With most MLS sides at, or about to reach, their halfway point of the season, we thought this was a good time to launch AFTN’s first competition of the year - <b>Last Man Standing</b>.
The competition is open to fans of all teams, no matter who you support, or where you live, so take part today. There will be prizes!
<b>You do have to be a registered member of the site and signed in to be able to take part. All unregistered entries will not count, even if you submit it with your name.</b> This is just for easy tracking and avoid people playing silly buggers! If you haven't already signed up, it's quick and easy, so do it now.
So what is 'Last Man Standing'?
Well, it’s a competition we’ve run on AFTN in Scotland since 2010, but has been popular on a number of football websites in the UK long before that.
With MLS’ weird and wacky way of having their fixtures, it might make it a little bit more complicated than how we’ve previously run it, but we thought we’d give it a go. It may end up as a disaster, but we'll see! We'll try not to scrap it halfway through!!
The competition will run mostly every weekend from now until the end of the season, when there are at least six MLS matches scheduled to be played over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Midweek games will not be included for the most part, but this may change as the season goes on and at short notice, so keep an eye on the site for when the next round is.
Here’s the basic rules….
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<b><u>COMPETITION RULES:</u></b>
- Every week we will list the eligible fixtures and you pick one of the teams involved that you think will win.
- If that team wins, you are through to the next round. If they lose or draw, then you are out of the competition.
- You will only be able to pick a team once, until you have selected all 19 teams, so choose your weekly selection wisely. You don’t want to be left with the crappy teams playing the top ones if you can help it! He who dares, wins.
- The exception to the "pick only once" rule will be towards the end of the regular season when you might only have a selection(s) left that have bye weeks. In such a scenario, you are free to pick a team you have already selected for that week only.
- We will be keeping a running tally of who has picked what team.
- You have to enter the competition in Week One (this week). Late entrants cannot join.
- Selections must be made before the first game of that week kicks off. This time will be clearly laid out.
- Anyone posting their entry after the first kick off time any week will automatically be knocked out.
- The thread will be closed for new posts and amendments after the first game has kicked off.
- Anyone selecting a team they have already selected in a previous week will be disqualified. If you notice you have selected a team you've already picked, you have until the first game kicks off to change it.
- If you fail to make a selection in time one week, you are automatically eliminated.
- The competition will run up to, and including, the last weekend of regular season action on October 27th/28th, unless we are down to a winner before then. If there is more than one person still in the competition at that time we may carry it on into the playoffs on a knockout basis. If there are only a handful remaining we may give prizes to all. This will be entirely up to our discretion, but we will keep you posted. In the unlikelihood that there are loads of people remaining, we may have to carry it into next season.
- The winner will be the last man/woman/alien standing, who will then have the crown until next season. (Note – there is no actual crown, although if I end up winning I may end up buying myself one, just cos).
- Prizes are football related memorabilia from over the years, mainly of a Whitecaps nature, so if you don’t want that either don’t enter or sell it on ebay!
Long winded, but hopefully that will explain all you need to know for those of you unfamiliar with such a competition.
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So, with all that out of the way, here are the eligible fixtures for this weekend:
Sporting KC v Houston Dynamo
Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers
FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes
Chivas USA v Vancouver Whitecaps
Seattle Sounders v Colorado Rapids
Chicago Fire v Los Angeles Galaxy
Philadelphia Union v Toronto
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls
Montreal Impact v Columbus Crew
<b>The first game kicks of on Saturday at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT, so you have until then to enter the competition and make your first pick.</b>
Just sign in and simply leave the name of the team you are picking below. I'll kick things off.
Good luck!
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