
Q-LEAGUE 2066-67 SEASON - PART 1 (Ouverture + RQFA League Cup)
MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP
The Semifinals are annually held on the 29th of December, three days after Boxing Day. The Mossun™ League Cup Finals are annually held on the New Year's Day. The RQFA League Cup, once again sponsored by Tikariotian Moss liquor brewery Mossun after the previous agreement with Sanford Corporation was annulled on morality-based grounds, pits the Q-League powerhouses Zenit and Mipojoseon on New Year's Day.
QUARTERFINALS
Coloratura City (CHAMPIONSHIP) 2–1 Beolgyo Kilmarnock (CHAMPIONSHIP)
Zenit Attawapiskat (Q-LEAGUE) 1–0 Montreal Koreana (Q-LEAGUE)
Kingston FC (Q-LEAGUE) 5–3 Bonneville Wanderers (Q-LEAGUE)
Mipojoseon (Q-LEAGUE) 3–0 Bathurst City (CIRCUIT d'ESPERANCE)
SEMIFINALS - @ The Samseongoloondongjang, Songak
Coloratura City (CHAMPIONSHIP) 0–1 Zenit Attawapiskat (Q-LEAGUE)
Kingston FC (Q-LEAGUE) 0–1 Mipojoseon (Q-LEAGUE)
2067 MOSSUN™ LEAGUE CUP - @ The Samseongoloondongjang, Songak
Zenit Attawapiskat (Q-LEAGUE) 0–1 Mipojoseon (Q-LEAGUE)
MD1 - Kick-Off Week
Mipojoseon 4–0 Northandryun Rovers
Zenit Attawapiskat 0–1 Perce Town
Bonneville Wanderers 5–1 Daedonggang 3.26
Leaside Lions 1–0 Swangard Athletic
Montreal Koreana 2–1 Kingston FC
Nunavut North Stars 1–1 Montreal City
Heart of Saguenay 0–1 CSKA Quebec
Wansan Noksaekjeonsa 2–1 Olympique de Rimouski
St. John's Arsenal 1–0 Forest City Athletic
Jolbonopolis United 0–0 Haligonian
Despite all the words about where their ambitions stood between the Champions' League, the Cup competitions and the Q-League, Montreal Koreana have not exactly lost control of their narrative that stood firm with their second-year manager, Julia Davenport. The Blue Devils, who have started out the season strong with the two-one victory over equally-ambitious runner-ups Kingston FC, didn't have a perfect Ouverture campaign that some of their fans had come to expect, but had been mostly on top of their tasks beating out Kingston and Perce Town, before closing out the final leg of the season with back to back one-nil victories over eternal rivals CSKA Quebec and Montreal City in both the Shingoryeoite Superclassique and the Songak derby. Leading their way atop the Ouverture, as well as the Group of Death in the Champions League headed by Raynor City United, Kirkenes FC and Istria City FC, happen to be Juxon Fillar and the defence as they have remained firm with the league's best defence in goals allowed. While Fillar's status as the league's best goalkeeper remains undoubted, the back four of Brie Tannenbaum, Sinisa Salihamidzic, Anarr Ebergsson and Shim So-Yeon are an elite unit that's been able to minimise risk and give the midfield corps of Lauren Engle, Didier Garnacho and Juan Aurelio Redondo less to worry about.
Right behind the Blue Devils, in the meanwhile, are their longtime rivals CSKA Quebec. The Tiger-Phoenixes, whose last season results have put them on serious consideration over the future of their manager Peter GreGG Gabriel, have answered to their preseason worries by coming out with a campaign just as impressive as their rivals' very own. Of course, the team's had a major turnover with Camille Oh-Chainey's departure to Union Port-la-Ville, but the arrival of 22-year old national team prospect Rachel McLaren seemed to have mitigated those concerns with the tenacious, highly-fluid midfielder seemingly able to help the team move better than a slightly more static [though highly gifted] Oh-Chainey. This, combined with a very stable team that didn't have to experience major changes otherwise, seemed to have worked well for their red-hot start that could challenge Koreana for first title run in almost a decade.
As for a team that are favoured by others to actually threat, St. John's Arsenal and Perce Town are considered the ones to watch. Both teams, led by highly-capable managers AJ Zanetti and Benni Massi, have their own ambitions too with a highly-regimented team each have, and have a factor to rely upon. For Arsenal, Brett Sarcav-Jones remains to have the it-factor. While he's not exactly shown the full capability of those in a Karelan-styled Sylestonian national team, the Brettomania has not failed in his ability to generate magic out of very little. His significance on the club, especially with the slowing-down of their talismanic stiker Pio Mendonca due to weight issues, has grown even further this season, giving Zanetti to think about. Perce Town, on the other hand, is mostly a team that's been building wisely through highly-competent parts that have shown up at various points. Whether it be Holly Statton, arguably one of top three fullbacks in the league, dependable striker Marie Faucheux or the former Brenecia legend Hamish Jeong-Harcourt on centreback, it's all evident that the team doesn't have a glaring weakness, though it remains to be seen if the team has enough to beat out the flashier opponents above them for the title.
In the meanwhile minor surprises were made as two northwestern teams, Daedonggang 3.26 and Zenit Attawapiskat, are comfortably on the top half of the league. Daedonggang, who are led by the Squornshelan manager Ortzi Perparim, were able to land one of the bigger signings of the offseason when they landed Klaud Zorko from Olympia Borograd. 'Watch how he keeps the ball on his feet, and then where he sends them,' said Perparim at the pre-season conference expressing their interest. 'I think we are ready to challenge by getting the guy we wanted to get.' So far that's seemed to come true as Zorko, while not exactly able to remove the personal issues off the Quebecois newspapers, have certainly shown the league some of the vision and the tenacity that had Olympia fans sad to let him go.
Zenit, on the other hand, have also found more stability of their own. Without Felix Kalimuendo on the midfield following his transfer to Torbay Thunder, Tessa Maitfield decided to think outside of box and made their decision to move away from a more conventional 4-2-3-1 formation to a 4-3-3 with 18 year old starlet Alejandro Palermo paired with Madison Longstaff and Rodolfo Zorreguieta. On most times this formation would not work, especially with the individual parts, but for the most part the sum of the parts have mounted to giving them enough steel and closeness in distance for the survival. While it remains to be seen if their midfield stability could hold, as well as the age of 36-year old Devon Qalicho on goals, Maitfield's Zenit tenure should hold for another season with her mounting a Manager of the Year-level campaign.
MD19 - Derby Week
Jolbonopolis United 2–0 Northandryun Rovers
Haligonian 2–3 St. John's Arsenal
Forest City Athletic 1–0 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa
Olympique de Rimouski 0–0 Heart of Saguenay
CSKA Quebec 1–0 Nunavut North Stars
Montreal City 0–1 Montreal Koreana
Kingston FC 2–0 Leaside Lions
Swangard Athletic 1–0 Bonneville Wanderers
Daedonggang 3.26 2–1 Zenit Attawapiskat
Perce Town 3–0 Mipojoseon
Q-LEAGUE
-# 2066-67 Q-League Season Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Koreana 19 14 2 3 37 10 +27 44 — 1–0 — — 4–0 3–0 2–0 — — 2–1 10–1 1–0 1–0 — — — — 5–0 — 1–0
2 CSKA Quebec 19 12 2 5 32 12 +20 38 — — — 3–0 — — — 2–0 1–0 — — 2–0 4–0 3–1 — — 2–0 5–0 — 1–0
3 St. John's Arsenal 19 11 3 5 35 13 +22 36 3–0 1–0 — — 0–0 3–0 7–1 — — 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 — 4–1 — — — — —
4 Perce Town 19 11 3 5 34 20 +14 36 1–2 — 2–1 — 3–0 — — 3–2 — — 6–0 — — 3–1 4–0 2–1 — — 3–0 —
5 Mipojoseon 19 9 5 5 36 23 +13 32 — 2–1 — — — 6–1 4–0 — 5–2 1–1 — 2–0 3–1 — — — 2–0 3–1 — 3–0
6 Daedonggang 3.26 19 9 4 6 35 33 +2 31 — 2–2 — 2–2 — — — — 2–1 4–0 — 2–0 3–0 — — — 3–0 5–0 — 1–0
7 Northandryun Rovers 19 9 3 7 33 32 +1 30 — 2–2 — 4–0 — 4–1 — 3–2 — 3–0 — 2–0 — 3–0 — 1–0 — — 1–0 —
8 Swangard Athletic 19 8 3 8 31 28 +3 27 1–1 — 1–0 — 1–0 2–2 — — — — 1–0 — — 6–1 4–0 0–1 — — 3–1 —
9 Zenit Attawapiskat 19 8 3 8 21 19 +2 27 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 — — 3–1 2–0 — — 1–1 — — 3–2 2–0 1–0 — — 1–0 —
10 Kingston FC 19 7 5 7 24 28 −4 26 — 0–1 — 2–2 — — — 6–1 1–0 — — 1–0 0–0 — — — 2–0 4–0 — 1–0
11 Bonneville Wanderers 19 7 4 8 43 45 −2 25 — 1–2 — — 1–1 5–1 3–3 — — 3–3 — 3–1 2–3 — — — 8–0 3–0 — 4–0
12 Forest City Athletic 19 8 1 10 12 21 −9 25 — — — 1–0 — — — 4–2 1–0 — — — 1–0 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0
13 Jolbonopolis United 19 6 6 7 16 22 −6 24 — — — 1–0 — — 2–0 0–0 2–1 — — — — 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0
14 Montreal City 19 6 5 8 34 34 0 23 0–1 — 3–0 — 1–1 3–3 — — — 4–0 4–2 — — — 1–1 1–0 — — 6–0 —
15 Heart of Saguenay 19 6 4 9 21 25 −4 22 1–2 0–1 — — 1–1 1–2 1–0 — — 0–1 4–2 3–0 2–0 — — — — 5–0 — —
16 Olympique de Rimouski 19 6 4 9 11 14 −3 22 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 — — — 1–1 0–1 — — — 0–0 — — — 0–0 —
17 Leaside Lions 19 6 2 11 8 27 −19 20 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 — — 0–2 1–0 1–0 — — — — 3–2 0–1 1–0 — — 1–0 —
18 Wansan Noksaekjeonsa 19 6 1 12 16 44 −28 19 — — 0–0 0–1 — — 3–1 1–4 1–2 — — — — 3–0 — 2–1 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
19 Haligonian 19 4 3 12 11 26 −15 15 0–1 1–0 2–3 — 3–1 0–1 — — — 1–0 2–3 0–0 — — 1–0 — — — — —
20 Nunavut North Stars 19 3 5 11 6 20 −14 14 — — 0–1 0–1 — — 2–2 0–1 0–0 — — — — 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 —
CHAMPIONSHIP
-# 2066-67 Quebecois Championship Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 BK Klampenborg 17 11 3 3 52 15 +37 36 — 6–0 — — 3–1 3–1 — 3–0 — 2–0 — 6–1 9–1 9–0 — — 3–0 —
2 Cornwall Clippers 17 10 1 6 28 24 +4 31 — — 2–0 — — — — — 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–3 3–0 4–1 — 2–0 —
3 Coloratura City 17 9 3 5 47 22 +25 30 1–1 — — 2–0 8–0 3–0 8–0 1–2 — — — — 7–1 — — 7–5 — 3–0
4 Nakdong Athletic 17 9 2 6 23 13 +10 29 3–0 1–0 — — 0–1 2–0 — 1–0 — — — — — 3–0 — 3–0 — 3–1
5 Shelbourne Athletic 17 9 2 6 22 20 +2 29 — 2–1 — — — 1–0 — 1–0 — 1–0 — 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–3 — 2–0 —
6 Habpo Koreana 17 9 2 6 17 17 0 29 — 1–0 — — — — — 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 — 1–0 —
7 Southwark Impact 17 8 3 6 39 28 +11 27 1–1 2–2 — 2–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–1 — — — — — — — 9–0 — 6–0
8 Trojana Condommakers FC 17 8 2 7 18 17 +1 26 — 1–0 — — — — — — 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 6–2 2–0 — 1–0 —
9 Unama'kik-Inverness 1877 17 7 4 6 18 11 +7 25 1–0 — 3–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 — — — 0–1 — 2–0 — — 1–1 — 5–0
10 PLI Islanders 17 8 0 9 13 16 −3 24 — — 0–1 1–0 — — 2–1 — 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 — — 2–1 — — 3–1
11 1862 Panmoon 17 6 4 7 27 22 +5 22 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–5 — — — — — 7–0 — — 3–0 — 5–1
12 Levis Athletic 17 7 1 9 19 26 −7 22 — — 1–0 0–3 — — 4–0 — 1–0 — 0–1 — — — 1–0 5–2 — 4–1
13 Hochelaga 17 6 2 9 30 44 −14 20 — — — 1–0 — — 3–1 — — 0–2 — 7–0 — 7–0 — 1–0 5–1 0–0
14 Huronia 4.25 17 6 2 9 28 56 −28 20 — — 1–1 — — — 3–1 — 4–1 2–0 5–5 0–1 — — 5–1 — 3–1 —
15 Agawa Athletic 17 6 1 10 32 38 −6 19 0–1 — 6–3 2–3 — — 0–3 — 0–0 — 1–0 — 6–1 — — 3–1 — 6–3
16 Club Racing Myeongju 17 6 1 10 29 41 −12 19 3–1 5–0 — — 0–3 0–1 — 3–1 — 1–0 — — — 7–0 — — 1–0 —
17 Oakwood Schooners 17 5 3 9 13 24 −11 18 — — 0–0 1–1 — — 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 — — 5–2 — — —
18 Beolgyo Kilmarnock 17 4 2 11 22 43 −21 14 1–3 1–3 — — 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 — — — — — 5–0 — 3–0 2–0 —
