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by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:40 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 1 (Transfers)

The transfer season came to an end after an exciting summer window that saw players spend time with their national teams, go on a much-needed holiday away from the mid-season stress, and for some, decide their future. Now let's check out some of the offseason changes that have occurred while we were away:

Q-Leaguers in World Cup 93

Nation             Name                         Pos. Age     2058-60 Club               2060-61 Club 
BAKER PARK         Emily BRUCE                   CB   30     CSKA Quebec                CSKA Quebec 
BRENECIA           Irina ALDERWOOD               LW   27     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
CABO AZURE         Tobias M'BAH-PINHO            CB   23     St. John's Arsenal         St. John's Arsenal
CABO AZURE         Pio MENDONCA                  ST   26     CSKA Quebec                CSKA Quebec
CABO AZURE         Heitor 'Bandicoot' SOARES  CB/RB   27     Jolbonopolis United        Jolbonopolis United
CHROMATIKA         SANDARA Park                  ST   24     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
FLAVOVESPIA        Kishan REES                   LB   32     St. John's Arsenal         St. John's Arsenal
GRÆNTFJALL         ANARR Ebergsson               CB   23     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
GRÆNTFJALL         JOEL Wolfgangsson             ST   29     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
HUAYRAMARCA        Nicolas ALLAUCA               CM   34     Jolbonopolis United        Jolbonopolis United
HUAYRAMARCA        Orlando MINA                  DM   32     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
JUVENCUS           Ganymede GARCIA               RW   32     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
JUVENCUS           Izotz IBARRA                  DF   38     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
JUVENCUS           Felix SISSOKO             RM/CM    31     Kingston FC                Kingston FC
SQUORNSHELOUS R.S. Shreya KRUSAN                 GK   28     Perce Town                 Perce Town
TUMBRA             Tracey MERCURIO               RB   28     Kingston FC                Kingston FC

Managers

List of foreign managers active in Q-League:

Rob Alexander [CBP], Jolbonopolis United - 11th Season (1st with Jolbonopolis, 10 Seasons with St. John's Arsenal)
Mark van der Brumen [TMB], St. John's Arsenal - 1st Season
Vivienne Veronne [PTR], Haligonian - 1st Season
George Wangolo [BNJ], Montreal City - 1st Season
Mansari Kandero [PFA], Montreal Koreana - 2nd Season
Benni Massi [ELM], Perce Town - 2nd Season
Lisa Amos [CMT], Mipojoseon - 3rd Season
Tamsin Duncan [TLI], Northandryun Rovers - 3rd Season
Jon Forseth [CNR], Zenit Attawapiskat - 3rd Season
Nick Cole [FVA], Forest City Athletic - 4th Season
Stefano Varela [NOR], Heart of Saguenay - 5th Season

Club                  Name                  Age  Nat.      Change       Note
Haligonian            Simon Nam              41  QUE       Resigned     Interim contract expired, To IAQ senior national team [associate manager]
Haligonian            Vivienne Veronne       37  PTR       Hired        From Athletique Alexandrie
Jolbonopolis United   Jorge Echevarria       45  QUE       Resigned     [To Kingston FC]
Jolbonopolis United   Rob Alexander          59  CBP       Hired
Kingston FC           Harriet Alaba Ahn      45  QUE       Fired
Kingston FC           Jorge Echevarria       45  QUE       Hired
BK Klampenborg        Jang Seong-Woo         52  QUE       Hired        To Under-18/21 national team [IAQ]
BK Klampenborg        Laurent Assidon        46  TMZ/QUE   Hired
Montreal City         Lester O'Reagan        39  QUE       Resigned     [To HUElavia National Team]
Montreal City         George Wangolo         55  BNJ       Hired        From Istria City FC
Olympqiue de Rimouski Laurent Assidon        46  TMZ/QUE   Fired
Olympique de Rimouski Harriet Alaba Ahn      45  QUE       Hired
St. John's Arsenal    Rob Alexander          59  CBP       Fired  
St. John's Arsenal    Marc van der Brumen    67  TMB       Hired        From Sporting Jaglan

Departures

All-Time Record: 60m NSD, Pascal Languedoc [QUE], Hamilton Steelers to Jauneport Herault [NSI], TW2
Modern-era Record: 15m NSD, Oberon M'bah-Pinho [QUE], Kingston FC to Tihon [CM], TW39

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.     Old Club              Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
GOH Hak-Seong              CB/LI      22  QUE      Olympique de Rimouski BNJ Herzegovina City FC     6.50
Mary MCGRATH                  CB      25  QUE/NHV* Montreal Koreana      TKT Port Rhovanyon AFC      5.00
Amanda BARRON-HWANG           ST      20  QUE      Montreal Koreana      BNJ Hoima Warriors          4.00
Esteban FLORES                CB      20  NOR/QUE  Olympique de Rimouski CMT Lhor                    3.50
Leo FISHER                    CB      27  QUE/TLI  Northandryun Rovers   TMB Clyde Park              3.00
Brian WILSON-DIDH             LB      25  QUE      CSKA Quebec           SRS Santraginus             3.00
Sebastian ELLEX-MAR           ST      20  CEN      Olympique de Rimouski KSK CF Outineau             2.00
Jordyn MAH                    CM      26  QUE      Wansan Noksaekjeonsa  KSK Langlois Oceania        2.00
Emmeline HARRIS            LB/DM      21  QUE      Wansan Noksaekjeonsa  SYL Cleorough               1.50

Arrivals

All-Time Record: 35m NSD, tied. Sheldon Serra [COS] from Ramusok Capital University [COS] to Zenit Attawapiskat, TW6 / Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36
Modern-era Record: 35m Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.    Old Club                     Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Laura ADLER                   RB      24  VAL     Mazinaw Vanorian              KSK Mipojoseon	             8.00
Brett SARCAV-JONES         AM/RW      18  SYL     Avondale City                 SYL St. John's Arsenal       6.00
Kit Simmons                  CDM      20  ELM     AS Samita                     ELM Kingston FC              5.00
James BARCLAY                 RM      22  SYL     Marbury FC                    SYL Montreal City            3.50
Diego Carlos OH               RB      28  QUE     Flames of the West            CMT Haligonian               2.00
Allyson YOUNG                 ST      17  CDG     Concord Heights Central       CDG Jolbonopolis United      2.00
Sierra CORSTON                ST      30  CDG     Winchester City               CDG Montreal City            1.25
DONG-SEONG Kwak               LW      31  QUE     Syneca                        SRS Montreal Koreana         1.25
Nithya HOANG                  CM      31  SRS     Coquitlam Utd                 KSK BK Klampenborg           1.00
Rod Dick JACOBUS              LB      20  BRO     Halebid Warriors              BRO Haligonian               1.00
Wen WEST                      RB      29  DEL     FC Novonaya                   KSK Daedonggang 3.26	     1.00
John VANDAELE                 ST      32  DEL     FC Novonaya                   KSK Perce Town               1.00
Thaddeus RAMPTON              CB      33  KOR     South Maishop FC              FVA BK Klampenborg           0.75
Prudence BARBIER              CM      20  PTR     Académie Union Port-la-Ville	PTR Forest City Athletic     Free
Ricardo JIMENEZ               ST      17  SNL     Malidridad                    SNL Daedonggang 3.26         Free
Léonard GAGNON                CB      20  PTR     AS Couen Academy              PTR Olympique de Rimouski    Free
Alena LIPOVA                  RM      18  PYA     Pyazhnyy Futbolni Akademiya   PYA Leaside Lions            Free
Yulia MININA                  CB      19  PYA     Pyazhnyy Futbolni Akademiya   PYA BK Klampenborg           Free
Ernest NOEL                   CM      20  PTR     Olympique Yvesmont Junior     PTR Leaside Lions            Free
Dilara YEVTUSHENKOVA          DM      18  PYA     Pyazhnyy Futbolni Akademiya   PYA Nunavut North Stars      Free

Internal Transfers (all foreign/major domestic)

Note: Internal transfers do not include those heading to or from Quebecois Championship or State Leagues.

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.    Old Club               New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Sinisa SALIHAMIDZIC           CB      21  QUE     Perce Town             Montreal Koreana         8.50
Marc CHAMPAGNE                CB      27  DEL     Leaside Lions          Northandryun Rovers      4.00
Ilhan TREMAINE                SS/CF   26  ACA     Heart of Saguenay      Montreal City            2.00
Benoit-Richard UKALEQ         LB      32  QUE     Mipojoseon             Nunavut North Stars      2.00
Glenn WILS                    CF      21  PTR     Wansan Noksaekjeonsa   St. John's Arsenal       2.00
Clara ALMEIDA                 RW/SS   24  QUE/NOR Perce Town             Montreal Koreana         1.75
Marcus BROOK                  CB      29  KOR     Leaside Lions          Kingston FC              1.50
Se-Jin BYEON                  LW      25  ACA/QUE Leaside Lions          CSKA Quebec              1.50
Laurent SHIN-AQUASH           CB      25  QUE     St. John's Arsenal     Perce Town               1.50
Anne-Marie WERTZ              CM/RW   21  QUE     Montreal City          Heart of Saguenay        1.50
Theodore HARPER               LM/CM   29  TLI     Olympique de Rimouski  Jolbonopolis United      1.25
Marc-Andre GALLANT            GK      23  QUE     PLI Islanders          Northandryun Rovers      1.00
MINIK JO-Stepherson           CB      30  QUE     St. John's Arsenal     Haligonian               1.00
JEREMY KIM                    LW      30  QUE     Forest City Athletic   Daedonggang 3.26         1.00
Jutarat NAKPU                 RB      28  QUE     Daedonggang 3.26       Leaside Lions            1.00
Ellery SE-YIN YI              ST/SS   24  QUE     Forest City Athletic   Swangard Athletic        1.00
Atacama-Alain GOUSEFF         LM/RM   28  QUE     Perce Town             Nunavut North Stars      0.75
Bryce HWANG                   GK      21  QUE     Forest City Athletic   Montreal City            0.75
Loren LEMAIGRE                ST      28  KOR     CSKA Quebec            Daedonggang 3.26         0.75
Pierre-Michael AVON           AM      30  QUE     Northandryun Rovers    BK Klampenborg           0.50
Seung-Jong GOH                CB      24  QUE     Zenit Attawapiskat     Heart of Saguenay        0.50
Stu HARDING                   GK      29  TKT     CSKA Quebec            Nakdong Athletic         0.50
Emilie KIM                    AM      30  QUE     Forest City Athletic   Nunavut North Stars      0.50
Sanaa SARWAR                  CB      29  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       Perce Town               0.50
Michelle GUDBRANSON           GK      33  QUE     Montreal City          St. John's Arsenal       Free
Seung-Weon NOH                LB      32  QUE     Haligonian             Leaside Lions            Free
Ariana PIOQUINTO              CM      24  QUE     Montreal Koreana       Olympique de Rimouski    Free

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:58 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 2

Pre-Season To-Watch List

Goalkeepers (6)

In the recent times, the Q-League has earned a peculiar rep as a league of top-class goalkeepers, and this year's class is expected to be no less impressive in this regard. Semir Besak, only recent two-time recipient of the Silver Moogoongwha Award for player of the year, leads the way as the Mipojoseon netminder is once again favoured to lead the Team of the Year honour and representing his native Mytanija again. Behind him, however, stands numerous challengers with veterans Shreya Krusan, Padraig McGibbon and Seung-Myeon Hyeon-Kravitz all considered to be formidable challengers with their commanding presences of own. Rounding out the list are two young goalkeepers in Ji Ning and Goh Yeong-Rok, with the Mahan-based netminder duo set to compete against one another for the years to come. Honourable mention goes to Samuel Hui of CSKA Quebec, whose sophomore season with the Tiger-Phoenixes bring promise.

Semir Besak -

- Mipojoseon
Goh Yeong-Rok -

- Kingston FC
Seung-Myeon Kravitz-Hyeon -

- Montreal Koreana
Ji Ning -

- Forest City Athletic
Shreya Krusan -

- Perce Town
Padraig McGibbon -

- Swangard Athletic

Leftbacks (5)

In the recent years, the leftback spot has been one for the challengers to take, even more so with the departure of Benoit-Richard Ukaleq, Hendrix Salvador Cha and Mia Viipuri all heading into greener pastures of higher-regarded leagues or in Ukaleq's case, the warmth of pre-retirement in Cardenao. In their place stands a wide range of options. Veterans Hailey Meyer, Kishan Rees and Cedric Rohrmayer no doubt have established firm spot on the lineup, but the young duo of Rod Dick 'R.D.' Jacobus and Alain Delisle would be the ones to watch with both leftbacks considered to possess extremely high potential. Jacobus, a well-composed fullback with efficient movement and good understanding of the game, no doubt brings strength to both Haligonian and Brookstation backline, while Alain Delisle is a fast, physical specimen who is increasingly considered to be Grim Reapers' leftback of the future. Daedonggang 3.26's talismanic captain Harry Evans rounds out the list.

Alain Delisle -

- Montreal City
Harry Evans -

/

- Daedonggang 3.26
R.D. Jacobus -

- Haligonian
Hailey Meyer -

- Kingston FC
Kishan Rees -

- St. John's Arsenal
Cedric Rohrmayer -

- Olympique de Rimouski

Centrebacks (12)

A position of strength in both domestic and international talent in the league, and one area where the league possesses strong talent across many of its teams. The biggest name out of all of them would have to be Bosko Pestotnik, with the Mytanar centreback now considered among one of the best centrebacks in the world, and his ability to shut down defences is considered unparalleled in the league. As with goalkeepers multiple challengers vye to challenge Pestotnik - Koreana's Anarr Ebergsson is an all-arounded threat with great set-piece skills, Emily Bruce is an adept technician and Sinisa Salihamidzic a budding centre-half with superb vision - but what should draw audience to this list is the strength of liberos in the squad. Even on the league known to produce outstanding liberos in recent years, the inclusion of Alanna Faucett, Yvonne Lawson and Sinisa Salihamidzic is considered remarkable achievement of own, and with all three coming from relatively similar age bracket, one could only wonder what trajectory lies ahead for all three of them.

Serge Amrouche -

/

- Perce Town
Antoine Brasseur -

- Leaside Lions
Emily Bruce -

- CSKA Quebec
Marc Champagne -

- Northandryun Rovers
Anarr Ebergsson -

- Montreal Koreana
Alanna Faucett -

- Zenit Attawapiskat
Yvonne Lawson -

- St. John's Arsenal
Tobias M'bah-Pinho

/

- St. John's Arsenal
Kutaaka Muteesa -

- Montreal City
Vojkan Pap -

/

- Kingston FC
Bosko Pestotnik -

- Mipojoseon
Mirren Rodger -

- CSKA Quebec
Sinisa Salihamidzic -

- Montreal Koreana

Rightbacks (8)

In the recent years, Quebec and Shingoryeo has made their name known for producing strong rightbacks both domestically and internationally, and the league's capability of producing all kinds have also been known over the years with the likes of Pierre-Karl Miller, Donovan Kim-Lumanyika, and Frederic Yabusele all coming through the league. This year once again is of no exception, as explained by whopping number of rightbacks on the list, and there is no clear-cut leader here as with the leftbacks. Among them Tracey Mercurio and Exandra Davies are likely the best known names, with the latter having been a significant part of the nation's golden generation, while Davies has made her name known as a fierce, bulldozing rightback with temper. Presently, however, Laura Adler, Petar Petajkovski and Donovan Watson-Lukwago are having their best forms with Adler coming to the Dockers after strong performances in Kelssek, Petajkovski serving well as a fluid, inverted wingback of Mytanar reputation, and Donovan Watson-Lukwago emerging into an all-arounded rightback the Grim Reapers always find good use for. Patrick Mutoni and Carl J. Umstoke will be the guys to watch for in the future, even more so with the expectations Kirungabi and Qasden have for them.

Laura Adler -

- Mipojoseon
Exandra Davies -

- Jolbonopolis United
Sigurbergur Geirröðursson -

- Montreal Koreana
Tracey Mercurio -

- Kingston FC
Patrick Mutoni -

- Haligonian
Petar Petajkovski -

- CSKA Quebec
Carl J. Umstoke -

- Perce Town
Donovan Watson-Lukwago -

- St. John's Arsenal

Defensive Midfielders/Volantes (5)

Intriguing group of volante-defensive-mids exist in this case. Orlando Mina, as explained through his Testiculos team honour, is still the best defensive midfielder in the league, and age should not slow him much even as he continues sailing into his thirties. That aside, the position tends to lean towards younger players, with Hamadur Henrysson, Alija Mesic-Mizayaki and Kit Simmons all considered to have yet to hit their prime. Alija Mesic-Mizyaki is a powerful, playmaking threat from the third line of assault, while Hamadur Henrysson and Kit Simmons are active, aggressive tacklers with strong vision and grit attached to them as default setup. With Mina's age Henrysson is expected to be slotted with more responsibilities in coming years, while Simmons and AMM are already considered prime pieces to their teams and should see TOTY considerations.

Atacama-Alain Gouseff -

- Nunavut North Stars
Hamadur Henrysson -

- Montreal Koreana
Alija Mesic-Mizayaki -

/

- St. John's Arsenal
Orlando Mina -

- Montreal Koreana
Kit Simmons -

- Kingston FC

Central Midfielders (10)

Diverse group of midfielders on a slightly less star-studded group than in the past years. Perhaps it is inevitable, even more so with the league starting to see greater use of AMs and volantes across the board, but the competition there still looks to be less stiff than in the previous years. There exists little doubt that the best player among this bunch is Alulim Sinmuballit. Mipojoseon's 30m commander, once considered a prodigy back in his native Adab, has just turned thirty this summer and the veteran, who was once remembered for his fiery romance with compatriot Emma Arthur (now of Tihon), has stated that he wants to leave behind a major legacy not for himself, but for the club. Now, the race against time is set.

Behind him includes the likes of Primitvo, whose outstanding performance has not only kept Nakdong Athletic out of relegation, but also earned him a Team of the Year spot, and his compatriot Aramis and Drawkian starlet Praxis P. Collingwood. The youngsters bring no short of promises, with Camille Oh-Chainey continuing to receive major hype by the CSKA faithful, while Cassadagan rivals Lauren Engle and Rachel Wyman bring different skillsets and character to their team.

Thomas 'Primitivo' Cantu -

- Nakdong Athletic
Praxis Collingwood -

- Forest City Athletic
Lauren Engle -

- Montreal Koreana
Camille Oh-Chainey -

- CSKA Quebec
Aramis Navarro Vera -

- CSKA Quebec
Jakub Sharp -

/

- Haligonian
Alulim Sinmuballit -

- Mipojoseon
Alain Vadnais -

/

- Swangard Athletic
Jackson Wang -

- Olympique de Rimouski
Rachel Wyman -

- Montreal City

Left Wingers (5)

Nobody denies that Layvin Son-Saka is a generational talent. You just don't see a second-year winger scoring twenty-seven goals at age seventeen that often, and it is safe to assume that if St. John's Arsenal breaks their twenty-eight year league drought, Son-Saka will be the first name to be remembered by the fans. The position isn't short of talent, however, with pacy technician in Ronaldinho Caicedo entering his second year on the league and Irina Alderwood bringing strong intangibles during Mipojoseon's title campaign. Odette Tsioui and Anne-Marie Wertz are swift, north-south speedsters with soft first touches and dekes.

Irina Alderwood -

/

- Mipojoseon
Ronaldinho Caicedo -

/

- Swangard Athletic
Layvin Son-Saka -

/

- St. John's Arsenal
Odette Tsioui -

- Perce Town
Anne-Marie Wertz -

- Heart of Saguenay

Attacking Midfielders (4)

A battle between the old and the new will be the one to watch, as Gavilan 'Faroleran Falcon' Quelabura welcomes Brett 'Brettomania' Sarcav-Jones to the challenge. Quelabura is a prototypical trequarista whose team scheme is built around his ability to perform, while Sarcav-Jones will be entering into the heart of a potent offence that has been searching for a playmaker like him. Gabrielle Rowland is a veteran who has put every bit of her heart and soul into the club, and was generously rewarded when Zanetti's CSKA won their first Q-League title in over a decade with her as the captain. Aurelien Moussenguet rounds out the list, the potential-high midfielder expected to be heavily involved in Olympique's attempt to turn around their ship from sinking any further.

Aurelien Moussenguet -

- Olympique de Rimouski
Gavilan Quelabura -

- Montreal City
Gabrielle Rowland -

- CSKA Quebec
Brett Sarcav-Jones -

- St. John's Arsenal

Right Wingers (5)

Julie Hardaker's departure to Myana has brought a void to the positional supremacy, and the competition continues. Didier Garnacho and Ibayashi Haitou lead the way nowadays, with former possessing strong acceleration and strong ball control, while Haitou's outstanding link-in plays and crosses make him a perennial threat for the homegrown product. Hannah Currie-Masson's considered to be a notch below the winger she once was, but is still the primary driver for Leaside Lions, while Vyacheslav Sharipov is a cannonball scorer when healthy. David Rodin and Frances O'Connor are both underrated additions into the list as well and should play major role in ensuring their team aims for a push into IFCF qualification.

Hannah Currie-Masson -

- Leaside Lions
Didier Garnacho Siboyintore -

/

- Montreal Koreana
Ibayashi Haitou -

- Mipojoseon
Frances O'Connor -

/

- Haligonian
David Rodin -

- Jolbonopolis United
Vyacheslav Sharipov -

- BK Klampenborg

Strikers (9)

Ah, good ole Q-League. It is a matter of fact that the league never runs out of talent on striker position, and this year is once again of no exception with the league-defining talents such as Chloe Anderson and Pio Mendonca return. Considered the faces of their team, and also contrasting ones with Anderson's ability to play deep contrasting with Mendonca's tendency to stick within the penalty box, it will be interesting to see how they will perform in this year's Shingoryeoite Superclassique. Amina Salihamidzic Beckie is one to watch in Kingston, while Glenn Wils finds himself slotted into a favourable situation after arriving from just-relegated Wansan. Maurice Michaux, Joel Wolfgangsson and Gina Whittingham are also on the list, and the calibre of these strikers are very high. Those familiar with the Q-League should remember that their limited goals scored should not be taken at face value in this hyper-defensive league known for stylistic extremes.

Chloe Anderson -

- Montreal Koreana
Pio Mendonca -

- CSKA Quebec
Maurice Michaux -

- Swangard Athletic
Sandara Park -

- Montreal Koreana
Amina Salihamidzic Beckie -

- Kingston FC
Gina Whittingham -

- Zenit Attawapiskat
Glenn Wils -

- St. John's Arsenal
Joel Wolfgangsson -

- Mipojoseon

The Mathletes - Scientific, Literary Venue of Sports Journalism

Q-League Preview: Mipojoseon returns as favourites, St. John's Arsenal and Montreal Koreana ready to challenge with Brettomania and the power of youth

The Mathletes Q-League Staff Team

Let's go straight and ask - who will win the Q-League this season and why?

WRITER     C. K-BENEZET  P. MORENO    M. SATRIANO  L. SHIN
PREDICTION   SJ Arsenal  Mtl Koreana  Mipojoseon   Mipojoseon

Miguel Satriano: Difficult one. Montreal Koreana's definitely looked strong for most of last season, and one could argue that the script around their season last year could have absolutely turned out differently than one we are seeing right now, had they won the Challengers Cup Final and either Ouverture or Fermeture. But they did walk off empty-handed from last year, and while fans understand that Mansari Kandero's legacy won't be judged by year one, there's a collective belief among fans that things do have to turn around, and so that will be the challenge.

They have the talent - you cannot overlook the fact that they have Didier Garnacho Siboyintore, Lauren Engle, Yves Soonias and Anarr Ebergsson all twenty-three or younger - but if there's anything the fans of old have looked from a decade back, it's that young talent can take a while to gel in. Can Kandero accelerate the process and outrace much more experienced Mipojoseon, more tactically-proficient CSKA, or more energetic 'art-soccerians' of St. John's Arsenal? Questions abound, especially considering that Mipojoseon and CSKA have won titles more recently than them.

Louane Shin: It's really about a battle of attrition when you look into the title races, doesn't it? Koreana may have brought in Sinisa Salihamidzic, and he's clearly an outstanding libero with amazing footwork and distribution skills, but they have also sold Amanda Barron-Hwang, a major substitute at age nineteen, to Hoima, and Mary McGrath to the TPL. Not to mention Mariano Kang going back to Rulandea Kosta after two-season loan. That's pretty big darn group of losses that aren't entirely coverable by academy promotions.

St. John's Arsenal looks strong. Signing of Brett Sarcav-Jones from Avondale City, while slightly on the heavier side of pricing for an eighteen-year old, will be the signing of the season, and they have quietly brought Glenn Wils from just-relegated Wansan as a threat up front. This gives the Gunners a squad that gives Marc van der Bremen everything he needs to work with, and that might be all that he needs. None of the chaos that had come back when he had to work with more than one Quebecois on his team - it's a very healthy locker room they have on Equinox Hill after all. He just has to prove it this or next season.

That said, for me the pick still goes Mipojoseon. Laura Adler's a phenomenal addition to the Mipojoseon backfield best known for lockown defence that could last any pandemics, and gives even more layer of relief to their living legend in Semir Besak. While losing team captain Benoit-Richard Ukaleq's a shocker in the eyes of many, their leftback spot should be running fine with a platoon of proven commodity in Corran Casa-Alta and Pemecutanian prospect Wayan Rai Mantra. Their two-volante system remains a work in progress with Hamadur Henrysson and Moustapha Benzakour yet to really break through for Graintfjall and Al-Tamazgha, but with two more years added to their age, will help improving their build-up from the third row of midfield.

Up front the things look mostly the same, with the difference being that Ibayashi Haitou's now the starter in place of 34-year-old Ganymede Garcia who, while still a legend back home where he has just helped Juvencus win the IAC title, are a couple of steps slower than in the past. Being a natural right-winger who have had spent most of his time in right midfield or in rightback for Mipojoseon in last decade, his strengths in link-up plays will add another level of potency to the offence that, while not always showing their claws in the league, have done well on the IFCF stage.

Charles Katwaru-Benezet: I'll be honest here. I wouldn't have said St. John's Arsenal, and definitely not after their dismissal of Rob Alexander which I am not entirely a fan of, if not for the signing of Brett Sarcav-Jones. But the Avondale native, who also has the ability to play on right-flank if needed, could be such a big piece for the Gunners' twenty-eight year pursuit that I think this automatically forces me to make a pick for them.

Brett Sarcav-Jones has done outstanding work with Avondale City since he was called up two seasons ago, and his ability to make right passes on right timing is unparalleled at that age in Esportiva, which includes the talent-rich Tumbran Premiership- I meant T-League now. He is slightly light on frame and will have to adjust to the physicality of Q-League is something he will have to get used to, but the talent is there for him to become that game-changer, someone who could put an end to the pursuit. This league has seen those from time to time - Semir Besak for Mipojoseon, Pio Mendonca for CSKA, Julie Hardaker for Perce Town - so give him time and you will see good times coming back to the Blue Point Stadium that has seen shortcomings and rollercoasters all these years. He's already broken a major dry spell for Avondale already.

Patrice Moreno: I will go back to what Miguel's mentioned about Koreana's tribulations period comment and say that it would be Koreana's to lose this time around. For all the loss in the depth that the team has had, and not to mention that Orlando Mina's 34, I would actually argue that the team's in a better shape to win.

Last season, things were slightly different. Like what you have said, lots of young guys like Didier Garnacho were still showing sparks without reaching not the dominant form that we have seen rightaway from year one like how we did with Chloe Andersons or Orlando Minas or whatever. But that's fine, especially considering that Koreana's still had an outstanding Challengers Cup run and once again, very much a successful season. Good thing for Kandero in this is that he has a reputation of working with academy guys and/or prospects, and he knows how to win when the time is right - five cups and four league titles in Poafmersia, a land of balances, ain't no joke after all.

So I would go back to the default and say that Koreana will be on top two, likely establishing themselves on a favourable route for the Champions' League qualification. Their bench needs to be tested out, and they will have to balance out their crowded midfield, but options exist for both and that likely leaves them favourable.

Miguel Satriano: And it is with this that I put Mipojoseon as my pick. It's kinda hard to look past them, I mean, especially with how little turnovers exist there outside of Bosko Pestotnik's centreback partner, but that is what makes Mipojoseon a favourite year in and year out. They have built themselves up well when the Dockers' finances allowed them to spend more, and have since then manned the ship remarkably well. Combine that with an excellent manager in Lisa Amos, and multiple Testiculos-calibre players on this squad alone, you have a squad that could realistically contend for next decade or more. This year's gonna be of no exception.

WRITER          2nd         3rd         4th         5th         6th     
C. K-BENEZET    Mipojoseon  Mtl Koreana Mtl City    SJ Arsenal  CSKA Quebec
P. MORENO       Mipojoseon  SJ Arsenal  CSKA Quebec Perce Town  Mtl City
M. SATRIANO     Mtl Koreana CSKA Quebec SJ Arsenal  Kingston FC Zenit Att.
L. SHIN         SJ Arsenal  Mtl Koreana Mtl City    CSKA Quebec Zenit Att.

Charles Katwaru-Benezet: I think Mipojoseon will finish right behind the Gunners, though the outcome could very much flip especially with the Grand Final, and Koreana third. Koreana has a bright future with their young guns and they only have to find successor to Orlando Mina in a year or two, but Mipojoseon's simply too good with stifling their opposition out through their backfield and the wall that is Semir Besak. And that's without mentioning their ability to convert their chances up front - the trio of Joel Wolfgangsson, Irina Alderwood and Ibayashi Haitou doesn't get enough credit for it I feel - and in a battle of attritions and survival like the Q-League, I just feel Mipojoseon will turn out lot better.

Montreal City, St. John's Arsenal and Swangard Athletic are my next picks. Les Citoyens I feel like they are not ready to peak yet - they have a group of very good players but not a superstar, and 37 year old Jason Þórhallursson is getting old as well - but it's a team that's set for next five years as with their inner-city rivals Koreana. For them Kutaaka Muteesa will be making a full showcase this season in hopes he will secure Pam Scott's attention to make the World Cup 94 team, while Gavilan Quelabura and Rachel Wyman look to be major playmakers for the team that does not run short of one.

As for St. John's Arsenal, I will wait it out and see how Brett Sarcav-Jones does. As mentioned earlier he will have to get used to the physicality of the league, and that won't be easy, but we aren't here for him to show out rightaway. I wanna see him do that for all his twenties and with the Sylestonian national team. As for the Gunners themselves they have a stable squad with Nicole Potts returning as captain, Layvin Son-Saka looking to continue phenomenal start to his career, and superb build-up from the Tobias M'bah-Pinho - Yvonne Lawson centreback pair and Alija Mesic-Mizayaki. I am cautious against putting him higher, simply because Mark van der Bremen does carry a reputation with him to be a stubborn figure, but he knows how to bring together a team with a common goal to win.

You may wonder why I have put CSKA Quebec sixth, and in all honesty should have put them much lower. That's mostly on that of the front office and the manager. For all the success AJ Zanetti has brought to the club in just three years here, he has received remarkably little support after the arrival gift of Pio Mendonoca, and their sole acquisition was bringing Byeon Se-Jin, a technically-proficient left-winger of Acadiana, for 1.5 million.

I don't like that all. For all the positive attributes Zanetti brings, you need enough warm bodies aboard to ensure the legs stay fresh, the tactics add an additional edge or dimension on top of it, and whatnot. And for a club that always strive to outlast their eternal rivals in Koreana, they have not exactly proven it by signing future replacements for Gabrielle Rowland and Giampetro Vera, both crucial pieces on the midfield who have just crossed the thirty mark. That speaks complacency and I feel that Zanetti will not be happy about the season's end at all.

Patrice Moreno: Mipojoseon's also my pick for the second place as well, only because their sights are set more on Champions League. I like what they have across the board - indominable backfield, strong midfield and a capable forward three - and you would also think a bit about the level of experience this squad has accrued working together. As with Koreana their bench isn't one of particular strength, but with decent rotation Mipojoseon can perform well on both the league, the Champions League and the Cups and prioritising the Champions League, especially after last year's catastrophe makes sense.

I also feel like St. John's Arsenal is underrated, but for different reasons. I get that so much of talk goes around Brett Sarcav-Jones, and there's some validity to all the hype around him, but look at the guys he will be working with. Layvin Son-Saka's scored 28 goals his second season and he's only eighteen. Alija Mizayaki-Mesic is an outstanding deep-lying playmaker who one day will be on starting-eleven of Chromatika. Donovan Watson-Lukwago is an all-arounded rightback with high upsides. Nicole Potts isn't going anytime soon. And on top of that, they solved their gigantic hole on striker position. He and the Arsenal squad are in a position where they simply cannot fail to at least make the Grand Final. So they will be my darkhorses.

Fourth place goes to CSKA Quebec. I don't see AJ Zanetti's squad living up to the promises left by their Ouverture title just last year - their backfield has enough questions, especially over how Gennadiy Polunin will replace Brian Wilson-Didh, who starts for the Grim Reapers - but but I see Zanetti bringing out enough on his guys to come out with a solid third to fifth place finish that could secure the Tiger-Phoenixes an IFCF spot.

Right behind that, Perce Town and Montreal City round out my picks - Marie Faucheux is an active forward whose ability to contribute on link-up play is considered to be quite advanced. As with Mipojoseon their backline is one of strength, even if the calibre may differ - signing of Lauren Shin-Aquash for 1.5m NSD is considered a steal and adds completeness with Serge Amrouche and Carl J. Umstoke already considered major defensive pieces respectively for Al-Tamazgha and Qasden. Their manager Benni Massi's wasted no steps taking over from Pierre-Karl Varsteeg this season and I see this holding true.

As for Montreal City, George Wangolo has a significant task ahead of him as he takes over from Lester O'Reagan, who brought them to first ever IFCF qualification, and he will have enough pieces to at least put up a fight. Gavilan Quelabura is quality, but a tricky piece to put entire team system together, and we'll have to see how Wangolo will bring him together with Rachel Wyman, James Barclay and Kirsten Allen. 3 A-grade pieces and an A-grade piece doesn't always lead into A-plus corps as whole. Jason P's age is also a noticeable factor up front, so resting him for enough matches by running Sierra Colston, an efficient addition from Cassadaigua this offseason, is going to be in cards as well.

Miguel Satriano: The very top of the mountain will be straightforward. For all the question marks I have about the Blue Devils, Montreal Koreana's hard to ignore especially after how they finished the last season with Mansari Kandero. It's going to be similar to last season whether they make the Champions League or head to the Challengers Cup, and there will be significant rotation and using of youth talent available there. Engle and Garnacho are big names, but Sabazio Ragone and Yeo Gwang-Seon are all capable substitutes under-twenty and they will be expected to bring up Juan Aurelio Redondo, a dual-national of San Gines' origins who is an intriguing option on the 10-spot.

CSKA Quebec goes right behind. Their aging midfield will start raising a question and Camille Oh-Chainey's development isn't going quickly enough for the fans to feel satisfied about, but Pio Mendonca we all know will score 30 or more. Provided he doesn't get suspended for missing flights due to a nightclub binge - he's missed plenty of practices that way. Also one to watch is Samuel Hui, their second-year Yue-Graintfjaller who has shown flashes of brilliance last season.

St. John's Arsenal, Kingston FC and Zenit Attawapiskat are my other picks. As mentioned by others, the Arsenal squad is strong across the board, with their sole downside being limited bench depth. We talk about Koreana and Mipojoseon not being strong on bench, but this young Gunners squad beats both on this regard. I don't consider that to be a particular weakness unlike some out on Twi.tur. This season they don't have to worry about that, especially with lack of IFCF football so early into the season, and a squad of young, impressionable Arsenal squad suits Mark van der Brumen better than a star-studded, fiery Lakewood United with CSKA-esque character issues anyway.

Fifth place goes to Kingston FC. After multiple shortcomings with some of the league-defining stars, the Reds seem to be in a great spot to get back to it after snatching Jorge Echevarria away from Jolbonopolis United. Amina Salihamidzic Beckie's sophomore season bounds to be an exciting one - the striker cousin of Sinisa scored twenty-two last season en route to being named last season, and addition of Kit Simmons, the Elmyian national team captain at age twenty, is considered the foreign signing of the season in my books. Proficient passer with excellent vision and enthusiasm on man-to-man play, even if translating to overcommitment on rough tackles at times, Simmons is expected to be slotted into double-volante system with Miguel Gontijo of Cabo Azure under Echevarria, with Kristen Owens and Felix Sissoko linking Amina and Ilhan Tremaine up front. Echevarria's system will likely require deep-zone play from his forwards, and this might not exactly fly with Tremaine and Amina, but it's one that could add a bit more energy.

Zenit Attawapiskat, in the meanwhile, will take sixth place. As with Mipojoseon and Perce they have the defence settled - Alana Faucett has now settled as a very good libero relative to pieces around her. There is a concern that the team's not scoring at the rates expected of them, and that one should realistically expect more from Gina Whittingham, who has mostly flown free with Elmyia but not on the rates we would expect on the Q-League, but every man with a functioning eye would know that's not on her. Zenit thrives upon stifling the pace of the game and the quality, not the quantity, of chances is prioritised there especially with Whittingham being asked to play deep. I think that's not necessarily a bad thing, especially as that allows the young buck to become a more all-arounded player. But don't get me wrong, her contributions may come handy for Zenit as they push to qualify for the IFCF for the first time in over five years, and Whittingham's national team performance suggests she is more than capable of doing so.

Who will be relegated and if so, why?

WRITER     Option #1           Option #2   
C. K-BENEZET    Nunavut North Stars BK Klampenborg
P. MORENO       Heart of Saguenay   Nunavut North Stars
M. SATRIANO     Heart of Saguenay   Olympique de Rimouski
L. SHIN         BK Klampenborg      Nunavut North Stars

Patrice Moreno: There's a genuine chance Heart of Saguenay would be back into the relegation. Last year they barely survived relegation thanks to Wansan, who would normally have survived the season on a mid-lower half finish, having a stinker of season, and the squad doesn't look any better than the one last year with them having lost their leading goal-scorer, Ilhan Tremaine to Kingston FC. This is not to say that the team does not have bright spots - Anne-Marie Wertz is expected to be an outstanding field marshal on the midfield coming over from Montreal City where she was pushed out thanks to the team's positional depth - but the team has simply added too little and with no certainty of surviving a likely fall.

As for my other pick, Nunavut North Stars goes. It has taken them three years in the Championship in order to find a promotion play-off miracle, and the team looks every bit motivated with 53-year old Camille Noh having her work cut out on what's her third season of management after serving as a long-time assistant with the club. Unlike Hearts they have a bit more talent and certainly lot more discipline on their disposal thanks to their strong, in-province academy pipeline, but Alexis Itwaru-Thrasher, Atacama-Alain Gouseff and Florent Aatsista could only do so much and the team just doesn't convince me on scoring effectively enough.

Louane Shin: BK Klampenborg's an enigma in my books. On paper the Attawapiskatois surburbans have added some key players to the squad that has been on rise all the way from the State leagues, and I think Bent Kim-Vyacheslav Sharipov duo could do some damage on the scoring front. Provided Sharipov stays healthy, which is one thing I'm not so sure about. Furthermore, I just don't think they have enough quality across the board to last long enough in the league, and that's something Laurent Assidon, who until most recently was Olympique's manager, will have to address after a short summer off.

My other pick also goes Nunavut North Stars, but I could see them staying on top - the Black Stars have managed to extract every point possible during my time reporting the league, and if they could figure out the scoring front I could see them range safely at around 14th to 16th range. Of course, that's easier said than done and so much of it will come down to capitalising their home advantage at the Iqaluit Stadium, which will be seeing a two-year renovation after the end of this season. Can they capitalise their final season in a while at their beloved cavern home?

Miguel Satriano: It's hard to say because there are quite a few options we could pick this year. It speaks to the volume of competition with the league if anything.

All three promoted sides look decent this year - Daedonggang 3.26 looks more than impressive to warrant at least a two-year stay, while Nunavut North Stars have their own brand of tenacity and home advantage that normally works well in their favour. Among them Klampenborg's the weakest, but they have a cohesive unit out there in Attawapiskat with Sharipov up front and them having made essential import signings with defender Thaddeus Rampton and midfielder Nithya Hoang from South Maishop and Coquitlam. This I think pushes the trio ahead of a hapless Heart of Saguenay side that just braces themselves for what could be an inevitable relegation, and...

Charles Katwaru-Benezet: Olympique de Rimouski? Now that's an interesting choice.

Miguel Satriano: It is, but hear me out on it. Ever since their last Coupe de la Reine win things have...just gone down. First came a poor loss against a Tjorlish side on Cup Winners' Cup, and then the team that once were very much in league contention, year in and year out, would simply suffer flat tires that season. Laurent Assidon promised better performance, second season happened and no, things actually turned out for the worse with Olympique relegation-bound for much of the season.

And things haven't really looked that great for them this offseason, especially with Assidon, who was poor but the players loved him across the board, leaving. They have also sold three of their most important players, that being Cenian rocket-man Sebastian Ellex-Mar, Grim Reapers' bulldozing centreback Goh Hak-Seong, and a fluid rightback in Esteban Flores, and have not exactly used it to fill their holes. While I get that Olympique have always been a team with shoestring budget, this simply doesn't bide for them and that's why I think they are relegation possibles this season.

Who will be the Top Scorer?

Charles Katwaru-Benezet: This might be the year for Layvin Son-Saka. I wouldn't rule out a comparable season for Pio Mendonca, who is currently the best striker in the league on one-top formation, or Amina (Salihamidzic) Beckie, but I expect the addition of Brett Sarcav-Jones and a good decoy option in Glenn Wils, who himself is a reliable goalscorer too, to really give the left-winger a chance to soar into even higher heights and give Pam Scott a sense of certainty for the World Cup 95 cycle and the upcoming AOCAF in two years' time.

Miguel Satriano: Pio Mendonca, and who else would it be? The Azurean has scored 41, 35 and 31 goals for combined 107 goals in last three Q-League seasons, and has propelled his native Cabo Azure, who are also managed by AJ Zanetti as we all know, to an outstanding, second-round campaign of the World Cup. If that is not world-class form right now, then what else would that be? Aside from him, I see Wils and Son-Saka from the Gunners, Sandara Park from Koreana, and Gavilan Quelabura from MonCity.

Patrice Moreno: It has to be Gavilan Quelabura, if you are asking me here. While Pio Mendonca is no doubt having a world class form right now, I am not too sure if he could sustain it past few years. Yes, and I'm channeling the hater side here. But his nightlife stories and antics you see on the social media make me less certain about him than I would have been back in his Swangard days, and so I'm always going to leave that door of uncertainty open.

As for Quelabura, he's certainly the trequarista that makes the current Citoyens move. Give that Faroleran his ball, and he will either give a killer-pass to Jason P, for example, or feed off the long-ranger from Allen or Wyman or Barclay or whoever else really. While it's not a good thing for team vision, especially since you have to slow down the temper per his need, 71 goals he's once scored back in 46 Championship games suggest that he's worth it.

Louane Shin: I would go with the safer option and say Chloe Anderson. We all know who she is, and the complete Dagan forward has done this so consistently over the past decade she's been with Koreana that I cannot help but to just go back to the failsafe option. Quelabura's not as surefire to me, mostly because so much of it is up to him that the weight might get to him, Mendonca has his own issues that always leave us on toes, and I am not as sure on Amina just...yet. You know with rookie forwards. So I'll go with the simplest pick and go with Anderson.

Who do you see as a dark-horse, or an X-factor club for the season? They have to be outside of your IFCF picks.

WRITER     C. K-BENEZET  P. MORENO    M. SATRIANO      L. SHIN
PICK       Perce Town    Haligonian   Forest City Ath. Swangard Athletic

Patrice Moreno: Haligonian would be my surprise pick for the season. Past half-decade has been difficult for the Hals but I think that they have managed to survive a couple of scares that now they are back stronger. Their signing of R.D. Jacobus from Brookstation automatically upgrades their leftback spot, one that they have had multiple issues over last couple of years with Noh Seung-Weon's injuries, and Diego Carlos Oh brings veteran presence and could play both rightback and centre-half.

But most importantly of all, Vivienne Veronne. The Patriotlandian has done wonders for the Athletique Alexandrie side that have not only won the inaugural Patriotlandian Super8 title, but would go onto qualify for the IFCF Champions' League the following season, a feat that many fans might remember for her Athletique side actually pulling an upset over Montreal Koreana at The Samseongoloondongjang. Having suffered through budgetary restrictions with Athletique that ultimately led into her departure, Veronne's made it clear to Haligonian front office that she be given more to work with this time. This was something that Hals front office has agreed, but the financial influx also comes with a condition. Can she get there in three seasons?

Louane Shin: Swangard Athletic have adjusted well to their new era under Eric Varsteeg, and having bought or sold little, have decided to continue with their sense of stability in the clubhouse. They have indeed lost their talismanic team captain, left wing and midfielder Nathalie Thormeyer, but should see the overall team look stronger with Ronaldinho Caicedo, the son of longtime Huayramarcan national team coach Omar, taking over on the left flank. Energetic, left-footed dribbler with fiery temper matching that of his skills, Caicedo will not be the only young prospect to keep in mind, especially with Kim Gyeong-Seok, a 197cm centreback with light frame but lovely footwork, expecting to start on centreback alongside Mytanar international Denis Klasic. This gives the team options to work with, even more so as Varsteeg decides to switch into a more conventional, possession-driven 4-4-2 formation this season. I could see them surprise few and even challenge for Champions' League spots if all goes right.

Charles Katwaru-Benezet: Perce Town for me. I know I am not as high on them as a couple of our fellow commentators here but Benni Massi has set up a strong foundation for anywhere he has served, including the Elmyian national team that remains firmly in chase for their first-ever World Cup qualification, but the bigger question's more over whether he, who has managed in Elmyian giants Scolastico before the national team stint, would receive enough time. Fortunately for the squad, the Sierra-Heos and Einar Salihamidzic seem to be happy with his club vision which they feel would fit a small-town side like them better than a big-town side (likely referring to Swangard, the other side who actively pursued).

Year one things have kinda worked out well - eighth place finish on league, but a strong run of results fuelled by Shreya Krusan's performance have brought them their first Coupe de la Reine title since Daniel Galbraith's last game, and that adds shine to his tenure with the club. A full offseason and World Cup proper later, things do look brighter there as well. Losing Sinisa sucks, don't get me wrong, but the 10m transfer success is a 10m transfer success for the squad that has always found solace in smart recruiting and a top-class academy and we expect them to lose relatively little step with Juven youngster Urba Pujals and former Gunner Serge Amrouche both capable on left and centre-half. And unlike last time, they look capable of scoring some goals with Odette Tsioui, John Vandele and Mor Buday running in a front-three.

Miguel Satriano: Forest City Athletic looks promising to me. They have experienced some turnovers this summer, and the trajectory of the transfers look positive for most part, if you would ask me on that. Prudence Barbier arrives from Académie Union Port-la-Ville in Patriotlandia and the defensive midfielder is an aggressive tackler with a fighter's spirit that Nick Cole considers to be of high-value. Also looking good is 21-year old Kennedy Hong, who was signed from the local LNU side that has made it to quarterfinals of the QIS nationals, and the forward is an accurate free-kicker who can take some of the weight off struggling Helene-Anne Rivard.

Of course, the most exciting news is the return of Praxis Collingwood. The Drawkland international, who has taken two-year maternity leave absence, will be looking forward to make an immediate impact for her club that have missed her commanding presence in middle.

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:34 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PART I

It is implied that following rounds have already been played at the time of the Q-League's start in mid-September:

IFCF Champions League, Challengers Cup: Third Round
Liga B Champions Trophy: Second Round
IFCF Cup Winners Cup & Vilitan Coast Invitational: First Round
IFCF Rising Stars Cup: All Preliminary Rounds before Group Stage

Due to its complicated geo-portal-political position, Quebec and Shingoryeo [QUE] does not participate in AOCL or CAFA:LA competitions.

IFCF Champions League Playoff Round

(QUE)                               CSKA Quebec    2–4    La Nueva Avenida                          (FFD)   1–3   1–1
(CBP)                       Westwood Sprites FC    3–4    Montreal Koreana                          (QUE)   2–3   1–1

IFCF Challengers Cup Playoff Round

(QUE)                               CSKA Quebec    7–1    Tannenberg FC                             (VLD)   3–1   4–0

IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Playoff Round

(ASG)                               Royal Arexa    2–3    Nunavut North Stars                       (QUE)   1–2   1–1  
(QUE)                            BK Klampenborg    3–4    Herzegovina Phoenix                       (BNJ)   3–3   0–1  
(QUE)                          Daedonggang 3.26    5–2    New Portsley                              (BRO)   3–0   2–2

Late-summer has been a quieter stage for the Quebecois this time around. Placing sixth in the IFCF rankings, which tend to over-rank associations like that of this one and his respective friends too high if you would ask any pundit or footballing professional (OOC: I am not being serious here, though I tend to believe that Q-League is a seller's league with most national teamers heading abroad) has meant that there would be three Quebecois sides starting out in the Champions League and Mipojoseon sipping mimosas on sideline. In the third qualifying round both CSKA Quebec and Montreal Koreana would receive a difficult draw with Bassabrook Old Boys and Mar Sara FC, and survive on a positive away result for both - Koreana going into penalties in Zwangzug and CSKA's win in Valanora turning out to be a difference-maker.

Things would prove to be clearer in the playoff round for the Superclassique sides whose travel schedule looked more favourable. CSKA return to southwestern AO for a showdown against La Nueva Avenida, and having succumbed to gashes drawn from superb home advantages Farf home grounds are famous for, they would be unable to turn around the course at home and head straight into the Challengers' Cup Play-off round. Koreana would receive a more favourable draw, in the meanwhile, with the Blue Devils getting Westwood Sprites FC from Baker Park. There Chloe Anderson's brace on the second-half of first-leg at The Samseongoloondongjang would prove to the difference-maker this time, as Koreana would advance into fourth Champions' League straight group stage.

The latter stages of Challengers Cup was straightforward for the Q-League sides with Swangard Athletic and Perce Town eliminated very early into the qualification stage, as well as Montreal City already heading straight into the group stage after their fourth place finish. Blasted into smithereens the previous play-off round, CSKA Quebec would be heading to Valladares to face off against Tannenberg for the first-leg of the Playoff Round. After two legs, the Tiger-Phoenixes would prevail with an explosive, seven-to-one aggregate victory with a three-one victory in Rushmore, before putting a coda to what has been a very hectic qualification round adventure for les Capitoliens with a four-nil victory at home.

FOURTH SALAMANTIC SUPERCUP: MAETHORU SC vs. MONTREAL KOREANA
@ St. Botolph's Park, Twin Cities, Acadie
Attendance: 58,500

(QUE) Mipojoseon 1–1 Aminey SC (KOR) (1–2 AET)
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MPJS: Wolfgangsson '54 (Assist: Alulim)
AMSC: Bonstirthinden '35 (Assist: Oddkellson), Rivera '106

One game means one game. That's what the Montreal Koreana faithful had to say to themselves after the second week of the season. Most have expected Koreana and Mipojoseon, two strongest teams on paper, to vie for the Q-League title, after all, while all of it gets very uncertain with the presence of the Grand Final, the team's strong mix of proven veterans, outstanding youth talent and the memories of the Challengers Cup final run all added to the hype.

Of course, things didn't exactly start off that way. They had started off slowly at the first week where they had survived Northandryun Rovers's powerful press and packed midfield on a 78th minute Sinisa Salihamidzic goal at home. This put them in contrast to their major opponents with CSKA would beat Mipojoseon, 3-1, on a major redemption of last Grand Final on a two-goal Pio Mendonca performance, while Perce Town would strangle Montreal City 3-0 at home on what would be the outstanding first professional goal (2:20 on video) for future Q-League legend, Marie Faucheux.

And then came the major test against St. John's Arsenal. In the Blue Point Stadium not exactly known for crowd atmosphere due to acoustics. What could really go wrong?

St. John's Arsenal 6–0 Montreal Koreana
'11, '58 Son-Saka
'23 Watson-Lukwago
'28, '34 Mesic-Mizayaki
'52 Sarcav-Jones

Player of the Match: Layvin Son-Saka (2 goals, 2 assists)

lol.

Usually, these results don't mean much in the greater scope of things. So far it's proving to be true as Montreal Koreana finishes atop the league table after first ten matches of the season. It took them a little more time to really get back into the groove - 0-2 away loss to Swangard came just two weeks after - but they would go onto destroy Hearts 5-0, Perce Town 2-0, and then did not blink an eye to beat CSKA 4-1 away on what's one of the most anticipated Superclassique in recent years. Hero(ine) of the night? Lauren Engle. The young Cassadagan, who has drawn comparisons to Meghan Bateman and her teammate Orlando Mina, would put together a masterclass with two-goal, two-assist performance.

Now, the other side is where the Golden Boot sits and is sitting warm on the bench though. CSKA Quebec's Pio Mendonca leads the league in scoring after scoring fifteen in ten games, though how effective he has been on scoring this early in the season is another question of own. Mendonca, after all, has benefitted from scoring in bunches - since his opening game performance against Mipojoseon, he has scored 11 out of his 15 goals in huge victories 6-2 over Rovers (two goals), 7-0 over Jolbonopolis (hat-trick), 7-0 over Hearts (four goals), and 4-0 over Forest City (two goals) - and were limited to one goal in losses to St. John's Arsenal (1-5), Swangard (1-3, one goal) and Perce Town (0-2). Nevermind the Superclassique. CSKA still stands very much within the title race, only six points away from Koreana and...

...Perce Town. Benni Massi's efficient, well-controlled side has so far been the team of the year. Backed by strong defensive unit (not by player value, but as a whole), outstanding Shreya Krusan, and a surprisingly strong forward corps that has been off to a good start, you cannot help but to wonder if they are capable of cooking something special here. Still, there remains some questions with their dubious midfield, and more has to be seen if their long-ball play will be figured out by opposition.

Another side that starts super-hot early into the season is Kingston FC. Having started cold on opening-day loss to Haligonian, combined with back-to-back last-minute draws against relegation-favourites Nakdong Athletic and Heart of Saguenay, Kingston FC would go onto win five of their next six games. The Reds have looked consistent across the board, with their middle-half (including the league-leading wingbacks of Hailey Meyer and Tracey Mercurio) pushing the way, and two-top front of Ilhan Tremaine and Amina Salihamidzic Beckie scoring five and seven goals to a third-place finish so far.

Heading into the second season under Eric Varsteeg, Swangard Athletic continues to surprise many as they quietly but swiftly find themselves well within the league race. While not exactly the shiniest pick of the season, especially with the young Lord Swangard stricter than his late grandfather for purses, they have looked most intriguing out of all Q-League sides. Like just look at who they have beaten - 2-1 over the Gunners (the following week saw that Arsenal 6-0 Koreana), 2-0 over Blue Devils, 3-1 over Tiger-Phoenixes, 4-0 over Hals. A fucking league gauntlet.

As you can see by now, at least from the gist of it, Mipojoseon, Northandryun Rovers and Montreal City haven't started so well. You could kinda see why - Mipojoseon is not in rush especially after a busy summer, Montreal City cinematically allowing goals inside out, and the Northandryun Rovers desperately need a change on their forward composition. As in the Q, the league of extremes, having a strong defence or offence is ideal in pursuit for success, and the Rovers haven't exactly had that identity since Caitrin Ness, their talismanic striker, has returned home. Interestingly enough, recent news have come out from Squornshelous that she is looking to return after starting a young family with Joelinton Dyxkeson, but the Rovers return look not likely at this point...

Q-LEAGUE

#  2060-61 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Montreal Koreana           10    7   1   2    18    9   +9    22
 2 Perce Town                 10    7   1   2    16    4  +12    22
 3 Kingston FC                10    6   2   2    22   12  +10    20
 4 Mipojoseon                 10    6   2   2    11    6   +5    20
 5 Swangard Athletic          10    6   1   3    14    6   +8    19
 6 CSKA Quebec                10    5   1   4    31   18  +13    16
 7 St. John's Arsenal         10    5   1   4    26   17   +9    16
 8 Haligonian                 10    4   3   3    24   17   +7    15
 9 Leaside Lions              10    5   0   5    10    8   +2    15
10 Olympique de Rimouski      10    5   0   5     8    9   −1    15
11 Montreal City              10    4   2   4    18   14   +4    14
12 Jolbonopolis United        10    4   2   4     8   16   −8    14
13 Northandryun Rovers        10    4   1   5     8   16   −8    13
14 Daedonggang 3.26           10    3   2   5    10   17   −7    11
15 Forest City Athletic       10    3   2   5     5   12   −7    11
16 Nunavut North Stars        10    3   1   6     7    7    0    10
17 Heart of Saguenay          10    2   3   5     8   25  −17     9
18 Zenit Attawapiskat         10    2   3   5     6   11   −5     9
19 BK Klampenborg             10    2   2   6     5   10   −5     8
20 Nakdong Athletic           10    1   2   7     7   28  −21     5

QUEBECOIS CHAMPIONSHIP

# 2060-61 Quebecois Championship  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
 1 Coloratura City                  12    8   2   2    34   15  +19    26    —    —   3–0  2–1   —   5–1  2–0   —    —    —    —    —    —    —   7–3   —    —   6–1
 2 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa             12    7   2   3    55   12  +43    23  —    —   11–1   —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —   5–0  9–1  7–0  14–0   —   5–0   — 
 3 Wansan Sparta                    12    6   2   4    28   27   +1    20    —    —    —   0–0   —    —    —    —   7–1   —    —    —    —   3–1  5–1   —    —   2–0
 4 Habpo Koreana                    12    5   4   3    15    7   +8    19    —    —    —    —   1–0  1–0  1–0   —   1–1   —    —    —    —   2–2   —    —   7–0   — 
 5 Bathurst City                    12    5   3   4     9    5   +4    18    —   2–1   —    —    —    —    —   0–0   —   1–0  1–0  0–1   —    —    —   0–0  4–0   — 
 6 PLI Islanders                    12    5   3   4     9   11   −2    18    —   1–1   —    —   1–0   —   1–0   —   1–0  2–1   —    —    —   0–0   —   1–0   —    — 
 7 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               12    5   3   4     8    6   +2    18    —   3–0   —    —   1–0   —    —   1–0  2–1  0–0   —   1–0   —    —    —   0–0   —    — 
 8 Agawa Athletic                   12    5   3   4     8    6   +2    18   1–2  0–0   —   1–0   —   1–0   —    —    —    —   1–0   —   2–0   —    —    —    —   1–0
 9 Cornwall Clippers                12    5   2   5    32   25   +7    17   —    —    —    —    —    —    —   2–1   —   0–1   —   6–0   —   4–2   —   6–3  10–4   — 
10 Trojana Condommakers FC          12    5   2   5     8    7   +1    17   0–1  3–0  0–1  0–0   —    —    —   1–0   —    —   1–0   —   1–0   —    —    —    —    — 
11 Club I.R.A.                      12    5   1   6     8    7   +1    16   1–0  1–2   —   1–0   —   1–0  0–0   —    —    —    —    —    —    —   3–0   —    —   1–0
12 Baekahm Lakers                   12    4   3   5    20   25   −5    15  1–1   —   3–3   —    —    —    —    —    —    —   1–0   —   1–1   —   10–3   —    —    — 
13 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         12    3   5   4    23   18   +5    14   —    —   3–1  0–1   —   1–1   —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —   11–0   —    —   4–0
14 Club Racing Myeongju             12    3   5   4    18   23   −5    14    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —   2–0   —   3–1  0–0   —    —   5–1  0–0   — 
15 Baie-Verte                       12    4   1   7    22   56  −34    13    —    —    —    —   0–0   —    —    —   3–1   —    —    —    —   3–1   —    —   5–0  1–0
16 Huronia 4.25                     12    3   4   5    14   25  −11    13   3–2   —   1–4   —    —    —    —   0–0   —    —   1–0   —   1–1   —   4–3   —    —    — 
17 Club Sportive de Portbou         12    3   3   6    16   38  −22    12   3–3   —   3–1   —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —   2–1  1–1   —    —   3–0   —    — 
18 Planthoppers FC                  12    2   2   8     5   19  −14     8    —    —    —    —   0–1   —   1–0   —   0–0   —    —   0–1   —   2–2   —    —   1–0   —

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:14 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PART II

IFCF Champions League Group Stage

#  Group C                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    MâÂ    Mpj    CAP    SfF
1  Mâ Âlâmëómë                                    FFD   6  4  2  0  10   2   8  14      -     1-1    0-0    1-0  
2  Mipojoseon                                     QUE   6  4  1  1  14   8   6  13     0-4     -     3-0    4-1  
3  CA Paulinthal                                  PAS   6  1  2  3   5   9  -4   5     0-1    1-2     -     3-2  
4  Sandfjell Fotball                              CNR   6  0  1  5   6  16 -10   1     1-3    1-4    1-1     -

#  Group D                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    LwU    Brn    LNA    MtK
1  Lakewood United                                TMB   6  4  1  1  15  10   5  13      -     5-4    2-0    1-1  
2  Burnaby SC                                     KSK   6  4  0  2  12   9   3  12     3-1     -     2-0    0-2  
3  La Nueva Avenida                               FFD   6  2  0  4   7  10  -3   6     1-2    0-1     -     4-3  
4  Montreal Koreana                               QUE   6  1  1  4   8  13  -5   4     1-4    1-2    0-2     -

IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage

#   Group C                                             P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    Cri    Ser    MoC    Ast
1  Crisisbless                                    NPH   6  5  1  0  13   6   7  16      -     3-2    4-1    1-0
2  AC Serone                                      JUE   6  2  1  3  11  11   0   7 *   2-2     -     0-1    4-2    
3  Montreal City                                  QUE   6  2  1  3   6   9  -3   7 *   0-1    0-1     -     2-1   
4  Astena Rangers                                 AHR   6  1  1  4   9  13  -4   4     1-2    3-2    2-2     -   
* Tie broken by goal difference

#   Group E                                             P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    RuK    KiU    Que    Tri
1  Rülândéá Kôstä                                 FFD   6  4  1  1  14   8   6  13      -     3-1    2-2    2-1 
2  MTK Kingsville United                          DAR   6  3  2  1  18  10   8  11     3-2     -     2-2    3-3  
3  CSKA Quebec                                    QUE   6  2  2  2  12  11   1   8     1-2    0-3     -     3-1   
4  Eintracht Trink                                ZWZ   6  0  1  5   6  21 -15   1     0-3    0-6    1-4     -

IFCF Challengers Cup Round of Thirty-Two

(INS)                              Sindvpore FC    0–3    CSKA Quebec                               (QUE)   0–2   0–1 
(QUE)                             Montreal City    4–2    Chamberley City                           (SYL)   2–2   2–0

IFCF Challengers Cup Round of Sixteen

(QUE)                               CSKA Quebec    1–4    New Bremen FC                             (CBP)   1–2   0–2
(QUE)                             Montreal City    2–2 p  1923 Esca                                 (MYT)   1–1   1–1  (2–4 pen)

IFCF Cup Winners Cup Round of Sixteen

(QUE)                   Perce Town    2–4    Mar Sara FC                  (VAL)   1–4   1–0

IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage

#  Group A                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    InF    Cat    Ddg    SMF
1  Inura Forests                                  TUR   6  5  0  1  12   3   9  15      -     3-0    0-3    2-0  
2  AS Catamouge                                   ELM   6  3  1  2   8  10  -2  10     0-2     -     3-2    2-1  
3  Daedonggang 3.26                               QUE   6  2  1  3   8   7   1   7     0-1    1-1     -     1-2  
4  SET ME FREE                                    CHA   6  1  0  5   4  12  -8   3     0-4    1-2    0-1     -   

#  Group F                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    Cal    Zha    NNS    Cle
1  Callodown                                      EUR   6  3  1  2   9  10  -1  10 *    -     3-2    2-1    1-0  
2  Zhanshi                                        NIX   6  3  1  2  10   9   1  10 *   2-2     -     1-3    2-1  
3  Nunavut North Stars                            QUE   6  3  0  3  11   9   2   9     2-1    0-2     -     0-1  
4  AFC Cleveland                                  DAR   6  2  0  4   7   9  -2   6     3-0    0-1    2-5     -   
Tie broken by head to head results

IFCF Rising Stars Cup Group Stage

#  Group C                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    SFF    MAE    MJS    PNT
1  Sandfjell Fotball                              CNR   6  4  2  0  14   7   7  14      -     2-2    4-3    3-1  
2  Mâ Âlâmëómë                                    FFD   6  2  3  1   9   7   2   9     0-2     -     1-1    1-1
3  Mipojoseon                                     QUE   6  1  2  3  11  12  -1   5     0-2    1-4     -     0-0  
4  CA Paulinthal                                  PAS   6  0  3  3   4  12  -8   3     1-1    0-1    1-6     -   

#  Group D                                              P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD  Pts    BNB    LNA    LWU    MTK
1  Burnaby SC                                     KSK   6  5  0  1  16  11   5  15      -     3-2    2-4    3-2  
2  La Nueva Avenida                               FFD   6  3  1  2  13  10   3  10     1-3     -     2-1    4-2  
3  Lakewood United                                TMB   6  2  1  3  13  14  -1   7     2-4    0-3     -     3-0  
4  Montreal Koreana                               QUE   6  0  2  4   8  15  -7   2     0-1    1-1    3-3     -

Here's a thing with the IFCF. A good run of results in the qualification rounds doesn't always lead into good group stage or first-round results. This was very much the case for the Quebecois clubs in the IFCF tournaments this cycle as they would find themselves encountering numerous challenges after returning to one-year calendars after previous cycle's Pokpoongseol-induced two-year calendar.

Among them Mipojoseon's had the most favourable of runs so far. Having won the Grand Final after a remarkable Fermeture run the previous season, the Dockers were given a favourable group to aim for their first Champions' League knockout round in some time. Twelve-out-of-twelve points against Pasargan powerhouse CA Paulinthal and Capnordic Sandjfell Football, which also came with their tenacity on away matches, would be more than enough to qualify for the second-round with the Dockers finishing on thirteen points, only one behind Mâ Âlâmëómë after a 0-4 shellacking suffered on the Rulandese hands at St. Botolph's Park. Lisa Amos's side, while not as all-conquering defensively on the international level, have managed to find their feet moving consistently enough, and with long schedule coming the rest of the year, hopes their decision to rest some of the players on latter stretches post-qualification would allow them to aim for the coveted Treble.

Perhaps this was the only good news for the Quebecois sides in the group stage this autumn and early-winter, especially with the central trio of Montreal Koreana, CSKA Quebec and Montreal City having different results than their eastern counterparts. After surviving the notoriously difficult League Path, Montreal Koreana would end up with a difficult group as they would be paired in Group D alongside Lakewood United (the same team that beat the Blue Devils on last year's ChC final), Kelssekian doubles winner Burnaby SC, and La Nueva Avenida. Entering into a thrown fire and their players caught overpaced this early into the season, the Blue Devils would find themselves a forgettable group stage after securing only one win and four points in the group stage.

While most pundits have discussed this in great details, with many trying to shake the authority of Mansari Kandero whose tenure so far has seen back-to-back group stage exits, there exists a genuine consensus that this Koreana team was unlucky and that whatever the disappointments felt by their fans should not compare to that of their archrivals in CSKA Quebec. While continuing to uphold their reputation on the league, the Joongyeong-based side looked dreadful on Challengers' Cup group stage with the Tiger-Phoenixes being shunted to Associations Trophy by a Darmeni side (wtaf?). Sent to the Associations Trophy, they would perform decently against Sindvpore FC of Indusse before losing in a shameful matter to New Bremen FC of Baker Park at home. With the home fans end up setting the team buses on fire after 0-2 second-less loss, their message of frustration with AJ Zanetti over CSKA's underperformance in the international stage is clear - SHUT UP OR PUT UP.

Montreal City, on the other hand, has had a more favourable finish even though they too would fall short in the same Round of Sixteen of Associations Trophy. As expected from international football misfortune exists in group draws now and then, and for les Citoyens it would be to end up with Crisisbless. And another would be to miss the next round on point difference, which did happen between them and AS Serone of Juvencus. Shits happen in life really, though their poor home form - difficult home losses to the aforementioned two sides and last-minute squeaker over hapless Asterna Rangers - is one that makes people wonder if the recently-renovated Stade Commonwealth feels pizza-boxy in atmosphere.

What would differentiate them with CSKA, however, was their tenacity against respectable sides and they, having survived a strong Chamberley City side from Sylestone, have given 1923 Esca all their best, but would fall short in penalties on a heartbreaker after a young Alain Delisle would miss his kick. But even in loss, there was a sense of respect the fans have gained for their squad and their veteran manager, and that's something that les Citoyens have earned, hopefully to progress further in their next international ventures.

As for the Quebecois sides in other international competitions, results have been mixed across the board. General consensus before the start of the season was that this year's three promoted sides look less than impressive across the board, and the results on the LBCT, a tournament Quebecois sides have performed decently in recent cycles, would prove to be so with neither Daedonggang 3.26 or Nunavut North Stars, both of whom are struggling in the league, crashing out in the groups. Rising Stars Cup would also see both Mipojoseon and Koreana academies crash early, an outlier from usually strong performances displayed by their respective academies. As for Cup Winners Cup, Perce Town's limited depth and reliance on youth talent would end up being their undoing as they, after surviving 210 scoreless minutes and 7-6 penalty shootout against Colbrook City, just to end up with Mar Sara FC. In a season they are having back home, priorities matter and something has to go. RIP.

Quebec and Shingoryeo is a country or realm (if you are one of more nationalistic people with the use of term 'Greater Shingoryeo to refer to parts of surrounding areas outside the borders too!) of extremes. For every CSKA there will be a Mipojoseon, for every Swangard there will be a Montreal City....you get the logic.

Last year's finalists Mipojoseon and CSKA Quebec would agree on this, perhaps even more so right now because they are separated by a single point. And yet the storyline for the two sides look quite different at the end of Ouverture. By technicality neither have really convinced their fans - Mipojoseon with their lack of scoring domestically (they scored just as many goals internationally, with 14 in 6 games! 6!), CSKA Quebec throwing every grenade out to their young, promising goalkeeper Samuel Hui - but the results at the end of the day seem to run in favour of Mipojoseon lot more. But the difference was that Mipojoseon has not lost in last six games before the Christmas break, have steadily climbed up the ladder and will look much better come the Fermeture, and were still left contention for the Champions' League.

CSKA, on the other hand, have looked more like a Jekyll and Hyde. Given a favourable ten-game-stretch after surviving the difficult first-half that included their Superclassique disaster, they have looked on-and-off, beating both Kingston sides and Zenit while experiencing unexpected draws to relegation-favourites Nakdong Athletic and BK Klampenborg. Final-matchday loss to Nunavut North Stars and IFCF disappointments only fuel the anxiousness of the 'Suhoshin', the team's red-and-black ultra, and you could easily figure out the disappointment.

Now to go into the actual top of the ladder - the Grand Final ticket would be decided by a single point with Perce Town, whose Quebeco-Krytenian owners of the Montesierra Studios have promised their fans to sell multiple thematic jerseys and a couple of film-themed calendars every year, clinching it on the well-earned 0-0 away draw to the defending Champions. A young, tightly-controlled squad, their success is understandable - Shreya Krusan's making timely saves, strong fullback duo of Urba Pujals and Carl K. Umstoke, Roch Clairon providing much-needed push up the flanks, and the two-front formation of Marie Faucheux and John Vandele well fed by their latest number ten in Odette Tsioui. Whether this team could sustain into the second half remains to be a question, and the general outlook suggests 'maybe not', but for now they could worry about the thirty-ninth game of the season and pace themselves accordingly.

Perce Town's on-field rigour and off-field entertainment are matched by Swangard Athletic's patience and ability to carry on after a yearly departure of major pieces. Denis Klasic and 19-year-old Kim Gyeong-Seok have played outstanding as their centre-half duo, while Alain Vadnais has taken over from Nathalie Thormeyer as the all-around, roaming midfielder with coverage range reaching as far as Cardenao and Kimi-Suomi. Front three of Ronaldinho Caicedo, Maurice Michaux and Alanis Wii'Hoon looks solid too, with Wii-Hoon's versatility matching Michaux's nose for ten goals and Caicedo's dazzling footwork, and it is their timely scoring on their final stretch that would give them a much needed push with five wins out of last six matches.

Montreal Koreana have looked off the pace, in the meanwhile, as their inconsistencies would too prove to be undoing all the strong labour they have put together so early into the season. They would open the second-half of the Ouverture with a 0-4 loss to Haligonian, win three straight, lose to Zenit, win 4-0 to 3.26, and then would be shut out in Iqaluit to Nunavut North Stars. This would then bring them to the final two games, against Mipojoseon and their inner-city rivals Montreal City nonetheless, and a result was 0-0 and a 0-1 with Rachel Wyman scoring the game-winner in a showdown of Cassadagan starlets in the midfield.

For les Citoyens, not much is said this early into the season about George Wangolo's return to Quebec. Unlike with his predecessor things look more predictable for the team, with them winning the winnable matches and 1-0 Mipojoseon and Koreana as well, but they haven't exactly impressed on those they were not exactly on upper hand either. For one, their record against the Gunners still look less than impressive, not because of the statistics themselves but because of the impact. Matchday sixteen, they go to Blue Point Stadium where they lost six-to-nil against St. John's Arsenal last season, and have looked more convincing so up to this point:

4 Montreal City              15    8   2   5    27   16  +11    26
 5 CSKA Quebec                15    7   4   4    42   25  +17    25
 6 St. John's Arsenal         15    8   1   6    32   23   +9    25

And well, things didn't exactly turn that way either:

St. John's Arsenal 7–3 Montreal City (Halftime: 4-2)
STJ: Sarcav-Jones '9 - Wils '25 - Son-Saka '31, '44, '82 - Diouri '67 - De Valera '85
MCFC: Quelabura '16 - Allen '28 - Muteesa '56

hmph.

In hindsight, the match itself didn't exactly matter much because for all the demolitions St. John's Arsenal have committed to the Songak-based sides, they still finished tied with MCFC in points. Fans are unhappy with Mark van Der Bremen, who brings with him a reputation for harbouring Wilton Ramos back in his Lakewood United days, but the Slimani-Parks and the Board think differently about it, especially with the Inteachanian side being a younger, more malleable side that suits the Licentian-Tumbran like a glove. Layvin Son-Saka, continuing his third season in the league, is on league-leading Mendonca's heels with 18 goals, and Glenn Wils seems to have established his spot as the Gunners' number-nine. Now if the Arsenal could maintain it lot longer, just enough time for Brett Sarcav-Jones to really find his groove, the Fermeture race could end up being theirs to lead...

Q-LEAGUE

 # 2060-61 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Perce Town                 19   13   3   3    26    8  +18    42 - OUVERTURE
 2 Swangard Athletic          19   13   2   4    27    9  +18    41
 3 Montreal Koreana           19   11   2   6    31   17  +14    35
 4 CSKA Quebec                19   10   4   5    53   28  +25    34
 5 Mipojoseon                 19    9   6   4    16    9   +7    33
 6 St. John's Arsenal         19   10   2   7    44   29  +15    32
 7 Montreal City              19   10   2   7    35   27   +8    32
 8 Forest City Athletic       19    9   5   5    17   14   +3    32
 9 Haligonian                 19    8   6   5    38   24  +14    30
10 Kingston FC                19    8   5   6    37   26  +11    29
11 BK Klampenborg             19    7   4   8    11   17   −6    25
12 Leaside Lions              19    7   3   9    18   24   −6    24
13 Nunavut North Stars        19    7   2  10    12   15   −3    23
14 Northandryun Rovers        19    6   4   9    16   23   −7    22
15 Olympique de Rimouski      19    6   2  11    10   18   −8    20
16 Jolbonopolis United        19    5   4  10    14   33  −19    19
17 Daedonggang 3.26           19    5   3  11    14   36  −22    18
18 Heart of Saguenay          19    4   4  11    12   35  −23    16
19 Zenit Attawapiskat         19    4   4  11    11   23  −12    16
20 Nakdong Athletic           19    3   3  13    19   46  −27    12

QUEBECOIS CHAMPIONSHIP

 #  2060-61 Quebecois Championship  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
 1 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa             23   14   5   4    75   19  +56    47  —   1–1   —    —    —   3–0  11–1   —   7–0  5–0  9–1  3–1  5–0   —   1–0  1–0  14–0   — 
 2 Coloratura City                  23   12   7   4    55   29  +26    43    —    —   5–1  3–0  2–1   —   3–0  4–1   —    —   5–3  2–0   —    —   4–2  2–2  7–3  6–1
 3 PLI Islanders                    23   11   5   7    21   16   +5    38   1–1  2–0   —   2–1   —   1–0   —    —   0–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  1–0   —    — 
 4 Trojana Condommakers FC          23   11   5   7    19   13   +6    38   3–0  0–1   —    —   0–0  2–2  0–1  1–0  2–0   —   1–0   —    —    —   1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0
 5 Habpo Koreana                    23   10   7   6    29   11  +18    37   2–0  1–0  1–0   —    —   1–1  3–0   —   2–2  1–0  7–1  1–0  7–0  0–0  1–0   —    —    — 
 6 Cornwall Clippers                23   10   5   8    50   41   +9    35   —   1–1  1–0  0–1  1–0   —    —   2–1  4–2  6–0   —   2–2  10–4  6–3   —   2–1   —    — 
 7 Wansan Sparta                    23   10   5   8    44   40   +4    35    —    —   2–2  0–1  0–0  7–1   —    —   3–1  1–1   —   5–0   —   3–0  3–0   —   5–1  2–0
 8 Agawa Athletic                   23    9   7   7    18   19   −1    34   0–0  1–2  1–0   —   1–0  0–2  0–0   —    —    —   2–0  1–0   —    —   1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0
 9 Club Racing Myeongju             23    8   7   8    33   37   −4    31    —   1–1  1–0  2–0  0–0   —    —   3–1   —   3–1  0–0   —   0–0  5–1   —   3–1   —   3–1
10 Baekahm Lakers                   23    8   7   8    31   30   +1    31  0–0  1–1   —   0–0   —    —   3–3  1–2  2–0   —   1–1   —   0–0  3–0   —   1–0  10–3  1–0
11 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         23    7   8   8    53   43  +10    29   —    —   1–1  0–2  0–1  5–3  3–1  2–2   —    —    —   2–2   —   9–1  5–0   —   11–0  4–0
12 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               23    7   8   8    18   23   −5    29   3–0  0–0   —   0–0   —   2–1   —   1–0  1–2  1–0   —    —   2–1  0–0  1–0  1–0   —    — 
13 Club Sportive de Portbou         23    6   8   9    28   49  −21    26   0–0  3–3   —   0–0  1–0   —   3–1  1–1   —   2–1  1–1   —    —   3–0   —   5–1  1–1  3–0
14 Huronia 4.25                     23    7   5  11    25   51  −26    26   2–5  3–2   —   1–0   —   0–3  1–4  0–0  3–1   —   1–1   —   3–0   —    —   1–0  4–3  1–0
15 Bathurst City                    23    7   5  11    15   23   −8    26   2–1   —   0–0  1–0   —   2–1   —   0–0  2–1  0–1   —   0–0  4–0  0–0   —   1–0   —    — 
16 Club I.R.A.                      23    7   4  12    19   23   −4    25   1–2  1–0  1–0   —   1–0   —   4–0  0–0   —    —   1–1  0–0   —    —   1–0   —   3–0  1–0
17 Baie-Verte                       23    7   3  13    29   73  −44    24   1–3   —   1–0   —   1–0  3–1  0–1   —   3–1  0–3   —   1–1  5–0  2–0  0–0   —    —   1–0
18 Planthoppers FC                  23    4   3  16    13   35  −22    15   0–3   —   0–1   —   0–0  0–0  2–1   —   2–2  0–1  0–2  1–0  1–0   —   0–1   —   5–0   —

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:10 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PART III

MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP

The Semifinals are annually held on the 29th of December, three days after Boxing Day. The Mossun™ League Cup Finals are annually held on the New Year's Day. The winner of Quebecois League Cup will qualify for the VCIAPP on the condition that they have not qualified for the IFCF Champions' League or Champions' Cup. If they have qualified for either, then the spot will go to the next best-performing side from the Quebecois League Cup.

SEMIFINALS - @ The Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Habpo Koreana (CHAMPIONSHIP) 0–0 Montreal City (Q-LEAGUE) (0–0 AET) (1–3 pen.)
CSKA Quebec (Q-LEAGUE) 4–0 Dukhoborian (CIRCUIT d'ESPERANCE)

2061 MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP - @ The Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Montreal City (Q-LEAGUE) 0–1 CSKA Quebec (Q-LEAGUE)

The RQFA League Cup, once again sponsored by Tikariotian Moss liquor brewery Mossun after the previous agreement with Sanford Corporation was annulled on morality-based grounds, pits the Q-League sides Montreal City and CSKA Quebec on New Year's Day. There, in a physical, snowy affair played out with George Wangolo and AJ Zanetti yelling at one another over various points of the game, CSKA Quebec would walk off the winners on a 85th-minute free kick scored by Camille Oh-Chainey from a foul drawn by Caitlyn Kiraman.

Mipojoseon is on a roll. They aren't doing it the loud, festival way we would often associate with the Grim Reapers or the Superclassique sides for - the league after all is one of balances established by the fairness of extremely-minded sides - but Mipojoseon's doing it on their own way. Similarly to Perce Town and Swangard Athletic the strength of their squad comes from three things - tactically-driven manager(s), star goalies, regimented defensive four (three-back formations aren't really used here compared to other countries), and timely scoring. This is true and will continue to hold true.

But the Dockers always do it better. Since the halfway point Mipojoseon has done it in a way that no side has come close even in mini-stretches, with the Dockers not losing a game since week thirteen when Montreal City pulled their very game on them to walk away winners, 1-0. Right now, we see teams failing to find adequate passing lanes, tackled early and on time like a MACH high speed train between Saint John Central and Songak Royal Cross stations, and the fear of a Alulim killer-pass to Joel Wolfgangsson or Ibayashi Haitou's feet for a goal runs freely... you could see why Mipojoseon's favoured to return to the Grand Final.

But the race appears to be far from over, with both Montreal City and Montreal Koreana inching right behind them. For Les Citoyens the season outlook looks optimistic again after poor first ten-game stretch of the season, and they admittedly have good reasons to feel hopeful. Commonly regarded as the second-biggest club in a talent-rich Songak, les Citoyens have taken much effort to get back to the Q-League after unexpectedly-lengthy stints in the Championship, and armed with consistent investment by Misiriyaa Football Group (MFG) and ambitious chairman Maisie Dreyfuss-Milliken (MDM), last few seasons have seen strong, top eight finishes.

And now the results are paying off with back-to-back impressive seasons, and George Wangolo's first season in the league looks to be...setting up for great foundation. Keep in mind that the word to emphasise is 'foundation' - the team hasn't exactly reached the pinnacle of forms just yet, as have seen by alternating results - Jason P and Gavilan Quelabura combining for six goals in a 6-0 over Perce and 5-1 over Forest City Athletic is one thing, but the other side sees a 3-4 loss to CSKA (match of the year worthy, just they fell short) and 0-0 to Nakdong Athletic, who admittedly are themselves on a roll to escape relegation. But the results are results in the end, and twenty-five points are only four off the league-leader, which can mean an upset is possible with Mipojoseon's difficult schedule close to the end.

Also feeling the same way are Koreana and St. John's Arsenal. As with Mipojoseon the Blue Devils are also undefeated, but are third due to having four draws to the Dockers' two. Montreal Koreana are still not convincing nobody, especially with their failure to avenge the 0-6 to Arsenal at home or the bizarredly-fiery 5-5 draw at home, but Mansari Kandero's side has looked lot more stable and durable in long run, even more so with their early, untimely elimination from international football.

But what should draw minds is the flash and the glow of energy (drinks) that have hit the Blue Point Stadium, as St. John's Arsenal starts to look like what many pundits have originally anticipated. Running with fresh legs with absence of IFCF commitments (for this season, if this continues) and each passing month that of greater familiarity to Mark van der Brumen's schemes, things have started to click for them. And perhaps, the Brettomania makes sense now after all, especially after the end-to-end run where Kishan Rees passed to Brett Sarcav-Jones after interception near their own corner, Brett then going on an end-to-end run before passing right to Glenn Wils for the third goal of what would become 6-1 victory over Perce Town.

Maybe the mid-season expectations for a Zenit Attawapiskat relegation were more than enough to wake up the squad. Having started the second half on nineteenth-place and then losing three of first four games, the Zenit have since strung together a list of impressive wins over difficult opposition - 2-1 over Kingston, 2-0 over Nunavut North Stars, 3-1 over Montreal City - and combine it with two draws during that time period have climbed to fourteenth place. This isn't to say that it's safe for Jon Forseth's side, however, with eight points separating tenth-place Haligonian and eighteenth-place Klampenborg. But the aeros look every bit motivated and are now favoured in Montevicio to finish mid-table.

After experiencing a mini-crash in autumn Kingston FC are back on winning column, their eighteen points still not enough to really bring them back into IFCF contention, but the Reds have enough to work around with Amina quietly reaching eighteen goals and team fighting through their adversity with their tooth and nails. Jolbonopolis United have also picked up their pace at eighth place, but things aren't looking as impressive especially factoring in a 8-3 win over overpowered Nakdong Athletic on MD30 to pad their goal difference. Exandra Davies still is the league's best rightback, and she has been nicknamed by her teammate Nicolas Allauca as 'Wan-Bissaka' for her ability to cover the right side of the flank, but the team's inability to decide on a clear-cut identity beside their rightback isn't considered a positive. Not that their in-state rivals Northandryun Rovers look that much better on it either, both sides envying Swangard Athletic on it, even with a slow start of Fermeture for the Thunderbirds.

Q-LEAGUE

-# Fermeture Table           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mipojoseon              11    9   2   0    19    1  +18    29
 2 Montreal City           11    8   1   2    31   10  +21    25
 3 Montreal Koreana        11    7   4   0    25   10  +15    25
 4 St. John's Arsenal      11    7   1   3    29   15  +14    22
 5 Kingston FC             11    6   0   5    25   18   +7    18
 6 CSKA Quebec             11    5   2   4    23   21   +2    17
 7 Zenit Attawapiskat      11    5   2   4    10   12   −2    17
 8 Jolbonopolis United     11    5   1   5    22   15   +7    16
 9 Perce Town              11    5   1   5    11   19   −8    16
10 Swangard Athletic       11    5   1   5     8   10   −2    16
11 Northandryun Rovers     11    4   3   4    15   12   +3    15
12 Nakdong Athletic        11    4   2   5    19   34  −15    14
13 Daedonggang 3.26        11    4   2   5    15   17   −2    14
14 Leaside Lions           11    3   3   5     5   10   −5    12
15 Olympique de Rimouski   11    2   5   4     7   13   −6    11
16 Forest City Athletic    11    3   2   6     7   14   −7    11
17 Nunavut North Stars     11    3   1   7     5    8   −3    10
18 Haligonian              11    3   0   8    11   24  −13     9
19 Heart of Saguenay       11    1   4   6     5   14   −9     7
20 BK Klampenborg          11    1   3   7     6   21  −15     6

 2060-61 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mipojoseon                 30   18   8   4    35   10  +25    62
 2 Montreal Koreana           30   18   6   6    56   27  +29    60
 3 Perce Town                 30   18   4   8    37   27  +10    58
 4 Montreal City              30   18   3   9    66   37  +29    57
 5 Swangard Athletic          30   18   3   9    35   19  +16    57
 6 St. John's Arsenal         30   17   3  10    73   44  +29    54
 7 CSKA Quebec                30   15   6   9    76   49  +27    51
 8 Kingston FC                30   14   5  11    62   44  +18    47
 9 Forest City Athletic       30   12   7  11    24   28   −4    43
10 Haligonian                 30   11   6  13    49   48   +1    39
11 Northandryun Rovers        30   10   7  13    31   35   −4    37
12 Leaside Lions              30   10   6  14    23   34  −11    36
13 Jolbonopolis United        30   10   5  15    36   48  −12    35
14 Zenit Attawapiskat         30    9   6  15    21   35  −14    33
15 Nunavut North Stars        30   10   3  17    17   23   −6    33
16 Daedonggang 3.26           30    9   5  16    29   53  −24    32
17 Olympique de Rimouski      30    8   7  15    17   31  −14    31
18 BK Klampenborg             30    8   7  15    17   38  −21    31
19 Nakdong Athletic           30    7   5  18    38   80  −42    26
20 Heart of Saguenay          30    5   8  17    17   49  −32    23

QUEBECOIS CHAMPIONSHIP

# 2060-61 Quebecois Championship   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                        
 1 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa             30   20   5   5    86   25  +61    65  —   1–1  3–0  2–0  1–0  11–1  2–0  3–1  9–1  1–0  7–0  1–0   —   5–0  5–0  1–0  14–0   — 
 2 Coloratura City                  30   16   9   5    72   38  +34    57    —    —    —   3–0  2–1  3–0  5–1  2–0  5–3  2–2  3–0  4–1  1–1  6–1  1–0  4–2  7–3  6–1
 3 Cornwall Clippers                30   15   6   9    68   52  +16    51   —   1–1   —   0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–2  3–1  2–1  4–2  2–1  6–3  6–0  10–4   —   7–3  1–0
 4 Trojana Condommakers FC          30   15   6   9    24   17   +7    51   3–0  0–1  2–2   —   0–0  0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  1–0   —    —   1–0  2–0  1–0
 5 Habpo Koreana                    30   13   9   8    32   13  +19    48   2–0  1–0  1–1  1–0   —   3–0  1–0  1–0  7–1  1–0  2–2  0–0  0–0  1–0  7–0  1–0   —    — 
 6 Wansan Sparta                    30   14   5  11    70   52  +18    47  0–3  5–3  7–1  0–1  0–0   —   2–2  5–0  5–1   —   3–1   —   3–0  1–1  13–0  3–0  5–1  2–0
 7 PLI Islanders                    30   13   6  11    23   21   +2    45   1–1  2–0  1–0  2–1  0–0   —    —   1–0  2–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0   —   1–0
 8 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               30   11   9  10    26   27   −1    42   3–0  0–0  2–1  0–0  1–0   —   1–0   —    —   1–0  1–2  1–0  0–0  1–0  2–1  1–0  3–0  1–0
 9 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         30   11   8  11    81   59  +22    41 5–0   —   5–3  0–2  0–1  3–1  1–1  2–2   —    —   5–1  2–2  9–1  4–0  12–6  5–0  11–0  4–0
10 Club I.R.A.                      30   12   5  13    29   25   +4    41   1–2  1–0   —   0–0  1–0  4–0  1–0  0–0  1–1   —    —   0–0  2–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0
11 Club Racing Myeongju             30   11   7  12    51   52   −1    40   1–2  1–1  3–1  2–0  0–0  3–1  1–0   —   0–0  3–1   —   3–1  5–1  3–1  0–0   —   9–0  3–1
12 Agawa Athletic                   30   10   8  12    20   25   −5    38   0–0  1–2  0–2  1–2  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0   —    —   0–1  1–0   —   1–0  1–0  1–0
13 Huronia 4.25                     30   10   7  13    32   57  −25    37   2–5  3–2  0–3  1–0   —   1–4  1–0  2–2  1–1  1–0  3–1  0–0   —    —   3–0  2–0  4–3  1–0
14 Baekahm Lakers                   30    9   8  13    34   46  −12    35  0–0  1–1  1–2  0–0   —   3–3   —   1–0  1–1  1–0  2–0  1–2  3–0   —   0–0  0–0  10–3  1–0
15 Club Sportive de Portbou         30    8   9  13    43   80  −37    33   0–0  3–3  3–3  0–0  1–0  3–1   —    —   1–1  5–1  3–1  1–1  3–0  2–1   —   3–0  1–1  3–0
16 Bathurst City                    30    8   7  15    19   32  −13    31   2–1   —   2–1  1–0  0–1  1–2  0–0  0–0   —   1–0  2–1  0–0  0–0  0–1  4–0   —   3–1  0–0
17 Baie-Verte                       30    8   4  18    35   98  −63    28   1–3  0–0  3–1   —   1–0  0–1  1–0  1–1  1–0  1–3  3–1   —   2–0  0–3  5–0  0–0   —   1–0
18 Planthoppers FC                  30    5   4  21    16   42  −26    19   0–3  2–3  0–0   —   0–0  2–1  0–1  1–0  0–2  0–1  2–2  1–0   —   0–1  1–0  0–1  5–0   —

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:18 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PART III

IFCF Champions League Second Round

(QUE)                                Mipojoseon    2–1    Lakewood United                           (TMB)   1–1   1–0

IFCF Champions League Quarterfinals

(QUE)                                Mipojoseon    4–2    Ephesian FC                               (ZWZ)   4–0   0–2

IFCF Champions League Semifinals

(VIL)                               Turoki Tide    3–5    Mipojoseon                                (QUE)   2–5   1–0

'Come on! Come on! Dear Magpies of Home' is a popular chant song by Quebecois punk band Alphatheta. Released in 2007 as the lead single of their fifth album 'Cola-coloured Jagged Pills on the Smoky Water', it was the 5th number one hit for the band. It has been adapted over the years by various Twin Cities-based sides, in particular by Mipojoseon multi-sports club who have used it as the anthem.

The chant has seen recent spike in popularity, which coincides with Mipojoseon FC's immaculate run to the fifteenth IFCF Champions' League run in 2060-61 Q-League season, as the song was back in QRIA Top 50 Charts for twenty-five consecutive weeks, with the peak 2061 position being 3rd place on the week of the Champions' League final in BBP Stadium, Belle Haven, Baker Park.

COME ON! COME ON! 고향 까치들이여 (Dear Magpies of Home!)
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WRITTEN BY: Goh Seung-Hyeon
COMPOSED BY: Jeffrey Eisler, Goh Seung-Hyeon, Francis Keele-Noh, Benedict Ascough
To the tune of Come on! Come on! Masan Street by NO BRAIN
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나의 영원한 고향 그곳 쌍둥이도시
땅끝구석 까매지게 땀묻은 도시
오대양과 칠대륙을 다니면서도
난 그곳을 생각하네

My Forever Home, Dear Twin Cities (Na-eh Yeong-weon-han Go-hyang Geu-Got Ssang-doong-yi-do-shi)
The city drenched in sweat to the edge of this earth (Ttang-gkeut-goo-seok Kka-meh-ji-geh ttam-moot-eun do-shi)
Even after travels of five oceans and seven continents (Oh-dae-yang-gwa Chil-dae-ryook-eul dah-ni-myeon-seoh-doh)
I always think of this place (Nahn Geu-got-eul saeng-gak-ha-neh)

남쪽땅 바닷물이 앞뻘에서 멈추고
부두에서 기다리는 엄니 한마디
그말이 바람소리처럼 흘러-들왔네
내 마음 한구석

'Tis where the southern waters stop at tidalfront (Nam-djok-ttang Bah-dat-mool-eui Ab-ppeol-eh-seo Meom-choo-go)
and my mother waits on pier and forwards a word (Boo-doo-eh-seo Gi-da-ri-neun Eom-neui Han-ma-di)
Geu-mal-eui Ba-ram-soh-ri Hahn-Ma-Di)
Deep inside my mind (Nae Ma-eum Han-goo-seok)

흘러가는 동해의 찬물이여
고향으로 내 마음 보내다오

Dear coldwater of the East Sea (Heul-reoh-ga-neun Dong-hae-eh Chan-mool-eui-yeo)
Please send my love back to dear hometown (Goh-hyang-euh-roh Nae-ma-eum Boh-nae-da-oh)

Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여!
Come on! Come on! 동해 흑백전사들이여!
Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여!
날아올라라!

Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
Come on! Come on! Black-white warriors of East Sea! (Dong-hae heuk-baek-jeon-sa-deul-eui-yeoh)
Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
May you soar and-ever! (Nal-ah-ol-ra-ra!)

까마귀들 저 멀리 남쪽땅으로 가서
하나둘씩 서로 모여 떠도는 나날
싸구려 자그만한 비누방울 날리면
언제나 승리했지

Us crows, we head southbound (kka-mah-geui-deul jeoh meol-ri nam-jjok-ddang-euh-roh ga-seoh)
Spend these days gathering one by one (hah-nah-dool-tsik seoh-roh-moh-yeoh tteo-doh-neun nah-nal)
Blowing small, cheap bubbles (Ssa-goo-ryeoh ja-geuh-man-han bi-noo-bang-wool nal-ri-myeon)
Won into victories always (Eon-jeh-na seung-ri-haet-ji)

승리해서 내 돌아온 쌍둥이도시
내가 오래 그리던 매월만 먹물
아직도 사랑과 추억을 머금고 있네
아모스의 전사와 함께

Twin Cities I came home to after the victory (Seung-ri-hae-seoh nae dol-ah-on ssang-doong-eui-doh-shi)
Menagwes Bay, Squid ink, I would paint over and over (Nae-gah Oh-rae Geu-ri-deon Mae-weol-man Meok-mool)
Retains the love and memories seeped into the paint (Ah-jik-do Sa-rang-gwa choo-eok-eul meoh-geum-goh it-neh)
With the Warriors of Amos (Ah-moh-seu-eh Jeon-sah-wah-ham-gke)

타고있는 송경발 열차여 워어어
중경발-차 승전보 보내다오

Dear train from Songyeong woah-oh-oh (Tah-goh-it-neun Song-gyeong-bal yeol-cha-yeoh woah-oh-oh)
Train from Joongyeong send me the news (Joong-gyeong-bal-cha seung-jeon-boh boh-nae-dah-oh)

Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여! (Mi-Po-Jo-Seon!)
Come on! Come on! 동해 흑백전사들이여!
Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여!
날아올라라!

Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
Come on! Come on! Black-white warriors of East Sea! (Dong-hae heuk-baek-jeon-sa-deul-eui-yeoh)
Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
May you soar and-ever! (Nal-ah-ol-ra-ra!)

흘러가는 혈해의 붉은물이여
고향으로 내 마음 보내다오

Dear coldwater of the Blood Sea (Heul-reoh-ga-neun Hyeol-hae-eh Chan-mool-eui-yeo)
Please send my love back to dear hometown (Goh-hyang-euh-roh Nae-ma-eum Boh-nae-da-oh)

Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여! (Mi-Po-Jo-Seon!)
Come on! Come on! 동해 흑백전사들이여!
Come on! Come on! 고향 까치들이여!
날아올라라! 쌔리라!

Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
Come on! Come on! Black-white warriors of East Sea! (Dong-hae heuk-baek-jeon-sa-deul-eui-yeoh)
Come on! Come on! Dear magpies of home! (go-hyang kka-chi-deul-eui-yeoh!)
May you soar and-ever! Hit it! (Nal-ah-ol-ra-ra! Sse-ri-rah!)

Coupe de la Reine - Quarterfinals
Mipojoseon (01 Q-LEAGUE) 0–0 Perce Town (08 Q-LEAGUE) (0–1 AET)
CSKA Quebec (04 Q-LEAGUE) 0–3 St. John's Arsenal (05 Q-LEAGUE)
Montreal Koreana (02 Q-LEAGUE) 7–0 Wansan Sparta (26 CHAMPIONSHIP)
Montreal City (03 Q-LEAGUE) 3–0 Forest City Athletic (11 Q-LEAGUE)

Expansion of the seeding from original, 32-team fifth round to the 64-team fourth round, bringing with it doubling of the teams eligible for revenue sharing of the nationally-televised matches, have brought an interesting slate of matches and outcomes across the board. Of course, things don't deviate that much in the end, to the point where most of the upsets sorted out by sixteen teams remaining in the sixth round. This would prove to be once again true this season, though an exception did exist with 49th-seeded FC Nogojiwanong of Circuit d'Esperance pulling off back-to-back upsets over lower-half Q-League sides Nakdong Athletic and Nunavut North Stars to a strong sixth-round run before meeting their demise at the hands of Perce Town. Good news for the inland Mahan side is that their survival, while a minor story in the Coupe de la Reine where big Q-League names and cup specialists (Perce and Olympique are worst at this btw) are the ones usually in the final four, would ensure strong cash injection for the year to come.

By the time quarterfinals have come along, however, most of the quarterfinalists remaining would prove to be a major club looking to add a valuable silverware and a season recouped. Top-seeded Mipojoseon, who were still on the running for the golden gauntlet that is the Treble, would find themselves a formidable challenger in Perce Town, who were seeded per the pre-season rankings listed by the RQFA but had already won the Ouverture by the time of their contest. In a back-and-forth affair best described to contain the tensions of a 5-4 shootout, Perce Town would walk away the winners on a Marie Faucheux bicycle kick in the penalty box off an accurate Hong Seo-Heui cross, continuing their back-to-back Cup title hopes while putting an end to one for the Dockers.

Three other quarterfinals matches would also prove to be exciting, with AJ Zanetti's inviting St. John's Arsenal and the other bracket featuring both Songak sides as favourites. For the Tiger-Phoenixes faithful it was a match of missed opportunities, with them having fired 21 shots including 8 on target, but Nicole Potts's glue hands and the Joongyeongites' uncharacteristic misses in front of goal would prove to be the difference-maker as the Gunners did convert their chances with Glenn Wils adding a brace to his name in a 3-0 win. Koreana and City would have a lot easier route, in meanwhile, with red-hot Didier Garnacho scoring a hat trick for former and the team using all five substitutes after 3-0 halftime score. With former featuring the battle of East Coast top dogs and latter the Songgyeong Derby, there stands great anticipation on who will break a long Cup drought (Arsenal, City), turn around their middling season (Koreana), or defend their title once more (Perce).

# Fermeture Table        Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mipojoseon              18   12   4   2    24    4  +20    40
 2 St. John's Arsenal      18   12   2   4    44   18  +26    38
 3 Montreal Koreana        18   10   6   2    32   13  +19    36
 4 Montreal City           18   10   4   4    41   14  +27    34
 5 Kingston FC             18   10   2   6    39   25  +14    32
 6 CSKA Quebec             18    8   6   4    43   29  +14    30
 7 Zenit Attawapiskat      18    9   2   7    15   20   −5    29
 8 Northandryun Rovers     18    8   3   7    20   21   −1    27
 9 Perce Town              18    8   3   7    18   22   −4    27
10 Swangard Athletic       18    8   2   8    15   20   −5    26
11 Jolbonopolis United     18    7   3   8    29   24   +5    24
12 Nakdong Athletic        18    7   3   8    24   47  −23    24
13 Daedonggang 3.26        18    6   5   7    24   28   −4    23
14 Leaside Lions           18    6   4   8    12   17   −5    22
15 Haligonian              18    6   2  10    20   33  −13    20
16 Forest City Athletic    18    5   4   9    10   18   −8    19
17 Olympique de Rimouski   18    4   7   7    10   19   −9    19
18 Nunavut North Stars     18    3   4  11     5   13   −8    13
19 BK Klampenborg          18    2   5  11     9   30  −21    11
20 Heart of Saguenay       18    1   5  12     5   24  −19     8

# 2060-61 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mipojoseon                 37   21  10   6    40   13  +27    73
 2 Montreal Koreana           37   21   8   8    63   30  +33    71
 3 St. John's Arsenal         37   22   4  11    88   47  +41    70
 4 Perce Town                 37   21   6  10    44   30  +14    69
 5 Swangard Athletic          37   21   4  12    42   29  +13    67
 6 Montreal City              37   20   6  11    76   41  +35    66
 7 CSKA Quebec                37   18  10   9    96   57  +39    64
 8 Kingston FC                37   18   7  12    76   51  +25    61
 9 Forest City Athletic       37   14   9  14    27   32   −5    51
10 Haligonian                 37   14   8  15    58   57   +1    50
11 Northandryun Rovers        37   14   7  16    36   44   −8    49
12 Leaside Lions              37   13   7  17    30   41  −11    46
13 Zenit Attawapiskat         37   13   6  18    26   43  −17    45
14 Jolbonopolis United        37   12   7  18    43   57  −14    43
15 Daedonggang 3.26           37   11   8  18    38   64  −26    41
16 Olympique de Rimouski      37   10   9  18    20   37  −17    39
17 Nakdong Athletic           37   10   6  21    43   93  −50    36
18 BK Klampenborg             37    9   9  19    20   47  −27    36
19 Nunavut North Stars        37   10   6  21    17   28  −11    36
20 Heart of Saguenay          37    5   9  23    17   59  −42    24

All of sudden, the league race looks....unexpectedly close. Mipojoseon continues to being an amazing team, with a catch that they have 1) only allowed four goals in eighteen games of the Fermeture, and 2) have drawn two, lost two and all of sudden look very much in possibility of bottling it. What the actual fuck guys.

To make it worse, their seasonal narrative had changed with a single, non-call. Kicking off the final stretch of the season, everything looked great with three consecutive victories over Hearts, MonCity and Rovers, and looked likely to walk away with a secure, failsafe draw against a surging St. John's Arsenal squad under the full-time Brettomania spell. Trailing 1-2, the squad was blasting on all cycles against an overwhelmed defence. A penalty looked to be in sight after an 85th-minute an aggressive lunge by Elspeth Kavanagh, well-experienced backup who started the showdown while Nicole Potts rested ahead of the Coupe de la Reine semifinals...

...but no whistle was blown. The referee didn't blow it, almost as if he were a blind mouse drawn out of hollow contrarian chambers famously originating from Legalese the nation, and the final score stood. That's how sometimes narrative flips, after all, with the Gunners winning two and drawing one, while Mipojoseon appears shaken, drawing Jolbonopolis and Koreana in scoreless tie and beaten decisively away by Swangard to bring the race down to the last minute.

Outside of the major bottling attempt by the Dockers, things have looked somewhat pedestrian and consistent in the final stretch. The most impressive of them would have to be Zenit Attawapiskat, as the Aeromen continue to look impressive by climbing all the way up to seventh place. Their wins over St. John's Arsenal, Swangard Athletic and Montreal Koreana there to demonstrate that with a better start next time, Attawapiskat will be back to seeing IFCF football. On top of maintaining a bragging right over in-town rivals BK Klampenborg, whose final matchday on Attawapiskat Derby may end up deciding if they will be able to stay, heading into pro-rel or worst case scenario one-way ticket to the Championship. A three-way tie at 36 points, so much could be won and lost.

As for those above them, however, concerns and questions exist in multiples and mushroom at an even quicker rate. Kingston FC has managed to wake up quickly enough from their mid-season slumber and could overtake CSKA Quebec for the final Challengers' Cup spot, but it would be the Capitoliens who reign superior on goal difference even if Kingston wins and Perce Town kicks them to the curb. Forest City Athletic's downfall unsurprisingly is on the scoring front with another late-season injury to Helene-Anne Rivard possibly jeopardising her budding career, while Haligonian board's arguments with their fanbase seems to have poisoned the team's own season as well. Seems like nobody's happy at the end of the day.

MD38
Heart of Saguenay 1–0 Olympique de Rimouski
Haligonian 4–0 Nakdong Athletic
Leaside Lions 0–2 Kingston FC
BK Klampenborg 0–0 Zenit Attawapiskat
Forest City Athletic 5–1 Daedonggang 3.26
CSKA Quebec 3–0 Nunavut North Stars
Perce Town 1–0 Mipojoseon
Montreal Koreana 0–0 Montreal City
Swangard Athletic 1–0 Northandryun Rovers
Jolbonopolis United 1–3 St. John's Arsenal

Hmmmmph. WHAT?

-# Fermeture Table          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 St. John's Arsenal      19   13   2   4    47   19  +28    41 - FERMETURE
 2 Mipojoseon              19   12   4   3    24    5  +19    40
 3 Montreal Koreana        19   10   7   2    32   13  +19    37
 4 Montreal City           19   10   5   4    41   14  +27    35
 5 Kingston FC             19   11   2   6    41   25  +16    35
 6 CSKA Quebec             19    9   6   4    46   29  +17    33
 7 Perce Town              19    9   3   7    19   22   −3    30
 8 Zenit Attawapiskat      19    9   3   7    15   20   −5    30
 9 Swangard Athletic       19    9   2   8    16   20   −4    29
10 Northandryun Rovers     19    8   3   8    20   22   −2    27
11 Jolbonopolis United     19    7   3   9    30   27   +3    24
12 Nakdong Athletic        19    7   3   9    24   51  −27    24
13 Daedonggang 3.26        19    6   5   8    25   33   −8    23
14 Haligonian              19    7   2  10    24   33   −9    23
15 Forest City Athletic    19    6   4   9    15   19   −4    22
16 Leaside Lions           19    6   4   9    12   19   −7    22
17 Olympique de Rimouski   19    4   7   8    10   20  −10    19
18 Nunavut North Stars     19    3   4  12     5   16  −11    13
19 BK Klampenborg          19    2   6  11     9   30  −21    12
20 Heart of Saguenay       19    2   5  12     6   24  −18    11

2061 Kim-Hlasek Cup at the Q-League Grand Final:

Introduced by the Royal Quebecois Football Association (RQFA) before the start of 2053-54 (2.10) Q-League season, the Kim-Hlasek is an annual match played between Ouverture and Fermeture Champions of each Q-League season. The trophy, which is made of gold and is around 5 metres tall, is donated by Montreal Koreana and St. John's Arsenal, the home clubs of two of the greatest managers in Q-League history, the late Sir. Kim Ji-Choon and Kurt Hlasek.

Barring unusual circumstances that force the relocation of the match, every Sir. Lionel Mah Cup will be played in Joongyeong, the capital, with preference at The Reneegrad (Cap. 80,150) in Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal Province.

2061 Q-LEAGUE GRAND FINAL: PERCE TOWN vs. ST. JOHN'S ARSENAL
@ The Reneegrad, City of Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Attendance: 84,000

Perce Town 1–2 St. John's Arsenal
(Faucheux '34 // Lawson '12, Sarcav-Jones '79)

Not the Grand Final we have expected, but the one that we deserve. The Penultimate Game of the Season with the Coupe de la Reine final still a week away, the Kim-Hlasek Cup will feature Ouverture Champions Perce Town and Fermeture Champions St. John's Arsenal. Both teams have already qualified for the Champions' League on merits of top four finish, the product of strong international cycles displayed by Quebecois clubs over the past five cycles, but massive stakes existed for both teams regardless.

For St. John's Arsenal, it's about the chance to win their first since title in twenty-eight years, and there's a sense of invincibility attached to this team that has found their way into starlight after years of wilderness and what-ifs including their only season ever spent outside the Q-League just a decade ago. In the meanwhile, the genuine possibility of automatic qualification into the Champions' League group stage loomed majorly for Perce Town. While a consistent name among Challengers Cup including a not-too-distant quarterfinals run, have never qualified into the group stage of the very competition.

84,000 fans were present for the Grand Final at The Reneegrad, with the seats allocated exactly into two halves - one for Gunners fans and others for Coast Guards fans. It was a clear, 1-1 split during the regular season for the two sides, with Perce Town prevailing 4-1 on third matchday, before St. John's Arsenal would respond with 6-1 massacre of own. As promised by Mark van der Brumen, who has promised to 'start early and go for the cricket bat swing at opponents' heads', first blood would be drawn from Equinox Hill when Yvonne Lawson would score on a header off corner kick on the twelfth minute. Stunned by the blow, Perce Town would quickly bounce back with a 34th-minute equaliser by rookie Marie Faucheux. Both sides trading blows, the first half would end one-all.

In the second half, things would slow down a bit further with neither side looking to give up significant space for their opponents to take advantage. The Gunners could build up well from behind with Alija Mesic-Mizayaki and the fullbacks on third line of assault, while Perce Town's long-ball accuracy was just as potent. But as with any matchup of contrasting sides, whoever blinks first loses. And this time it would be Perce who got caught:

QBC Sports Radio Commentary Team wrote:'Seventy-ninth minute of the play. The match is tied at one, for those joining us here at The Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal province...after an eventful first half, both sides seem to move into more of an exploration phase. Whether this works or not is another story, keep in mind. Alija keeping the ball. She's not moving a lot, but she doesn't have to do a lot right behind the mid-circle. One-two touch with her left foot, she passes it to Niko de Lorimier, who then moves it latterally north-south to (Donovan) Watson-Lukwago. Young (Urba) Pujals jumps forward, opening up a massive lane...and like that Watson-Lukwago doesn't fall and sends it long.

Open lane on the left flank of Perce territory. It's a footrace...de Lorimier is the first Gunner to go it but he holds back...Brett Sarcav-Jones is faster. They say the Avondale Arrow has really stepped up over the second half of the season, and is really meriting considerations for awards here and serious national team future there in his native Sylestone. Sarcav-Jones with a smooth first touch, accelerates the dribble before slowing down a half step. To the left lines up Layvin Son-Saka and just behind Glenn Wils. This Arsenal triangle has worked so nicely over the past six months. He has options but has to think carefully - send it quickly and Son-Saka will have to whip it, or drop it behind to Wils who can aim it more safely...

...Brett looks both ways quickly, takes a few quick steps forward and passes it to Son-Saka. Son-Saka's approaching that far left corner of the penalty box, runs up to it....GOAL! LAYVIN SON-SAKA! SON-SAKA SON-SAKA SON-SAKA SON-SAKA! LAY-VINNNNNNNNNNNN SON-SAKA!

THE FLYING INTEACHANIAN WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF THE YEAR! HOMETOWN KID, STRAIGHT OUTTA SHELBOURNE, GREW UP IDOLISING HAZEL VAN ROBBEN AND CORINNE MARTEL-BURNS. AND NOW HE IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THESE ALL-TIME LEGENDS, AND WHAT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN THIS? IF THIS HOLDS, TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR DROUGHT WILL. BE. OVER FOR ST. JOHN'S ARSENAL!!!!

Most important goal of the season now scored, it was lot easier to decide for both sides. For the remaining fifteen minutes (injury time included), Perce would advance further trying to answer with an equaliser while the Gunners would slow down and retreat by packing the buses on their own end. Had this been a more offensively-potent team or one at least with better midfield, things might have turned out differently. But Perce Town did not, and their substitutes, while helpful in bringing energy, was unable to sharpen the ends of their spears. And so, they held on...and kicked far...and the final whistle rang. It has taken twenty-eight years for the St. John's Arsenal faithful to bring a title home, but the wait was worth it for one of the most historic teams in this nation. They have done it, and in a fashion that resembles the Gunners of their last golden days - truly well deserved. Congratulations to St. John's Arsenal on their fifteenth Q-League title!

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:42 pm

Q-LEAGUE

-# 2060-61 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 St. John's Arsenal         38   23   4  11    91   48  +43    73 CL1
 2 Mipojoseon                 38   21  10   7    40   14  +26    73 CL3
 3 Montreal Koreana           38   21   9   8    63   30  +33    72 CL4 + CWC
 4 Perce Town                 38   22   6  10    45   30  +15    72 CL2
 5 Swangard Athletic          38   22   4  12    43   29  +14    70 ChC1
 6 CSKA Quebec                38   19  10   9    99   57  +42    67 ChC2
 7 Montreal City              38   20   7  11    76   41  +35    67 ChC3 
 8 Kingston FC                38   19   7  12    78   51  +27    64
 9 Forest City Athletic       38   15   9  14    32   33   −1    54
10 Haligonian                 38   15   8  15    62   57   +5    53
11 Northandryun Rovers        38   14   7  17    36   45   −9    49
12 Leaside Lions              38   13   7  18    30   43  −13    46
13 Zenit Attawapiskat         38   13   7  18    26   43  −17    46
14 Jolbonopolis United        38   12   7  19    44   60  −16    43
15 Daedonggang 3.26           38   11   8  19    39   69  −30    41
16 Olympique de Rimouski      38   10   9  19    20   38  −18    39
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17 BK Klampenborg             38    9  10  19    20   47  −27    37 PRO/REL
18 Nakdong Athletic           38   10   6  22    43   97  −54    36 PRO/REL
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19 Nunavut North Stars        38   10   6  22    17   31  −14    36 RELEGATION
20 Heart of Saguenay          38    6   9  23    18   59  −41    27 RELEGATION

QUEBECOIS CHAMPIONSHIP

# 2057-58 Quebecois Championship  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                                                        
 1 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa             34   22   6   6    95   33  +62    72  —   1–1  3–0  2–0  1–0  11–1  2–0  3–1  9–1  7–0  1–0  3–1  1–0  5–0  5–0  1–0  14–0  5–1
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 2 Coloratura City                  34   17  11   6    83   51  +32    62   1–1   —   7–3  3–0  2–1  3–0  5–1  2–0  5–3  3–0  2–2  1–1  4–1  6–1  1–0  4–2  7–3  6–1
 3 Cornwall Clippers                34   17   7  10    82   60  +22    58  5–0  1–1   —   0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–2  3–1  4–2  2–1  6–3  2–1  6–0  10–4  5–0  7–3  1–0
 4 Trojana Condommakers FC          34   17   7  10    27   19   +8    58   3–0  0–1  2–2   —   0–0  0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–0
 5 Habpo Koreana                    34   15   9  10    36   16  +20    54   2–0  1–0  1–1  1–0   —   3–0  1–0  1–0  7–1  2–2  1–0  0–0  0–0  1–0  7–0  1–0  3–0  1–0
 6 Wansan Sparta                    34   16   5  13    74   58  +16    53  0–3  5–3  7–1  0–1  0–0   —   2–2  5–0  5–1  3–1  2–1  3–0  1–0  1–1  13–0  3–0  5–1  2–0
 7 PLI Islanders                    34   15   7  12    30   24   +6    52   1–1  2–0  1–0  2–1  0–0  2–1   —   1–0  2–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  5–1  1–0
 8 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               34   13  10  11    30   29   +1    49   3–0  0–0  2–1  0–0  1–0  3–0  1–0   —   0–0  1–2  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  2–1  1–0  3–0  1–
 9 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         34   13   9  12    94   64  +30    48 5–0  9–3  5–3  0–2  0–1  3–1  1–1  2–2   —   5–1  3–0  9–1  2–2  4–0  12–6  5–0  11–0  4–0
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10 Club Racing Myeongju             34   13   8  13    60   56   +4    47   1–2  1–1  3–1  2–0  0–0  3–1  1–0  2–0  0–0   —   3–1  5–1  3–1  3–1  0–0  5–1  9–0  3–1
11 Club I.R.A.                      34   13   6  15    33   32   +1    45   1–2  1–0  1–1  0–0  1–0  4–0  1–0  0–0  1–1  2–1   —   2–0  0–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0
12 Huronia 4.25                     34   12   7  15    37   62  −25    43   2–5  3–2  0–3  1–0  2–0  1–4  1–0  2–2  1–1  3–1  1–0   —   0–0  2–1  3–0  2–0  4–3  1–0
13 Agawa Athletic                   34   11  10  13    24   29   −5    43   0–0  1–2  0–2  1–2  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–1  1–0  0–1   —   1–0  2–1  1–0  1–0  1–0
14 Baekahm Lakers                   34   10   9  15    36   49  −13    39  0–0  1–1  1–2  0–0  1–0  3–3  0–0  1–0  1–1  2–0  1–0  3–0  1–2   —   0–0  0–0  10–3  1–0
15 Club Sportive de Portbou         34    9   9  16    45   85  −40    36   0–0  3–3  3–3  0–0  1–0  3–1  1–0  0–1  1–1  3–1  5–1  3–0  1–1  2–1   —   3–0  1–1  3–0
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16 Bathurst City                    34    9   8  17    22   43  −21    35   2–1  0–0  2–1  1–0  0–1  1–2  0–0  0–0  2–1  2–1  1–0  0–0  0–0  0–1  4–0   —   3–1  0–0
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17 Baie-Verte                       34    9   5  20    39  107  −68    32   1–3  0–0  3–1  2–0  1–0  0–1  1–0  1–1  1–0  3–1  1–3  2–0  1–1  0–3  5–0  0–0   —   1–0
18 Planthoppers FC                  34    6   5  23    18   48  −30    23   0–3  2–3  0–0  0–0  0–0  2–1  0–1  1–0  0–2  2–2  0–1  1–0  1–0  0–1  1–0  0–1  5–0   —

Quebecois Championship Promotion/Relegation Playoffs:

Once again, the Royal Quebecois Football Association will be deciding that the remaining LBCT qualifying spots, on top of the promotion/relegation spots versus the 17th-placed Q-League team, will be determined by the expanded playoff format. The Championship Pro/Rel Playoffs will be played in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, the northernmost province, with preference at the Iqaluit Stadium (Cap. 134,000) in Iqaluit, Nunavut province.

Preliminary Round:
(Q17) BK Klampenborg 1–1 Nakdong Athletic (1–1 AET) (Q18) (4–3 pen.)

BK Klampenborg wins the Preliminary round, securing their second consecutive season in the Q-League. Nakdong Athletic heads into the Pro-Rel Playoffs.

First Round:
(2) Coloratura City 0–1 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877 (9)
(3) Cornwall Clippers 0–1 Beolgyo Kilmarnock (8)
(4) Trojana Condommakers FC 0–1 PLI Islanders (7)
(5) Habpo Koreana 0–0 Wansan Sparta (0–0 AET) (4–2 pen.) (6)

Second Round:
(5) Habpo Koreana 1–0 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877 (9)
(7) PLI Islanders 0–0 Beolgyo Kilmarnock (1–1 AET) (6–7 pen.) (8)

Third Round:
(5) Habpo Koreana 1–0 Beolgyo Kilmarnock (8)

Habpo Koreana will be promoted to the Q-League. Beolgyo Kilmarnock will be facing Nakdong Athletic on Pro-Rel playoffs.

Pro-Rel Playoffs:
(Q17) Nakdong Athletic 1–0 Beolgyo Kilmarnock (Q8)

Nakdong Athletic wins the pro-rel playoffs, and extends their stay in the Q-League. Beolgyo Kilmarnock remain on the Quebecois Championship.

CIRCUIT D'ESPERANCE

-# 2060-61 Circuit d'Esperance  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
 1 Southwark Impact              34   25   4   5   104   50  +54    79   —   5–1  5–3  1–0  3–0  4–2  6–2  1–1  11–0  3–1  6–0  2–0  8–0  2–0  3–1  6–3  4–1  2–0
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 2 Hanbat Fury                   34   21   4   9    87   44  +43    67   8–0   —   3–0  1–1  2–1  3–0  7–1  1–0  5–1  2–0  8–0  1–0  3–1  2–0  4–1  9–1  3–0  3–0
 3 Levis Athletic                34   21   2  11    34   20  +14    65   0–1  2–0   —   1–0  1–0  4–0  1–0  2–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  0–0  1–0
 4 Regina Mundi Albion           34   18   8   8    37   18  +19    62   3–3  1–4  0–1   —   0–0  3–1  0–0  6–1  4–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  2–0
 5 Jolbonopolis Spartak          34   18   6  10    47   32  +15    60   1–4  0–0  1–0  1–0   —   4–4  2–1  4–0  5–0  3–0  1–0  0–0  2–0  1–0  2–1  3–0  3–0  1–0
 6 Shelbourne Athletic           34   18   5  11    88   54  +34    59   0–3  1–0  1–0  0–0  3–0   —   5–3  3–0  7–1  3–0  2–2  3–0  5–1  4–0  5–0  8–0  7–0  7–0
 7 1862 Panmoon                  34   17   7  10    84   57  +27    58   5–1  5–1  1–0  2–0  0–1  8–2   —   3–1  1–0  2–1  3–1  2–0  1–1  4–0  8–0  6–0  5–0  6–1
 8 Prince Eric Athletic          34   16   3  15    61   51  +10    51   3–1  3–1  1–0  0–1  1–4  1–1  7–1   —   5–1  5–1  1–0  6–0  3–1  0–0  2–1  6–0  4–0  3–0
 9 Hochelaga                     34   16   2  16    61   73  −12    50   0–1  4–0  4–3  0–1  5–1  5–1  4–3  1–0   —   3–1  3–0  2–0  5–1  3–0  1–2  3–1  9–1  2–0
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10 South Bend City               34   14   4  16    42   43   −1    46   1–2  3–1  1–0  0–0  1–1  6–1  3–0  0–1  2–1   —   1–0  1–0  5–1  1–0  1–0  3–0  2–0  1–0
11 FC Nogojiwanong               34   12   6  16    31   41  −10    42   1–2  0–2  0–1  0–0  0–0  2–0  2–2  2–1  5–0  2–0   —   1–0  3–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  3–0  1–0
12 Weeneebayko Moosepack         34   12   6  16    20   30  −10    42   1–0  2–0  1–0  0–0  1–2  1–1  0–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  0–1   —   1–0  0–0  0–0  2–0  3–0  1–0
13 CS Roxburgh                   34   11   7  16    48   65  −17    40   5–5  2–3  0–1  1–0  2–1  1–3  4–0  4–0  5–0  1–3  2–0  2–0   —   0–0  2–1  3–2  1–0  2–0
14 Dukhoborian                   34   11   7  16    23   27   −4    40   0–1  4–0  0–1  0–1  1–0  1–0  0–0  4–0  2–0  2–1  1–0  0–1  0–0   —   4–0  1–0  1–0  2–0
15 AJ Anju                       34   11   3  20    34   61  −27    36   3–4  2–3  0–1  1–0  1–0  0–2  4–4  1–0  0–1  4–1  1–0  1–0  2–2  1–0   —   2–1  2–0  1–0
16 Oakwood Schooners             34    9   6  19    26   69  −43    33   1–0  0–3  0–0  0–1  1–0  0–3  1–3  3–1  0–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  2–0  0–0  2–1   —   3–0  1–0
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17 Finqaar City                  34    5   8  21    21   71  −50    23   2–2  1–1  0–1  0–1  0–1  0–3  1–1  1–3  0–0  1–1  2–0  1–2  2–2  1–0  1–0  1–1   —   4–0
18 AS Geumgang                   34    4   6  24    11   53  −42    18   1–2  2–2  1–0  0–1  0–1  1–0  0–1  0–1  1–2  0–0  0–0  1–0  1–1  0–0  1–0  1–1  0–1   —

Circuit d'Esperance Promotion/Relegation Playoffs:

In extension to the precedence established in the Quebecois Championship, the Royal Quebecois Football Association will be deciding that the Promotion-relegation tournament will be determined by the expanded playoff format. CDE RQFA Pro/Rel Playoffs will be played at The Samseolgoloondongjang (Cap. 80,000) in Songak, Songak federal province.

First Round:
(2) Hanbat Fury 1–1 Hochelaga (2–1 AET) (9)
(3) Levis Athletic 1–0 Prince Eric Athletic (8)
(4) Regina Mundi Albion 0–0 1862 Panmoon (0–0 AET) (1–2 pen.) (7)
(5) Jolbonopolis Spartak 0–4 Shelbourne Athletic (6)

Second Round:
(2) Hanbat Fury 0–3 1862 Panmoon (7)
(3) Levis Athletic 0–0 Shelbourne Athletic (0–0 AET) (4–3 pen.) (6)

Third Round:
(2) Levis Athletic 0–1 1862 Panmoon (7)

1862 Panmoon will be promoted to the Q-League. Levis Athletic will be facing Bathurst City on Pro-Rel playoffs.

Pro-Rel Playoffs:
(CH16) Bathurst City 1–1 Levis Athletic (1–2 AET) (CE2)

Levis Athletic wins the Pro-Rel Play-off, and will be promoted to the Championship.

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:46 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PART IV

Coupe De la Reine - Final Four
Played at The Reneegrad, City of Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal Province

Semifinals
Perce Town (08 Q-LEAGUE) 2–1 St. John's Arsenal (05 Q-LEAGUE)
Montreal Koreana (02 Q-LEAGUE) 4–0 Montreal City (03 Q-LEAGUE)

2061 Coupe de la Reine Final
Perce Town (08 Q-LEAGUE) 1–1 Montreal Koreana (02 Q-LEAGUE) (1–1 AET) (6–7 pen.)

Q-LEAGUE AWARDS:

Golden Boot (Most Goals): 36 - Pio Mendonca, CSKA Quebec (Cabo Azure)
31 - Layvin Son-Saka, St. John's Arsenal (Banija/Quebec) / 28 - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie, Kingston FC/Gavilan Quelabura, Montreal City (Farfadillis)

Silver Moogoonghwa (Player of the Year): Layvin Son-Saka, St. John's Arsenal (Banija/Quebec)
* Runner-ups: Semir Besak, Mipojoseon (Mytanija) / Pio Mendonca, CSKA Quebec (Cabo Azure)

Emerald Rose (Under-23 Player of the Year, previous top 3 nominees not eligible): Brett Sarcav-Jones, St. John's Arsenal (Sylestone)
* Runner-ups: Marie Faucheux, Perce Town (Chromatika) / Amina Salihamidzic Beckie, Kingston FC

Manager of the Year: Benni Massi, Perce Town (Elmyia)
* Runner-ups: Mark van der Brumen, St. John's Arsenal (Tumbra) / Jorge Echevarria, Kingston FC

23-Person Team of the Year:

Manager: Mark van der Brumen, St. John's Arsenal (Tumbra)

GK (3): Semir Besak (Mytanija, Mipojoseon)
* Alternate: Shreya Krusan (Squornshelous, Perce Town) - Devon Qalicho (Zenit Attawapiskat)

DEF (8): Jean-Aniel Sirois (Tikariot, Forest City Athletic) - Bosko Pestotnik (Mytanija, Mipojoseon) - Anarr Ebergssson (Graintfjall, Montreal Koreana) - Exandra Davies (Saint Eleanor, Jolbonopolis United)
* Alternates: Hailey Meyer (Cassadaigua, Kingston FC) - Sinisa Salihamidzic (Montreal Koreana) - Yvonne Lawson (Tumbra, St. John's Arsenal) - Donovan Watson-Lukwago (St. John's Arsenal)

MID (6): Alija Mesic-Mizayaki (Chromatika/Mytanija, St. John's Arsenal) - Lauren Engle (Cassadaigua, Montreal Koreana) - Alulim Sinmuballit (Adab, Mipojoseon)
* Alternate: Camille Oh-Chainey (CSKA Quebec) - Alain Vadnais (Swangard Athletic) - Brett Sarcav-Jones (Sylestone, St. John's Arsenal)

FW (6): Layvin Sohn-Saka (Banija/Quebec, St. John's Arsenal) - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie (Kingston FC) - Pio Mendonca (Cabo Azure, CSKA Quebec)
* Alternate: Gavilan Quelabura (Farfadillis, Montreal City) - Ibayashi Haitou (Chromatika, Mipojoseon) - Didier Garnacho Siboyintore (Kirungabi/Quebec/Huayramarca, Montreal Koreana)

Under-23 Team of the Year:
Under-23 Team of the Year is counted by those who start the season aged 22, and finish the season at no more than 23 years of age.

Manager: Benni Massi, Perce Town (Elmyia)

GK (3): Ji Ning (Naixi, Forest City Athletic)
* Alternate: Samuel Hui (Graintfjall, CSKA Quebec) - Goh Yeong-Rok (Kingston FC)

DEF (8): R.D. Jacobus (Brookstation, Haligonian) - Sinisa Salihamidzic (Montreal Koreana) - Kim Gyeong-Seok (Swangard Athletic) - Carl J. Umstoke (Qasden, Perce Town)
* Alternates: Alain Delisle (Montreal City) - Gennadiy Polunin (Quebec/Novopetrograd, CSKA Quebec) - Sergei Sapozhkov (Quebec/Mytanija, BK Klampenborg) - Corran Casa-Alta (Ceni, Mipojoseon)

MID (6): Kit Simmons (Elmyia, Kingston FC) - Lauren Engle (Cassadaigua, Montreal Koreana) - Rachel Wyman (Cassadaigua, Montreal City)
* Alternate: Moustapha Benzakour (Al-Tamazgha/Quebec, Mipojoseon) - Jakub Sharp (Quebec/Mytanija, Haligonian) - Brett Sarcav-Jones (Sylestone, St. John's Arsenal)

FW (6): Layvin Son-Saka (Banija/Quebec, St. John's Arsenal) - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie (Kingston FC) - Didier Garnacho Siboyintore (Kirungabi/Quebec/Huayramarca, Montreal Koreana)
* Alternate: Ronaldinho Caicedo (Huayramarca/Quebec, Swangard Athletic) - Marie Faucheux (Chromatika, Perce Town) - Odette Tsioui (Perce Town)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 2:33 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 1 (Transfers)

The transfer season came to an end after an exciting summer window that saw players spend time with their national teams, go on a much-needed holiday away from the mid-season stress, and for some, decide their future. Now let's check out some of the offseason changes that have occurred while we were away:

Managers

List of foreign managers active in Q-League:

Chew Lian Wei [NIX], Forest City Athletic - 1st Season
Sangu Jiawei [YZH], Northandryun Rovers - 1st Season
Mark van der Brumen [TMB], St. John's Arsenal - 2nd Season
Vivienne Veronne [PTR], Haligonian - 2nd Season
George Wangolo [BNJ], Montreal City - 2nd Season
Mansari Kandero [PFA], Montreal Koreana - 3rd Season
Benni Massi [ELM], Perce Town - 3rd Season
Lisa Amos [CMT], Mipojoseon - 4th Season
Jon Forseth [CNR], Zenit Attawapiskat - 4th Season
Rob Alexander [CBP], Jolbonopolis United - 12th Season (2nd with Jolbonopolis, 10 Seasons with St. John's Arsenal)

Club                  Name                  Age  Nat.      Change       Note
Forest City Athletic  Nick Cole              61  FVA       Resigned     [To Lion City FC, DAN]
Forest City Athletic  Chew Lian Wei          37  NIX       Hired        From Fuchou, NIX
Leaside Lions         Sam Oronhyatekha       52  QUE       Fired
Leaside Lions         Harriet Alaba Ahn      46  QUE       Hired
Northandryun Rovers   Tamsin Duncan          45  TLI/QUE   Fired       [To Cornwall Clippers]
Northandryun Rovers   Sangu Jiawei           63  YZH       Hired        From Zhayao, NIX
Olympique de Rimouski Harriet Alaba Ahn      46  QUE       Fired
Olympique de Rimouski Min Dong-Jin           44  QUE       Hired

Departures

All-Time Record: 60m NSD, Pascal Languedoc [QUE], Hamilton Steelers to Jauneport Herault [NSI], TW2
Modern-era Record: 15m NSD, Oberon M'bah-Pinho [QUE], Kingston FC to Tihon [CM], TW39

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.     Old Club              Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Carl J. UMSTOKE               RWB/RM  23  QAD/QUE Perce Town             Dury FC              PFA 6.00
Ganymede GARCIA               RW/RM   33  JUE     Mipojoseon             AC Pomena            JUE 5.00
Benoit-Richard UKALEQ         LB      33  QUE     Mipojoseon             Alexandria United    CAD 4.50
Esteban RODRIGUEZ             RB/RM   23  QUE/HUA Olympique de Rimouski  Hellenic SC          ELM 3.50
Jakub SHARP                   CM      23  QUE/MYT Haligonian             Alexandria United    CAD 3.00
Nathalie THORMEYER            LW/CM   30  QUE     Swangard Athletic      Cardonia FC          CAD 3.00
Giampetro VERA                AM/RW   32  CAD     CSKA Quebec            SC November City     CAD 3.00
Yohimar DE SICHES             DM/CM   20  QUE     Leaside Lions          AFC Droves           SYL 2.50
Michelle GONG-LANDAU          RW/ST   22  QUE     Jolbonopolis United    Stade Confians       PTR 2.50
Joni LAURISMÄKI               ST      27  SVJ     Jolbonopolis United    Fleftic Air Force    AFT 2.00
WAYAN Rai Mantra              LB      19  PCU     Mipojoseon             Rosenpfelbltaz City  AFT 2.00
Mirren RODGER                 CB      29  TLI/QUE CSKA Quebec            Umbar                CMT 2.00
Tessa LOCKE                   CM      25  CDG/QUE Perce Town             Latrobe Athletic     KSK 1.50
Justin MCGRADY                SS/ST   25  QUE     Haligonian             Lorient Cardieux     AUP 1.00
Isihiro DANABUKI              GK      22  ATH     Leaside Lions          Northern Blue Lions  NTN Free
Helena MIKAZAWA               CB      24  TJU     Leaside Lions          Louss ANF            AUP Free
Justin TRIMMER ZEEFIL         ST      23  ATH     Forest City Athletic   Federal Bank Lions   CCO Free
Bede VERLAND                  CM      32  NPH     Heart of Saguenay      AS Cartablanca       CAD Free

Arrivals

All-Time Record: 35m NSD, tied. Sheldon Serra [COS] from Ramusok Capital University [COS] to Zenit Attawapiskat, TW6 / Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36
Modern-era Record: 35m Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.    Old Club                     Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
JUXON Fillar                 GK       32  CMT     AUD  Cazadores Cathair           Montreal Koreana        11.00
Hannah GORMLEY-MCCOWAN       CM       25  QUE     TMB  Columbia City               Perce Town               6.00
Paolo VON MONTANARI          LW       23  CAD     CAD  Alameda Desperados          Northandryun Rovers      6.00
Elie MAHAHAN                 CM       23  PTR     PTR  Grand-Ours Rovers           Swangard Athletic        5.00
Bruce NOLAN                  ST       29  TMB     TMB  Couno Rangers               CSKA Quebec              4.00
Holly STATTON                RB/RWB   21  SYL     SYL  Dunkirk Athletic            Perce Town               4.00
Kristian AMARI               LB       26  KRY     KRY  Neathill                    Daedonggang 3.26         2.25
Elisabete BARTHA             CM       22  PFA     PFA  Trimidau Rukiya             Daedonggang 3.26         2.25
Harrison CURMI               LB       22  SYL     SYL  Dodle                       St. John's Arsenal       2.00
PARK Jae-Sung                LW       25  CBP     CBP  Monmouth Park FC            Leaside Lions            2.00
GUI VINCENZO                 CM       19  CBZ     CBZ  Sao Vicente                 Northandryun Rovers      2.00
Madison LONGSTAFF            MF       18  CDG     KSK  CS-Saint-Remy               Zenit Attawapiskat       1.75
Dana AKIAK                   LB       27  QUE     TKT  Pyathora Mariners FC        Montreal City            1.50
Armand VANUNU                CB       19  ACA     TMZ  Pere-Bellejoun              Leaside Lions            1.00
Lyall MURPHY                 LW/ST    35  QUE     KSK  Star of Confederation       Zenit Attawapiskat       0.50
Jerolin BJELOGRLIC           GK       18  MYT     MYT  1923 Esca                   Perce Town               Free
Clyde HAN                    RM/RW    21  QUE     CMT  Pur State University        Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     Free*
Lauri HARKIMO                CB       32  NHV     CBP  Ravens FC                   Nakdong Athletic         Free
Fulong LAXO MALA             CM       17  FFD     FFD  Lithico State Side          Habpo Koreana            Free
Astor MARTEL                 CM       34  ELM     ELM  Hellenic SC                 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     Free
Philibert MARTIN             LB       20  PTR     PTR  Sherguy Institute of Sports Leaside Lions            Free*
Ghislaine RYU                GK       31  CBP     CBP  New Richmond FC             Leaside Lions            Free
Kevin SCOTT                  ST       21  PTR     PTR  Griffin Isle School Foot.   Forest City Athletic     Free*

Internal Transfers (all foreign/major domestic)

Note: Internal transfers do not include those heading to or from Quebecois Championship or State Leagues.

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.    Old Club               New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Alain DELISLE                 LB      21  QUE     Montreal City          Mipojoseon               6.00
Maude-Leanne COUPET           ST/LW   20  QUE     Cornwall Clippers      Montreal City            4.00
DAVID GUY ALLEN               CF      31  QUE*    Coloratura City (.2)   Northandryun Rovers      3.00
Hannah CURRIE-MASSON          RW      29  QUE     Leaside Lions          Haligonian               3.00
Thomas 'PRIMITIVO' Cantu      CM      33  MVE     Nakdong Athletic       Kingston FC              3.00
Etienne HWANG                 GK      22  QUE     Montreal Koreana       Leaside Lions            2.00
OSWALDO SANTAMARIA            RB/RM   27  QUE/HUA Northandryun Rovers    Habpo Koreana            1.50
Peter WOOD-BEVERIDGE          CB      28  ACA     Olympique de Rimouski  Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     1.50
Anatole ZUBOK                 RW/ST   26  NPG     Olympique de Rimouski  Perce Town               1.50
Vladislav CHELOMEY            LB      24  PYA     Swangard Athletic      Mipojoseon               1.00
Gilles LOUTTIT-SUNG           ST/LW   23  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       CSKA Quebec              1.00
Jae-Hyeon PARK                CM      26  QUE     Swangard Athletic      Nakdong Athletic         1.00
Morgan STEPHENSON             CB      33  TKT     Zenit Attawapiskat     Jolbonopolis United      1.00
Benoit BIGTREE                RW/ST   31  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       Daedonggang 3.26         0.50
Simone MACRON                 GK      35  QUE     Forest City Athletic   Mipojoseon               0.50
Ciara NEILL                   CB      26  QUE     Swangard Athletic      Habpo Koreana            0.50
Jean-Francois LALANDE         RW/RM   32  QUE     Montreal City          Jolbonopolis United      0.50
Seung-Hwan KIM                CM      32  QUE     Northandryun Rovers    Swangard Athletic        0.25
Anne-Marie DESBARATS          LW/RW   20  QUE     Wansan Noksaekjeonsa   Habpo Koreana            Free
Gyeong-Ja SHIN                CB      38  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       Forest City Athletic     Free
Clarence WHYTE                GK      36  QUE     BK Klampenborg         CSKA Quebec              Free

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:01 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 2 (Offseason Changes)

ROYAL QUEBECOIS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (RQFA) - OFFSEASON CHANGES

The Royal Quebecois Football Association (RQFA) has announced a series of fundamental changes regarding the operations of the Quebecois football pyramid. The changes, while particularly concerning the lower tiers of the pyramid, involve all tiers of the Quebecois footballing pyramid. While many words were exchanged and votes handled at the RQFA General Congress at the Abitibi Grand Hotel in Jeongju, Abitibi-Agawa, these were the shortened points:

CIRCUIT D'ESPERANCE EXPANSION: After an unanimous 18-0 vote among all clubs of the upcoming Circuit d'Esperance season, Circuit d'Esperance will be expanded from 18 to 20 teams effective next season (2062-63 / season 2.16). For this season there will be no teams relegated while two teams will be promoted from the state leagues per usual. As with the previous season, two teams will be relegated to the state leagues starting next season.

As for the other two divisions, however, twenty teams for the Q-League and eighteen teams for the Championship will remain the same.
QUOTA CHANGES: The Dreyfus-Milliken Proposal, proposed by Maisie Dreyfus-Milliken of Montreal City, was passed in a 80-28 margin. With the passage of the proposal, the quota of import players will be changed to five import slots unilaterally. Prospect, player-coach and Regional (meaning those of Inner/Outer AO) slots will be abolished, while those of the Quebecois Commonwealth will count directly as a domestic player.

The eligibility requirement for the import players to be considered 'residents', however, will remain the same at five years for those who have come to the Q-League at age nineteen or under, and four years for those who have come after that age threshold. The RQFA Board once again notes that the eligibility clock for import players reset once they transfer to different country, and would have to restart in case they return to play for a Quebecois club.
CLARIFICATION ON OWNERSHIP STATUSES: The RQFA has accepted The 3252 Collective's proposed acquisition of 25% share involving Northandryun Rovers from Ian and Odette Lautner, effective end of July. The ownership change means that the composition of the club becomes 49% fans, 25% Cannabiscorp, 20% The 3252 Collective, 6% Ian and Odette Lautner.

Furthermore, the RQFA has approved the proposed recommendation from the RQFA Executive Board, proposed by Michel Simonian of Olympique de Rimouski, on 70-38 margin, regarding possible conflict of interest involving Montreal City and Perce Town. After a review, the RQFA Executive Board finds that 'little to minimum possibility of conflict' between Ji Gyeong-Wan, the husband of MCFC chairman Maisie Dreyfus-Milliken, and Heo Myeong-Yoon, the largest shareholding owner of Perce Town. The explanation is that while two are considered close relations in practicality, there exists little conflict as their connecting ties as close cousins, by blood, are via great-grandparents in technicality.

That said, the RQFA has stated that while conflict of interest is not defined on the grounds of Ji and Heo being cousins, both clubs involve significant foreign shareholders - Montreal City has Tamazghan Developmental Fund as part of Misiriyaa Football Group, while Perce Town's Montesierra is based both in Joongyeong and Avidia, Krytenia. With this in mind, the RQFA recommends 24 recommendations to be made for both clubs which include, and are not limited to, no transfer between the clubs for next twenty years, no financial transfer between two clubs barring case of bankruptcy, and Perce Town's prohibition from purchasing Misiriyaa Football Group players and coaching staff for ten years, including those of Newbanks United (Saint Eleanor) and Taqwaa CA (Al-Tamazgha).
MULTIASSOCIATIONAL LEAGUE: Three years and two full seasons of probationary period have passed since the original proposal of the multiassociational league between Quebec and Shingoryeo and Huayramarca was first put into trial by the RQFA Executive Board. After substantial discussions by the member clubs, the boards and input from the Foreign Office, the RQFA has decided to indefinitely put off any discussion of a multiassociational league on the grounds of continued political instabilities and lack of progress in an internationally-monitored domestic league (OOC: submitted to IFCF or at least the regional body, in this case CAFA) in Huaryamarca. Also raised for a topic of concern was the matter of slot division, something that the RQFA, in light of recent imbalances seen in international performances between Banijan and Farf clubs in the Shango-Fogoa Premier League, has raised to be one worth noting as well.

That said, the RQFA advises that it, however, does not mean 'never is never', and that politically and economically feasible proposals that involve Ko-oren or Huayramarca. The RQFA will be open to cooperation to take place in future-time, and initiatives will be welcomed.
QUEBECOIS CLUBS IN MATCHES INVOLVING LEVEL FOUR COUNTRIES: Prior to the General Congress, the RQFA has requested clarification from the Foreign Office that involve all football teams, both domestic and international, travelling into nations placed under Level Four - Do Not Travel. The clarification was over the possible exemption from the one-month quarantine requirement the Quebecois clubs have sought out in case they would be travelling into certain Level Four countries of concern.

At the final day of the Congress, Georges-Antoine Ayange, the deputy foreign secretary, has explained to the RQFA that the governmental policy towards Quebecois clubs travelling into the Level Four countries have not changed, and that Quebecois clubs travelling into countries with lack of viable options for infectious and/or life-threatening diseases figure out their alternative arrangements should their clubs not be able to supply a full team.

The Royal Quebecois Football Association thanks all members of the board, the Royal Sporting Council and the Ministry of Sport, as well as all fans and players, for its continued faith in the organisation and will be looking forward to a bright future ahead of them.

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:31 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 3 (IFCF Preliminary Rounds)

IFCF Champions League Second Preliminary Round

(YGZ)                 Sportivo Eugenino    3–4    Montreal Koreana                  (QUE)   3–4   0–0

IFCF Champions League Third Preliminary Round

(PAS)                    Hellinic Rouge    4–2    Montreal Koreana                  (QUE)   3–1   1–1
(QUE)                        Perce Town    3–2    Cazadores Cathair                 (AUD)   2–1   1–1

IFCF Champions League Playoff Round

(CBP)                Ezriquay United FC    2–2 p  Perce Town                        (QUE)   2–1   0–1  (3–4 pen)

IFCF Challengers Cup Third Preliminary Round

(SRS)               Sivolvia Central AC    4–3    Montreal City                     (QUE)   3–1   1–2

IFCF Challengers Cup Fourth Preliminary Round

(GEE)                  N.O.K. Rui Válgo    DSQ    Montreal Koreana                  (QUE)   3-0   0-3

IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Third Qualification Round

(CHA) [A Chartistan side redacted due to use of licensed names lol]  p 2–2    Beolgyo Kilmarnock                (QUE)   1–1   1–1  (5–4 pen)
(CDG)                 Corinth Cardinals    0–5    Habpo Koreana                     (QUE)   0–3   0–2

IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Play-off Round

(QUE)                     Habpo Koreana    5–1    Dynamo Dalian                     (YZH)   1–1   4–0
(BNJ)                        Rukunbi FC  p 3–3    Wansan Noksaekjeonsa              (QUE)   1–1   2–2  (3–1 pen)

The summer on an off-year normally means longer time off for most footballers and staff out there, especially with the World Cup and the Cup of Harmony still a year away. Some would be away to represent their countries on the World Cup 94 Qualification stage, while the younger, age-side prospects would be busy competing in the Di Bradini Cup or the Under-18 World Cup that is held respectively in Valanora and Tumbra. Still, even with the season not set to start for some time, there are few Quebecois clubs out there whose season starts earlier than most others, with Montreal Koreana starting it out in the Champions League and a pair of Quebecois clubs in the Liga B Champions Trophy.

After finishing third, but given the fourth Champions' League spot thanks to Perce Town clinching last Ouverture title, the Blue Devils would be aiming to qualify for fifth straight group stage appearance in the Champions League proper, and at worst try to make the Challengers Cup. Fortunately for Koreana, the first step of the way would see them face off against a Yguazuan side as the fans would feel great relief upon prospect of heading to a nearby outer AO nation. The 4-3 home leg victory at The Samseongoloondongjang, most notably so with a Sandara Park brace, would help propel the squad through the rest of the way as they survive an intra-regional scare with goalless draw. Also seeing action with decent slate of results were the Quebecois sides in the LBCT, with Habpo Koreana having little trouble in dispatching Corinth Cardinals of Cassadaigua on a strong performance of goalkeeper Aidan Hollis-Gordon, while third-place Beolgyo Kilmarnock would come up short against a side from Sonnel after going all the way to the penalty shootout at the Alumni Stadium.

Having survived their first round of test, Koreana siblings would be joined by Perce Town and Montreal City, two sides whose co-owners' close familial ties have required additional measures taken at the RQFA General Congress earlier in the summer. Neither Citeh nor P-Diddy sees any luck in the draw, with former facing against Squornshelan stalwarts Sivolvia and latter...Cazadores. Among them only Perce Town would progress to the respective tournament proper, and they would do so in a rather impressive fashion. On the third preliminary round, it would be one goal, one assist performance from Marie Faucheux would end up being the difference-maker in the tie as the upset win in the first leg trip to Cathair would end up deciding the series. Having received the confident booster from the win, the Cheongryong would go onto play Eziraquay United from Baker Park, a side that has seen no shortage of IFCF action in the recent years. The tie would be drawn two-all with both sides registering away wins, and it would require a Shreya Krusan save in the end to put a coda.

While Perce Town draws impressive performance to find themselves on their first ever appearance at the Champions' League proper, the Songak rivals would end up coming well short of their goal. Having survived a scare in Yguazu, Montreal Koreana receives a difficult opponent in Pasargan runner-ups Hellenic Rouge, and would find themselves losing hold of the tie early at home and not bounce back, immediately bumped into the Challengers Cup. In the meanwhile, Montreal City's experience in the ChC would be short-lived as heir home struggles on international competition continue. As with their inner-city rivals they start off very slowly and lose three to nil against Sivolvia at home, and facing high odds away, could not find enough goals on an one-goal win, causing them to be eliminated early into the competition.

As for the LBCT, Habpo Koreana continues to fly high in the play-off round as they dispatch Dynamo Dalian of Yuezhou on back of a four-nil victory at Two Rivers Stadium. This leaves the 'Glorious Bastards', who are based on the Habpo district of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, as the only Koreana side left standing on IFCF competitions with group stage involved - Montreal Koreana is still standing on the Cup Winners Cup, where they won't be entering until the second round in October - and man, does it feel weird for everybody. They would end up being the only Quebecois side in the LBCT, a rare situation in the competition where usually two or even three Quebecois clubs would make it deep, after Championship winners Wansan Noksaekjeonsa would receive an unfortunate end of the draw in facing Rukunbi FC of the SFPL fame. They end up falling short in penalties - lots of shootouts involving Quebecois clubs in the preliminary round this time!

The Taegukgi: The Korean-language voice of the Quebecois Commonwealth

Mtl. Koreana out of IFCF Challengers Cup after 4PR forfeit due to quarantine-related reasons

Jules Park-Bruneau

SONGAK, SONGAK -Montreal Koreana have forfeited their participation from the IFCF Challengers Cup after announcing that they, in a highly-contested dispute with the RQFA and the Foreign Office involving the Government protocol on travelling into Level Four countries considered to be on no-travel list, would forfeit their fourth preliminary series against a Geektopian side, with the Koreana president, Hwang Joon-Ho, explicitly stating that the RQFA 'needs to act better'.

The first, home leg of the tie, with Koreana set to play their opponent at Marijuana Island Gaol, Nunavut; was originally scheduled this Sunday. Having lost their third-preliminary tie against Hellenic Rouge of Pasarga in the Champions League, they had two preliminary rounds left in qualification in order to join CSKA Quebec and Swangard Athletic in the Challengers Cup group stage. The team, who have a recent history in the competition having made the final just two years ago, had two IFCF-level competitions in play with them having received first round bye into the IFCF Cup Winners Cup.

But the Blue Devils announced yesterday that the team has decided to abandon the tie from the play, thereby disqualifying themselves, due to the Foreign Office's policy on travel into Level 4 countries, which would involve one month of quarantine for those coming to Quebec from those countries on the grounds of health and safety reasons. In addition to the pre-existing IFCF rules on requiring thirteen available senior players including a goalkeeper for a match to be played, the RQFA requires each side requesting delay to come up with a contingency plan to allow for possible fielding of reserves or academy players on need-basis.

Koreana's statement, an unprecedented one in light of the RQFA General Congress two months ago where the Deputy Foreign Secretary Georges-Antoine Ayange had further confirmed the non-lifting of quarantine requirements on Level-Four Countries, surprised the Foreign Office and infuriated the RQFA, who had seen significant disputes with Koreana organisation in recent years. In immediate responses, the RQFA accused Koreana of 'not trying to come up with a plan', while the Foreign Office did not budge, stating that the prevention of contagious diseases, such as inability to 'communicate in proper, coherent language', Dengue fever, and STIs found in said country, is to be prioritised over sporting convenience.

The RQFA also said that the RQFA was unconvinced the tie could be postponed on right grounds, citing the Independent Athletes from Quebec senior team's precedence where their World Cup 93 and 94 qualification matches against same nation were played in Fine River Uranium Mines and isolated cruise liner Edward F. FitzSimmons, and that a team of reserves and/or academy players could be fielded.

The eventual breaking point would occur on that end, with Koreana refusing to field a side on medical grounds, even more so with the risk it would bring to the academy and the team's early-season form. The RQFA has also suggested that a side of humanoids, currently in development by multiple commercial businesses, could be employed for the competitive reasons, something that the Songak club has rejected under 'bad faith' suggestions by the Federation themselves.

Having reached a point of impasse between Koreana and the RQFA, the case was placed into decisions of the IFCF's appeal board, who have declared the disqualification of the tie, 3-0 on both, after finding Koreana's rationale to be unsubstantial on weight.

Koreana president Hwang Joon-Ho would surprisingly be in agreement with the decision, with one-time Grim Reapers and Port Sebastian legend limiting sharpness in his words: 'We understand the decision made by the IFCF appeals body and will accept this ruling. Montreal Koreana organisation continues to remain committed to the protection of its players and staff, as well as those of the club's legendary academy, and will work with both the IFCF and the RQFA to find adequate solutions.

With that said, however, Montreal Koreana FC will look forward to compete for the domestic competitions and the IFCF Cup Winners Cup. Glory Glory Blue Devils!'

Facing increasing pressure following the team's shortcomings on both IFCF and the league the past two seasons, team manager Mansari Kandero was not short on his words when asked by media. 'It's unfortunate that we don't get to progress further but nothing that's really on our controls,' he said. 'We cannot put the lives of our players and prospects at risk by having them play in Geektopia, or try bogus methods. It's disrespectful to our players and fans.

'There is a bit of that...discord between our organisation and the RQFA, I get it, but things could have turned out for the better. No team could risk one month of quarantine to play for such a leg after all. Ultimately it's unfair against us for the way things had turned out, not because of why we opted against playing first teamers there, and I hope this will drive us for a strong season altogether, especially with the league, both cups and the CWC still on line.'

Montreal Koreana and the RQFA's disagreements go back a decade, all the way to 2050-52 season when the club was deducted fifteen points and fined $50 million Quebecois Pounds ($150 million NSD) for their and CSKA Quebec ultras' role in the Reneegrad Riots that led to the burning of the national stadium. In the recent years, the disagreements would extend to other issues, and include but are not excluded to strict requirements over the simplification and the restriction of import quotas, increase in number of days delegated for international tournaments and duties, and the RQFA's pro-Faroleran stance on the Great War of Farfadillis that have drawn severe ire among the fanbase.

The forfeiture marks the end of what has been a very turbulent saga for the 33-time Q-League champions. Season-ending injury to Seung-Myeon Kravitz-Hyeon on a rafting incident caused a massive hole on goalkeeper spot, which has led them to lodge a $13m NSD bid on Chromatika international Juxon Fillar. Fillar, who starred with Cazadores Cathair for his entire professional career, is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world with back to back Champions League titles and the World Cup 93 Final appearance to his name. His transfer, one that was enabled by the recent wave of exodus in the Audioslavian National League, has no doubt drawn significant buzz into what was otherwise quiet transfer window for the Blue Devils.

Regardless of their underwhelming slate of results on the IFCF stage so far, the team is considered one of three favourites to win the title this season alongside Mipojoseon and St. John's Arsenal. Led by star-studded veterans such as Orlando Mina and Chloe Anderson, and fuelled by highly-promising starlets in the form of Didier Garnacho Siboyintore, Anarr Ebergsson and Lauren Engle, the team is considered to be in right shape and form by most pundits. With three domestic competitions and the IFCF Cup Winners Cup in line, more is to be seen if proven winner in Kandero will be able to add a second trophy to his name after his Coupe de la Reine victory last May in The Reneegrad.

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:56 pm

2059-62 QUEBECOIS DOMESTIC CRICKET CYCLE - PART 2/3 (INTRODUCTION AND ANAIALIFE™ ODI Cup)

Au contraire to what many people seem to think about, cricket is one of the oldest sports the country has welcomed, though not at a particular level of prominence we would see from other batting sports the Quebecois have embraced since then. Cricket was introduced to Quebec and Shingoryeo in late 1800s, thanks to two elements: 1) the active travels of Quebecois diplomats and tradesmen who frequented between the RL-IC portal into the so-called 'British Isles', and 2) when the increased trading relations between Q&S and its allies, namely the former Teus Empire and the Ko-orenite state, successfully brought the sport to the Quebecois soil. It was initially introduced to a series of small townships out in West and East Coasts, where it drew particular appeal towards the landed gentry and the bourgeoisie, and gained community presence into locals schools and rotary clubs where generations of great players and their friendships were forged.

While the sport, due to its community-based limitations, was unable to expand much into major cities and other regions, where football, baseball and later handball took greater hand during the summers, the sport has remained strong in smaller regions across the country. The Quebecois Cricket Board (QCB), from time to time, may have found themselves under severe financial and broadcasting challenges, but they have improved the sport's stances and the quality of competition since then. In past decades, there have been several cricketeers who have plied their trades abroad, most notably in their Anaian neighbour Ko-oren but also in other rising nations such as Sylestone and Brookstation, and all three forms of cricket competition have stabilised after the struggles faced during 2010s and 2020s, with increased media representation and increased money in television rights proving to be good signs.

In any case, this is the first of the new era of domestic cricket in Quebecois ODI with the preexisting league rebranded into a more marketable AnaiaLife™ One-Day Cup (ALODC), or more known under its shortened form as AnaiaLife™ Cup. Featuring 10 provincial and multi-provincial sides, the double round-robin competition culminates with a short playoff stage before the final, set to be decided at the Royal Cricket Ground in Songak. With the domestic season rolling once every three years, which also mean that there would be enough time for test, ODI and T20 competitions, there is a solid chance that ODI, a middle-ground and slightly less loved of the three formats, would get a solid start to what would be great three-year cycle to come.

Also, let's see if anybody can stop Acadie, who now compete as one provincial side instead of Acadie-West (based in Twin Cities) and East (Dongnae County)....

# Group A           W   L   D	NRR     RR
Joongyeong Capitals 7   1   0   1,249   7,067  301–303  282–223  153–235  230–270   — 
Inteachán           5   3   0   1,550   7,673  301–303  282–223  153–235  230–270   — 
Terre-Aux-Oiseaux   4   4   0   -0,779  5,618  219–268  288–456   —   301–299  240–236
Acadie              3   5   0   -0,118  6,377  318–183  216–259  305–362   —   234–230
Avalon              1   7   0   -1,629  5,568  301–303  282–223  153–235  230–270   — 
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# Group B           W   L   D	NRR     RR
Mahan               5   3   0   -1,423  6,704   —   197–201  311–262  316–274  240–296
Abitibi-Agawa       4   3   1   0,443   6.000  265–268   —   301–275  248–265  278–228
Songak              4   4   0   -0,543  5,617  239–303  149–150   —   278–277  182–180
Yoseo-Manitoba      4   4   0   -0,871  6,181  279–276  246–242  230–231   —   128–124
Northern Forces     2   5   1   2,122   7,611  228–326  304–304  211–231  215–212   —

Semifinals #1: Wansan Cricket Ground (Cap. 16,000), Wansan, Terre-Aux-Oiseaux
Joongyeong Capitals 283/6 (50 overs)
Abitibi-Agawa 174 (35.1 overs)

Semifinals #2: Acadie Cricket Ground (Cap. 12,000), Twin Cities, Acadie
Mahan 275/3 (50 overs)
Inteachán 276/3 (40 overs)

37th AnaiaLife™ One-Day Cup
Royal Cricket Ground (Cap. 25,000), Songak, Songak

Joongyeong Capitals 279/7 (50 overs)
Inteachán 315/6 (50 overs)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:55 am

2059-62 QUEBECOIS DOMESTIC CRICKET CYCLE - PART 3/3 (INTRODUCTION AND THE SIX)

The state of test cricket in Quebec and Shingoryeo is a tricky thing. Test cricket has been played for almost 200 years now, and the multi-day nature of test and the communal nature of cricket in Quebec have meant that while test series are regularly scheduled and played on domestic soil under a historical league of 'The Six'. Consisting of the six most prominent provincial/regional sides who play test cricket since 1877, The Six continues to present itself as a successful, well-sustaining league even in the recent era of commercialisation and faster pace in cricket.

Of course, the overall portrait is bit more diverse on region-to-region basis:

Provincial Side      Primary Ground            Capacity	City           Secondary Ground          Capacity   City
Yoseo                Empress Jeongmyeong Oval     18000	Prince Eric    Assiniboine Park             25000   Jolbonopolis
Mahan                Harbord Road                 16000	Kingston       Stoney Brook Road             8000   Hamilton
Terre-Aux-Oiseaux    Royal Cricket Ground         25000	Songak         Wansan Cricket Ground        16000   Wansan
Joongyeong           Joongyeong Oval              27000 St-Croix       Reneegrad Cricket Ground     12500   Reneegrad
Inteachán            St. Columba's Grange         38000 Equinox Hill   Waryong Oval                 10000   Milson's Point
Acadie               Acadie Cricket Ground        12000 Twin Cities    Dongnae Oval                 17000   Dongnae

Number of Point
Points for win: 12
Points for draw: 6
Points for win by innings/10 wickets: 9
Points for a loss: 0
 
Table                   MP  W  D  L  REG  IW  DRAW TOTAL
Joongyeong              10  7  0  3   84  27     0   109
Terre-Aux-Oiseaux       10  6  1  3   72   9     6    87
Acadie                  10  5  0  5   60   0     0    60
Mahan                   10  3  2  5   36  18    12    60
Inteachán               10  4  1  4   48   0     6    54
Yoseo                   10  3  0  7   36  18     0    54

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:47 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 4 (CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEWS)

Alas, it is time for the Quebecois Championship to start as well. Still the eighteen-team league with expanded promotion-relegation system into and from the Q-League and the Circuit d'Esperance, it is bound to be an exciting place once again with twelve out of eighteen clubs in action. On one hand, the Championship is used for the recently-relegated sides to reassess their situation, address their personnel and build themselves up back for a stronger, more long-lasting success in the Q-League, while for others it goes into the matter of ensuring club's financial survival, even more so in the clubs where away fan receipts do matter - away fan ban does not apply to the Championship and tiers below, nor does it for the RQFA's cup competitions. This allows for a highly-competitive, action-filled league that has the potential to wow.

For the course of this season, there are several storylines to look out for. While the recently-relegated Heart of Saguenay and Nunavut North Stars are clear promotion favourites, with Cornwall Clippers, Coloratura City, and Unama'kik-Inverness 1877 looking capable of challenging as well. Older mainstays such as 1862 Panmoon, Club Racing de Myeongju, and Beolgyo Kilmarnock SC are likely to be the groundskeepers of the stage, while recently-promoted Southwark Impact and Levis Athletic, both teams with strong history in the Q-League proper, aim to capitalise the resurgence in their form aided by competent management and strong draws. There are also possible relegation favourites to look out for - with Club Sportive de Portbou, Baekahm Lakers, and Huronia 4.26 looking to avoid the drop to the Club d'Esperance.

As for the specific clubs, however, here are some of the things to look into:

HEART OF SAGUENAY

Player to watch: LB Marius von Kampen, 21 (YZH/QUE) -- Academy Product

The Hearts, one of two prominent football sides to have come out of Saguenay province alongside archrivals Olympique de Rimouski, have been on a metaphorical roller-coaster over the past twenty years. It would be difficult to describe what ails them in particular, because there are many reasons and they tend to range from no less than four ownership changes in twenty years (considered very frequent by Quebecois standards), Apple Bowl stadium that is starting to fall apart, and the academy setup that simply hasn't kept up with their talent pool everybody had expected. Not to mention the fact that they just have not been convincing enough to be neither good nor awful. The memory of their last top-half finish does date the twenty-year mark, and they have struggled to escape relegation zone for most of the seasons they were actually in the Q-League. Their struggling form has even affected into the other aspects of the club, where they have most recently suffered the indignity of a large occupation by Haligonian fans against the away fan ban rule for their Nakdong Derby matchup. Both clubs have been fined for the incident, Haligonian more severely due to, but the damage's already done to the team that simply fell no short of horrible news anyway.

Even then, however, the Hearts are still considered 'too big to fail (this meaning not promoted back within two seasons)'. Luciano Colonna's one of two most underrated goalkeepers in the country, with Zenit's Devon Qalicho as the other one, while the team's ability to execute on the front-half of the field is still one to be impressed about, especially with former Montreal City starlet Anne-Marie Wertz looking impressive on left side of the flank, while Narin Berg and Eo Nam-Cheol have already proven their worth as formidable 19 and 23-year old forwards under a two-man front. Their backfield looks slightly more dubious, especially with offensive incapabilities of Sandy Inaba and the slowing down of Pierre-Charles Djaozandry on both flanks, but the centreback pair of Goh Yeong-Heui and Quebecois Under-21 international Claude Monsef should be a proven one. Not to mention the addition of young Marius von Kampen, a fiery, 21-year old leftback with outstanding speed, up front - it is hoped that the former winger proves her potential with Wertz.

In any case, the Hearts should be favourites to go back up. Outside of Nunavut North Stars, they have the best team available and Gilles Saiss so far has proven himself to be an adequate manager for the team. If they fail to go back up, however, at least there stands a positive with relatively low wage bill to handle for the team to go back up the second time around.

COLORATURA CITY

Player to watch: ST Pierre-Louis Borduas, 22, QUE -- Formerly of Wansan Noksekjeonsa

'Make small changes, one at a time,' said Pierce McIndoe, as the 42-year old club president giddily looked back at the crowd. 'We are heading towards the right direction, and people are noticing us with genuine possibility to go for higher levels without risking the bank.'

It does sound slightly hollow, considering how fortunate they were in the past three seasons when they had David Guy Allen. Former Fort McKinley international, who was once the talismanic striker the despotic dictatorship had right in front and centre, has managed to torch the Championship en route to two promotion near-misses before Northandryun Rovers came calling. And while it was nice having a presence as dependable as Allen, the club is more than aware that the $3m NSD transfer fee is a reasonable trade-off from the Championship to a top-half Q-League squad, and wished him the best luck.

So now they would have to start again, and the team looks a bit trickier from the surface. Manager Genevieve Yeun is a young player's coach who prefers to negotiate and discuss rather than to enforce, and this may be what the club needs considering the heavy veteran presence on the team. In those cases they often run into the risk of a clubhouse that could either stay friendly, professional and gel well, or a total madhouse. Fortunately for Yeun, she might be having a squad that's once again fit for a promotion push. Former Wansan striker Pierre-Louis Borduas is a well-arounded striker at age 22 and should be able to replace much of the javelin's sharpness that left with Allen's departure, while former Q-Leaguers Luke McKee-Snowsnake and Michelle Braun-Akanji should stabilise the midfield to Yeun's preference. The team does look questionable on the defensive side of ball, and Toritani Masashi is among lesser impressive of goalkeepers in the second tier, but with correct pacing, the team could threaten for a top six finish and solid chance at promotion.

LEVIS ATHLETIC

Player to watch: GK Jules Addo, 25, QUE/NGB -- Formerly of Mipojoseon

It's taken them some time and unexpectedly lengthy stay in the State League and the Circuit d'Esperance to get back, but the Athletic have finally returned to the Championship. Of course the Torch have much to do in order to seriously threaten for promotion chances - and nobody's believing them to get there just yet! - but the team's swept through the past two seasons they have spent in the CdE that even with a slight tumble, they would have relatively little trouble to avoid the relegation they would dread once more.

And they have players and enough motivation to do so. Jules Addo, a former Champions League winner as the reliable backup to ethereal Semir Besak, at Mipojoseon, joins the squad with high wage bill, but the goalkeeper is there to supply with stability and calmness the team desperately needs on the backfield. There are a few interesting names on the squad too - Martin Martin-Carlyle's a young, budding leftback who was no doubt the best leftback in the Circuit last year, while the rest of the team ain't shabby either with former Q-Leaguers Sanaa Sarwar (when active), Martin Ssempija and Marc-Andre Wilson all bringing forth much needed experience. If there is one downside to the Athletic squad, however, it would be on the right side of the flank where the team's considered to be much weaker. Can academy product Cassidy Mance, whose speed and technique covers for undersized frame, step up into the occasion on the wings?

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:01 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 5 (Teams to Notice + Player Shortlist - Pt. 1)

Teams to Notice

Wansan Noksaekjeonsa

The Quebecois Championship is commonly regarded as a difficult league, it is true, but some years there are clear favourites in the way Lanar were for our fellow followers of the Chromatik Red and Orange leagues. This was indeed the case for Wansan Noksaekjeonsa, as the three-time Q-League winners have managed to shave off their shocking relegation, a first time in almost half-century, by winning the Championship outright. It wasn't particularly pretty, don't get me wrong, and the team did have to deal with significant departures over the offseason, but when they had rebounded it was easy, with the team scoring 95 in 34 games and recording +62 on goal difference, just short of two a match!, to win the league by 12 points.

Some would argue that in some ways they look even better than they did before the relegation two seasons ago, with the squad looking solid across the board. The back half of the field looks solid with Pyzahnaya's Nail Ageykin establishing himself as a franchise goalkeeper and the centrehalf pairing of Acadianan stalwart Peter Wood-Beveridge and 16-year old Adama 'Moudriki' Ou-Drake the positives there. Also surviving the weather and the drop is their colourful middle-half quartet (wingbacks count as one half of this) of Riwan Marois, Margons Kraulis, Kauchy Diressa (yes, the younger brother of Hamidou), and Julie Phehlukwayo, but it is one specific addition up front that stands out.

Clyde Han, a pacy Under-21 national team winger with strong spatial awareness and good linkage, was signed from Pur State University. Han, who is valued very highly by both Wansan and the RQFA, is expected to help Henrik M. Aguirre. The Semar-Cardenaoan, whose height and build stands out at 198cm and 90kg, has shown strong potential as a poacher last season after scoring 21 goals in the Championship, but is also considered to be a hit-or-miss striker due to his limits outside the box and tendency to mental mistakes. While this Q-League season features a good number of teams whose squad quality should at least suggest that Wansan's going to be safe for the season, the Green Warriors' season is by no means safe. It will likely come down to whether Marcus Swyripa, a former Grim Reapers' striker, could put together strong enough of strategy to maximise M. Aguirre's potential alongside Clyde Han.

Haligonian

Every Quebecois football fan can tell you that Haligonian has been undergoing quite an experience over the past decade. Failed takeover bids, managers moving to greener pastures (and thus, success), limited transfer action, moving from Leith Park to Sajik Park, you would name it. They have been through everything outside of relegation - they did come close a couple of times, but the calibre of team on paper had gotten them through those rougher times anyway.

In any case, Haligonian's once again going through changes, though this time it's mostly on the pitch. Their tenth-place finish, while a respectable one, was still some distance short of the first IFCF qualification in a decade's time, and both Vivienne Veronne and club board agreed that some turnovers would be needed to keep the squad fresh and more importantly, reboot, for a higher finish. 'It was not the easiest decision, don't get me wrong, but I know that changes had to be made,' Veronne said on pre-season media conference when asked about the decision to accept retirement from team captain Gregory Scherwey, as well as outgoing transfer of star midfielder Jakub Sharp and Clarence McGrady to Cardenao and Auprussia. 'But what matters is the guys we have on board. Hannah Currie-Masson's a proven forward on the right side, while Jean-Sebastien Beguinet is a right type of striker we need. Rolf McIntyre I also see good potential to grow into, and hopefully he will learn a lot from his time with us.'

After a difficult transfer window, where holes were filled but expectations higher than before, Veronne finds herself with a formidable squad that could either finish fifth or fifteenth in the league. It is indeed true that the Hals do have a top-tier fullback corps with Rushmoris R.D. Jacobus and Patrick Mutoni on the flank, their midfield triangle of Yim Dong-Seop, Ukko Saigir and Frances O'Connor young and full of energy and talent, and their forwards look just right with 33-year old John Craycook now standing alongside Sylestonian Charlie Dry and Quebecois international Hannah Currie-Masson.

Now the question lies on if they could convert this into a higher finish, and the consensus remains 50/50 on it. There is alarmingly high stream of optimism that comes with Hannah Currie-Masson or their midfield, but there's something missing with the front half of the field that looks to be unsolved from the surface. Defensively they are a bit suspect as well, with strengths in fullbacks compromised by questionable backfield, and Ha Seo-Jeong is an average goalkeeper at this by this point. As the manager whose highest achievement was bringing Athletique Alexandrie to the Champions' League appearance on Patriotlandia's first IFCF cycle, Veronne has the trust of the board and the fans, and time to turn the ship around. But it has to be addressed, sooner the better.

Pre-Season To-Watch List

Goalkeepers (6)

The recent years have seen the Q-League earn its reputation as a league of both strong goalkeeping and individual goalkeepers, in part thanks to high-profile names such as Semir Besak, Nicole Potts and Seung-Myeon Kravitz-Hyeon, and the depth of top-class goalkeepers available in the league. The league's reputation continues to be cemented with Juxon Fillar, the eldest of the famed Fillar brothers of Chromatik fame, joining Montreal Koreana on a 10m transfer that's considered to be the most highly-profile of any goalkeeper transfer in recent Q-League history. Fillar, who brings no shortage of experience, consistency and success on board after his long tenure with Cazadores Cathair, is expected to be competing with three-time Silver Moogoongwha (league Player of the Year) winner Semir Besak for the top dog spot. Besak, however, is not expected to shift his course from establishing his legacy with Mipojoseon by adding another strong season on top of it. Endless domestic honours, 200-cap pace with his native Mytanija, and the Champions League title on top, the Mytanar sweeper has shown no sign of slowing down, making this contest of 32-year old veterans the primary storyline of the season.

And behind them stands a solid cast of goalkeepers too, with Squornshelan international Shreya Krusan, Zenit netminder Devon Qalicho setting examples as prominent veterans. The Perce Town captain has had an outstanding year and the summer campaign with Perce Town, while Qalicho, who has rarely received serious consideration despite being among the best goalkeepers in the league, is a rock-solid presence for the Zenit team that has reoriented themselves firmly within the top half of the league. They are complimented nicely by the competitive rivals Goh Yeong-Rok, the tall, rangy sweeper from Kingston FC, and Ji Ning, a workhorse with particular strengths in penalty kicks, showing durability and performance well beyond the age.

Semir Besak -

- Mipojoseon
Juxon Fillar -

- Montreal Koreana (NEW!)
Goh Yeong-Rok -

- Kingston FC
Ji Ning -

- Forest City Athletic
Shreya Krusan -

- Perce Town
Devon Qalicho -

- Zenit Attawapiskat (NEW!)
Honourable Mentions: Samuel Hui (GRÆ, CSKA Quebec) - Padraig McGibbon (QUE, Swangard Athletic) - Nicole Potts (PFA, St. John's Arsenal)

Leftbacks (6)

There is slight turnover from the previous year's shortlist for the leftback section, one that's partly aided by Daedonggang 3.26's Harry Evans moving to centreback, and the likely platooning of Kishan Rees and his eventual successor, Harrison Curmi, at St. John's Arsenal. The core of the list remains consistent, however, with Cassadaigua international Hailey Meyer staying with Kingston FC, R.D. Jacobus having an outstanding season for Haligonian and Brookstation, while Alain Delisle, a powerful technician with vision making up for his limited physique, is expected to climb into the higher level following his 6m NSD transfer from Montreal City to Mipojoseon. Delisle's considered to be the one with highest potential on the shortlist, especially with him having played as a major piece for the Grim Reapers this qualification campaign, and his age, being 21 by now, suggests he could be well-timed to make another jump abroad.

The rest of the list also brings strong experience too, with Tikariot international Jean-Aniel Sirois continuing to be on top of his game with Forest City Athletic, while sleek utility player Yves Soonias joins the list on the left side after a season-long experiment between him and Phoebe Hellemons on the leftback spot previously. Multiple options also exist on the honourable mentions, though I'd suggest keeping a close eye on Kristian Amauri. Amauri, Daedonggang's immediate successor for Evans, is a capable lockdown defender against wingers and his weaknesses on the inside could be covered well enough by more all-arounded Evans.

Kristian Amauri -

- Daedonggang 3.26
Alain Delisle -

- Mipojoseon
R.D. Jacobus -

- Haligonian
Hailey Meyer -

- Kingston FC
Jean-Aniel Sirois -

- Forest City Athletic
Yves Soonias -

- Montreal Koreana (NEW!)
Honourable Mentions: Dana Akiak (QUE, Montreal City) - Ghislaine Barbieri (QUE, Nakdong Athletic)

Centrebacks (13)

A position of strength in both domestic and international talent in the league, and one area where the league possesses strong talent across many of its teams, so selecting a group of centrebacks from this side of the ball is one of difficulty. There does exist healthy competition for who would be the highest-profiled names out of them this time around with a recent Testiculos team of the season honoree, rangy fighter Bosko Pestotnik facing competition from a Montreal Koreana duo of Anarr Ebergsson, lanky, powerful fan favourite, and free-rolling, menacing Sinisa Salihamidzic. For many it would be difficult to define which of the three, who all possess very different style of play, are actually the best in the league, and thus would come down to personal preferences.

Behind them stands a couple of all-arounders in Emily Bruce, Kutaaka Muteesa and Tobias M'bah-Pinho. Tobias and Muteesa, at age 24 and 25, are starting to enter into the peak years of their budding career though their national team stage may differ with Tobias already a leading centreback for AJ Zanetti's Cabo Azure squad, while Muteesa is emerging, but still a third-choice centreback for the defending champions Banija. Emily Bruce, on the other hand, is a proven name who has a lot to get back to - the previous 10m signing from Perce Town has had a rather tumultuous tenure with CSKA Quebec over past two seasons, but is still one of the best out there in the pitches.

As with past years the number of liberos is noticeable as well, with Alanna Faucett and Yvonne Lawson among the leading names (Salihamidzic does count, but Koreana famously does not use three-back formation so whatever), while Kim Gyeong-Seok, Marc Champagne and Serge Amrouche have all been used significantly with their clubs over the last while as well. Keep a close eye on Serguei Sapozhkov-Harry Evans duo in Anju, a highly mobile partnership that could be used to effective transition game and both players are at least above-average defensively as well.

Serge Amrouche -

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- Perce Town
Emily Bruce -

- CSKA Quebec
Marc Champagne -

- Northandryun Rovers
Anarr Ebergsson -

- Montreal Koreana
Harry Evans -

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- Daedonggang 3.26
Alanna Faucett -

- Zenit Attawapiskat
Kim Gyeong-Seok -

- Swangard Athletic (NEW!)
Yvonne Lawson -

- St. John's Arsenal
Tobias M'bah-Pinho

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- St. John's Arsenal
Kutaaka Muteesa -

- Montreal City
Bosko Pestotnik -

- Mipojoseon
Sinisa Salihamidzic -

- Montreal Koreana
Serguei Sapozhkov -

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- Daedonggang 3.26 (NEW!)
Honourable mentions: Marie-France Duguet (QUE, CSKA Quebec) - Denis Klasic (MYT, Swangard Athletic) - Alexis Samurtok (QUE, Mipojoseon) - Heitor 'Bandicoot' Soares (CBZ, Jolbonopolis United)

Rightbacks (8)

Unlike with the leftback position, where the weight of the player value feels lighter than in the previous years, Quebec and Shingoryeo continues to be the place to be for the rightbacks. Over time it has produced strong rightbacks both domestically and internationally, with the likes of Pierre-Karl Miller, Donovan Kim-Lumanyika, and Frederic Yabusele all coming through the league. This year the narrative should remain the same, with the sheer number of rightbacks, all who have played internationally, named to the list. Among this group of rightbacks, the most highly-regarded of them would still be Tracey Mercurio and Exandra Davies. Two rightbacks of strong calibre with significant international experience, talismanic symbolism within the club, and no shortage of temper, they are starting to get older and feel a bit of age hitting their stride, but still have no trouble in excelling at this level.

Right behind them, Laura Adler and Donovan Watson-Lukwago are considered not to be far behind at all. Both players, who are in their mid-twenties, are well rounded (even more so than Mercurio and especially Davies), and it would not be unfair some would argue that either could play better than Mercurio and Davies on the grounds of Adler's ability to level up on important matches - Champions League, Grand Final, Coupe de la Reine, name it - and Watson-Lukwago's stunning consistency with and without possession. Rounding out the list sees lockdown specialist Sigurbergur Geirröðursson, Kirungan comet Patrick Mutoni, versatile Petar Petajkovski, and budding Holly Statton. All four are good players, though not a consensus favourite on that list, play as bonafide starters on their team and with the latter two national teamers for the World Cup 94 qualification squads.

Laura Adler -

- Mipojoseon
Exandra Davies -

- Jolbonopolis United
Sigurbergur Geirröðursson -

- Montreal Koreana
Tracey Mercurio -

- Kingston FC
Patrick Mutoni -

- Haligonian
Petar Petajkovski -

- CSKA Quebec
Holly Statton -

- Perce Town (NEW!)
Donovan Watson-Lukwago -

- St. John's Arsenal
Honourable mentions: Katharina Gruenwald (VAL, Olympique de Rimouski) - Stepan Koznarsky (QUE, BK Klampenborg)

Defensive Midfielders/Volantes (5)

Traditionally this positional group is not one that's considered to be particularly popular in Quebecois football, even more so due to the old, nowadays rarely used 4-2-4 formation once common here. Recent decades of tactical evolutions, solid international talent into the league, and the likes of Sinead MacDougall and Joelinton Dxykeson performing well abroad (with even Erin Kang having covered this position at times), this is among the stronger positional groups Q-League has at this point in time.

At this point in time, however, there is little to deny that the best defensive midfielder in the league is Alija Mesic-Mizayaki. the Mytanar-Chromatik dual-national, a powerful, playmaking threat from the third line of assault, is commonly considered to be the most important player for St. John's Arsenal team that just won their first Q-League title in 29 years, and on a team with Layvin Son-Saka's goals and Brett Sarcav-Jones, this is a very telling statement.

Behind her stand Orlando Mina, Hamadur Henrysson and Kit Simmons, whose time have yet to come as one could argue. Where the three of them stand in their respective careers is different, of course - Mina 'the past', who's reached the pinnacle of his club and international career the past three seasons, has started to show his age the previous season and is expected to give more minutes to starlet Juan Aurelio Redondo, while Hamadur Henrysson 'the present' continues to challenge and find what's working for him, whether it be on national team where he faces strong competition from Erin Marshlily or on club where double-volante system with his Tamazghan comrade Moustapha Benzakour is not fully activated yet.

Kit Simmons, in the meanwhile, is the future Kingston FC fans could look forward into. Active, aggressive tackler with great leadership, as shown by him wearing the captain armbands for Elmyia at just twenty years of age, Simmons is regarded highly by both his coaches and players and would provide strong competition for Alija or Hamadur down the line. Finally, to complete the least, is Ramon Solari - the Quebeco-Faroleran academy product, who has just come back from outstanding performance at the Under-18 World Cup in Tumbra, carries with him many speculations and hopes. Highly intelligent player who moves laterally and efficiently, his international future will be the one those in Farolera and Quebec try their best to secure.

Hamadur Henrysson -

- Mipojoseon
Alija Mesic-Mizayaki -

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- St. John's Arsenal
Orlando Mina -

- Montreal Koreana
Kit Simmons -

- Kingston FC
Ramon Solari -

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- Perce Town (NEW!)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:14 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - 6 (Teams to Notice + Player Shortlist - Pt. 2)

Teams to Notice

Kingston FC

Half the trick in setting yourself up for a good era, as opposed to just a good season, is to build up the momentum over time. Perhaps this is where Kingston FC stands, especially as they enter into Jorge Echevarria's second year. The former Jolbonopolis United manager, who had come out with a middling, tenth-place finish last season after coming over from Jolbo where he had previously secured an IFCF qualification, explicitly said that he had 'not the best way to start the season' and wanted to turn around the ship that had not been floating long enough into the international waters (or at all, if one's to not recognise the existence of short-lived stays on Challengers' League qualification rounds).

But the decision to change little, that as in replacing the Championship-bound captain Heo Myeong-Heon for Primitivo (yes, a huge upgrade but let's go by numbers), is still an interesting one. It actually suggests that Echevarria, who previously had to deal with limited cupboard of talent available in Jolbonopolis, believed the issue to be more on actual intangibles and composition rather than the team personnel, and would try to change himself to manage a more all-around style of game. Fortunately for him the Reds aren't short of money or guys to do so. The third line of assault looks fantastic with Meyer and Mercurio on fullbacks, while Miguel Gontijo and Simmons are two complementary guys whose vision and ability to advance the ball is improving. Their presence, combined with a decent Pap-Brook partnership, does make Goh Yeong-Rok's life easier as one of the best goalkeepers in the league currently so.

And with questions lying on Ilhan Tremaine's consistently on the wing (usually used by Heart of Saguenay as a second striker) and Felix Sissoko's legs, Primitivo's addition to the squad adds an assurance to the potent attack that features Amina Salihamidzic Beckie who, at age 21, is starting to scratch the thirty-goal potential she had been inching closer in recent years. Salihamidzic Beckie, the cousin of Montreal Koreana centreback Sinisa, is starting to get looks by the Grim Reapers' senior team and hopes that not only would a successful season or two would lead into a silverware for her home club, but also to secure an overseas move as well. 'I'm sure the bigger lights are waiting for me, but the duties call at home. And that's to bring home something special and shiny,' said Amina at the pre-season pressx conference.

Northandryun Rovers

For some time now, Northandryun Rovers appeared to be neither here nor there. They were neither here in the sense that they, even with quality of the squad they possessed year-in-and-out with minimal transfers, had not exactly figured out a way to stay consistently in contention for the IFCF qualification. Of course, part of the issue comes to the lack of a club-defining player, not since Caitrin Ness has flown back to Squornshelous Remnant States to be closer to her husband Joelinton Dyxkeson, but it also comes down to having a clearer vision.

This is something that the Rovers, who had recently undergone an ownership change in sudden spur of events due to a recent RQFA ruling that had required Ian Lautner to sell his share, hopes to get with Jiawei Sangu. The former Yuezhou national team legend, who has drawn significant attention for the dynamic, uptempo style of play employed by the Xi'hai Warriors, comes off a strong stint in with Nongmin and Zhayao in Naixi, has bold ambitions for the squad and is open to admit that. In a city like Montevicio, where you play alongside the likes of Lakers or the Univ. Southern Manitoba, this is kinda inevitable.

Perhaps will need a year or two to adjust, but has disposable talent right in front of him. If anything, the squad looks stronger and more defined than they had in a single offseason, compared to the five before his arrival. From the likes of mercurial playmaker Valentinha and backline of Noelle Journeau, Hand Sanitiser, Marc Champagne and Pu Zhongtai, they retain much of the pace and composition they have held under Moon Tae-Hong and Tamsin Duncan. Ball possession continues to be an issue, but when converted to the front-third they could be explosive - playmaker additions such as Paolo von Montanari and Gui Vincenzo help facilitating that - and if David Guy Allen's rumoured to be every bit convincing as he has been for Fort McKinley and then the Coloratura City, they are in a for a long fight in the Q-League.

Pre-Season To-Watch List

Central Midfielders (10)

If you have noticed the previous season's shortlist, it is clear that the one-point strength in central midfielder position has been one of relatively limited depth or star-studded point in recent years. Perhaps it's a sign of the league being more varied in style and specialisation - the attacking and defensive midfielders are the ones getting greater attention nowadays - but it is still interesting to notice how the narrative would change so quickly and significantly. In any case, there are still quite a few guys to watch. Champions' League winner Alulim Sinmuballit is still the bona fide central midfielder when we think about the Q-League, and there's
no denying that the Adabian's playmaking abilities, which have shown up in countless occasions for the Dockers' squad under Lisa Amos and her predecessors, are at the next level. With the Adabian currently at age 31, Mipojoseon front office is starting to look into a future when he's no longer the dominant factor he is right now, but the time appears to be their friend in this and that's one good news for them.

But if Alulim's the present, him having played such an important role in their Champions' League, who are the midfielders to look for into the future? There exists multiple option there - Cassadagan rivals Lauren Engle and Rachel Wyman are the frontrunners in this discussion, with all-arounded Engle widely considered to be future Fillies' captain in making and Wyman considered to be the fantasista to look for into the future-time. Both players, who have represented Cassadaigua in all age sides (including U18WC victory and deep DBC runs) and play key contributors to the senior team, are two contrasting players with their own flairs and big-game experience, though the current narrative runs in favour of Engle, who has had better head-to-head record on key matches.

That's not it, however, as multiple options exist behind them as well. Camille Oh-Chainey's a dynamic, box-to-box midfielder with a cannonball of mid-range shot, whose dedication and commitment towards the Tiger-Phoenixes are renowned, while Swangard Athletic's Alain Vadnais-Elie Manahan bring an additional dimension to Eric Varsteg's Thunderbirds squad that aim to make their way back into the top three of Q-League. A major transfer secured by Swangard's highly competent front office, Manahan is one to watch for many. Patriotlandia captain's all-rounded capabilities and willingness to handle physical contact are both considered positives, especially with the Swangard forwards' tendencies to move quickly and stay on the front-third of the field.

As for the rest plenty of action is to be observed. Ukko Saigir takes over from Jakub Sharp as the main playmaker in Haligonian midfield, the Squornshelan increasingly finding himself vying for future opportunities with Squornshelan Remnant States. Aurelien Moussenguet's development as Olympique's leading man has slowed down a bit, but the potential's still there for him to break out at any point. Technician Kirsten Allen and former T-League star Hannah Gormley-McCowan complete the list and bring great excitement with them too. Can Allen play a role in complementing the deadly City offence to level up, and can Gormley-McCowan help Perce Town make a difference on the IFCF stage? We'll find out.

Kirsten Allen -

- Montreal City
Lauren Engle -

- Montreal Koreana
Hannah Gormley-McCowan -

- Perce Town (NEW!)
Elie Manahan -

- Swangard Athletic (NEW!)
Aurelien Moussenguet -

- Olympique de Rimouski
Camille Oh-Chainey -

- CSKA Quebec
Ukko Saigir -

- Haligonian
Alulim Sinmuballit -

- Mipojoseon
Alain Vadnais -

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- Swangard Athletic
Rachel Wyman -

- Montreal City

Attacking Midfielders (3)

A tricky position to judge, especially with all three players' different tendencies. Brett Sarcav-Jones, the youngest of three, is a 19-year old radar with fast, accurate passing trajectories and underrated scoring ability to boot. Hailing from recent Sylestonian powerhouse Avondale City, where he played under former Perce Town and current Grim Reapers' volante Pyo Seung-Hye, 'The Brattomania' has taken a while to acclimate into more physical setup in the Q-League, but an outstanding second-half of the season was all that's needed for him to secure Emerald Rose honours for Under-23 player of the year.

Gavilan Quelabura and Primitivo, on the other hand, are different profiles of players. Quelabura, a famously aloof individual (also means politically absent, important distinction considering the state of war his homeland, Farolera, is under right now), is a true trequartista who retains and controls the ball well, dictates tempo to his vision and converts the chances when offered (71 goals in 48 Championship games under old 24-team format, for one). While club success hasn't exactly followed Quelabura compared to early promises, Quelabura continues to dazzle and provides a strong dream for many children out there.

Primitivo, on the other hand, is a smooth, strong attacking midfielder who has transitioned well into the life on Q-League after long stint with Urrheddiao and Tihon of Chromatik Redleague. For the past two seasons Primitivo has been one of the best players in the league, scoring 10-10 on each season and keeping Nakdong Athletic out of relegation zone. Now moved to Kingston FC squad that has well-established weapons, a strong double volante pairing and a decent backline, Primitivo's tasks look lot simpler and easier as the Reds aim to take their next step under Jorge Echevarria. Question now is - can they take the next step before time runs out for him and Felix Sissoko who are now 33 and 32 to their name?

Thomas 'Primitivo' Cantu -

- Kingston FC
Gavilan Quelabura -

- Montreal City
Brett Sarcav-Jones -

- St. John's Arsenal

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:32 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2060-61 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 7 (Teams to Notice + Player Shortlist - Pt. 3)

Teams to Notice

St. John's Arsenal

When it comes to St. John's Arsenal you normally think of the Inteachanball team. Strong in penetration and powerful in transition, their strength in talent usually makes up for relative lack of physical behemoths. It's meant to be beautiful, exciting, and have brought some of the finest players in the league to international superstardom. Just ask Hazel van Robben and Corinne Martel-Burns.

Current St. John's Arsenal team isn't exactly that to the full strength - Mark van der Brumen is stylistically the very opposite in preferring more direct, counterattacking ball - but the players they have are suited to go back to the old style of play that the Gunners have somewhat forgotten in the past dozen years. Some of their flashes were seen in their last season's immaculate title run, when they had managed to a dramatic comeback to take the Fermetura off Mipojoseon, and then would emerge victorious on Grand Final with what would be none other than a goal of the year material:

QBC Sports Radio Commentary Team wrote:'Seventy-ninth minute of the play. The match is tied at one, for those joining us here at The Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal province...after an eventful first half, both sides seem to move into more of an exploration phase. Whether this works or not is another story, keep in mind. Alija keeping the ball. She's not moving a lot, but she doesn't have to do a lot right behind the mid-circle. One-two touch with her left foot, she passes it to Niko de Lorimier, who then moves it latterally north-south to (Donovan) Watson-Lukwago. Young (Urba) Pujals jumps forward, opening up a massive lane...and like that Watson-Lukwago doesn't fall and sends it long.

Open lane on the left flank of Perce territory. It's a footrace...de Lorimier is the first Gunner to go it but he holds back...Brett Sarcav-Jones is faster. They say the Avondale Arrow has really stepped up over the second half of the season, and is really meriting considerations for awards here and serious national team future there in his native Sylestone. Sarcav-Jones with a smooth first touch, accelerates the dribble before slowing down a half step. To the left lines up Layvin Son-Saka and just behind Glenn Wils. This Arsenal triangle has worked so nicely over the past six months. He has options but has to think carefully - send it quickly and Son-Saka will have to whip it, or drop it behind to Wils who can aim it more safely...

...Brett looks both ways quickly, takes a few quick steps forward and passes it to Son-Saka. Son-Saka's approaching that far left corner of the penalty box, runs up to it....GOAL! LAYVIN SON-SAKA! SON-SAKA SON-SAKA SON-SAKA SON-SAKA! LAY-VINNNNNNNNNNNN SON-SAKA!

THE FLYING INTEACHANIAN WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF THE YEAR! HOMETOWN KID, STRAIGHT OUTTA SHELBOURNE, GREW UP IDOLISING HAZEL VAN ROBBEN AND CORINNE MARTEL-BURNS. AND NOW HE IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THESE ALL-TIME LEGENDS, AND WHAT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN THIS? IF THIS HOLDS, TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR DROUGHT WILL. BE. OVER FOR ST. JOHN'S ARSENAL!!!!

And this Gunners' squad looks very much in the race to bring it home once again. A highly talented squad that has a clear core, good intangibles, and good sense of timing their players right on their peak, St. John's Arsenal should be able to start the league strong and run it wire-to--wire. Now whether that will happen is another story, especially with their elderly gaffer consistently drawing war with the local and national media, but the locker room's in healthy stage and the team could easily shift into transition to feed a couple of killer guys to convert their chances.

Layvin Son-Saka will once again be on the focal point on the offence with the defending Silver Moogoongwha winner looking to add more resume before joining the Kadongo Kamu for the AOCAF 70 in Al-Tamazgha, but the team has plan-B available where needed with Glenn Wils finding to be an adept scorer, and Alija Mesic-Mizayaki and Donovan Watson-Lukwago being a strong tandem on the back. Of course, don't forget to keep an eye on Brett Sarcav-Jones. The Brettomania is nicknamed that for a reason.

CSKA Quebec

Three things ring true if you are a CSKA Quebec fan. One - your team's probably going to underperform internationally, and it won't matter even if you bring Pam Scott or Lev Repin on board. Ross Killanen, Niko Draganic and AJ Zanetti have all had some degrees of success but that never worked out on the IFCF, where the mental collapses and horrendous early exits would occur.

Second, there will always be some sort of drama or action happening. In the days of old they had managed to achieve it with Marco Hertel, a man of thirty children from thirty different birth parent whose infamies abroad have levelled up into none other than fighting in the Great War of Farfadillis with his 40,000-strong personal army. Or more recently it would be Michel Fillion, former Euraleague star whose 10m arrival as a former Koreana starlet with an extensive Icardi-Jovic-esque divorce and remarriage saga AND then-expired ten-year ban on the national team would end with exactly one game played due to his career ending with an ACL injury on the first match back (sounds Pogba huh).

The baton has since passed onto Pio Mendonca, one of the best strikers in the world whose escapades and nightclub sightings are as common as number of his goals he would score, though in Pio's case he gets a pass considering the fact that he is 1) three-time golden boot winner, 2) has achieved historical feats with his native Cabo Aure, and 3) did his part in securing first league title in thirteen years. It also helps to have AJ Zanetti, ever-charismatic strategist who emphasises hyper-pressing and uptempo play, perhaps to his detriment, as his manager. At this point in time Zanetti has proven his worth as a top-class manager, having led CSKA to a rare league title and bringing Cabo Azure to a Copa Rushmori finals run (where they would lose to their rivals' sentimental favourites in Cassadaigua, 4-5) and a World Cup 93 second round appearance, and any team would covet for his services in this country.

Now that's the third thing that should ring true if you are a CSKA fan - the constant uncertainties surrounding their managerial situation. Zanetti's approval rating with CSKA fanbase is arguably the highest in the league at 98% (to give rough comparison: Amos is at 97%, Echevarria 87% and van der Brumen 78%, while Kandero stands at 68%), and everybody knows it would be difficult to get a manager at his level of purism and success on board. The problem, however, is that Zanetti and the Board aren't in great terms, especially with Zanetti wanting more hand on transfer market and the front office not exactly willing to give it to a young manager like AJ. And it is also noteworthy that even with their title run, their other seasons have had situations where Zanetti's purism may have cost them greater chances, and the track record isn't as otherworldly as one may suggest. With this in mind, keep an eye on managerial saga as they head into the season.

Pre-season To-Watch List

Left Wingers (6)

Layvin Son-Saka is the defending Player of the Year, a player who's unfairly not part of the defending Champions Banija squad due to Pamela Scott's insistence upon keeping Sarafina Ikpeazu there. In his third season Son-Saka has pretty much achieved every honour imaginable the same year - Silver Moogoongwha, runner-up on Golden Boot, and St. John's Arsenal's season-winning goal in the Grand Final after 29 years in waiting - and may have cemented himself as a league icon that children and fellow players would look up to.

The position isn't short of talent, however, and arguably looks stronger this season than in past. Pacy technician in Rolandinho Caicedo adds glitter and goals to a well-gelled Swangard Athletic squad, while Odette Tsioui's emerging as clinical, efficient left-winger to the mould of Irina Alderwood, who has proven it time and time again with her native Brenecia and the Dockers who without her would not have reached a World Cup third place or the last Champions' League title. A tall, lanky winger with elite speed and unpredictable dribbles, Paolo von Montanari brings forth a lot of promises to Northandryun Rovers under notoriously patient Sangu Jiawei. Maude-Leanne Coupet, who joined Montreal City in May after outstanding season with Wansan Noksaekjeonsa in the Championship, is considered to be next to follow Tsioui into stardom, though the undersized striker will have to find her ground against the odds, something that is easier said than done with how packed Montreal City's forward corps could be.

Irina Alderwood -

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- Mipojoseon
Ronaldinho Caicedo -

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- Swangard Athletic
Maude-Leanne Coupet -

- Montreal City
Layvin Son-Saka -

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- St. John's Arsenal
Odette Tsioui -

- Perce Town
Paolo von Montanari -

- Northandryun Rovers (NEW!)

Right Wingers (5)

Limited positional depth continues unlike with the national team, though the top-tier talent is still a strong one. Mipojoseon and Montreal Koreana no doubt have the advantage here, with highly fluid Ibayashi Haitou and speedy fighter Didier Garnacho establishing themselves as the crucial part of their team's success. Hannah Currie-Masson also brings additional excitement after a 3.5m transfer from Leaside Lions under a lull to Haligonian side that wants to break past their recent mid-table struggle, and Daniel Robin could see yet another strong season where he would be joining forces with rightback Exandra Davies.

But the one to really look for this season is Gabriel Sayritupac. Sayritupac, who signed with Perce Town on free agency after long time in Mytanija and Audioslavia, is probably the best right winger in the league when active. At age 35 and with history of injury, he would have to be used carefully and on selected number of matches, which is likely to suggest that he would be playing in the Champions' League and some league matches rather than on the Cups where the club, traditionally known for successes at the Coupe de la Reine and the League Cup, does have options to rotate. But the old bloke's artistry is still superb, and that may end up being the differencemaker if Perce Town does progress further into the Champions' League.

Hannah Currie-Masson -

- Haligonian
Didier Garnacho Siboyintore -

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- Montreal Koreana
Ibayashi Haitou -

- Mipojoseon
David Rodin -

- Jolbonopolis United
Gabriel Sayritupac -

- Perce Town

Strikers (9)

As usual, the Q-League never runs out of talent up front. It first starts with both sides of the Shingoryeoite Superclassique. Even with three straight golden boots, Pio Mendonca may be one of the most underrated strikers in the world with three straight Golden Boots, 143 goals and no Testiculos shortlist in the last four seasons of his time with CSKA Quebec, and he's joined by Bruce Nolan, a player considered to be perfect for Pio. Nolan, a deep-lying forward with good linkage, hot temper and tendency to produce both surprising misses and acrobatic goals, compliments Mendonca nicely, and with CSKA possessing a strong midfield, should be able to explode well.

On the other side features a more established tandem of Sandara Park and Chloe Anderson. Anderson, 'the 20 million baby' who first drew attention for her record-breaking transfer that has since been broken by Alulim, is a a talismanic advanced forward for both Koreana and Cassadaigua. At 29 she is still very much on top of her game, but is slowly giving way to Sandara Park, who is probably the most traditionally-minded of poachers from those listed here. The Chromatika international, who moves well and has performed at every level, is expected to step up and have a career-high season for the Blue Devils squad that looks to win their first league title in four years.

As for the rest, the storylines run in plenty. Joel Wolfgangsson is a proven, reliable goalscorer for the Mipojoseon squad who doesn't always score highlights or in batches, but when his goals are needed they come, efficiently and on right moments. Precisely the Dockers' type of striker, as one could see. Amina Salihamidzic also looks to challenge the upper echeleon of this group, the Reds' target man being arguably the best threat when it comes to her middle and long-range shots, while former Fort McKinley star David Guy Allen looks to continue his ascent in the Q-League with the Rovers after torching the Championship for two seasons. To round out the list is Henrik M. Aguirre, the 17-year old Cardenaoan-Semar poacher with 196cm frame. M. Aguirre, who is rumoured to be nearing a transfer to SFPL club La Querida, may be possessing a poor first touch and occasional mental lapses, but is a strong line-breaker with outstanding header and accelerations. Wansan fans remain hopeful that M. Aguirre, with good mental coaching and Wansan avoiding relegation, could become an outstanding player for years, maybe even decades to come.

Henrik M. Aguirre -

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- Wansan Noksaekjeonsa
David Guy Allen -

(ex-FtM) - Northandryun Rovers
Chloe Anderson -

- Montreal Koreana
Pio Mendonca -

- CSKA Quebec
Bruce Nolan -

- CSKA Quebec
Sandara Park -

- Montreal Koreana
Amina Salihamidzic Beckie -

- Kingston FC
Glenn Wils -

- St. John's Arsenal
Joel Wolfgangsson -

- Mipojoseon

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:19 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PART 8 (MD1-10)

As usual, the league season truly starts with the Salmantic Supercup. Contested between the Ko-orenite and the Quebecois champions, the Supercup is used to mark the unofficial start of the teams' seasons, though in recent years the Supercup has seen increased importance in recent years with both associational champions going straight into the Champions' League group stage.

As expected from two nations whose stylistical contrasts between domestic and international sides are noticeable, most editions feature sides of contrasting stylistics, and this is of no exception this year with Maethoru welcoming Supercup newcomers St. John's Arsenal to the KCT. Let's check it out:

FIFTH SALAMANTIC SUPERCUP: MAETHORU SC vs. ST. JOHN'S ARSENAL
@ Rikalathen Arena in Maethoru, Matali
Attendance: 45,000
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(KOR) Maethoru SC 4–2 St. John's Arsenal (QUE)

Everybody knows Mansari Kandaro's do-or-die season is this season. A manager with endless honours and a specific reputation for being able to win cup competitions, he originally came to the Koreana job with high expectations following the retirement of Auguste Toset. Considered to be more easygoing and associable than his predecessor, whose Juven temper was quite well known, Kandaro's considered to be the right successor for the squad's young stars that needed his expertise.

Year four, a Coupe de la Reine and Challengers' Cup finals run later, it appears as if Kandero had finally figured out the way to win int the Q-League season. Koreana started off strongly in the opening matchday, their defence strong and composed en route to an one-nil win over fellow contenders Mipojoseon at The Samseongoloondongjang thanks to a Sandara Park game-winner, one of those goals where the set-up is done so meticulously that all the striker needed to do was to be on right position, get the mind moving, and aim for the easy score. Being the level of striker she is, Sandara Park got the job done.

And that's the story of this Montreal Koreana team so far into the season. With the club only committing themselves to the league and the Cup Winners Cup after being forced to forfeit their Challengers' Cup participation early on, the team's able to focus on their Saturday matches. Admittedly the first stretch of the season appears to be a bit more favourable, and at times they have been caught by the trap matches such as the 1-1 draw to Leaside or 1-2 loss at the battle of Koreana clubs nonetheless, but when they needed to face difficult opponents they have emerged victorious with one-goal victories over Perce Town, Forest City Athletic and Kingston FC, all very formidable sides with clear identities.

Speaking of Kingston FC, they are on a roll to start their season, the key moment so far behind the 5-0 pommelling of Northandryun Rovers and 4-1 Southwest Derby victory over Forest City Athletic. Entering into the season Jorge Echevarria emphasised that this was going to be their year to really push through the top five, and so far so good for the Reds squad that seemed to get the job in an electrifying fashion. The strength of this squad unsurprisingly comes from strong build-ups - having Mayer and Mercurio as your fullbacks, Gontijo and Simmons as volantes and of course, Primitivo on attacking midfielder, can do that - and Amina Salihamidzic and Ilhan Tremaine looked lot calmer than they have in the previous season with 12 and 7 goals to their name nonetheless.

As for the defending champions, there is nothing special or unusual that's happening for St. John's Arsenal right now. Not because they are performing poorly - in fact, it's the very opposite right now - but because they are performing right to their expectations. Layvin Son-Saka and Brett Sarcav-Jones combined for 6 goals (Son-Saka four, #TheBrettomania two) on the Gunners' 10-1 win over a not-so-shabby Daedonggang 3.26 defence on the second matchday, and the team performance has looked not only effective and winning, but beautiful to look into, if one's to comment on QBC commentator Al Jorkins, as the 'greatest compliment one could give to the Gunners squad that prides so-called art-soccer' following their 7-3 win over Wansan.

Now, this is not to say that Daedonggang 3.26's having a bad season either. On table their statistics look bad because of that nine-goal loss and a five-nil loss to Montreal City at the Stade Commonwealth, but if we were to look deeper into the actual results, it's not as doom and gloom as it's made it out to be. Anton Vujadinovic's side may have started off poorly with three losses in first four games of the season, but have quietly turned it around with an inspiring one-one draw to Mipojoseon squad that's also having a slow start of the season. Since then they have looked lot more inspired, winning three straight over Leaside Lions, Haligonian and Nakdong Athletic to finish sixth so far into the season. It's a squad with much talent on the backfield, even if their collapses haven't exactly shown that, but gritty midfielder Rui Suda is the difference-maker. The Rulandese midfielder, who had originally started out as a striker and then the right winger, has stepped up massively in roaming playmaker role for the squad that seemingly fell off without him, as seen following his red card early into the Montreal City loss, and should be considered for league honours.

Now, it is clear in the eyes of many that CSKA Quebec is off to a poor start, and perhaps it is one that's perhaps self-inflicted early on. This is not to say that the squad isn't their usual selves - they are still scoring and the flashes of Zanettisme is still there, but the results have not exactly been following this season at all. Situation appears to be more complex for the Tiger-Phoenixes as well - while indominable at home, as shown by their seven-nil win over Haligonian where Pio Mendonca and Bruce Nolan partnership would combine for four goals and two assists, they have only secured one point in their first five away games of the season, with concerning losses to relegation favourites Nakdong Athletic and likelys Habpo Koreana among those. There are various reasons behind this from not being able to secure a single midfielder or defender signing, an integral part of Zanetti's hyper-pressing style of play, to his players' deviations off the pitch. Zanetti's not particularly happy with it, him expressing particular disappointments over certain players' behaviours, and Joongyeong media's on a roll each and every week.

Q-LEAGUE

#  2061-62 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Montreal Koreana           10    8   1   1    19    6  +13    25
 2 St. John's Arsenal         10    7   1   2    31   12  +19    22
 3 Kingston FC                10    7   1   2    29   12  +17    22
 4 Montreal City              10    6   2   2    26   15  +11    20
 5 Swangard Athletic          10    5   2   3    10    6   +4    17
 6 Daedonggang 3.26           10    5   1   4    16   23   −7    16
 7 Perce Town                 10    4   3   3    21   14   +7    15
 8 Northandryun Rovers        10    4   3   3    21   22   −1    15
 9 Mipojoseon                 10    4   3   3    11   10   +1    15
10 Forest City Athletic       10    5   0   5     8   11   −3    15
11 Zenit Attawapiskat         10    4   2   4    12   12    0    14
12 Haligonian                 10    4   2   4    12   21   −9    14
13 Olympique de Rimouski      10    4   1   5     8    9   −1    13
14 CSKA Quebec                10    3   2   5    18   17   +1    11
15 Leaside Lions              10    2   5   3    10    8   +2    11
16 Habpo Koreana              10    3   0   7     9   19  −10     9
17 Jolbonopolis United        10    3   0   7     8   16   −8     9
18 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa       10    2   1   7    12   30  −18     7
19 Nakdong Athletic           10    2   1   7     4   11   −7     7
20 BK Klampenborg             10    2   1   7     4   15  −11     7

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:56 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PART 9 (MD11-19)

'Could this be our time? Perhaps, and I think having a bit of excitement is good for our guys,' was what George Wangolo said back to the fans at the halfway point of the season, and man, what a first half for Montreal City. Les Citoyens have quietly, expensively but dilligently built up a contending squad with cohesion in mind, and Wangolo could be credited for their second-place finish at the conclusion of Ouverture campaign. Quite characteristic of a former Istria City and Grim Reapers' manager, is a bit more unpredictable squad than what Lisa Amos or Mansari Kandero possess, but is built to have that volatility.

Having a traditional playmaker like Gavilan Quelabura, after all, means that you have to put your faith into him, and the free-role assigned and tempo dictated by him. This also means that sometimes a stinker might happen, like the zero-nil loss to Wansan best remembered for 17-year old Henrik M. Aguirre scoring a brace for the other side, but also higher likelihood of winning the difficult matches. In final three wins of the Ouverture les Citoyens had exactly that in Quelabura as the Takilante would score 6 and assist in 4 en route to beating Haligonian 6-1, Kingston FC 7-1 (Amina was held scoreless!) and finally beating their archrivals Koreana at home, two-nil, with Quelabura scoring an early 18th-minute screamo to give them the lead and the win.

For the long-suffering City fans, it might not be a bad time to start having hopes and they are no doubt very happy with Wangolo even if Maisie Dreyfuss-Milliken and the Board remain non-commenting on their manager. He is a proven name, he knows how to work with ego and talent that comes with the squad (he's even managed to control Jason P for some time, if we go back), and in long run could bring them to the promised land. All in all's good.

Now, if you are Montreal Koreana fan on the north side of Songak, the same cannot be said. After starting off strongly they would stutter and stumble their way into the third-place finish at the halftime mark that's brought out some strong calls for removing previously-loved Kandero from the posting. It's not the fact that they are third - usually the Fermeture results are what would dictate the Grand Final outcome in this league at least - but the ways in they have lost out the games away from home. While winning all four of their home games in this stretch, they too have not won an away match since October, a 2-1 victory over a struggling Perce Town side that's focused more on Champions' League as of this point. They have also lost all three rivalry matches in impressive margins - 1-4 loss at the Superclassique, 1-7 on St. John's Arsenal, and 0-2 at the Songak Derby - and there's a civil war going on among the fans over their managerial controversies, a rare one for the team like Koreana. The board remains committed to their manager, however, and continues to state that the successes at the Cup Winners Cup, the League, and the Coupe de la Reine will be used to determine the situation. No need to worry just yet.

Unsurprisingly, the squad that had inflicted them their worst defeat of the season for second straight year...is ahead. St. John's Arsenal's running on their own time and pace, and while they were technically tied with Montreal City in points, the Gunners' lead was established early enough for them to afford an one-nil loss away to Rovers and a five-five draw with struggling CSKA Quebec. For second straight year, At 21 goals and 8 assists, Layvin Son-Saka's looking like the favourite for the Silver Moogoongwha and there's no reason to deny that he's the favourite. While his consistency's noticeable dating back multiple seasons, his legends could only continue further after a four-goal performance against Koreana in a 7-1 demolition that would go onto be titled 'Ohne Worte' by the local German-language newspaper the following morning, but don't just look at him. It's a squad with accuracy and counter-pressing of Alija Mesic-Mizayaki, creativity of Brett Sarcav-Jones and the reliability of Nicole Potts and Donovan Watson-Lukwago. And while Mark van der Brumen continues to quarrel with everybody else, especially the Ultras and the local media over his confrontational behaviour, the players are mostly happy with him.

Both CSKA Quebec and Mipojoseon have managed to survive a difficult first half of the season where, after enduring much success over the years, their squad was bound for a slowdown. But they are heading into a different direction, and the fans feeling night-and-day over it all. After a remarkably slow start of the season Mipojoseon seems to have found their way back, and while the team has altogether had a difficult season combined with early Champions' League exit in the group stage, the trajectory definitely looks upwards, even more when considering the higher intensity of the World Cup 94 qualification stage. The same isn't exactly said for AJ Zanetti's future at CSKA Quebec yet, however, even as the Tiger-Phoenixes four straight wins leading up to the final matchday, a valiant away draw at the Blue Point stadium, may not be enough yet.

Jolbonopolis United and Leaside Lions are in a dangerous spot right now, though in both cases their struggles were to be expected. Both squads have lost significant talent through and through, and replenished relatively little with their own financial troubles to boot - Jolbonopolis's gate receipts are limited due to the Coliseum going under pre-Olympic renovation, while the Lions had not been able to capitalise multiple major sales they have had in recent times and still have a wage bill issue to overcome. But while the ghosts of those they have let go in past - namely Corneille-Theophile Poulin and Billie Blue Hamisi now plying their trade in Squornshelous and Chromatika (yes, the same twenty-goal-bound Hamisi guys!) - the fans remain galvanised around their club for now. 'We ain't done and dead, we will grind it out and make the opponents pay,' said Exandra Davies, the Jolbonopolis rightback best describing the tenacity and support shown by the Flames' fans.

Q-LEAGUE

Ouverture winner: St. John's Arsenal

 # 2061-62 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                                      
 1 St. John's Arsenal         19   12   2   5    56   22  +34    38   —    —   7–1  3–0  2–0  3–0  3–0  5–5   —    —   5–0  10–1   —    —   7–3   —    —    —    —    — 
 2 Montreal City              19   11   5   3    48   24  +24    38   3–1   —   2–0  7–1  4–1   —   1–1  1–0   —    —   6–1  5–0  1–0   —    —    —    —    —    —    — 
 3 Montreal Koreana           19   12   1   6    30   22   +8    37    —    —    —   3–2   —   2–0  1–0   —   1–0  1–0  3–0   —    —   1–0  4–1   —   2–0  4–0   —    — 
 4 Kingston FC                19   11   2   6    44   32  +12    35    —    —    —    —    —   4–1  0–0   —   5–0  4–1  0–0   —    —   4–1  1–0   —   3–0  3–0  3–0   — 
 5 Perce Town                 19   10   4   5    34   20  +14    34    —    —   1–2  5–2   —   1–0  1–1   —   2–0  2–0  4–2   —    —    —   6–0   —   2–0  2–0   —    — 
 6 Swangard Athletic          19   10   3   6    24   16   +8    33    —   1–1   —    —    —    —    —    —   2–2  2–0   —    —   2–0  1–0   —   1–0  3–0   —   5–0  2–0
 7 Mipojoseon                 19    9   6   4    23   13  +10    33    —    —    —    —    —   0–0   —    —   6–1  1–0   —    —    —   1–0  2–0  2–0  1–0   —   4–0  1–0
 8 CSKA Quebec                19    9   3   7    52   36  +16    30    —    —   4–1  3–6  2–3  1–0  3–0   —    —   6–0  7–1   —    —    —   1–1   —   7–0  3–1   —    — 
 9 Northandryun Rovers        19    8   6   5    39   31   +8    30   1–0  5–5   —    —    —    —    —   6–0   —    —    —   4–0  0–0  3–2   —   2–1   —   1–1  5–1  2–0
10 Zenit Attawapiskat         19    9   2   8    23   25   −2    29   2–2  4–1   —    —    —    —    —    —   1–0   —    —    —   2–1  1–0   —   0–0  1–0   —   4–0  3–0
11 Haligonian                 19    8   3   8    30   39   −9    27    —    —    —    —    —   1–2  2–1   —   3–3  1–0   —    —    —   2–0  5–0   —   1–0   —   2–1  7–2
12 Daedonggang 3.26           19    8   2   9    29   50  −21    26    —    —   1–0  0–5  1–1  1–0  1–1  3–5   —   1–2  3–0   —    —    —   5–1   —    —   1–0   —    — 
13 Olympique de Rimouski      19    8   2   9    13   13    0    26   0–1   —   1–0  2–0  1–0   —   0–1  3–2   —    —   0–1  2–0   —    —   1–0   —    —    —    —    — 
14 Forest City Athletic       19    8   1  10    16   19   −3    25   1–0  0–3   —    —   2–0   —    —   0–2   —    —    —   4–0  1–0   —    —   1–0   —   2–0  1–0  1–0
15 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa       19    6   2  11    28   44  −16    20    —   3–0   —    —    —   0–1   —    —   0–3  3–1   —    —    —   0–0   —   4–1  3–0   —   4–1  4–0
16 Leaside Lions              19    4   8   7    21   19   +2    20   3–1  2–2  1–1  6–0  0–0   —    —   1–1   —    —   1–1  1–2  0–0   —    —    —    —    —    —    — 
17 BK Klampenborg             19    5   3  11    15   33  −18    18   0–1  3–2   —    —    —    —    —    —   1–1   —    —   5–2  0–1  1–0   —   0–0   —   2–1  2–2  1–0
18 Jolbonopolis United        19    5   2  12    13   27  −14    17   0–2  0–2   —    —    —   0–1  0–0   —    —   0–1  1–0   —   1–0   —   5–1  1–0   —    —    —    — 
19 Habpo Koreana              19    4   2  13    18   47  −29    14   1–3  1–1  2–1   —   0–2   —    —   3–0   —    —    —   3–5  1–0   —    —   0–3   —   1–2   —   1–0
20 Nakdong Athletic           19    3   1  15     7   31  −24    10   1–0  0–1  0–2  0–1  1–1   —    —   1–0   —    —    —   1–2  0–1   —    —   0–1   —   1–0   —    —

CHAMPIONSHIP

# 2061-62 Quebecois Championship  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
 1 Nunavut North Stars              17   12   3   2    21    2  +19    39    —    —    —   1–0  1–0   —    —   1–0  5–0  1–0   —   1–0   —    —   1–0   —    —   6–0
 2 Heart of Saguenay                17   10   5   2    16    3  +13    35   0–1   —   0–0  1–1  1–0  1–0  1–0   —   4–0   —    —    —    —    —    —   3–0   —    — 
 3 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         17    9   3   5    16   10   +6    30   1–0   —    —   2–0   —   2–1   —    —    —    —   3–1   —   2–0  2–1   —   1–0  1–0   — 
 4 Coloratura City                  17    8   4   5    30   29   +1    28    —    —    —    —   0–0   —   4–0  3–0  5–5  2–1   —   5–0   —    —   1–0   —    —   3–0
 5 PLI Islanders                    17    8   3   6    13   10   +3    27    —    —   1–0   —    —   1–0  1–0  1–0   —   1–0   —   1–0   —    —   1–0   —    —   5–0
 6 Cornwall Clippers                17    8   2   7    23   10  +13    26   0–0   —    —   5–0   —    —    —    —   2–0   —   3–1   —   2–0  4–0   —   3–0  1–0   — 
 7 Wansan Sparta                    17    8   1   8    33   22  +11    25   0–1   —   2–1   —    —   1–0   —    —    —    —   5–0   —   3–1  4–0   —   8–1  3–1   — 
 8 Levis Athletic                   17    8   1   8    16   22   −6    25    —   0–0  0–1   —    —   1–0  1–0   —    —    —   5–1  1–0   —    —   2–0  3–1   —   1–0
 9 Club Racing Myeongju             17    7   3   7    51   39  +12    24   —    —   2–0   —   4–0   —   3–3  10–1   —   2–0   —   4–0   —    —   7–1   —    —   9–0
10 Trojana Condommakers FC          17    7   3   7    15   14   +1    24    —   0–1  0–0   —    —   1–0  1–0  1–0   —    —    —   1–0   —    —   1–0  2–2   —   4–1
11 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               17    7   2   8    23   34  −11    23   0–0  0–1   —   1–1  1–0   —    —    —   3–0  0–2   —    —   3–1  4–3   —    —   2–1   — 
12 Club I.R.A.                      17    7   2   8    14   18   −4    23    —   1–0  1–0   —    —   0–1  3–0   —    —    —   3–1   —   1–2   —   1–0  2–0   —   1–0
13 Agawa Athletic                   17    6   4   7    33   25   +8    22   0–1  0–1   —   8–1  1–1   —    —   2–0  3–3  2–0   —    —    —   5–1   —    —   6–3   — 
14 Baekahm Lakers                   17    5   4   8    24   28   −4    19   0–0  0–1   —   4–0  1–0   —    —   1–0  7–1  1–1   —   1–1   —    —    —    —   2–0   — 
15 Huronia 4.25                     17    6   1  10    13   23  −10    19    —   0–1  0–0   —    —   1–0  3–1   —    —    —   0–1   —   1–0  2–0   —   2–0  1–0   — 
16 Southwark Impact                 17    5   3   9    22   32  −10    18   0–1   —    —   1–2  1–0   —    —    —   3–0   —   5–1   —   1–1  2–1   —    —   4–1   — 
17 Club Sportive de Portbou         17    4   3  10    12   25  −13    15   1–0  0–0   —   0–2  0–0   —    —   0–1  2–1  1–0   —   0–0   —    —    —    —    —   2–1
18 1862 Panmoon                     17    2   5  10    14   43  −29    11    —   0–0  1–0   —    —   1–1  0–3   —    —    —   1–3   —   1–1  1–1  6–2  1–1   —    —

CIRCUIT d'ESPERANCE

 # 2061-62 Circuit d'Esperance  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
 1 Hanbat Fury                   17   10   3   4    65   19  +46    33   —   5–0  8–4  7–0  5–1   —   5–0   —    —    —    —   10–0   —    —   5–1  5–0  7–1   — 
 2 Jolbonopolis Spartak          17   10   2   5    23   12  +11    32    —    —   1–0  2–0  3–0   —   1–0   —   1–0   —    —   4–0   —    —    —   3–0  4–0   — 
 3 Shelbourne Athletic           17    9   4   4    48   28  +20    31   —    —    —   2–0  1–1   —    —   1–0  3–0   —    —   5–3   —   10–0   —   4–0  5–0   — 
 4 Regina Mundi Albion           17   10   1   6    21   15   +6    31    —    —    —    —    —   1–0   —   0–0  1–0  1–0  3–0   —   1–0  6–0  4–0   —    —   1–0
 5 Baie-Verte                    17    9   3   5    45   22  +23    30   —    —    —   1–0   —    —    —   2–0  3–0   —    —   6–0   —   7–0   —   6–0  10–2  4–0
 6 Bathurst City                 17    9   2   6    33   14  +19    29   2–0  3–2  2–2   —   3–0   —   7–1   —    —   4–0   —    —   1–0   —   4–0   —   3–0   — 
 7 Planthoppers FC               17    8   5   4    30   26   +4    29    —    —   3–1  1–0  5–1   —    —   1–1  1–0   —    —   2–0   —    —    —   5–1  5–1   — 
 8 Oakwood Schooners             17    8   5   4    21   12   +9    29   2–2  0–0   —    —    —   1–0   —    —    —   1–0  2–0   —   2–1  5–0   —    —    —   1–0
 9 Weeneebayko Moosepack         17    9   2   6    13   14   −1    29   3–2   —    —    —    —   2–1   —   1–0   —   0–0  1–0   —   2–0  1–0  1–0   —    —   1–0
10 Dukhoborian                   17    7   4   6    21   18   +3    25   1–0  1–0  4–4   —   0–1   —   0–0   —    —    —    —   4–1   —    —   2–0  2–0  6–1   — 
11 South Bend City               17    7   3   7    27   20   +7    24   1–1  0–1  3–0   —   1–1  1–0  5–1   —    —   4–0   —    —   4–1   —    —    —    —    — 
12 Hochelaga                     17    7   1   9    34   48  −14    22    —    —    —   1–0   —   1–1   —   0–2  2–0   —   4–1   —   5–2  6–0  5–0   —    —   2–0
13 Stade Stormontois             17    5   3   9    15   26  −11    18   2–1  0–1  0–0   —   1–0   —   1–1   —    —   0–1   —    —    —    —   0–0  4–0  2–1   — 
14 CS Roxburgh                   17    4   4   9    19   49  −30    16   1–1  2–0   —    —    —   1–2  1–1   —    —   0–0  0–5   —   6–0   —    —    —    —   2–0
15 Westmoreand Wanderers         17    4   3  10    14   37  −23    15    —   1–0  3–5   —   1–1   —   1–3  1–0   —    —   4–1   —    —   1–1   —    —    —   1–0
16 AJ Anju                       17    5   0  12     8   38  −30    15    —    —    —   0–1   —   1–0   —   0–1  0–1   —   1–0  2–1   —   1–4  1–0   —    —   0–1
17 Prince Eric Athletic          17    4   2  11    30   56  −26    14    —    —    —   1–2   —    —    —   3–3  0–0   —   0–1  9–3   —   3–1  4–0  0–1   —   4–3
18 FC Nogojiwanong               17    3   3  11     6   19  −13    12   0–1  0–0  0–1   —    —   1–0  0–0   —    —   1–0  0–0   —   0–1   —    —    —    —    —

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:44 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PART 10 (MD20-30)

MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP

The Semifinals are annually held on the 29th of December, three days after Boxing Day. The Mossun™ League Cup Finals are annually held on the New Year's Day.

SEMIFINALS - @ The Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Northandryun Rovers (Q-LEAGUE) 0–0 Montreal City (Q-LEAGUE) (0–0 AET) (1–3 pen.)
Cornwall Clippers (CHAMPIONSHIP) 0–2 Heart of Saguenay (CHAMPIONSHIP)

2061 MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP - @ The Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Montreal City (Q-LEAGUE) 1–0 Heart of Saguenay (CHAMPIONSHIP)

The RQFA League Cup, once again sponsored by Tikariotian Moss liquor brewery Mossun after the previous agreement with Sanford Corporation was annulled on morality-based grounds, pits the Q-League sides Montreal City and Heart of Saguenay on New Year's Day. Having made their way back to the League Cup final for the third straight time, Montreal City would come away victorious after a match that was filled with frustrations over missed chances early on, but one where they had scored the only goal of the match scored by Maude-Leanne Coupet on a mid-range shot in the 57th minute.

If you are a Perce Town fan, you would be in a rather conflicted position right now. It's not a particularly impressive performance Benni Massi's squad have shown this year, especially after the previous season's finalist finish and the early-summer magic that have managed to secure them the qualification into the Champions' League group stage, but Perce Town's getting things done when they have to, and have managed to qualify for the Champions' League quarterfinals after beating Shamrock Cathair in second round.

Now, the tricky part with ones like Perce Town, whose squad depth continues to be limited even with their offseason reinforcements in Hannah Gormley-McCowan, Holly Statton and Gabriel Sayritupac, is that you sometimes have to pick what competition to focus into. Just ask Alnio, who beat them out in the Quarterfinals several weeks later, about it. But when it comes to competitions they choose to focus they have excelled under Benni Massi, a manager whose resume should suggest some attentions from the likes of CSKA Quebec and St. John's Arsenal, who both have their own sagas lined up, and the hapless fans of the small maritime city of 175,000 are happy enough that their team remains in contention, 19 and 30 games on. Sure, they have lost all their matches they were expected to lose such as the Haligonian game away and the Koreana match, but in a battle of attrition they have prevailed on the grounds of winning all six of the winnable matches. Now standing fifth and four point gap away from CSKA Quebec and Zenit Attawapiskat, the race towards the IFCF qualification spot looks much more favourable for the P-Diddy fans than they were back in the Christmas break.

Koreana, Arsenal and Kingston FC all continue their quest for the title, with little separating their way. Nobody's surprised Montreal Koreana and St. John's Arsenal have paced themselves well all season long on surface, it is Kingston FC that deserves a positive look here. Sure, the Reds are leakier on the backfield, and they did carry the most inconsistencies with an ugly, three-game losing streak right in the middle. They too have had their moments with style points maximised after demolitions of Perce Town (5-0) and CSKA (7-0). Jorge Echevarria, when asked about the night-and-day performances of his players, chooses to stay away from commenting much about it. 'These guys, they are doing things I have not been able to achieve as players and I praise them for it,' he said after the CSKA win, a seven-nil victory with Amina Salihamidzic Beckie scoring a hat trick and Primitivo recording a couple of assists. 'It's not easy going by their guts, after all. There ain't no church in the wild after all.'

Elsewhere there is a bit of chaos lying around, with plenty to be said about. After a poor start the Leaside Lions win six straight at home including wins over fellow escapee Jolbonopolis United and unbelievably unlucky Swangard Athletic, and barring the replication of first-half nightmare, they should be safe for the season. Forest City Athletic, on the other hand, are struggling to score, the Trees victim to an unusually high number of injuries that have plagued them all season long. Then there is the relegation battle where things look a bit clearer now than they were before. Habpo Koreana had their own spur of magic with known upsets earlier into the first half, but those seem to have run out as the winter continues to wear heavily on the players. Nakdong Athletic, on the other hand, is just running out of time - Primitivo's absence, one that they had known all offseason long, too big to fill on a single offseason. Also not far away is Wansan Noksaekjeonsa, who are valiantly fighting against the tide that keeps calling them back, but there the promise continues standing with Clyde Han and Henrik M. Aguirre tandem showing potential. Can it be enough for them to escape relegation?

Q-LEAGUE

-# Fermeture Table      Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 St. John's Arsenal      11    7   1   3    30   14  +16    22
 2 Montreal Koreana        11    6   2   3    19    6  +13    20
 3 Mipojoseon              11    6   2   3    16    4  +12    20
 4 Kingston FC             11    6   1   4    25   12  +13    19
 5 Perce Town              11    6   1   4    21   15   +6    19
 6 Swangard Athletic       11    6   1   4    14    6   +8    19
 7 Zenit Attawapiskat      11    6   1   4     9    6   +3    19
 8 CSKA Quebec             11    6   0   5    24   26   −2    18
 9 Leaside Lions           11    6   0   5    16   19   −3    18
10 Montreal City           11    5   2   4    18   13   +5    17
11 Northandryun Rovers     11    5   1   5    18   17   +1    16
12 Daedonggang 3.26        11    5   1   5    10   18   −8    16
13 Olympique de Rimouski   11    5   0   6    11   12   −1    15
14 Jolbonopolis United     11    4   2   5     7   10   −3    14
15 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa    11    4   1   6    24   28   −4    13
16 Forest City Athletic    11    4   1   6     6   10   −4    13
17 Haligonian              11    3   3   5     9   14   −5    12
18 Nakdong Athletic        11    4   0   7     9   24  −15    12
19 BK Klampenborg          11    3   0   8     4   18  −14     9
20 Habpo Koreana           11    2   2   7    13   31  −18     8

 2061-62 Q-League Season     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 St. John's Arsenal         30   19   3   8    86   36  +50    60   —   7–1  5–1  3–0  2–0  3–0  3–0  5–5  3–0   —   10–1  3–0  5–0  5–1   —   7–3  4–0  3–0   —    — 
 2 Montreal Koreana           30   18   3   9    49   28  +21    57    —    —    —   3–2  2–0  1–0  2–0  6–0  1–0  1–0   —    —   3–0  3–0  1–0  4–1  4–0  2–0  0–0  2–1
 3 Montreal City              30   16   7   7    66   37  +29    55   3–1  2–0   —   7–1  4–1  1–1  1–1  1–0  1–0  5–1  5–0  1–0  6–1   —   1–0  5–0   —   2–0   —    — 
 4 Kingston FC                30   17   3  10    69   44  +25    54    —   0–3   —    —   5–0  0–0  4–1  7–0  4–1  5–0  1–0   —   0–0   —   4–1  1–0  3–0  3–0  3–0  5–0
 5 Perce Town                 30   16   5   9    55   35  +20    53    —   1–2  2–1  5–2   —   1–1  1–0   —   2–0  2–0   —    —   4–2  4–0  3–0  6–0  2–0  2–0  3–1  5–0
 6 Mipojoseon                 30   15   8   7    39   17  +22    53   5–1  1–0   —    —   2–0   —   0–0  3–0  1–0  6–1  3–0  2–0   —   2–0  1–0  2–0   —   1–0  4–0  1–0
 7 Swangard Athletic          30   16   4  10    38   22  +16    52   2–0   —   1–1   —    —   1–0   —   1–0  2–0  2–2  4–0  2–0   —   1–0  1–0  4–0  1–0  3–0  5–0  2–0
 8 CSKA Quebec                30   15   3  12    76   62  +14    48    —   4–1  3–1  3–6  2–3  3–0  1–0   —   6–0   —    —   1–0  7–1  4–0   —   1–1  3–1  7–0  9–1  5–0
 9 Zenit Attawapiskat         30   15   3  12    32   31   +1    48   2–2   —   4–1   —    —   1–0  2–0   —    —   1–0  2–0  2–1  0–0  0–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  4–0  3–0
10 Northandryun Rovers        30   13   7  10    57   48   +9    46   1–0  2–1  5–5  3–1   —   0–0   —   6–0   —    —   4–0  0–0  6–1  2–1  3–2  5–1  1–1   —   5–1  2–0
11 Daedonggang 3.26           30   13   3  14    39   68  −29    42   2–1  1–0  0–0  0–5  1–1  1–1  1–0  3–5  1–2   —    —   2–0  3–0  2–0   —   5–1  1–0   —    —   3–0
12 Olympique de Rimouski      30   13   2  15    24   25   −1    41   0–1  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  0–1  1–0  3–2  0–1  2–0  2–0   —   0–1   —    —   1–0  1–0  4–0   —    — 
13 Haligonian                 30   11   6  13    39   53  −14    39   2–2  0–0   —   0–1  3–1  2–1  1–2  0–1  1–0  3–3  0–1   —    —    —   2–0  5–0   —   1–0  2–1  7–2
14 Leaside Lions              30   10   8  12    37   38   −1    38   3–1  1–1  2–2  6–0  0–0   —   1–0  1–1  1–0  1–0  1–2  0–0  1–1   —   1–0   —    —   4–0  7–1   — 
15 Forest City Athletic       30   12   2  16    22   29   −7    38   1–0  2–1  0–3  2–1  2–0  0–0   —   0–2   —   1–0  4–0  1–0  1–0  1–0   —    —   2–0   —   1–0  1–0
16 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa       30   10   3  17    52   72  −20    33   1–3   —   3–0   —   1–3   —   0–1  7–1  3–1  0–3  7–0  3–2   —   4–1  0–0   —   2–2  3–0  4–1  4–0
17 Jolbonopolis United        30    9   4  17    20   37  −17    31   0–2  0–1  0–2  1–0  0–0  0–0  0–1   —   0–1   —    —   1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  5–1   —    —   1–0  2–0
18 BK Klampenborg             30    8   3  19    19   51  −32    27   0–1   —   3–2  0–1   —   1–0  1–0   —    —   1–1  5–2  0–1  0–1  0–0  1–0  1–2  2–1   —   2–2  1–0
19 Habpo Koreana              30    6   4  20    31   78  −47    22   1–3  2–1  1–1  3–3  0–2   —    —   3–0   —   4–0  3–5  1–0  1–2  0–3  1–0   —   1–2  0–1   —   1–0
20 Nakdong Athletic           30    7   1  22    16   55  −39    22   1–0  0–2  0–1  0–1  1–1   —    —   1–0  1–0  0–1  1–2  0–1   —   0–1  1–0   —   1–0  1–0  5–1   —

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:55 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PART 11 (MD31-38, GRAND FINAL)

MD38
Jolbonopolis United 1–0 Daedonggang 3.26
BK Klampenborg 1–0 Zenit Attawapiskat
CSKA Quebec 7–0 St. John's Arsenal
Northandryun Rovers 1–1 Swangard Athletic
Perce Town 4–0 Olympique de Rimouski
Forest City Athletic 1–0 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa
Montreal Koreana 3–2 Montreal City
Habpo Koreana 1–0 Mipojoseon
Kingston FC 2–0 Leaside Lions
Nakdong Athletic 2–3 Haligonian

-# Fermeture Table          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Montreal Koreana        19   12   4   3    33   11  +22    40 - FERMETURE CHAMPIONS
 2 Mipojoseon              19   12   2   5    29   11  +18    38
 3 CSKA Quebec             19   12   1   6    50   35  +15    37
 4 Swangard Athletic       19   11   3   5    28    9  +19    36
 5 St. John's Arsenal      19   11   2   6    44   29  +15    35
 6 Kingston FC             19   11   1   7    41   25  +16    34
 7 Perce Town              19    9   4   6    35   21  +14    31
 8 Jolbonopolis United     19    8   4   7    14   15   −1    28
 9 Northandryun Rovers     19    8   3   8    28   30   −2    27
10 Daedonggang 3.26        19    8   2   9    18   36  −18    26
11 Zenit Attawapiskat      19    8   2   9    17   15   +2    26
12 Leaside Lions           19    8   1  10    26   30   −4    25
13 Haligonian              19    7   4   8    24   33   −9    25
14 Olympique de Rimouski   19    8   1  10    17   19   −2    25
15 Forest City Athletic    19    7   4   8    13   18   −5    25
16 Montreal City           19    7   3   9    33   30   +3    24
17 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa    19    7   1  11    38   49  −11    22
18 Habpo Koreana           19    5   2  12    22   51  −29    17
19 BK Klampenborg          19    4   2  13     8   27  −19    14
20 Nakdong Athletic        19    4   0  15    14   38  −24    12

2062 Kim-Hlasek Cup at the Q-League Grand Final:

Introduced by the Royal Quebecois Football Association (RQFA) before the start of 2053-54 (2.10) Q-League season, the Kim-Hlasek is an annual match played between Ouverture and Fermeture Champions of each Q-League season. The trophy, which is made of gold and is around 5 metres tall, is donated by Montreal Koreana and St. John's Arsenal, the home clubs of two of the greatest managers in Q-League history, the late Sir. Kim Ji-Choon and Kurt Hlasek.

Barring unusual circumstances that force the relocation of the match, every Sir. Lionel Mah Cup will be played in Joongyeong, the capital, with preference at The Reneegrad (Cap. 84,000) in Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal Province.

2062 Q-LEAGUE GRAND FINAL: ST. JOHN'S ARSENAL vs. MONTREAL KOREANA
@ The Reneegrad, City of Reneegrad, Joongyeong
Attendance: 84,000

St. John's Arsenal 3–4 Montreal Koreana
(Wils '12, Tobias '35; Son-Saka '63 // Sandara Park '26, '40; Didier Garnacho '52; Engle '90+2)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:10 pm

Q-LEAGUE 2061-62 SEASON - PART 12 (COUPE DE LA REINE, TABLES, PRO-REL PLAYOFFS, YOUTH CUP)

Coupe De la Reine - Final Four
Played at The Reneegrad, City of Reneegrad, Joongyeong Federal Province

Semifinals
Mipojoseon (01 Q-LEAGUE) 0–4 CSKA Quebec (05 Q-LEAGUE)
St. John's Arsenal (02 Q-LEAGUE) 0–0 Montreal Koreana (03 Q-LEAGUE) (1–0 AET)

2061 Coupe de la Reine Final
CSKA Quebec (05 Q-LEAGUE) 0–1 St. John's Arsenal (02 Q-LEAGUE)

Q-LEAGUE

-# 2061-62 Q-League Season   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Montreal Koreana           38   24   5   9    63   33  +30    77    —   2–0  1–0  3–2  2–0  6–0  2–0  3–2  1–0  1–0  3–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  4–0  4–1  2–0  0–0  2–1
 2 St. John's Arsenal         38   23   4  11   100   51  +49    73   7–1   —   3–0  3–0  3–0  5–5  2–0  5–1  5–1  3–0  5–0  10–1  3–0  2–0  5–1  4–0  7–3  3–0  3–0  1–0
 3 Mipojoseon                 38   21   8   9    52   24  +28    71   1–0  5–1   —   3–4  0–0  3–0  2–0  1–0  6–1  1–0  3–1  3–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  4–0  1–0
 4 Kingston FC                38   22   3  13    85   57  +28    69   0–3  3–1  0–0   —   4–1  7–0  5–0  5–1  5–0  4–1  0–0  1–0  1–0  4–1  2–0  3–0  1–0  3–0  3–0  5–0
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 5 Swangard Athletic          38   21   6  11    52   25  +27    69   0–0  2–0  1–0  2–0   —   1–0  1–0  1–1  2–2  2–0  7–1  4–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  4–0  3–0  5–0  2–0
 6 CSKA Quebec                38   21   4  13   102   71  +31    67   4–1  7–0  3–0  3–6  1–0   —   2–3  3–1  5–3  6–0  7–1  7–1  1–0  4–1  4–0  3–1  1–1  7–0  9–1  5–0
 7 Perce Town                 38   19   8  11    69   41  +28    65   1–2  2–2  1–1  5–2  1–0  0–0   —   2–1  2–0  2–0  4–2  6–1  4–0  3–0  4–0  2–0  6–0  2–0  3–1  5–0
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 8 Montreal City              38   18   8  12    81   54  +27    62   2–0  3–1  1–1  7–1  1–1  1–0  4–1   —   5–1  1–0  6–1  5–0  1–0  1–0  2–2  1–2  5–0  2–0  7–1  1–0
 9 Northandryun Rovers        38   16   9  13    67   61   +6    57   2–1  1–0  0–0  3–1  1–1  6–0  1–0  5–5   —   2–0  6–1  4–0  0–0  3–2  2–1  1–1  5–1  2–1  5–1  2–0
10 Zenit Attawapiskat         38   17   4  17    40   40    0    55   0–1  2–2  1–0  3–1  2–0  3–0  0–1  4–1  1–0   —   0–0  2–0  2–1  1–0  0–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  4–0  3–0
11 Haligonian                 38   15   7  16    54   72  −18    52   0–0  2–2  2–1  0–1  1–2  0–1  3–1  3–1  3–3  1–0   —   0–1  1–0  2–0  2–1  1–1  5–0  1–0  2–1  7–2
12 Daedonggang 3.26           38   16   4  18    47   86  −39    52   1–0  2–1  1–1  0–5  1–0  3–5  1–1  0–0  1–0  1–2  3–0   —   2–0  1–1  2–0  1–0  5–1  2–1  2–0  3–0
13 Olympique de Rimouski      38   16   3  19    30   32   −2    51   1–0  0–1  0–1  2–0  1–0  3–2  1–0  1–0  2–0  0–1  0–1  2–0   —   0–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  4–0  4–0  1–0
14 Forest City Athletic       38   15   5  18    29   37   −8    50   2–1  1–0  0–0  2–1  1–0  0–2  2–0  0–3  1–0  1–1  1–0  4–0  1–0   —   1–0  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  1–0
15 Leaside Lions              38   12   9  17    47   49   −2    45   1–1  3–1  0–1  6–0  1–0  1–1  0–0  2–2  1–0  1–0  1–1  1–2  0–0  1–0   —   0–1  3–0  4–0  7–1  4–2
16 Jolbonopolis United        38   13   6  19    27   42  −15    45   0–1  0–2  0–0  1–0  0–1  1–2  0–0  0–2  0–0  0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0   —   5–1  1–0  1–0  2–0
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17 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa       38   13   3  22    66   93  −27    42   3–5  1–3  1–3  3–0  0–1  7–1  1–3  3–0  0–3  3–1  4–3  7–0  3–2  0–0  4–1  2–2   —   3–0  4–1  4–0
18 BK Klampenborg             38    9   5  24    23   60  −37    32   0–0  0–1  1–0  0–1  1–0  0–1  1–1  3–2  1–1  1–0  0–1  5–2  0–1  1–0  0–0  2–1  1–2   —   2–2  1–0
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19 Habpo Koreana              38    9   4  25    40   98  −58    31   2–1  1–3  1–0  3–3  0–2  3–0  0–2  1–1  4–0  2–1  1–2  3–5  1–0  1–0  0–3  1–2  5–1  0–1   —   1–0
20 Nakdong Athletic           38    7   1  30    21   69  −48    22   0–2  1–0  0–1  0–1  0–1  1–0  1–1  0–1  0–1  1–0  2–3  1–2  0–1  1–0  0–1  1–0  1–2  1–0  5–1   —

QUEBECOIS CHAMPIONSHIP

# 2057-58 Quebecois Championship  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                                                        
 1 Nunavut North Stars              34   23   5   6    41   10  +31    74    —   1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  5–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  2–1  4–0  1–0  6–0  2–0
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 2 Heart of Saguenay                34   18   8   8    36   14  +22    62   0–1   —   1–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–1  1–0  4–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  1–0  5–0  3–0  0–1  4–1  1–0
 3 Cornwall Clippers                34   19   2  13    50   23  +27    59   0–0  1–0   —   2–0  2–0  3–0  5–0  2–0  2–0  0–1  3–0  3–0  2–0  3–1  4–0  2–0  5–0  1–0
 4 PLI Islanders                    34   17   8   9    28   18  +10    59   0–0  1–0  1–0   —   1–0  1–0  2–1  1–0  1–1  1–0  2–1  1–0  1–0  4–1  0–0  1–0  5–0  1–0
 5 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877         34   17   7  10    38   24  +14    58   1–0  0–0  2–1  1–0   —   3–1  2–0  2–0  0–1  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  3–1  2–1  2–0  7–0  1–0
 6 Wansan Sparta                    34   16   5  13    61   39  +22    53   0–1  2–0  1–0  0–0  2–1   —   4–0  3–1  6–0  1–0  8–1  3–1  1–0  5–0  4–0  0–1  3–3  3–1
 7 Coloratura City                  34   15   7  12    62   50  +12    52   2–0  1–1  0–1  0–0  3–1  4–0   —   4–3  5–5  2–1  7–1  3–0  5–0  6–1  6–0  1–0  3–0  1–0
 8 Agawa Athletic                   34   15   6  13    62   49  +13    51   0–1  0–1  2–1  1–1  2–0  0–0  8–1   —   3–3  2–0  3–0  2–0  1–0  3–1  5–1  5–0  7–1  6–3
 9 Club Racing Myeongju             34   14   8  12   101   66  +35    50 3–0  2–2  0–1  4–0  2–0  3–3  1–1  8–0   —   2–0  3–3  10–1  4–0  14–4  6–0  7–1  9–0  6–1
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10 Trojana Condommakers FC          34   15   5  14    28   28    0    50   1–0  0–1  1–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  1–2  0–0   —   2–2  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  4–1  1–0
11 Southwark Impact                 34   13   7  14    61   63   −2    46   0–1  1–0  4–1  1–0  2–2  1–1  1–2  1–1  3–0  5–1   —   3–0  4–0  5–1  2–1  7–1  5–1  4–1
12 Levis Athletic                   34   14   4  16    36   38   −2    46   0–0  0–0  1–0  0–1  0–1  1–0  1–0  5–0  1–2  1–0  3–1   —   1–0  5–1  5–0  2–0  1–0  4–0
13 Club I.R.A.                      34   14   2  18    26   35   −9    44   1–0  1–0  0–1  0–1  1–0  3–0  1–0  1–2  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0   —   3–1  4–2  1–0  1–0  2–0
14 Beolgyo Kilmarnock               34   11   5  18    52   81  −29    38   0–0  0–1  1–2  1–0  1–1  0–5  1–1  3–1  3–0  0–2  5–0  0–0  2–1   —   4–3  1–1  9–1  2–1
15 Baekahm Lakers                   34   10   6  18    40   64  −24    36   0–0  0–1  3–1  1–0  1–1  2–0  4–0  0–1  7–1  1–1  0–1  1–0  1–1  1–0   —   2–0  5–1  2–0
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16 Huronia 4.25                     34   10   5  19    19   46  −27    35   0–1  0–1  1–0  0–1  0–0  3–1  0–0  1–0  1–0  0–1  2–0  0–0  1–0  0–1  2–0   —   0–1  1–0
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17 1862 Panmoon                     34    7   8  19    40   97  −57    29   0–1  0–0  1–1  0–0  1–0  0–3  3–0  1–1  5–3  2–2  1–1  1–2  1–0  1–3  1–1  6–2   —   5–1
18 Club Sportive de Portbou         34    6   6  22    17   53  −36    24   1–0  0–0  1–0  0–0  0–1  0–1  0–2  0–0  2–1  1–0  1–1  0–1  0–0  0–2  1–0  0–0  2–1   —

Quebecois Championship Promotion/Relegation Playoffs:

Once again, the Royal Quebecois Football Association will be deciding that the remaining LBCT qualifying spots, on top of the promotion/relegation spots versus the 17th-placed Q-League team, will be determined by the expanded playoff format. The Championship Pro/Rel Playoffs will be played in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, the northernmost province, with preference at the Iqaluit Stadium (Cap. 134,000) in Iqaluit, Nunavut province.

Preliminary Round:
(Q17) Wansan Noksaekjeonsa 1–0 BK Klampenborg (Q18)

Wansan Noksaekjeonsa wins the Preliminary round, securing their second consecutive season in the Q-League. BK Klampenborg heads into the Pro-Rel Playoffs.

First Round:
(2) Heart of Saguenay 1–1 Club Racing Myeongju (1–1 AET) (4–5 pen.) (9)
(3) Cornwall Clippers 1–0 Agawa Athletic (8)
(4) PLI Islanders 0–1 Coloratura City (7)
(5) Unama'kik-Inverness 1877 0–1 Wansan Sparta (6)

Second Round:
(3) Cornwall Clippers 1–0 Club Racing Myeongju (9)
(6) Wansan Sparta 2–0 Coloratura City (7)

Third Round:
(3) Cornwall Clippers 0–1 Wansan Sparta (6)

Wansan Sparta will be promoted to the Q-League. Cornwall Clippers will be facing BK Klampenborg on Pro-Rel playoffs.

Pro-Rel Playoffs:
(Q18) BK Klampenborg 0–1 Cornwall Clippers (C3)

Cornwall Clippers win the pro-rel playoffs, and will be promoted to the Q-League. BK Klampenborg will be relegated to the Quebecois Championship.

CIRCUIT D'ESPERANCE

-# 2061-62 Circuit d'Esperance  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                                                            
  1 Hanbat Fury                   34   22   6   6   116   36  +80    72   —   8–4  5–1  5–0  3–0  7–0  7–1  3–0  5–0  2–0  4–0  3–1  10–0  7–1  3–3  5–1  6–0  5–0
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 2 Shelbourne Athletic           34   21   5   8    99   44  +55    68  1–3   —   1–1  5–0  1–0  2–0  5–0  3–0  5–0  1–1  6–0  0–1  5–3  5–0  10–0  8–1  3–0  4–0
 3 Baie-Verte                    34   21   4   9   100   41  +59    67  3–1  9–1   —   2–0  2–0  1–0  3–1  3–0  4–0  2–0  8–0  4–0  6–0  10–2  7–0  5–0  7–1  6–0
 4 Jolbonopolis Spartak          34   19   4  11    41   31  +10    61   3–3  1–0  3–0   —   1–0  2–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  4–0  4–0  7–0  1–0  1–0  3–0
 5 Oakwood Schooners             34   16   8  10    42   25  +17    56   2–2  0–1  4–0  0–0   —   1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0  4–0  4–1  5–0  2–0  2–1  1–0
 6 Regina Mundi Albion           34   17   5  12    32   26   +6    56   2–1  0–4  2–0  1–0  0–0   —   1–0  1–0  1–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  3–0  1–0  6–0  4–0  1–0  1–0
 7 Bathurst City                 34   17   4  13    56   40  +16    55   2–0  2–2  3–0  3–2  2–0  1–0   —   4–1  7–1  4–0  2–1  1–0  3–2  3–0  6–0  4–0  1–0  1–0
 8 Weeneebayko Moosepack         34   17   4  13    31   29   +2    55   3–2  1–0  3–1  1–0  1–0  0–0  2–1   —   1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  5–0  1–0  1–0  2–0  1–0
 9 Planthoppers FC               34   14  10  10    50   47   +3    52   1–1  3–1  5–1  0–0  1–1  1–0  3–0  1–0   —   1–1  4–3  2–1  2–0  5–1  5–0  1–1  1–0  5–1
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10 Dukhoborian                   34   13  12   9    38   29   +9    51   1–0  4–4  0–1  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  0–0  0–0   —   3–0  0–0  4–1  6–1  1–1  2–0  1–0  2–0
11 South Bend City               34   12   7  15    56   57   −1    43   1–1  3–0  1–1  0–1  2–2  1–0  1–0  2–1  5–1  4–0   —   1–0  3–3  1–1  8–0  7–0  4–1  0–0
12 FC Nogojiwanong               34   12   5  17    28   30   −2    41   0–1  0–1  0–3  0–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  0–0  1–0  0–0   —   6–0  5–0  2–0  2–0  0–1  1–0
13 Hochelaga                     34   11   5  18    61   83  −22    38   0–3  0–3  3–3  4–0  0–2  1–0  1–1  2–0  0–0  1–3  4–1  2–0   —   9–0  6–0  5–0  5–2  3–0
14 Prince Eric Athletic          34   10   5  19    53   96  −43    35   1–2  0–3  3–1  3–0  3–3  1–2  1–1  0–0  2–1  1–4  0–1  4–3  9–3   —   3–1  4–0  4–1  0–1
15 CS Roxburgh                   34    9   7  18    35   90  −55    34   1–1  0–1  0–1  2–0  2–1  0–0  1–2  1–2  1–1  0–0  0–5  2–0  1–0  1–3   —   5–1  6–0  1–0
16 Westmoreand Wanderers         34    8   8  18    28   76  −48    32   1–5  3–5  1–1  1–0  1–0  2–0  0–0  1–0  1–3  1–1  4–1  1–0  1–1  1–1  1–1   —   2–0  2–0
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17 Stade Stormontois             34    8   5  21    21   55  −34    29   2–1  0–0  1–0  0–1  0–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  1–1  0–1  2–0  0–1  0–1  2–1  0–1  0–0   —   4–0
18 AJ Anju                       34    6   2  26     9   61  −52    20   0–1  0–4  0–3  0–1  0–1  0–1  1–0  0–1  0–1  0–0  1–0  0–1  2–1  0–2  1–4  1–0  1–0   —

Circuit d'Esperance Promotion/Relegation Playoffs:

In extension to the precedence established in the Quebecois Championship, the Royal Quebecois Football Association will be deciding that the Promotion-relegation tournament will be determined by the expanded playoff format. CDE RQFA Pro/Rel Playoffs will be played at The Samseolgoloondongjang (Cap. 80,000) in Songak, Songak federal province.

First Round:
(2) Shelbourne Athletic 5–1 Planthoppers FC (9)
(3) Baie-Verte 1–1 Weeneebayko Moosepack (1–1 AET) (2–4 pen.) (8)
(4) Jolbonopolis Spartak 1–0 Bathurst City (7)
(5) Oakwood Schooners 1–0 Regina Mundi Albion (6)

Second Round:
(2) Shelbourne Athletic 2–0 Weeneebayko Moosepack (8)
(4) Jolbonopolis Spartak 4–0 Oakwood Schooners (5)

Third Round:
(2) Shelbourne Athletic 3–0 Jolbonopolis Spartak (4)

Shelbourne Athletic will be promoted to the Q-League. Jolbonopolis Spartak will be facing Huronia 4.25 on Pro-Rel playoffs.

Pro-Rel Playoffs:
(CH16) Huronia 4.25 0–0 Jolbonopolis Spartak (0–1 AET) (CE4)

Jolbonopolis Spartak wins the Pro-Rel Play-off, and will be promoted to the Championship.

2061-62 RQFA YOUTH LEAGUE FINALS - SIR. LIONEL MAH CUP

At the end of the youth league season, the RQFA Youth League Finals are held each and every year at The Reneegrad on the week after the Coupe de la Reine Final. One representative from each of eight regions are sent to participate in the now-revamped eight-team Sir. Lionel Mah Cup tournament.

Group A

# Group A                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Montreal Koreana                 3   2  1  0   11   5  +6    7 Q
2 Perce Town                       3   1  1  1    8   8   0    4 Q
3 Swangard Athletic                3   1  1  1    4   6  −2    4
4 Leaside Lions                    3   0  1  2    5   9  −4    1

Group B

# Group B                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Heart of Saguenay                3   2  0  1    5   6  −1    6 Q
2 Zenit Attawapiskat               3   1  2  0    7   3  +4    5 Q
3 St. John's Arsenal               3   1  1  1    5   5   0    4
4 CSKA Quebec                      3   0  1  2    2   5  −3    1

Semifinals
Montreal Koreana (Mid-West) 4–6 Zenit Attawapiskat (Northwest)
Heart of Saguenay (Northeast) 2–0 Perce Town (Acadie)

Final
Zenit Attawapiskat (Northwest) 4–2 Heart of Saguenay (Northeast)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:11 pm

FINALLY.....AWARDS AND TEAMS OF THE YEAR

Q-LEAGUE AWARDS

Golden Boot (Most Goals): 40 - Pio Mendonca, CSKA Quebec (Cabo Azure)
34 - Layvin Son-Saka, St. John's Arsenal (Banija/Quebec) / 31 - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie, Kingston FC

Silver Moogoonghwa (Player of the Year): Layvin Son-Saka, St. John's Arsenal (Banija/Quebec)
* Runner-ups: Pio Mendonca, CSKA Quebec (Cabo Azure) / Lauren Engle, Montreal Koreana (Cassadaigua)

Layvin Son-Saka wins the Silver Moogoongwha for the second straight year after a 34-goal, 15-assist performance with St. John's Arsenal side that came very close to a domestic double. This fast, electrifying playmaker continues to level up in ways very few has ever done so in the Q-League's 150+ year history, and one can only wonder if the sky's truly the limit for him. Also making a historic performance is CSKA Quebec's Pio Mendonca, the Azurean poacher recording second 40-goal campaign in his career to 183 goals in just 5 seasons with the Tiger-Phoenixes. While his impact on the field is relatively limited compared to Son-Saka or Montreal Koreana's Lauren Engle, one cannot deny the historic significance carried by Mendonca in his ability to convert the chances. Finally, Lauren Engle secures the second runner-up, the Cassadagan playmaker contributing well on all facets of the game. Her efficiency in movement, as well being able to read the game, has helped secure the Blue Devils their first title in four years.

Emerald Rose (Under-23 Player of the Year, previous top 3 nominees not eligible): Kim Gyeong-Seok, Swangard Athletic
* Runner-ups: Holly Statton, Perce Town (Sylestone) / Alain Delisle, Mipojoseon

Kim Gyeong-Seok is named the first domestic winner of the honours in three seasons, the tall, well-positioned Swangard Athletic centreback being a major part of the Swangard Athletic defence that has looked impenetrable for much of the season under a partnership with former Mytanija international Denis Klasic. Sylestonian rightback Holly Statton is recognised as the first runner-up for her strong debut campaign with Champions' League quarterfinalists Perce Town, her second-half performance particularly noticeable to boot, while Alain Delisle continues his MonCity success with an all-around performance as highly fluid leftback.

Manager of the Year: Jorge Echevarria, Kingston FC
* Runner-ups: Anton Vujadinovic, Daedonggang 3.26 / Lisa Amos, Mipojoseon (Chromatika)

Jorge Echevarria's second season with Kingston FC finishes in success, as the Kingston FC manages to stay consistently in race for league contention all season long to secure their first Champions' League qualification in contemporary era. Anton Vujadinovic is nominated as the runner-up for the position, the former Grim Reapers' captain having successfully adjusted into a decent managerial career, with Daedonggang 3.26 staying well clear of relegation all-season long towards a mid-table finish. Lisa Amos is also shortlisted for strong turnaround to the season for former Champions' League winners after a sluggish start for the Dockers.

23-Person Team of the Year:

Manager: Jorge Echevarria, Kingston FC

GK (3): Juxon Fillar (Chromatika, Montreal Koreana)
* Alternate: Semir Besak (Mytanija, Mipojoseon) / Padraig McGibbon, Swangard Athletic

DEF (8): Alain Delisle (Mipojoseon) - Bosko Pestotnik (Mytanija, Mipojoseon) - Anarr Ebergssson (Graintfjall, Montreal Koreana) - Tracey Mercurio (Tumbra, Kingston FC)
* Alternates: Jean-Aniel Sirois (Tikariot, Forest City Athletic) - Kim Gyeong-Seok (Swangard Athletic) - Yvonne Lawson (Tumbra, St. John's Arsenal) - Donovan Watson-Lukwago (St. John's Arsenal)

MID (6): Alija Mesic-Mizayaki (Chromatika/Mytanija, St. John's Arsenal) - Lauren Engle (Cassadaigua, Montreal Koreana) - Brett Sarcav-Jones (Sylestone, St. John's Arsenal)
* Alternate: Camille Oh-Chainey (CSKA Quebec) - Elie Manahan (Patriotlandia, Swangard Athletic) - Rui Suda (Farfadillis, Daedonggang 3.26)

FW (6): Layvin Son-Saka (Banija/Quebec, St. John's Arsenal) - Pio Mendonca (Cabo Azure, CSKA Quebec) - Ibayashi Haitou (Chromatika, Mipojoseon)
* Alternate: Odette Tsioui (Perce Town) - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie (Kingston FC) - Gabriel Sayritupac (Huayramarca, Perce Town)

Under-23 Team of the Year:
Under-23 Team of the Year is counted by those who start the season aged 22, and finish the season at no more than 23 years of age.

Manager: Lisa Amos, Mipojoseon

GK (3): Ji Ning (Naixi, Forest City Athletic)
* Alternate: Etienne Hwang (Leaside Lions) - Jerolin Bjelogrelic (Mytanija, Perce Town)

DEF (8): Alain Delisle (Mipojoseon) - Sinisa Salihamidzic (Montreal Koreana) - Kim Gyeong-Seok (Swangard Athletic) - Holly Statton (Sylestone, Perce Town)
* Alternates: R.D. Jacobus (Brookstation, Haligonian) - Marie-France Duguet (CSKA Quebec) - Sergei Sapozhkov (Quebec/Mytanija, BK Klampenborg) - Estelle Nam (Montreal City)

MID (6): Kit Simmons (Elmyia, Kingston FC) - Lauren Engle (Cassadaigua, Montreal Koreana) - Brett Sarcav-Jones (Sylestone, St. John's Arsenal)
* Alternate: Miguel Gontijo (Cabo Azure, Kingston FC) - Rachel Wyman (Cassadaigua, Montreal City) - Aurelien Mousseunguet (Olympique de Rimouski)

FW (6): Layvin Son-Saka (Banija/Quebec, St. John's Arsenal) - Amina Salihamidzic Beckie (Kingston FC) - Odette Tsioui (Perce Town)
* Alternate: Maude-Leanne Coupet (Montreal City) - Marie Faucheux (Chromatika, Perce Town) - Clyde Han (Wansan Noksaekjeonsa)

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:19 am

Q-LEAGUE 2062-63 SEASON - PREVIEW PART 1 (Transfers and Q-Leaguers in World Cup 94)

The transfer season came to an end after an exciting summer window that saw players spend time with their national teams, go on a much-needed holiday away from the mid-season stress, and for some, decide their future. Now let's check out some of the offseason changes that have occurred while we were away:

Q-Leaguers in World Cup 94

Note: Effective Transfer Window 42, and 23-26 player rosters at the time of WCP.

Nation             Name                         Pos. Age     2061-62 Club               2062-63 Club
COMM. BAKER PARK   Emily BRUCE                   CB   32     CSKA Quebec                CSKA Quebec
BANIJA             Kutaaka MUTEESA               CB   26     Montreal City              Montreal City
BROOKSTATION       R.D. JACOBUS               LB/CB   22     Haligonian                 Haligonian
CASSADAIGUA        Chloe ANDERSON             CF/SS   30     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
CASSADAIGUA        Lauren ENGLE                  CM   22     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
CASSADAIGUA        Hailey MEYER                  LB   29     Kingston FC                Kingston FC
CASSADAIGUA        Rachel WYMAN                  CM   22     Montreal City              Montreal City
CHROMATIKA         Juxon FILLAR                  GK   33     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
CHROMATIKA         Marie FAUCHEUX                CF   25     Perce Town                 Perce Town
CHROMATIKA         IBAYASHI Haitou            RW/RB   27     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
CHROMATIKA         SANDARA Park                  ST   26     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana 
ELMYIA             Kit SIMMONS                DM/CM   22     Kingston FC                Kingston FC
ELMYIA             Gina WHITTINGHAM              CF   22     Zenit Attawapiskat         Zenit Attawapiskat
FARFADILLIS        Gavilan QUELABURA             TK   29     Montreal City              Montreal City
FLAVOVESPIA        Kishan REES                   LB   34     St. John's Arsenal         St. John's Arsenal
GRÆNTFJALL         ANARR Ebergsson               CB   25     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
GRÆNTFJALL         JOEL Wolfgangsson             ST   31     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
HUAYRAMARCA        Nicolas ALLAUCA               CM   36     Jolbonopolis United        Jolbonopolis United
HUAYRAMARCA        Orlando MINA                  DM   34     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
HUAYRAMARCA        Gabriel SAYRITUPAC            RW   32     Perce Town                 Perce Town
MYTANIJA           Semir BESAK                   GK   33     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
MYTANIJA           Bosko PESTOTNIK               CB   29     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
I.A. QUEBEC        Sinisa SALIHAMIDZIC        LI/CB   23     Montreal Koreana           Montreal Koreana
I.A. QUEBEC        AMINA Salihamidzic Beckie  CF/RW   22     Kingston FC                Frenei Tor (CMT)
SAINT-ELEANOR      Exandra DAVIES                RB   33     Jolbonopolis United        Jolbonopolis United
SYLESTONE          James BARCLAY              RW/RM   24     Montreal City              Montreal City
SYLESTONE          Alana FAUCETT              CB/LI   25     Zenit Attawapiskat         CSKA Quebec
SYLESTONE          HAND SANITISER                CB   XX     Northandryun Rovers        Northandryun Rovers
SYLESTONE          BRETT Sarcav-Jones            AM   20     St. John's Arsenal         St. John's Arsenal
SQUORNSHELAN R.S.  Shreya KRUSAN                 GK   30     Perce Town                 Perce Town
SQUORNSHELAN R.S.  Caitrin NESS                  ST   35     Chalesm (SRS)              Montreal City
TIKARIOT           Jean-Aniel SIROIS             LB   35     Forest City Athletic       RETIREMENT
TUMBRA             Yvonne LAWSON                 CB   26     St. John's Arsenal         St. John's Arsenal
TUMBRA             Tracey MERCURIO               RB   30     Kingston FC                Kingston FC
VALANORA           Laura ADLER                RB/CB   26     Mipojoseon                 Mipojoseon
YUEZHOU            PU ZHONGTAI                   RB   25     Northandryun Rovers        Northandryun Rovers

Managers

List of foreign managers active in Q-League:

Chew Lian Wei [NIX], Forest City Athletic - 2nd Season
Sangu Jiawei [YZH], Northandryun Rovers - 2nd Season
Peter Gregg Gabriel [TMB], CSKA Quebec - 1st Season
Vivienne Veronne [PTR], Haligonian - 3rd Season
George Wangolo [BNJ], Montreal City - 3rd Season
Mansari Kandero [PFA], Montreal Koreana - 4th Season
Benni Massi [ELM], Perce Town - 4th Season
Lisa Amos [CMT], Mipojoseon - 5th Season
Jon Forseth [CNR], Zenit Attawapiskat - 5th Season
Rob Alexander [CBP], Jolbonopolis United - 13th Season (3rd with Jolbonopolis, 10 Seasons with St. John's Arsenal)

List of Managerial Changes:

Club                  Name                  Age  Nat.      Change       Note
CSKA Quebec           A.J. Zanetti           42  QUE       Resigned       To St. John's Arsenal
CSKA Quebec           Peter Gregg Gabriel    45  TMB       Hired       [From Tumbran NT]
St. John's Arsenal    Mark van der Brumen    69  TMB/TLI   Retired
St. John's Arsenal    A.J. Zanetti           42  QUE       Hired       From CSKA Quebec

Departures

All-Time Record: 60m NSD, Pascal Languedoc [QUE], Hamilton Steelers to Jauneport Herault [NSI], TW2
Modern-era Record: 15m NSD, Oberon M'bah-Pinho [QUE], Kingston FC to Tihon [CM], TW39

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.     Old Club              Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
AMINA Salihamidzic Beckie     ST/RW   22  QUE      Kingston FC           Frenei Tor               CMT 10.00
Aurelien MOUSSENGUET          AM/CM   20  QUE      Olympique de Rimouski Urrhed FC                CMT  6.00
Henrik M. AGUIRRE                ST   18  CAD/SEM  Wansan Noksaekjeonsa  La + Querida             FFD  5.00
Rüí Süda                      RW/CM   27  FFD      Daedonggang 3.26      Capitol City FC          BNJ  5.00
Drake LOKOMBO-SSEKITOLEKO RB/RWB/RW   17  BNJ/QUE  Perce Town            Lakewood United          TMB  3.00
Kirsten ALLEN              RW/RM/CM   25  QUE      Montreal City         CH Suburban              CDG  2.70
Serge AMROUCHE                   CB   27  QUE/TMZ  Perce Town            Santraginus              SRS  2.50
HALAN Medhagbia               RW/RM   30  CAD      CSKA Quebec           Sareña FC                CAD  2.50
Sarika WEORES                 CB/DM   24  PAS      Olympique de Rimouski Pria City                CMT  2.50
HA Seo-Jeong                     GK   24  QUE      Haligonian            Fraser Valley            TMB  2.00
JOO Hyeong-Seok                  CB   24  QUE      Montreal Koreana      Olympia Arkintoofle      SRS  2.00
Alexis SAMURTOK                  CB   29  QUE      Mipojoseon            Parakleion Firebirds FC  TKT  2.00
Mumin SGRO                    LW/ST   30  SRS      Northandryun Rovers   Peynol-Lunas             PAS  1.75
Arleta CASTILLA-BLIND            GK   21  EFL      Nakdong Athletic      Mountaineers United      PTR  1.50
MAXIMOS Jeong-Hui                CM   32  CAD/QUE  Forest City Athletic  Qet NSC                  CMT  1.50
Arnaud SIEFERT                   CB   26  QUE      Habpo Koreana         Whitepool                SYL  1.00
Matteo BENIERS                   CB   27  QUE      Swangard Athletic     CFF Monthuez             KRY  0.30
Helene-Anne RIVARD            ST/RW   31  QUE      Forest City Athletic  Peynol-Lunas             PAS  Free

Arrivals

All-Time Record: 35m NSD, tied. Sheldon Serra [COS] from Ramusok Capital University [COS] to Zenit Attawapiskat, TW6 / Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36
Modern-era Record: 35m Alulim Sinmuballit [ADB] from Adab United [ADB] to Mipojoseon, TW36

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.     Old Club          Tri. New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Cedomir Vladimirovic          LM    23  QUE/MYT  Lakewood City     TMB  Montreal City            4.50
Caitrin NESS               ST/AM    35  SRS/QUE  Chalesm           SRS  Montreal City            4.00
Hyo-Sook JANG                 GK    33  QUE      Han Dold City     SRS  Jolbonopolis United      1.50
Mirren RODGER                 CB    30  TLI/QUE  Umbar             CMT  Olympique de Rimouski    1.50
Oikilde Fusul                 AM    34  QUE/TIO  FC Capri          VAL  Olympique de Rimouski    1.25
Barkad Assaf                  LW    24  TMZ/QUE  Clyde Park        TMB  Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     1.00
Leo Fisher                    CB    29  QUE/TLI  Clyde Park        TMB  Zenit Attawapiskat       1.00
Jett Gibbes                   GK    27  SYL      Avondale City     SYL  Daedonggang 3.26         1.00
Andrew Kirsten                RM    20	KRY      Royal Emberton    KRY	Daedonggang 3.26         Loan
Maddie PRENN                 CAM    17	CMT      Facsimilie HS     CMT	Kingston FC	        0.00
Viljar ALAKAS                 CM    17	SRS      Santraginus       SRS	Cornwall Clippers        Free
Bragi BORG                    CB    17	SRS      Megabrantid       SRS	Leaside Lions            Free
Tomás Dornellas               DF    18	CBZ      Dondo             CBZ	Perce Town               Free
Berit Kaktusarsdóttir         CB    23	GRF      Varmahbyggð       GRF	Nunavut North Stars      Free
Miguel Lages                  MF    21	CBZ      Club Safari       CBZ	Coloratura City          Free
Gustavo Lopes                 FW    18	CBZ      Baleeiros         CBZ	Montreal Koreana         Free
Adnan Pecikoza                CM    18  MYT      Atletik Težia     MYT  Daedonggang 3.26         Free
Kiran PINDER                  LB    17	SRS      Jaglan Royals     SRS	Nunavut North Stars      Free
Franco Velasco                GK    18	CBZ      Cidadela          CBZ	Mipojoseon               Free

Internal Transfers (all foreign/major domestic)

Note: Internal transfers do not include those heading to or from Quebecois Championship or State Leagues.

Name                         Pos.    Age  Nat.    Old Club               New Club                 Fee [NSD million]
Alana FAUCETT                CB/LI    25  SYL     Zenit Attawapiskat     CSKA Quebec              8.00
Seung-Myeon KRAVITZ-HYEON       GK    31  QUE     Montreal Koreana       Haligonian               5.00
Etienne HWANG                   GK    23  QUE     Leaside Lions          Montreal Koreana         4.00
Ghislaine BARBIERI              LB    21  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       Olympique de Rimouski    2.50
Cedric ROHRMAYER                LB    32  QUE     Olympique de Rimouski  CSKA Quebec              2.50
Amelia ASCOTT                   ST    29  SYL     Nakdong Athletic       Forest City Athletic     2.00
Corneille PANILOO-PARR          CB    19  QUE     Nakdong Athletic       Zenit Attawapiskat       2.00
Kenny SHELLEY                   GK    31  HAP     Daedonggang 3.26       Leaside Lions            2.00
Marius von Kampen            LB/RB    22  YZH/QUE Heart of Saguenay      Forest City Athletic     2.00
Anatole ZUBOK                RW/ST    26  NPG     Perce Town             Wansan Sparta            1.75
Louise BARR-DOHERTY             RB    29  QUE     Forest City Athletic   CSKA Quebec              1.50
Seo-Heui HONG                   CM    30  QUE     Perce Town             Olympique de Rimouski    1.50
Candice MORRISON                RB    18  QUE     Condommakers FC        CSKA Quebec              1.50
Þórður VALDIMARSSON          RM/RW    33  TKT     Swangard Athletic      Cornwall Clippers        1.50
Segolene CLEMENTIEFF         LB/LM    24  QUE     CSKA Quebec            Mipojoseon               1.25
Florent AATSISTA                CB    22  QUE     Nunavut North Stars    Mipojoseon               1.00
Vladislav CHELOMEY              LB    25  PYA     Mipojoseon             Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     1.00
Yamilka DE SICHES               CB    22  QUE/HUA Agawa Athletic         Swangard Athletic        1.00
So-Jeong JOH                    CB    25  QUE     Perce Town             Cornwall Clippers        1.00
Cordell YI-SWIFT                CB    31  ACA     Habpo Koreana          Zenit Attawapiskat       1.00
Thierry BLAGNAC              LW/LM    24  QUE     Cornwall Clippers      Montreal City            0.75
Sang-Myeong DOH                 CB    33  QUE     Daedonggang 3.26       Wansan Sparta            0.50
Dilara GRYAZNOVA                CB    27  PYA     Kingston FC            Swangard Athletic        0.50
Odette SHIN-POITRAS             CM    22  QUE     Zenit Attawapiskat     Wansan Noksaekjeonsa     0.50
Chan-Hyeok HEO                  CM    35  QUE     Mipojoseon             Forest City Athletic     Free
Hemant SINGH                 CB/LB    27  QUE     Kingston FC            Cornwall Clippers        Free

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:22 am

OOC: Part 6-10 were completed back in the WBC-57. Parts 11-20 will be completed for the WBC-58.

For the Last Time: HP-Jeon (HP전), the stories of 2057 Quebec Series: Part 7-10

Part 1-6

Primary reference material:Memoires d'Athletes - Do Or Die, the 2038 story of Quebecois HS Baseball's Greatest Match
Other reference materials: RPs from WBC 53 (Theo and Myeong-Shin's story with Haley's song, a Grim Reapers' anthem), TWGS Season Two 'Auld Lang Syne' (involves the story of the narrator)

A slow, dramatic title sequence shows up with a rhythm guitar playing from the background. Montages of various Quebecois domestic sports leagues laminate. It begins with footballers arguing and brawling in the middle of the Shingoryeoite Superclassic pitting the dark-blue jerseys of Montreal Koreana and CSKA Quebec, before proceeding to the courtside duel between legendary basketball rivals Riley Jeon-Keane on centre and Allison the point guard. We would then shift to the montage of the old, 1960s match between Calaniens de Songak and Kingston Knights in the grey.

Those historic images then shift into something more contemporary, with a two-dozen Grim Reapers rushing the field after the final out was recorded on Game 5 of the WBC 54 third-place series. The baseballers and the members of the coaching staff would blast champagne at each other, before lifting their manager, Choe Bong-Hak, up into the air, which is then followed by the images of memorable scenes between their two retired numbers, third-baseman Heo Myeong-Shin and outfielder Theo-Alexandre Pinson. Those images show their time in Cassadaigua, the QBO, and then high school where the duo had played as rivals and would come to walk off for one last time.

At last, the massive sign 'For the Last Time: HP-Jeon (HP전), the stories of 2057 Quebec Series' comes up, putting the documentary's one-minute intro to a close.

Narrator: The Autumn of 2057 is best remembered as the final of many chapters drawn by the HP Duo of Quebecois baseball, who are often considered to be the two greatest baseball players to have ever played with Quebec and Shingoryeo. Now we look into the memories and the stories of the 2057 Quebec Series, as the Kingston Tigers and the Montevicio Dodgers would face each other for the first time since 1988.

This documentary will provide the coverage of the days leading up to, during, and after the series that's considered to be one of the greatest Quebec Series ever played. We will see the past and the present interchange as the players and the coaches of the two historic franchises, who are stylistically contrasting to each other, and how it reflects into the very Quebec Series. By doing so, 'For the Last Time' hopes to deliver an engaging portrait of Quebecois baseball that is in its golden age.

Part 7 - Dodgers: Pinson, and 20-game mark

Narrator: There is always some sort of extra feelings about hometown. In this day and age of modern life, where most people of ability and means do move, there exists greater ambiguity and vagueness to its values, but the value itself is still one that cannot be ignored for many, and arguably in stronger terms for some.

Sportspeople are among those who see contrasting stances on what it means to be home. For some, their childhood upbringing may involve them moving between cities to further their prospects and eventually career, while for the rest they stay relatively close to where they have originally started out or have spent most of their youthful days. A wide range of factors exist behind why the contrast is greater than average among the sportspeople, as a 2054 study shown by Rudy A. Mongeau and Kim Ye-Jeong would suggest, but among them, the most important one raised was the geographical distribution of the sport and its sides, powerhouse or not. So for each dominance shown by east coast sides in association football, and west coast in basketball, there exists some degree of truth attached to what brings somebody close(r) to home, and what does not.

That is also why baseball, one Quebecois sport with arguably strongest spread of sides per geography, has done well as one of two summer outdoor sports in Quebec and Shingoryeo, where prolonged winters usually mean that the fans, in search of the sunlight and the warmth that usually evade them, come out in droves to watch games live. This also factors into the particular popularity of the sport on our parks and fields, where you would often see kids and their parents playing catch ball either with a gridiron ball or baseball.

This is where the camera moves to Ellington Park, a southwestern neighbourhood famous for its historic, eponymous name. Twin Cities is a warmer, rainier city with cold, snowy winters, and pleasant summers, and the city's maritime location has meant that one of the oldest cities in the nation has establisehd itself as a traditional basketball market. This was of no exception to Theo-Alexandre Pinson, who was born at the neighbourhood and would live here until age thirteen, as the footages of him in school teams would start play. To a Azurean mother Matilda Costa and Quebecois father Thomas Pinson who came from Beolgyo-Nakan county, just two hours west of Kingston, he grew up as a Saint John Green Sox fan in the height of their playoff drought.

'I still remember the rough days the Green Sox had when I was little,' Theo-Alexandre says on camera, as he sits in front of the camera back in his Montevicio house. 'Most of the twenties and thirties were a rough time for Twin Cities' teams across the board, outside of Saint John Steelers who kept winning though not to the point of actually getting back to the Imperial Bowl.' He then stops for a second, before returning to emphasise things. 'But damn do I remember the fans coming out to each and every game, and really, they were there.'

Subsequent scenes would show Pinson in his childhood self, Azurean dark in skin and tall in height, as he's located in the back centre row of the Ellington Park Public School's baseball team. In the middle front row they have a trophy - one of seven national championships for primary school sides - that Ellington Park's won his grade six year, with the two-dozen students and a pair of coaches looking front into the camera.

'One thing I do remember from the days at Ellington Park, really, was how big those road trips to the nationals looked,' Pinson recalls while happily recollecting. 'Out of twenty five of us there, only about four or five would really end up in majorly competitive sides, but we all knew that the memories shared then would last for a long time. That's priceless really, and I'd not trade that away.'

This would then be followed by montages of Ellington Park team's play, as well as that of Pinson's own childhood. As with Myeong-Shin he grew up middle class, but unlike his friend he also had a bit more ordinary sense of childhood with more limited means and options, but also intent. Photos here tend to be more between the four of them, as well as that of him and his friends in the local vicinities.

Yet even then, there existed a little doubt that he one day would become a star. 'Mr. Pinson, did you ever think that you would become a professional baseball player after a highly-decorated high school and college career?' asks the interviewer, showing him a MyPad of Pinson on his uniform, shouting that he's going to win Green Sox the 2050 Quebec Series ring.

'Did I? Probably, like my aim would have been to play for the Green Sox, score a few hundred home runs, set a several dozen records, and win a dozen rings before retiring off to the sunset, that's how confident I was,' chuckles Pinson, he himself knowing too well. 'Obviously life hasn't turned out that way yet, but I did make it with the Lions and have so far come close with the (Brattleboro) Brats and the Dodgers. So there's the hope.'

The images move fast forward into the twenty-game mark of the season, as the Montevicio Dodgers visit their once-rivals, the Saint John Green Sox. In what's Pinson's first return to the Ellington Park since the game seven of the Imperial League Championship Series (ILCS), the Dodgers and the Green Sox are on top of their respective division with 14-6 and 13-7 mark.

Entering into the pitch first as the visiting team's right fielder - he usually plays either there, spot he's usually played for the Lions or the national team, or 1B, his spot with the Brats, for the Dodgers - him and third baseman Joel Kweon receive a particularly loud round of applause. Stands suggest that it is a primarily local group of fans here, including many who were disappointed he didn't sign with them, but for most part they welcome their players from what is shown by the banners and the posters.

Also present is Pinson's parents, who are enjoying their retirement just outside of Chicoutimi, but they have made their way for the occasion for the ceremonial pitch thrown by his mother, with his father's swing missed and the ball caught by 190cm tall Pinson.

For the fans it is a special moment, especially with many of the 2040s legends starting to retire. This sentiment doesn't ring as strongly in Saint John, where two their biggest local names ended up going the other way on territorial, first stage of the QBO Draft like Pinson (this will come up on a later episode) or Reapers' former catcher Kelsey Altherr (selected by Oakwood Dinos), but there's still some sense of attachment with Pinson, who then was on his second QBO season back with the Dodgers, being one of the torchbearers to enter the stadium for the Olympics ceremony the previous year.

Match 21
(14-6) Montevicio Dodgers        0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0  6
(13-7) Saint John Green Sox      0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 X  9

Of course, the results didn't exactly go the way the Montevicio Dodgers had intended. Pinson, who is hitting .313 and has already stolen 5 bases at his age, performs well with three hits and a three-run home run in the fifth inning, and it appears as if they had a chance at solidifying their lead in the Imperial League pennant race. Alas, a massive, Drawkland-esque bullpen collapse followed on the eighth inning as the score turned from a perfectly saveable 6-3 situation to that of 6-9 loss. Nice.

Part 8 - Tigers: Heo, One-Third mark

# Imperial League            Pld     W    L     RF    RA    RD    Win % 
1 Kingston Blue Jays          42    25   17    173   167    +6    0.595
2 Montreal Twins              42    23   19    188   183    +5    0.548
3 Levis Wyverns               42    23   19    196   157   +39    0.548
4 Hanbat Eagles               42    23   19    215   194   +21    0.548
5 Montevicio Dodgers          42    23   19    210   170   +40    0.548
6 Saint John Green Sox        42    23   19    200   201    −1    0.548
7 Attawapiskat Wiz            42    15   27    169   205   −36    0.357
8 Anju Avros                  42    13   29    151   225   −74    0.310
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# Royal League               Pld     W    L     RF    RA    RD    Win % 
1 Kingston Tigers             42    29   13    224   157   +67    0.690
2 Saguenay Lions              42    28   14    199   177   +22    0.667
3 Joongyeong Bears            42    24   18    193   194    −1    0.571
4 Prince Eric Athletics       42    22   20    195   180   +15    0.524
5 Dongnae Giants              42    22   20    203   177   +26    0.524
6 Oakwood Dinos               42    18   24    197   195    +2    0.429
7 Songak Expos                42    17   25    184   196   −12    0.405
8 Jolbonopolis Rangers        42     8   34    119   238  −119    0.190

Narrator: We are one-third into the season, and to say the Kingston Tigers were off to a strong start would be a massive understatement. The Kingston Tigers, with the best infielder and the best starter in the country, are leading in both runs for and allowed, and are onto their best start since 1986 when the dynasty-era team won the Quebec Series. The pitching staff has held on for most part, and while the bullpen has looked suspect at times with four saves already blown by Marcos Botez-Saez, the team rarely needs to rely upon them when you have arguably top three starting corps in the country besides the Saguenay Lions and the Montreal Twins:

# Order Name          Surname        Age  Hand  Throw       Note
99     1 Nam-Soo       Baek            27   LHP  Overhand    Part of one-two Grim Reapers' combination with Kevin Buchanan. Firearm southpaw with fourseam, changeup and slider. 
14     2 Ousmane       Diop            25   RHP  3-Qtr       Two-pitch fireballer with a fourseam and curve.
61     3 Gi-Joong      Kim             35   LHP  3-Qtr       Finesse pitcher with excellent command. Slight decline in velocity made up for it with good on-game management.
18     4 Hye-Jeong     Hong            20   LHP  3-Qtr       Finesse pitcher with use of twoseam, slider and circle-changeup.
11     5 Annabelle     Alarcon         28   RHP  Knuckleball A knuckleballer.

There had also been some positive news with the team consistently finding the scoreboard with Benedict Calles III quietly having an outstanding season as a shortstop. He is registering .342, 48 hits, 16 stolen bases and 4 home runs, and the ever-reliable shortstop kicks off the lineup well. This is then followed by sophomore centre-fielder Elaine Courtnall who has also continued with good pacing, and then the dynamite cleanup of Heo Myeong-Shin on third, Gregory Reynolds-Walusimbi on second, and then Christabel Jansen on catcher would take over.

The camera then shifts to various scenes of team starting hot early with their chances converted, including a pair of home runs by Heo, Jansesn and Courtnall. The stands are buzzing with excitement, even more so as they sing each player's chant. The dynamite batting lineup the Tigers are featuring right now isn't exactly the ones that many fans are used to seeing. Admittedly the Tigers have never lacked power hitters even in the drought days, but the way the team's been scoring this season is a departure from the usual that it appears as if something special's in the making.a

Then the camera shifts into the locker room where he is busy talking to the members of the media. Both Heo and Pinson, our protagonists of the episode, are known to be open towards the media, though Heo is generally known to be more of a private individual and chooses his words more carefully. This is of no exception tonight as the Tigers are celebrating a win over the Jolbonopolis Rangers during their three-game series.

'One third into the season and well, the Tigers are coming in form. But who knows how the matchup will go and there's still a good chance that neither us nor them will be at the Quebec Series right now. Don't ignore those possibilities really.' Heo says, before being asked by the members of media about the upcoming three-game series in Cornwall in a month's time.

'Yes, it would be an absolute honour playing the Tigers' home series there against the Dodgers,' he smiles a bit more lightly, suggesting that the question has hit the tone perfectly. 'I'm sure we all feel very excited to go back to where a lot of our stories began and have also continued. I spent first twelve years of life there, and a lot of those around me, like my parents, wife and best friend all went to Queen's College. It will be a special occasion.'

Then the montage continues into back-and-forth questions from Heo, manager Baek and other players to the media. You could hear most of the sound, but behind it Heo's wife, volleyball coach Naomi Goldbloom Heo, is narrating it: 'My husband and I think a lot about the city and the school, and the team...the effects we've had from the same space but in a different time period.'

Heo then takes over the narration: 'As you grow older, you tend to think a bit more about where you come from how everything really started. For Theo and me, neither of us ended up played where we originally expected for high school. He grew up in Twin Cities, me Cornwall, and then families had to move. Nothing you could do about that really, but going back to it does give us that.'

Then the scene shifts to that of Cornwall. Located on the eastern end of Mahan province, and just south of Terre-Aux-Oiseaux, the Limestone City is known for once being a major trade and manufacturing location at the midway point between the Golden Lakes and the Fleuve-Saint-Henri, but has since evolved into a mostly quiet, white-collar town with tourism, government and education being primary sectors.

Then the photos of the Heo family - Myeong-Shin, his sister Myeong-Yoon, and his parents (Dr.) Dong-Soo and Maureen Hunter - were shown. There were some with the Heo family travelling abroad, but a good number were with them on the playing field or a major stadium. Eventually, we see both Myeong-Shin and Myeong-Yoon back in his home. 'Growing up in a small city like Cornwall, one where their biggest draws were Cavaliers (a major junior hockey team), Queen's College and the Tigers' minor-league team, did allow us to be exposed to these experiences at an earlier age.' Myeong-Shin recalls in a calm voice. 'My father taught history and mum was a legal avocat, and since both their professions took a lot of time we had to find different things to do.'

'My parents were passionate people, and they knew what the sacrifices had meant,' says Myeong-Yoon, who is coming closer to crying each word. 'They were understanding people, yes, but you have to consider that there were still some what-ifs left for them at the time when me and my brother were born.'

Pictures of their father, Dr. Heo Dong-Soo, in national and international competition teams, including three-straight golden medals won in college nationals, are shown dimly. 'My father was a national team fencer with bright future, but on the way to meet my mum for her birthday, he was involved in a horrific accident. So he had to retire and while my parents did end up somewhere they really did love, there's always the what-if.'

Up next is their father, Dr. Heo Dong-Soo, in his suit, a medal and circular glasses. His hair starting to grey and reduce in numbers, it is apparent that the father of two and the grandfather of three is aging well. Nowadays a prominent chair of history and comparative literature at Universite St. Croix, he maintains decent gap between him and his children because Dr. Heo, unlike his children, did not play baseball, basketball or gridiron.

His face, however, turns slightly darker when talking about the what-if. 'Maureen and I worked long hours and always wanted to make sure that the kids weren't staying complacent,' he says. 'So the focus was for our kids, who were very active at home, to find things to do out there. So we brought them to watch teams, play basketball or volleyball or baseball, and had them take music lessons when possible. Fortunately they were very aware in what they loved and wanted to do.'

The camera returns to both Heo siblings, who are asked by the interviewer about music lessons and instruments. 'I played trombone, and eventually learned trumpet and horn in school too. We had this brilliant band teacher - Mr. Manikas - at the time both of us, Asher and Sam (Carlini-Mwambutsya) were around. Do you still remember him?' Myeong-Yoon asks, with her trombone case on top of the coffee table.

'Asher played bassoon and Sam played clarinet. Then there was our cousin Myeong-Jae who played viola few yrs above us,' Myeong-Shin answers, before smiling back. 'I was on vocal program, so only knew a bit of piano and that was it. As a tenor I wasn't great but we always needed more, and those days really brought things out.'

Then they moved on. 'I remember knowing that where the big leagues were at were in the bigger cities, especially for basketball, gridiron football and baseball,' Myeong-Shin says. 'All three are really built for bigger markets and while we did watch the minor league teams growing up, we knew our goal was to become big outside of here. So for me, it was becoming a Kingston Tiger or Blue Jay, preferably as first-stage, territorial selection.

'I knew that if I ended up heading to football, I wanted to be a Tiger all along, even more because the Cornwall Tigers I've watched so many times and I remember the actual Tigers guys coming here for assignment. It's kinda funny because my sister and dad cheers for (Saguenay) Lions, and my late mother, who was coming from 'Sauga, was a Jays fan.'

'What if you had played gridiron though?' replies Myeong-Yoon. 'For much of college days everybody had expected you to play in the QFL and beyond. You ould have ended up playing with Ian (Lautner) for the Joongyeong Voyageurs or Dexter Ahn at the Kingston Argonauts.'

'Yes, but you know, that's where the things do get funny but the story for another time,' Myeong-Shin chuckles, as the siblings laughed at each other. 'It does get a bit complicated here.' The story of how a former Hector Kweon trophy winner (a Quebecois equivalent of Heisman trophy -e.d.-) as a defensive player - ICly it is also very difficult, so there's a bit of realism applied here - had ended up returning to settle with baseball is bit more complicated. More is to be told as one of the most fabled episodes of recent sporting history.

Part 9 - Dodgers: Pinson, and Back Home

The camera starts from mid-2048, just six months after the end of the World Baseball Classic 51. It was during mid-season all-star break, and Theo-Alexandre Pinson, who was then a player for the Brattleboro Brats, was in rehabilitation stage from a nagging wrist injury he had to get surgery shortly after the WBC. While in Montevicio, shortly after doing the Memoires d'Athletes session with the Greatest HS Match, he was staying then-fiancee, actress Natalie Gregoris.

The camera moves from the hallway and into their brightly lit apartment. Once there the cameramen are welcomed by both Pinson and Gregoris, who then bring them to the living room for the next session. The camera then moves forward, staring at Pinson, a 6'3" who was wearing the Brattleboro jersey with his cap on the tea table, and Gregoris, who was about a feet shorter than him and was wearing a white dress.

'So, Mr. Pinson and Ms. Gregoris, congratulations on your engagement.' The interviewer says behind the camera. Pinson, who was a decade younger then, could not hide his joy, while Natalie answers back with a light smile. 'Thank you,' Natalie answers, perhaps with a bit more nerve on having a rather belatedly-scheduled interview about their news. Their engagement, after all, was one of the biggest news to have come out of Quebecois media in recent months, one that involved the union of an actress well in her prime, and one of the most distinguishable names in all of Quebecois sports.

'So please tell us about the first time you two have met each other,' the interviewer asks them. Both their attentions are on loose, halfway due to giggles they were sharing deep inside, and halfway due to their best attempt to explain how it had began. It was, by no means, a very conventional experience, but when two people from the opposite side of the country do, they almost never would. Unless you would meet them on thanks to spending summers on same cottage county (more on that later).

'It was that night right? Right after the greatest showdown on earth at Parc de Joongyeong,' Natalie grins, thinking about how they had ended up a decade prior. 'I remember Guy Mauriac, the film giant, introducing us after the game and man, you were soaked with champagne and all that!' She was chuckling, remembering how messy the scene was when they had first met.

'It really was a sight,' Pinson answers, slightly embarrassed at how quickly Natalie had remembered. It is clear that Pinson's not the best handling embarrassing moments from how quickly his manner, which usually exudes confidence to the point of cockiness seen in Prima Donnas, turn. 'It's like when you may have achieved what you thought to be your moment, a career high, and then you meet someone you really dreamed of meeting. Like the time would just freeze and all you would see the next day are the polaroids.'

The images move fast forward to the present day, as the season reaches the sixty-game mark. The Montevicio Dodgers have managed to establish a small lead atop the Imperial League, with Saint John Green Sox, Montreal Twins and Hanbat Eagles all behind them. Unlike the Royal League, the race to the top of Imperial League looks as tight as one could imagine, and this is not exceptional to the Montevicio Dodgers

# Imperial League            Pld     W    L     RF    RA    RD    Win % 
1 Montevicio Dodgers          60    36   24    331   240   +91    0.600
2 Saint John Green Sox        60    34   26    281   284    −3    0.567
3 Montreal Twins              60    33   27    271   272    −1    0.550
4 Hanbat Eagles               60    33   27    308   260   +48    0.550
5 Kingston Blue Jays          60    32   28    261   273   −12    0.533
6 Levis Wyverns               60    30   30    266   250   +16    0.500
7 Attawapiskat Wiz            60    24   36    248   276   −28    0.400
8 Anju Avros                  60    18   42    226   337  −111    0.300
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# Royal League               Pld     W    L     RF    RA    RD    Win % 
1 Kingston Tigers             60    40   20    307   229   +78    0.667
2 Saguenay Lions              60    39   21    271   230   +41    0.650
3 Joongyeong Bears            60    34   26    283   273   +10    0.567
4 Dongnae Giants              60    33   27    295   247   +48    0.550
5 Prince Eric Athletics       60    30   30    275   257   +18    0.500
6 Oakwood Dinos               60    28   32    288   282    +6    0.467
7 Songak Expos                60    24   36    246   289   −43    0.400
8 Jolbonopolis Rangers        60    12   48    179   337  −158    0.200

Narrator: Even under a 13-5 form since the one-third mark of the season, with the batters blasting in an obscene rate led by Nesterovic's .347 batting rate and Pinson's IL-leading 26 home runs, no lead appears for the Dodgers, and even less certain when the close contests are the ones Montevicio has been losing out.

This is of no exception as the Montevicio Dodgers come up short against the Saguenay Lions in 'The Den'. Facing his home team where he had played for six seasons before heading to Brattleboro, Pinson stars on the first base tonight. Ever since his decision to sign with the Montevicio Dodgers over them and the Saint John Green Sox, the fans have mostly replied to their once-legend with a round of boos whenever his name was called on the lineup for first two years of his contract. People would call him 'Judas', 'Traitor' and the other names that would be called upon for someone who had left their beloved franchise.

This year, however, something was different. Almost as if time may or may not be running short with Pinson, the sellout crowd full of home fans in their retro jersey applaud their Quebeco-Azurean man with a minute of applause, as the camera goes back and forth between him and the players, who find themselves in awe with the positive reception they would receive all series long. And Pinson, who caught a tear or two in his eyes, does not say much. He would respond to the fans accordingly, however, hitting his 27th and 28th homer of the season and adding five RBIs as the Dodgers started strong on a 5-0 lead by the middle of 4th inning, and never looked back to win it 9-1.

Montevicio Dodgers      0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 2  9
Saguenay Lions          0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1

Narrator: High school baseball can feel like a significant institution, especially in the southern half of the nation where the climate allows for more practice days and thus the matches to be played over longer period in Spring and Summer seasons. As with hockey, its origins go back into the times when the rural communities and the urban neighbourhoods would have local school teams form and participate into regionals, with the winners and runner-ups heading into two national championships in Cheongryonggi (Blue Dragon Classic) in late-March Songak and Hwanggeumsajagi (Golden Lion Invitational) and mid-June Joongyeong.

Well over hundred years later, things look slightly more different and complicated with high school baseball these days. Once a nation of many regions with two nuclei in Joongyeong and Songak, Quebec and Shingoryeo is lot more united and connected in its connecting parts, and the advents of travel and immigration have no doubt brought a different makeup to the country that continues to shift in more urbanely direction. High school baseball has lost a fair bit of its appeal to the QBO and leagues abroad, including the leagues in Banija, Cassadaigua, and not to mention multinational Llamaphant Pro Baseball (LPB), but its popularity has remained strong in much of the country where the sport's appeal has held on.

The national tournaments, now numbering in five, are all broadcast in national channels while the schools, especially those coming from rural, isolated communities or those with particularly strong tradition of success on national level, would bring out hundreds, if not thousands, of alumni and fans. The ability to translate their performances into a chance at college scholarship or even a scout's recommendation for the QBO professional draft also makes it an intriguing option as well. This brings forth a very cycle where the alumni, who have either made it big on the QBO or leagues abroad or at home, would go back to their roots by providing financial support or begin their coaching career in the schools level. It's a healthy cycle that motivates many to follow their dreams and their idols, and for others a way to further continue their education.

This was of no exception for Theo-Alexandre Pinson, who now appears on the camera back in the Downtown campus of Sangwon Collegiate and Vocational Institute (SVCI). One of five major high school programs in the city of 2 million people, Sangwon CVI has won nineteen national titles. As expected from the seventh-winningest program in all of Quebecois high schools, the grounds are well maintained with a reasonably-sized stand of about 1,200 students on the first and the third bases, while the hybrid grass were re-planted every other year to ensure freshness.

Besides him is the former Sangwon CVI head coach, Jang Min-Gi, as the man in his sixties start asking questions. 'You have finally learned to hit like how I have told you so back when you were seventeen,' says the elderly man, him wearing the black and white SVCI cap, as they talk about the match and matters outside of it. 'But deep inside, you are still that kid who leads the men, but still chase them cars.'

'Why else would I have gone to Montevicio?' answers Pinson, as a commonly-stated reason behind his decision was announced. 'I know people back home still hate me a bit, but it was you told me that one day, it shall pass into the memories of good times.'

'And also because you have moved once before coming here,' coach Jang answers. 'You did grow up here as a teenager, but before that you grew up right outside of Ellington Park in Twin Cities. You were a Green Sox fan after all. Life happens to all of us, and we all move.'

'Absolutely, but Chicoutimi's where my home is at and where it will be,' he nods along and answers, before they start walking along the line between the first to the second base.

The camera then flashes back to 2033, exactly six years before Pinson's high school graduation.

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