.

15 - ST - Promiscuous Emerjade - Age 32 - Paragon
Emerjade is reputed to have slept with most of the rest of her Pride, a feat regarded solemnly as proof of immense passion, stamina and willingness to build team chemistry.

17 - ST - Umber Ruskin - Age 29 - Ardent
Short, powerful and pugnacious, Ruskin is respected by his willingness to battle with defenders, using his low centre of gravity to get an edge.

21 - ST - Consummate Foxe - Age 20 - Pristine
The requisite young, overwhelmingly talented striker of the Seekers; which is to say, has the potential to play in a top-eight IFCF league. Technically raw, but that goalscoring instinct can't be trained.

by **Lexandrija** » Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:46 pm

LEXANDRIJA
Preferred Formation: 3-5-2
Style Modifier: 2
Kit Supplier: Cloaker
Captain: Cass Ardashir
Nickname: The Illuminated

Something's... not quite right in Lexandrija (former Iskandervale). They're being very secretive about a certain incident. It's nothing to worry about... in theory. Because they can see something, now: what they refer to simply as the Glory. Ignore the clicking of those geiger counters. Ignore the bright green eyes and pale skin, and the patches of missing hair. Those are the blessed. The enlightened. The Illuminated. And it's that young generation in the process of sweeping out the old blood.

Lexandrija has produced three exceptional footballers: Ishtar Fanaiyan, Servet Misidjan, Voska Avetisyan. All three played for Nephara instead. There's a substantial Lexandri diaspora in Nephara, and elsewhere in Anaia, but the nation's trying to build something more sustainable as the scars of war hopefully begin to recede ...

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
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Choose My Goalscorers:        Y
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    N
Injure Players:               Y
Godmod Injury Events:         N
Red Card Players:             Y
Yellow Card Players:          Y
Godmod Other Events:          N
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Tactics

First-choice lineup. Pace and power will be the watchwords, hoping to make up in physicality what they lack in skill, and given their Nepharan origins they will be brutal and uncompromising both in tackling and in gamesmanship. They're going to come flying at teams, especially down the right, but may well get brutally exposed on the counterattack, especially given the sluggish pace of their defence.

Staff
Manager: Parvidzhon Borrowfield - Age 50

Once a centre-half, then assistant, now Borrowfield's running the rule over the whole thing. An iron-fisted tyrant, believed to be something of a minor acolyte of Skorjiball. If the main issue managing people who once played alongside you is making sure they all know you aren't their mate... well, job done.

Goalkeepers
1 - GK - Hansa Tabasi - Age 30 - Hornchurch (EUR)
12 - GK - Tanis Kaijan - Age 19 - Kuruvchija
20 - GK - Knoll Petrosian - Age 27 - Teragaseri (KOR)

Lexandrija are afflicted with the problem of many small nations: three of their best players are goalkeepers. The gangly and unorthodox but effective Tabasi has emerged to become the undoubted first-choice, with Kaijan the obvious successor.

Defenders
3 - LCB - Riko Angejan - Age 23 - Aspahan
5 - CB - Vega Castor - Age 28 - Navakor Farchija
6 - CB - Carmilla Evansjan - Age 24 - Concordija
16 - CB - Artaxerxes Bowman - Age 30 - SK Sandfjell (CNR)
18 - CB - Cass Ardashir - Age 34 - AC Pomena (JUE)
24 - CB - Iryna Nemethjan - Age 22 - Padideh

The main area of concern for Lexandrija. Six players, and none have ever truly convinced at this level, bar the past-it Ardashir.

Midfielders
2 - RWB - Carrick Gerhardtjan - Age 22 - BT Ming (CMT)
4 - DM - Electra Casabjan - Age 25 - Maynard AFC (KOR)
7 - RWB - Stern Chasejan - Age 22 - Mettaljrg Vakhqul
8 - CM - Seth Rezaei - Age 29 - Umbershore Rovers
11 - CM - Tasha Kamarandan - Age 30 - Felswyr (CMT)
15 - LWB - Istvan Triantis - Age 23 - Djnamo
17 - CM - Estelle Karpovjan - Age 24 - Concordija
19 - DM - Tania Makazjan - Age 22 - Lokomotjva Iskandabad
22 - LWB - Szara Lukasjan - Age 20 - Concordija
23 - CM - Jon-Jafar Latham - Age 30 - Gaelic Club (TLI)
25 - AM - Colwyn Blake - Age 29 - Navakor Farchija
26 - CM - Luna Xerxes - Age 24 - Endeavour Brenecia (BRE)

Has evolved into quite a strong unit, bizarrely. Tasha Kamarandan is the best player to have ever actually represented Iskandervale, a fluid midfield technician around whom the entire side flows. The young, electrifying Luna Xerxes offers craft alongside her. The two wingbacks of choice are worryingly old - though there's serious hope in Gerhardtjan - while there are a number of promising upcomers.

Forwards
9 - ST - Freya Martinjan - Age 25 - Metalljrg Vakhqul
10 - ST - Rijan Kovacjan - Age 23 - Couziers-Olympiques (KOR)
13 - ST - Schehera Asquith - Age 22 - Lokomotjva Iskandabad
14 - ST - Shamshira Kadhim - Age 30 - Bradwell Saints (KRY)
21 - ST - Tifera Dimitrijevjan - Age 23 - Padideh

As the current elder stateswoman amidst a young, talented new flock of chartreuse-eyed marksfolk, Shamshira Kadhim is going to have to step up; always a player of promise, she's going to bear most of the side's attacking hopes. Clotho Sulaka, the relatively prolific striker of the prior generation, will be missed, but there's serious potential in the likes of Kovacjan.

by **Krytenia** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 3:41 am

Please assume YES for all answers in the Permission Box – just TG me first if it's particularly insane and/or egregious.

KRYTENIA 2312 CAFA CUP SQUAD
Modifier: +3

Beginning their football journey way back in the second Baptism of Fire competition, Krytenia are one of the oldest national teams still competing in international football. With five World Cups hosted, as well as a smattering of AOCAFs, Cups of Harmony, Baptism of Fires, and even a CAFA Cup, they also have a deserved reputation for organising top-level football competitions. What they don't have, though, is a reputation for winning. They are yet to win a World Cup; in fact, they have only reached one final, losing to Aguazul in World Cup 58. Five semi-final defeats are what set the tone for the Dragons – indeed, losing in the semis of a major competition is known as the “Krytenian Curse”. That said, there is silverware in their cabinet. Having created the AOCAF Cup, Krytenia eventually won the fifty-second iteration of the competition; more recently, they won Cup of Harmony 78 and nearly added a second two cycles later, losing to fellow co-hosts Græntfjell on home soil. A third major trophy took a while to come, but with victory in the sixth CAFA Cup the Krytenian team joined the small band of nations who have won two different regional competitions.

They may have a reputation as the multiverse's nearly men, but never let yourself be deluded that the Krytenians are defeatist. Even though they may come up short, it's a very rare thing to see a Dragons team simply give up. Be aware that when the sky blue shirts are on the field, you will be in for a tough game, and victory will always be hard-earned.

Manager – BRELK-XERAL Erv (QUS), Age 70
Started their career in their native Qusmo, where they brought first KF Atlov and then Atlov Juzuna to prominence (or at least relevance) in the domestic and international game. This led to them getting the national team job at Brenecia, which resulted in a Campeonato Esportiva trophy. After some initial promise, the team appeared to have hit a plateau; not only that, but for CAFA VI “BXE” had the additional challenge of being without assistant manager Graham Lawton, whose neurological ailment has forced him into full retirement. It mattered not, however, as the wily Qusmi guided the Dragons to their third-ever piece of major silverware.

Assistant Manager – Tommy WARREN, Age 35
A persistent knee injury may have curtailed Warren's career before it even started, but it hasn't dulled his enthusiasm for the game. BXE saw his work with Bradwell Saints' academy team and suggested the young coach to the KFA. Taking a leaf from his Qusmi mentor's book, Warren is made his mark at the Under-18 World Cup, guiding the teenagers to a fourth-place finish. Fresh from that experience, Warren will be learning at the feet of BXE, following Graham Lawton's illness and forced retirement. Likely to be the long-term replacement when the current gaffer hangs up their clipboard.

Goalkeeping Coach – Aaron SHEPHERD, Age 52
Defensive Coach – Gavin HEALEY, Age 38
Offensive Coach – Alex VINELLI, Age 57
Physiotherapist – Julian GRANT, Age 42

Amanda BACH
Age: 25
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Caversham
Given Krytenia's non-segregated approach to football and the nation's propensity for producing talented goalkeepers, it's perhaps surprising that Bach is the first woman called up to the national side. The Caversham stopper seems to be made up entirely of limbs; her teammates have steered into this skid by nicknaming her “The Black Widow” - after the spider, before anyone asks.

Mark MAROSIC
Age: 23
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Casuals Osteria
Arguably the safest pair of hands in the country, Marosic has been developing nicely at Coalfields. Perhaps still lacks a bit of agility, which is what's keeping Bach ahead of him in the pecking order...for now, at least.

James BOGDANOVIC
Age: 24
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Foxchester Rovers
One from the James Orwell playbook, Bogdanovic seems happier with the ball at his feet rather than in his hands. Don't be fooled, though, as he's still a reliable shot-stopper. That's what convinced Foxchester Rovers to sign him for their first-ever assault on the O-League Premier, anyway.

Justin DARCY
Age: 30
Position: Right-back
Club: Mercia Bromham
Bombastic wing-back who fits right in with BXE's attacking philosophy. Looks more comfortable with the ball at his feet than trying to win it back off opposing wingers.

Harry LEWIS
Age: 24
Position: Left-back
Club: Dereapolis City
Bags of pace and excellent positioning. Lewis does tend to see tackling as a last resort, and is happier guiding opposing wingers down a cul-de-sac instead.

Robert GORMAN
CAPTAIN
Age: 31
Position: Centre-back
Club: Bradwell Saints
A thinking man's defender, Gorman is a calm head at the back. Not the best in the air, but makes up for it with accuracy in the tackle and excellent distribution. His cerebral style has earned him the captain's armband for CAFA 7.

Derek HIGGINS
Age: 28
Position: Centre-back
Club: Emberton Hibernians
Speedy centre-back who could, in another life, have been a box-to-box midfielder. An absolute rock for Hibs, and should complement Gorman's more cerebral style nicely.

Kristian AMARI
Age: 26
Position: Left-back
Club: Neathill
Amari likes to keep wingers neutralised out wide, but looks vulnerable when forced inside.

Lucas CAMARA
Age: 24
Position: Right-back
Club: Caversham
Cultured wing-back, comfortable both in tracking back and with ball at feet. Loves an overlap.

Leon JONES
Age: 24
Position: Centre-back
Club: Ousevale Borough
Coming through the ranks at the Southern Arena at such a young age is no mean feat. Jones, though, looks like the real deal. Excellent read of the game and metronomic timing in the tackle. Would be nailed onto a starting spot in the national side if Robert Gorman didn't exist.

Geno FOSTER
Age: 22
Position: Centre-back
Club: Ashton Olympic
Impressed in Krytenia's run to the Under-18 World Cup semis; speedy and good in the air, still working on getting his positioning on point but is definitely improving in that regard.

Alexander SOLIS
Age: 18
Position: Centre-back
Club: Emberton Reds
Looks like he'd be knocked over by a stiff breeze, but don't let that fool you. Solis is a well-balanced centre-half who works his craft through speed and timing. That said, can come off second-best against an old-fashioned physical centre-forward.

Darren GABRIEL
Age: 25
Position: Central midfield
Club: Royal Emberton
Ten thousands terriers in a human suit. Will chase down anyone with the ball in range. Also has a good eye for a pass. A one-man engine room, his style should allow Salvador a bit more freedom to roam.

Jules RENARD
Age: 27
Position: Right midfield
Club: Beckton Supermarine
Tormalay-born winger snatched from CFF Monthuez's squad as a teenager by the Mariners. Flies down the right flank with strawberry blonde locks flowing; a shampoo advert on legs.

Owen HALLER
Age: 28
Position: Left midfield
Club: Emberton Reds
Free-kick specialist and deadly accurate in the pass. Having Lewis in the wide positions behind him should allow Haller to cut inside and create havoc in the middle of the park as well.

Esteban SALVADOR
VICE-CAPTAIN
Age: 27
Position: Central midfield
Club: Avidia United
The latest in a long line of Krytenian central midfield puppetmasters. Salvador looks so at home with the ball at his feet, you're expecting him to be playing in tartan slippers. Offers a dead-ball alternative to Owen Haller as well. With Gabriel alongside, expect the Avidia United man to work in a more advanced role when his side is on the ball.

Emmanuel CURIE
Age: 24
Position: Central midfield
Club: CFF Monthuez
Talented ball-playing midfielder with an eye for a free kick. His more forward-minded play gives him versatility in the squad, either in midfield or at half-forward.

Anthony KING
Age: 24
Position: Left midfield
Club: Notegia Rangers
A talented back-up to Owen Haller, King has in comfortable dribbling past opponents or whipping in a teaser.

Andrew KIRSTEN
Age: 22
Position: Right midfield
Club: Royal Emberton
More of a right-sided forward than a true right winger, Kirsten prefers beating a defender inside. Expect him to support Williams in the middle when the ball is with Haller.

Aaron WHARFEDALE
Age: 22
Position: Central midfield
Club: Bromham City
More of an attacking player than a conventional midfielder, but happy to track back and help out defensively if needed.

Eddie CULVERHOUSE
Age: 19
Position: Central midfield
Club: Mercia Bromham
Midfield dynamo reminiscent of the likes of Wilson, O'Neill, and Snelders. Has broken through in a talented Mercia Bromham team and is definitely one to watch for the future.

Greg WILLIAMS
Age: 27
Position: Half-forward
Club: Ousevale Borough
Diminutive (5'6”) attacker, good close control, bags of pace, finds space well, general pain in the backside for defenders. Or, in other words, pretty much every Ousevale forward ever, only shorter.

Angus JACK
Age: 30
Position: Striker
Club: Katashi-Kanatsu (KOR)
In the words of the Cyan Army:

“He's just A. Jack in the box, from the region with a fox, and he can score just about anything....”

Reece KLAASEN
Age: 25
Position: Striker
Club: Stanton Town
Apex predator of a striker, seems to find a way to get on to any ball delivered into his general area. A useful skill considering the bunch of cloggers he had to deal with at Aigburth; has now been saved from those tribulations with a move to Stanton.

Ryan COSTELLO
Age: 22
Position: Half-forward
Club: Avidia United
Very much a “do-it-all” forward, happy to play as the focal man or as a false nine. Happiest with ball at his feet, looking to give defenders migraines.

Enrique GARCIA
Age: 19
Position: Striker
Club: Royal Emberton
Powerful and pacey, Garcia is a goal-poacher extraordinaire. Might not get you the spectacular thirty-yard volley, but instead will brush defenders aside to score ugly. They all count, after all.

“System Erv”, named for...well, take a guess, is on the face of it a 4-2-3-1. With the Krytenians on the ball, however, expect this to change quickly to a 4-2-4 as the second line pushes up to support the striker. The two holding midfielders will be the fulcrum of the attack; expect the ball to move quickly between light blue shirts, especially on the counter. Press, pace, and overloading and overwhelming opposition defences will be the order of the day.

Off the ball, Krytenia will play a high line; they may be vulnerable to balls over the top – if opposition attackers can time their runs to avoid the offside and beat the Dragons' defenders for pace.

Courtesy of JMC

by **Ochre Islands** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:31 am

Initials, Name, Position, Age, Team, Place of Birth

Staff

JD – Richard VALENS - Manager –

BG – Blue GIBSON – Coach -

Team

Playing in the following formation: GK | DL DC DC DR | MC MC MC | SC SC SC

The first player(s) named in each area of the team start the game. Our line-up will broadly be as follows (unless you RP one of our players has an injury or something):

GK: Natural
DsL-R: Sandman, Sackholme, o.t. Streamcarers, Featherborn
MCs: Midday, Sunteller, Bridgebuilder
SCs: Russo, Twonames, Clearedway

Further information on the players is below if it is required and/or of interest.

Number, Name, Position, Age, Place of Birth, Club
All players male (He/Him) unless specified

Goalkeepers - 3

1 - Marcus NATURAL - GK – 27 – Fringilla, Chaffinch Island

– Cottsworth City

Having excelled as a goalkeeper from an early age in Fringilla, Natural's surname came naturally to him following glowing reports from his coaches on the way up.The only thing that had held him back from number one status is Softstep's superior foresight.
12 - Moyake ONYEFULU - GK – 26 – Dugba, Cobrio Jensee Island – CF Solidarite Akash, Cobrio
She/Her
Onyefulu is half-Ochreite, being born to an Ochreite mother. Whilst convention in Cobrio is for the mother's name to be carried over, Onyeful's own mother was insistent she take her father's name. She is currently playing for CF Solidarite Akash and is one of four overseas players drafted in by the Ochre Islands during the current crisis.
13 – Leora SOFTSTEP - GK – 35 – Cerrston, Juniper Island

– Juniper Mournhow F.C.

She/Her
Leora's place of birth is noted as Cerrston, when in fact she was born on one of the ships carrying Bostopians to their new home in the Ochres. That it happened to dock in Cerrston, where her family settled, was just luck. Her parents chose a new surname after watching their child take her first furtitive steps outside, wanting to ditch their old Bostopian name. While there is some doubts over her ability to play as an international goalkeeper, her ability to read the game makes up for a lack of height (comparative to other top-flight goalkeepers at least) and fans joke that it seems she knows where the ball will go before the striker does.

Defenders - 7

15 - Harry SANDMAN – DL – 32 – Slipsway, Chaffinch Island

– Slipsway Town F.C.

The youngest member of the squad, only just turning 16 in time for the first qualifying game, Harry Sandman is the first player in any Ochre national squad to be born on Chaffinch Island. Adopting his surname from his love of running on the beach, he tends to be more of a sweeper than a proper centre half, being able to quickly take care of opponents passes into the box before they cause too much harm. His pace and stamina also allows him to play as a makeshift right wing-back, but his crosses come across as clearances more often than not.
6 – Julian SACKHOLME - DC – 25 – Bellflower, Mournhow Island

– Ousevale Borough

Sackholme was born in Bellflower to parents who were members of Krytenia's diplomatic corps. He spent the first few years of his life in Bellflower, before moving to Ousevale, his parents hometown. Whilst he hasn't been able to secure a place in Borough's starting XI, he's keen to impress during the Cup of Harmony to further put his name in the plans of Ousevale's manager.
4 – Daniela o.t. STREAMCARERS – DC – 30 – Florindia, Dracaena

– Miradela GD

She/her
Daniela of the Streamcarers was the oldest player to make their Ochre debut at a major tournament. Whilst the Ochres is making great strides towards equality of the sexes, on a football pitch women are still expected to show they can match the males in strength to play in the male-dominated professional leagues. Thus, whilst having natural defending ability, she has had to work harder than a lot of the men to claim her position within the national defensive group at all. In order to get more playing time and show some of the olds around the national side she is capable, Daniela has had to move away from her clan and is now playing for Miradela GD in Ko-oren.
5 - Julen GORGEWALKER – DR – 29 – Bellflower

– West Bellflower F.C.

Amongst a very fit, professional squad, Gorgewalker is probably the fittest player on the team, largely in part due to his enjoyment of walking along the many gorges that make up the Ochre hinterland. Employed as a wing-back by West Bellflower, Gorgewalker displays many fine qualities going forward and in defence.
16 - Lucy FEATHERBORN- DR – 33 – City of Louisa, Hope Island

– Schemerdrecht SVV

She/Her
Featherborn currently plies her trade at right-back for Schemerdrecht SVV, having left her hometown team Louisa Hope F.C. for the Ko-oren side. Complaints from journalists that she could have gone to a team 'easier to spell quickly' exist though are simply batted away as 'whinging'. Pacy and versatile, she is more likely to try and beat her opponent with the ball at her feet rather than pass around them. She already displays a range of passing that could see her propelled into the midfield, whether on the wing or in the middle should her development continue at the pace it is.
3 - Michael WATERTON - DL – 25 – Endswick, Handsby Island

– Nottshore Turquoise

Waterton comes from a small hamlet just outside Endwick called 'Waterton', which his father named when he first settled the area and is set on building a new town there. Wanting to stay local and help his family, Waterton has turned down offers from larger clubs to stay with Nottshore Turquoise, who are based on his home island of Handsby.
2 - Louis D'ENTRO -Vice-Captain - DC – 33 – Bellflower, Mournhow Island

– Cottsworth City

Louis was born in what was known then as 'New Ranton', which was the name of the capital of the Bostopian Ochre Islands prior to independence. He is one of the better players in Cottsworth's side, who are regular title contenders in the Ochre League Division One.

Midfielders - 8

17 - Nate MIDDAY - MC – 28 – Westlands, Anley – Acrestry Town

Midday's is a holding midfielder who currently playes for Acrestry Town in the first division of Ochre football. He is known as a dead-ball specialist as well as having the skills needed to play in the centre of midfield at a high level.
20 - Eliot SUNTELLER - D/MC – 23 – Renhold, Mournhow

– Lansdorn F.C.

Sunteller is a promising young footballer brought along to CAFA 6 to give him some experience on the regional stage before possibly making the WC94 squad. His mother, a follower of Byerxys and noted soothsayer raised him on her own from young following his father's untimely passing. Sunteller currently plays for Lansdorn, where whilst he makes a good number of appearances from the bench, clearly shows a lot of promise and potential.
14 - Luca BRIDGEBUILDER – Captain - MC – 22 – Aguaclara, Cardenao

– Bellflower A.U.

Bridgebuilder is the shining star of Bellflower A.U. XI's youth academy and currently plies his trade in the first team in the Ochre First Division. Born on a small island in Cardenao to two Ochre Island parents, he is the first dual-Anaian citizen to play for the Ochre Islands. As well as football, Bridgebuilder also has a strong interest in diplomatic relations and is already tipped for a political career once his still-young playing days are over.
8 - Harry LEWIS - MC – 37 – Port Flamerty – Nuntsby City

11 - Joseph MIKKELS - MC – 38 – Hilltop – Lower Soffsley

15 - Mick BASING - DMC – 35 – Sennaton – Bellflower A.U. XI

18 - Adrien WITHLINENS - AMC – 28 – Flenham, Mournhow – Fringilla A.F.C.

Withlinens is a player who should begin to excel under Richard Valens, willing to throw himself forward at a moments notice to turn a three person front-line into four people, as well as provide defence-splitting passes from the midfield.

Strikers - 5

22 - Susana RUSSO – SC – 24 – Bridgdon, Handsby

– Dynapolis United, Cobrio
She/Her
Susana has big shoes to fill, taking the place and number of the Ochres Bostopian-born wonderchild, Blue Gibson. However, this isn't the first time she's been faced with adversity, moving to Cobrio early on as her mother took a job in an international freight firm in Callisto, Hearthlands, who had a lot of trade with the Ochres. She rose through the youth ranks at Heart of Omorfio, then broke into their first team aged only 17. She signed for nearby 'rivals' Callisto City at 18, then moved to Dynapolis United in Cobrio's second city at 21. Surprise has been expressed in some quarters that it's taken Russo this long to catch the eye of the national team, but it won't take anyone in Cobrio by surprise if she shines on this stage.
21 - Jimmy TWONAMES - SC – 29 – Unsley, Juniper

– Juniper Monnstair

Twonames plies his trade for his home island team, Juniper Monnstair, and is usually found playing as an inside forward. He joins the Ochre squad looking to break into the national team on a regular basis.
7 - Copse CLEAREDWAY - SC – 35 – Callais, Jensee Island

– Slipsway Town

Copse Clearedway was born in Callais, which is on one of the smaller Ochre Islands of Jensee. He is first-choice striker for Slipsway Town, a mid-table side in the first division of domestic Ochre football. However for the Ochre national team, he is more likely to be played in the hole between attack and midfielder to give us a significant threat just outside the area, as well as knowing where a striker would want a ball playing to them.
9 - Rory BUILDER - SC – 33 – Kollingdon, Handsby Island

– Valesthorpe

Rory is the youngest of the Ochre-born players, having been born a mere day or two after his parents reached Kollingdon following their migration to the Ochres from Fenton State. Whilst still largely bench-warming for Valesthorpe, the national team can see his promise and are taking him to CAFA3 in the hopes of giving him international experience in low-pressure situations.
10 - Kallum NORTHBROOK - SC – 28 – Altarton, Mournhow

– Bellflower A.U.

Northbrook is an enterprising striker who usually plays as part of a two-man attack at Bellflower, which is most likely why he is on the bench for the national side.
19 – Carl-James (C.J.) LUCKSMITH - SC – 29 – Hannston, Jensee Island

– Lionsville Transport Sports Club

Despite playing for a smaller Ochre side, sitting in the 4th tier of the football league, C.J. has excelled and proven himself at a high level thanks to helpful cup draws against much better teams projecting his abilities on the national stage. While football at the lower levels is a bit more rough and ready than the higher divisions, he has always been able to hold his own against strong defenders despite his young age, and their willingness to let him know they're there.

Kits & Logo

Home, Away and Third

Owing to the current crisis, the Ochre Islands kits were designed and manufactured by Aether, with input from the players of the Ochre Islands national football team.
The home kit is a traditional striped ochre, blue and white scheme.
The away kit is a welcomed contiuation of the 'Anaiaway' theme, paying tribute to the region that has housed the players and staff whilst they have been unable to return home.
The third kit is a mashup of the home and third kits from CAFA2, which was famously won by the Ochre Islands.
Before CAFA 2, the Ochre Islands Football Association ran a competition to design the team's logo, which was won by a 34 year old man with neither design experience or taste. Fortunately, an update of the design to account for taste was commissioned and outsourced by the OIFA, which is as below. The badge prominently features a 'little mint green hat', which actually commerorates the Ochre Islands victory in the second CAFA tournament.

The Ochre Islands play a possession-based style of football which aims to prevent the opposition from scoring by simply not letting them have the ball. The players will be taking chances when playing the ball forward and passing into space when it's available and there is a strong chance of us retaining possession.

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by **Flavovespia** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:06 am

FLAVOVESPIA

Kit

Home-Away-Third

The kits debuted in WCQ95 remain, having been well received. The classic motifs of any Flavovespian kit remain, a black double V prominent on a yellow shirt, with black shorts and socks. The away kit is reversed, and there’s an all white 3rd kit.

Squad

Manager

Manager – Augusto Rinaldi Age: 63 [SVG/FVA]

Augusto Rinaldi proved he could take Flavovespia higher than they’ve ever been in the World Cup 94, winning the qualifying group, winning Group G containing Turori, Nephara and HUElavia, and coming so close in the knockout stages to the quarter finals. That seems to have renewed his desire. Man management, good squad building, and direct, understandable tactics are key.

Goalkeepers

1 Nathan Crewe Age: 30 Position: GK Club: Marthorpe City FC Caps: 24 Goals: 0
12 Aarif Muhammad Age: 34 Position: GK Club: Rockridge Phoenix [BRE] Caps: 210 Goals: 0
23 Thomas Foley Age: 32 Position: GK Club: Bavingtor FC Caps: 3 Goals: 0

No changes to the three Goalkeepers selected, but definitely a shuffle in the depth chart. Nathan Crewe stepped up in the WCQ94, and has since proven himself at international level, able to make saves with good consistency, and with brilliant distribution. Aarif Muhammad has served Flavovespia very well, but at 34, his cap tally may well go up very little now beyond a very impressive 210. Him and Thomas Foley are in battle for the second goalkeeper spot, Foley having never quite had a chance internationally, but still strong enough domestically to keep out any young guns sniffing around.

Defenders

2 David Lyons Age: 33 Position: LB Club: Maethoru SC [KOR] Caps: 217 Goals: 4
3 Andrew Dance Age: 30 Position: RB Club: Loxthorpe Rovers FC Caps: 143 Goals: 1
4 Stuart Cookson Age: 32 Position: CB Club: Marthorpe City FC Caps: 168 Goals: 2
5 Paul Taylor Age: 27 Position: CB Club: AC Izotz Zubia [AUD] Caps: 94 Goals: 1
13 Stan Scott-Wilson Age: 22 Position: LB Club: Marthorpe City FC Caps: 20 Goals: 0
14 Nazir Hussain Age: 26 Position: CB Club: Loxthorpe Rovers FC Caps: 17 Goals: 0
15 Malcolm Beresford Age: 29 Position: CB Club: Bavingtor FC Caps: 20 Goals: 0
16 Scott Gillespie Age: 26 Position: RB Club: Syneca AC [SRS] Caps: 7 Goals: 0

It’s not a huge surprise, much like most positions, that 8 of the defenders from the last squad remain. Only Daniel Lansdell has been dropped, his international career seemingly coming to an end. Captain and high spirited David Lyons keeps the number 2 jersey, but him and Andrew Dance will have Stan Scott-Wilson challenging them for a starting spot. The young full back has the ability to play on either side and looks comfortable doing so. Scott Gillespie is also an option at right back, tall and imposing in that position, although he’s actually played little club football in Flavovespia, instead mostly playing abroad. Unsurprisingly Stuart Cookson and Paul Taylor remain as centre backs, the pair looking like the best option for Flavovespia. Nazir Hussain and Malcolm Beresford remain as the rotation options at centre back, although the consensus is depth wise, this is probably Flavovespia's weakest spot.

Midfielders

6 Jonathan Goldstone Age: 31 Position: CM Club: Bavingtor FC Caps: 94 Goals: 2
7 Kieron Player Age: 32 Position: CDM Club: Coret Hawks [NPH] Caps: 218 Goals: 18
8 David Wassell Age: 30 Position: CDM Club: Yerushalayim [ADB] Caps: 103 Goals: 1
11 Jonathan Bagshaw Age: 26 Position: RAM Club: AC Izotz Zubia [AUD] Caps: 152 Goals: 78
17 Martin Edwards Age: 28 Position: CDM Club: Langmere Green Rovers FC Caps: 28 Goals: 2
18 Anthony Lane Age: 23 Position: LAM Club: Loxthorpe Rovers FC Caps: 8 Goals: 3
19 Amrik Singh Age: 27 Position: RAM Club: Binclestead Wood FC Caps: 28 Goals: 5
20 Charles Adams Age: 23 Position: CDM Club: Maethoru SC [KOR] Caps: 18 Goals: 2

The midfield is as expected based on the previous squad, although the battle for the starting roles could be strong. Kieron Player is probably the main name in the midfield trio, his vision and passing are great, and he’s a real maestro of set pieces. Jonathan Goldstone and David Wassell have number 6 and number 8 respectively, both very competent in the midfield. However Charles Adams acquainted himself well in WCQ94, and could well be a starter here. Martin Edwards can be a useful asset, but still has a bit of a rash streak to his game. In terms of wide players, none are more famous and naturally gifted than Jonathan Bagshaw. The scorer of the winner of CAFA Cup 4, his caps and goals at just 26 sum up his talent. Anthony Lane gave a good account of himself in his appearances in WCQ94, and Amrik Singh has always been a dependable back up at right wing or left wing when needed, with several seasons of great domestic performances.

Forwards

9 Michael Cole Age: 32 Position: CF Club: North Hall [BRE] Caps: 197 Goals: 113
10 Adrian Jones Age: 33 Position: CF Club: 1830 Cathair [AUD] Caps: 109 Goals: 60
21 Richard Birmingham Age: 24 Position: CF Club: Langmere Green Rovers FC Caps: 30 Goals: 8
22 Peter Langdon Age: 19 Position: CF Club: Loxthorpe Rovers FC Caps: 4 Goals: 1

Four forwards from the previous squad make it here. Michael Cole was unbelievable on the left wing in World Cup 94, with 5 goals in 4 games, scoring in every one. Even at 32, his turn of pace and ability to find the right spot seems tough for a lot of defences to handle. Adrian Jones has been a typical strong centre forward, hard for defences to outmuscle, but at 33, his swansong is approaching. Richard Birmingham could be his successor, a similarly built striker who’s been to prove himself after a few inconsistent spells at this level. However it could be young star Peter Langdon who gets the nod to replace Jones, he got his first international goal vs Nephara in World Cup 94.

Tactics

Flavovespia will keep with the 4-3-3 that’s served them well. The four defenders are selected on defensive qualities, with maybe the odd venture forward by a full back if there’s a covering midfielder. The three midfielders are broken up into a ball winning midfielder, a more box to box midfielder, and a playmaker who can link up with the attack. The central forward acts as a false nine, able to drip deeper or drive into the box. The two wide forwards look for spaces to cut inside or get behind the defence to take a cross or a shot. Expect direct forward passing from Flavovespia, and generally less possession than average.

Schedule:
MD1: Rarangan
MD2: Kharakia
MD3: Yesopalitha
MD4: Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove
MD5: United Hawkland
MD6: Evermark
MD7: Krytenia
MD8: Ko-oren
MD9: Estorvipa and Estorpiva
MD10: Cardenao
MD11: Ochre Islands
QF: Mertagne

Predicted Starting XI:
MD1: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson--Hussain--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Edwards, Cole--Langdon--Bagshaw
MD2: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson--Beresford--Dance, Adams--Player--Goldstone, Lane--Langdon--Bagshaw
MD3: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson--Beresford--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Wassell, Lane--Cole--Bagshaw
MD4: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson--Hussain--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Goldstone, Lane--Cole--Singh
MD5: Foley, Scott-Wilson--Cookson--Beresford--Scott-Wilson, Goldstone--Player©--Edwards, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw
MD6: Crewe, Lyons©--Taylor--Hussain--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Edwards, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw
MD7: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson-Taylor--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Goldstone, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw
MD8: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson-Taylor--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Goldstone, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw
MD9: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson-Taylor--Scott-Wilson, Adams--Player--Goldstone, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw
MD10: Crewe, Lyons©--Hussain--Taylor--Dance, Adams--Player--Wassell, Lane--Cole--Bagshaw
MD11: Aarif Muhammad, Scott-Wilson--Cookson©--Hussain--Gillespie, Edwards--Goldstone--Wassell, Lane--Birmingham--Singh
QF: Crewe, Lyons©--Cookson--Taylor--Scott-Wilson, Adams-Player-Goldstone, Cole--Jones--Bagshaw

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by **Bostopia** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:21 am

Bostopia absolutely has a domestic [sport here] league and we would tell you more about our domestic [sport here] league, but it's in Bostopia so you wouldn't know about it, despite Bostopia having always been in Anaia. Your ignorance of Bostopian [sport here] matters is yours to own and not something to shame us for. If the players below aren't household names, you need to ask yourself the following question: 'Am I and my household prejudiced against Bostopians? They have always been in Anaia and yet I know nothing about their league.'

As you can't even name the city any of the below players were born in (fumbling guesses at 'Newfort' do not count as you can't name the county or even the duchy Newfort is in, despite the fact Bostopia has always been in Anaia), or their ages, or who they play for, we aren't going to mention them either. We would prefer to use this space to confirm your prejudices against us by leaving those details blank.

GK - Richard Lyons
DL - Michael Smith
DC - Harry Perk
DC - Gordon Richards
DR - Jake Wilkinson
ML - Bryan Harper
MC - Steven Kairs
MC - James McDadson
MR - Simon Manson
SC - Lynton Pilson
SC - Frank Rover

Subs:

GK - Dean Walters
DL/C - Miles Embridge
DR - Sam Leenton
ML - Ryan Wasting
MC - Philip Nicholls
MC/R - Kevin Grainger
SC - Walter Ambridge

The above players will play a very direct 4-4-2 and be absolutely unapologetic about it, especially if your goalkeeper is dangerously off his, her, or their line, as Bostopia chooses not to discriminate against who we attempt to humiliate by scoring from within our own half. That we've had to tell you this is disgraceful. Bostopia has always been in Anaia and how we play should be known by now. Confirming your prejudices. Again.

Home, Away, and Third

Kits are self explanatory – they are the shirt designs that all ten of our outfield players will wear (and substitutes when entering the field at the appropriate time). They will all wear the same shirt design at the same time.

For those of you who are unaware, Bostopia will play in red and white stripes as our home kit, a blue away kit, then a wonderfully detailed burgundy third kit.

If your team is not designated as the home team, and your colours clash with ours, jolly well change your kits to an alternative. Our goalkeepers will wear a plain shirt, in a flourescent colour which we feel your players will dislike the most. That we need to say this is nothing short of ridiculous, but our players will of course also wear shorts, socks, shinpads and boots. If you knew anything about them and didn't let your prejudice get in the way, you would know whether any of them use wee little bobbles for their hair or wear headbands to stop their glorious Bostopian hair getting in their eyes during the [sport here] match.

While something is going on in the Ochre Islands (though we don't know what), we suppose that for the purposes of CAFA, Bostopia is a puppet of the Ochre Islands - somehow. We have received no compensatory grilled meats or lightly steamed vegetables despite vehement protests to both Anaian sporting authorities and some Ochre Islanders we could find in Koroa, who scuttled away crab-like to shelter when we asked where our grilled meats or lightly steamed vegetables were. In retaliation, we have begun barbecueing tasty meats near Krytenian border posts and refused to share with them, as well as pointed just some - but more than enough - of our many, many, artillery pieces at Legalese.

RP Permissions Box:
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Bow down to Bostopian might and don't mention the-
Confirm your prejudices by telegramming Bostopia with any questions you might have and should know the answer to.

Bostopian F.A. logo courtesy of someone who shows Bostopia the correct level of respect

by **Huayramarca** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:02 pm

OOC: Roster includes images generated by Dall-e 2 for illustrative purposes, those shouldn't be considered for grading.

Federación Huayramarquina de Fútbol

Official Roster for the 7^th CAFA Cup

About Huayramarca:

Quick Facts

Official Name: Estado Plurinacional de Huayramarca - The Plurinational State of Huayramarca.
Motto: Revolución o Muerte ¡Venceremos!
National Anthem: ¡Oh, Huayramarca! - Lyrics
Capital City: Chuquiago.
Highest Point: Nevado Inti (7,920 masl)
Currency: Inti (I$ 1 = N$ 0.33)
Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (main); Six other indigenous languages.

Huayramarcan Football History:

Without further ado, the starting XI and substitutes are presented in the following tables:

Starting Eleven

Substitutes

Summary


Nota bene: Only official matches are taken into consideration for current record, caps, and goals – Updated after CAFA 6.

Nickname: Los Cóndores (The Condors).
Current Record: 151-66-73 (W-D-L) – 290 matches played. – 643 goals scored, 483 against.
Most Caps: Gabriel Sayritupac (290).
Most Goals: Bryan Tello (240)
Biggest Win: 6-0 vs. Electrum / WC 91 Qualifiers, MD 16, @ Estadio Metropolitano del Guayas, Guayaquil
Most Important Matches:1-0 vs. Omerica (5-4 PKs) / WC 90 Playoff,  second leg. @Estadio Marítimo, Puerto San Carlos – Huayramarca earned her first World Cup Qualification.
4-3 vs. Græntfjall / WC 90 Finals, MD 1, @Council Stadium, Tivali, Vilita – First Huayramarcan victory on World Cup Finals.
5-5 (4-3 PKs) vs. Cabo Azure / WC 93 Finals, Ro16, @Hawk's Nest, Lanar, Chromatika – Qualification to World Cup Quarterfinals.

Biggest Defeat: 1-7 (vs. Equestria / AOCAF 61, MD 1)

Captain: Ian Mamani.
Second Captain: Bryan Tello.
Third Captain: Nicolás Allauca.
Most likely to score: Bryan Tello
Most likely to get red carded: Kevin Quispe.
Prone to get injuries: Gabriel Sayritupac.
The genius: Ian Mamani.
The motivating soul: Bryan Tello.
Goal Tune: "The Magic of a Goal" - DJ Chris, ft. Joshua Congo

Manager: Blâás Âgínsôgnó. (61) 
Assistant 1: Hazel van Robben. (51) 
Physio: David Choque (39) 
GK Trainer: Francisco Olmedo (43) 
Doctor: Cynthia Castro. (47) 
Tactical Analyst: Juan Jiménez (36) 
Data Scientist: Carlos Olmedo (28) 
Lead Data Analyst: Dayana Rubio (23)

Team mentality:

Huayramarcans, per se, are bold and quite diverse between the team due to the regional contrasts among them: You might note surnames such as: Condori, Mamani, Quispe, Sayritupac, etc. Those are Serrano surnames. Serranos as such are quite shy people with non-serranos, between them, great footballing societies may be made due to their complete understanding of each other, they are quite homogenous on how they act and may be predictable for each other. But, for the non-expert eye, Serranos are one on their kind and could result unpredictable for them, since they love to do things at fast pace between them, without doubt one could send 60 meters cross with complete confidence that they might find their teammate, with this, you can notice that Serranos are overconfident on themselves and somewhat dubious with Costeños and Selváticos. Other characteristic of Serranos is that they are quite easy to intimidate, being shy and short-sized doesn’t helps, but in that situation, they might opt to act even better than they do for the sake of shutting your mouth.

Costeños and Selváticos (jungle) in the other hand are confident with everybody, even if they might not receive the same treatment by their Serrano fellows. Those two groups conform the rest of the team and might do good societies on field, declining the quality of their chemistry when trying to connect with Serranos, due to the latter shy mood. Physically speaking, Costeño and Selváticos are people who boast being the tallest overall in the team.

Chemistry building has been somewhat complicated for this team during the five cycles they have competed together but has been a rather successful process that consolidated with the 79^th Cup of Harmony, the 88 ^th and 89 ^th World Qup Qualifiers, as they have been together as glue through high and lows. The regional divides topic is now outdated as the players have grown up significantly and have harnessed teamwork.

Although they work nicely as a team, there’s a moment when they can’t do that and that moment is when they have the goal in their sights, when they have a chance to score, they try to do their best to do it by themselves, even if that means avoid passing the ball to a better placed teammate, individualities have been surging from nowhere and this issue has costed valuable results for the team. This was combated successfully by Caicedo and Zelaya and Blâás Âgínsôgnó plans to continue in said route.

To finish with this part, Huayramarca is that kind of team that may be overconfident sometimes, but if you press them to their limits, they might react in unsuspected ways, be those positive or negative for their interests, you don’t know what would happen in the Serrano, Costeño or Selvático mindset. As they do on the local league, they might try to do some antics to their rivals, be it: providing beer instead of water to their rivals, or the classiest one, giving distillated “ayahuasca” (vodka-like alcohol) and pass it like water and make their rivals be drunk, taking advantage of their influence to beat the rival team. Of course, they might not abuse of this resource, Serranos might ask Inti for it.

How We Play Football? Note: Open this spoiler for the formation and game style.

Player’s description - Starting XI.

Nota bene: Caps considered after CAFA 6 - For national purposes, friendlies are never taken into consideration for official registries. Player names are clickable, displaying their portraits for visual reference.

N°1 - Juan Mamani - GK - 31 yrs - Team: Rülândéá Kôstä

- Height: 1.88 mts - Caps: 284 - Goals: 1

Mamani is an individual that believes he always is right, he tends to be creative when saving balls or creating ideas to take the ball forward, based so much in the fact that he is protective, spontaneous and loves to be independent in his actions, always a dependable guy. Currently, his mood is ecsatic, as pretty much everybody in the team right now, due to the latest performance of the team. A curious fact is that he’s brother with the creative mid of this team, Ian Mamani.

N°2 - Kevin Quispe - RCB - 26 yrs - Team: Farrenton Athletic

- Height: 1.75 mts - Caps: 285 - Goals: 8

An average guy in terms of intelligence that has no life plan, hence he left studies to make a living with football. He is very secretive, doesn't like even to tell his teammates what his next movement will be because he knows we will be wrong, Quispe has serious issues with anger management and may be rebellious, he is cold and ignores what the others might feel or think about him, he doesn't give a fu*k of anything. Anyways, he's in his best form so far with Farrenton Athletic, being nominated as one of the top defenders of the Euran League shows how his discipline and perseverance have taken him where he stands.

N°4 - Carlos Vilca - LFB - 32 yrs - Team: Valnohar Rovers FC

- Height: 1.78 mts - Caps: 281 - Goals: 12

Vilca exemplifies the stereotype of a Serrano, he is overly analytical and optimistic, with patience when a player might approach to him, he might take some minutes to make a mental profile of who he will face and how to block him in its right side. Despite being coordinated and loving to be the centre of attention, he loves to be quiet and solitary with his own personal code of conduct, he might be extremely fair while robbing balls and could try to be the surprise factor, since he tends to be a box-to-box player that loves to defend and also create offensive plays when possible. Right now, he’s in a great personal moment due to his critical role that helped Huayramarca to put a cohesive defence during the last World Cup Qualifier.

N°15 – Paolo Manco - RFB - 30 yrs - Team: Pumahuasi FC

- Height: 1.73 mts - Caps: 82 - Goals: 2

Paolo Manco has been a silent substitute of the National Team for almost 8 years, although, he has been patiently waiting up for this chance, the one that has opened in front of his eyes after the departure of Omar Caicedo. The new manager has seen Manco’s ability to project himself to attack and be a box-to-box player when needed, he has a great sense of placement and knows to be at the precise place when needed. Speed is Manco’s best attribute, one that he is sure that he can apply to provide the best results for The Condors. He is happy after proving that his inclusion, into the Starting XI, proved to be vital for the current Huayramarcan sporting momentum.

N°14 - Santiago Chumacero - LCB - 31 yrs - Team: FC Atahualpa

- Height: 1.81 mts - Caps: 287 - Goals: 20

Chumacero's perception of things might be out of this world, his mind might be steps forward the others and might help to anticipate to movements that may be done by the rival. For that purpose, he's always flexible, active and plays like he would be killed if he does a mistake, he's loyal with his team, faithful and gentle, hence he might be the motivator of the squad. Chumacero is an extremely dependable player, and it would be matter of time to see him departing from the Huayramarcan Liga 1 for a better place, as his athletic capabilities are too big to stagnate in an amateur-ish league.

N°17 - Orlando Mina - CM - 28 yrs - Team: Montréal Koreana

- Height: 1.95 mts - Caps: 285 - Goals: 26

One of the two defensive mid fielders of the team and, for sure, one of the best in the multiverse in his position, being the classical Costeño out there, Mina is the tallest and strongest player of the squad. Mina's attitude is being original and stubborn, giving you classical Costeño vibes, consistent in his performance and devoted to God, he cares a lot about what he does, since he tries always to correct his mistakes and not suffering on them, instead, he uses them as feedback to improve his game and abilities. Mina's a notable example on how one can benefit from football, as he helped his mother who was fired from his job when he joined to the Condors and turned her into a real estate tycoon by providing her savings. His mood is extremely positive as of now by the fact of being a key player in Montréal Koreana, for being consistent between team and national duty, and for his current status as a player.

N°11 - Ian Mamani - CF - 28 yrs - Team: Workers Union

- Height: 1.65 mts - Caps: 285 - Goals: 65

The youngest of the Mamani brothers in this team, along with Juan, Ian has what Juan might lack sometimes, creativity and brightness, although they play in various positions and roles in the team. This creative mid and captain of the team is one of the grandiose things among this team, a fast-paced and fussy person with lots of potential, euphoria that drives him to perform as what he can do, being the best of the entire nation in his role. Large crosses are his specialty, including long-range shots when playing on the highlands. Right now, his performance has been stellar, mostly because he did some adjustments to his game style, turning his role into something more offensive and smarter.

N°8 - Nicolás Allauca - CF – 33 yrs - Team: Winnipeg United

- Height: 1.80 mts - Caps: 287 - Goals: 26

Nico was a bus driver until the last three weeks prior to WC 85 Qualifiers, when he decided to enter to the amateur football world of Huayramarca, he was in luck that Caicedo watched him plat and fell in love on how he performed. Allauca is spontaneous and may not like to do training, he is a fast-moving and extremely practical (hates theories) defensive mid, that may mutate to a second creative mid with Ian Mamani and has also a decent capability to score goals while going to attack. After having a discrete performance in Chromatika, now he moves to Québec's Winnipeg United, where he expects to keep up the tone as he does with the National Team.

N°7 - Abraham Mendoza - LF - 29 yrs - Team: Pyathora Mariners

- Height: 1.63 mts - Caps: 284 - Goals: 37

Nicknamed “El Ingeniero” The smallest of the entire team, Mendoza is a mentally strong individual who loves to work hard, play hard and be a strong leader inside the team in terms of order. A competent but realistic player who may not be spectacular while playing on the wings, but pragmatical and effective when achieving his purposes. On his personal life he is the best positioned of all the group, since he just graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Huayramarcan Technical University with a deserved "summa cum laude", so no matter what happens, he could get a decent job position in any Huayramarcan enterprise to optimize their processes. You might notice how Abraham's personal discipline is, and this is shown even to football, where he tries to compliment weaknesses that he may have as his height, but he tries to compensate with decent body-building routines. He might not be a prolific scorer for the standards of a winger, but he has at least a 35% of assists for the total of Huayramarcan goals scored during the Qualifiers, hence, somebody to take care of.

N°21 - Gabriel Sayritupac - RF - 29 yrs - Team: Shamrock Cathair

- Height: 1.75 mts - Caps: 290 - Goals: 118

Sayri as he's known by many people in his native Tulcán (near the Québécois-Huayramarcan border) is an artistic person in all senses of his life. Usually, he makes a living by painting portraits of people visiting the Chimborazo National Forest Reserve, sometimes working on a local brewery, or doing football for fun. He doesn't stands being alone and might be that easy-going Serrano (which is weird, if we come to think it). He has genetic problems that makes him quite prone to injuries, and when those occur, Sayri decides to get inebriated to let frustration go away. An artistical winger, lover of uncertainty and mess that makes him be either the best or cause problems to settle where he plays. As of now, he has managed to find its way on football, winning a IFCF Champions’ League with Athletik Thessia, some championships in Mytanija and now being in Audioslavia, closer to home, but eager to win more.

N°21 - Bryan Tello - ST - 34 yrs - Team: Metropolis Alligators

- Height: 1.86 mts - Caps: 288 - Goals: 240

A decently heighted Costeño as forward is always a neat solution for your goal needs, even more if you consider that he ages like wine; that, combined with good pace, stride, and physic abilities, makes Tello is what every team may need for up front. He's factual since he studied Philosophy at the University of Cumbayá, a committed and self-confident man who might be extremely traditional to his striker role, he might seek for space to go front, use his strength and move towards the goal. Tello is a strong leader among the shadows of the Huayramarcan national team, an outgoing and straight-forward person that could sometimes aggressive since he's prone to be insensitive. Despite that he is the Legend of the team, the striker that is at the right place and moment to push the ball against the net, something that has helped him retain his position as stellar striker of Metropolis Alligators in the Valladar Liga-1.

Substitutes:

Nota bene: In order to have a deeper understanding of Huayramarcan players, take in consideration the following list of personalities for the substitutes. Take time, if you wish, to read the substitute players list posted again down here and follow the order of said list. The first player on this list, has his mindset reflected in the left of the first row, the second in the right of the first row and so on until the last one:

The Kits:

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

    Godmod scoring events: N.
    RP injuries to my players: Y - Contact me first, so we can agree.
    Godmod injuries to my players: Y - Contact me first as well.
    Give red cards to my players: Y – Max 3 per match.
    Godmod other events: Y – Contact me, so we can agree.

    Style Modifier: +5

Nota Bene: Do not RP a pandemic on Huayramarcan soil nor involve any of my players on it.

by **Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:34 am

Équipe nationale de football de Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove

Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove is a sporting alliance comprising two independent nations.

Team Nickname: Tapirs
Team colors: Red & Yellow

Nation Information:

Nation Name: Principauté de Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer
Demonym: Jean-Jacquois
Head of State: Prince Pierre-Alexandre 1er de Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer
Population: 387 639
Land Area: 78 sq. km

Nation Name: People's Republic of Burnham-on-Stove
Demonym: Burnhamese
Head of State: General Secretary of the Burnhamese Communist Party, Braelynn McIlwain
Population: 209 153
Land Area: 54 sq. km

Short Nation History:

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer is a city state of 78 square kilometers located in Anaia and founded in lhe 18th century by Jean-Jacques Le Boucanier (John James The Buccaneer), a pirate of unknown North or Central Calanian origin who decided to retire from piracy and found his own nation south of his country of origin. Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer has emerged in the 20th century as a merchant city state which favors capitalism.The current ruler of Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer is Prince Pierre-Alexandre 1er de Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer, a direct descendant of Jean-Jacques Le Boucanier. Elections are outlawed in Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer. The national animal is the tapir, which you can see wandering in our streets.

Burnham-on-Stove

Burnham-on-Stove is a city state of 54 square kilometers located in Anaia. It used to be a district whitin Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer and it's named after William Robert Burnham, a pirate and friend of Jean-Jacques Le Boucannier. In september 1923, several communist districts of Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer, mostly of English origin, declared their independence and formed the new nation of Burnham-on-Stove. The Burnhamese Communist Party is the only authorized party in Burnham-on-Stove. The national animal is also the Tapir.

Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove

in 2023, 100 years after the independence of Burnham-on-Stove, the two nations decided to form a new sporting alliance to have stronger national teams and domestic leagues.

Football History:

KPB Rank: 123th
Overall record: 9-7-9

Baptism of Fire 81 (as Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer): 4-0-1 (Loss in round of 16)
Qualifications for WC 94 (as Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer): 5-7-8 (9th place in group 15)

First Win: 3-0 Win vs Bareder - Matchday 1 @ Baptism of Fire 81
First Draw: 2–2 Draw vs Flavovespia - Matchday 1 @ World Cup qualifications 94
First Loss: 2-1 Loss vs South Americanastan - Round of 16 @ Baptism of Fire 81
Biggest Win: 3-0 Win vs Bareder - Matchday 1 @ Baptism of Fire 81
Biggest Loss: 5-0 Loss vs Vilita - Matchday 3 @ World Cup qualifications 94
Highest Score by both teams: 6-3 Loss vs Vilita - Matchday 14 @ World Cup qualifications 94
First goal scored: Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau - Matchday 1 @ Baptism of Fire 81

Most Caps		        Caps		Most Goals		        Goals		Most Assists		        Assists
Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau	25		Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau 	16		Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	        8
Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	25		Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	10		Ludwig Baumgartner 	        6
Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	        24		Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	        5		Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	5
Félix Bourguignon	        24		Carlo Guignard	                4		Marcelin Nkoulou	        4
Tristan  Gibouleau-Beaudoin	24		Marcelin Nkoulou	        4		Carlo Guignard	                3

Staff

Entraîneur-chef: Gilles Bourguignon
Assistant: Isabella Sanchez Lopez
Assistant: Françoise Desruisseaux
Assistant: Gregor McCaskill
Entraîneur des gardiens: Pierre-Paul Mongrain
Physiothérapeutre: Marie-Anne Pinette

Mascots

Cristiano and Ronaldo are the two mascots of the team. Two living tapirs, they travel with the team even abroad and are staying by the bench. They're not named after anyone it's just two random names picked by the zookeeper.

Roles

Captain: Pierre-Antoine Bigeault-Généreux
Penalty Taker: Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau
Corners (left): Nathan Fauteux-McGrath
Corner (right): Nathan Fauteux-McGrath
Free Kicks: Scarlett McCaskill, Alyssa McCaskill, Nathan Fauteux-McGrath or Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau

Formation 4-3-3

S--------------------GOUDREAU-LUNEAU-------------------
S---------BERLINGUETTE-------------O'HARA--------------
SM--A.McCASKILL--------------------------S.McCASKILL--
CM-------------------FAUTEUX-McGRATH-------------------
SD--SCHMIDT---------------------------F.BOURGUIGNON--
CD----BIGEAULT-GÉNÉREUX--GIBOULEAU-BEAUDOIN----
GK-----------------------BLEAU-BEAN-----------------------

Goalkeepers

1	GK	Serge Bleau-Bean	26	Celtiques de Baie-Sainte-Marguerite
13	GK	Keegan Threadgold	30	Burnham & Hockley Albion F.C.
12	GK	Sandrine Boissonneault	26	Dynamo de Gouin

Side Defenders

66	SD	Emily Schmidt	        31	Burnham & Hockley Albion F.C.
40	SD	Nathan Bourguignon	27	Club National
14	SD	Connor Steinwascher	26	Burnham & Hockley Albion F.C.

Central Defenders

4	CD	Tristan  Gibouleau-Beaudoin	24	C.D. Sagrado Corazon
44	CD	Pierre-Antoine Bigeault-Généreux 35	Dynamo de Gouin
3	CD/SD	Félix Bourguignon	24	Club National
24	CD	Renato Ramirez De Jesus	28	Flushing Wanderers F.C.
2	CD/SD	Phoebe McCormack	23	West Burnham United F.C.
15	CD	Javier Ordonez Rodriguez 28	C.D. Sagrado Corazon

Side Midfielders

7	SM/SD	Alyssa McCaskill	25	Kilbride F.C.
28	SM	Ashton Gockley 	        28	West Burnham United F.C.
34	SM	Marcelin Nkoulou	26	C.D. Sagrado Corazon

Central Midfielders

11	CM	Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	25	C.S. Latendresse
8	CM/SM	Scarlett McCaskill	28	Kilbride F.C.
6	CM	Kyle Klingenberg	26	FSV German Village
32	CM/SM	Ludwig Baumgartner	28	Dynamo de Gouin
10	CM	Charles-Alexandre Ng	25	Club National
16	CM	Victoria McCracken	25	West Burnham United F.C.
0	CM/SM	Charlotte Gibouleau-Beaudoin	21	C.D. Sagrado Corazon Currently at 56th Di Bradini Cup
25	CM	Anne-Marie Luong	32	Club National

Strikers

7	S	Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau	24	Dynamo de Gouin
22	S	Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	25	Celtiques de Baie-Sainte-Marguerite
21	S	Allie O'Hara	        24	Burnham & Hockley Albion F.C.
5	S	Clara Kurtz	        26	Flushing Wanderers F.C.
9	S	Carlo Guignard	        29	Club National

Style Modifier: +2.5

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: Yes

by **Yesopalitha** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:21 pm

Roster for Yesopalitha's CAFA 7 Team

Kits compliments to Kirola Sportswear of Audioslavia
Nickname: The Flames
Style Modifier: -5 (Formation: 4-5-1)
Home Stadium: The Sacred Heart, Freedom's Altar (144,000)

RP Permissions Box
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: N
RP Injuries to my players: Y (I can determine severity)
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y, two max
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: N

Head of State
Nirdasil Ageless The Dark Crusader
Interim Head of State
The Shadow Council

Head of Federation
Hashai'i ISBELAR Age: 256 Species: Drow

Manager
K'RETHAR Age: 54 Species: Minotaur

Starters
GK A'th'l MIK'O'SI Age: 29 Species: Orc // Strong, Brutish Shot Stopper
RB BENPHERROS Age: 256 Species: Wraith // Wiry, Marker, Smart
CB Carros SANTAI Age: 49 Species: Duregar // Physical, Tough, Daring
CB N'T'ERI Age: 137 Species: Hag // Ambient, Annoying, Freaky
LB Barrion MELFRE Age: 300 Species: Dark Elf // Corner Specialist, High Jumper, Frivolous

DM GENTHE Age: 83 Species: Skeleton // Marker, Leader, Hilarious
RM Sauri IS'AHA Age: 219 Species: Mummy // Set Piece Taker, Crosser, Sticky
CM T'LEIRA Age: 114 Species: Lich // Quick, Presser, Intelligent
CM Bizaak KELIA Age: 27 Species: Goblin // Nimble, Crafty, Fiery
LM BOLLOSOLLOMOTAI Age: 430 Species: Chaos Demon // Charismatic, Crosser, Creator

ST QHESSERRIS Age: 38 Species: Succubus // Opportunistic, Creative, Flashy

Bench
GK GE'ARI Age: 242 Species: Wraith // Mobile Keeper
GK Ceta REARI Age: 22 Species: Goblin // Young Keeper
RB Gustavius SEANTRO Age: 35 Species: Undead Knight // Tackling Machine
CB B'Z'Z'T Age: 1470 Species: Unknown Ghost // Man-to-Man Player
CB FIZETTA Age: 462 Species: Witch // Offensive Minded
LB Pazata OWALU Age: 36 Species: Ghoul // Enforcer
DM PASHANTI Age: 140 Species: Ghast // Mindless
RM Bearro GENTH Age: 52 Species: Dark Sorcerer // Shooter
CM Aera PONTELL Age: 36 Species: Shadow // Defensive
CM AMIAGABAR Age: 203 Species: Djinn // Pacer
LM MORKOT Age: 32 Species: Doppleganger // Crosser
ST CERTANI Age: ?? Species: Unknown // Finisher

by **Kharakia** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:06 am

Kharakia
The Red Wave

Players in blue are members of the starting XI

Goalkeepers:

GK John Cronik, 31, Brusnia Unitidor
GK Lukass Firminovic, 34, Burnaak FK
GK Barry Manderrs, 36, Geok FK

Defenders:

LB Zach Yolanda, 25, Brusnia Unitidor
LB Carson Palmer, 30, Burnaak FK
CB Isaac Reynolds, 30, Chilaris FK
CB Brian Björn, 30, Kharakia Tol FK
CB Togi Tonka, 31, Trevti Ilind FK
CB Greg Gallop, 32, Yutak Unitidor
RB Trent Turnise, 27, Brusnia Tol
RB Undi Firnision, 28, Hologok FK

Midfielders:

CDM Yuri Farkas, 27, Kharakia Kapitalars FK
CDM Frank Michael-Smith, 26, Brusnia Unitidor
CDM Porter Poluns, 24, Nuevak Yutak FK
CDM Barry Barnes, 24, Brusnia Tol
CAM Ryan Kakasarais, 29, Geok FK
CAM George Smith, 33, Nuevak Yutak FK
CAM Trace Minaminak, 31, Chilaris FK

Attackers and Wingers:

ST Fremíer Síer, 31, Kharakia Tol FK
ST Kebalo Magaiven, 29, Brusnia Tol
ST Vinny Lokast, 21, Brusnia Unitidor
RW Ben Polas-Gonzalez, 32, Brusnia Unitidor
RW Harry Albeno-Peña, 34, Brusnia Tol
RW Vijal Van Mikash, 29, Kharakia Kapitalars FK [NEW CALL-UP, REPLACEMENT FOR DANIEL DEMISKUS]
LW Ta'a Kan, 28, Yutak Unitidor
LW Terry McGoul, 30, Geok FK

Important Staff:

Ryän Piersön-Mïval, 39, Manager
Terry Bastille, 45, Assistant Manager
Phillip Basters, 49, Head Coach

RP Items:

Formation: 4-2-1-3
Style Mods: +1

If my opponent RPs our match first, I give them permission to:
Godmod scoring events: N
RP Injuries to my players: Y (I decide severity, TG so I'm guaranteed to know)
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y (Don't give 2 to one player, TG so I'm guaranteed to know)
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: N
I prefer you pick these goalscorers for my side: TG and I'll give you scorers

by **United Hawkland** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:01 am

United Hawkland National Football Team
#OurTimeUHL

Team Nickname: IceBears
Colors: Navy, Lime, White, Mint
Style Modifier: +2.7
Manager: Matthew Ludvig
Trigram: UHL
Star Player: Vincent Telerman

Updated Roster Image Coming Soon

Starting Roster:

Duane Robledo - Fiskadaha FC - Striker, #45
Alexander de Klerk - Østad Capital United - Striker, #20

Dixon Albinson - Østad Capital United - Centre Midfielder, #30
Lubomír Bancroft - Østad Capital United - Right Midfielder, #8, Captain
Vincent Telerman - Cazadores Cathair - Left Midfielder, #15
Daniel Pesek - Østad Pillar FC - Central Defensive Midfielder, #90

Selby Haas - Aurora Borealis - Left Back, #4
Rainer Rasmusson - Royal Ryan Historic - Left-Center Back, #10
Coenraad Evanson - Aurora Borealis - Right-Center Back, #3
Gustav Lindsson - Pacifica FC - Right Back, #7

Mogens Brasher - Østad Pillar FC - Goalkeeper, #1

Substitutes:

Jayceon Fisher - Pacifica FC - Left Wing, #14
Macaulay Reeves - Hogfjall Norse FK - Centre Midfielder, #35
Brennan Tomasson - Royal Ryan Historic - Central Attacking Midfielder, #55
Guus Lyons - Royal Ryan Regalsl - Centre Back, #50
Abraham Burton - Orleans Town FC - Left Back, #17
Dannie Evered - Orleans Town FC - Central Defensive Midfielder, #99
Nikele - Bar Harbour United - Striker, #6
Erik Gustavsson - Aurora Borealis - Goalie, #25

by **CAFA** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:51 am

Signups updated to United Hawkland.

by **Audioslavia** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:06 am

Squad for CAFA 7

GOALKEEPERS

## Position Name                        Age Club
 1    G    Constance Creighton           31 Shamrock Cathair
21    G    Curipurinho                   31 AC Izotz Zubia
22    G    Hein Hélder                   18 Cazadores Cathair

Audioslavian goalkeepers tend to be wild-eyed heretics, preaching forbidden sermons from the Gospel According to Saint Get Rid Of It Then?!. Your average Audioslavian goalie is about 6'1 max and more likely to punch crosses to safety rather than risk going for a catch. When the ball's at the other end of the field, Audioslavian keepers can be found strutting around the edge of their area like a peacock, shouting instructions at their strikers as if the speed of sound didn't exist. Current number one Creighton is 5'11 and stocky, quieter than usual but making up for volume shortcomings with his heavy use of violent sexual imagery when shouting. Audioslavia is a solid 6/10 for goalkeepers.

Centre Halves

## Position Name                        Age Club
 2    D RC Everton Bolding               31 Sabrefell Moths
 5    D C  Sandy Harkness                30 Cardonia FC
 6    D C  Valerién Tibère               29 1830 Cathair
15    D RC Uriah Malcolm                 16 1830 Cathair
16    D RC Ronan Corver                  21 Shamrock Cathair

Audioslavian centre halves are tall by local standards (5'10 - 6'2) but in international football are often lacking a bit of power compared to their opposite numbers. Bolding is an exception in terms of power - the wide-set full-back-turned-centre-half is not so good in the air but boasts a high top speed. 16 year-old Uriah Malcom will likely be on the bench, but may be the shortest centre-half in the tournament at just 5'6. Fortunately, he's possibly also the quickest. Audioslavians are 6/10 for centre-halves, which is one of the reasons Savigliane international Valerién Tibère was drafted into the squad the second his former nation dissolved.

Full Backs

## Position Name                        Age Club
 3    D LC Frey Pelle                    25 Clayquot City
13    D CL Adalberto Mazzarelli          28 Osarese Marcadia
20    D R  Alex Bocker                   18 Cazadores Cathair
26  D/M LC Christian Ragland             20 Oljestaden IF

Audioslavian full-backs are basically wingers that can stay sober for long enough to pay their taxes. Typically a 9/10 position for Audioslavian teams, the current 'Post-Tiago Brown' era of full-backs haven't quite set the world alight. Alaba has usually opted for Bolding or midfielder Reuben Corkhill at right-back for a little more solidity, and may employ teenager Uriah Malcom there occasionally this tournament. On the left side, Pelle has finally earned a call-up after his strong performances plying his trade in Kelssek.

Defensive Midfielders

## Position Name                        Age Club
 4   DM C  Iker Munir                    30 AC Izotz Zubia
17   DM C  Lucas Keir                    32 Shamrock Cathair
24   DM C  Iñigo Higgs                   30 Cazadores Cathair

Alaba's insistence on having a versatile, all-action DM at Zozi has rubbed off on the national team, who tend to select at least three in each squad. Higgs is generally accepted as being the better of these three, but Alaba trusts Munir to play the water-carrier more than he does Higgs to play the spoiler. Bulls teams are typically 6/10 for defensive midfielders. For information on what happens when a nation of shithouses produces top quality defensive midfielders, please consult our entry on Brenecian Midfielders, which you might find under the subheading of Major National League Imports

Central Midfielders

## Position Name                        Age Club
 8    M C  Gabriel Buvalelli             31 Osarese Marcadia
18    M C  Unai Cappadonna               33 AC Izotz Zubia
19  D/M C  Reuben Corkhill               34 KT Moreazerua

Audioslavian football is always a bit 4/10 for central midfielders. Cappadonna is a reliable playmaker but is getting a little long in the tooth. Buvalelli is the second of the Savigliano imports in this roster, and takes over the all-action role vacated by a retiring Stelea.

Wingers

## Position Name                        Age Club
 7   AM CR Brandon Bruhn                 22 Shamrock Cathair
11    M L  Marc-Antoine Trigintillion    26 Shamrock Cathair
14    M RL Gaetano Torrado               28 KT Itzalovalle
23    M L  Gael Davie                    24 Bombarralense

Typically a 10/10 position for the Bulls, what with the national team's historical insistence on playing a counter-attacking game. Marc-Antoine Trigintillion, the bald-headed Shamrock winger, is the star here. Also at Shamrock, Brandon Bruhn is a firecracker on the right hand side. At 5'5 and lightly built he can be bullied by opposing full-backs, but his terrier-like resilience and acceleration makes him plainly annoying to play against.

Forwards

## Position Name                        Age Club
 9 AM/F C  Wilhelm Hielscher-Zendagorta  29 Cazadores Cathair
10 AM/F C  Helios Roy                    30 Raynor City United
12 AM/F C  Jean-Marc Casquecassé         26 1830 Cathair

Audioslavian strikers are often solid 8/10s, and will almost always be listed with the numbers 9, 10, 12 and 19. Nobody really remembers why. Either way, Roy and Zendagorta are the main attractions here. The former won the league with Osarius Marcadia and now plies his trade for the Rawrcrush Cinematic Universe while you may have seen Wilhelm Hielscher-Zendagorta in an S+T shirt. Half Audioslavian, half Teus, WHZ just goes by the Audioslavian of his two names for the national team. Roy is the finisher, Zendagorta the all-action striker.

Style Modifier: -5
Penalties: Zendagorta (placement > power), Roy (tries to be too clever)
Corners: Munir
Free Kicks: Cappadonna (placement), Bolding (power), Munir (cross)

Likely starting lineup: Creighton - Corver (Malcom), Bolding (Corkhill), Harkness, Tibère, Pelle - Bruhn, Buvalelli (Cappadonna), Munir (Higgs), Trigintillion - Roy (Zendagorta)

Potted history

Audioslavia reached the finals of World Cups 12, 19, 20 and 29, losing all of them and gaining a reputation as a team that chokes.
After thirty cycles away, Audioslavia returned to win the Baptism of Fire before World Cup 59, won the AOCAF Cup in cycle 60 and then won back-to-back World Cups in cycles 63 and 64. That's the golden generation right there.
Things went back to normal after that. The side lost a few more major finals, including World Cups 67, 69 and 76.
Recent cycles have seen Audioslavia fall to the midfield in the rankings, failing to qualify for three World Cups in a row before reaching the first round of WC94. That disappointment has been offset by victory in CAFA Cup 3 and Cup of Harmony 83, both in Cycle 91.
Audioslavia is one of two nations to have won five major senior titles - BoF, CoH, WC plus two different regional championships. They recently became the only team in history to have recorded 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed finishes in each of the three WCC tournaments, plus regional competition.
Recently discovered in the history books: A regional tournament for the now-defunct FIFA region, held before World Cup 28. Audioslavia won this tournament, but do not consider it to be an official regional title unless Nepharans are in the room.

Style of Play

Post Football is the name given to Audioslavia's style of play. It's based on the idea that, the less the game resembles football, the more ill at ease your opponents will be. Audioslavia play dirty, sideways and overly cautiously.
Kontrapuntzeka is another word for it. Literally meaning counter-attacking, Audioslavia's national team are comfortable playing without the ball and charging forward in numbers when they do finally get it. Each player on this team has a deep understanding of how, when and where to attack on the counter. Losing the ball and allowing the Bulls to hit you on the break can be fatal to even the best teams in the multiverse.
Audioslavian managers have started trying to get the defenders to pass the ball around the back to entice their opponents forward. Audioslavian defenders hate this almost as much as Audioslavian fans.
Our footballers tend to be on the shorter, leaner side, with everyone outside of the goalie, centre forward and centre half topping out at about 5'10.
Audioslavian footballers are often tenacious, with the highest levels of stamina you'll see in world football. Audioslavian sides are often capable of playing at a high-tempo for long periods of time, and wins are often through attrition rather than skill.
Audioslavian teams are notorious for gamesmanship - the bending of the rules in order to gain an advantage. Players will taunt, feign injury, surround the referee, basically anything if it seems like it'd be beneficial. Audioslavians feel no shame in this. As far as they're concerned, their willingness to go further than the other team is a sign that they're more dedicated than their opponents might be. What might be considered dishonourable behaviour for you might be considered normal in Audioslavia.
Audioslavian teams fear losing. It's our greatest weakness and, given how this fear manifests itself in big games, a powerful irony
As well as lacking a bit of raw power, Audioslavian footballers often lack technique compared to their foreign counterparts.
Above all else though, what Audioslavian national teams often lack is heart. The worse things are going, the worse Audioslavians play. They're the classic bully. When things don't pan out as they expect, they retreat physically and mentally.

The Manager
Old enough to have been born in independent Ittuributa, formerly a player at Royal Association and Apox's Urbanista Trojans, when Alaba joined KT Itzalovalle for just $200,000 in the eleventh transfer window, he surely can't have imagined he would be calling Audioslavia his home for the next twenty-five cycles.

He stayed as a player for over ten years, making dozens of appearances in the UICA Globe Cup, IFCF Champions League and IFCF Challengers Cup. His own declining years coincided with that of his club, however. Limited to a handful of games, and arguably a handful more than he should have been playing as a 39 year-old, Alaba was relegated with Itzi at the end of National League Season 6 (current season: 23). Retiring early the next season, Alaba would find the managerial reigns of the club offered to him as it languished near the bottom of the second division, teetering on the brink of a humiliating descent into the third tier. Alaba scraped together enough points for an eighth placed finish, achieved promotion the following season and, after propelling his club to fifth and sixth placed finishes over the next two seasons, mounted a real charge for the title in season eleven, missing out on the league title to Cazadores by just two points.

With Itzi's board refusing to back Alaba further in the transfer market, the Astograthian would leave the club he'd spent seventeen seasons at before the start of season twelve in a shock move, joining area rivals AC Izotz Zubia, with whom he won a first league title in five seasons for the men in salmon and silver. Three more league titles, two Kirola Cups, two Tropicorp Super Cups would follow over the next eight seasons as Alaba built a side that finished in the top three in every single cycle he managed. Notably in season seventeen, his Zozi side finished a point behind his old club, KT Itzalovalle, a club who would perhaps not have been so competitive at the top had he not worked his magic there a decade prior.

Alaba left Zozi after eight seasons, lured by a not insignificant amount of money from the national team. His first cycle was a mixed-bag, exiting the CAFA Cup early and failing to qualify for the World Cup, but the fact that Audioslavia's performance in qualifying put among the top ten best teams in terms of points scored, and the fact that he managed to lead the side to victory against a stacked line-up of knockout opponents in the Cup of Harmony, meant he was given a contract extension by the FFA. Last cycle's qualification for World Cup 94 - Audioslavia's first foray into the last 32 for three cycles, was considered a success despite a shakier performance in qualifying and a failure to reach the second round.

This team

just

Helios Roy has become the fulcrum of the side's attack. First-person accounts of games are usually written through his eyes.
Wilhelm Hielscher-Zendagorta, a half-Audioslavian, half-Teus striker with caps for Siovanija and Teusland. S+T's departure from international football freed the striker up to represent another national team, according to the Valrauncion rule, and has duly been selected for Audioslavia.
Valerién Tibère and Gabriel Buvalelli are both Savigliano players who have been awarded Audioslavian passports following their claim for asylum after the dissolution of their home nation. Both have been selected due to the Valrauncion rule. The former is one of the most dependable centre halves in the league, while former FC Riziéres and Shamrock Cathair midfielder Buvalelli has been a star midfielder in the National League for nine seasons now.

Home, Away, Third.

Home shirt is traditionally worn with white shorts and socks, but if our opponents are wearing that colour then we switch to the same deep red as the shirts. This is what usually ends up happening. Dark green or black shorts have been worn on occasion.

Shorts for our change strip will be either purple (away), white (away, third) or Anaia Green (third)

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
====================
Choose Scorers: Y
GodMod Goalscoring Events: Y*
Injure Players: Y
GodMod Injury Events Y*

Red Card Players: Y
Yellow Card Players: Y
GodMod Other Events: Y*
* As long as you're cool with the idea that my media's interpretation of events might be different.

For users entering sub-age teams, all permissions are set to N.
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Style Modifier: -5

by **Mertagne** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:32 am

The Federation of Mertagnian Football Presents...

CAFA 7 Squad

Goalkeepers
No	Pos	Player			Sex	Age	Club				Style
1	GK	Rhiannon Fawn [vc]	F	27	NPH  Starling		Acrobat
12	GK	Cedric Millard		M	25	MRT  Papillio		Eccentric
23	GK	Pertinax Tikeers	M	24	AFT  Wanda Island Wanderers	Stopper
Defenders
No	Pos	Player			Sex	Age	Club				Style
2	LB	Karon Murell		M	24	KSK  Latrobe Athletic	Progressor
3	CB	Haizene Fairchild	F	28	EUR  Blackfields		Aggressor
4	CB	Honorio Menez		M	27	TMB  Newark Argyle		Aggressor
5	RB	Sabrina Aikman		F	27	XAN  Capital FC		Progressor
13	LB	Saskia Maker		F	26	NPH  Brookford Otters	Overlapper
14	CB	Txomin Huon		M	28	TMB  Lakewood City		Anchor
15	CB	Lloyd Seddon		M	26	AUD  Osarese Marcadia	Spreader
16	RB	Priamo Commons-Anteria	M	24	MRT  Kurtz Herritik		Overlapper
24	CB	Conwal Ibarborde	M	23	SEM  Fransborg set Njilkaer	Aggressor
Midfielders
No	Pos	Player			Sex	Age	Club				Style
6	LM	Leigh Eyre		F	26	TMB  Fraser Valley		Orchestrator
7	CM	Jordan Will		M	28	CBP  Victoria & Albert SC	Creator
8	RM	Rowan Emberson [c]	M	30	CMT  Frenei Tor		Distributor
17	LM	Stewart Bickley		M	24	MRT  Brandistock Calanians	Box crasher
18	CM	Graham Ellerby		M	27	AUD  Osarese Marcadia	Builder
19	RM	Amy Quennell		F	23	MRT  Blades de Bretsaar	Box crasher
25	CM	Gindul Irisarri^2*	M	29	MRT  Cirque			Orchestrator
*Gindul Irisarri-Irisarri
Attackers
No	Pos	Player			Sex	Age	Club				Style
9	ST	Holly Eveson		F	27	CDG  Carthage United		Unlocker
10	ST	Burro Curwood		M	24	CEN  Polaris			Outlet
11	ST	Lewis Travers		M	28	MRT  Signal Dannin		Target
20	ST	Niki Barnard		F	23	MRT  Signal Dannin		Unlocker
21	ST	Olaia Charlemagne	F	24	MRT  New Fligsive's Memory	Outlet
22	ST	Kim Le Maistre		F	27	MRT  Century Mertagne FMFC	Roamer
26	ST	Tevente Kings		M	27	MRT  NF Red Tri's		Roamer
Support Staff
Manager: Ázëwyn Fëanáro, 41XX,  Calming, Sensible, Lithe, Architect
Ass. Manager: Kristie Ettrick, 49,  Aggressive, Intense, Compact, Dissenter
Media Consultant: Ellis "Lis" Lawrence, 31,  Entrepreneurial, Duplicitous, Bony

Formation: 4-3-3
Style Modifier: +3. Score more goals than you can.
Free Kickers: Jordan Will, Graham Ellerby, Txomin Huon
Cornerers: Rowan Emberson, Lewis Travers, Conwal Ibarborde
Penaltiers: Burro Curwood, Holly Eveson, Rowan Emberson

Mertagne are back for the 7th edition of the CAFA Cup, and this tournament is being used as a springboard for a new generation of the Mertagnian senior team. Several names are out and newer, younger ones have moved in, as well as some unsung heroes from the Mertagnian domestic scene that have managed to have a bit of a resurgence in their careers.

Likely starting in goal is one of Mertagne's best exports in Rhiannon Fawn, who is continuing to carve out a name for herself over in Nephara, being a stalwart of side Starling for several cycles now. Her acrobatic style of diving for the ball gives her the ability to claim a shot when she really had no right to, for sides that place accuracy over power and attempt to stop the 27 year old from getting her mitts on the ball. For other goalkeeper options, Cedric Millard is tossed onto the pitch whenever things just don't seem to be working - his head full of various mantras and general unpredictability seem to unnerve the opposing attack into running out of steam by the time they've managed to reach him. Coming up in the Mertagnian domestic league will do that to a goalkeeper, as in the SLAM there are no draws - after 90 minutes, keepers are subjected to the onslaught of penalties in the event of a tie. Young Pertinax Tikeers is rolled out when the opposing side is utilising their power players, as his shot stopping ability is enough to hook the ball out from what would likely be a slammer into the back of the net.

In the defence, the first options include a pressing centre of Haizene Fairchild and Honorio Menez, who will be looking to tackle the ball and dribble it back towards the midfield before the opposition have the chance to drag themselves back to their defending third. In the event that doesn't work, the defence can easily pivot around Txomin Huon, who can readily win the ball and flick it to Lloyd Seddon, a capable long passer who can ensure that the ball is played out to the sides. Karon Murell will continue to ratchet the ball forwards with her methodical play, and Sabrina Aikman will complement her on the other side of the pitch, still one of Mertagne's fastest players.

The midfield is now set around the centre of Jordan Will, who excels at giving the strikers an opportunity to get behind the ball and smash a shot into the back of the net. Rowan Emberson, team captain this time around due to his experience, will be communicating to get his line and the forward line synced up to create a way around the opposing defence. In the event that more attacking pressure is needed, Stewart Bickley provides a touch close to goal or is more than happy to dribble the ball up towards the box.

For attacking options, Mertagne has plenty to go with. Holly Eveson is vital as an option to provide the ball to any of the other strikers, and is often seen trying to win the ball in the event it's been lost deep in the opponent's half. If a cross is coming, it's likely from Eveson, and it's often headed toward Burro Curwood, who is capable of getting a handle on even the most awry of passes. Often, if Curwood can't find goal from his position, the ball will be passed over to Lewis Travers, who prefers to finish an attack rather than start one. In the event that the centre of the pitch is a little too crowded, options such as Kim Le Maistre and Tevente Kings can drop wide and wait for the ball to be sent out to them, create space, and possibly play with some funky angles when it's time to score.

Kits lovingly provided by Kirola Sportswear of Audioslavia.

Style Modifier: +3

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: Yes, but no outright killing.
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
Godmod other events: Yes

by **United Hawkland** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:30 pm

CAFA VII: Paterian Playtime

A Kharakian and Hawklandian joint bid

Welcome back to Anaia! We hope you had fun during World Cup Qualifiers, traveling all over the multiverse, but now you’re here, back on familiar ground, with nothing but familiar nations all around. Speaking of familiar nations, your favorite children are back in school, and are around familiar faces of their own, for better or for worse. But since it just started, we don’t have any homework yet, so we decided to give ourselves some. (Potentially.)

As the beaches reflect the glistening ocean light into the towns of the Kharakian coast, and a bright aurora surrounds the dark skies and snowy mountains of United Hawkland, the yearn for football is always present, cultures, geographies, and languages may have spread us apart over the years, but we can all be united by football. And unity is what we all need. Conflicts and fighting and name-calling is so rampant these days in our great region, but why be mad when you can kick a ball into a very large net? That is what we are wondering, and that's what we want to fix. Hey, all you awesome Anaia nations, if you're mad at someone or something, big or small, come play soccer with us. Seriously, at least one of you will end up super happy by the end of the cup. Let's forget the fights and focus on kicking that ball into the net. We all need some unity, and soccer is our secret weapon to bring smiles and good vibes back to our awesome region!

Format: The group stage will be the Swiss/Casaran System, similar to a round robin, but once you lose twice, you’re out.

This is preferably with 24 entrants, 4 groups of 6.

It can also work with 20 entrants, 2 groups of 10. (potentially 4 groups of 5)

Or 32 entrants, 4 groups of 8.

With 4 groups, the last 2 remaining in each group will advance to the knockout, and with 2 groups, it will be the last 4 remaining in each group. Goal differential will be the main tiebreaker, followed by goals for, goals against, head to head goal differential, and finally, if somehow necessary, a coin flip.

Tech: Xkoranate 0.3.3, SQIS, neutral venues, standard +/- 5 style mods, and using the most up-to-date CAFA rankings.

Cut-offs: Entries will be cut off on September 9th at 1:00 AM UTC. This may be extended if the entrant count is not at a level that can be used in a proper group system (with no byes).

RP Cutoffs will take place every other day between 9:00 PM UTC and 10:00 PM UTC. (5-6 PM EST, 2-3 PST, 9-10 PM EST, 5-6 AM Singapore)

Host experience: Kharakia has not hosted any major international tournaments but is home to a domestic league. United Hawkland has hosted the Anaian Ice Hockey Championship I in the past and is also home to a domestic league.

FAQ:
Q: Why should we trust you two to host?
A: Although we have been kind of immature in the past, we are taking this very seriously and are not treating this as a joke.

Q: Why are you doing this?
A: We both want to host. From my (UHL’s) experience, it isn’t that awful and I think we can both pull it off. We aren’t without our flaws, (nobody is.) but we can certainly host the CAFA Cup. I believe in the both of us.

Q: Can we trust United Hawkland to create incredible and breathtaking designs for CAFA Cup 7?
A: I mean, I wouldn’t.

Q: Why do the Swiss system instead of a regular group stage? Doesn’t that over-complicate things?
A: Yes, but also it is very silly and fun.

We are prepared to quickly answer any questions about our bid, as neither of us have a life outside of this website.

by **Pyazhnaya** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:17 pm

The history of the Pyazhnayan national team has been marked by a few ups, a couple of downs and a lot of flatness. The fact they managed to reach the final of both of the last two CAFAs is a sign that the team has a lot of quality, but the fact that they lost both of them also signals that there's still work to be done. Will they be able to have the third one the charm? Only time will tell!

Aleksandr Zavrashin - 46
Aleksandr Zavrashin has managed to cement his position as Pyazhnayan national coach after a two CAFA final appearances and respectable WC qualifying campaigns. He is a proponent of a flexible 4-4-2 formation and an offensive style to surprise the opposing teams!

+3

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes (just please be reasonable)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (again please be reasonable)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes (same deal)
Godmod other events: Nope

by **Cocoabo Forest** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:08 pm

Cocoabo Forest

Cocoabo Enrichment and Enhancement Program
Development Footsport Project

Cocoabo Forest: Player Pool

Pos :: Identification  : Home
GK  :: ( Cocoabo #86 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
GK  :: ( Cocoabo #87 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP

DEF :: ( Cocoabo #59 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
DEF :: ( Cocoabo #57 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
DEF :: ( Cocoabo #58 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
DEF :: ( Cocoabo #56 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
DEF :: ( Cocoabo #54 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
DEF :: ( Cocoabo #53 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP

MID :: ( Cocoabo #46 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #61 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #63 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #62 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #65 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #60 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #64 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #66 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
MID :: ( Cocoabo #67 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
AMC :: ( Cocoabo #71 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
AMC :: ( Cocoabo #72 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP

FOR :: ( Cocoabo #91 ) : Male		| Oljestaden iF (AUD) (still?)
FOR :: ( Cocoabo #99 ) : Male		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
FOR :: ( Cocoabo #94 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP
FOR :: ( Cocoabo #98 ) : Female		| Cocoabo Forest CEEP

Cocoabo Forest: Formation :: +1.23

Star Player: Cocoabo #86

Cocoabo #86 is truly the star of the Cocoabo Squad. Although the Cocoabo Squad have not participated in a full World Cup campaign since World Cup 80, Cocoabo #86 continues to receive the occasional call up to support the World Cup Rosters and was credited as a reserve player during Turori's World Cup 88 Championship Run. Due to the fact that Turori itself does not historically participate in regional competition, the Cocoabo Squad currently align independently at the regional level of multiversal footsport.

Cocoabo Forest: Kit

RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent role-plays first they may:
Scorinate a single friendly involving this team in the Cocoabo Forest prior to the active Cup Final
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y - Notify via TG
Godmod injuries to my players: Y - Notify via TG
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y

by **CAFA** » Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:04 am

Signups updated to Cocoabo Forest.

Now that we have a bid, a reminder that the deadline for other bids is in approximately 72 hours, on Monday, 4th September 2023 at around 21:30 UTC.

by **Chromatika** » Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:19 pm

Choose my Lineup: No. I will be listing the starting lineup for each match at the end of each RP. You can choose my subs, though.
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes, I choose the severity.
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes, 3 max.
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, 2 max. Please TG me.
Godmod other events: No

The ages stated on TW 41 are as of the start of the next domestic season. The ages stated here are as of the end of the last domestic season.

ROSTER FOR CAFA 7

Kits Credit: Kirola, Logo Credit: Vulpine Sportif

TEAM INFORMATION
World Ranking: 5
WC Record: 263-77-86 (wins/draws/losses), 998 scored, 589 conceded
Overall Record: 344-108-132 (wins/draws/losses), 1307 scored, 837 conceded
Formation: 3-5-2/3-4-1-2
Style Modifier: +2.5
Denonym: Chromatik
Nickname: The Anomalies
Venue: Capitalizt Dome, Chromia, Capital District, Chromatika (144,000) and as listed

Records
Italics indicate still active

Most Caps:
Henri de Aea - 200
Keira Andisori - 182
Luuk Aart - 164
Rachel Hellion - 162
Erika Morningstar - 155
Kaytlyn Victoriane - 155
Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov – 148
Meagan Kelly - 143
Enigma Armageddon - 136
Haley Hauser - 131
Alyss Montague - 130
Zlastica Ellen - 127
Gabriella Antonio - 125
Trenn Rien - 123
Kateryna Zuniga - 122
Sandra Sybill - 122
Lucjusz Stef - 121
Jazmin Dragana - 115
Hermaeus Mora - 114
Aysu Damjana - 111
Carrol Liam – 110
Baillaire Fillar - 110
Keira Anbient - 108
Olimpia Vidal - 103
Valence Ilya - 100

Player with under 100 caps not listed

Most Appearances by a Manager:
Silian Parker - 168
Richard Valens - 120
Managers with under 80 appearances not listed

Most Goals:
Keira Andisori - 137
Kaytlyn Victoriane - 92
Lavrentiy Xuen-Zhukov - 62
Vasily Marten Kuznetsov - 61
Olimpia Vidal - 58
Haley Hauser - 49
Gabriella Antonio - 43
Baillaire Fillar - 39
Edith Fillar - 36
Ki Niro - 33
Rowena Sierra - 33
Trenn Rien - 30
Alicia Gainsbourg - 30
Beaunia Andisori - 29
Rachel Hellion - 24
Alyss Montague - 23
Jazmin Dragana - 23
Miranda Gail - 22
Victorina Bird – 22
Hermaeus Mora - 21
Meagan Kelly - 20
Players with under 20 goals not listed

First Victory: Kyrjasmark 0-1 Chromatika, World Cup 73 Qualifying Matchday 3
First Loss: Chromatika 0-2 Minecraft Miners, Baptisom of Fire 60 Matchday 1
Biggest Margin of Victory: The New Telengana Rajj 2-8 Chromatika, World Cup 76 Qualifying Matchday 6 & Chromatika 7-1 Huffingshire, World Cup 81 Qualifying Matchday 10
Biggest Margin of Defeat: Vilita 4-0 Chromatika, World Cup 73 Qualifying Matchday 9 & Chromatika 1-5 Farfadillis, World Cup 83 Proper Matchday 2

HISTORY

Chromatika first entered the World Cup in Cycle 73, going a modest 3-2-7. They made the Cup of Harmony in Cycle 74, and qualified for the first time in Cycle 75, losing in the Round of Sixteen. Chromatika would have their most successful campaign in World Cup 76, making it to the 3rd place Playoff before finishing in fourth place, despite the domestic upheaval in the country. Their first Manager, Franscesca Larriet-Cortes, was martyred at the end of World Cup 75; the political stresses of the job made it so that Lisa Amos, the team's Manager after Franscesca, resigned after World Cup 76.

The team would enjoy continued success from World Cup 77 through World Cup 81, as Silian Parker helped the squad qualify for the World Cup every time, and the team even made it to the Round of Sixteen or beyond three of those times. Even when Chromatika didn't enter World Cup 82, their return to the World Cup in 83 was a success, though both World Cup 83 and 84 saw the Anomalies stymied at the Proper Group Stage - 84 being under new management in Nepharan Konrad Evans.

World Cup 85 was a disaster - the team didn't qualify and didn't even make a deep run in the Cup of Harmony, leading to the sacking of Evans and the appointment of Richard Valens of Krytenia and Tim Landers of Delaclava. The team would qualify in World Cup 86, and 87, host the World Cup in 88, and return to the Proper in 89. However, Chromatika was not making the deep runs that the nation wanted/needed, so they said goodbye to Valens and Landers and looked inward.

Sandra Sybill and Rachel Hellion, key figures during Chromatika's runs in the early days, stepped in. A loss to Nyowani Kitara meant that they were eliminated, but the team turned around and won the 82nd Cup of Harmony. The following cycle, they made it to the Playoffs, where a loss in penalties to Zeta Reka and Hügeltaldom sealed the fate of Sybil and Hellion. Lisa Amos stepped in to lead the team to a respectable Quarterfinal finish in the resulting Cup of Harmony, and Chromatika was left wondering just how far they were away from the glory days.

Lev Repin came in, promising glory - and the Anomalies grabbed it off the cuff, winning their Group to qualify ahead of Ko-oren. Put into a group with Turori, Eura, and Cassadaigua, the Anomalies lost to Turori 3-0 before recovering to win narrowly over Eura and Cassadaigua. They'd fall 1-2 to perennial powerhouses Græntfjall, but they had finally broken back through.

They've recently bucked all odds and made it to the World Cup Final, losing to Banija in heartbreaking fashion, then Banija again in heartbreaking fashion. This CAFA squad is a bit of a rotated one, while seeing a few key players off.

MANAGEMENT STAFF

MG

Lev Repin | Age: 62 | Height: 5 ft 9 in | Debut Cycle: 92 | WC Record: (16-4-4, 58 GF, 31 GA)
A footballing legend who had 177 caps for Mytanija at full back during his playing days, Lev Repin is in the middle of a three-cycle contract by the Chromatik Football Federation, with the option of extending for two more cycles before renegotiating. A schemer tactically and a passionate figure, Repin has already delivered on his promise of leading the Chromatiks back to the World Cup Proper, and excited to do more. He brings the vaunted 3-5-2/3-4-1-2 system to Chromatika, which has led to significant turnover among the players’ roles and positions. Blunt, utterly unapologetic, and singularly minded toward success, he has been exactly what Chromatika needed to break out of its slump and return to take its place among the footballing elite of the world. The formation is starting to be used across all levels, and Repin's fingerprints are all over the current state of Chromatik football. Now having led the team to the World Cup Final, Chromatika is having Repin fever, and after the team fell short in the recent Round of Sixteen, he's agreed to the two-cycle extension.

PHY

Zoe "Z" Benne | Age 45 | Debut Cycle: 80
Once a heartthrob, Zoe Benne is married to former Chromatik superstar Erika Morningstar. Zoe has been a constant for eleven cycles now, and has had to treat everything from sprained ankles to serious injuries. She remains a great asset.

SMC

Shelby Arling | Age: 31 | Debut Cycle: 87
With new management in place, the presence of Arling as the Social Media Coordinator is very important. All questions go through her, and she takes away any and all distractions.

PLAYERS
Bold indicate starters
Players under dotted line indicate emergency reserves

ABBREVIATED ROSTER INFORMATION

Num Name                      Pri   Sec   Age  Team                           Nation                      Height       Caps   GA    Debut Cycle DNat 
01. Kathie Begley            GK-D  GK-S    32  Wirr Tsi                       Chromatika                  6 ft  2 in     35   36       AOCAF 63 CAPTAIN
12. Hailee Sourtois          GK-S  GK-D    22  Sabrefell Athletic             Nephara                     6 ft  8 in      8   13             94
23. Do Seung-Min             GK-D  GK-S    27  1923 Esca                      Mytanija                    6 ft  1 in      1    1             94

Num Name                      Pri   Sec   Age  Team                           Nation                      Height       Caps   GF    Debut Cycle DNat
05. Ami Coulibaly             DCR    DC    22  Chromatik                      Chromatika                  6 ft           56    0        CAFA 04  BNJ
04. Henri de Aea               DC   DCL    34  Spartangrad                    Eura                        6 ft  7 in    200    5             80
03. Ipati Aimée               DCL   DCR    28  Lakewood United                Tumbra                      6 ft  4 in     47    1        CAFA 01
16. Paisley Paterson          DCR    DC    23  Shamrock Cathair               Audioslavia                 6 ft  3 in     16    0             92  TLI
15. Klavida Régine             DC   DCL    28  Serrapince                     Tumbra                      5 ft 11 in     48    0        CAFA 01
14. Twilight Mixon            DCL   WBL    25  Lakewood City                  Tumbra                      6 ft  2 in     16    0             92
24. Gwina Ansoll               DC   DCR    30  Wirr Tsi                       Chromatika                  6 ft  3 in     22    0             90
06. Grayson Fillar            WBR   DCR    26  1896 Ebor                      Mytanija                    6 ft  3 in     99    3       AOCAF 63 
02. Edith Fillar              WBL    AM    22  Myana                          Chromatika                  5 ft  7 in     81   36             89
17. Emilie Kruetzberg         WBR    AM    23  Lakewood United                Tumbra                      6 ft  3 in     73   13             89
13. Ibayashi Haitou           WBR    CF    22  Mipojoseon                     Quebec and Shingoryeo       5 ft  9 in      6    3             94
25. Cyrus Vette               WBR    AM    24  West Couno United              Tumbra                      6 ft  2 in      4    0             92  
07. Kaia Larriet-Cortes       BWM   DLP    27  La Nueva Avenida               Farfadillis                 6 ft  5 in     85    2       AOCAF 62
18. Mare Si                   BWM   MEZ    30  Yassaca                        Squornshelan Remnant States 6 ft  1 in     45    0       AOCAF 63
25. Kateryna Zuniga           BWM   DLP    33  North Sabrefell                Nephara                     6 ft  2 in    122    2             85
08. Haley Hauser               AP    CF    32  Spartangrad                    Eura                        6 ft  7 in    131   49       AOCAF 62
10. Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov   AM   WBL    31  Herzegovina City FC            Banija                      6 ft  1 in    148   61             85
19. Baillaire Fillar           AP   MEZ    25  Sivolvia Capitalizt            Squornshelan Remnant States 6 ft  3 in    110   39       AOCAF 62
21. Alissar Phoen              AM   DLP    28  Dynamo Sjoedrhavn              Savojarna                   6 ft  2 in     63    18       CAFA 01
11. Lavrentiy Xuen-Zhukov      AF    CF    20  Liria Prizren                  Mytanija                    6 ft  6 in     52   62             92  MYT
09. Candice Delaya             CF    AF    22  Holdenberg                     Eura                        6 ft  6 in     49   10             92
22. Elaine Howard-Dawes        AF    CF    20  Couno Rangers                  Tumbra                      6 ft  4 in     14   13             94  QUE
20. Marie Faucheux             AF     P    23  Perce Town                     Quebec and Shingoryeo       6 ft  3 in     12    7             94
26. Hank Killian               AF    CF    26  Farrenton Athletic             Eura                        6 ft  1 in     51   12             90

TACTICAL INFORMATION
(Many thanks to Mytanija for the blueprint.)

Chromatika's 3-4-1-2 is based off of Mytanija's formation.

3-4-1-2 – IN POSSESSION: Chromatika's base formation for World Cup 93 proper is a 3-4-1-2. This means there will be 3 central defenders, a wing-back on either side, 2 central midfielders, an attacking midfielder and 2 strikers on the pitch at any one time. This does not mean that the team will play in these positions for the whole game, as Chromatiks have adopted the Mytanar philosophy of flexibility in and out of possession, utilizing the fact that until very recently, they ran a 4-3-2-1/4-4-1-1. When Chromatika has the ball the 3-4-1-2 will change into more of a 3-2-5 shape, this is designed to try to create overloads in attacking areas so that the Chromatiks can create two versus one situations where the opposition have to make decisions on who they will engage with.

This 3-2-5 will be achieved firstly by one of the wing-backs (from the starting line-up, this would be right-sided wing-back Grayson Fillar) moving into a central midfield position to play alongside the deeper-lying of the two central midfielders (Kaia Larriet-Cortes, if among the Starting XI). This creates a pairing in central midfield which will be used to help the team build-up, providing passing options both in front of the central defensive three and the 5 players which end-up ahead of them.

That 5 is made-up of the opposite-sided wing-back (in this example it would be left wing-back Edith Fillar), the more advanced central midfielder (Baillaire Fillar), the attacking midfielder (Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov); and the strikers (usually Xuen-Zhukov and Delaya). The wing-back has to push on to achieve the 3-2-5 shape, getting into the final third and maintaining the width on their side of the pitch. They will be given some license to get into the penalty area if the ball is on the other side, giving another option for their teammates. The more advanced central midfielder will be tasked with playing inside of the wing-back, in the so-called ‘half-space’, they will look to work with the wing-back to create an overload on their side of the pitch.

The attacking midfielder and the two strikers will interchange fairly freely, though one will always be tasked with pulling wide to ensure that width is maintained on both sides of the attacking ‘5’ with the aim of stretching the opposition’s defense across the width of the pitch. One striker (usually Delaya in the Starting XI) will drop deep to create space for rotations with the attacking midfielder and the other striker, those two looking to run into and exploit the space vacated by the other striker. These rotations are aimed to shift the opposition defenders around the pitch and create a bit of confusion.

In terms of progressing the play the team will look to move the ball with controlled pace. The team will aim to do this with utmost precision, as is the Chromatik way.

3-4-1-2 – OUT OF POSSESSION: Chromatika's reaction to losing the ball depends on where they actually lose possession on the pitch. Should they lose the ball high-up the pitch, in the opposition’s half, then there will be an instantaneous reaction to press the opponent with the ball to try to win it back quickly high-up the pitch. This is hoped to create chances nearer to the opposition’s goal, effectively using the press as a playmaker. If the opponent breaks through the initial press then Chromatika will look to recover into a 5-3-2 shape as below. Should Chromatika lose the ball nearer to their own goal then they will instantly look to recover into defensive positions to try to make themselves difficult to break down. This shape will be closer to a 5-3-2 than the 3-4-1-2 starting formation.

Both wing-backs will drop deeper, alongside the three central defenders to form the 5. The two central midfielders (Larriet-Cortes and Fillar), will drop deep in front of the three central defenders to shield them a little and the attacking midfielder (Vasiily Marten Kuznetsov), will drop to play in front of them, operating as a bit of a guard dog – either sitting on an opposition deep-lying playmaker to try to stop the ball into them, or by leading a half-pitch press. The two strikers will look to stop the ball going back to the opposition’s central defenders and press them when they are in possession.

Chromatika will also play a variety of other formations should they want to play a little differently, the most likely ones they would change to from the 3-4-1-2 are a 3-5-2 (taking out the attacking midfielder and using three central midfielders); a 4-3-1-2 (pushing the wing-backs back to play as full-backs, removing a central defender and replacing them with a defensive or central midfielder); a 4-2-3-1 (pushing the wing-backs back to play as full-backs, removing a central defender and a striker and then playing a winger on either side); or a narrow 4-4-2 diamond (pushing the wing-backs back to play as full-backs, removing a central defender to play either as a defensive or central midfielder). Chromatika is very versed in the 4-2-3-1 and the 4-4-2, as they've played those before under previous management.

MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHROMATIK AND MYTANAR FOOTBALL: One might ask, how does Repin's Management of Mytanija differ from his Management of Chromatika? Chromatiks are, by nature, more precision-oriented and detail-focused; everything will be drilled to a t, players will be provided information regarding how to handle a myriad of situations, and though creativity will be encouraged, it will be stymied by expectations placed upon the roles.

Chromatika has a reputation of being a second-half team, built around finesse, stamina, and overwhelming pace in the final half hour of matches. This will continue to be the case, as the physique of players is not contingent upon a system of play. The Anomalies will continue to try to push games out of reach or make up deficits in the final half, and the final fifteen minutes will continue to be absolute hell for opposing clubs.

TEAM ROLES
Captaincy: 1. Kathie Begley; 2. Vasiily Marten Kuznetsov; 3. Henri de Aea; 4. Grayson Fillar; 5. Kaia Larriet-Cortes
Penalties: 1. Lavrentiy Xuen-Zhukov; 2. Baillaire Fillar; 3. Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov; 4. Candice Delaya; 5. Edith Fillar
Corners: 1. Baillaire Fillar; 2. Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov; 3. Edith Fillar; 4. Grayson Fillar; 5. Kaia Larriet-Cortes
Short free kicks: 1. Baillaire Hauser; 2. Edith Fillar; 3. Grayson Fillar; 4. Vasiliy Marten Kuznetsov; 5. Kaia Larriet-Cortes
Long free kicks: Usually one of the wing-backs to put it into the penalty area and take advantage of Chromatika's very tall team

Schedule

TO BE DETERMINED

by **Ko-oren** » Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:20 am

Ko-orenite Host Bid for CAFA ~~the Third the Fourth~~ The Seventh

Format:18 teams: 2 groups of 9, round robin, 3/48 (yes, that's three matches per cutoff, cutoffs happening every 48 hours) with the third cutoff being just MD7 and MD8. The top eight teams (four of each group) advance to a second group stage featuring two groups of four (1A, 4A, 2B, 3B / 1B, 4B, 2A, 3A), 1/24, round robin. From then on we're going to semifinals (1v4, 2v3) and a final.

20 teams: 2 groups of 10, round robin, 2/48 (that's two matches per cutoff, cutoffs happening every 48 hours). After that we have quarterfinals (1A v 4B, 2A v 3B, 3A v 2B, 4A v 1B), random semifinals, and a final.

In the 16 and 18 team system, there's 6 group stage cutoffs and 2 knockout cutoffs. In the 20 team system, there's 5 in the group stage and 3 in the knockout. Either way, there's eight cutoffs. To prevent burnout, there's a brevity-style bonus, see RP Bonus.

Scorinator: Xkoranate, SQIS, no home advantage. Additive style mods. CAFA Rank used.

RP Bonus: cumulative, generous, quality over quantity. A callback to the early CAFAs will be a small bonus for RPs that land their word count between 350 and 450. After every cutoff, a number will be generated between those two numbers, and RPs landing on exactly that number will receive a bonus bonus. Mind that writing longer (collaborative) RPs will be rewarded as normal - so don't feel like you can't write RPs like the Ayes stories we've seen during WCQ.

IC: All games take place in Ko-oren.

Cutoff times:Cutoffs mostly happening around 22:00 CET. It's inevitable that some cutoffs will be pushed back to lunch the next day or even the next evening. Aim will be cutoffs every 48 hours, with a slight chance at 72.

Hosting experience: 1x CAFA, 1x ODI World Trophy, 1x FraterniT20, 1x ARWC, as far as semi-recent hosting experience goes.

Logo: Unlikely

AIHC: There will be an AIHC bid and it will tie into this one. RP lines can be continued between the CAFA and the AIHC, earning a tiny bonus in the CAFA (and a slightly larger bonus in the AIHC), as a sort of RP synchronicity bonus to encourage participation in both tournaments - but mostly encouraging engagement with the AIHC.

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