World Cup 95 Roster Thread

by **Audioslavia** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:11 pm

Squad for World Cup 95

GOALKEEPERS

## Position Name                        Age Club
 1    G    Constance Creighton           33 Shamrock Cathair
21    G    Curipurinho                   33 AC Izotz Zubia
22    G    Hein Hélder                   20 Cazadores Cathair

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

Centre Halves

## Position Name                        Age Club
 2    D RC Everton Bolding               33 Sabrefell Moths
 5    D C  Sandy Harkness                32 Cardonia FC
 6    D C  Valerién Tibère               30 1830 Cathair
15    D RC Uriah Malcolm                 18 1830 Cathair
16    D RC Ronan Corver                  23 Shamrock Cathair

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

Full Backs

## Position Name                        Age Club
 3    D LC Frey Pelle                    27 Clayquot City
13    D CL Adalberto Mazzarelli          30 Osarese Marcadia
20    D R  Alex Bocker                   20 Cazadores Cathair
26  D/M LC Christian Ragland             22 Oljestaden IF

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

Defensive Midfielders

## Position Name                        Age Club
 4   DM C  Iker Munir                    32 AC Izotz Zubia
17   DM C  Lucas Keir                    34 Shamrock Cathair
24   DM C  Iñigo Higgs                   32 Cazadores Cathair

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

Central Midfielders

## Position Name                        Age Club
 8    M C  Gabriel Buvalelli             32 Osarese Marcadia
18    M C  Unai Cappadonna               35 AC Izotz Zubia
19  D/M C  Reuben Corkhill               36 KT Moreazerua

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

Wingers

## Position Name                        Age Club
 7   AM CR Brandon Bruhn                 24 Shamrock Cathair
11    M L  Marc-Antoine Trigintillion    28 Shamrock Cathair
14    M RL Gaetano Torrado               30 KT Itzalovalle
23    M L  Gael Davie                    26 Bombarralense

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

Forwards

## Position Name                        Age Club
 9 AM/F C  Wilhelm Hielscher-Zendagorta  30 Cazadores Cathair
10 AM/F C  Helios Roy                    32 Raynor City United
12 AM/F C  Jean-Marc Casquecassé         28 1830 Cathair

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

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

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

Potted history

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

Style of Play

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

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

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

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

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

This team

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

Home, Away

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

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GodMod Goalscoring Events: Y*
Injure Players: Y
GodMod Injury Events Y*

Red Card Players: Y
Yellow Card Players: Y
GodMod Other Events: Y*
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by **Cabo Azure** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:47 pm

Cabo Azure National Football Team "Las Maçaricas"

GK Ambrosio Gomez     26 y/o Olympic (MYT)
LB Heitor Soares      28 y/o Jolbonopolis United (QUE)
CB Tobias M'Bah-Pinho 23 y/o St. John's Athletic (QUE)
CB Adalberto Furtado  23 y/o Pesfield Trees (SYL)
RB Amilcar Branco     29 y/o Vna-Chuhul Ravens FC (TKT)
CB/DM Miguel Gontijo  22 y/o Kingston FC (QUE)
CM Emmanuel Bastos    25 y/o Honeybadgers (EUR)
AM Vasco Cardoso      27 y/o Mountainside (EUR)
RW Vasco Gouveia      28 y/o Khalgarh Valley FC (TKT)
CF Pio Mendonca       23 y/o CSKA Quebec (QUE)
LW Cleto Silveira (C) 31 y/o Eivora Athletic FC (TKT)

GK Vicente Leitao     28 y/o Port Tacassam FC (TKT)
GK Zeze Sapeteiro     24 y/o Vna-Chuhul Ravens FC (TKT)
CB Tomás Delgado      21 y/o FC Deskala (AHR)
FB Marcelinho Costa   31 y/o Regium Immortal (OAR)
FB Lo Ferraz          22 y/o Eivora Athletic (TKT)
DM Telmo Andrade      24 y/o Küsbon Town (CAD)
MF Seth Rathbone      27 y/o Portelo
MF Salvador D'Cruz    22 y/o Vantanoch FC (TKT)
MF Rolando Florencio  28 y/o Felswyr (CHR)
FW Felipe Magalhaes   21 y/o Vantanoch FC (TKT)
FW Tiago Ventura      21 y/o Sielhafen 1.FC (CNR)
FW Anselmo Santos     27 y/o KT Moreazura (AUD)

The Macaricas in the forty-fourth Copa Rushmori represented a rare case of a football team living up to its hype. What was hyped as the "best Azurean team ever" got the best Azurean showing ever in the Copa Rushmori and brought home the first trophy in the islands' history. With a young core returning from the Copa, the expectations for this group are sky-high in the World Cup, especially after missing qualification for WC94. AJ Zanetti remains at the helm despite a change of scenery back in Quebec, moving from Pio Mendonca's CSKA Quebec to Tobias M'bah-Pinho's St. John's Arsenal.

Perhaps because of the drama back home, Zanetti has elected to retain the same 23 for qualification, though the team's shape on the field remains to be seen. Ambrosio Gomez showed in Naixi why he is the top-choice keeper going forward, and either Leitao or Sapeteiro is prepared to back him up if he has an off day. M'bah-Pinho, brother of Quebec international Oberon, proved an effective pairing with Adalberto Furtado for the CR, though centerback depth is still a questionmark; the two starters played every minute of the CR. Tomás Delgado was the only Macarica not to see the field in Naixi, and or Miguel Gontijo was fortunate to avoid playing his secondary position.

The fullback position seems to be in greater flux, as Lo Ferraz saw more action than expected in Naixi, bombing forward alongside the decade-plus mainstay Amilcar Branco, in contrast to the more conservative play of Heitor "Bandicoot" Soares. Marcelinho Costa is as serviceable a backup as ever and will likely see starter minutes down the stretch of qualification.

The midfield reflects the greatest rotation since last year's Cup of Harmony, with the aforementioned Gontijo joining two Eura-based brawlers, SIlver League POTY Emmanuel Bastos and Mountainside man Vasco Cardoso. That two out of three starting midfielders also play elsewhere on the pitch doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but at the same time any configuration that allows Os Dos Vascos on the field at the same time is probably worth a sniff. Expect Telmo Andrade and Salvador d'Cruz to see the field regularly, especially if Gontijo gets pressed into service as a centerback. Gontijo should be expected to anchor the midfield to allow Cardoso to get forward and provide ball service to the embarassment of riches the Macaricas have at striker.

The midfield was the biggest question mark going into Naixi, and it remains such, though the questions are different. Eura-based forward Vasco Cardoso made attacking mid look like his natural position, supported by another Eura-based midfielder in Emmanuel Bastos. The third midfield position was a revolving door of young Azurean talent, though Miguel Gontijo got the lion's share of the starts. Florencio was a surprise addition to the Copa squad and remains a wildcard in qualifying, when more may be asked of him.

Much like the midfield, the strikers' pecking order solidified in the playoff rounds of the Copa Rushmori. Gouveia-Mendonca-Silveira remained the first-choice lineup, while Anselmo Santos was typically first off the bench. Magalhaes and Ventura saw the field irregularly, mostly in late-game situations or as subs for injured players. Expect more of the same, with Santos possibly starting in less-critical games to give rest to the stalwarts.

Schedule
MD 1 @ Poafmersia (win 1-4)
MD 2 @ Kewlz (win 1-4)
MD 3 vs. The Kytler Peninsulae (win 4-0)
MD 4 @ Vielfaltig (win 0-1)
MD 5 vs Delaclava (win 3-1)
MD 6 @ Astograth (win 0-2)
MD 7 vs. Huayramarca (win 1-0)
MD 8 vs Poafmersia (win 3-2)
MD 9 vs Kewlz (win 5-1)
MD 10 @ The Kytler Peninsulae (win 3-4)
MD 11 vs Vielfaltig (win 2-1)
MD 12 @ Delaclava
MD 13 vs Astograth
MD 14 @ Huayramarca

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my Scorers: Yes
Choose Scoring Events: Yes
Godmod Scoring Events: No
RP Injuries to my Players: Yes
Godmod Injuries to my Players: No
Assign Penalties to my Players: Yes
Godmod Other Events: No

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by **Sea Dome** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:30 pm

Presenting to the global(?) stage for the very first* time

both nations' FA logos by Dantopia

the sort-of technically-not-technically world debut of your
AOCAF-BLOODED SEA DOME LEMON SHARKS
STYLE: -1
and the much heralded interregional debut of the kit

& return of

AOCAF 67
Mlima Kijani 4–1 Sea Dome
Sea Dome 1–3 Tropicorp
Banija 3–1 Sea Dome
AOCAF 70
GROUP B
Banija (01) 1–1 Sea Dome (48)
Sea Dome (48) 0–1 Cordia (20)
Farfadillis (06) 3–2 Sea Dome (48)
Sea Dome (48) 0–1 The Jovannic (34)
Equestria (15) 2–1 Sea Dome (48)
BoF 82
GROUP C
Basel-Triesen 3–3 Sea Dome
Sea Dome 0–1 Why are you in here
Shieldstan 0–1 Sea Dome
Brannfjord 5–2 Sea Dome
MD5: Rea San Vegas (0-1-3) Eliminated

The greatest footballers in the time-distal paradoxic flux-history of the Super Massive Sea Dome are surely playing today, and in blood red and seafoam green. First competing in the AOCAF four years ago, the Sea Dome Sharks represented a more or less united cacophony of peoples and cultures all over the Dome, some forged in the new meeting of worlds occasioned by the Collapse. Bright, ambitious young people from all walks of life- of incredibly distant planets- seemed to be working toward a novel alliance of labor and capital across linguistic and other barriers. They were going to change this world and the region with their technological and sociopolitical innovations. Well, that didn't happen.

First came the Civil War and the population of young athletic people was now more strained, injured, and, well, often straight up got killed. Self interest engulfed City Island, and this massive (OOC: supersized Manhattan/City of London, kinda) part of Sea Dome City was cored out viscerally with the use of blades and grinders to become the Capitalist Emirate of Corporate City 1. While CC1 could afford to operate logistical and manufacturing bases on the Town Square (City Center in some languages), and militias organized themselves in the name of local business leaders of each part of the freshly shorn municipality. Not so here in red Sea Dome City & the Massives, where the long and diffuse list of potential invasion targets necessitated a Total War strategy.

Even at its full might, the original Dome City, battered and slaughtered in great numbers, could only reclaim those islands surrounding the new city which ragtag partisans had foolishly attempted to occupy. Sea Dome Marines like Xiu the Tactician would crunch the Corporate City back to its original one-island shape with a mix of dedication and utter brutality. Knowing war had remade the Matrian Sea Dome into a hard, jangled, occasionally inhuman thing and Xiu's body count is a sore topic in polite company. When it was all over, society was reconstructed once more as we who, blooded, might terminate the misadventures of the egotistic, the monomaniacal, and the exploiter. A council of elders was formed to decide the rules by which the City's Policlubs might arrange power between themselves.

Meanwhile, the Sharks had taken Atlantian Oceania by storm...for a newcomer. Years off the stage while attending to its emergencies and horrors, the Lemon Sharks would come back to inherit that brief but exciting history. It has not gone well. Gothal Mathee

(JOV) has been openly disappointed in his team and hopes to turn in one final result against the already-eliminated Rea San Vegas. Hopes are dashed but spirits are high enough. "It's a whirlwind for the likes of myself," admits the manager, but "I have complete faith in my Lemon Sharks to put regional drama out of mind." He does not forget that the Dome is sadly embroiled in the Crime War, sort of a repeat of the Civil War except CC1 is nominally a 'partner' cooperating (or at least refusing to interfere) with military law enforcement actions against the Mafia somewhat-openly funded by the Credit Cartel, an otherwise legal enterprise on the island. "Suddenly jumping to a new context and resituating is nothing new for Domeward nations. We are much more affected by the war than by the Atlantian Oceania scandal or the move to Arrosia. After all, we were always a highly mobile dome, shifting down one waterway or another." Speaking of his adoptive country as "we" is no surprise as the headman has been welcomed with open arms to an occasionally unremarkable side.

MANAGER:

Gothal Mathee (JOV)
* translatable Matrian name
KEEPER

0 Lt. Ham Palisade*, 37M Dome City Eagles
Brother of Hock. Scar across right eye area earned in the infamous ambush by Xiu's Marines at Remission Beach could have been removed by now, but it hasn't been. Allowed only 13 GA in 20 Casaran matches for DCE. Expected to dazzle in AOCAF and SPL 1. A rangy keeper unafraid of any confrontation, Hock had 24 saves in the BCC.
11 Sgt. Ditch Weed*, 28N Revolucion 
Comes on for penalties, their favorite part of any match. An adrenaline fiend who loves kicking and saving penalties in any context. Solid with the ball. Revolucion may or may not stay in League 1 after the coming season.
23 Cpl. Strong May Crumble, 27F Sea Dome University
Just graduated in Economics. May start some games. Athletic and good on the ball but not as accomplished on PKs.

FULLBACK

1 Warman* Farfadillis, 32M La Querida FFD
Started for DCE with Ham. Ideally 'Warman' should be translated in one word if possible, even if this mangles your language. Crucial to the surprise results in AOCAF prewar, and to the Eagles' defensive efforts in SDFA, the man named after a war-torn nation was bought by one of their clubs to even further desolate the poor bastards. Warman was great in BCC, credited with keeping the far superior Indusse side to 1 goal. Mr. Farfadillis' Navy rank is suspended while he plays abroad, standard practice to discourage influential Matrians from representing the State abroad in their own interests. His foreign income will be taxed at incomprehensible rates should he bring it back to the Dome, though.
4 Maj. Arctic Wood, 28F Hub City FC
A quick, occasionally deceptive wingback, Arctic is known for bolting up the side of a dazed opposing midfield but also for painfully efficient tackling. Graduated from Sea Dome Independent Study with a degree in marine biochemistry during the war, immediately becoming a Navy lab technician. Further details of her service are classified.
13 Sgt. Vesper Califas, 27N Sea Dome University
Clean ball handler and punishing tackler. Considered a useful but disturbing personality in MSD. Majoring in Military History and often talks mates' ears off about strategy and weapons.
16 Cpl. Kingfisher Lark*, 26N Misfits FC
An often smirking, borderline narcissistic sprinter who loves to come in late and work some poor defender half to death, then come back and stop a shot. However, playing and fighting alongside much older squadmates has imbued a quantum of respect and composure upon their famously dramatic personality. Where the relatively young Matrian goes from here is anybody's guess.

CENTERBACK

2 Sgt. Solar Machine*, 33N Deep Country
Key to DC's (extremely close) 4th-best defense allowing just 17 GA in SDFA. Graduated from SDU Civil Engineering and worked on the membranes underneath the Dome allowing it to exchange (or, technically, poison) water anywhere. Administered Naval engineering projects during the war. Solar has a penchant for using her head both figuratively and literally. By the way, DCFC play in the Shallowdeeps, the water between SDC and the Deep Country Research Station, so she is also accustomed to a literal high-pressure environment.
3 Maj. Heaven Walker, 34FDeep Country
A rare "full English" name, commonly mistaken for a Matrian translatable name, and Heaven takes it in stride when it is translated out of habit. Her work with Solar was crucial for club and country, including the aforementioned offside trap incident. Criminally passionate on the field, perhaps a little hot under the collar even for a Matrian. Military career classified.
14 Slani Slani, 28M Trade Zone Nationals
Full voting member of the so-named libertarian (left) policlub Black Star PC, a faction with outsize influence on the PFM's constitution and FP. Slani was originally apellated for being a glory hound on the pitch. A defender with a forehead for goal, they can be grifty and as such were absolutely certain to leave for a better side (almost any club in the world) and thus quickly landed in Corporate City Trade Zone. Naturally, his military rank is suspended, pending security clearance should he choose to re-enter later, while Supermassive Sea Dome Anarchists still recognizes him as a fellow traveler.
15 CB Hock Palisade*, 31F Dome City Raiders
One start in BCC, rumored to get at least one in AOCAF. Sister of Ham. A cerebral but stout and physical player, Hock is a communicative back often used as a defensive sub for DCR. Was a Navy exolinguist during the war and continues to pick up an amazing number of languages. Raiders are #3 in SDFA, #4 in SPL overall. Tied for 4th-best defense in an extremely stingy league. Hock saw some action in the Champions' Cup as well.

MIDFIELD

17 Cpl. Roll Tumbles*, 30N International City SC
Roll was a human lab rat for the slow aging juice during the war, and they've been on the stuff for longer than anyone else. Getting more and more playing time as he evolves into a sort of proto field commander. Expects to play at least 20 more years. Tumbles finished 3rd in the FA Cup with Chigul Stampede but their 11th place finish in SDFA put them in SPL 2, which was obviously unacceptable for the veteran. Enter ICSC with its favored status in International City meaning huge spending by the all-powerful SD ComIntern.
5 Duror Paxgint, 32N Trade Zone Nationals[/b]
Won FA Cup and played CWC and CC with North Xuelei Mongoose. Fiercely independent, as might be inferred from their unusual non-translatable name. Rather grifty. Duror's war, where he cleaned burning-hot fuels and parts, tempered this somewhat but peacetime is bring it back out especially after moving to CCTZ and keeping a starting role on Mathee's Blooded Lemon Sharks.
7 Sgt. Proud Brackish*, 30N Archipelago Rangers (League 2)
KICK TAKER
The only AOCAF starter on a League 2 side. Scored 17 of Rangers' 2nd-best 33GS in SDFA, whose league play consisted of only 20 Casaran ties. AR are fully expected to qualify for League 1 expansion after next season, and under pressure to win League 2 outright and make a statement in SBCC to keep pace with their crossmassive rivals. A bendy kick taker, Sgt. Brackish is renowned for his taste for blood after purportedly killing several CC1 soldiers to escape the war, which broke out during his studies at HCC in the Iron Hill Zone. They actually repaired fishing equipment for the Strategic Reserve Company for the rest of the war, but this was a dangerous role and they survived frequent firebombing attempts by the Economics Army Air Force.
6 Maj. Savoy Hearken*, 31N Archipelago FC
Started all 3 matches in AOCAF 67 and all 3 in BCC. AFC had problems on defense in SDFA and if Sav weren't holding the line, those problems would have been a lot worse. Not the fastest but loved all over MSD for ruining attackers' days. Machinelike passer. May come in off the bench often. Military career classified.
18 Tactician** Princess* Randle, 29F International City SC
** Military rank. A very high one, elected.
Played for The Federation, in County Massive in what used to be Free South Califas. Distinguished marksman and explosives technician whose kills are all classified to prevent retaliation during the Nations Cup.
19 Cpl. Rectified Hamlet*, 28N Upper Dome Guardians
Scored 21 goals in league and cup, and 2 in Dome friendlies. Took full advantage of Xiu the Tactician's inverted formation, staying high on the pitch and sometimes hurting people. Loves to clean up a messy situation in front of goal. Likely to come in at some point.
20 Cpl. Tame Peace*, 27N Archipelago FC
Often involved late and scored 9 league and 6 cup goals. Exquisite training and dietary regimen but hasn't had the chance to put their mark on international affairs yet. They were a coffee technician for the Coast Guard during the war, which was actually a dangerous post since keeping supply lines maintained was a little war in itself. Don't let the name fool you either.
21 Cdr. Naomi Rushmore, 26F Sea Dome University
Expects to come off the bench in this cycle of tournaments. Held the line and applied a high degree of creative thought and technical mastery to both playmaking and keepaway (which both come up a lot) for SDU. Has graduated in Art History after a classified career in Marine "accounting".

ATTACK

8 Captain Able Cantatrice* (CF), 28M Sea Dome University
Well-built, solid center mid, spry as any Matrian due to the strategic reserve of age-slowing drugs. Beloved for their physical playstyle, Able is also known to exchange words after dishing piquant tackles. Postgraduate in Naval Sciences at SDU.
9 Potter Sensory* (free attacker), 29M Credit Cartel Gold Knights
Scored 15 of Industry City's league-beating 36 GF (they also finished a respectable 10th in the FA Cup). Potter also scored with brio against Banija during AOCAF 67 and several more times in domeward competitions as well as once in BCC. A Navy chef in the war, still considered both a gifted cook and quite a mouthy leftist even by Matrian standards, his presence among the Credit Cartel in CC1 now tests the limits of the new peace. His rank has of course been suspended in order to encourage his new club to trust him.
10 Maj. Selværion, 27F North Xuelei Mongoose (League 2)
Tall, lithe and auburn, Selv scored twice in AOCAF 67, 15 in league play for NXM, 8 in the FA Cup and more in less-competitive settings. Quite grifty actually. Military career classified.
22 Sgt. Vray Gwnes, 29M International City SC
Saw frequent use in AOCAF 67 in late game desperation. Scored 15 for Red Star PC in league play after the war, and 5 in the FA Cup, many on penalties. He has been perfect in PKs in non-competitive action for the Lemon Sharks. Dual MSD/SD ComIntern citizen; was a Communist Naval Lieutenant in the war and has a tendency to babble on about ships and fires and victory.
24 Alabaster*, 20F North Xuelei Mongoose (League 2)
Recently graduated from NXM Academy. Also on the DBC squad where she shoots 2nd in PK. As the youngest member of the team, Alabas is the only one who has never had a military rank. Getting on the senior squad at all was some coup, and it is doubtful whether she will see action, but little is yet known about how Mathee will use his squad.

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

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    Choose unexpected scorers, subs, etc: YES!
    Godmod scoring events: Yes
    RP injuries to my players: Yes, but note the presence of supermedicine
    Godmod injuries to my players: Same
    Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
    Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
    Godmod other events: Yes

by **Corporate City 1** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:31 pm

STYLE: +1.46 PUPPET OF SEA DOME
CCFA - a charter multicode football association of Sea Peoples League with a new and impressively armed Anti-Crime Department

Group D
Corporate City 1 3–7 Beefsteak City
Niolo 1–2 Corporate City 1
Corporate City 1 0–2 Bigpipipstan
Vdara 3–0 Corporate City 1
vs Senterus (1-2-1)

MANAGER: Xiu the Tactician

55F
Previous job: Sea Dome Lemon Sharks manager
Wartime: Notoriously got her name slaughtering CC1's overconfident Iron Hill Regiment in an ambush she led at Remission Beach. Awkward.
Formation: "Paper 4-2-3-1" inverts to 2-3-5 and pops back to 4-2-3-1 regularly
As player: Something not entirely unlike a sweeper in a sport not unlike football on her home planet
As manager: Achieved surprising results in all 3 matches Sea Dome played in AOCAF 67, decent results in BCC

Bio on file: Adopted the name Xiu after learning of Earth History, then achieved the rank of Tactician in the Matrian Sea Dome Marines. Her signature "paper 4-2-3-1" inverts into a 2-3-5 to create favorable situations in the last 2/3 of the pitch or to give the illusion of open space in front of the back line before snapping back into a four-player unit or occasionally executing an offside trap. Credited with surprising each of the three sides the Lemon Sharks faced in AOCAF 67, Xiu and her system were positively assured to come back for the senior team's next engagements. "the Tactician" is actually a translatable military rank earned in the field, not technically a surname. A Marine assault technician herself, Xiu was promoted to tactician after realizing she could bait the Iron Hill Regiment (CC1) into amphibious attack and slaughtering them on Remission Beach at the very foot of Archipelago Massive.
Update: XT shocked the whole Dome when she announced she was to coach her old hated enemy CC1 in the first World Cup cycle for both sides. After helping Corporate immigrants overcome the suspicions of Matrians at crossdome events by hiring a Corporate assistant, she has made further strides by actually moving to CC1 to lead the Legion. Her new office at Legion Tower has an incredible view, but more importantly, Xiu's decision is an act of trust-building at a time when tensions run high between domeward nations.
ECON AAF note for your eyes only: Xiu not presently considered security, partisan, or democratic risk factor. Recommend clean slate for her and full pardon for unit members willing to fight crime for Corp organizations. Military law enforcement up, patriotism down this year.

WCQ HOME VENUE:

Keepers

1 Cmxi Jersey (35F) Archipelago FC 
12 Heaven Renee (30F) Dome City Eagles 
13 Dr. Claude Borel (29M) Trade Zone Nationals

Fullbacks

2 Victoriano van Alst (21M) Orchideeën TAX
5 Aril Peppers (26M) Commerce Golden Guns 
14 N. Seldom Pace (28M) Dome City Eagles 
17 Nadé (29F) Trade Zone Nationals

Centerbacks

3 Iasacrofn (28F) Dome City Eagles 
4 Max Ham (29M) Archipelago FC 
15 Beckett Alter (27M) Revolucion 
16 Jenna McKay McKay (28F) Upper Dome FC

Defensive Mids

6 Straight Arrow (20M) Athletic Club Araucaria NTN
7 Alabaster Cat-Deity (32N) Shiheda Electronics Bolts 
17 Kayla Lecter (30F) Archipelago FC 
18 Alamance Divisor (29N) Deep Country FC

Attacking Mids

8 Connector Mustiev (21M) Associaçom Carbon NTN
9 Dr. Haley Shelley (28F) Hub City FC 
10 Slya Kany (27N) Trade Zone Nationals 
19 Sticky Jame (28M) International City SC

Strikers

11 Curtis the Offendor (21M) S.C. N-City NTN
20 Sheriff Johnson (29N) Commerce Golden Guns 
21 Fjolmidlum (30F) Shiheda Electronics Bolts 
22 Cato Knight (30M) Anchor City Clippers 
23 Rogue Port (24M) Sea Dome University

RP: Do whatever, remember this is post-cyberpunk/FT with supermedicine

by **Ile de Richelieu** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:49 pm

Équipe nationale de football d'Île de Richelieu

Nation Information
Full Name: Île de Richelieu
Capital: Port Saint-Jean
Demonym: Richelois
Nickname: Cardinals

Short Nation History:

Île de Richelieu (formerly known as Jan Mayen Island) was discovered by Dutch explorers early in the 17th century and served as a whaling base until it was abandonned. France claimed the island in the 19th century and renamed it Île de Richelieu (Richelieu Island) but the island's jurisdiction was finally given to Norway. The French speaking majority, led by the clergy, declared the independence of Île de Richelieu in 1948.

Football History:

KPB Rank: 102nd
Overall record: 22-16-35

Independents Cup 17: 1-2-1
Baptism of Fire 80: 4-2-3
WC 93 Qualifications: 5-7-10
Cup of Harmony 85: 1-0-4
Independents Cup 18: 3-1-3
WC 94 Qualifications: 5-4-11
Independents Cup 19: 3-0-3

Jenna Raven Cup IV: 6-0-1*, Cup champions

* Jenna Raven Cup record not counted in overall record.

Most Caps		        Caps			Most Goals		        Goals		Most Assists		        Assists
Rose-Émilie Bouthillette	71			Rose-Émilie Bouthillette	30		Marc-Antoine Desgroseilliers	16
Bjørnar Grendahl-Kalberg 	69			Jean-Christophe Gouin		20		Valkyrie Dahlen		        12
Marc-Antoine Desgroseilliers	68			Marc-Antoine Desgroseilliers	19		Asbjørn Lillegard-Omdahl	11
Nicolas Leboeuf-Hachey		66			Valkyrie Dahlen		        11		Ragnhild Austad 		10
Jean-Christophe Gouin		66			Ragnhild Austad 		8		Ulfhild Lillegard-Omdahl	10
					                Asbjørn Lillegard-Omdahl	8

Home Stadium

French name: Stade national de la montagne de l'ours
English name: Bear Mountain National Stadium
Capacity: 11,569
Location: Port Saint-Jean, Île de Richelieu

The Stade national de la montagne de l'ours has been build specifically for international matches. Île de Richelieu's population is 928, so, with a capacity of 11,569, a little more than 10,000 foreign football fans can attend the games!

The stadium has 3 stands. East Side stand, West Side stand and North Endline Stand. There is a small VIP stand on the south endline and the pressbox is located on the south endline as well. The stadium has lights on the four corners so evening games can be played. The stadium doesn't have a video board, nor a scoreboard.

Île de Richelieu (formerly known as Jan Mayen Island) was discovered by Dutch explorers early in the 17th century and served as a whaling base until it was abandonned. France claimed the island in the 19th century and renamed it Île de Richelieu (Richelieu Island) but the island's jurisdiction was finally given to Norway. The French speaking majority, led by the clergy, declared the independence of Île de Richelieu in 1948.

Île de Richelieu's population is 928. The largest city and capital city is Port Saint-Jean and more than the half of the island's population lives in the city (534). The city have a few upscale restaurants along with fast food restaurants and some local pubs. Beer is largely consumed on the island and Richelois likes to get around at the local pub after work.

The island only have one hotel and it may cause a problem if 10,000 football fans are coming. The only hotel on the island is a 124 room SpringHill Suites by Marriott located in the old Port Saint-Jean and half of hotel will be reserved for the visiting team (players, staff and media) who will have 50 rooms at their disposal. The remaining rooms (74) will be sold at a high price for football fans. The island also has a dozen of guesthouses that ranges from 1 to 8 rooms each. Football fans will have to bring their tents and sleeping bags and camp on the outskirts of the town!

île de Richelieu has a hyperoceanic polar climate with a Köppen classification of ET (polar with tundra), sometimes reckoned as EM (maritime polar). Seasonal temperature variations are extremely small considering the latitude of the island, with ranges from around 6 °C (43 °F) in July/August to −4 °C (25 °F) in February/March. The highest recorded temperature in the summer was 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) in june and the lowest recorded temperature was -28.4 °C (-19.1 °F) in february. Being located inside the arctic circle, île de Richelieu experiences sun light almost all day long in the summer and darkness almost all day long in the winter.

Staff

Entraîneur-chef: Ragnarok Wahlberg
Assistant: Véronique de la Fontaine
Assistant: Pierre-François Marcoux
Entraîneur des gardiens: Marie-Josée Gaspard
Physiothérapeutre: Gertrud Sundheim

Roles

Captain: Nicolas Leboeuf-Hachey
Penalty Taker: Rose-Émilie Bouthillette
Corners (left): Valkyrie Dahlen
Corner (right): Valkyrie Dahlen or Ragnhild Austad
Free Kicks: Asbjørn Lillegard-Omdahl or Marc-Antoine Desgroseilliers

Formation 3-5-2

S------------GOUIN-----BOUTHILLETTE----------
ACM-----A.LILLEDAHL-O.-DESGROSEILLIERS-----
SM--U.LILLEDAHL-O.---------------------AUSTAD--
DCM--------------------DAHLEN----------------------
SD------------------------------------------------------
CD---BOBERG----LEBOEUF-HACHEY----HAMMER---
GK---------------GRENDAHL-KALBERG---------------

Goalkeepers

1	GK	Bjørnar Grendahl-Kalberg 27	Viking FK Hammerfest  
31	GK	Kjell Thorstad	        30	Port Saint-Jean FC
61	GK	Roxanne Gariépy	        30      A.S. Saint-Ours

Side Defenders

5	SD	Hjalmar Boberg	        28	Viking FK Hammerfest
4	SD	Ranveig Eriksen	        34	Viking FK Hammerfest  
25	SD	Mamadou Ndiaye	        23	A.S. Saint-Ours 
20	SD	Carolanne Lacouture	28	Port Saint-Jean FC

Central Defenders

3	CD	Nicolas Leboeuf-Hachey	31	Stade Jeannois
8	CD	Rasmus Hammer	        32	A.S. Saint-Ours
44	CD/SD	Hugo Denommée	        31	Port Saint-Jean FC
22	CD	Jean-François St-Yves	30	Viking FK Hammerfest  
2	CD	Vladimir Gutierrez Salazar 21	A.S. Saint-Ours

Side Midfielders

15	SM	Ragnhild Austad	        25	Port Saint-Jean FC
21	SM	Alexandra McDuff-Reilly	25	Stade Jeannois
6	SM	Zoe McGregor	        32	Viking FK Hammerfest

Central Midfielders

50	ACM/SM	Ulfhild Lillegard-Omdahl 24	Viking FK Hammerfest
51	ACM	Asbjørn Lillegard-Omdahl 24	Viking FK Hammerfest
10	ACM	Marc-Antoine Desgroseilliers 25	A.S. Saint-Ours
7	CM/SM	Valkyrie Dahlen	        28	Stade Jeannois
77	CM	Tristan Charbonneau	27	Port Saint-Jean FC
60	CM	Julie McMullen	        26	A.S. Saint-Ours
80	DCM	Gabrielle Champagne	31	Viking FK Hammerfest  
70	CM	Jean-Michel Schneider	28	A.S. Saint-Ours

Strikers

9	S	Rose-Émilie Bouthillette 29	Viking FK Hammerfest  
11	S	Jean-Christophe Gouin	26	Port Saint-Jean FC
40	S	Borghild Eggum	        30	Stade Jeannois
91	S	Marie-Soleil Généreux	33	A.S. Saint-Ours

Style Modifier: +2

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

by **Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:04 am

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

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

Team Nickname: Tapirs
Team colors: Red & Yellow

Nation Information:

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

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

Short Nation History:

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer

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

Burnham-on-Stove

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

Saint-Jean-Jacques et Burnham-on-Stove

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

Football History:

KPB Rank: 123th
Overall record: 10-9-17

Baptism of Fire 81 (as Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer): 4-0-1 (Loss in round of 16)
Qualifications for WC 94 (as Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer): 5-7-8 (9th place in group 15)
CAFA Cup 7: 1-2-8 (11th place in group B)

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

Most Caps		        Caps		Most Goals		        Goals		Most Assists		        Assists
Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau	36		Frédérique Goudreau-Luneau 	19		Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	        9
Nathan Fauteux-McGrath	        35		Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	11		Ludwig Baumgartner 	        6
Tristan  Gibouleau-Beaudoin	35		Nathan Fauteux-McGrath		5		Louis-Philippe Berlinguette	6
Félix Bourguignon	        34		Carlo Guignard		        4		Marcelin Nkoulou	        4
Serge Bleau-Bean	        34		Marcelin Nkoulou		4		Carlo Guignard	                3

Home Stadiums

Primary stadium (Hosting 5 games)
French name: Terrain de Soccer 1 au Complexe sportif national
English name: Soccer Field 1 at National Sports Complex
Capacity: 67,830
Location: Sacré-Coeur District, Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer
PLF tenant: C.D. Sagrado Corazon

Secondary stadium (Hosting 2 games)
Name: Burnham Ground
Capacity: 35, 016
Location: West Burnham District, Burnham-on-Stove
PLF tenant: West Burnham United F.C.

Image: Terrain de soccer 1 au complexe sportif national

Image: Burnham Ground

Because the rental price set by private fields was to high, the Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer government build a national sports complex with baseball, soccer and gridiron fields and an hockey arena. The National Sports Complex is located in the small Sacré-Coeur district, close to downtown. Sacré-Coeur, or Sagrado Corazon, is also known as the Latin district due to it's large hispanophone population. The stadium have many VIP boxes, press boxes, restaurant stands, camera booths, up to date video, scoreboard and lights technology.

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

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer is known for it's local gastronomy based on tapir meat. Meals like tapir burgers, tapir parmentier (cottage pie), spaghetti with tapir meatballs and tapir blanquette are very popular. The city, with 387 639 inhabitants, is known for it's many restaurants, pubs and night clubs. There is many hotels whitin Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer which can accomodate players, coaches, journalists and fans! Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer also have two privately owned beaches. These two are among the most beautifullest South Calanian beaches!

Burnham-on-Stove is a city state of 54 square kilometers located on the other side of the Stove river and is named after William Robert Burnham, the 2nd in command on Jean-Jacques Le Boucanier's ship. Burnham-on-Stove seceded from Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer in 1923 and became a communist leader in Anaia since then. The current leader is General Secretary Braelynn McIlwain and the only authorised party is the Burnhamese Communist Party.

Tapir meat is banned in Burnham-on-Stove and fast foods are more popular than upscale restaurants. You can find typical communist buildings in Burnham-on-Stove, which include hotels. There is two public and nationalised beaches which are among the most beautifullest South Calanian beaches!

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer and Burnham-on-Stove has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen classification of Af). We have high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges and rain that falls throughout the year. A tropical rainforest climate is typically hot, very humid, and wet. Average high range from 28 °C to 32 °C and average low is 24 °C all year long. Between august to november we have between 100 and 175 mm of rainfall. 250 mm of rainfall in january and february. Then 180-200 mm in march and april and finally over than 250 mm of rainfall in april to july with a peak of 350 mm of rainfall in may and june.

Staff

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

Mascots

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

Roles

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

Formation 4-3-3

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

Goalkeepers

1	GK	Serge Bleau-Bean	26	Celtiques de Baie-Sainte-Marguerite
13	GK	Keegan Threadgold	30	Burnham & Hockley Albion F.C.
36	GK	Charles-Émile Moineau	24	C.D. Sagrado Corazon

Side Defenders

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

Central Defenders

4	CD	Tristan  Gibouleau-Beaudoin	24	C.D. Sagrado Corazon
44	CD	Pierre-Antoine Bigeault-Généreux 35	Dynamo de Gouin
3	CD/SD	Félix Bourguignon	24	Club National
24	CD	Renato Ramirez De Jesus	28	Flushing Wanderers F.C.
2	CD/SD	Phoebe McCormack	23	West Burnham United F.C.
5	CD	Nathan McCaskill	22	Kilbride F.C.

Side Midfielders

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

Central Midfielders

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

Strikers

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

Style Modifier: +2.5

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

by **Sajnur** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:47 am

Sajnur National Football Team: World Cup 95 Qualifying

Stadiums

National Stadium

The National Stadium is the largest stadium in Sajnur, with a capacity of 102,000 people. Located in the capital city of Javoser, home to more than 12.5 million people, it is the primary arena for big sporting events in the country, hosting a semi-final and most finals of Sajnur’s FA Cup, and several finals of the Tarvolan League, tarvolan being a code of football indigenous to Sajnur and traditionally Sajnur’s biggest sport. It has also hosted the biggest of Sajnur’s concerts and the inaugurations of two Presidents.

Built in 1952 and renovated in 2015, the stadium has a retractable roof, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, and affordable food and drink options to provide a comfortable experience for all fans while the stadium has been designed to allow fans to produce a raucous atmosphere befitting of large sporting events. The stadium is easily accessible by public transport, and has thousands of parking spaces for those who choose to arrive in their own vehicles.

Niurka Stadium

Home of FK Khadur, arguably Sajnur’s biggest football club, Niurka Stadium is located in the Khadur area of Ciarkhan, a bustling metropolis of 4.6 million people that serves as Laghia’s state capital. Laghia was a territory acquired by Sajnur in a war stretching from 1982 to 1996, and it is the Laghian people that popularised football in Sajnur. As a result, the province has eight of Sajnur’s 32 professional football clubs despite having only 1/8 of the country’s population, and Niurka Stadium hosts the other semi-final and some finals of Sajnur’s FA Cup.

The stadium, built in 2006, was named after Nicolae Niurka, who was a Laghian partisan that served as a general against Laghia’s pre-1982 rulers and was killed in combat in 1995, aged just 46. With a capacity of 73,000, it is the largest stadium used by a team in the Sajnuran Premier League. Like the National Stadium, it has a retractable roof, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, and plenty of affordable food and drink options, with many food options being traditional to Laghia. The stadium is easily accessible by public transport, but parking space may be limited on particularly busy days.

Queen Haqla Stadium

Queen Haqla Stadium is a 60,000 seat stadium near the centre of Roskjepa, the capital of Delta state and, with 6.7 million people, the second largest in Sajnur. Home to Rivers FC, the stadium is a regular venue for intimidating displays from Rivers fans, with flares, aggressive chanting, and large banners being a common sight, especially in derbies between Rivers and cross-town rivals Stormers FC.

The stadium was built in 1960 and renovated in 2016, and has all the amenities of the National and Niurka stadiums, while being a prominent sight on the Jagaroi River. As such, along with bus and train, the stadium is also accessible by the Jagaroi River’s ferry. However, like in Ciarkhan, access by car may be difficult. Queen Haqla, for whom the stadium is named, reigned over Sajnur from 681 to her death in 727.

Siyaka Island Stadium

Siyaka Island Stadium is the largest stadium in the Asulian states, with 66,000 people able to fit within its confines. Located in the outskirts of Tawqush, a city of about 5.4 million serving as the capital of Archipelago state, the stadium is the home of FC Mazigh, the foremost football club in the Asulian states. Fans on Siyaka Island often bring instruments to matches, ranging from the arghul to large drums to even accordions, posing both as support to those they like and a distraction for those who they wish to lose.

The stadium is the newest of the four national stadiums, being built in 2017 on what was the Mujar port before it was bombed by the Sajnuran navy during a war that stretched from 1990-2003. The stadium is easily accessible by both car and public transport, and with the New Mujar port being built as part of the stadium development, coastal and island hopping ferries can also stop right outside the stadium.

Full Roster

Core players in bold

Player                  Age  G  Position       Club

Natasha Kirai           36   F  GK             Capitals Javoser
Siana Avordyn           27   F  GK             Javoser Pirates

Silja Jorse             33   F  RB/RW/LB/LW    Unattached
Nelson Baziru           32   M  RB/CB/RM       Stormers FC
Hatu Raglan             36   M  CB/RB          Canalave Dragons 
Kabas Verjez            37   M  CB/CDM         Rivers Roskjepa
Olah Pracia             32   M  CB             FK Khadur
Kahala Murje [vc]       35   F  CB/LB          AFC Treason 
Hela Isarghie           37   F  LB/LM          Latrobe Athletic 
Coco Martenko           25   F  LB/LM          Capitals Javoser

Toljo Latvala           34   F  CDM/CB         Stormers FC
Kojete Bauman           24   F  CDM/CM         Border FC
Tova Dakher             27   F  RM/RW          Javoser Pirates
Aurora Merelu           23   F  CM/CDM/CAM     Stormers FC
Tatiana Pavlov          36   F  CM/LM/LW       Ciarkhan City
Jessica Siafik [c]      39   F  CM/CAM/CF      Unattached
Tia Parci               35   F  CM/CAM/CF      Stormers FC
Cristiano Karaji        36   M  LM/LB          Marinos Metropolis 

Parjazu                 37   O  CF/RW/RM/ST    Sarim Potato FC (Poafmersia)
Ella Ciuru              34   F  CF/LW/ST/LB    Branvon CD  
Indigo Taylor           28   F  ST/CF/RW/CAM   Stormers FC
Andre Naulo             41   M  ST             FK Khadur
Elyudi Samiryan         27   O  ST             Rivers Roskjepa
Violet Valera           26   F  LW/CF/ST/CAM   Stormers FC
Erin Taranov            23   F  LW/LM          Anro United

Manager: Chloe Saukanen
Typical Formations: 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 4-3-3
Style Modifier: +4
Free Kicks: Siafik, Jorse, Parci
Corners: Siafik, Merelu, Jorse
Penalties: Anyone on a hattrick, otherwise whoever wins the penalty

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
=================================
Choose My Goalscorers:        Y
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    Y, but TG me for FIFA style bullshit
Injure Players:               Y
Godmod Injury Events:         Y, but I decide severity
Red Card Players:             Y
Yellow Card Players:          Y
Godmod other events:          TG me
=================================

Jerseys, by Brusseldorf

by **Gnejs** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:44 am

WCQ95 squad

Formation:
4-3-3

Style Modifier:
+3

Nickname:
The Dandelions

Uniforms (Supplied by Siru) - Home/Away

The Dandelions continue sporting their new 4-3-3 formation with a relatively high defensive line combined with high pressing by the forwards (known as Stoic Press). We say ‘new’, but of course it’s not that new anymore, because Deltic coach Enda Clentin is starting to become a household name in The Union. Clentin brought the team to their first ever World Cup in the 94th cycle where they came away with one win and three points, and he mustered a respectable campaign in the 44th Copa Rushmori that ended with the traditional Ro16 loss to Eura. It’s a slightly brave new world for The Dandelions as they enter the qualifications for the 95th World Cup; many of the old heroes have retired and new prospects are eager to uphold proud Union traditions of just surviving the group stage and then lose, probably to Eura.

Team Roster (domestic team and age):
GK: #1 Aristocles Svendsen (IFK Segeltorp, 23)
GK: #27 Theodor Snöstorm (Storängens IF, 20)
RD: #2 Daniel Jones (Allmänna Gränd IF, 30)
RD: #3 Frank Frallis (IFK Segeltorp, 21)
RD: #4 Johannes Runarsson (Vasakamraterna, 22)
CD: #5 Karl-Johan Kärv (Vasakamraterna, 27)
CD: #6 Hibiskus Andersson (Lokomotiv Esaias, 24)
CD: #7 Lennart Horndal (Allmänna Gränd IF, 28)
LD: #8 Carl-Johan Hansson (Grünerhagen VF, 26)
LD: #9 August Bjørneboe (Fort Viljan Northern FC, 29)
LD: #10 Carl Benedictsen (Fort Viljan Northern FC, 26)
M: #11 Niels-Petter Skog (Allmänna Gränd IF, 24)
M: #12 Nicomachus Hansson (IFK Hagen, 24)
M: #13 Didrik Nes (Kejm BK, 30)
M: #14 Cratylus Hansen (Fort Viljan Northern FC, 30)
M: #15 Edward Drange (Briskeby BK, 30)
M: #16 Samuel Falkmar** (Port Rhovanyon AFC, 28)
M: #17 Sigurd Åboo (Vasakamraterna, 31)
M: #18 Lukas Fager (Storängens IF, 25)
M: #19 Rasmus Lamm (Vasakamraterna, 23)
F: #20 Thrasymachos Andersson (Nokkeby BK, 22)
F: #21 Cornelis Ceder (Fort Viljan Northern FC, 33)
F: #22 Georg Bardo (Dalströmma BK, 28)
F: #23 Nikolaj Fjällstrand (Storängens IF, 22)
F: #24 Nicho Tistel (Lokomotiv Esaias, 21)
F: #25 Mikkel Bukt (Finntorp IK, 23)
F: #26 Karl Sol (IFK Nordstiernan, 24)

** Samuel Falkmar has dual Gnejs/Tikariot citizenship and has elected to represent the Prosaic Union.

Coach:
Enda Clentin (Delte)
Assistant Coach:
Timotej Hansson (PUG)

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my scorers: Y
Give yellow cards to my players: Y
Give red cards to my players: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y.
Style mod: +3

About the Prosaic Union
The Prosaic Union of Gnejs – commonly abbreviated PUG, colloquially called 'The Union', often nicknamed 'The Rock' – is a country located in the far north-east of Rushmore. A constant source of bewilderment for many, the name Gnejs comes from the native word for the type of metamorphic rock called gneiss in English and German. The root of the word is believed to derive from the High German gneist, meaning roughly 'spark', the link being that the rock glitters. Gneiss is a common rock type across the territory making up the modern-day nation and has historically been a readily used building material component.

A vast and sparsely populated land, The Union covers about 1 220 000 square kilometres and has a population of just under 16 million. It is divided into four big regions – Berg (north), Birka (east), Ängby (west) and Vika (south) – which in turn are divided into counties and municipalities. The Interior compromises an immense area of more or less untouched wilderness at the heart of the country's inland and covers parts of all four regions. The capital city is called Port Kejm and is located on the coast in the region of Birka. The national arena – Kejm Park – is located in Port Kejm, and all Dandelion home games will be played here.

People in general are quiet and reserved. While idle small talk without purpose amongst strangers might be considered appropriate and expected some places, in The Union it is usually frowned upon and considered bothersome. The native tongue is called 'Gnejsian' (native: gnejsiska) and has a long and rich history. There's an abundance of regional dialects, some so distinct from others that many have suggested they really constitute different – albeit strongly related – languages. It is common to divide the many dialects into three different 'families', north-eastern (OOC: Norwegian), western (OOC: Swedish) and southron (OOC: Danish). Children learn English (known in The Union as 'the common tongue') from the age of five, and the population at large is generally considered to be fluent.

by **Valanora** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:51 am

From the Offices of the VSC does the Marauder information come

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players Y (no more than one game out)
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players N
Godmod Other Events Y

What is the name of…

…the five time World Cup champions?
The Eternal Empire -or- Valanora (known prior to World Cup 37 as Elves Security Forces)

...the other nations involved in Valanora?
Sabine and Caddonia, Vyinta, and Dark Templara

…the nation in which this Commonwealth play their home matches?
Elves Security Forces (sometimes ESF in shortphrase)

…people from the Commonwealth?
Vanorians or Vanors

…the person who created this mess?
Elves Security Forces

Style Modifier: +2

Stadium: Hatire Memorial, Capri (60,000)

Kits

Home Away

Manager

Dan Eastwood
Age: 69
This man from Eura seems to be following in the footsteps of Didrik Gjedrem, first taking the post of Raynor City United when he departed for the Marauders and now taking that post when he has stepped away from that position as well. At United he improved upon a solid foundation that Didrik had established and saw greater success as a result. What is known is he can manage egos quite well and has a history of success wherever he goes, with being perhaps the greatest United manager in their long history. Having started his tenure with an AOCAF Cup victory has erased all doubts about his appointment and fans are now excited to see if he can be the one to help the team finally chase down that elusive sixth World Cup title, only coming up ninety minutes shy of doing so last cycle. It has already been decided that this will be Dan's last tour with the Marauders and both he and the team will be looking to see him out right, going that one final step further and grabbing history.

Assistant Manager
Kasper Volheim
Age: 50
After a successful trial run with the recently reinstated U21 national team, Volheim was appointed the assistant manager for the senior team as well with the number of youth players that are in the team and pool at large. Having shown to have the capabilities of managing them at Raynor City United's youth team and being a good go between as an assistant in the Di Bradini Cup, Volheim looks to keep up the success rate at the senior level, helping lead the team to end its trophy drought in the regional championship a few cycles ago.

Keepers
GK: Günter Obermaier, age 33, Ulsa

GK: Kristian Finstad, age 29, Wexax United
GK: Mario Unger, age 35, SC Rinaldi

Defenders
R/CB: Ralph Winter, age 33, Brantisvogan FC

R/CB: Laura Adler, age 26, Mipojoseon

(F)
CB: Louise Løvoll, age 29, Mar Sara FC (F)
CB: Franziska Maurer, age 26, Duke of the North

(F)
CB: Samira Lindström, age 28, Raynor City United (F)
L/CB: Leah Zweig, age 28, Wexax United (F)
L/CB: Adrian Løvdal, age 31, SC Rinaldi

Midfielders
LW: Julia Holt, age 29, Ulsa

(F)
AML/ST: Lucas Winkel, age 26, Stein-los Turkish

D/MC: Siegfried Franz, age 33, Mar Sara FC
D/MC: Maximilian Edvardsen, age 29, Avanaroch White Wings FC

MC: Selim Estrada Barrientos, age 30, Raynor City United
MC: Götz Konstantin, age 33, Bastion

MC: Liam Sæthre, age 29, Mâ Âlâmëómë

AMC/ST: Laborious Hawk, age 761, Myana

AMC: Alessandro Nyman, age 29, Soldarian FC
RW: Joacim Lind, age 31, Soldarian FC
L/RW: Andreas Bjerk, age 29, Tanrısal

Forwards
ST: Hadi Lundström, age 31, Raynor City United (F)
ST: Klara Holmberg, age 26, Megabrantid

(F)
ST/LW: Lothas Ludwig, age 33, Soldarian FC
ST: Tuva Brekke, age 29, Mar Sara FC (F)
ST: Imre Haaland, age 22, Stein-los Turkish

Captain: Laborious Hawk
Set Piece Taker: Laborious Hawk
Penalty Taker: Laborious Hawk
Right Corner: Julia Holt
Left Corner: Julia Holt

by **Pasarga** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:38 am

Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players N
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players Y
Godmod Other Events Y

Pasarga Roster
Nickname: Wanderers
Ranking: 16th
Most Caps: Mór Császár (196)
Most Goals: Ingþór Auðbjörnsson (124)

Kits

Home Away Third
Modifier: +3

Manager:

Zachary Orengo, age 48
Assistant: Jürgen Eisenhower, age 49

Stadium: Stade de Torgos (90,00), Torgos

Goalkeepers
GK: Tomáš Přibyl, age 32, Royal Jam FC

GK: Lukáš Hanzelka, age 29, Duke of the North
GK: Illed Chávez Sedillo, age 33, Santos Luega (F)
GK: Olivér Szatmári, age 30, Sardin United
GK: Maja Topić, age 27, Brantisvogan

(F)

The keeper position is one that always brings a lot of discussions about it, yet for this cycle there can be no denying Tomáš Přibyl as the best that Pasarga has and he has been teetering on the side of elite for a few years now, having broken through at Royal Jam at an early age and has completely dominated the position there. Clean sheets at the domestic level are routine, he need only do that more often with the national team to truly cement his legacy. There is no denying his shot stopped abilities and if goals are conceded, it is most likely a defensive break down in front of him that is the cause. There are questions abound about the position behind him, with only Hanzelka having looked to have kept a consistently high level of performance over the last few years, meaning the number one shirt is pretty on lock, even if it is troubling looking further forward into the future.

Defenders
LB: Jakub Svatoš, age 32, Mar Sara FC

LB: Gabrielle Ayala Camacho, age 32, Santos Luega (F)
L/CB: Joska Szöllôsy, age 23, Aleiusia Capital

CB: Frančiška Marija Žužinjak, age 31, Stilinkeep FC (F)
CB: René Petrie, age 32, Duke of the North
CB: Vidor Kovách, age 32, Duke of the North
CB: Margo Szôts, age 25, Syneca

(F)
CB: Kamil Schneider, age 21, Sardin United
CB: Ascensión Laureano Tórrez, age 29, Santos Luega (F)
CB: Joshua Ledesma Rivero, age 29, Santos Luega
CB: Nusa Kálmán, age 32, Avidë (F)
RB: Remi van Blijderveen, age 27, Sardin United (F)
RB: Veronika Fábián, age 30, Marque

(F)
RB: Mislav Ivančić, age 27, Aries Chariots

It is a defensive unit that has seen a lot of turnover from the last cycle, which needed a bit of a shakeup to avoid getting too long in the tooth as was evident from time to time during various points of last cycle. On the left is a steadying force of Jakub Svatoš, who despite being on the older side continues to be quite a force on the left side of the defense and continues to be able to apply pressure in the offensive end with their crossing ability. Žužinjak earns herself a spot in the starting eleven with two seasons of amazing defensive play, at no fault for Stilinkeep's unfortunate relegation, and will be quite a tenacious force in the center, paired with René Petrie, looking to be a slightly better option than his club teammate. Margo Szôts might get a bit of a look in as the team looks to try and get younger in the coming cycle or so, which is helped out quite a bit by Remi van Blijderveen turning in a wonderful performance over the last season in the backline for Sardin United in their trip back in the top of the dual islands.

Midfielders

RW: Kat Földessi, age 28, CA Paulinthal (F)
RW: Katinka Pálffy, age 32, Tanrısal (F)
A/MR: Irenke Fenyvesi, age 32, Baskita FC (F)
AMC: Ilona Kárpáty, age 31, CA Paulinthal (F)
A/MC: Mária Szánthó, age 32, New Bastion

(F)
MC: Muhib Bandar Ba, age 32, Stein-los Turkish
MC: Moore Lafontaine, age 29, Stein-los Turkish
MC: Michael Baer, age 32, 1896 Ebor

D/MC: Noel Orsós, age 32, Galatica
D/MC: Martina Pernicová, age 30, Duke of the North (F)
LW: Asztrik Biró, age 27, Mâ Âlâmëómë

A/ML: Gillen Madrigal López, age 32, Raynor City United

(F)
LW: Barna Göröncsér, age 31, Tanrısal

Perhaps it is not surprise that the team is suffering with a midfield projected to have a completely domestic starting selection while at the same time that the SuperLiga has taken a bit of hit in its actual and perceived quality. By no means is the SuperLiga suddenly a bad league, but it is not up there among the elite like it was for a few seasons. Asztrik Biró who looks to have emerged as the victorious one given his completely outstanding performance with Mâ Âlâmëómë, edging out López from United. The switch in tactics makes the need for several midfielders in the center, with an emphasis on a defensive mid to play both as destroyer and the fulcrum to the defense, a role that looks to be quite a shallow spot in the pool, allowing an aging Noel Orsós to earn their way back into the team and starting eleven. With Ba being a big part of the midfield that lifted Turkish to the title, he gets the nod along with Kárpáty as the advanced player role in the middle. On the right is an intense battle between CAP and Tani and it is the younger Hurricane winger with her deadly crossing who wins the day.

Strikers

LW/ST: Elek Salai, age 32, Hellinic Rouge
ST: Eustacio Corral Magana, age 32, CA Paulinthal
ST: Nikolett Horváth, age 27, Marketville

(F)
ST: Nawar Taqwaa Bazzi, age 29, Stein-los Turkish
ST: Eduard Novaković, age 30, Tanrısal
ST: Nikolina Kovač, age 30, Brigham

(F)
ST: Vázsony Sallay, age 33, Baskita FC

It is a strange thing that the Wanderers have strikers who are absolutely lethal and consistent with their domestic clubs but lack that same sort of clinical finishing and consistency in form when with the national team. On his day, Elek Salai is among the best strikers in the worth, not too tall but not too big either, just a good and balanced striker who has enough pace about them to get past average defenders individually. He likes to play a slightly withdrawn to latch onto through balls or collect headers from his striking partner and run at defenses. Magana is a slightly taller Pasargan, not really a target forward per se but can play the role if needed. Moreover, he is a clinical finisher at club level but has thus far not had that same bite at the internationally level. Turkish continues to flourish at producing good talent and former U21 international Bazzi keeps up that tradition, being the tip of the spear in Turkish's title winning season. A pair of ladies doing well in Eura earn their place in the pool but it would likely be Nikolett Horváth who will see some time between the two during the qualifiers.

Tactics

Zachary Orengo has come into the manager position and thrown the traditional Pasargan 4-4-2 and possession based attack out of the window. Orengo has brought in the press to the Wanderers, sacrificing one of the strikers for a stronger presence in the midfield to keep the middle from getting overrun when the press can not turn the defense over. In possession the formation turns into a 3-5-2 with one of the wingbacks moving forward to fill in the channel and produce a passing triangle while the other stays back as cover. It took almost two cycles but the team really seemed to settle into the system towards the latter half of last cycle and earned their way into the Finals, although it still showed its flaws in the Copa Rushmori where the team floundered for a third straight cycle.

Captain: Michel Sarrazin
Corner Taker: Asztrik Biró
Set Pieces: Ilona Kárpáty
Penalties: Elek Salai

by **Vilwandia** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:05 pm

Vilwandian National Football Team

Name: Vilwandia
Nicknames: Vilwandiese, White Stars, Swans
Trigram: VWD

Following a bitter extra-time defeat to Corrupt Petrostate in the Second Round of the Baptism of Fire, it became clear that there were problems with this promising national side, and in the short time since, the SFV have met to discuss and implement new changes. The most drastic of these was the announcement of a Vilwandian Professional League, with football as a sport becoming its own line of work in representing Vilwandia on the world stage. With this, football in Vilwandia is expected to become a lot more competitive, and this should reflect in the national team.

Another problem that was highlighted was the close nature of Vilwandia's BoF matches, all but one of which were decided by just one goal. As such, it was decided that Vilwandian football needed a new, attacking identity, and as a result, coach Xolani Solomon was replaced, and relegated to an assistant manager's role. In his place, Jonk Vilwandia coach Zander Vorster, who is expected to breathe new life into the team.

This new "renegade" Vilwandia side should hopefully draw in new players to the sport.

Squad (as of the start of WCQ)
4-3-3 Formation, standard heavy-pressing attack formation
Style Modifier: +5

Starting XI

GK: Ade Petersen (Captain, 32, Elsmont Rovers)
LB: Marick Opperman (26, Swansburg United)
CB: Unys MacLean (32, Dreport Athletic)
CB: Hansie Smuts (28, Dreport Athletic)
RB: Brunelda De Velt (21, Industria Reds FC)
CM: Blake Goldberg (23, Royal Yandopolis)
CM: Adriaan Brown (24, Royal Yandopolis)
CM: Piet Heisen (28, Royal Yandopolis)
LW: Christien Vermaak (23, Betham FC, SYL)
ST: Jerome Sibanda (19, Dreport Athletic
RW: André Liebenberg (30, Elsmont Rovers)

Substitutes:
GK: Stefan Collins (19, Eteksiville FC)
GK: Luan Banard (33, Sparta Vilwandia)
DF: Rudi Booysens (28, Eteksiville FC)
DF: Leeto Clark (28, Industria Reds)
DF: Mia Van Vuuren (18, Mid-Capital, SYL)
MF: Gerhard Isaac (22, Kleburgh United)
MF: Violette Plaatjies (28, Industria Reds FC)
MF: Phillipus Marx (33, Industria Reds FC)
MF: Karl Mlambo (20, Elsmont Rovers)
FW: Marieke Rautenbach (24, Elsmont Rovers)
FW: Frederich Katz (21, Sparta Vilwandia)
FW: Brian Ellis (28, Commonwealth's Army FC)
FW: Nigel Mabunde (29, Eteksiville FC)

Head Coach: Zander Vorster

National Stadium: Siphamandla I Arena, Dreport, Capacity 12,000

Vilwandia's national stadium is unusual in that it is not located in the capital city of Eteksiville, but rather in the northern port city of Dreport, once in the territories of the Drea Nation. The Drea were once a major tribe in old Vilwandia, and they held sway over the north. Dreport was established fairly recently, as the Drea needed a place from which to trade with other powers to the north, and the city's nature as a gateway to Vilwandia makes it somewhat unique in that it has become a melting pot of various Vilwandian and foreign cultures. The famous "World Quarter" of the city centre features museums and eateries themed from all over the world, and other areas outside of the city centre are heavily based on tourism.

Siphamandla I Arena is named after a former Drea Chief, known to many nowadays as "The Great". He opened the Drea's trade to the rest of the Vilwandian Tribes, and despite having to defend his tribe from other, more isolationist tribes who simply wanted to be left alone, his reign is cited by historians as the starting point of a United Vilwandia.

The stadium itself is rather barebones, being surrounded by a market that sells programmes and traditional matchday foods. Inside, the facilities are lacking, with three sides of the stadium on a small hill rather than having grandstands. The home fans dominate, however there is usually no separation between them and the away support. Whether that stays the case remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, the surrounding facilities are equally as poor, with the best opportunity for training being in the stadium itself. Opposition teams are, however, welcome to practice wherever they feel.

Code: Select all: My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following: Choose my goalscorers: Yes Godmod scoring events: Yes RP injuries to my players: Yes (but nothing too serious please) Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes Hand out red cards to my players: Yes Godmod other events: Yes

by **Bongo Johnson** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:23 pm

Incorporated States of Bongo Johnson
Official World Cup 95 Roster

Head Coach - Jean-Claude Benoit
Asst. Coach - Jean-Baptiste Benoit

Style Modifier: +2.0
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Starting Eleven

GK: Adam Jones
LB: Cap Hanlon
CB: Arthur Langenstern
RB: Stephen McAloon
DM: Hands McGurkin
LM: Chet Hull
CM: Kiplet Hurston
RM: Chaplain Crabtree
LW: Speedy Wheels
RW: Schnitzer Longmont
ST: Bongald

Bench

GK: Spobe Rogers
LB: Rudy van Zant
CB: Paul Creenis
CM: Andrew George
RM: Bob Graff
LW: Danny Provolone
RW: Balthazar

Code: Select all: RP Permissions Choose my scorers: Yes Choose my scoring events: Yes Godmod scoring events: Yes RP injuries to my players: No Godmod Injuries to my players: No Give Yellow Cards to my players: Yes (two per match) Give Red Cards to my players: No Godmod other events: Yes

by **Basel-Triesen** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:10 am

Introducing your 82nd Baptism of Fire Champions:

Unified Kingdom of Basel-Triesen
World Cup Roster

Baptism of Fire Run
Basel-Triesen 3–3 Sea Dome
Rea San Vegas 0–1 Basel-Triesen
Basel-Triesen 2–0 Brannfjord
Basel-Triesen 2–0 Why are you in here
Shieldstan 2–6 Basel-Triesen
Basel-Triesen 4–0 Bigpipipstan
Basel-Triesen 2–1 Vdara
Basel-Triesen 0–0 Why are you in here (1–0 AET)
Maraonia 3–4 Basel-Triesen

Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA   GD 
  9   8  1  0   25   9  +16

Goals by Scorer
9 - Elias Stöger
8 - Sebastian Kujrakovic
4 - Nikolas Gaymayer
2 - Lukas Braunöder
1 - Kai Szymaniak
1 - Lars Canazlar

Nation Information
Long Name: The Unified Kingdom of Basel-Triesen
Short Name: Basel-Triesen
Trigramme: BST
Denonym: Bastriesian(s)

Uniform Information
-WIP new uniforms to be designed-

Staff Information
Head Coach: Rikard Stuhlfauth
Assistant Coach: Alicia Knöpfle
Team Physician: Karl Szepan
Team Translator: Fritz Hofmann

Squad Roster Information
***Athletes highlighted in blue indicate expected starting lineup***

#5 - Ralph Münzenfodder, 27 years old, Lyngbybronn Lions
#2 - Ernest Gramlich, 24 years old, FC Konstanzengen

Defenders
#3 - Jakob Kobierski, CB, 25 years old, Regal Würzingen
#12 - Samuel Kitzinger, CB, 22 years old, WorgiM FC
#19 - Edmondus Conen, LB, 28 years old, WorgiM FC
#7 - Max Kupfer, RB, 30 years old, FC Lippham
#10 - Walter Posipal, CB, 31 years old, Mönchengladbach FC
#13 - Josef Kohlmeyer, CB, 26 years old, Grizzled Greizlangen
#21 - Pascal Koller, LB, 24 years old, FC Ribdamenz
#47 - Kurt Ibertsberger, RB, 25 years old, Fulkassel FC

Midfielders
#38 - Lars Canazlar, CM, 24 years old, Pforzbronn FC
#29 - Elias Stöger, LM, 21 years old, Pforzbronn FC
#16 - Dominik Lorenz, RM, 26 years old, FC Husuetersen
#27 - Philip Zivkovic, CM, 28 years old, Sefensee 97
#45 - Jakob Kanuric, LM, 32 years old, Bronn Deggen Dragons
#32 - Adis Mischitz, RM, 29 years old, Kitzbronn Kickers

Forwards
#1 - Lukas Braunöder, CF, 24 years old, Lörrasal FC
#4 - Nikolas Gaymayer, LW, 24 years old, Lörrasal FC
#22 - Sebastian Kujrakovic, RW, 23 years old, Oldesloeke FC
#17 - Kai Szymaniak, CF, 19 years old, Ratina Rioters
#8 - Leonardo Briegel, LW, 26 years old, FC Herzogenaurach
#33 - Noah Augusthaler, RW, 28 years old, Erlareuth Elephants

Roleplay Information
Style modifier: +3
Formation: 4-3-3

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but nothing that puts them out longer than the duration of the current match + the following match; and no more than one player at a time.
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes, but adhering to the above and please TG me first.
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: TG met first to agree
Godmod other events: TG me first to discuss your idea

by **Xanneria** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:11 am

XANNERIA MAROONS NT ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS

#0 Evan Jefferson Jr (33) - Bearden
#00 Hailey Rae Crawford (32) - FREE AGENT
#10 Gordie LaPoint (29) - FREE AGENT

DEFENDERS

#33 Nikolai Brown (33) - FREE AGENT
#20 Mark Hailey Jr (30) - Galaxy SC
#26 David Iowa (30) - Cazadores Cathair [AUDIOSLAVIA]
#22 Ranger Selltick (29) - Pearlham SC
#32 Colton Boyd-Church (27) - Waldster FC [FLAVOVESPIA]
#19 Rhinestone Hailey (28) - FREE AGENT
#66 Trey Dillon (25) Galaxy SC
#77 Hibernardo Selltick (25) - Garden City FC [FLAVOVESPIA]
#88 Jamal Akron (24) St Alstons City [FLAVOVESPIA]

OFFENSIVE MIDIFELDERS

#19 Bryse Papp (34) - Advance Alaria [KO-OREN]
#13 Robbie Gordon (30) - Tanques AOE [KO-OREN]
#28 Italio D'arcy (32) - Bearden
#47 Harmony Ghilcrest (24) - Sandfjell Football [CAP NORD]
#8 Allie Jordan (27) - Austin City
#50 Rylee Greerenbach (26) - Capital FC

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

#35 Ben Biggio (29) - Alexandria City
#22 Towson Cowper (25) Lublova Reds [SQUORNSHELOUS]
#10 Rudi Puunir (6) Marthorpe City [FLAVOVESPIA]
#40 Dawson Plante (31) - FREE AGENT
#25 Octavious Smith (33) - Hawthorne Kickers
#60 Shawna Isley (24) - Austin City

STRIKERS

#2 Allison Burnes (31) - Austin City
#12 Dillon Hailey (28) - Hawthorne Kickers
#7 Jari Juups (29) - Mosfleet Albion [ELMYRIA]
#4 Yolinda Sequin (31) - Hawthorne Kickers
#0 Pete Ross (26) - Bearden
#92 Toomas Napi (26) - Asbury Park

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (BUT PM ME FIRST)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out penalties to my players: Yes
Eject my players: Yes
Godmod other events: Yes
Select My Starting XI: Yes (Formation is 3-2-2-2)

STYLE MOD: +3

by **Why are you in here** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:13 am

The WAYIH National Football Team
Why are you in here is fired up for the 95th World Cup!

Trigramme: VUR
Style Modifier: +2
Formation: 4-3-3
Team colors: Orange, red and black
Kits:
HOME
Front: Black shirt with orange fire on the bottom
Back: Orange fire around the number of the player

AWAY
Front: White shirt with a stripe of the colors orange, red, and black in the middle
Back: Just the number of the player

Goalkeeper in red indicates they're in the Starting XI
Name Age
GOALKEEPERS
Darren Maxwell 23
James Lawson 22
Jeff Ward 25

DEFENDERS
Richard Cummings 25
Kieran Markham 26
Anthony Raven 25
Jolyon Illingworth 24
David Watson 25

MIDFIELDERS
David Kent 26
Duncan Carter 25
Michael Pepper 26
William Riordan 27
Dave McCullough 24

FORWARDS
Bernardino Farinha 27
Stuart Johnson 26
Max MacDonald 27
Stephen Wood 26

Coach: Gary McFarlane 45
Assistant Coach: Phillip Crook 43
Translator: Jefferson Davis

Lineup:
Richard Cummings - LB
Kieran Markham - CB
Anthony Raven - CB
Jolyon Illingworth - RB

David Kent - LCM
Duncan Carter - CM
Michael Pepper - RCM

Bernardino Farinha - LW
Stuart Johnson - CF
Max MacDonald - RW

Free Kicks: Richard Cummings
Penalties: Bernardino Farinha

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: TG me first
RP injuries to my players: Yes but can't be severe injuries and can't happen over and over in every match
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes but only 1 per match please :)
Godmod other events: Yes

After Why are you in here got 4th place in the BoF tournament, they are determined to fix their mistakes and show the world who's game it is and get their revenge on Basel-Triesen, the champions of the BoF 82. The other competitors might have experience, but that won't bother the team, as they're determined to at least get to the Semifinals and swim though the competition. The practice facility is getting a renovation to make practicing harder and better for the team so they can get used to the new environment they're entering. Bernardino Farinha is in an empty football field, kicking balls (nice) into the net with his friend Richard Cummings.

Bernardino Farinha: "You ready for the World Cup?"

Richard Cummings: "Of course man! We did amazing in the Baptism of Fire so what makes you think we can't be amazing again?"

Bernardino Farinha: "Because this is the World Cup. Almost everyone there has experience from other World Cups. This is our first time," He kicks another ball into the net. "I feel like a kid that just transferred to another school."

Richard Cummings: "Cmon man. You need courage and determination. Sure, there might be some experienced players, and a NS game mod, but we won't let that get to our head, because we will dominate and tell every team there who's game it is. Yeah!"

The duo continues to practice on their scoring, ready for what's to come sooner or later.

by **Yakk** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:28 am

YAKKIAN NATIONAL TEAM

FORMATION 4-4-2
STYLE MOD +1.25
COACH: RIchard Presintino (Xanneria)

BOLD Names = starters

GK Egered Khad
GK Tsendahk Morgil-Bahk
GK Nygil Ohkmar
LB Tenzig Lhi
LB Orgil Ambat
LCB Nije Xi
LCB Tsedorgil Naanbagred
RCB Uslan Kirminov
RCB Narmandahk Ayil-Orbat
RB Nyam-Oyush Sahkmar
RB Ohk-Nyam Oranbaat
LDM Nohkmar Ayil-Orbat
LDM Tengza Tibie
RDM Vitaly Openka
RDM Gankaat Egered
LOM Mihkeal Boryozov
LOM Mandahk Agart
ROM Tsend-Agil Orgaat
ROM Jin Tinpeg
LW Tsagaantsoojiin Oryaangabar
LW Ki Ninjao
RW Sohkmaat Tsedinaat
RW Naar-Osir Guyanbar
ST Guyar Cirmahk
MF Bilguur Nyasabahk
DF Angaat Nyar-Ohkbaat

STADIUM ASSIGNMENTS

STADIUM: Imperial Stadium of Yak
PIC: Picture
TENENT: Yak Empire National Team / Alangabat City
LOCATION: Alangabat
CAPACITY: 35,000
OPPONENTS: Saint Eleanor (21) / Starblaydia (88)

STADIUM: Riverside Stadium*
PIC: Picture
TENENT: Qasmanbashi Turkic FC
LOCATION: Qasmanbashi
CAPACITY: 25,000
OPPONENT: Carpathia and Ruthenia (146)

STADIUM: Nijan Stadium
PIC: Picture
TENENT: Lashkan Dragonsport SC
LOCATION: Lashkan
CAPACITY: 27,500
OPPONENT: Cassadaigua (28)

STADIUM: Plateau Sporting Complex*
PIC: Picture
TENENT: Ijiang Plateau Sport
LOCATION: Ijiang
CAPACITY: 10,000
OPPONENT: Barunia (UR)

STADIUM: Yorgon Baraat Stadium
PIC: Picture
TENENT: Horseriders Club
LOCATION: Alangabat
CAPACITY: 8,000
OPPONENT: West Kharakia (253)

*English Translation

by **Maraonia** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:29 pm

MARAONIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
Information
Name:The Federal Republic of Maraonia
Trigram: MAR
Formation: 4-4-2
Style Modifier: +2.5

Position Name Age
GOALKEEPERS
GK Sebastiano Del Rosario (Age 25)
GK Konstantínos Mitropoulos (Age 32)
GK Maximilien Labouchère (Age 28)

DEFENDERS
RB Aleksandr Matasovič (Age 23)
RB Marco Da Silva (Age 27)
CB Fabiano Casanetti (Age 30)
CB Damien Mosinmann (Age 21)
CB Jose Mario Fonseca (Age 29)
CB Marko Savicevic (Age 28)
LB Giovanni De Laurentiis (Age 34)
LB Viktor Čanković (Age 32)

MIDFIELDERS
RMF Alessandro Di Lorenzo (Age 28)
RMF Christodoulos Antonákis (Age 25)
CMF Sébastien Dechambeau (Age 20)
CMF Alexandre Ferreira (Age 27)
CMF Sebastião Proença (Age 22)
CMF Fabien Domenach (Age 30)
LMF Federico Martinez (Age 22)
LMF Giovanni De Rossi (Age 29)

STRIKERS
CF Damien Lacosteau (Age 23)
CF Jose Carvalho (Age 27)
CF Alexandros Pavlákis (Age 32)
CF Sèbastien Grosjean (Age 25)

STAFF
Main Coach: Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos (Age 41)
Assistant Coach: Jose Eduardo Da Silva (Age 36)

Kits
Home:Dark Red with Dark Blue Shorts
Away: Dark Blue With Dark Red Shorts

Team Lineup
Del Rosario
Matasovic—-Mosinmann—-Fonseca—-Čankovic
Antonákis—-Dechambeau—-Proença—-Martinez
Carvalho—-Grosjean

Team Roles
Captain: Viktor Čanković
Vice-Captain: Sèbastien Grosjean
Left Corner: Christodoulos Antonákis
Right Corner: Federico Martinez
Penalties: Jose Carvalho
Free-kicks: Sebastião Proença

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

by **Elmyia** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:45 pm

The Beaucester Gazette
Forced Rethink as 4 Drop Out
Italia stars take principled stand, leaving Porras with thinking to do

Whilst hardly ideal, it had been telegraphed. The ongoing furore over the FF's refusal to censure Paul Reynard for his abominable actions in Corrupt Petrostate have cost the national side 4 key players, including play-off penalty hero Jane Beresford. Alongside her, Vita Speight, Lauretta Hightower and Andrea Silver have made themselves unavailable for selection.

Pau Porras is understood to be angry with the FF's refusal, believing it has cost Elmyia 4 players who were key to his plans for the tournament. His finalised squad has also seen Kastrinakis and Knight dropped from the squad for other options. With 6 spot available, it's been somewhat of an overhaul of the team. Porras highlighted that he was wanting to bring in both youth and experience into his lineup, especially players he believed have the mentality to help the side through the World Cup campaign.

Surprisingly recalls have come in for Jenny Scoular and Ernest Butler. It's believed that the coach has gone for names he trusts to bring a good atmosphere to the dressing room, and who have cool heads. Butler currently plays in the second tier of Ko-orenite football, making this especially surprising, but his experience and leadership is thought to be valued in this surprise recall. Given the lack of right-back options, Scoular is less surprising, but many thought the more attacking Palm and Kastrinakis would be called upon. It's thought that Porras is going to retool the setup to have more flexibility, for which Scoular fits the bill.

New to the national side are youth setup graduates Girello and Spalding. Both are thought of as promising for the future, but also both have experience of runs in knockout tournaments in the Under-18s and Under-21s respectively. Girello is thought of as a future star, with the starting spot for Wirr Tsi his current ambition, bringing him into the setup is hoped to bed him in effectively for the future. Spalding has been a less spectacular player since winning the Di Bradini Cup, he's currently struggled to nail down his spot for Scolastico. Given his particular skillset, he could be a good future pick for a midfield with Galli and Simmons.

Finally, talented AS Samita stalwarts Byng and Palm. Byng's recall comes as Porras looks to inject some energy into the team, Byng is an intelligent presser of the ball but an erratic finisher, should others stay fit he is unlikely to get much time on the pitch. Palm, however, might be more of a tactical option off the bench. A player used to rotating positions and willing to bomb forward, he is more a like for like replacement for Beresford.

So, with all these changes, what will Porras hope to achieve? It seems he is trying to find a way to avoid what has been his side's Achilles heel, their vulnerability on the counter, whilst increasing the amount of flexibility. Most controversially, Simmons returns to effectively play the position he started off in, centre-back. This will give him a lot of space to dictate play from further back, McLoughlin will have to take over his ability to take a ball on the turn and play out from midfield, thankfully he's in great form too.

This will let Elmyia form a 3-2 or 2-3 shape at the back depending on his positioning, it also means a backline of very quick players should the ball get turned over. But to truly deal with this, Porras is now relying on his press really starting to work. The aim will be to press up high, with Benedetti and Whittingham sitting on the two deeper midfielders, Katsouranis and Rossi on the full-backs, whilst Froggatt will chase down the centre-backs. This is unlikely to lead to Froggatt turning the ball over, the point is more to have her in position to receive between the lines should the ball be turned over. With an incredibly high-line, Elmyia will have to rely on the risk-reward of this to pay-off. Given the sheer amount of room they left before anyway, some might not consider it much of a loss.

Starting XI
No.	Pos.	Name			Age	Caps	Goals	Assists	Club
1.	GK	Ian Garavakos		22	47	0	0	Italia Mosfleet 
2.	LWB	Sofia Katsouranis	28	79	11	23	Urrhed FC 
4.	CB	Nancy Savalas		21	81	5	1	FREE AGENT
6.	CDM	Kit Simmons		21	71	4	5	Kingston FC 
5.	RB	Jenny Scoular		31	61	1	3	Italia Mosfleet 
25.	CDM	Aaron McLoughlin	24	27	1	1	Fallwich United 
8.	CM	Valentina Galli		23	84	17	14	Litala 93 
9.	AM	Vesper Benedetti	20	91	30	25	Eyrods 
11.	LW	Jackie Froggatt		29	80	46	23	Chatswood 
20.	CF	Gina Whittingham	24	61	25	8	Zenit Attawapiskat 
7.	RW	Kostas Rossi		25	71	22	16	Alameda Desperados 
	
Bench
3.	CB	Maria Grosso		30	91	6	0	Hellenic SC 
10.	AM	Anya Marakakis		22	28	7	10	Tihon United 
12.	GK	Enrico Girello		16	0	0	0	Wirr Tsi 
16.	CM	Athanasios Marinos	18	9	1	2	Mosfleet Albion 
17.	RB	Roberto Palm		24	0	0	0	AS Samita 
18.	CF	Elisa Gabbiadini	21	13	3	1	Chamberley City 
22.	RW	Lara Beaugemont		24	36	13	3	Ridgewell Rovers 

Squad Players
13. 	LB	Jane Albrook		22	26	2	10	Hellenic SC 
14.	CM	Nico Spalding		24	0	0	0	Scolastico 
15.	CB	Antonio Silva		20	22	1	0	Ridgewell Rovers 
19.	CF	George Byng		22	38	10	4	AS Samita 
23.	GK	Ernest Butler		35	71	0	0	Oceanside South End

The Beaucester Gazette
Porras Promises: 'Magic Will Return'
Tactical changes as coach insists the Copa Rushmori flop was a blip

Oh just how fickle public affection can be. 2 years ago, Pau Porras was hailed as the tactical genius who'd revolutionised Elmyian football and taken the nation to its first World Cup. Rumours circulated that they were thinking of creating an honours system simply to provide him with one. Now, public opinion's shifted back. A disastrous Copa Rushmori campaign, culminating in being dumped out by unranked Stvoto Latoli, has cooled attitudes towards him. The lack of a plan B, the tactical naivety, the reliance on a small core of players. All of these complaints are now getting an airing.

In response, Porras has launched back on the attack. In a far ranging press conference, he stated that the 'Magic will return' to Mosse Park, and Elmyia will get up and firing again in their quest to make it to the main event in Chromatika and Sylestone.

His squad still retains the core of the side he's used to date, but there were a few changes on the fringes of the squad, and two big one in the starting XI. Starting with one of the big ones, it appears Antonio Silva's form has played him into first team contention. He'll be displacing the experienced, but occasionally erratic, Maria Grosso. Both possess a similar skillset, although Silva certainly has the sharper eye for a pass. A solid first season at Ridgewell Rovers saw him earn the Bronze award for best under-23 in the highly competitive division. It's somewhat of a vindication for the youthful centre-half, who often picked up the blame for Samita's defensive shortcomings, which may be attributed to a lack of cover from midfield.

Joining Grosso on the bench appears to be Kostas Rossi. Previously a solid performer for Chamberley City, he had a quieter season. The hot form of Lara Beaugemont has also had a lot to do with it, her first season at Ridgewell Rovers saw her acclimatise with relative ease to a stronger division. Her goal threat in particular marries well with Benedetti's ability to play the facilitator, albeit his 16 goals for struggling Chromatik outfit Eyrods shows he won't be short of end product either.

In other news, Mario Freschi finds himself out of the Elmyian side for the first time ever. The best Elmyian sweeper of his generation, a big injury and some minor niggles have hobbled his later career. Porras paid tribute to 'one of the best I've worked with', and notably the door wasn't shut on a return to the national setup should his fitness improve. Given he is currently struggling to get game time for Italia Mosfleet, he might have left the national side with a lack of ceremony not befitting of an Elmyian legend. Lauretta Hightower comes in, an excellent season for Italia rightfully earning her a place in the squad.

Two more changes come between the bench and the usual starts, both likely signifying a change in approach. Vita Speight is rumoured to in line to start, with attacking midfielder Marakakis likely to drop to the bench. Whilst Speight lacks a lot of the technicality and ability to split lines that Marakakis does, she does have a good engine and an uncanny ability to shithouse, shove and ruin an opponents day. Katsouranis also comes in from the cold for Albrook, more of a winger than a full-back, both are attacking, but Katsouranis will be called upon to provide very little defensive cover.

#  Pos.	Name			Age	Caps	Goals	Assists		Club
Normal Starting XI
1  GK	Ian Garavakos		22	24	 0	 0		Italia Mosfleet 

2  LW/B Sofia Katsouranis	28	64	10	19		Urrhed FC 
15 CB	Antonio Silva		20	 8	 0	 0		Ridgewell Rovers 
4  CB	Nancy Savalas		21	59	 4	 1		FREE AGENT
5  RB	Jane Beresford		24	49	 5	23		Italia Mosfleet 

6  CDM	Kit Simmons		21	52	 3	 4		Kingston FC 
19 CM	Valentina Galli		23	66	15	12		Litala 93 
8  CM	Vita Speight		23	61	 5	 5 		Italia Mosfleet 

11 LW	Jackie Froggatt		29	70	38	18		Chatswood 
9  CF	Vesper Benedetti	20	72	27	20		Eyrods 
22 RW	Lara Beaugemont		24	17	 7	 2		Ridgewell Rovers 

Bench
3  CB	Maria Grosso		30	80	 6	 0		Hellenic SC 
7  RW	Kostas Rossi		25	58	17	14		Chamberley City 
10 AM	Anya Marakakis		22	16	 6	 8		Tihon United 
12 GK	Andrea Silver		30	 8	 0	 0		Italia Mosfleet 
13 LB	Jane Albrook		22	14	 2	 9		Hellenic SC 
20 CF	Gina Whittingham	24	50	23	 8		Zenit Attawapiskat 
25 CDM	Aaron McLoughlin	24	16	 0	 1		Fallwich United 

Squad
14 LW	Lauretta Hightower	23	23	 7	 4		Italia Mosfleet 
16 CM	Anathasios Marinos	18	 5	 1	 2		Mosfleet Albion 		
17 RB	Anastasia Kastrinakis	23	 3	 0	 1		Pesfield Tree 
18 FW	Elisa Gabbiadini	21	10	 2	 0 		Chamberley City 
23 GK	Eirini Knight		22	 0	 0	 0		AS Samita

So how will Pau Porras' Elmyia play? Despite dropping an attacking midfielder for the dirge like presence of Vita Speight, his commitment to attacking football will remain in place.

At the back, the pair of Silva and Savalas will have a lot of work to do given that Beresford and Katsouranis are unlikely to hold back to cover at all. This has proven an issue in the past, with the centre-backs and Kit Simmons often the only rearguard when a counter has been sprung against them. Porras seems to be trying to solve this without compromising his ideals. Whilst the full-backs fly forward to join in a front five, Speight and Galli will focus on going player to player with the opposition midfield. Benedetti's ability to press and harry players will aid them in this, and it's hoped that this will leave Elmyia looking less porous when the ball gets turned over.

In attack Elmyia try to move fast and break things, patient possession play rarely comes into effect, with fast transitions dominating how they prefer to attack. Plumping for Speight over Marakakis makes sense in this regard, Marakakis does better in situations where possession has become sterile against a packed defence. Speight's lack of hollywood passes will matter much less given the chaos Elmyia often inhabit.

Beresford has the ability to over or underlap on the right, but if Beaugemont is playing she'll largely be tasked with going down the outside to offer width and get crosses in. Katsouranis will offer a very similar function on the left, although she might come inside Froggatt if an extra body is needed in the box, Speight's supreme positional intelligence will aid in these circumstances and she can happily fill in the gap down the outside as circumstance dictates. With both wingers offering goal threat, Vesper Benedetti will largely be dropping back out into the space behind the front line to open up space, and make himself available should the ball come back out of a dangerous area.

All Elmyian home matches will be held at the (nearly) brand new, 35,000 seater, Mosse Park. Located in the scenic capital of Beaucester, travelling fans will have the opportunity to stay in Elmyia's most welcoming city to tourists, and one from which the best beaches and countryside are easily accessed by public transport. A dedicated metro service runs from the city centre and airport on match days.

Elmyian fans had typically adhered much more strictly to club loyalties than to the national team, but as the side have improved, so has the atmosphere. Gaining a dedicated stadium has certainly helped, as did a lengthy run of home wins that culminated in Elmyia reaching their first ever World Cup. Hooliganism and violence certainly have been present before, but the national side seems to have rid itself of such and little trouble is anticipated regardless of which countries Elmyia find themselves competing with.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (please drop me a TG - especially if they belong to a non-Elmyian club)
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes (see above)
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (go ham)
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes (go ham)
Godmod other events: Yes (go ham)
Style mod: +4

by **Cassadaigua** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:14 pm

Team Cassadaigua- World Cup 95

Coach- Chen Huikang (59)

The post Brittany Byers era began in World Cup 94 with the first international manager hired to coach the national team since Alexander Pappas led the team. Pappas only led the team to World Cup champions in the 50th and 51st editions, so while the expectations will not be to duplicate that right away, the nation is confident with him at the helm. In all of Cassadagan sports, he is only the second international manager to be taken on. The other was Maddie Polanco in baseball, who also ultimately led Cassadaigua to a title. Chen has experience with the national team of his homeland, Yuezhou, and his domestic record includes a successful stint with CSKA Quebec. With several key Cassadagan players also playing in Quebec, that was also seen as an asset. Chen likes an attacking style, and we have seen that so far.

He has had quite a bit of success early on, leading the Fillies to championships in the first two tournaments he coached: Copa Rushmori 43 and RTC World Cup 19. He then led the team to the championship game in the Eagles Cup all before officially leading the team in World Cup 94. There, he got the team to qualify, which is what the fans here expect.

Assistant- Kimberly Carson (48) (Winchester City)

Carson was successful with the national team for multiple Cups and has since moved on and made Winchester City more of a title threat within the CSL. The defender will focus on that aspect of play to coincide with Chen's attacking mindset. She has been the assistant of Chen since his first tournament here.

Starters in Green
Subs in Blue
Reserves in Red

Goalkeepers:
#40- Stacey Schalberg (27) (Grande Mountain)- Sub CR 43, Reserve CR 41. Started WC 94 from MD7 onwards
#20- Stacie Thornton (32) (New Lakeland Soccer Club)- Starter WC 92-94, CR 41 & 43, Sub WC 91, Reserve WC 90 & CR 40, Sub DBC 51
#30- Lacey Horvath (19) (Starksville Coastal)- Starter RTC 19, Reserve RTC 18

You can change a starting lineup player at other positions, and most people are not going to read much into it, or look to create a controversy over it. When you do it to a goalkeeper, things just seem to be so much different. That is the case with the Fillies for World Cup 95, as Stacey gets the edge on Stacie. Now, Schalberg did start for this team from the seventh qualifying game through the end of the World Cup itself due to Thornton’s serious leg injury, but this is still, technically, a changing of the guard. Statistically over the last couple of years, this makes sense. Schalberg has been the top native Cassadagan keeper in the CSL, and Grande Mountain has been close to a title and had a respectable (for a CSL team) IFCF run recently. Thornton was fine, but her numbers were down, making this the logical move. But still, you change the starting keeper and people are going to talk. Erica Knapp, the third string keeper in World Cup 94 and Copa Rushmori 44 had an off year in the CSL, and that cost her this job. Enter Lacey Horvath, who won the title with Starksville Coastal and did lead this team to a RTC 19 championship. Eventually, we figure to see her starting, but for now, she’ll get the experience of being part of the team.

Defenders:
#2- Madison Rutland (31) (Starksville Coastal)- Starter WC 91-94 , CR 40-43, DBC 51 & 52 (TEAM CAPTAIN)
#4- Tiffany Brown (26) (Starksville Coastal)- Starter WC 94, CR 43-44, Sub WC 93 & CR 42
#3- Alyssa Marlin (26) (Winchester City)- Starter WC 93-94 & CR 43-44, Sub CR 42
#6- Rachel Becker (27) (New Lakeland SC)- Starter WC 93-94, CR 42 & 43, Sub WC 92, Reserve CR 41
#21- Hailey Meyer (29) (Kingston FC, Quebec)- Sub WC 92-94; CR 43, Starter DBC 52 & CR 42
#32- Michelle Lawson (24) (Winchester City)- Sub WC 94, Reserve CR 43
#31- Amber Hogan (29) (Brattleboro FC)- Sub WC 91, Starter WC 92, CR 40, 41 & DBC 52, Reserve DBC 51 & WC 93-94
#36- Callie Houghton (21) (Grande Mountain)- Starter RTC 19

This is mostly the same group as last time because the starters only further cemented their roles on the team over the last couple seasons. Starksville Coastal is coming off a championship, and Madison Rutland and Tiffany Brown can each take a lot of credit in that. In fact, each of them have experience a lot of success and accolades over the last five years, or so. Alyssa Martin is a steady component, and Rachel Becker isn’t afraid to get a little aggressive with the opposition. Michelle Lawson is a physical player, so when she is entered, it will be that type of situation when Chen feels that style is needed. The only new face is Callie Houghton at this position, who’s been coming on nicely of late with Grande Mountain.

Midfielders:
#23- Kaitlin Millikan (26) (Concord Heights City)- Starter WC 94 & CR 43-44, Sub CR 42 & WC 93, Reserve WC 92
#24- Lauren Engle (21) (Montreal Koreana, Quebec)- Starter WC 94 & CR 44, Sub CR 43, Starter RTC 18
#25- Chrissy Engle (21) (Shirley Metros Ladies FC, Baker Park)- Starter CR 44, Sub WC 94 & CR 43, Starter RTC 18
#8- Krystal Sherwin (33) (Northern Union, Brenecia)- Starter WC 90-94, DBC 51, CR 39-43
#28- Rachel Wyman (21) (Montreal City, Quebec)- Sub CR 43, Starter RTC 18, Reserve WC 94
#35- Marquis Miles (27) (Victoriaville City)- Sub WC 92, 94 & CR 42, 44; Reserve CR 41 & WC 93
#38- Emma McHugh (26) (Starksville Coastal)- Reserve CR 44
#39- Cassandra Hauck (29) (Grande Mountain)- Sub CR 44

The growth of the Engle twins continues in World Cup 95. Each of them made quite an impression during the last World Cup, with Lauren thriving in her starting role and Chrissy shining off the bench. Chrissy often replaced Krystal Sherwin in the second half, and in this World Cup, she gets the starting nod over her. Krystal is 33, but because her game has never been about speed and other skills that can decline quickly with age, she may stick around at this level a little longer than normal. Kaitlin Milliken was also a very nice story in the last World Cup, because she was a player that former manager Brittany Byers simply did not trust. Under Chen Huikang, Kaitlin knew she had someone who believed her, and has played very well with the national team. Rachel Wyman is caught in a numbers game more than anything else, but will also get a lot of playing time. Otherwise, Miles is considered the best male native Cassadagan in the CSL, and Emma McHugh is coming off a big year with Coastal.

Forwards:
#43- Lexi McGregor (24) (Starksville United)- Starter WC 94 & CR 43, Sub WC 93, CR 42, Reserve WC 92
#12- Carly Patterson (30) (Grande Mountain)- Starter WC 93, CR 42 & 44, DBC 52, Sub WC 92, Reserve WC 91 & 94, CR 41
#29- Shannon Cunningham (23) (Alino, Chromatika)- Starter WC 94& CR 43, Sub WC 93 & CR 42
#19- Chloe Anderson (29) (Montreal Koreana, Quebec)- Starter WC 92-94, CR 40-42 & DBC 51, Sub WC 90 & 91, CR 43
#26- Rachel Boldin (30) (Victoriaville South End)- Starter WC 92 & 93, CR 40-42& DBC 51, Sub WC 90, 91, & 94
#16- Lacey Sherwood (24) (Rutland Dockside)- Starter CR 43, Sub WC 94, Reserve WC 93 & CR 42
#27- Allyson Perry (29) (Winchester City)- Sub WC 92, CR 41, Starter DBC 52 & CR 44, Reserve WC 91, 93, 94 & CR 42, 43

It’s hard to believe that this will only be Lexi McGregor’s second official World Cup as the starter because of how much she has accomplished already. Multiple MVP’s with Starksville United, a Copa Rushmori title, and then having such a strong World Cup two years ago. She got regular duty in World Cup 93, so she’s got plenty of experience. McGregor is still a very outspoken player, and will continue to do her backflips whenever she scores a goal. She’s developed great chemistry with Shannon Cunningham, as even though they are complete opposites in terms of personality, they click exceptionally well together on the pitch. McGregor did get Cunningham to do a backflip after a big World Cup proper goal last time out, though. Joining them is Carly Patterson, who’s won the golden boot in the CSL, and has simply forced herself into the starting lineup based on how well she has played at home. This forces Anderson to the sideline through no fault of Chloe’s. Her and Boldin still give the team excellent options off the bench. Lacey Sherwood is also that.

Team Info:
Formation: 4-3-3
People from Cassadaigua are referred to as Cassadagans.
Team nickname: Fillies. Also, we are commonly referred to as the Dagans

Home Stadium & City information:
MD3- vs Starblaydia @ Dagan Airways Stadium, Concord Heights
MD5- vs Baggieland @ Cocoabo Stadium, Starksville
MD7- vs Barunia @ Peak 'n' Break Stadium, Grande Mountain
MD8- vs Yakk @ Cassgo Stadium, Victoriaville
MD9- vs West Kharakia @ Winchester City Lottery Stadium, Winchester
MD11- vs Carpathia and Ruthenia @ Qusmair Stadium, New Lakeland
MD13- vs Saint Eleanor @ Five Star Mobile Stadium, Brattleboro

For more on these stadiums, and on Cassadaigua in general, feel free to read this.

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

Style Modifier: + 3.4

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

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

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

by **Yue Zhou** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:29 pm

THE UNITED REPUBLICS OF YUEZHOU
WORLD CUP 95 ROSTER
月州联合共和国 - 国际足球队

Badge and kits designed by Txakhaxi's Tahuatxi Storefront.

The Dragons have never flown this high before. While the YFA’s decision to replace popular manager Chen Huikang with Elaine Ashdown was panned at the time, the Nepharan legend took Yuezhou to the World Cup knockout rounds in her first cycle before managing the team to a perfect qualifying record in her second. It's looking like rumors of the Yue NT's demise have been significantly exaggerated despite the recent retirement of the "Golden Generation". But the recent success has brought with it unprecedented expectations for the Dragons, who historically have operated at their best when they aren’t expected to do anything. Can Ashdown truly solidify Yuezhou within the ranks of the WC contenders, or will this just be a blip in the history of Yue football?

Home, Away, and GK kits designed by Tahautxi. See the video reveal here.

FAST FACTS

Nickname: The Dragons
Manager: Elaine Ashdown (NPH)
Captain: Zhao Deliang
Vice Captains: Kara Mingsdottír Zhang, Jiang Jieren
Penalty Takers: Jiang Jieren -> Ji Weibo -> Pan Xilei -> Lin Qingling -> Kara Mingsdottír Zhang
First-choice Starting Lineup: Zhao; Huang, Hu, Deng, Dong; Guo, Pan; Lin, Mingsdottír Zhang, Jiang; Ji
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Surnames: Generally written before given names except for certain dual nationals; e.g. Wan Sheping's surname is "Wan" and his given name is "Sheping". The Chinese characters are also listed for starters' names.
Home Stadium: either Yübao, Nangang (cap. 48,000) or The Meridian, Jiangdong (cap. 46,000); feel free to choose one if not previously specified.
Style Modifier: +1.5

RP Permissions:
Preferred Goalscorers: None preferred, feel free to consult the below guide for help
Godmod scoring events: TG/DM before doing so
RP injuries to my players: Yes (I determine severity)
Godmod injuries to my players: TG/DM before doing so
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, TG/DM if more than one
Godmod other events: TG/DM before doing so
Other: If you plan to RP the match extensively, please mention by players by name (as opposed to “the Yue striker…” or similar). Please consult me before using images meant to represent my players.

MOST LIKELY TO...
Score a Goal - Ji Weibo, Jiang Jieren, Kara Mingsdottír Zhang
Score from Distance - Kara Mingsdottír Zhang, Jiang Jieren, Pan Xilei
Assist a Goal - Kara Mingsdottír Zhang, Huang Han, Lin Qingling
Score off a Header - Ji Weibo, Jiang Jieren, Hu Jiewen
Win a Free Kick/Penalty - Jiang Jieren, Luo Nanwei, Kara Mingsdottír Zhang
Get Sent Off - Dong Xiaowang, Ji Weibo, Sha Jian
Get a Yellow Card - Guo Hong, Hu Jiewen, Deng Daiyu
Come Through in the Clutch - Jiang Jieren, Kara Mingsdottír Zhang, Pan Xilei

COMMON SUBSTITUTIONS
If Yuezhou is chasing a goal:
Li Jianguo on, Hu Jiewen off
Wen Xiaohui on, Guo Hong off (switch to 4-1-4-1)
Liang Wei on, Ji Weibo off
If Yuezhou is defending a lead:
Lu Lanying on, Lin Qingling off (Huang moves to LW)
Zhaxi Jianzan on, Kara Mingsdottír Huang off (switch to 4-3-3)
Luo Chuan on, Ji Weibo off

COACHING STAFF

Manager: Elaine ASHDOWN, 60 (NPH)
As a player, Elaine Ashdown was the midfielder of her generation, and one of the finest in Nephara's long lineage of star CMs. As a manager, results had been more mixed before her hiring by Yuezhou, but things have really worked out here after she at least held her own at Brinemouth and Gaelic Club. She favors a more patient style than Chen Huikang's, emphasizing structure and workrate in midfield. However, far from a traditional defensive disciplinarian, she also likes giving talented, creative wing players room to operate, often using individual creativity to cover for her tactical setups. While soft-spoken, she knows what it takes to win, and will do whatever it takes to get her players to learn the same.

Assistant Manager: Corinne MERSIADES, 51 (NPH)
Last seen with North Laithland, Mersiades has had a number of stints managing Nepharan clubs. But despite her clear tactical prowess, she's never quite been able to put it all together in her club career. Still, her skillset makes her well-suited to inform Ashdown's strategy and help Yuezhou perform better against stronger teams - something they've historically struggled with. Recently signed a big-money extension to stay with the national team, which Ashdown (whose contract expires after the Copa Rushmori) was reportedly instrumental in negotiating.

Assistant Manager: CHEN Haixuan, 47
Liang Bo has surprisingly resigned as assistant manager after being losing the U21 job to Kang Guilin's nephew. Taking his place is the younger Chen, who has managed Beian Rovers from lower midtable to the heady heights of...also lower midtable. He's at least a likeable guy who should help communicate Ashdown's vision and keep things friendly in the dressing room.

Goalkeeping Coach: Ursula GAVARIS, 39 (NPH)
Yue National Team Goalkeeping Coaches have been very in-demand lately, with Lu Qiang headed to the Red League and Ming Xilang off to Quebec. Ashdown will hope that the Zenith veteran who last kept goal for Alliance Barossia won't follow in their footsteps too quickly.

GOALKEEPERS

#01 - GK - ZHAO Deliang (赵德亮) - 29 - Atletik Thessia (MYT)
Zhao has developed from one of the world’s great goalkeeping prospects (he became the first goalkeeper to win the Yue Golden Ball as a teenager) into one of the world’s best goalkeepers with Atletik. A cool, confident, and physically imposing general on the pitch, albeit a bit traditionalist in playstyle.

#12 - GK - Elaine XU (f) - 24 - West Couno United (TMB)
Known for her distribution as well as her heroics outside of the penalty box, Xu's family escaped to Tumbra at the outbreak of the Yue Civil War, but the young, flashy goalkeeper is now back and readying a long-term challenge to Zhao Deliang's starting spot.

#23 - GK - JIAWEI Lau - 30 - Northern Stallions (BRE)
Decades of Yue coaching dogma that the goalkeeper's only job should be keeping the ball out of the net have culminated in Jiawei Lau, an acrobatic shot-stopper who just punts the ball whenever he makes a save. After a rocky start to his career, he found his way to Brenecia’s Northern Stallions, where he has really come into his own.

CENTER-BACKS

#06 - LCB - HU Jiewen (胡介问) - 32 - Corinthians No Longer (NPH)
Known for his composure, leadership, and surefootedness, Hu is a strong, quick center-back with a high ceiling - although some inconsistency has kept him from fully reaching it. Still, his well-roundedness and ability to drive forward with the ball make him an excellent fit for the Dragons' system, even if he might find Yuan Mingrong's shoes a bit too big to fill.

#15 - RCB - DENG Daiyu (邓黛玉) (f) - 28 - Newark Argyle (TMB)
A physical, aggressive defender who's also weirdly good at line-breaking passes. Captained Jiangdong Tycoons before their relegation, earning a transfer to a much higher-quality league in the process.

#03 - LCB - LI Jianguo - 32 - Tihon (CMT)
Li is the best of the team's center-backs with the ball at his feet, making him best-suited for a three-man defense where he can make surging runs and spray accurate long-range passes with either foot. The physicality has never quite caught up to the ball-playing ability: he's very prone to be pushed around by bigger strikers, leaving him somewhat vulnerable in Ashdown’s system. Still, his playmaking ability will make him a valuable tactical option off the bench.

#27 - CB - SHA Jian - 27 - Colbrook City (TMB)
A physically imposing, hard-tackling centerback with enough on-ball skill to get by. Also somewhat hotheaded, with a tendency to pick up lots of cards.

FULLBACKS

#14 - LB/LWB - HUANG Han (黃翰) - 26 - Aries Chariots (NPH)
An energetic, pacy wingback who thrived as a crosser in Olympic Nangang's three-at-the-back system, before excelling both as a winger and as a fullback in the proving grounds of Kelssek, where he earned consideration for Young Player of the Year with Torbay Thunder. Now in the Zenith and reinstated as a national team starter, the only remaining questions around his game are whether or not he actually wants to be a defender.

#25 - RB - DONG Xiaowang (董小王) - 31 - Megabrantid (SRS)
A pacy, strong fullback well-suited to the modern game. Could be creatively deployed as a winger in a pinch, and with Huang will provide a lot of the width in this setup.

#24 - LB - LU Lanying (f) - 31 - Capitol City FC (BNJ)
A quick, athletic left-back, Lu is strong when driving forwards and tracking back but could work on her crossing. In Ashdown's setup, she'll be pushed up more than she is at the club level, but will still be relied upon to shore up the flanks.

#28 - RB - PU Zhongtai - 25 - Northandryun Rovers (QUE)
A Quebecois dual national better known as Park Jeong-Tae, Pu is a tall, lanky fullback known for his athleticism and skill on the ball.

#13 - LB/LCB - BAO Yuwei - 28 - Olympic Nangang
A diligent, composed fullback who was primarily a center-back until his conversion unlocked Olympic Nangang's defense en route to a surprise YS!L title. Stocky but deceptively quick for someone with his strength, but he's better without the ball than with it.

HOLDING MIDFIELDERS

#18 - CM - PAN Xilei (潘熙蕾) - 32 - La + Querida (FFD)
Pan Xilei’s ascendance from international hostage to best defensive midfielder in the world (as recognized by the Tornados) has been as sudden as it was unexpected. Early in her career, a paperwork mixup torpedoed her NT chances and left her an international hostage in the SFPL’s basement. But after winning the SFPL on loan and captaining her newly lithified club to their highest-ever finish, she’s become a key part of the national team. On the pitch, she's an intelligent player whose greatest strengths are her workrate and physicality - and a decade of Farfadillis-related trauma has made her very good under pressure.

#17 - CM - GUO Hong (郭宏) - 32 - 1896 Ebor (MYT)
A quick, diminutive water-carrier who excels at breaking up attacks and has grown into a key role for 1896 Ebor. Was a huge part of the Dragons’ five consecutive shutouts in the qualifiers, and has earned himself a starting spot over Zhaxi despite his tendency to pick up cards.

#29 - CDM/CM - ZHAXI Jianzan - 25 - Chardonnay Rangers (NPH)
A hard-nosed defensive midfielder who will do anything on the field to win - and who has the athletic ability and field vision, if not a full suite of on-ball tools yet, to make it happen. Not related to Zhaxi Nanlei.

#39 - CDM - CAI Renshu - 34 - Binclestead Wood (FVA)
The linchpin of Olympic Nangang's surprise title-winning side before acquitting himself well in Flavovespia, Cai does all the little stuff right and has seemingly endless energy that he uses to effectively stymie opposing creative players.

#80 - CM - Brynjólfur Zhenyasson ZHANG - 22 - Crossroads (CMT)
Born and raised in Græntfjall, but the son of Yuezhou NT midfielder Zhang Zhenya, it was anyone's guess who Zhang was going to declare for. Just like Kara Mingsdottír Zhang (no relation), though, he opted for the side with a paucity of talented young midfielders. After returning to Yuezhou at his father's urging and surprising everyone by becoming the linchpin of Royals' attack at a young age, he headed to the Red League to further prove himself. A dynamic 8/10 hybrid who moves quickly with and without the ball, and who offers relentless energy on the defensive end.

ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS

#34 - LW/ST - LIN Qingling (f) (林清龄) - 28 - Sporting Noordende (CNR)
With star winger Luo Nanwei out to injury, Lin Qingling will need to seriously step up if Yuezhou want to make a run at this World Cup. A versatile attacker most skilled at setting up others, Lin isn’t the most athletic but has a lot of tricks in her bag to compensate. After seriously impressing with Sporting Noordende, Luo’s absence has thrust her into the starting lineup, where she’ll need to assert herself on the left wing to make this tactical setup work.

#08 - CM/CAM - Kara Mingsdottír ZHANG (f) (张白兰) - 25 - Liria Prizren (MYT)
The YFA spent a lot of time and effort convincing Karolíná Mingsdottír to declare for Yuezhou's national team instead of Græntfjall's, but it's become apparent that the young midfielder was worth the trouble. A well-rounded midfield prospect whose speed and technique makes her devastating on the counterattack, and who has a propensity for scoring wondergoals. Has seriously come into her own at Liria, becoming one of Rushmore's most promising talents at attacking midfield. Became the team’s all-time leading scorer at the World Cup with a three-goal eruption last cycle.

#07 - RAM/LAM - JIANG Jieren (江杰任) - 33 - Osarese Marcadia (AUD)
An incredibly quick winger who finally gets to take his favored position at right-wing with Luo Nanwei out. Jiang is absolutely electric when everything is working, with a combination of scoring and playmaking on the counterattack that really make an impact. He still tends to play a little more ambitiously than his thirty-three-year-old legs would prefer, but remains one of the most dangerous players on this squad.

#20 - LW/RW - DAI Qiu - 34 - Nangang Royals
A lithe, two-footed winger who compensates for a relative lack of pace with an all-around skill on the ball. A fierce Nanhai separatist, Dai returned home after a stint in Græntfjall fizzled out and immediately became one of the best players in the Yue league.

#81 - CAM - WEN Xiaohui - 36 - Libertas Bergheim (SVJ)
Wen Xiaohui was done, they said. She was too washed to play for the national team ever again, they said. But after Libertas Bergheim stunned Savojarna by winning the SFS, an achievement Wen contributed to, Elaine Ashdown has given her a second look as a potential source of playmaking off the bench. Not as fast as she was at her peak, but she's thrived in attacking-midfield and support-striker roles in the past, and retains a lot of ball skill and creativity.

#22 - RW - FU Xiaoxi - 28 - Brisara FC (CMT)
A smooth and skilled winger, if perhaps overly deferential on the attack.

STRIKERS

#21 - JI Weibo (冀伟波) - 34 - Brantisvogan (SRS)
While selfish to a fault and not the easiest personality to work with, Ji is an excellent poacher who’s posed an increased long-range threat lately. He’s won the starting spot a few times before his antics let the opportunity slip, but he’s strung together a few excellent seasons for Brantisvogan lately and become too good not to start consistently.

#09 - ST - LIANG Wei - 30 - Chardonnay Rangers (NPH)
A tall, imposing target man who has settled in well at the Zenith level after scoring a goal a game in the First Division. Can be a little immature at times, and has underwhelmed before when given the opportunity to start for Ashdown’s Yuezhou, but will provide a good chance of pace for Ji off the bench.

#30 - SS/CAM - LUO Chuan (f) - 32 - Spenson Suburbia (ZWZ)
An agile, technically adept attacking midfielder at her best when distributing to others, but who tends to get bullied off the ball. Will play as a pressing false-nine when given the chance this cycle.

by **Santa-Barbara** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:15 am

Santa-Barbara National Team

Nickname: The Amethysts

Founded: 2023

Colours: Purple, Black, Gold

Home Stadium: Stade de Charlemagne

Trophies: 0

Style: +3

Manager: Ephrem Bellarmine

Roster:

Starting XI

LW: Silverius St. John | 1.84m | #7

ST: Heraclius Portman | 1.88m | #9

RW: Kylian Kyrillos | 1.82m | #11

CAM: Sergius Hagi | 1.74m | #10

CM: Julius Callixtus |1.92m | #6

CM: Pelagius Pio | 1.80m | #8

LB: Gregory Marcel | 1.78m | #2

CB: Roman Avila (c) | 1.94m | #4

CB: Hanzo Mathieu | 1.88m | #3

RB: Valerian O'Gloria |1.76m | #5

GK: Lancelot Lisieux | 1.93m | #1

Substitutes:

GK: Raymond Hierapolis | 1.89m | #13
CB: Irenaeus Ira | 1.92m | #16
CB: John Scheler | 1.87m | #45
CDM: Yves Percival-Hanley | 1.82m | #23
CM: Blaise Nereus | 1.85m | #21
CF: Psalm Nascimento | 1.73m | #77
ST: Vincere Malum | 1.85m | #33

RP Permissions:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose Goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes (be reasonable)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (be reasonable)
Give red cards to my players: Yes (be reasonable)
Godmod other events: No

(O.O) · by **TJUN-ia** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 3:48 pm

Name: TJUN-ia
Trigram: TJU
Football Association: FA-TJUN-ia
Nickname: Jaguars (official)/Jags (short form)/Blue and Orange (commonly used informal)/Draw Masters (satirical)
WCC Ranking: 40th (18.19 KPB)

TEAM
STARTERS
Co-Managers: David Seems (JB TJUN-ia, 53) and Li Xiu Ying (CEA, 45)
Formation: 4-1-2-1-2
Style Modifier: +1.5
Free Kicks: Mohammad al-Balochi
Corners: Regina McDuff (R)/ Kim Choi-ya (L)
Position: Number Name (Age, Current Region of Residence, Club Side [if applicable])

GK: #1 Alex McVerner (34, JB TJUN-ia, Gangers, Hebitaka)
LB: #2 Chelsea Bluewood (31, CU, Concord Heights Suburban, Cassadaigua) (VC)
CB: #3 Zelina Marquez (31, UAC, Rutland Dockside, Cassadaigua)
CB: #4 Sadio Mbwekala (33, AU, Gangers, Hebitaka)
RB: #5 Vladov Kolorovsky (31, CSTO, Hipopótamo-Joaxha, Tequilo)
CDM: #6 Mohammad al-Balochi (31, ArU, Fliserboding, Graintfjall)
LM: #7 Kim Choi-ya (34, CEA, Athletic Club, Hebitaka) (C)
RM: #8 Regina McDuff (29, NAU, Great Northern RR Coed FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
CAM: #9 Jose Lozano de la Cruz (32, UAS, Xaviers, Hebitaka)
ST: #10 Fernandino (28, UAS, Duomji Tigers, StrayaRoos)
ST: #11 Jackson Smith-Scott (31, JB TJUN-ia, Leicester Village, Murphtannia)

SUBSTITUTES (Italics indicate new U21 graduates)

Tier 1
GK: #12 Christian Wollatungi (32, UO, Hipopótamo-Joaxha, Tequilo)
GK: #23 Ivan Kozovikov (27, CSTO, Birikken Ala-Turgan, Kyzhurkistan)
LB: #13 Dang Thuyet (27, CEA, Colonial Sile, Vilita and Turori)
CB: #14 Ons Moukaddem (28, ArU, Bunyoro RSC, Banija)
CB: #15 Alexander Lopez (26, UAC, Clube de Norwegian Wood, Brookstation)
CB: #24 Klara Fernandina (26, UAS, Shiloh Ladies FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
CB: #25 Helena Mikazawa (25, JB TJUN-ia, Louss ANF, Auprussia)
RB: #16 Mantfombi Dlamini (27, AU, Cednia Rovers, Vilita and Turori)
CDM: #17 Kendra Robertson (29, UO, Fairfax FC, Cassadaigua)
CDM: #22 Alejandro Martin (26, CU, Duomji Tigers, StrayaRoos)
LM: #18 Frederico Jiminez (32, UAC, Xaviers, Hebitaka)
RM: #19 Alisha Carlton (26, JB TJUN-ia, Sherwood Forest Ladies FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
CAM: #20 Kristina Bay (28, UO, Brenville Blue, The Cordian Isles)
CAM: #26 Paek Un-hui (25, CSTO, FREE AGENT)
ST: #21 Stephan Fiedtkou (25, CU, Cednia Beach AFC, Vilita and Turori)

Tier 2
GK: #27 Gao Wu Shi (25, CEA, 1830 Cathair, Audioslavia)
GK: #31 Fatemeh Yektaei (23, ArU, New Bremen FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
LB: #28 Harlem Baringer-Tahiri (24, UO, Sutcheth Storm FC, Khantari)
RB: #32 Marek Gernát (23, NAU, AFC Westwilm, Atheara)
CDM: #29 Olena Zinchenko (26, NAU, CF Daineri, Audioslavia)
CDM: #33 Stephanie Barrientos (23, UAC, Haskins Blues FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
LM: #30 Mikela Djé-Djé (25, AU, Clayton City Ladies FC, Commonwealth of Baker Park)
LM: #34 Dakota Monroe (23, JB TJUN-ia, Feyerisk Port, Atheara) (Genderfluid)
CAM: #35 Odysseas Issigonis (22, NAU, Alikki-Corra Settlers, Vilita and Turori)

KITS

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

by **Kimi-Suomi** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:08 pm

Name: Kimi-Suomi
Trigram: KIM
Football Association: Football Federation of Kimi-Suomi (Kimi-Suomen Jalkapalloliitto, KSJ for short)
Nickname: The Eagle-Owls [Huuhkajat] (official), Kimi's Army [Kimin Armeija] (unofficial)
Home Kit: White/Dark Blue
Away Kit: All Dark Blue
WCC Ranking: 71st (11.97 KPB)

TEAM
STARTERS
Manager: Esko Laaksonen (60)
Formation: 5-3-2
Style Modifier: None
Position: Name (Age, Number)

GK: Anna-Leena Outinen (29, #1) - Snowden Capitalizt, Brenecinen [Brenecia]
LB: Carl Oesch (32, #2) - Atletico Menai, StrayaRoos
CB: Arto Rautavaara (33, #3) - FC 69 Norwegian wood, Brookstation
CB: Tiina Rautavaara (33, #4) - Arboren FC, Ko-oren
CB: Heli Rautavaara (33, #5) - Ederkhen United, Atheara
RB: Heidi Itälä (32, #6) - Greenlea Ladies FC, Baker Parkin Kansainyhteisö [Commonwealth of Baker Park]
LM: Annina Tuominen (32, #7) - Far Hills Coed FC, Baker Parkin Kansainyhteisö [Commonwealth of Baker Park]
CM: Mika Noronen (30, #8) - Alexandria City, Xannerinen [Xanneria]
RM: Maria Tuominen (32, #9) - Far Hills Coed FC, Baker Parkin Kansainyhteisö [Commonwealth of Baker Park]
ST: Kimi Airo (33, #10) (C) - Castelo e Calvente CS, Ko-oren
ST: Valtteri Nordström (32, #11) - Astena Aphilists, Atheara

SUBSTITUTES
GK: Alexander Ekdal (23, #12) - Clube de Norwegian wood, Brookstation
GK: Shawn Maloney-Pohojnen (17, #23, Mixed Heritage [TJU/KIM])
LB: Awak Koskimies (23, #13) - Alikki-Corra Settlers, Vilita ja Turori [Vilita and Turori]
CB: Anna Iso-Hollo (30, #14) - Sokattack Mliona, Vilita ja Turori [Vilita and Turori]
CB: Kaarlo Karjalainen (28, #15) - Pesjem Jematang, Pemecutan
CB: Kimmo Karjalainen (28, #16) - SC. Tabeira, Acastanha
CB: Amanda Angeldahl (24, #24) - Couziers-Olympiques, Ko-oren
RB: Satu Sinisalo (28, #17) - Kistina Galaxy, Perunanviljelijät [Poafmersia]
LM: Remu Jantunen (23, #18) - Clerisy, Oberour Ar Moro
CM: Topias Maxhuni (24, #19) - Alikki-Corra Settlers, Vilita ja Turori [Vilita and Turori]
CM: Cajsa Janogy (23, #25) - Vilitan League Club, Vilita ja Turori [Vilita and Turori]
RM: Karl Leif Svonsson (21, #20) - Shirley Metros FC, Baker Parkin Kansainyhteisö [Commonwealth of Baker Park]
ST: Teemu Räikkönen (28, #21) - Pretihouse Pirate FC, Stevenserkku [Stevencousin]
ST: Jyrki Bottas (28, #22) - Kiiarana City, Vilita ja Turori [Vilita and Turori]
ST: Anne Marie Leppälä (24, #26) - Far Hills Coed FC, Baker Parkin Kansainyhteisö [Commonwealth of Baker Park]

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

by **City of Myrtle Beach** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:47 pm

Myrtle Beach National Football Team

The following squad has been called up for the 82nd Baptism of Fire and the 95th World Cup (4-4-2 formation, I have no idea why there is so much space between this heading and the table):

Position Player Club
CF Justin Stevens Southport City
CF Brian Farmer Myrtle Beach FC
F Reserve Caleb Brennan Myrtle Beach Union
RM Michael Norris Kingsland Athletic
CM Blake Campbell Adamsville SC
CM Jeremy Fulton FC Northdale
LM Eli Morris Southport City
M Reserve Cody Bartlett AFC Florence
M Reserve Austin Potts Myrtle Beach Union
M Reserve Grant Wright Adamsville SC
RB Max Byers Southport City
CB Peter Perkins AFC Florence
CB Edgar Newman Riverboro FC
LB Cameron Mathis Wilmington United
D Reserve Garrett Nixon FC Northdale
D Reserve Ethan Carey Adamsville SC
D Reserve Donovan Hayes Myrtle Beach FC
GK Parker Chase Wilmington United
GK Reserve Cory Byers AFC Florence

Style modifier: +2
Tactics: Short passes from defense to midfield through the center, long passes from midfield to forward through the center

Head coach: James Robinson
Trigramme: MYR

STADIA
For vs Aleirave, vs Cardenao, vs Commonwealth of Baker Park, and vs Eshialand:
Grand Strand Stadium (cap. 69,000)
Located in the central downtown of Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand Stadium is the most historic and one of the grandest stadiums in Myrtle Beach. It is located near the tourist district of Myrtle Beach, along, well, the beach itself! Visiting fans can enjoy many different types of entertainment, from enjoying a classic game of Myrtle Beach beach gridiron, to enjoying a show at the historic Beach Amphitheater. In addition, lodging for fans is available in many different forms! They can enjoy a view of the grand Atlantic Ocean from one of the many beachside hotels, or they can stay at a quaint inn in the outskirts of Conway and discover what life in Myrtle Beach is really all about

For vs Brusseldorf, vs Hapilopper, and vs Rea San Vegas:
Kitty Hawk Field (cap. 42,500)
Located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Albemarle Sound, Kitty Hawk Field is one of the most common destinations for the Myrtle Beach national team due to its proximity to one of the greatest fishing spots in Myrtle Beach. Visiting fans can find lodging across the Outer Banks, like renting a vacation house along the beach, spending time in a bed and breakfast in the bustling village of Hatteras, or going back to the mainland and staying in a hotel with a boat landing for the more adventurous types.

Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes (Minor injuries only, please)
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes (no double yellows/automatic reds)
Hand out red cards to my players: No
Godmod other events: Yes

by **Bears Armed** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:18 pm

Bears Armed

‘The Bear-Belles’

National football organisation: ‘Bears Armed Association for Soccer’ (= ‘BAAS’).
BAAS Chairbear: Morra Dumble (clan= WestWoods; female Ursine; formerly manager of ‘Heroes' Park Heroines'’, one of the country’s leading teams, after being their chief coach and also playing for them in various roles for a number of years; appointed to this post approximately one & a half years ago, shortly after the last set of World Cup qualifiers ended; age = 38, fur = light-medium brown with reddish tints, left-pawed.)

National anthem: ‘The Banner Green And Gold’.

Official supporters' organisation: 'Arri's Furry Army'.

This squad & staff are identical in all respects to those that this nation employed in the WC94 qualifiers. Yes, "all respects" even includes ages & lengths of experience. Yes, there is an IC reason for this fact. Yes, unless RL gets too deeply in the way (which, unfortunately, there is a higher than usual risk that it might...) I will explain this in my RP posts.

Yes, it’s an all-female team again. As I’ve explained before, this is because the main ball-game that's traditionally been played in Bears Armed is actually closer to being a form of Rugby, but [for several reasons] that sport’s “proper” teams are all-male and so some females who wanted to make it as players decided that switching to Soccer — and trying to establish a professional league for that sport for themselves instead — might be a viable alternative: They were right, because that professional league was founded shortly after WC44 and so has now been in operation for over two eightSquareds of years.

All of the players and support staff are actual Ursines (i.e. anthropomorpic, bipedal, "talking" Bears), except for any whom I actually specify as being members of other ‘peoples’. The Harr'aynau people are physically human (more-or-less, anyway, although inclined towards heavy builds & hairiness), but are spiritually & culturally Ursine instead. 'Ursomorphic' Humans vary a bit in how much they look like Bears, but are spiritually Human and culturally part of the nation's small Ashkenazic Jewish minority.

The ages & lengths of experience currently given below are basically correct for the start of the qualifying process, although of course in some cases birthdays will take place during this ‘season’ rather than just (however much easier that would make keeping the records accurately…) only between ‘seasons’…

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[b]Staff

Manager & First Chief Coach: Urrsara Northgate _ Clan = Urrset; female Ursine; a former Deputy Manager & Chief Coach at ‘Sun Valley Smashers’ (one of the nation’s top teams);had spent 6 years in such roles, after 5 years as a player (as Forward, Midfielder, and Lynchpin) there and 7 years before that (mostly as a Midfielder) at River City, before she was appointed to this job 18 years ago. (Age = 52; fur = reddish light-brown, left-pawed; speaks Ursine and English.)

Chief Coach: Karra’harrna Thunder _ Clan = Gunnar; female Ursine; formerly the Attacking Coach at ‘Newton Arsenal’ (another of the nation’s top teams),and had spent 5 years in that role after 8 years as a player (as Forward, Winger, and Midfielder) there before she was appointed to this job 18 years ago. (Age = 45, fur = dark brown, left-pawed; speaks English, Ursine, and Ruottsan).

Attacking Coach: Marra Urrth’hrra Norr-Vurra _ Clan = Redwood; female Ursine; formerly the Attacking Coach at ‘Merlchester Rovers’ (another of the nation’s top teams), and had spent 5 years in such roles after 9 years as a player (as Forward and Winger) there before she was appointed to this job 18 years ago.. (Age = 47, fur = medium-brown, left-pawed; speaks English, Ursine, Arttorranick, and German).

Defending Coach: Greenfinch o Barrdenn _ Clan = GreenWoods; female Ursine; formerly the Deputy Coach at ‘Lakeport Lionesses’ (another of the nation’s top teams), and had spent 9 years in such roles after 7 years as a player (as Lynchpin, Back, and [less frequently] Midfelder) there before she was appointed to this job 18 years ago. (Age = 45, fur = dark brown & relatively long; speaks English and Ursine).

Goalkeeping Coach: Freeda Urrlafh’s-dottir _ Clan = Thuleann; female Ursine [of ‘Polar Bear’ stock]; formerly the Defending Coach at ‘Ammfahr Adventuresses’ (who play in the Northlands’ league), and had spent4 years in such roles after 11years as a player (purely as Goalkeeper) there before she was appointed to this job 18 years ago. (Age = 48, fur = white & trimmed relatively short, right-pawed; speaks Norren, Ursine, English, and some Ruottsan).

Physical Conditioning Coach: Orriffharra _ Clan = Chargh'ghrarr; female Ursine (half-'Cave Bear'); was appointed to this job approximately a year ago, after four years as her predececssor's assistant, and previously di thisjob for top-flight team Heroes' Park Heroines; (Age = 35, fur = 'grizzly' dark-medium brown, left-pawed; speaks several forms of Ursine, as well as English; religion = Wookha.)

Deputy Manager (Admin): Judith Gold _ Free Sept = The Exodus; “ursomorphic” Human, female, follows a moderate form of Judaism; seconded from BAAS head office 18 years ago. (Age = difficult for anybody unfamiliar with ‘ursomorphs’ to tell, but obviously a middle-aged adult, fur = black, right-handed; very good with languages, and already fluent in several Human ones — including English, Yiddish, German, French, and Greek — as well as in both Ursine and Ouesttree; also, since taking this job, has started learning Ruottsan).

Routemaster: Helene Bosanquet _ Clan = Calvin; Human, female; on loan [again, for tournaments from DBC45 onwards] from the Bears Armed Tourism Agency. Her duties involve handling all of the team’s travelling & accommodation arrangements. (Age = late thirties or early forties, hair = dark brown, right-handed; speaks French, English, and Ursine).

Doctor: Lierr’hee Redwood-of-Thramms _ Clan = Redwood; female; hired from private practice by BAAS for tournaments from DBC45 onwards. (Age undisclosed, but has been a doctor for over 41 years, fur = ‘grizzled’ black, right-pawed; speaks English, Ursine, and probably one or two other languages as well).

Chief Physiotherapist: Krrystal Bruin _ Clan = WestWoods; female Ursine; previously worked at hospitals in Wiston City, and helped with local amateur football league, but was appointed to this job shortly before DBC45 and has remained with the team since then; her job title was upgraded from just ‘Physiotherapist’ after DBC46. (Age = looks mid=thirties, although actually forty-ish, fur = dark brown, left-pawed; speaks English, Ursine, and Ouesttree; mother of one child, a daughter, Steffannee Bruin, who is one of this team’s players.

Chaplain, ‘One Plus Seven’: Marra Moon _ Clan = Silver-of-Night; female Ursine; assigned to this duty by her superiors in the Great Medicine Society shortly before DBC45 and has been posted at Wimbley Stadium in between tournaments. (Age = late thirties [apparently], fur = light brown, left-pawed; is not only a Shabear but also a qualified psychiatrist; speaks Ursine, English, some German and Yiddish, and probably one or more other languages as well.)

Chaplain, Ursion: Jharge “No Relation” Potter _ Clan = Artorran; male Ursine; assigned to this duty by his superiors approximately two years after the end of DBC45 . (Age = late-thirties, fur = light brown, right-pawed; like many other members of his clan, is slightly more “anthropomorphic” than is typical for Bears from this nation; speaks Ursine, English, French, some German, and some Greek; keen chess-player.)

Security Chief: Major (Reserve) Merrfinh Blonk _ Clan = WestWoods; male; now a full-time employee of BAAS, after being on loan from serving as [REDACTED] in the Confederal Army as was the case for the previous tournaments from DBC45 onwards. (Age = early forties, fur = medium-brown & relatively long, right-pawed [apparently]; speaks Ouesttree, French, Ursine, and English… at the least.)

Caterers: Jordon Blue

Fandom Liaison Officer: Etta Halliday, who played in the DBC45 team and was given this job shortly after that but took most of the WC93 cycle off on maternity leave. Now has a son, named Darren, who is approximately 3½ years old and who probably will be travelling along with her.

Harrdiharr Arranger: Karra-Marra SunDaughter _ Clan = Sun; female Ursine; age = 44 years; left-pawed, fur = ‘golden’; specialises in adapting the ‘harrdiharr’ for optimum effects depending on the performers, opposition, location, and possibly other factors; background not made public, but was hired by BAAS on a part-time basis for the WC84, WC92, & WC93, qualifiers & now again for these ones; speaks Ursine, English, and quite a few other languages as well (She seems to have a natural — or maybeso even supernatural? — talent for learning languages, and might also help the team with translation duties as well…); interests include chess, swing music [& dance], and stage musicals.

Kit Supervisor: Missus Burrows _ Clan = Brock [which is actually a ‘Double Clan’…] & 'Demi-Clan = WesterBrock within this; female Brock (i.e. anthropomorphic Badger); apparently middle-aged; has been with the team since before DBC46; responsible for ensuring that all players have suitable kit available, clean and intact, for every game, and also [following the coaches’ orders] for making sure that their boots have the appropriate studs fitted for dealing with local conditions; also, makes sure that balls and [if necessary] temporary nets are available for practice when the team is away from home.

'Special Advisor': Sermharn the Wanderer: appearing as a male Ursine (of 'brown bear' type), whose age cannot be pinned down any further than "adult" (He has been around Bears Armed, on & off, for over a thousand years!); he is a mystic of considerable power who doesn't quite fit into any of the "usual" categories known to the Bears... He helps the team & staff to travel safely, even when this involves crossing between Realities, and may help the chaplains to protect them against supernatual problems at other times as well.

'Special Advisor': Lurra Lovegood _ Clan = WhiteBear; female Ursine; no playing experience beyond amateur level, her background is in journalism and education instead; age = 44 years (but looks significantly younger), right-pawed, fur = cream, short and a bit lightly built for her age; graduated from Hogwings Academy, where she now teaches 'Management of Magickal Creatures' (wand = 13", white ash with a Snorkack-mane core, familiar = a leucistic [i.e. white, but not albino] Magpie); speaks English, Ursine, and probably at least one other Ursine or Human language, and apparently can understand the language[s] of birds as well; generally serene in mood, but sometimes seems to be talking about irrelevant or enigmatic topics.
(OOC: Fans of Harry Potter might be able to identify the character ifrom that series -- and from its fanfiction -- whom I've adapted here...)

Mascot: Perrabohor ‘Bright-Eyes’ [i](one of the “blessed” [but non-sapient?] Puh-Barra, or ‘Little Bears’)

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Roster

(#1) Karramarrsar Ulgha _ Clan = Ostobora; female Ursine; home team = Krasny Kremmer Konquerors, category & usual position = Goalkeeper; age = 33 years, right-pawed, fur = light brown, above-average eyesight & reflex speed; off the pitch, she is an enthusiastic & skilled dancer. [She was in the DBC45 & DBC46 squads before transfer to this senior team.]

(#15) Serranna Orchards _ Clan = Ozt’sulh [free sept]; female Ursine; home team = LakePort Lionesses, category & usual position = Goalkeeper; age = 29 years, left-pawed, fur = dark-medium brown; the tallest member of this team, at 7’2”, and built in proportion _ Reaching out to block high shots should be relatively easy for her, but she might find getting down into the right place to stop ones aimed into the net’s bottom corners instead a bit harder… [She was in the DBC46 squad before transfer to this senior team.]

(#16) Marra o TrustyHand _ Clan = Sun; female Ursine; home team = Sun Valley Smashers, category & usual position = Goalkeeper; age = 28 years, either-pawed; fur = ‘dark blonde’; good at fixing things, which befits her nameline’s origin as their clan’s smiths. [She was in the DBC46 squad before transfer to this senior team.]

(#2) Urrsa Irrumerrhabarra _ Clan = Beorningas; female Ursine; home team = Kingly City, category = Defender, usual position = Left Back; age = 31 years, left-pawed, fur = medium brown; has lived up to her earlier description, at the time of DBC45, as “a very promising youngster”. [She played in DBC45 & DBC46, and then in the main team from WC84's qualifiers through to the presnt day.]

(#3) Urrth’hrra Mead _ Clan = Greybear; female Ursine; home team = River City, category = Defender, usual position = Right Back; age = 33 years, right-pawed, fur = light brown; noted for keeping calm & carrying on despite any problems. [International experience as for #2...]

(#17) Urrsarra Shipbear _ Clan = SeaBear; female Ursine; home team = Northport Navigators, category = Defender, usual position = Left Back (but can also play reasonably well at Right Back, too); age = 29 years, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown; speaks Ursine, English, and reasonably fluent Norren. Considered not brilliant, but reliable, and is unlikely to spend much [if any] time “too far” forwards. [She was in the DBC46, and then in the main team from WC84 qualifiers through to the present day.]

(#4) Errinth’hrra Russett _ Clan = Urrset; female Ursine; home team = Northgate Nomads, category = Defender/Midfielder, usual position = Lynchpin or Midfield Left or Midfield Right; age = 32 years, left-pawed, fur = reddish-brown; serious-minded, a good leader and a masterly tactician; her regular Chess matches against the chaplain Jharge Potter draw keen audiences from among the team’s other players & staff. She is the team’s Captain. [Internatinal experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#20) Nennu Rangh’harr _ Clan = Rangh’harr Free Sept; female Harr’aynau [humanoid]; home team = Heroes’ Park Heroines, category = ‘utility outfielder’ proven capable of filling any position except [maybe] goalkeeper well; usual position = Lynchpin, Midfielder, or Winger; age = 33 years, either-footed, dark red hair; speaks Herr’-Harr’aynau, Harr’aynau-Ursine, Ursine, and English; there is speculation that she might eventually become the [adult] Belles first non-[physically]-Ursine Captain. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#32) Marra Lightning _ Clan = Gunnar; female Ursine; home team = Newton Arsenal, category = Defender/Midfielder, usual position = Lynchpin (but versatile…); age = 36 years, either-pawed, fur = light brown & trimmed relatively short; fast on her feet, and relatively nimble for a Bear; “a natural leader”, and particularly good at keeping track of team-mates’ current positions; speaks English, Ursine, French, [some] Ouesttree, and [some] Ruottsan; religion = Ursionity, interests include swing music [& dance], & martial arts. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day, except for DBC46.][/i]

(#33) Urra-Marra Bright _ Clan = Sun; female Ursine; home team = Sun Valley Smashers, category = Midfielder or Forward, usual position = Lynchpin or Midfield Left or Left Forward; age = 34 years, left-pawed, fur = golden; very good eyesight even by human standards, particularly accurate on long shots (and quite good at penalty shots, too), and tactically gifted, speaks Ursine and English, and understands at least some bits of various other languages that she doesn’t try to speak. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day, except for DBC46.]

(#5) Harroya o Sarrndale _ Clan = Herrchaum; female Ursine; home team = Merlchester Rovers, category = Midfielder or Winger — or, less frequently, Forward — on either side of the pitch, usual position = Midfield Left; age = 32 years, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown with grey hints; now in the job that she’d hoped for since early childhood, and doing very well for her home team as the latest “Harroya of the Rovers”; probably the least likely of this team’s players to get given a yellow cards, and has never earned a red one (DO NOT assign cards of either colour to her without obtaining my consent…). [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#6) Steffannee Bruin _ Clan = WestWoods; female Ursine; home team = Wiston City, category = Midfielder or Winger, usual position = Midfield Right; age = 32 years, right-pawed, fur = very light brown with hints of ‘gold’; slightly small for her age, but very resilient as well as nimble; has good eyesight by Ursine standards (and not bad by Human ones, neither); daughter, & only child, of the Belles’ current chief physiotherapist; married to a policebear named Hrrobin Drake, whom she hopes will be able to getseconded to help with the Belles' & Wimbley's securty during this cycel, but no cubs yet; favours ‘lilac’-coloured clothing when not in team kit. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#21) Gyrrthhra Urrswald’s-Stone _ Clan = Errhabarra; female Ursine; home team = 'Lincoln Park Rovers' (in Old Ceorana rather than “at home”), category = Midfielder or Defender, usual position = Midfield Left, may also be used as Left Back or [perhaps less successfully] on the ‘Right’ instead; age = 36 years, left-pawed, fur = light-medium brown. [International experience from DBC46 through to the present day.]

(#34) Emerladina Sunbird _ Clan = Sun; female Ursine; home team = Northgate Nomads; category = Midfielder or Winger, usual position = Midfield Left; age = 34 years, left-pawed, fur = golden with reddish tints, extremely good eyesight, has quick reflexes and is very fast on her feet, lightly-built for a Bear of her height (6’5”) but this is usual in her family & doesn’t weaken her; speaks English, Ursine, & French (And might be able to understand the speech of birds….), religion = One Plus Seven; interests include Ornithology, and Martial Arts. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#35) Karra Bronze _ Clan = GreenWoods; female Ursine; home team = Barrdenn Barbariennes, category =Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Right; age = 35 years, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown with reddish tints, height = 6’4”; speaks Ursine and English, religion = One Plus Seven; interests include fashion, rock music, and home brewing. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#36) Karrh’hreena o Goodsword _ Clan = Sun; female Ursine; home team = Kingly City, category = Defender or Midfielder or even Winger, usual position = Midfield Left or possibly — if the chief coach is feeling “experimental” — ‘Wing Back [Left]’, experience = 21 years; age = 37 years, left-pawed, fur = ‘golden’, height = 6’6”; good eyesight even by human standards, and quite fast on her feet (not the fastest, but definitely above average), and has good positional awareness; long passes, across the field as well as up it, are likely from her; speaks Ursine and English; religion = One Plus Seven; another member of the squad’s own Chess Club. [International experience from the WC84 qualifiers through to the present day.]

(#7) Nerretta Barris _ Clan = BlackBear [Tetrarchy = 'Between-the-Rivers']; female Ursine; home team = LakePort Lions, category = Forward, usual position = Left Forward/‘Inside Left’; age = 33 years, left-pawed, fur = very dark brown; of only average height for her age [or slightly less] but physically tough as well as quite fast; particularly good at keeping control of the ball on the ground, and at getting it goals past keepers & other defenders into the net at short ranges, but willing to pass it to team-mates when they look better-placed to score. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#11) Urrma Kuthbearrh _ Clan = Errhabarra; female Ursine; home team = NorthPort Navigators, category = Forward, usual position = Centre Forward (but has also played well as Left Forward); age = 33 years, left-pawed, fur = light-medium brown, relatively stocky but not particularly slow because of this; very determined even by Ursine standards. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#12) Karra Brent _ Clan = Redwood; female Ursine; home team =LakePort Lionesses, category = Forward or Winger, usual position = Right Forward; age = 31 years, either-pawed, fur = golden-brown; quite large & very powerful for her age, fast & nimble, with very good eyesight even by human standards; apparently fearless, and has better control over her temper than might have been the case back around the time of DBC45; she is a cousin of the internationally famous journalist/broadcaster Bark Brent; attended Holy Ternian’s School; also has some coaching experience. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#22) Mirra Thunderbolt _ Clan = Gunnar; female Ursine; home team = Newton Arsenal; category = Forward or [“Attacking”] Midfielder, usual position = Right Forward or Midfield Right, experience = 17 years; age = 35 years, right-pawed, fur = medium brown, 6’4” tall, powerfully built, fast on her feet but more as a sprinter than as a long-distance runner, can jump quite well, good at long shots and can put enough strength behind these to get them past even some goalkeepers who do see them coming; speaks English, Ursine, and some French; religion = Ursionity. [International experience from the WC84 qualifiers through to the present day.]

[#23) Leona Wright _ Clan = Greybear; female Ursine; home team = River City, category = Forward or Winger, usual position = Forward Right or Right Winger; age = 32 years, right-pawed, fur = light brown (but, unlike that of many of her clan-mates, without any greyish tints); speaks English and Ursine; her father is a merchant who took her along on some trips into Human nations during school holidays from when she was 9 years old until when she was 18, and she probably understands humans better than any of her team-mates does. [International experience from DBC46 through to the present day.]

(#24) Marra o Redbank _ Clan = BlackBear [‘Between-the-Rivers’]; female Ursine (‘black bear’ ancestry predominates); home team = Tsikago Aces, category = Winger or Forward, usual position = any Winger or Forward — except ‘Centre Forward’ — but preferably on the left; age = 31 years, left-pawed, fur = black; speaks English and Ursine; nicknamed “Little Storm” because, although relatively short for an Ursine (at only 5’9”), she is determined, fast, and very hard for opponents to predict; very good at manoeuvring through tight defences, more likely to pass the ball to a more experienced Striker than to take a shot at goal herself but has scored some goals — including several from “surprisingly” wide angles — in the squad’s “warm-up” games before DBC46 and then two (one of them in the Cup Final) in that tournament itself... and several more in WC qualifiers since then, too [. [International experience from DBC46 through to the present day.]

(#25) Beorranna Norr-Vurra _ Clan = Redwood; female Ursine; home team = Merlchester Rovers, category = Forward, usual position = Centre Forward or Right Forward (also has some experience as Left Forward, and as Right Winger); age = 30 years, left-pawed (so normally plays “cross-pawed”), fur = dark-medium brown with [natural] chestnut highlights; speaks English, Ursine, some Arttorranick; not closely related to this team’s ‘Attacking Coach’; rather a devout follower of ‘One Plus Seven’, but not fanatical about it and tolerates the differing beliefs of others perfectly well; friendly rivalry with Harroya o Sarrndale. . [International experience from DBC46 through to the present day.]

(#37) Amarr’hrrree o Redwood _ Clan = Redwood; female Ursine; home team = Kingly City, category = Forward, usual position = Centre Forward; age = 36 years, left-pawed, fur = medium brown with chestnut hints, 6’7” tall, powerful even by Ursine standards; speaks Ursine, English, [some] Artorranick, and [some] German; religion = Ursionity; interests include weightlifting, wrestling. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#13) Hannorra Scarlett _ Clan = VerraVokksur [Free Sept]); female ‘Vokksurr’ [anthropomorphic Fox]; home team = LakePort Lionesses, category = “utility outfielder”, usual position = Forward or Winger (either side of pitch); age = 29 years right-pawed, fur = gingery-red (slightly paler on chest & belly, but of course you won’t see that during matches unless her shirt gets badly torn); 5’8” tall, with a slender build by usual human standards — let alone by Ursine ones — but with visible muscles and definitely stronger than some people might expect, and has a bushy tail about 3’ long which she normally holds up behind her back (Pulling her tail may draw a retaliatory snap with her long jaws & sharp teeth, although she tries not to bite people in most situations; the likeliest result, if the referees is observant and honest, would be yellow cards for both players involved…); her leg-joints work more like those of a non-anthropomorphic fox than like those of a human, meaning that she looks rather as though she has backward-pointing knees but those are really her ankles instead, which might make her movements a bit harder for other people to predict (but also means that the bones below that joint are more numerous, and therefore thinner, and therefore slightly more fragile, than those between a human’s knee & ankle…); interested in fashion, and may affect a ‘warrior princess’ style for foreign media (to her team-mates’ quiet amusement). [International experience from DBC46 through to the present day.]

(#14) Rebecca Gold _ Clan = The Exodus [which is actuallya 'Free Sept']; female 'Ursommorphic' (i.e. somewhat Bear-like) Human; home team = Newton Arsenal, category = Winger or Midfielder (either side of pitch), experience = 12 years; age = 30 years, left=pawed, hair/fur = black, eyes = green, decent eyesight by Human standards, faster on her feet (but not quite as strong) as most female Ursines of her age & build (height = 6'1", about halfway between "almost Human" and "almost Ursine" which means slightly "skinny" by Ursine standards but well-built by Human ones); speaks English, Ursine, and Yiddish; religion = Liberal Judaism. [International experience experience only from DBC92 qualifiers through to the present day.]

(#26) Sarranna White _ Clan = WestWoods; female Ursine; home team = Wiston City, category = Winger or Forward, usual position = Right Winger or Forward (‘Outside’) Right; age = 28 years, right-pawed, fur = ‘cream’; said to be better than most of her team-mates at understanding humans. [International experience from DBC45 through to the present day.]

(#27) Jirroth’hra daughter-of-Harrieth’hrra _ Clan = Longwater [‘free sept’]; female Harr’aynau [humanoid]; home team = Heroes’ Park Heroines, category = Winger or Midfielder, usual position = Right Wing or Midfield Right, experience = 19 years; age = 36years, right-footed, hair = chestnut, 6’2” tall, more lightly-built than is typical forHarr’aynau (more like a “standard” Human) build, and very fast on her feet; speaks Harraynau-Ursine, English, and Ursine; religion = Harr’aynau tradition of GreatBear-ism. [International experience from WC84 qualifiers through to the present day.]

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Usual starters = #1, #2 & #3, either #4 or #20, #5 & #6, #7 & #11 & #12, #13 & #14.
Usual substitutes #15 or #16 as Goalkeeper; bench will include a suitable selection to cover all of the other positions as well, varying from game to game so that [probably] everybody gets at least one chance to play, with both international experience and success so far during these qualifiers considered when deciding which players to use against the higher-ranked opponents rather than the lowest-ranked ones.

Style: Offensive, modifier = +3.5 ("A good offence is the best defence"...). This has actually been reduced slightly since DBC#45, when they used +4.0 instead, because team training since then has included a bit more emphasis on tightening up their defence.
They have also modified their planned formation slightly from the “traditional” Ursine one, which included a front row of at least 5 (normally arranged as 3 strikers & 2 wingers), with 2 midfielders, 2 backs, and a ‘Lynchpin’ (whose starting position was approximately be at the midpoint of an imaginary cross drawn between those other four non-forwards’ positions). Two of the strikers now drop back to a bit behind the line formed by the Centre Forward and the two wingers (who might move “in” by a little bit, as well), while the Lynchpin is now stationed noticeable closer to the backs than to the midfielders. “Joining the dots” would, looking at the pitch from above and placing the Bears’ goal-line at the bottom of the picture, give you [approximately] a stretched-sideways ‘W’ in front of a stretched-sideways ‘M’.

Penalties and direct free kicks are most commonly the responsibility of Karra Brent (#12), unless they are “last minute” ones (or within a few minutes of the game’s end, anyhows…) and the Bears really need another goal to turn a draw into a win or or even a loss into a draw: In the latter case this role is more likely to be assigned to Harroya o Sarrndale (#5) instead, because she is more likely to remain completely calm in such situations. Harroya is also the most likely player to take corners.
Alternatively, taking a free kick or penalty might sometimes be assigned to a different player instead if it was a foul on that player which led to us being awarded the right to that shot.

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Opponents who RP first may _
Choose my goal-scorers: Y, except that this will NOT be the goalkeeper.
RP injuries to my players /Hand out Yellow cards to my players / Hand out Red cards to my players: Y to all, at least to start with, but remember what I've written here and keep it in limits accordingly... Any really serious offences by my players would probably result in injuries to your players, and causing any serious injuries to my players would probably require such obviously-deliberate attacks that your players would get yellow or even red cards as a result too. Don’t kill anybody, or inflict injuries that would be serious enough to end careers, without checking with me & getting my approval (which is unlikely to be granted…) first. (#5) Harroya o Sarrndale should NOT be reported as being given any cards unless you can get my consent first. (#11) Karra Brent will NOT be injured by anything that ‘mundane’ players do during play, not even by the most open & violent physical attacks.
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Godmod Other Events: Y, I suppose, at least as long as you do so in an AMUSING way... but please remember that Ursines are fully sapient beings, as much as Humans are, not instinct-driven animals. Oh, and of course female Ursines are not sexually interested in Humans (of either sex), and it's very unlikely that female Harr'ayanau would be either. Please don't have them run amok or outright revert to animality, without checking by TG first, don't make assumptions about their views on politics or religion, and don't do anything that would make more than one of them incapable of playing in their next game...

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Kit: This incarnation of the team will normally wear the usual set of designs (from ‘ediraf’) that the Belles have favoured in the past.

Bears Armed has traditionally used base-8 arithmetic, for several reasons, and the set of ‘shirt numbers’assigned to this team’s players has been determined on that basis. The nunber '10' (i.e. eight) has been "retired", however, to honour the memory of two earlier wearers who particularly distinguished themselves.

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Home grounds

1/. Wimbley Stadium:[/b] Located a few miles to the north-north-west of Council Groves (our capital city), to which it is connected by rail as well as by road, this stadium was built from scratch — on part of a former Confederal Army base’s site — shortly before the qualifiers for WC52 began as a replacement for the Bear-Belles original “home” at ‘Plumtrees Park’ which has now been demolished. Its current capacity is approximately 60'000 for Ursines: Fitting about 40’000 humans into the visiting fans' half should be possible, and so that's as many as we'll let into the country. Accommodation for visiting teams & their staffs will be provided in a new hotel, less than a mile away, which has staff who are accustomed to dealing with Humans as well as with Ursines. The various other hotels in that complex and those at Council Groves can now provide about 12’000 rooms at a time, at varying prices, although of course some of those may already have been booked by people who have nothing to do with the Cup. Accommodation (at a fairly basic level) for up to 15’000 supporters will be available, at reasonable prices, in students' residences for the National University’s campus in that city: if any more than all of those facilities put together can house want to attend a match then they’ll have to borrow space in the area’s remaining Army camp instead...
There are still no direct inter-regional flights into Council Groves, so that visitors will have to travel by way of one of our neighbours and then continue onwards by one of the limited number of "local" air-flights or by rail. (People planning to arrive by rail will still have to travel via the nation of Mikitivity ... which still exists IC as far as the Bears are concerned, even though OOC it unfortunately CTEd years ago, because not only are there some bits of jointly-agreed RP that I want to keep but also that nation — and its routes onwards into the outside world — are/were located on the Bears’ most “accessible” border.)
This site will be used for most, but not all, of the Belles' matches. (list to be added)
Chief groundkeeper: Birra’hrreua Lirrenbrock _ a female ‘Brock’ [i.e. anthropomorphic Badger][/i] from the Lirrenbrock sept within their clan [This sept has its territory not far from Wimbley]; she is in the third generation of her family to work here, but is the first of them to be in charge (although that role usually has been held by a Brock rather than by an Ursine).

2./ ‘NorthLands National Stadium’: Located at NorthPort, the most cosmopolitan city in The Ursine Northlands, this facility was originally built for use by the 'Northbears' WC49’s qualifiers. Unfortunately the place has since seen rather less use than was originally hoped, but it is still in good condition and will hold about 43’000 Ursines or over 60’000 humans (or, of course, proportionate numbers of a mixture of those two species) because it was deliberately built to be rather larger than 'Plumtrees Park' which was then the Mainland's 'national' stadium…
This site will be used for some of the Belles’ home games (list to be added), and also for some of any friendlies or matches in other Cups during this period as specified separately.
Foreigners coming to this stadium may either travel to the ‘Mainland’ and then continue hence via a set of ancient [& probably magical] ‘Gates’ that link the country’s two sections — completing their journey by either rail or riverboat after that — or take ship directly to NorthPort.
Chief groundkeeper: Gyrth’hrra ShipBear _ Clan = Seabear; female Ursine; age = 51, fur = light-medium brown; in her sixth year as boss here, after five years as an assistant; formerly a first-team goalkeeper with ‘NorthPort Voyagers’, who are one of this city’s two professional clubs, she had already started to study grounds-keeping before her retirement from play.

(In some previous cups a third stadium, at WestPort, was also used or a few matches: Circumstances [whose nature IC I have yet to determine, but OOC are that I still need to find its details…) mean that its availability this time around cannot yet be confirmed.

Venues for any ‘friendly’ matches arranged will be chosen closer to the dates of those games.

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NOTES

Ursines, Ursomorphs, and Harr'aynau, generally retain their "youthful" vigour at least into their mid-thirties, which means that footballers can have longer playing careers than is the usual case for Humans: Those who are in their late twenties or early thirties -- as some members of this squad are -- are likely to be still [at least] as fit as they were in their early twenties.
Ursines may tend to be a bit less agile & slower to accelerate on average than humans of comparable ages, but this team's members were carefully selected so the gap between them & their opponents in this respect should be narrower than some people might expect. They do tend to have [slightly] poorer eyesight than humans, on the whole (although the members of both Clan Gunnar and the Sun Clan are generally an exception to this rule, and the eyesight of the latter group is actually often at [slightly] better-than-human levels instead), so long-distance passes & shots at goal will tend to be rarer behaviour for them than they are for human teams... but their typical size & strength mean that when they're running with the ball it will probably take a very brave human — as well as a very skilled one — to tackle them successfully (or, at least, one who has reasonable experience of playing against Ursines…), which should balance that factor pretty well. They don’t jump very well, but then they’re generally rather taller than most Human players to start with so they shouldn’t need to jump as often in order to intercept [relatively] high shots...
Ursines are physically robust, of course, which means that they're much less likely than humans are to suffer injuries in falls or collisions. The females of this species are more even-tempered than the males, and the team's members will try to stay on their best behaviour not only in order to do well in this contest but also to impress upon the watching humans that Ursines aren't just "dumb beasts". They will not 'dive', or feign injury in other ways, because suggesting that they could be harmed so easily goes strongly against the grain. ‘Northlanders’ are maybe not quite as "civilised" as the 'Mainlanders'… or, at any rate, that’s the traditional stereotype..
They generally do not perform the sort of extravagant ‘goal celebrations’ that are seen in some RL football today. A brief hug from a team-mate, or just a pat on the shoulder, is usually all that happens…
Unless our hosts at the match in question object, this team's members (including the designated substitutes for the match in question) will perform a [fairly short] ritual that's called the 'harrdiharr' on the pitch just before play begins... This is a traditional war-dance, meant to over-awe opponents, that has come to be a customary prelude for team games as well (similar to the [RL] New Zealanders' 'haka'...).
As has now been seen during various tournaments, some of our fans like to take drums — and possibly also 'Urrs-horns' [which are similar to Alpenhorns), cow-horns, or other "musical instruments", too — along to the matches…

The team is accompanied by a number of sapient Ravens, who are there both to gather information about the rival sides and -- if & when visiting certain other nations -- to provide air cover in case of hostile waterfowl.

World Cup 95 Roster Thread

WC 95 roster

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Who is online

Position	Player	Club
CF	Justin Stevens	Southport City
CF	Brian Farmer	Myrtle Beach FC
F Reserve	Caleb Brennan	Myrtle Beach Union
RM	Michael Norris	Kingsland Athletic
CM	Blake Campbell	Adamsville SC
CM	Jeremy Fulton	FC Northdale
LM	Eli Morris	Southport City
M Reserve	Cody Bartlett	AFC Florence
M Reserve	Austin Potts	Myrtle Beach Union
M Reserve	Grant Wright	Adamsville SC
RB	Max Byers	Southport City
CB	Peter Perkins	AFC Florence
CB	Edgar Newman	Riverboro FC
LB	Cameron Mathis	Wilmington United
D Reserve	Garrett Nixon	FC Northdale
D Reserve	Ethan Carey	Adamsville SC
D Reserve	Donovan Hayes	Myrtle Beach FC
GK	Parker Chase	Wilmington United
GK Reserve	Cory Byers	AFC Florence