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AOCAF XXI RP THREAD

Posted: Dec 19 2007, 05:48 AM

Over in Scottfire, the mood quickly changed when most of the men in the nation were too busy working in factories to be bothered by competing in a soccer/football tournament.

The staff knew they had to do something, and sitting out wasn't an option.

Due to the isolationism of the country brought on by the previous ruling regime, much of which is still prevalent, the citizens of the land were known for being some of the most fit, as there were no outside pressures telling them to eat until they get fat, or sit around all day in front of a TV (which could only receive one channel of government non-entertainment propaganda programming) or a computer (which were banned completely). So, after giving it much thought, Scottfire will field an all-female team in this current AOCAF installment.

95X-Scottfire

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Posted: Dec 19 2007, 06:03 AM

Who'll Finish Where in the Three Groups?
An in-depth Analysis of the AOCAF Group Stage

See Predictions by Lamoni

Starblaydia

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Posted: Dec 19 2007, 01:04 PM

To the west of Sorthern Northland, roughly two kilometres into the sea, there stool an island. Desolate and isolated and abandoned, again. Although this was not like the last time. The last time it was abandoned the entire population was moved to Sorthern Northland due to fears they wouldn't be able to sustain themselves through the harsh cold winters, which leave the island cut off from the mainland for weeks at the time. Those fears now though have died and around twenty years ago, the Islanders moved back home and started up their tiny nation once more. Since then it remained unknown to the outside world. Heard of, known only in Sorthern Northland. But now it was ready to announce itself, to Atlantian Oceania, to the World.

For now they had a football team. It's never going to win much with just 143 people to pick a football team from and the people know that and understand it. They don't care. All they care for is people to know who they are. They are An Blascaod Mor. They are competing in the AOCAF and they are finally in Lamoni.

The team had based themselves in Lemnos City. The size of Corcaigh airport in Sorthern Northland was something strange to them, but the size of Lemmos City was bewildering. The stadium alone holding 80,000 people, that's the equivilent of around 6,000 An Blascaod Mor's. At least in most games they may have some neutrals supporting them, the underdogs, but not in the opening game. The first game of the tournament, An Blascaod Mor's first ever game was against Lamoni, the hosts. However, win, lose or draw, An Blascaod Mor were here to put themselves on the map, probably not as great footballers but for their great craic, for their grace, for their friendliness and if nothing else then their determination.

An Blascoad Mor

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Posted: Dec 19 2007, 01:51 PM

TO: Juxt-Pat, President, Az-cz Football Association
From: Steven Wilkinson, President, Lamonian Football Association

We understand that you value the lives of your citizens. However, while playing an AOCAF on Lamonian soil, you must abide by Lamonian law. At present, Lamonian law mandates the quarantine for animals such as cattle, bison, and elephants. If you wish, I could arrange for you the chance to stand before the Lamonian Senate and Chamber of Deputies to make your case to them. Otherwise, my hands are tied by Lamonian law.

Sincerely,

Steven Wilkinson
President
Lamonian Football Association

Lamoni

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Posted: Dec 19 2007, 04:50 PM

This is an OOC note done as an IC note, and is requested not to count in RP bonus If anyone has any problems with the contents, contact me directly.

IC: There has been some controversy emerging from Starblaydia lately regarding the Lamonian announcement that the groups for AOCAF XXI were not exclusively random; but have one group for good teams, one for middling teams, and one for umm... teams in development? The LFA in a statement said that they would like to assure everyone participating in the AOCAF that the picks were chosen fairly, and that gameplay; as well as AOCAF rules will be applied fairly.

Lamoni

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Posted: Dec 19 2007, 08:22 PM

MD1 RP CUTOFF

Lamoni

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Posted: Dec 20 2007, 02:24 AM

pcc.95X - Formerly the website of the Pacific City Courier, now 95X's No. 1 Online News Source

95X Defeats Pacitalia in AOCAF 21 Opener

Karakan, Lamoni - The team wanted to make a statement, and making a statement is what it did in its tournament-opening 1-0 win over third-ranked Pacitalia.

Damien Dairycreek is truly playing the best soccer of his life, scoring the single 95X goal 39 minutes into the match. The entire game was hotly contested and was a test for new 95X goalkeeper Trevor Page, who didn't miss a beat, even for someone his size.

Other 95X players, including Melissa/Michelle Mitchell and Micah Skokomish had some very good looks at the goal throughout the match, however the defensive work of veterans Tai Doe and Tanika Holgate at the other end of the field kept Pacitalia's shot attempts infrequent and difficult, yet enough that it was cause for concern for some on the sidelines.

Both teams played like true class players, and no misconduct took place during the game.

Stating the obvious, coach Alecia Onesixtysecond after the game reminded the team that although they defeated the highest-ranked team in their group, the tournament is not won based on one game alone, and several other important games remain.

"We were 2-1-3 in the last AOCAF, good enough for sixth place and an early trip home," she told her upbeat team.

The next game for 95X is against fourth-ranked Milchama, and since the team is taking their number twenty-two overall ranking (and thirteen out of participating nations) with a grain of salt, they're preparing with the same sense of importance as they did for Pacitalia.

"We've surprised other teams before," Onesixtysecond said, "we have to be ready for who could surprise us."

95X 1 - Pacitalia 0
(Dairycreek, 39:)

95X-Scottfire

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Posted: Dec 20 2007, 07:50 AM

Az-cz Scroll
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Ow Calfs make a moo-ckery of Hypocria

Both herds came out on to the range for the opening game of the 21st edition of the AOCAF. The Ow Calfs looked moo-tivated and the Hypocria team looked ready to defend their title. But no one in the stadium really had any idea what to expect.

Hypocria came out and played a very impressive brand of football. They bulled the cows over with their fine moves and scored just three minutes into the match. However they managed to incense the buffalo and that was all she wrote for the Hypocrians. They spent the next 87 minutes of the match running for their lives to avoid getting stampeded by the angry buffalo.

Thankfully for the Hypocrians most of the cows didn't have the buffalo's cow-abunga spirit. They just sat around and chewed their cud, literally as it were. They were actually just standing right out on the field eating the pitch un-moo-ving despite the bi-sonic disturbances around them.

That was at least until midway through the second half. One of the elephants went to pick up the ball and made a good bit of trunk to trunk contact with one of the hypocrian players. The ref showed him the red card, which unsuprisingly made the ow calfs see red. They proceeded to stampede around the pitch which allowed the remaining elephant to easily walk the ball into the goal twice. From there the calfs just milked the clock and Az-cz had bulled their way past the defending champs. And fortunately for Hypocria the team mostly failed to live up to its name with no players really being injured by the ow calfs.

Az-cz

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Posted: Dec 20 2007, 03:35 PM

Demot Daily ~ Stomping The Ants

The Dynamo have began to build another dominance over an oppenent, this time with the victims being the Fire Ants of Northern Bettia. Much like their rivalry with the Frenchies of Oliverry, the Dynamo have yet to lost to the rowdy bunch from Northern Bettia, and coupled with the results from last World Cup's qualifying, have began to thrash the Fire Ants around each time they meet. Using the same squad that they used for World Cup 38, with the only addition being young striker Insaki Roma, the squad was able to bush aside their oppenents with relative ease. Unlike the previous three times these two countries have met, there were no allterications involving the supporter groups, which I thank Lamoni's security immencely for. With their rough and hooligan history, the Northern Bettia supporters are not ones you would want to get in a scruffle with, and the precence of the Lamoni security and police forces likely deterred this scoundrels from doing anything ... foolish.

The diamond formation that the squad went to during the Qualifiers paid dividends again as the defence was only broken down twice, with only one of those times turning into a scoring oppurtunity. Unfortunately, that one oppurutnity the Bettians had they capitilized on. Yet it would be the offence prowess of the Dynamo that would shine and win the day. Maria Hart snagged two wonderful goals, set up by Frogedawn, and the squad would get a surprise goal from Lea Conner. The flashy winger is usually deliverring assists from the set piece situations, but deliverred a brilliant strike from the left side of the field that bent its way into the far corner.

Delsea is up next for the surging Dynamo, and with thier strong and surprising performance against an elite side like Krytenia, it likely will be a showdown to detirimine the top or second spot in the group. Both squads will be wanting these three points early, as it would likely put both just a single point away from making the last sixteen. With both federations looking for some momentum in the regional competition, espicially with the success the Dynamo have had at the World Cup, you can very well be epexcting a hard fought affair. I will be looking to see how Orien will standup, given the bad note on which he finished the World Cup with. If he is strong between the pipes, and the midfield maintiains possesssion, it is very likely that you Dynamo will be singing the praises of another well constructed victory by their soon to be former manager of Masteron.

Article by Rich Baker

Demot

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Posted: Dec 21 2007, 03:23 AM

MD 2 RP CUTOFF

Lamoni

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Posted: Dec 21 2007, 07:44 PM

Excerpt from Manhattan Herald – 21st December 2007
Lloyd Hunter reports from AOCAF 21

Group 2 – Manhattan Prime 2:1 UCS JASI?YUN
Katakana 15mins, Dreygo 32mins 21mins

Manhattan Prime have achieved the best possible start to their AOCAF 21 campaign, after having a bye on the first day of play by defeating UCS JASI?YUN 2-1 at the Karakan Box, Lamoni.

Fresh from a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Oliverry, UCS JASI?YUN came out looking eager to take out their frustrations on the Manhattanite team, and the game started brightly with both teams playing very adventurously. Chippers midfielder Felix DeSilva blazed his volley just over the bar after an insightful pass from Smith, and their opponents came back almost immediately. Just a few minutes later Manhattan Prime conceded a freekick just outside their penalty area after an overenthusiastic tackle from Lucas Thompson, which a UCS JASI?YUN was unlucky to miss, hitting the bar with goalkeeper Hilton well beaten.

The shock seemed to hit home for the Chippers, leading them to tighten up their defense considerably, and begin to make more attacking forays. Their tactics bore fruit in the 15 minute of the match, as another ball from the commanding Ethan Smith found Katakana unmarked at the front post, making it simplicity itself for the Japan Province striker to flick the ball into the back of the net. Katakana celebrated his 20th cap for his country in today’s game, and is sure to be delighted with a goal to make the event even more memorable.

Manhattan Prime weren’t to enjoy their lead for long though, as their opponents came straight back at them, grabbing an equaliser in the 21st minute with a powerful from a corner. Again stung into action, the Manhattanites regrouped, relying on Smith and Donavan’s linkup play to supply Dreygo and Katakana up front. Manhattan Prime were to get their reward for their determined play as the former of the two scored his 8th goal for his country with a half-volley from a Takamura cross just after the half hour mark. The young wonderkid is reportedly on the verges of breaking into the first team at CF Mandragora, his Pacitalian club side, and with several club coaches in attendance, this goal can only help his case. The half ended 2-1, and Manhattan Prime kept a tight defense for a dull second half, epitomised by tough tackling from the Manhattanites resulting in Takamura and Clarke both being shown yellow cards for high tackles. Their opponents made numerous attempts on goal, but none really tested Clive Hilton, and the Chippers' superior organisation in defence was enough to secure them the win.

Elsewhere in Group 2 Milchama defeated 95X 1-0, and our neighbours Pacitalia came from behind to beat Bettia 2-1.

Manhattan Prime Team:

Clive Hilton (GK)

Lucas Thompson (RB)
John Clarke (CB)
Karl Heinze (CB)
Hitoshi Akita (LB)

Ethan Smith (DMC)
Michael Donavan (MC)
Felix DeSilva (AML)
Mashashi Takamura (AMR)

Vykk Dreygo (S)
Yos*ito Katakana (S)

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Manhattan Prime

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Posted: Dec 22 2007, 12:55 AM

(OOC: I'm assuming the same Milchama roster as usual, since no new one was posted)

pcc.95X - Formerly the website of the Pacific City Courier, now 95X's No. 1 Online News Source

95X Lets One Slip Away

Karakan, Lamoni - It appeared that the match would end in a scoreless tie.

However, soccer matches aren't 75 minutes long.

With players on the sideline getting bored and coaching staff watching with the same gaze as a driving text messenger would have on the road, the Milchaman horse sneaked one in on the far left side, 78 minutes in.

95X, with only a dozen minutes left, tried to at least tie the game, with all attempts failing miserably.

95X heads into a day 3 bye at 1-1, and with plenty of time to talk strategy for their next game against Oliverry.

Their standing is a familiar position they've been in before, however the previous version involved losing their first game and winning the next. This is the other way around.

95X 0 - Milchama 1

95X-Scottfire

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Posted: Dec 22 2007, 05:09 AM

MD 3 RP CUTOFF, MD 3 scorination will be delayed until 12/22 due to early work shift coming after LATER work shift. /me needs to sleep sometime.

Lamoni

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Posted: Dec 24 2007, 07:42 PM

Excerpt from Manhattan Herald – 24th December 2007
Lloyd Hunter reports from AOCAF 21, Matchday 3

Group 2 – Manhattan Prime 3-1 Milchama
Takamura 26mins, Dreygo 28mins, Katakana 79mins 82mins

Despite being tipped by many to be eliminated at the group stages, an on form Manhattan Prime side have handed manager Ian Pierce an early Christmas present in the form of all 3 points against the horsemen of Milchama.

Manhattan Prime started brightly as is usual with them, and were definitely buoyed by their win in the previous game. Their boundless confidence brought quick results as Mashashi Takamura scored his first international goal with an audacious bicycle kick from an Ethan Smith ball in the 26th minute. Vykk Dreygo added a second 2 minutes later and the Milchamans seemed to be struggling to contain the Manhattanite strike force. Only some deep defending, and some aggressive tackling from the four legged member stopped the white and black hurricane from scoring further.

The Milchaman manager seemed to give his side a stern talking to, and perhaps promised a few nosebags of oats and apple cores for a win bonus, as Milchama came up looking refreshed and renewed. It was their turn to dominate proceedings but it was the Chippers who were next to score when Katakana continued his recent prolific form with another goal. Milchama’s sole consolation from the match will be a goal in the 82nd minute to make the score 3-1, but in truth Manhattan Prime dominated the match and well deserved their victory.

Elsewhere in Group 2 95X defeated Bettia 2-1, and Pacitalia continued their terrible run with a draw with UCS JASI?YUN.

Manhattan Prime Team:

Clive Hilton (GK)

Lucas Thompson (RB)
John Clarke (CB)
Karl Heinze (CB)
Hitoshi Akita (LB)

Ethan Smith (DMC)
Michael Donavan (MC)
Felix DeSilva (AML)
Mashashi Takamura (AMR)

Vykk Dreygo (S)
Yos*ito Katakana (S)