Cup of Harmony! (Melmond Victorious) [Archive]

Melmond

10-04-2004, 21:45

And now without further ado.....The groups and schedules!

All scores will be posted at 11:30 PM Forum Time starting this Saturday with...

Matchday 0
The Cup of Tardy Championship Final (AKA 13th Place Game)
The Weegies v. Vilita (Rfpjxmnky Xyfinzr fy Hjsywfq Ufwp, Wzkknfs Hnyd)

And now...the 12 teams that signed up on time!

Group A
Melmond
Kaze Progressa
Iansisle
Stalag 5
Praying2God
Lovebug

Group B
Dance 2 Revolution
Mattigool
Brazillico
Lovisa
NEWI Cefn Druids
Tadjikistan

Fixtures

Matchday 1
Melmond v. Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
Iansisle v. Stalag 5 (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
Praying2God v. Lovebug (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Dance 2 Revolution v. Mattigool (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
Brazillico v. Lovisa (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
NEWI Cefn Druids v. Tadjikistan (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)

Matchday 2
Melmond v. Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta)
Kaze Progressa v. Praying2God (Lifedonations Stadium, Morales)
Stalag 5 v. Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
Dance 2 Revolution v. Brazillico (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
Mattigool v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Lovisa v. Tadjikistan (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)

Matchday 3
Melmond v. Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Kaze Progressa v. Lovebug (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
Iansisle v. Praying2God (Walladome, Acosta)
Dance 2 Revolution v. Lovisa (Lifedonations Stadium, Morales)
Mattigool v. Tadjikistan (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
Brazillico v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)

Matchday 4
Melmond v. Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Iansisle v. Lovebug (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
Kaze Progressa v. Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Dance 2 Revolution v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
Brazillico v. Tadjikistan (Walladome, Acosta)
Mattigool v. Lovisa (Lifedonations Stadium, Morales)

Matchday 5
Melmond v. Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
Stalag 5 v. Praying2God (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
Kaze Progressa v. Iansisle (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Dance 2 Revolution v. Tadjikistan (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
Lovisa v. NEWI Cefn Druids (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Mattigool v. Brazillico (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)

Matchday 6
A1 v. B2 (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
B1 v. A2 (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
A3 v. B4 (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
B3 v. A4 (Walladome, Acosta)
A5 v. B6 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
B5 v. A6 (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)

Matchday 7
Cup of Harmony Championship Game (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
Winners of A1/B2 and A2/B1
3rd Place Match (Walladome, Acosta)
Losers of A1/B2 and A2/B1
5th Place Match (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Winners of A3/B4 and A4/B3
7th Place Match (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
Losers of A3/B4 and A4/B3
9th Place Match (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Winners of A5/B6 and B5/A6
11th Place Match (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
Losers of A5/B6 and B5/A6

Kaze Progressa

10-04-2004, 22:29

From the Daily Kangaroo:

PROGRESSANS AIM TO HARMONISE IN MELMOND, BUT NO ALTOS PLAYING

After the most humbling Progressan qualifying campaign in over twenty years, the Cup of Harmony is a chance to patch up a nation's battered reputation.

The hosts Melmond are first, a side who are showing talent and gaining experience slowly and are seen by many as future breakouts in the World Cup scene. Iansisle, a nation constantly on the cusp of qualification despite their undoubted skills and now a fixture in this tournament for that reason, are the most formidable opponents; Stalag 5 will be more intimidating than challenging, certainly away from their infamous Graveyard home; Praying2God were not a thorn in the Progressans' side in their disastrous qualification, a distinction reserved for Alex The Tall, Spaam and above all Runaway Moose; Lovebug, like Melmond, are inexperienced but threatening to become a real force in years to come.

The Progressans are seen by many as the strongest side present, but most fans have become pessimistic, even fatalistic, as they watch the so-called 'puppet' nation of female vocalists, Avenging Altos, come within a whisker of making the Cup. They aren't in the Cup of Harmony, arguing it is a 'Cup of Disharmony, because nobody there can sing', but Itasae Murritko has written a theme song for the tournament, 'The Next Best Place To Be Tonight'. Bookmakers GetLucky offer the Progressans as 11-4 joint favourites (with Iansisle) to win the tournament, with Brazillico 4-1, Dance 2 Revolution 11-2, Melmond and Praying2God 15-2 and NEWI Cefn Druids 10-1 the other main contenders.

The new manager of the national side, Mabu Arkanta, says the tournament is 'the chance to show the world that Progressan football is not in terminal decline as is generally - and wrongly - perceived'. He has announced a 22-man squad for the tournament:

GK: Esitra Ritahau, Huqi Entolibo, Mazidera Frikeren
DF: Lartaz Frilltanpa, Futeri Cotaga, Jaulinto Winasoa, Naurew Manuweli, Cervaili Flinon, Quaza Garjeno, Lasaday Interio
MF: Margito Norlita, Aqizen Muqlin, Huqi Vaiwalo-Mua, Raq Failez, Fayu Owa, Raq Maailain, Orgitar Lavett, Tubat Sharvin
ST: Ertal Lubbarez, Craita Weseydal, Mowgi Taunilai, Erity Iali

Amazon Rain Forest

10-04-2004, 22:29

we should have the winners of the cup of tardy play the winners of the cup of hamonry for the ultimate cup of tarmony

- Vilita :)

Melmond

10-04-2004, 23:25

A Cup of Harmony Preview
By Henry Kalangalangalang of the Melmond City Herald

First off I would like to say that this is Melmond’s first role play of the Cup of Harmony, it would be unfair to add the technical stuff! Anyway, the Melmond National Team arrives to the Cup of Harmony a much wiser team. After finishing a disappointing sixth in their World Cup Qualifying group, the Fearless Farmers look at this competition as a way to distinguish themselves as one of the true up and comers of NationStates international football. Melmond will have one big advantage that its competitors will not; all the games will be played right here in Melmond! Getting the privilege to host the Cup of Harmony helped influenced the cities of Unne and Acosta to renovate old stadiums into football-specific stadiums. However, they along with the massive Melmond Bowl will not be in use for this competition. Anyway back to the team, the Fearless Farmers will have no breathers in this competition as every team is competitive. It can arguably be said that the Cup of Harmony Group A is tougher than their World Cup qualifying group.
Let’s take a quick look at the competitors in Melmond’s Group.

Ever since the players of Kaze Progressa got hooked on eating Hash n Beans, they have been chronic underachievers. Also there has been tragedy in the nation as the sports mad nation got rather depressed with the underachieving. Will they be able to kick the habit and put the program back on track?

The Ians of Iansisle certainly have mastered the art of mediocrity recently. One must question if they have the heart or even the talent to return to the upper echelon.

Stalag 5 is the only team that the Fearless Farmers have played against previously. The results were a 1-1 tie at Walladome and a 1-0 loss in Stalag 5. However, the loss was their first team vs. the Melmond second team. Stalag 5 once again started strong but ran out of gas in qualifying.

Praying2God is another team that has mastered the art of mediocrity. However, they do not have a successful history like fellow mediocres Iansisle. But one thing they do have his faith in their abilities and faith in God.

Finally, Lovebug is a hard charging side. Lately this team has shown major heart and may surprise many pundits in this group.

The Prediction
1. Melmond
2. Kaze Progressa
3. Lovebug
4. Iansisle
5. Praying2God
6. Stalag 5

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta)
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

In their short history of international play, the Melmond National Team seems to always start out against the toughest sides. Here, the Kaze Progressans come to historic Farmers Field to take out their frustrations against our Fearless Farmers. Both teams will be coming into the game rather fresh as both sides rested their top players in their last meaningless qualifying games. The Melmond National Side does not want to let another visiting team beat them at beautiful Farmers Field and is much more experienced and ready in comparison to their first ever game in Svecia. The biggest question will be what the Kaze Progressans have for breakfast. If it is Hash n Beans, expect a Melmond victory. Manager Felix Coostatlwak has all his original starters except the suspended Paul “Edgy” Shields. The surprisingly effective Scott Cheney will be taking his place.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Farmers Field
Location: Melmond City, Melmond
Seats: 35,000 (Open Air)
Historic and beautiful Farmers Field will be hosting its final football matches in this Cup of Harmony as it makes way for the massive Melmond Bowl. When construction is completed there, only the Melmond City baseball team will play at this stadium. The stadium was built for baseball anyway and it being wedged in an urban setting makes it a rather small field. The pitch will be crowded, but it certainly will make the football game much more interesting. The stadium is located just outside of ancient Melmond City right near the subbullet tracks.

Lovebug

11-04-2004, 00:50

Well it's time for The Cup of Harmony!

Lovebug has been placed in Group A which includes teams such as Melmond (no. 6 in group 1, scored 19 points in WC13, and is also the host of this tournie, why is it we always seem to put in groups with the people in power; last time we were with Snub Nose 38 - the WCC PRESIDENT, I guess we just need to see this as a challenge), Kaze Progressa (no. 5 in group 9, scored 31 points in WC13), Iansisle (no. 5 in group 10, scored 29 points in WC13), Stalag 5 (no. 5 in group 1, scored 32 points in WC13), Praying2God (no. 6 in group 9, scored 29 points in WC13). AND THEN THERE IS US - we were (no. 6 in group 5 and only scored 14 points in all of WC13). WELL THIS IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE!

WHERE TO SEE US & PREDICTIONS FOR GROUP A (we decided to be optomistic)

Matchday 1: Praying2God v. Lovebug (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
(MATCHDAY 1 WINNERS - Melmond, Stalag 5, Lovebug)
Matchday 2: Stalag 5 v. Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
(MATCHDAY 2 WINNERS - Melmond, Kaze Progressa, Lovebug)
Matchday 3: Kaze Progressa v. Lovebug (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
(MATCHDAY 3 WINNERS - Melmond, Lovebug, Praying2God)
Matchday 4: Iansisle v. Lovebug (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
(MATCHDAY 4 WINNERS - Praying2God, Kaze Progressa, Lovebug)
Matchday 5: Melmond v. Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
(MATCHDAY 5 WINNERS - Lovebug, Praying2God, Iansisle)

Matchday 6: Yet to be determined.
Matchday 7: Yet to be determined.

Brazillico

11-04-2004, 01:59

The Brazillico Advance

Fight For Your Right To Party
Brazillico's quest for the Golden Keg starts against Lovisa

By Jake Tartare

Brazillico will try to finally capture the Harmony Cup in their fourth attempt, after finishing in 2nd and 3rd in their last two attempts. At first glance, Brazillico's group appears to be a walkover laden with serial losers, career chokeartists and Dance 2 Revolution. But Brazillico can't be fooled as these are all teams on the rise and will definately be looking to use the Cup of Harmony as a springboard for more widespread success. Let's take a look at the other teams in Group 2.

Dance 2 Revolution are a team rapidly rising through the world ranks, falling short of qualifying thanks to goal difference alone after their second kick at the can. Dance 2 Revolution also have a second place finish in the Harmony Cup under their belts and should definately be viewed as one of the favorites in the group.

After nearly setting a record for futility with a 1-0-13 record in their first qualification attempt, Mattigool have steadily improved, yet still haven't truly arrived on the global scene. This enigmatic squad may well spring a few surprises and may well snatch either the first of second spot in the group.

Lovisa have tried to qualify in two cups and have fallen flat on their face in both attempts. Experts predict that this foray into the Harmony Cup should be no different for the Lovisians.

Many muse that NEWI Cefn Druids are the team who invented losing. Although that isn't the case, since losing was invented before the Druids came along, they have helped bring it back en vogue. The Druids showed flashes of brilliance at the beginning of this qualification campaign with a shocking victory over Audioslavia, but fell back to their old form as qualifying progressed.

Not much is known about Tadjikistan, besides that they are also helping the Druids in trying to make losing look cool. Watch for them to continue their promotion of the defeat in this tournament.

Melmond

11-04-2004, 04:33

And now...finally....the results of the Cup of Tardy Championship!

Matchday 0 Score
The Weegies 0 - Vilita 2

Iansisle

11-04-2004, 06:42

Exerts from the Ianapalis Star-Tribune:

Once again, the Ians are Harmonious rather than Victorious
Jamie C. Peters
Ians Correspondent

WESTERGATE, Iansisle -- The venerable Westergate Footballing Grounds feels as it always does after the end of another Ians drive through qualifying: depressed, sullen, empty, and forlorn.

Once again, their heads bowed and their tails between their legs, the Iansisle fightin’ Ians are headed out of Commonwealth, but once again, they are not going to Cockbill Street or Rejistania to compete for glory and fame in the World Cup. No, they are headed to Melmond in hopes of salvaging something resembling pride in their fourth straight Harmony Cup appearance.

The public is quickly giving up on the Ians. A decade ago, they were the newest thing, the great conquering heroes despite their famous ignorance of all things football related. But ever since beating the Moose and notching the SuperCup title, the Ians had slid down a slippery embankment into the morass of utter hopelessness.

Some have theorized that the Ians slip after the SuperCup coincided with their first meeting with Audioslavia. The twentieth ranked Ians, on paper at least, stacked up well against fourth ranked Audioslavia, but they ended up losing everything: a qualification slot, their pride, their dignity, and then the Harmony Cup...[article continues]

Harmony Cup Groups and Schedules Released!
Harold Warburton
Staff Writer

ALDI, Melmond -- Final draws for World Cup XIII’s Harmony Cup were made yesterday. The Ians ended up in Group ‘A,’ alongside no one of any historical significance. Praying2God is the only team confirmed to have ever faced the Ians, though many records from World Cup XII were lost, destroyed in a fire set by people with too many unpleasant memories. Other teams may have played the Ians in one World or Harmony Cup or another, but those records have been lost. Host Melmond, Kaze Progressa, Stalag 5, and Lovebug round out the group.

A brief analysis of the teams in Group A:

Melmond: The hosting Fearless Farmers may have great potential, but it is clear they haven’t quite realized it yet. Although forced to compete in tough Group One, which featured perennial powerhouses Tanah Burung, Kingston, and Ravenspire, the Farmers still compiled an abysmal 5-4-9 and an even more abysmal -11 goal differential. Though undoubtedly spirited and bound for greater things, the hosts will have to put out a superb effort to qualify for their own cup’s finals.

Kaze Progressa: The Progressans are a great team, certainly. Most domestic analysts have picked them to finish top in the group, and more than a few have picked them as the Cup’s winners. But if one thing has been proven by the Ians prodigious experiance in the Harmony Cup, it is that you never know. In fact, the Harmony Cup seems to be the one place the underdog can wind up on top on a fairly consistent basis. The Progressans, who along with the Ians share ‘top dog’ status in Group A, will have to look out and make sure their heels aren’t nipped off.

Iansisle: Our very own Iansisle Ians! Back in World Cups Ten and Eleven, many picked us to be a ‘team of the future’; now that the future’s become the present, many still wonder just how the Ians have gone so wrong. Still, the Ians, led by veteran striker (and SuperCup hero) Alexander Truman and coached by David Westmore are generally seen as the second strongest team in the Group, behind Kaze Progressa. The Ministry of Sports, Games, and Recreation has also made it abundantly clear that Coach Westmore’s job is on the line if the Ians fail to uphold the country’s honor in the Harmony Cup.

Stalag 5: Stalag 5 had to be the big surprise of Group One, as they finished (by beating Melmond on the final day) with 32 points and a 9-5-4 record. Beyond those simple facts, not much is known about Stalag’s national side. The Ians play them on the first day here in Aldi, and are picked to win by some. Interestingly, Stalag 5 actually accumulated more points than the Ians. Some have tried to argue that this makes the Ians the underdog, and therefore more likely to win.

Praying2God: Though many Ians fans still insist that there was no World Cup XII, and it simply skipped straight from XI to XIII, there is still a vague national memory of having faced Praying2God before. Unfortunately, not much was remembered beyond the fact that Martin Luther was their coach, and that was damn cool. Some have theorized that Praying2God and Group B-er Dance 2 Revolution are actually the same country, though no evidence to support this allegation has come to light and most scoff at the theory’s proponents.

Lovebug: Who? After some hard research, including checking the tables from the qualifiers, the Star-Tribune’s staff has reached the conclusion that, yes, the country Lovebug, evidently ruled by one Queen ShyButterfly, does in fact not only exist but also has a team entered in the Harmony Cup. They’re apparently pretty promising, and won’t be disregarded, not for any reason.

The Star-Tribune’s Predictions:

1) Kaze Progressa
2) IANS
3) Stalag 5
4) Praying2God
5) Melmond
6) Lovebug

Kaze Progressa

11-04-2004, 08:45

From the Daily Kangaroo:

DIETICIANS JOIN PROGRESSANS ON FLIGHT TO MELMOND

As the Progressair flight to Melmond left last night, three dieticians were on board. They have formulated a special menu for the squad. There is none of the 'loser food' of hash and beans, as a high-protein diet topped up with energy drinks is in for the tournament's duration. It is rumoured that surprise squad omission, defender Mert Rarrli, refused the dietary restrictions and hence missed the squad.

The hosts are first, in the compact, atmospheric Farmers Field, a stadium designed for baseball. Mabu Arkanta, new manager, says 'the hosts are a tricky proposition here, it must be said, but equally we have more experience and will have a real bee in our bonnet - or if we don't, we might as well fly back and give up on international sport for good'. Little does he know that a poll for Progressa TeleNews last night revealed 13% are calling for just that - unthinkable even last year, let alone at the time of the last Cup which the Progressans co-hosted.

New president of the KPFA, Huqi Bertanoz, says such complaints are 'folly', adding 'sport is a glorious means of letting of steam, has true benefits for the mind as well as the body and is perhaps the greatest link between the arts and the sciences existing.' He added that there has been a succession of tax cuts since the World Cup, 'almost certainly in part, if not entirely, due to the economic boost gained from the construction of venues, ticket revenue and tourist spending'. Critics argue the venues would have been constructed anyway - indeed, only four all-new venues were built for the Cup, while a further four were expanded, and four of these eight are regularly sold out in the domestic season (the exceptions being the venues of the First Division clubs Maunlik, Gateway Bay, Nortenai Junction and Fildi Sunshine) - and that the tourist spending increase was 'nominal'.

Dance 2 Revolution

11-04-2004, 14:56

D2R Sports

D2R sports presents an interview with D2R International Football Team Manager...Terry Freeze

Interviewer: Hello Terry, nice to see you
Freeze: Likewise
Interviewer: Terry, before we talk about the Cup of Harmony, how disappointed were you when you were eliminated from the world cup?
Freeze: It seems we get the rotten luck as the season starts to close. This is the second time running that we have been eliminated on the last day of World Cup Qualifying.
Interviewer: Who do you hold responsible for your team not qualifying.
Freeze: Lovebug.
Interviewer: Why so?
Freeze: It wasn't totally Lovebug's fault that we were eliminated. But we were depending on them drawing or better against The Lowland Clans.
Interviewer: Any other parts of the qualifying you would like to place blame on?
Freeze: I suppose the 5 0-0 results in a row was an extreme blow to our chances. Our good start to the campaign was hit badly by that run.
Interviewer: What do you think about Warnock Wizards then?
Freeze: It was a shame they were deducted 80 points. But FIFA rules are the rules the game is played on, you can't just cease to exist and think you will get away with it.
Interviewer: Now onto the Cup of Harmony. The groups were decided earlier. What do you think of the group you are in?
Freeze: It's a good group.
Interviewer: Want to elaborate on that?
Freeze: No.
Interviewer: Ok. What is you're opinion on Brazillico?
Freeze: Brazillico play a great game of football. They got to the semi-finals last competition and I would have loved to have played against them in the finals. But we still got a good team to play in the form of Cockbill Street who unfortunately annihilated us.
Interviewer: How about Lovisa?
Freeze: We've already had two games against Lovisa this year in qualifying. It will be interesting to see how they decide to take us on again.
Interviewer: Any teams that you are glad they are in the other group?
Freeze: Yes, actually. It's always best to keep away from the host nation, Melmond, since they have the added boost of home advantage for every match, as well as excessive support. Stalag 5 can be a handful as I have experienced. Lovebug too, they hold too much self confidence to be beaten and generally annoy our players.
Interviewer: Anyone you would like to play in the cup?
Freeze: The manager of Kaze Progressa and I have been good friends since i started travelling. I would imagine a game between him and I would be a very close and entertaining game...He's also good at D2R's national sport(Dance Dance Revolution) and I would give him a game afterwards.
Interviewer: Any predictions for your position in the cup?
Freeze: I won't say. I'll let the players show you on the pitch
Interviewer: Thank you, Terry Freeze!
Freeze: It's been a pleasure

Melmond

12-04-2004, 02:57

OOC: Here are the dates when the scores will be posted....it will always occur at 11:30 pm forum time

Matchday 1 - April 12
Matchday 2 - April 13
Matchday 3 - April 14
Matchday 4 - April 15
Matchday 5 - April 16
Matchday 6 - April 18
Matchday 7 - April 19

12-04-2004, 21:28

ALDI, Melmond -- Final draws for World Cup XIII’s Harmony Cup were made yesterday. The Ians ended up in Group ‘A,’ alongside no one of any historical significance. Praying2God is the only team confirmed to have ever faced the Ians, though many records from World Cup XII were lost, destroyed in a fire set by people with too many unpleasant memories. Other teams may have played the Ians in one World or Harmony Cup or another, but those records have been lost. Host Melmond, Kaze Progressa, Stalag 5, and Lovebug round out the group.

Praying2God: Though many Ians fans still insist that there was no World Cup XII, and it simply skipped straight from XI to XIII, there is still a vague national memory of having faced Praying2God before. Unfortunately, not much was remembered beyond the fact that Martin Luther was their coach, and that was damn cool. Some have theorized that Praying2God and Group B-er Dance 2 Revolution are actually the same country, though no evidence to support this allegation has come to light and most scoff at the theory’s proponents.

Let's get our facts straight. :P We met in WC XI, and at that time our head coach was Jesus Christ. Martin Luther was my leading scorer, however he did not score against you. You also have the dubious distinction of being the team I recorded my first point against in a 0-0 draw in my second match at the House of Prayer. You beat me 3-1 in your stadium later in qualifying.

Also, for the record me and Dance 2 Revolution are two completely unrelated countries. I don't have any puppets...yet :twisted:

12-04-2004, 21:29

Please forgive my silly double post. :oops:

12-04-2004, 21:31

A triple post is ridiculous...I couldn't have done it, it must have been somebody else. :lol:

12-04-2004, 21:32

A quadruple post is unexcusable. I couldn't have made such a ridiculous mistake. 8)

Melmond

13-04-2004, 03:55

Matchday 1 Scores
Melmond 0 - Kaze Progressa 4
Iansisle 1 - Stalag 5 0
Praying2God 0 - Lovebug 4
Dance 2 Revolution 1 - Mattigool 0
Brazillico 3 - Lovisa 2
NEWI Cefn Druids 1 - Tadjikistan 0

[code:1:daa1272ec6]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
2. Lovebug 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
3. Iansisle 3 1 0 0 1:0 1
4. Stalag 5 0 0 1 0 0:1 -1
5. Melmond 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4
6. Praying2God 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4

Group B
1. Brazillico 3 1 0 0 3:2 1
2. Dance 2 Revolution 3 1 0 0 1:0 1
3. NEWI Cefn Druids 3 1 0 0 1:0 1
4. Tadjikistan 0 0 1 0 0:1 -1
5. Mattigool 0 0 1 0 0:1 -1
6. Lovisa 0 0 1 0 2:3 -1[/code:1:daa1272ec6]

13-04-2004, 03:57

Marie Law (MeL): I'm coming to you live from the draw for Harmony Cup V in Melmond. The draw has just been completed and Warriors Head Coach Martin Luther joins me to discuss the other teams in the Warriors' group. Coach, what do you know about the other teams in your group?

Martin Luther (MaL): We know more about some teams than others. We've only seen two of the other five teams in our group, and one of those was in our group for WC XIII qualifying. Let me go through what we know team-by-team...

Lovebug- They are a newer team that has already made some noise by hanging tough will some of the veteran teams in their group. We have never played against them and we get them at home, but they're not somebody to take lightly.

Kaze Progressa- They are a veteran team that barely held us off for 5th in our group in WC XIII qualifying. We are 0-1-1 against them, and we travel to their place, so this will be a tough match.

Iansisle- Another veteran side that was in our group in our first WC (WC XI). We are 0-1-1 against them too, and again we travel to their place, so it will be a tough match. However, they have a history of underachieving, so we might have a chance against them.

Melmond- The host team is another newer side that we haven't played before. They also finished 6th in their group, but appeared to be overmatched by the top teams in their group. We have never played them before.

Stalag 5- Another fairly veteran side that started about the same time that we did if I remember right, but my memory isn't the greatest. They finished 5th in the same group as Melmond in WC XIII qualifying. We have never played them before.

MeL: You certainly have done your homework coach. :shock:

MaL: I'm an adult...I don't do homework. 8)

MeL: So, what do you expect to happen during qualifying?

MaL: We'll certainly make a run at qualifying. I think our chances will come down how we do against Iansisle. If we beat them, we'll qualify and if we lose we'll be in trouble. And if we draw with them, our chances will come down to taking care of business in our other matches.

MeL: Thank you for your time, Coach. I'm sure you want to start preparing for your match against Lovebug.

MaL: That's right, especially because we haven't played them before.

MeL: Let's send it back to Jennifer in the studio.

Jennifer Johnson: Thank you, Marie, for your excellent report. The Warriors are definitely starting to become a respected side in international soccer if they are starting to be said to be competitive against some of the proven veteran sides. They will be fun to watch in the Harmony Cup, even though I'm sure you'd all rather be watching them in WC XIII. Here's my predictions for Harmony Cup V.

1. Kaze Progressa
2. PRAYING2GOD
3. Iansisle
4. Melmond
5. Stalag 5
6. Lovebug

Good night everybody.

Brazillico

13-04-2004, 04:55

OOC-Since I don't think it's been posted yet and just out of curiousity, which rankings (as in WC12 ranking or the apres WC13 qualifying rankings) and formula are being used for this?

COMMERCIAL BREAK

A wide shot of a vacant pitch is shown at night with two similarly looking men walking across it. A light mist gently floats above the dewline as both men, revealed to be Alex and Sandro Cannon thanks to the closer camera shot, playfully pass the ball between each other. All of a sudden, the massive light towers switch on and five dark figures emerge from the distance. They get closer and can only be identified as Gilmeecian zombies, clad in their full football kits. The camera switches to the bleachers, as Gilmeecian President-in-Exile Louis Gilsterson stands alone in the fog, his dark overcoat flapping in the wind.

President Louis Gilsterson: Games on, boys!

The zombies storm onto the pitch and start shoving the Cannon twins around. One of the zombies knock the ball out of a stunned Sandro Cannon's hands and begin dribbling it between his feet.

President Louis Gilsterson: If you want to make it out of here alive, you'll have to beat us at a game of football. First Goal Wins!

The massive zombies pass the ball around and start running up the field. Alex Cannon goes in to try to take the ball away from one of the zombies but is swatted away like a fly. That zombie passes the ball to another zombie who takes a shot but puts it off the crossbar.

Sandro Cannon: I got an idea!

Sandro Cannon sprints outside the pitch to where a bright beam of light, as if by divine intervention, is shining onto two Hareida Gold beers. Cannon picks them up and tosses one to Alex Cannon.

Sandro Cannon: Cheers!

Both of them raise the bottles and take a sip of that crisp, cool, refreshing Hareida Gold. As they lower their bottles, "A Little Less Conversation," by Elvis Presley and JXL begins to play.

Alex Cannon: Now that's a smooth sippin' brew!

Sandro Cannon: Made only with the finest hops, malt and barley in Brazillico!

Alex and Sandro storm back onto the pitch after being rejuvenated from their sip of Hareida Gold. A zombie collects the ball in the box and prepares to shoot. At that very instant, Alex Cannon flies into the screen, jumps on the zombie's back and shatters the beer bottle over the zombie's head in a Todd Bertuzzi fashion. Alex then collects the ball and back heels it to Sandro. Sandro recieves the pass and blows past a zombie, putting it between the stunned undead guy's legs. Another zombie then slides into the screen trying to challenge Sandro, but he passes it back up to Alex. Alex finds himself alone with the keeper and uncorks a wicked shot, hitting the zombie goalkeeper right in the face, knocking his head off and scoring the winning goal.

President Louis Gilsterson: Itsa goal!

The music cuts as Alex and Sandro tap hands as they slowly make their way towards Louis Gilsterson towards the bleachers.

President Louis Gilsterson: You know about the whole killing you thing... That was just a figure of speech.

Alex Cannon: Hey Louis. Catch.

Sandro Cannon pulls out a cooler neatly tucked away underneath the first row of seats and Alex Cannon opens it up and tosses a Harieda Gold towards Louis Gilsterson. The Cannon twins takes one for themselves and meet up with Mr. Gilsterson halfway up the bleachers.

All: Cheers to Hareida Gold!

The three men tap glasses and take a sip of their beers. "A Little Less Conversation" begins to play again, and out of nowhere, the bikini-clad all female team from DeLaShaw appears and everyone, the Cannon Twins, Louis Gilsterson and the DeLaShaw twins begin dancing around.

Voice-Over: It's bold, it's cold, it's Hareida Gold! Hareida Breweries are a proud sponsor of international football, the Brazillican national side and the Harmony Cup. Doing football the right way, the Brazillican way!
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Things Ripped-Off:
Nike's Zombie Commercial
Nike's Scorpion Soccer Commercial
Gob's "I Hear You Calling" Music Video
Every sexist beer commercial in history
Every god-awful Mentos commercial in history
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Melmond

13-04-2004, 05:03

The Horror! The Horror!!!!!!!!!
Fearless Farmers Treat Their Fans With An Utterly Pitiful Performance
By Henry Kalangalangalang of the Melmond City Herald

MELMOND CITY, MELMOND—This situation seemed eerily familiar. The Melmond National Team was going to make its debut in a big worldwide tournament against a great team in decline. During qualifying, that team was Svecia. In the Cup of Harmony, that team was Kaze Progressa. In the match against Svecia, not much was expected from the international footballing community as Melmond was a relative unknown playing in a frenzied atmosphere in Svecia. However in this case, Melmond is now seen as a hard charging up and comer. The fans were behind them as Melmond was the host of the Cup of Harmony. Either way, the result was the same. Svecia drubbed Melmond 4-nil back in the first ever qualifying game and Kaze Progressa clobbered the Fearless Farmers 4-nil.
Quite possibly, the plan to rest most of the starters in the Stalag 5 game during qualifying may have backfired as most of the players seemed rather rusty and made some silly mistakes. On the other hand, Kaze Progressa took advantage of every little Melmondian mistake and made great plays of their own. It is obvious that the dieticians should be called the people of the match as the Kaze Progressans ditched the Hash n Beans and powered up with protein.
The first big error for the Fearless Farmers came at the 13th minute. Midfielder Cristina Antunez made a myopic pass to striker Benjamin Leeb, thinking that he was wide open and would make the easy goal. However, Kaze Progressan defender Naurew Manuweli made the easy interception. As the Melmond defence was caught off guard, the midfield made some quick passes to finally find striker Ertal Lubbarez, who nails the ball past Melmond goalkeeper Cory Yankovic. Lubbarez scores the first goal of the game, 1-nil Kaze Progressa.
After that quick goal, it was easy to see that the confidence of the Fearless Farmers quickly deflated. The Kaze Progressan deluge of goals came. At the 24th minute, Kaze Progressan midfield Margito Norlita makes an alert throw in to Ertal Lubbarez. Lubbarez then makes a cross, which is completed by a beautiful bicycle kick by Craita Weseydall. Kaze Progressan striker Weseydall makes the game 2-nil Kaze Progressans.
The goal power of Weseydall continued to fly. On one of the many corner kicks Melmond conceded, at the 35th minute Craita Weseydall flew through the air and made the perfect header which Cory Yankovic never had the chance to stop. Weseydall’s second goal of the game makes it 3-nil Kaze Progressa. The Fearless Farmers wounds kept gushing; unfortunately that was a literal fact for Sergio Ortiz. At halftime, an irate Melmond fan through a beer bottle which hit Ortiz’s leg. He had to leave the game.
Manager Felix Coostatlwak used two of three of his substitutions at the half. Phael Survigosis substitutes the injured Sergio Ortiz and Rainy Zoulthane substitutes the struggling Cristina Antunez. The substitutions were in vain as Kaze Progressa continued to dominate the game. Any Melmondian opportunity for any spark of offence was quickly quashed by the quick and aggressive Kaze Progressa defence.
The Kaze Progressa offence was not going to let up either as they want to prove that 13 percent who thought that they should drop the football program dead wrong. Around the 70th minute, Kaze Progressan midfielder Hugi Vaiwalo-Mula performs a clinic on dribbling, as even Melmondian fans had to applaud such an amazing effort. That effort would not be in vain, as Vaiwalo-Mula’s shot was deflected into the net by a sliding Ertal Lubbarez. Lubbarez scores his second goal at the 70th minute as Kaze Progressa humiliates the Fearless Farmers 4-nil.
As the game reached full-time, the Kaze Progressan bench held up protein shakes in celebration and carried the new dieticians on their shoulders to the locker room. The Fearless Farmers were treated to a showering of shrill whistles of disapproval. They ran back into their locker room. However, their rush may be in order to avoid getting clobbered by projectiles or a worry of another round of stampeding dogs. The Fearless Farmers declined all interview requests, and it is not hard to understand why.

Goals
Lubbarez, KPA 13th
Weseydall, KPA 24th
Weseydall, KPA 35th
Lubbarez, KPA 70th

Cards
None

Standings

Other Group A Results
Iansisle 1 – Stalag 5 0
Praying2God 0 – Lovebug 4

[code:1:54a5da3c89]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
2. Lovebug 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
3. Iansisle 3 1 0 0 1:0 1
4. Stalag 5 0 0 1 0 0:1 -1
5. Melmond 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4
6. Praying2God 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4[/code:1:54a5da3c89]

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: None
Cards: None

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta)
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta)

After the humiliating 4-nil defeat at the hands of Kaze Progressa, one can expect the Fearless Farmers to react in their next game against Iansisle in one of two ways. The first being still depressed of the last loss and losing another bad game. The second could be a renewed determination which would give Iansisle more than a run for its money. Iansisle is said to be a rather talented team stuck in mediocrity. They barely beat Stalag 5 in their first Cup of Harmony game. Stalag 5 played Melmond in Walladome, and for the sake of comparison that game ended in a 1-1 tie. The Melmond National Team will need support from the 75,000 kazoo army in Walladome to annoy the Ians into submission. In order to add some physicality and some defence to the side, Manager Felix Coostatlwak substitutes midfielder Cristina Antunez for David Bixler.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- David Bixler
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Walladome
Location: Acosta, Melmond
Seats: 75,000 (Domed)
The Walladome is one giant indoor monolith which is also seeing its last days as use for a football stadium as Frankndottir Stadium is being renovated as the Acosta Browns club team will have an outdoor home. The multi-purpose Walladome is used for the baseball team and many large conventions, concerts, and demolition derbies. The Walladome arguably has the most spacious pitch. The pitch surface is FieldTurf, which is somewhere between AstroTurf and natural grass in terms of playing surfaces so expect the action to be fast and furious. Also this may be the last time the Melmond National Team has the support of the 75,000 kazoo army as the sound of the kazoos intensify in the indoor stadium.

Melmond

13-04-2004, 05:06

OOC: The factors are WC 13 Qualifying Standings, Role Playing, and KPB rankings before the qualifying sessions. Of course there is the random number goddess as well. That is all I really want to share to keep the suspense. Lets just have fun! :)

Iansisle

13-04-2004, 06:21

Let's get our facts straight. :P We met in WC XI, and at that time our head coach was Jesus Christ. Martin Luther was my leading scorer, however he did not score against you. You also have the dubious distinction of being the team I recorded my first point against in a 0-0 draw in my second match at the House of Prayer. You beat me 3-1 in your stadium later in qualifying.

Also, for the record me and Dance 2 Revolution are two completely unrelated countries. I don't have any puppets...yet :twisted:

(Well...um...:oops:

That last point I was being facetious about; the others, um, I plead national ignorance!

There's an actual rp post coming sometime, hopefully this evening. Further bulletins as events warrant!)

Lovebug

13-04-2004, 15:03

LOVEBUG DAILY UPDATE PAGE

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The Group and Rankings

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Group A

Matchday 1 Scores
Melmond 0 - Kaze Progressa 4
Iansisle 1 - Stalag 5 0
Praying2God 0 - Lovebug 4

Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
2. Lovebug 3 1 0 0 4:0 4
3. Iansisle 3 1 0 0 1:0 1
4. Stalag 5 0 0 1 0 0:1 -1
5. Melmond 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4
6. Praying2God 0 0 1 0 0:4 -4
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TODAY'S MATCHUP - FEATURES LOVEBUG & PRAYING2GOD

A MESSAGE FROM THE LNSNN - Apau Ka inoa O aloha, ho'okahi wa hou Ka inoa O aloha!
Keonimakaio http://espn.starwave.com/i/talent/madden/head.jpg and Kanielapakelika http://espnradio.espn.go.com/i/columnists/patrick_dan_c.jpg here from LNSNN studios in downtown Alohakulanakauhale.

*Coming Back from Commercial Break in 5-4-3-2...1*

Kanielapakelika - GOOOOOD MORNING LOVEBUG! It's a beautiful day here in Lovebug, the sun in shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and The Bulldogs have just won their first match up in the Cup of Harmony against Praying2God (lets hope he doesn't smite us for this blasphemy :lol: ). Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Keonimakaio – The team arrived late last night in Melmond, and awoke early to arrive at Unne Sports Temple for practice, not knowing what to expect because no one on the team had ever met GOD before. So many questions were unanswered. Would we be playing against winged angels, who could fly over our heads to score? Would we be blinded and asked to walk towards the white light, and out of the way of their players? Would we, who dare to challenge GOD be cast asside like so many others who have gone before us? Who is GOD and what position does he play?... *Wanders off in contemplation*

Kanielapakelika – Well it seems my partner has decided to find religion during the broadcast so I guess I will discuss the game. The game began as Lovebug seemed outmatched - Praying2God was first to attempt a score, but missed. However, a few minutes later Lovebug's own Art "Sure Shot" Varkenstein http://www.football-rumours.com/images/matthewupson2.jpg managed to slip away from one of their defenders and made it to the goal, putting a point on the board. After that it seemed that Lovebug finally was showing that determination that we have seen all to well in national match ups. We were able to keep P2G away from our goal the rest of the half and managed to score another goal ourselves (made by Ellis "Phantom" McTeal http://www.football-rumours.com/images/morientes4.jpg). The teams left the field for the half, Lovebug headed into the locker not really wanting to leave the field - fearing that they would loose momentum. No worries there they made back on to the field after the lovely half time show filled with the world renowned dancing woocats (national animal of Melmond - the host of the tournie). Of course our own Bull Dogettes cheered the team as they made their way onto the field. P2G stood, no smiles on their faces, looking ready to do holy battle if necessary, but on this day Lovebug was stronger never allowing them to come near the goal. We ourselves scored two more points during the match-up; points scored by Nathaniel "Kix" Anderson and Pelinikikihapai "Star" Schneider. http://www.football-rumours.com/images/raulbravo3.jpg http://www.football-rumours.com/images/berndschneider.jpg All first time scorers in WCC play. A great start to what should be a great tournament - Lovebug wins 4-0 over P2G. And in other CoH news we really need to find a new psychic to predict these games, except ours of course, melmond and Stalag 5, both predicted victors in todays match up lost. Well thats all for now, we will see you tommorow, when hopefully my partner will be back from his spiritual quest and we will bring you the results of tommorows match up against Stalag 5 at Farmers Field in Melmond city.

Tadjikistan

13-04-2004, 16:34

Taking a bad start

It is the first time Tadjikistan entered the Cup of Harmony, after failing to qualify for their first World Cup. Noone expected Tadjikistan to qualify but they did fight for it, ask Eauz who failed to defeat them. This team is certainly going in the right direction and most of the results are Coach Issersons work. Isserson, the man that keeps surprising many strong opponents. After warming up in the WC13-qualifications the coach wants to continue his work and prepare to give it another shot in WC14, the Cup of Harmony is the place to gain experience.

The first match against NEWI Cefn Druids, played at Xpress cousel field in Cali was lost with 1-0. Without Zhukov in the first match, after a break, the team failed to coordinate its attacks and the organization within the team was unexistant. Coach Isserson didnt like it, but stayed calm and saw how the individual actions of Biriuzov and Aleinikov saved the team from a greater defeat. Afterwards Isserson told us that he wants to see a different team: "one that sticks together and holds the line, a tie was possible but we didnt get it, because we played bad. I simply dont want to see this again" Well, neither do we.

Our next match will be played in O'Connor at Woocat Books Ballpark versus Lovisa. Zhukov will finally make his return, the nr10 of the team recovered from an injury and was declared fit to play, earlier today. Isserson is again experimenting with the players and creating a "new" team, if it works like it did in the WC13Q then its succes guaranteed.

The team:
GK: Yashin
D: Aleinikov, Kravchenko, Purkayev, Fedorenko
M: Zakhvatyev, Lyudnikov, Biriuzov, Terekhin
A: Zhukov, Cheriankhovskij

Results
Newi Cefn Druids - Tadjikistan L 1-0
Lovisa - Tadjikistan
Mattigool - Tadjikistan
Brazillico - Tadjikistan
Dance 2 Revolution - Tadjikistan

NEWI Cefn Druids

13-04-2004, 17:09

OOC: Wanted to get this up before we started, but couldn't get online. Ah well...

IC:

The Daily Druid

THIRD TIME LUCKY?
Wayne Ottgunn-Irwin doubts it.

The draw was made in Melmond yesterday for the latest installment of the Cup of Harmony, the tournament for teams who didn't make the World Cup finals. Despite avoiding the bottom of their group for teh first time, the Druids were still some distance off a qualifying berth, and are here for their third attempt along with a few familiar faces from previous Cups of Harmony, along with a few newcomers to the international scene and surprise non-qualifiers Kaze Progressa. The draw produced the following group for the Druids.

[code:1:525e388555]Group B
Dance 2 Revolution
Mattigool
Brazillico
Lovisa
NEWI Cefn Druids
Tadjikistan[/code:1:525e388555]

How will it pan out? Here's what we think here at The Daily Druid

Matchday 1 - NEWI Cefn Druids v. Tadjikistan (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
The Druids have never played the Tadjiks before, but have both been beaten by the infamous egg of Just an egg. The Druids lost 1-0 to the egg after their first Cup of Harmony eight years ago, while the Tadjiks managed to even out-do the Druids, somehow managing to lose 2-0 to it in the last qualifying campaign. Based on this, we think that the Druids might just shade this match against the Tadjiks by a single goal.

Matchday 2 - Mattigool v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Amazingly, the last time these two met at the Eagles Cup a couple of years back, the Druids somehow managed a win! However, that was a shock at the time, and the 'Gools have improved a lot more than the Druids since then. There only appears to be one winner in this one, and that's Mattigool.

Matchday 3 - Brazillico v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
Brazillico are only here after missing out on qualifying by a single point, and are favourites to win the group. Alex Cannon single handedly thrashed the Druids last time the two sides met, dishing out a 3-0 defeat for the Druids. Be prepared for an even bigger score this time.

Matchday 4 - Dance 2 Revolution v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)
D2R came a lot closer to qualifying than the Druids, only missing out on the last day. However, these are two teams who often produce stalemates, so expect some crazy result like 5-3 to D2R or something.

Matchday 5 - Lovisa v. NEWI Cefn Druids (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Our friends in Lovisa will be our last opponents. though we expect the Druids to be out of contention by this stage, there is every chance that Lovisa will be battling for a semi-final position. While they'll probably just edge out the Druids in this one, it could prove to be too much for them for a top two position, and our final prediction for the group is something like this...

1) Brazillico
2) Dance 2 Revolution
3) Mattigool
4) Lovisa
5) NEWI Cefn Druids
6) Tadjikistan

OOC: Wow! A correct first prediction! And that was written well before the first set of results came out!!! :shock:

Melmond

14-04-2004, 04:05

Matchday 2 Scores
Melmond 1 - Iansisle 0
Kaze Progressa 4 - Praying2God 0
Stalag 5 1 - Lovebug 2
Dance 2 Revolution 0 - Brazillico 2
Mattigool 0 - NEWI Cefn Druids 0
Lovisa 0 - Tadjikistan 4

[code:1:ad829c2aa1]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 6 2 0 0 8:0 8
2. Lovebug 6 2 0 0 6:1 5
3. Iansisle 3 1 1 0 1:1 0
4. Melmond 3 1 1 0 1:4 -3
5. Stalag 5 0 0 2 0 1:3 -2
6. Praying2God 0 0 2 0 0:8 -8

Group B
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Brazillico 6 2 0 0 5:2 3
2. NEWI Cefn Druids 4 1 0 1 1:0 1
3. Tadjikistan 3 1 1 0 4:1 3
4. Dance 2 Revolution 3 1 1 0 1:2 -1
5. Mattigool 1 0 1 1 0:1 -1
6. Lovisa 0 0 2 0 2:7 -5[/code:1:ad829c2aa1]

Brazillico

14-04-2004, 04:22

Massive Public Outrage After Release of Progressan Odds

Brazillican sport fans are "extremely pissed" after first sight of the odds by StatsProgressa. The uproar is about Brazillico only being 3rd favorites to win it all at the Harmony Cup.

"For f*ck's sake!" exclaimed an angry passer-by, "They put god knows how much government money into that StatsProgressa program and those geniuses still can't get it right. Iansisle at 11-4? What were they smoking?"

While some Brazillicans have been randomly venting their anger on the streets, others are channeling that destructive force and taking it to the bookies. The result has been a massive boom in Brazillico's gambling industry.

"4-1 for Brazillico to win the Harmony Cup is too good to pass up," said the Gambling Wonder Man, formerly the Gambling Wonder Child, "I'm riding this one straight to the bank!"

Whether you're the gambling type or not, one must acknowledge that Brazillico's recent form has been impressive. With 20 victories in their last 27 matches, one has to like the Chili Bats' chances to make a long, successful run in the Harmony Cup.

OOC - D2R, go ahead and RP the match as you see fit. I'll build on what you post when I get back to the computer, but I'm going to bed now, as my beloved Montreal Canadiens just lost. Cheers.

Melmond

14-04-2004, 05:08

Bluish-Green Lightning Strikes Iansisle
Melmond Pleases 75,000 Kazoo Army With 1-nil Victory
By Dita Dutch of the Acosta Chronicle

ACOSTA, MELMOND—There was a surprising ere of optimism throughout the 75,000 kazoo army at the Walladome. Despite losing badly to Kaze Progressa, the Fearless Farmer faithful still felt they can come back and contend. They tell themselves it was only one game and this is a new beginning. Their opponent, Iansisle, is certainly no pushover. The Ians were once called the team of the future, expected to be mainstays in the World Cup. Instead they have become mainstays of the Cup of Harmony. The fans were blowing their kazoos like crazy to put some spirit into the Fearless Farmers and annoy the Ians.
However, the veteran Iansisle side was not faced by such fan frenzy, as they played a very solid game of football. Throughout the first half, they performed all the fundamentals perfectly: steady dribbling, smart passing, nothing too overly fancy. It appeared early on that the Ians were about to score the first goal as the Iansisle striker got past the Melmond defence. The ball was passed to him and it looked as if he had the golden opportunity. However, the offside flag went up. The Iansisle coach was livid and in retrospect the Ians may have been right. However, Melmond goalkeeper Cory Yankovic got the goal kick.
In contrast, the Fearless Farmers played a rather sloppy first half as the team made some errant passes which could have been easy Iansisle goals if not for the steady goaltending of Cory Yankovic. It was clear that Yankovic wanted to make a point after allowing an embarrassing four goals in their last game. Yankovic was sure brilliance, unlike the Melmondian youngsters play.
At the 31st minute, defender Jonsi Torrini, possibly trying to play off rumours that he is a little soft, made a very aggressive tackle on an Iansisle midfielder. The yellow card came out for him. Certainly his new club Cornellby in Audioslavia hopes that he can balance finesse and aggression.
At injury time, Melmondian superstar Critandi Unne makes a mistake of inexperience. As time was to run out any second, Critandi Unne instinctively tripped an Iansisle midfielder from behind after he found away around hir. S/he receives a yellow card of hir own. Both sides go into the locker rooms scoreless at the end of the first half.
During most of the second half, Iansisle stayed true to their steady style. However, they will regret their lost opportunities in the first half as the Fearless Farmers got their game under control. As the Fearless Farmers showed poise, the fans started to respond by blowing on their kazoos that the kind people of Walla Pharmacy provided the fans. The team fed off the fan support and put the Ians on the ropes.
As most of the Ians offensive maneuvers were stopped by the Melmond defence, which finally showed what it was capable of, the midfield were creating opportunities for the offence. Chris Owen’s two shots were off target and Benjamin Leeb’s shot went off the fingertips of the Iansisle goalkeeper and out of bounds. The following corner kick had an Iansisle defender head it away.
The fans were growing restless waiting for a Melmond breakthrough. The howls of the kazoos started to die down until the primarily defensive midfielder David Bixler made a keen offensive move, finding a streaking Camui Arai. Arai, who is one of the fastest players in International football, was able to blow by the Iansisle defence and the man they call Bluish Green Lightning striked one right passed the goalkeeper. The 75,000 kazoo army erupts in a kazoo rendition of the White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” in decibel shattering fashion. Quite obviously seven nation is replaced by 75,000 kazoo. Camui Arai scores Melmond’s first goal in the tournament at the 83rd minute. Melmond was able to hold of Iansisle until full time. One can say this has been their best win yet as Iansisle is undoubtedly the toughest side they have gotten a win against. However, the Fearless Farmers know they still have lots of work to do. Stalag 5 is up next, and they would more than love to even the score.

Goals
Arai, MEL 83rd

Cards
Torrini, MEL 31st
C. Unne, MEL 45th

Standings

Other Group A Results
Kaze Progressa 4 – Praying2God 0
Stalag 5 1 – Lovebug 2

[code:1:67ffacb0db]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 6 2 0 0 8:0 8
2. Lovebug 6 2 0 0 6:1 5
3. Iansisle 3 1 1 0 1:1 0
4. Melmond 3 1 1 0 1:4 -3
5. Stalag 5 0 0 2 0 1:3 -2
6. Praying2God 0 0 2 0 0:8 -8[/code:1:67ffacb0db]

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: Camui Arai (1)
Cards: Jonsi Torrini (1), Critandi Unne (1)

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta) W 1-0
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)

If there is one team in this tournament that the Fearless Farmers want to beat, it is Stalag 5. Stalag 5 was the team that finished way ahead of Melmond for fifth. In their first game, which was at the Walladome, Melmond was able to tie them 1-1. However at the Graveyard Stalag 5 got the upper hand in that game. However it was their first team against Melmond’s second team in that game. This time its first team v. first team and they will have to return to Melmond. This time it is MPNK Stadium in Faasen they travel to. Manager Felix Coostatlwak will use the speed and ball control lineup against the slow yet very physical Stalag 5 side. Cristina Antunez returns to the starting lineup in the place of David Bixler and longballer Kestrel Bluesummers will be substituting Scott Cheney.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Kestrel Bluesummers
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

MPNK Stadium
Location: Faasen, Melmond
Seats: 58,750 (Open Air)

MPNK Stadium is one of the many stadiums in use for the Cup of Harmony built during the rise of popularity of the Batter Up Baseball League. It was meant as a baseball-only park originally. It has the reputation for being a pitcher’s park. So what would that mean for football, expect a spacious pitch. Not a very spectacular stadium for football as its personality becomes more alive for baseball and big time concerts, but will see if the Fearless Farmers can change that fact with their next performance.

Iansisle

14-04-2004, 07:46

From the Ianapalis Star-Tribune:

The Best of Times; the Worst of Times
Don’t you just hate people who use Charles Dickens quotes? For that matter, don’t you just hate Charles Dickens?

ACOSTA, Melmond -- Due to the IanCorp work stoppage in Melmond over the past few days, facts from the Harmony Cup have been few and far between.

Fans were ecstatic when the first game’s result finally made it through. Stalag 5, if perhaps not the most feared opponents in Group A, were certainly respected opponents. A one to zero victory over them gave the people a chance to rejoice; they might even have a chance at the Consolation Cup this year!

Alexander Truman, in what may be approaching his last great hurrah, was not unexpectedly the hero. But Truman had very little support from the gang of rookies Coach Westmore is running in the absence of veterans such as John Copplestone or Benny Answorth.

A pyramid structure is rarely a good idea in any team sport, and even less so in football. That policy was clearly proven when host Melmond took the field in Acosta.

The Fighting Farmers may not be the best team in the Harmony Cup, and they may not really have even been better than the Ians that night. Coach Westmore, knowing he was fighting for more than national honor in this competition, lost his temper at a bad call. Westmore was severely warned by the referees, but not sent off.

As it turned out, young striker Marcus Rivera’s chance was the only real one the Ians would get. The Farmers played a solid game of defense and kept well on Truman, proving there was an easy answer to Iansisle’s meager offense.

The Ians take on Praying2God next. If they’re hoping for an easy pushover to follow up today’s disaster, they’re sorely mistaken. Praying2God is a much different team than when last the two teams met. With the Ians’ holes in the offense and the mid-field, they’ll be lucky to salvage a draw.

(sorry the article is so crappy...my head’s not working too well right now.)

Tadjikistan

14-04-2004, 09:08

ITS SHOWTIME!!

The defeat in the match against NEWI Cefn Druids must have had some effect on the players who decided to do what Isserson told them, holding the line. They didnt just hold the line against Lovisa, a team unknown to Tadjikistan, they also scored 4 goals.

Coach Isserson changes proved to be good ones from the start as the Tadjik defenders kept their individual opponents at a distance, Yashin didnt get much work. While the attackers led by the returning Zhukov set up a series of flank attacks. On the left flank Zakhvatyev created a hole and crawled through it, misleading the Lovisa GK and scoring the 0-1. The 9000 Tadjik supporters cheered and the players wer confident again.

The next offensive came from the right flank, with Terekhin giving an assist to Zhukov, who could who scored 0-2, making his return a moral boost to himself as well as to the supporters and the team. Only 2minutes later, in the 61th minute, Cherniakhovskij made a solo action but ball went over.

But it wasnt over yet, in the 65th minute Biriuzov and Lyudnikov made some good combinations. One would almost call it samba football. The ball would finally end at Cheriankhovskij's feet who scored his 8th goal for Tadjikistan and set the score to 0-3. The Tadjik crowd almost went wild, seeing how their team played a good match with alot of good football.

The final scored was 0-4, the last goal was made by Fedorenko, the assist came from Zhukov. This Fedorenko is not in the first team but many believe he should be, Isserson is realizing it too as he is sceduled to play in the next match versus Mattigool. Mattigool is another team totally unknown to Tadjikistan, but Isserson told us that draw is minimum and a win should be possible. With the team having built up their confidence again, we too believe that they should get away with one point and go for three points.

The team for the next match:
GK: Yashin
D: Aleinikov, Demianenko, Purkayev, Fedorenko
M: Christyakov, Lyudnikov, Biriuzov, Terekhin
A: Zhukov, Cherniakhovskij

As we see only 2 players wer replaced; Zakhvatyev for Christyakov and Kravchenko for Demianenko, Kravchenko is out with an injury for the next two matches after coming into contact with a Lovisa defender and hurting his knee. He played on but went to the doctor after the match who examined him and found him too badly injured to play.

Results:
Newi Cefn Druids - Tadjikistan L 1-0
Lovisa - Tadjikistan W 0-4
Mattigool - Tadjikistan
Brazillico - Tadjikistan
Dance 2 Revolution - Tadjikistan

Dance 2 Revolution

14-04-2004, 10:27

The final whistle blows. The Dance2Revolutionarys come off the pitch 2 goals worse off.

Maeda: Bah!

Maeda hears a snigger coming from the crowd of players and staff from Brazillico.
Maeda picks up the ball and bounces it. Then controls it with his feet, before putting it through a Brazillicoian's legs.

Maeda: Ole!

The Brazillicoian tries to wrestle the ball off Maeda. Maeda again puts it through the Brazillicoian's legs

Maeda: Ole!

There is an uproar from the players of both sides.

Another Brazillicoian comes out of the crowd and swipes the ball from Maeda

Maeda: Argh!
Brazillicoian: Ole!

The Brazillicoian hits the ball into the crowd.

Music starts playing through the stadium's speakers. It says: 'Mamboless Mambo!'

The players start taking each other on with the ball.

The ball makes it's way onto the pitch with two players chasing. The Revolutionary is wrestled away and slides into the mascot.

The Brazillicoian hits the ball to the star striker. Who flicks the ball over his and his 'marker's' head. He runs off the pitch and into the stadium's corridors. They both trip over.

*The action stops for a bit*

The action resumes with a Brazillicoian on the ball and a Revolutionary in front of him.

Brazillicoian: Come!

The Music Says: 'He goes left...and she goes right!'

The ball is kicked out of the stadium!

The Music Says: 'Ugh!' and then pauses.

Players: Kick it back up!

A Kaze Progressan Footballer happens to be outside the stadium. He does some skill and then hits it up.

The star Brazillicoian takes the ball back onto the pitch. Then he proceeds to take on three Revolutionarys then gets wiped out by a 2 footed tackle by the referee.

The Music goes: 'Ugh!'

The referee makes all the players go to the dressing rooms

Based on:

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Lovebug

14-04-2004, 15:45

LOVEBUG DAILY UPDATE PAGE

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The Group and Rankings

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Group A

Matchday 2 Scores
Kaze Progressa (4) wins over Praying2God (0)
Lovebug (2) wins over Stalag 5 (1)
Melmond (1) wins over Iansisle (0)
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Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 6 2 0 0 8:0 8
2. Lovebug 6 2 0 0 6:1 5
3. Iansisle 3 1 1 0 1:1 0
4. Melmond 3 1 1 0 1:4 -3
5. Stalag 5 0 0 2 0 1:3 -2
6. Praying2God 0 0 2 0 0:8 -8
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TODAY'S MATCHUP - FEATURES LOVEBUG & STALAG 5

A MESSAGE FROM THE LNSNN - Apau Ka inoa O aloha, ho'okahi wa hou Ka inoa O aloha!
Kanielapakelika http://espnradio.espn.go.com/i/columnists/patrick_dan_c.jpg and Lopakakika http://www.msnbc.com/onair/Bios/Global/costas_b.jpg here on the Bulldog Express.

Kanielapakelika – Good morning Lovebugians. We are here on the Bulldog’s bus traveling with them to tonight’s game at Xpress Field in Cali. You may notice that my partner Keonimakaio is not here, well after yesterday’s game he made an important decision about his life and decided to leave sports for a life of spiritual closeness, yes you guessed it he decided to join the priesthood. All of us here at LNSNN wish him all the luck with his new calling. I’d like to welcome my new partner Lopakakika who comes to us from channel 9 news. Welcome to the broadcast.

Lopakakika – Thank you, I’m glad to be here and hope I can live up to the standards of excellent reporting that my predecessor set. And may I say that I couldn’t have asked for more interesting first game.

Kanielapakelika – Yes it seems as if the team has finally found the spirit that have shown time and time again in national play. That never say die attitude that the fans have come to know and love. Both teams remained scoreless during the first half of the match up, the defenses were in top form.

Lopakakika – The action in the second half though would get started quickly as Lovebug’s Eagle "Golden Foot" Grant http://www.football-rumours.com/images/hoekstra3.jpg found a opening in the defense, made his way down the field, and with just sure power got the ball in the net.

Kanielapakelika – The cheers were deafening from the Bulldog Camp, yet they subsided soon after as Stalag 5 returned to our side and got one in the goal as well. Minutes went by and we were within the last 60 seconds of the match up it looked as if we would end it in a 1-1 tie. But sure enough, out of no where on a long drive kick from mid-field by Tiger “The Man” Woods to Right Wing Zebra “Stripper’ Black swerves past two defenders and shoots it in winning the game for Lovebug 2-1.

Lopakakika – I’m here with Zebra “How does it feel to have scored the winning goal last night?”

Zebra - http://www.football-rumours.com/images/dennisrommedahl1.jpg “Well it feels pretty damn good actually, but I couldn’t have done it without my pal Tiger and the rest of the team. We went out there on a high from yesterday’s win, and just wanted to show our fans that we want it, we want to win for them, we want to win for ourselves, we want to win for our country. We were really low after the WC showing and went home to our families for a couple days before we made our way to Melmond. When we got on the jet the coach told us that we needed to forget everything that had happened and move on – play like we had never played before. We watched the films of the teams and practiced extra hard. The first match-up was a surprise even to us, we were not expecting to score so well against GOD but we did. Today we knew we could win, we wanted to win and we did, it was a team effort that worked out really well.

Kanielapakelika – You heard it folks, a team that has come alive. In other Group A news, our predictions actually proved right as Melmond and Kaze Progressa pulled off victories. We will see you tomorrow morning when we report on the match up with Kaze Progressa. That’s all for now I’m Kanielapakelika for myself and Lopakakika we wish everyone a LOVELY day.

Lovebug

14-04-2004, 15:45

oops double post :oops:

Lovebug

14-04-2004, 15:46

oops triple post :oops:

Brazillico

14-04-2004, 17:24

Joining BSN's "SPORTSZONE" in progress...

Mike Indigo: So quite a game we had, with Brazillico defeating Dance 2 Revolution, 2-0. Since our usual analyst, Diego Morales, is at home today nursing a nasty case of explosive diarrhea, let's kick it over to the greatest football analyst in the World... Coming to us live from Melmond, it's John Madden! http://espn.starwave.com/i/talent/madden/head.jpg

John Madden: My name is not John Madden, it's Keonimakaio!

Indigo: I don't think I'll be able to pronounce that, you mind if I call you John?

Keonimakaio: Absolutely not.

Indigo: How 'bout Big K?

Keonimakaio: That'll be alright I suppose.

Indigo: Today, we were supposed to be treated to one of best games in the entire group with Dance 2 Revolution facing off against Brazillico, but it turned out to be a bit of a stinker. Your thoughts, Big K?

Keonimakaio: You're right. Brazillico really took the game to the Revolutionaries in this one. The final score was 2-0, but bar some sensational goaltending by the Revolutionaire keeper and we could have been looking at 4 or 5 goals for the Brazillican side.

Indigo: To be fair to D2R, David Robinho was also very solid in net for Brazillico. He came up huge on several occasions.

Keonimakaio: He looked good a few times also. The Revolutionaries are light on their feet and can create chances at a moment's notice and Robinho did very well to keep the clean sheet.

Indigo: Now I believe you have a play you'd like to show us.

Keonimakaio: That's right, I'd like to take a look at Brazillico's second goal. Let me just pull out my magic pen so I can help you guys follow the play. Ok? Is it on? Yeah? Alright. Here Tom Maracana plays the ball into Junior Socrates. Junior Socrates then has the presence of mind to pass it to his right to an open Tobias Cannon. Toby then hits Alex Cannon into the box. Now watch how the two Revolutionary defenders flock towards Alex Cannon, showing respect towards his exceptional skill set. However, they create a lane in the box for Sandro Cannon to tiptoe in here, Alex Cannon, being the exceptional player that he is, spots his brother and Sandro, being the offensive dynamo that he is, puts it past the Revolutionaire keeper.

The screen is absolutely covered in magic pen, as Keonimakaio has outlined every movement of every player, allowing the play underneath to be utterly undecipherable.

Indigo: Charming. Now I understand that there was some bad blood between the two squads after the match?

Keonimakaio: Yeah. It all started after the second goal when Dance 2 Revolution's mascot challenged the Brazillicator to a dance-off. Twas a fierce dance-off, which was broken up by security with both mascots feeling as though they got the best of the encounter. Then after the match, both squads partook in a little scrum at the end of the match, filled with tricks, flicks and grunts. I'm sure that this won't be the end for both of these teams.

Indigo: Lastly, this has been bugging me all interview. Have you had any cosmetic surgury at all to try to look more like John Madden? Like a facelift perhaps?

Keonimakaio: Actually, they had to push my face down.

Indigo: Thanks Big K, we've covered a lot of ground, shared a few laughs, but that's all the time we got for now. Now let's go to break and when we come back, we'll look at the rest of Group B.

Lovebug

15-04-2004, 03:00

*An un-named gopher enters the office of Hokekana, executive producer of LNSNN*

Gopher - "Sir"
Hokekana - "Yes, come in, what can I do for you."
Gopher - "Ah well..."
Hokekana - "Come on out with it I don't have a lot of time, having to replace Keonimakaio at the last minute yesterday has put me behind on paperwork."
Gopher - "That's kind of what I wanted to speak to you about. See I think you should watch something - *hands Hokekana a tape*"
Hokekana - *Puts tape in VCR, it's the Brazilico broadcast, he becomes angered as he sees former LNSNN newscaster Keonimakaio doing a broadcast for Brazilico* "What the...After all we have done for that man...To pretend to be leaving to join the cloth to get out of a contract, I'm simply not going to stand for it. *Picks up the phone to talk to his secretary* "Ms. Newlin, get my lawyers on the phone" "I bet those Brazilicans have been secretly trying to hire him behind our backs. Well just watch when my lawyers get a hold of this one. I mean he came to me to get out of contract under false pretenses. That whole spiritual awakening act yesterday and everything. *Directed to Gopher* "Thank you for bringing this to my attention - there will be a little something else in your paycheck this week."
Gopher - "Thank you sir" *exits quickly*
Ms. Newlin - "Your lawyer is on line one, sir"
Hokekana - "Thank you" "Yes Ionakanaalena, thank you for getting back to me so quickly - did you see the Brazilico Broadcast tonight, yes that was Keonimakaio you saw, is there anything we can do about this, good your drafting papers as we speak, no I don't want him coming back here, he or Brazilico should have to pay for this though, ok I'll talk to you tommorow."

Melmond

15-04-2004, 04:28

Melmond

15-04-2004, 04:28

Melmond

15-04-2004, 04:36

Matchday 3 Scores
Melmond 1 - Stalag 5 0
Kaze Progressa 4 - Lovebug 0
Iansisle 1 - Praying2God 0
Dance 2 Revolution 0 - Lovisa 2
Mattigool 3 - Tadjikistan 0
Brazillico 2 - NEWI Cefn Druids 0

[code:1:55b6ca93b0]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 9 3 0 0 12:0 12
2. Iansisle 6 2 1 0 2:1 1
3. Lovebug 6 2 1 0 6:5 1
4. Melmond 6 2 1 0 2:4 -2
5. Stalag 5 0 0 3 0 1:4 -3
6. Praying2God 0 0 3 0 0:9 -9

Group B
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Brazillico 9 3 0 0 7:2 5
2. Mattigool 4 1 1 1 3:1 2
3. NEWI Cefn Druids 4 1 1 1 1:2 -1
4. Tadjikistan 3 1 2 0 4:4 0
5. Dance 2 Revolution 3 1 2 0 1:4 -3
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Brazillico

15-04-2004, 05:00

Joining BSN's "SPORTSZONE" in Progress...

Mike Indigo: Brazillico has continued their domination of the field at the Harmony Cup, this time scoring a huge 2-0 victory over a much improved NEWI Cefn Druids side. With some insight on the match, let's go to our man in Melmond... it's Keon Smith!

Keon Smith: Mike, it's good to be here

Indigo: So how are you doing after the name change?

Smith: I feel like a new man! People now come up to me and can pronounce my name with ease! I have to say it's the greatest thing I've ever done for my professional career.

Indigo: Talking about your professional career, it appears you ruffled a few feathers within the Lovebug entertainment community. Your thoughts?

Smith: Some hurtful things were said regarding my spirituality and all I can say is that shows the real class of the LNSNN. I still plan to work for my bachelor's in theology, but I've gotta pay the bills to put me through school. Quite simply, at the salary they were paying me at LNSNN, I just couldn't cut it.

Indigo: Thanks for clearing the air with that one. Now how about your feelings on the Brazillico/Druids match?

Smith: This was yet another solid performance by a Brazillican side, who I feel, are on the cusp of re-emerging as one of the World's elite. This is a relatively young side, and let me tell you, this will be a team to watch out for in World Cups to come.

Indigo: Speaking of Cups, let's talk championships. Is Brazillico good enough to bring home the Golden Keg?

Smith: I wouldn't want to bet against the Chili Bats at this point in time, with a five point lead over second and only two matches remaining. It seems as though Brazillico will take the Group B crown, but I'd say the real test for the Cup of Harmony Crown will come in the form of Kaze Progressa. The Progressans are a seasoned side and definately looking for redemption after failing to qualify for WC13.

Indigo: Alright, thanks Keon. Let's go back to break and we'll take a look at some of the other results at the Harmony Cup...

Turns towards camera two.

Indigo: Notably the 4-0 pounding Lovebug recieved. We'd like to remind any Lovebug spies and everyone else for that matter, that if you see any slander of this fine network, it is largely due to the fact that Kaze Progressa mowed the lawn with Lovebug's collective rears and the LNSNN are likely trying to hide the incompetence of their sorry excuse for a team.

Turns back towards camera one and cracks a wry smile

Indigo: We'll be back after the break!

Tadjikistan

15-04-2004, 08:55

<This reporter is to angry to think of a title>

With a win on the board, Tadjikistan was getting up after its loss in the first match. But we failed to continue winning as today, Tadjikistan lost its 3rd match with 3-0 from Mattigool, a bad result that made the coach very angry: "How is this possible? we should have atleast secured a point! This too crazy for me to understand". When asked what went wrong Isserson answerred: "I was looking a bags of potatoes again, no movement, completely absent in the air. The confidence they gained from for the last match made them think they could win with ease. my advise: stop thinking"
So we should stay with both feet on the ground? "Yes, our next match will against Brazillico. They've won all their matches so far and i dont expect us to beat them. To be honest, after what ive seen today, i dont expect anything at all."
We've beat good teams before why not this one? " Offcourse in football, everything is possible. I'll experiment again like i did before, but if our result is really bad, i will resign. I dont see why i should stay if the team doesnt cooperate."

The team for the next match:
GK: Yashin
D: Aleinikov, Belanov, Meretskov, Managarov
M: Danilov, Luchinsky, Lyudnikov
A Zhukov, Cherniakhovskij, Khetagurov

Next to a change of tactics (4-3-3 instead of the usual 4-4-2) we also note that most of the players from the last match have been replaced. Isserson is experimenting alot, this is a tactic that the team rarely uses, we'll just have to hope this experiment works out well or we'll lose our coach.

Results
NEWI Cefn Druids - Tadjikistan L 1-0
Lovisa - Tadjikistan W 0-4
Mattigool - Tadjikistan L 0-3
Brazillico - Tadjikistan
Dance 2 Revolution - Tadjikistan

Tadjikistan

15-04-2004, 08:59

Destroy the server ... destroy the server... should i do what the voices tell me?

NEWI Cefn Druids

15-04-2004, 11:59

Cuttings from recent editions of the Daily Druid...

The Daily Druid

DRIUDS IN FALSE POSITION
Wayne Ottgunn-Irwin in Melmond on the Druids' surprise start to the Cup of Harmony.

Perhaps this is becoming a regular feature of the Druids' play - start strongly then fade away by the end - but at least it gives us something to cheer about every now and again.

Just like in qualifying, the Druids are off to a bright start here in the Cup of Harmony, currently in second place in Group B after two games. After an opening victory against Tadjikistan (as predicted by myself, no less!), the Druids managed to nick a goalless draw against Mattigool. I'd write about some of the highlights of that game here, but the sound of the final whistle doesn't really need expanding upon.

Anyway, we're up against Group B leaders and favourites for the competition (at least with Cefnbet, they are) Brazillico next. A win would send the Druids to the top of the group, but then that would make a mockery of proceedings, would it not? No, expect another convincing Brazillican victory in this one, by two or three goals probably.

NEWI OF THE WORLD
An international edition of The Daily Druid

NORMAL ORDER RESTORED
Wayne Ottgunn-Irwin in Aldi, Melmond for Brazillico 2 NEWI Cefn Druids 0

There was relief all around here in Aldi last night as the Druids were beaten for the first time in this Cup of Harmony. Goals from Junior Socrates and Alex Cannon didn't really reflect the dominance the Chili Bats had over the Druids.

Yes, it was the sort of game where one side just takes the piss out of the other completely. If this were a boxing match, Brazillico would have won every round comfortably, toying with their opponents, before smashing them with two knockout punches in the eighth round. But it wasn't. and that made this relative walkover something worth seeing.

After the game, it emerged that Druids defender Amos Hinton was substituted early in the second half because he was so scared of what the Brazillicans would do to them, he literally crapped himself. Though Hinton denies it, many in the crowd were heard to comment on teh vile smell as the Parkville FC centre back came off. Druids striker Simon Greaves also made it public that it was the case that Hinton had indeed soiled his undergarments. "I'm not allowed to tell you why Amos was taken off today," he told reporters, "but I'm only too pleased that I'm not the woman who does the washing."

Melmond

15-04-2004, 18:01

Take No Prisoners!
Melmond Gets Even With Stalag 5 With 1-nil Victory
By Ian Oioi of the Faasen Times

FAASEN, MELMOND—There are two ways for a rivalry to develop. One is a matter of proximity as places and teams which are nearby each other would want to prove their supremacy among the region. The other way is to play each other a lot in crucial situations. The latter was the way the Melmond-Stalag 5 rivalry developed. In their first meeting at the Walladome, Stalag 5 had the displeasure in meeting the 75,000 kazoo army as both sides were fighting to get back in contention for a qualifying spot. That game ended up in a tie 1-1. The second match was in the Graveyard and truly the Fearless Farmers were outmatched. Manager Felix Coostatlwak was certainly the cooler head. He may have been disappointed that Melmond was to finish a distant sixth in the group, but he knew he had the Cup of Harmony as a chance for his team to redeem themselves. He let most of the star players rest. In contrast, Stalag 5 never pulls star players for rest. That with a half empty Graveyard got Stalag 5 the 1-nil victory. So far Stalag 5 leads the series, but Melmond is back at full-strength ready to avenge the team they feel they are truly better than.
MPNK Stadium in the music mecca of Faasen was a rockin’. A sold out crowd of 58,750 from all around the nation showed up on this comfortable overcast day. Some fans from the match in Acosta brought their kazoos with them to remind Stalag 5 of the pain they went through in their first meeting. Other just bought kazoos from the local party store. After all, kazoos aren’t that expensive.
The first half was a defensive struggle as both teams of strikers had difficult times getting shots off. Most of Stalag 5’s shots were desperate attempts of just firing at the goalkeeper. Tight marking by the Fearless Farmers defence denied Stalag 5 of any angles of getting good shots off. Melmond goalkeeper Cory Yankovic made three easy saves. Melmond’s striking opportunities seemed a little uninspired as Stalag 5 goalkeeper Rudi “Die Mutze” Schulz seemed one step ahead of the Melmond attack and made easy saves of his own. As the first half wound down, Melmond seemed to have some control of the tempo as the hard clears of Kestrel Bluesummers kept Stalag 5 running and kept them from having chances to score. A stellar defence and an uninspired offence left to the locker room at half time. They were about to be inspired by the most unlikeliest muse.
The famous Dancing Woocats of Melmond halftime show was interpretive dance tribute to the amazing band from Earth, Muse. It was quite amazing that this tribe of woocats dance without humans cracking the whip for them to do tricks. These woocats just love to dance! They did rather graceful and entertaining numbers to such Muse hits as Unintended, Bliss, and Endlessly.
The Teignmouth trio of Matt, Dominic, and Chris were the Muse to Melmond and Gothic Pistols to Stalag 5. The unintended inspiration to the Fearless Farmers from the dancing woocats gave the team a new focus. They endlessly used their speed and keep away strategy from the Stalag 5 team in a true take no prisoners style. On an upcoming free kick, superstar Critandi Unne was going to put the crowd into bliss. Critandi Unne was about to make a cross to the heinously wide open striker Chris Owen. However, Stalag 5 defender Eisenfuse Muller makes the late tackle. The Melmond team and fans wanted at least a yellow card, but just got a foul. Critandi Unne, showing off hir intelligent Unne background, puts the right amount of English on the free kick and measuring the wind correctly, makes a free kick which bends past Stalag 5 goalkeeper Mutze. Critandi Unne scores at the 74th minute and makes the game 1-nil in favor of Melmond as the crowd was buzzing.
The crowd was later treated to a great disappointment where four minutes later, Critandi Unne receives hir second yellow card of the tournament. The call was rather controversial as it looked from most people’s eyes that Stalag 5 midfielder Flankengott Kramer dived to draw the card. Critandi Unne will not be eligible to play in front of her home town fans against Praying2God in Unne. The damage for today has been done as Melmond dominated possession of the ball until the final whistle. Melmond wins 1-nil.

Goals
C. Unne, MEL 74th

Cards
C. Unne, MEL 78th

Standings

Other Group A Results
Kaze Progressa 4 – Lovebug 0
Iansisle 1 – Praying2God 0

[code:1:47f1981ee7]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 9 3 0 0 12:0 12
2. Iansisle 6 2 1 0 2:1 1
3. Lovebug 6 2 1 0 6:5 1
4. Melmond 6 2 1 0 2:4 -2
5. Stalag 5 0 0 3 0 1:4 -3
6. Praying2God 0 0 3 0 0:9 -9[/code:1:47f1981ee7]

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: Camui Arai (1), Critandi Unne (1)
Cards: Critandi Unne (2)

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta) W 1-0
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen) W 1-0
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)

It seems that Group A of the Harmony Cup is going to have a spectacular finish. Kaze Progressa sprinted to a wide lead in the group. Stalag 5 and Praying2God are way behind but not out. The most interesting race is for second between Lovebug, Iansisle, and our Fearless Farmers. This could be said as a must win for the Fearless Farmers as they play one on the team in the cellar, Praying2God. Praying2God’s Cup of Harmony experience in Melmond has been utterly hellish. The Praying2God side looks as if their senses have been overcome by the civil freedoms one can have here at Melmond. They look like Amish people visiting Amsterdam. They also didn’t appreciate that two of their four games were at the Unne Sports Temple, a name which they deem sacrilegious. Also they believe that the random number goddess may actually be Satan. This team not only has to overcome the charging Melmond side, but a lot of superstition. Melmond may be without Critandi Unne, but last game without hir was the tie at Ravenspire, so Melmond can do well.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Rainy Zoulthane
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Unne Sports Temple
Location: Unne, Melmond
Seats: 45,000 (Gazebo Roof)

Unne Sports Temple is going to see its last football action in this Cup of Harmony as Feliz-Unne Stadium is being renovated. This stadium, which was originally made for baseball, has one of the most unique designs in the world. It is a hybrid of both indoor and outdoor. Covering the pitch from the top is a roof propped up by four columns on each corner of the stadium. The roof is hand painted on the bottom and has a spire on top. The roof shields the pitch from the downpours that happen in Unne. However, the sun can still peek through the open sides of the stadium and the players still feel the elements and wind as the pitch stays perfectly dry. The Unne faithful will miss seeing Critandi Unne, but will be behind the Fearless Farmers 100% regardless.

Lovebug

16-04-2004, 01:05

LOVEBUG DAILY UPDATE PAGE

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The Group and Rankings

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Group A

Matchday 3 Scores
Kaze Progressa (4) wins over Lovebug (0)
Iansisle (1) wins over Praying2God (0)
Melmond (1) wins over Stalag 5 (0)

Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 9 3 0 0 12:0 12
2. Iansisle 6 2 1 0 2:1 1
3. Lovebug 6 2 1 0 6:5 1
4. Melmond 6 2 1 0 2:4 -2
5. Stalag 5 0 0 3 0 1:4 -3
6. Praying2God 0 0 3 0 0:9 -9
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TODAY'S MATCHUP – FEA TURES LOVEBUG & KAZE PROGRESSA

A MESSAGE FROM THE LNSNN - Apau Ka inoa O aloha, ho'okahi wa hou Ka inoa O aloha!
Kanielapakelika http://espnradio.espn.go.com/i/columnists/patrick_dan_c.jpg and Lopakakika http://www.msnbc.com/onair/Bios/Global/costas_b.jpg here at Woocat Books Ballpark in O'Connor.

Kanielapakelika – Hello Sports Fans, before we begin the broadcast I’d like to say a few words to ex-LNSNN reporter, a former broadcast partner of mine Keonimakaio. As many of you know, we here at LNSNN were duped, I feel that I was duped, and I’m sure you fans feel duped by the lies perpetrated by my former partner. During game one the Lovebug Bulldog’s faced off against Praying2God and during that broadcast we witnessed would we now know was an act, a blatant act, the goal of which was to sidestep a contract that was signed by my ex-partner and the good people of LNSNN corp. My ex-partner who is now calling himself Keoni Smith (presumably out of the shame he must feel having used the Lord and the pursuit of Religion to bypass a legal document) pretended to hear a spiritual calling, one which I personally revere and admire those who follow it, and doing so went to the Executive Producer and President of LNSNN, my good friend and uncle Hokekana, asking him in good faith to let him out of said contract so that he could follow his dreams of becoming a Priest. My uncle, a religious man himself, agreed to do so because he believed that this was a real calling and would not have felt right standing in the way of it. Now we come to find out that the Brazilico network has been secretly recruiting Keonimakaio (Key-owe-knee-mack-I-O) (I thought I’d give you a little phonetic help you there since you don’t seem to be able to pronounce it), sadly the lure of financial fortune that the Brazilico network offered lured my partner, who I thought I knew over to the dark side. LNSNN, as a fairly new station, could not afford to pay the high royalties that the Brazilico network apparently has at their disposal. However, is money really all that Sports has become about. I grew up watching our predecessor network LSTV (Lovebug Sports Television) and fell in love with the idea of being able to tell a story in a way that all the fans at home would feel as if they too had been in the stands cheering their team to victory, that to me is more important than any amount of money that any other network could offer. I am saddened today because of what my ex-partner has done. I know that someday, perhaps soon he will realize the error in his judgment, only then it will be to late, history has already been made. I know that he claims that he still plans to enter theology school, and that financially this was the only way but as he should know the Royal Theological Seminary has a long standing scholarship that was established by Father Hemolelekan back in 1900 for those who seek the Priesthood late in life. That’s really all that I can say on the matter, it saddens and angers me as well, and I hope that Brazilico thinks twice before they try these tactics again.

Lopakakika – Wow, I too was shocked by the news, I had met the man on several occasions and had only the nicest of conversations with him, he seemed to be a morally upstanding man and to do something like this well, I guess it all goes to prove that we indeed are all human and that money is an evil that some of us just can’t escape or ignore.

Kanielapakelika – So true, So true. But on to more important things, the game against Kaze Progressa….

Lopakakika – Yes it was really a sorry performance by the Lovebug outfit that had begun showing great promise. Last night it just all fell apart for them, I think that maybe that they got a bit too confident after the last two victories, and forgot that we were playing a pretty great team.

Kanielapakelika – I agree, they went out there smiling, doing fancy tricks instead of practicing during warm ups, shaking hands with the fans etc. They weren’t really taking anything too seriously. Hopefully, after this they will have learned their lessons, buckle down and PLAY the GAME.

Lopakakika – I know I talked with the coach after the match up and he was thoroughly disgusted with the teams performance out there. They looked as if they had never played a game of Football (to Lovebugians that is Soccer) in their lives. The game started and Kaze Progressa’s offensive players got a hold of the ball with ease as our players seemed distracted by the camera’s and reporters on the sidelines, by the time they realized what was going on Progressa had scored it’s first goal.

Kanielapakelika – They seemed to snap back into reality and took control of the ball, made it half way back up the field where Progressa’s defenders had no trouble stealing it away and were able to pass it forward to their forward who had positioned himself within feet of the goal and was able to slide the ball in the net despite our goalie’s all too late attempt to block. They were up 2-0 and it was only the first 10 minutes of the match up.

Lopakakika – Some how the Bulldog’s managed to hold them off till just before the end of the first half, when Stopper, and I use that term loosely, Jack "The Rabbit" BeNimble http://www.football-rumours.com/images/thomashitzlsperger.jpg turned his back on his man to look at a Progressa fan up in the stands who apparently was shouting some obscenities that were directed towards him and in doing so he allowed the Progressan player to get a hold of the ball and by sheer speed alone he was able to make it up the field and score the third goal of the game.

Kanielapakelika – I watched them leave the field, a broken team, a team that had obviously been given a lesson this day in what real Football is all about. I hoped that coach Roos would be able to whip them back into shape during the break but it seems as if the Bulldog’s were doomed from the start. They came back in the second half and defensively were able to hold off the Progressans for awhile but in the end it would be Kaze Progressan’s day they scored again to finish with a win of 4-0.

Lopakakika – We are here now at Woocat Books Ballpark as the Bulldog’s prepare for their match up against Iansisle, a team in a spot similar to ours – they have two wins and a loss under their belts. Hopefully, Lovebug will snap out of it, step it up and work for a victory in that match-up.

Kanielapakelika – Yes, I hope so too. That’s all for now we will be back later to give the word about the match-up. Until then - Apau Ka inoa O aloha, ho'okahi wa hou Ka inoa O aloha!

Lovebug

16-04-2004, 01:05

THIS DOUBLE POST HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DUMBEST COMPUTER ON THE PLANET - :evil: But this may be a blessing in disguise to announce that I will be away for the weekend so tommorow will be my last post for a couple of days.

Melmond

16-04-2004, 04:49

OOC: Yes the Melmondian formula needs a little bit of tweaking as you can see by the crazy scores. However to be fair to all sides I will keep it the way it is. And now prepare yourself for a lame in character excuse for how messed up the formula is! At least its always competitive....

IC: Anything can happen in football here in Melmond, and it usually does!

Matchday 4 Scores
Melmond 7 - Praying2God 0
Iansisle 1 - Lovebug 2
Kaze Progressa 3 - Stalag 5 0
Dance 2 Revolution 0 - NEWI Cefn Druids 1
Brazillico 5 - Tadjikistan 0
Mattigool 0 - Lovisa 3

[code:1:0320d5c2c5]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 12 4 0 0 15:0 15
2. Melmond 9 3 1 0 9:4 5
3. Lovebug 9 3 1 0 8:6 2
4. Iansisle 6 2 2 0 3:3 0
5. Stalag 5 0 0 4 0 1:7 -6
6. Praying2God 0 0 4 0 0:16 -16

Group B
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Brazillico 12 4 0 0 12:2 10
2. NEWI Cefn Druids 7 2 1 1 2:2 0
3. Lovisa 6 2 2 0 7:7 0
4. Mattigool 4 1 2 1 3:4 -1
5. Dance 2 Revolution 3 1 3 0 1:5 -4
6. Tadjikistan 3 1 3 0 4:9 -5[/code:1:0320d5c2c5]

Brazillico

16-04-2004, 05:08

Joining BSN’s “SPORTSZONE” in progress…

Indigo: Another solid performance by the Brazillico Chili Bats, this time doling out a 5-0 thrashing against Tadjikistan For some thoughts on the match, let’s kick it over to the newest member of our BSN team, Keon Smith!

The camera shows Keon Smith sitting in the comfort of his hotel room by a desk with many open books and loosely organised papers.

Indigo: Keon, did we catch you at a bad time?

Smith: Not at all, I’m just trying to finish off a project for my one of my classes.

Indigo: The man wants to learn! May he be an example to all of you youngsters out there. Now Keon, while we’re on the topic of your religious education, the LNSNN took a lot of cheap shots at you yesterday, devoting 17 minutes of their half-hour prime time show towards denouncing you. How do you feel about that?

Smith: I can understand they didn’t want to dwell on a 4-0 loss by the home side, but such slander of my character is uncalled for. I’m a consummate professional when it comes to my journalistic career, and I feel any retaliation by my part would only help their sub-par ratings, so I’ll drop it there.

Indigo: Keon Smith, I am born again in your humility. Now, what are your thoughts on the Mattigool match?

Smith: I’m going to be honest, with all the school work I’ve had, I didn’t exactly go watch the game.

Indigo: You did WHAT?

Smith: I’ve really been swamped with work…

Indigo: Listen here, the Brazillico Sports Network has brought you over here at great expense, set you up with press passes to the match and got you a room at a five-star resort in Melmond and you have the audacity not to go cover the game?

Smith: Yeah, well..

Indigo: I’m not done. This isn’t the LNSNN where we can just stop working because we no longer feel like it. You’re under a damn lucrative contract and if we tell you to go cover a match, you had better cover the match. Am I understood?

Smith looks sheepishly at the ground.

Smith: Yes.

Indigo: One more snafu like that and we’ll send you back to the LNSNN faster than you can say “Cheesy Does It”.

Smith: No! Please don’t send me back! You guys have graphics and magic pens to draw on screens and a cold cuts table!

Smith runs towards the cold cuts table set up right beside his bed.

Smith: Look! Cold Cuts!

Smith stuffs all the cold cuts and cheese he can possibly stuff in his mouth, realizing it may be the last time he has such a luxury. The camera cuts away from Smith and goes back to Mike Indigo in the BSN Studio. Smith looks towards the camera puzzled, and shuffles his papers.

Indigo: We’re terribly sorry you had to see that grotesque show of gluttony by our correspondent Keon Smith, but to recap what Mr. Smith should have told us Brazillico defeated Tadjikistan 5-0. Goal scorers were Alex Cannon with two, Sandro Cannon, Todd Pink and Junior Socrates. With this victory, Brazillico has clinched Group B and have booked themselves a place in the semi-finals, where they’ll like face either a red-hot Melmond side, or a sorry, overachieving one in Lovebug. We’ll be back after this word from our sponsors.

Dance 2 Revolution

16-04-2004, 10:22

D2R Sport Newsflash!

D2R Suck! D2R Suck!

End Of Newsflash

Matt: Yes, here at D2R Sport we think D2R have purely SUCKED at this years CoH
Jeff: And I think Maeda speaks for everybody here at the station and in the country when he says:

Flashback to D2R - Brazillico end of match

Maeda: Argh!

End of Flashback

Matt: Goodbye, and Goodnight
Jeff: Phone in at 008 007 2744 to compete in this programmes Poll: Should D2R Forfeit Tadjikstan...Call's will cost 1.5 credits...Check with the bill payer before calling...mobile phone costs may vary

imported_Lovisa

16-04-2004, 13:26

good, good.
Only one results is disgusting
Lovisa - Tadjikistan 0-4 :!: :!: :shock:
in second match. this result was very shock for our team.
but the next two matches was good. and Lovisa advance to third position.

Go Go Loviki

Melmond

16-04-2004, 18:50

“The Devil Made Me Do It,” said Gloober
Illness Caused By Foodpoisoning Spirals Praying2God to Heck
By Jay Ununne of the Unne Sun Times

UNNE, MELMOND—One might think by looking at the score that the Melmond National Team has played its best game ever annihilating Praying2God 7-nil. True, this wasn’t a contest at all. However, it wasn’t the Fearless Farmers’ skill that made this game a laugher, but the work of a mischievous fan that got all the Praying2God players seriously ill with food poisoning which made the game so easy for the Fearless Farmers. Although happy about obtaining the win, both the Melmond fans and team felt as if they were robbed of a competitive contest.
The major trouble started in an upscale Unne hotel. Three teenage boys were hoping to sneak into the hotel to meet the Melmond National Side and take pictures and autographs. They found a back door open which led to the kitchen, where the four-star breakfast was made. They caught a glimpse of who was in the lobby. They were disappointed when they found out it wasn’t their beloved Fearless Farmers. However, their young minds raced when they found out it was the opposing Praying2God side. Right in front of them was the Praying2God breakfast. Icktus Gloober, the ringleader of this pack of wolves, decided to play a little trick on the Praying2God side. He concocted the most horrid marinade to sneak in their hash browns. This marinade was made up of Chipotle Tabasco sauce, canned eviscertomatoes, and the kicker and the most horrific ingredient of them all…Pepsi Blue!
When their doctored up breakfast came, the Praying2God team held its customary saying of Grace. However, all the blessings from the good Lord weren’t going to counteract the surprise Icktus Gloober cooked up for them. They ate their breakfast and surprisingly loved the Gloobered hash browns. They thought it was some local recipe.
Throughout the Cup of Harmony, the Praying2God side has been rather cursed. High expectations fell flat as they were beaten 4-nil by upstarts Lovebug and 4-nil by up-down-then-up-again-starts Kaze Progressa 4-nil. They seemed to be getting somewhat on track as they only lost 1-nil to Iansisle. However, Chef Gloober’s special was going to send them spiraling down to football heck.
It was a hot and humid day at the Unne Sports Temple and the fans were ready to see their Fearless Farmers pull off another hard earned and epic victory. It was not to be. The hard-earned and epic part anyway. Since we don’t really want to elaborate on this farce of a game, we will try to keep the summary concise as possible.
Melmond striker Benjamin Leeb got a hat trick within thirty minutes. He scored his goals at the 8th, 17th, and 30th minutes. The other starting striker Chris Owen scored at the 41st minute. Both sides made all their substitutions after the half as Melmond Manager Felix Coostatlwak substituted in two Unne players, Gina Unne and Diallo Unne. They replaced goalkeeper Cory Yankovic and striker Benjamin Leeb respectively. Chara Effitont also came in for midfielder Camui Arai. Praying2God Coach Martin Luther had to use all the substitutions to put in as sick but a little more rested players in. Mark Williams replaced goalkeeper Joshua Harris, Matthew Richardson replaced defender Noah Bell, and Jonah Carlson replaces William Harper.
The second half had two Melmond goals and one Praying2God goal. However, the Praying2God goal was an own goal as a disorientated Kelly Carter Larson started dribbling the wrong way and kicked one right past Mark Williams at the 57th minute. Unne Yellow club players Sergio Ortiz and Diallo Unne score the final two Melmond goals, at the 61st and 80th minutes respectively. Melmond wins 7-nil.
After the game, the entire Praying2God side was sent to the Good Doctor Hospital in Unne where they downed numerous amounts of pure potions in order to counteract Gloober’s strange brew. The Melmond side seemed apologetic and even dejected about how they got the blowout win. “This just doesn’t feel right; I mean Praying2God wasn’t even at 10%. I really hope them the best and I would love to see them beat Stalag 5 tomorrow,” Manager Felix Coostatlwak said.
As for Icktus Gloober and his gang, they were arrested and now out on juvi bail. Right now they are on the morning talk show circuit making the most of their fifteen minutes of fame. Gloober and his gang are barred from Melmond football events until they turn 18.

Goals
Leeb, MEL 8th
Leeb, MEL 17th
Leeb, MEL 30th
Owen, MEL 41st
Carter Larson, MEL (OG) 57th
Ortiz, MEL 61st
D. Unne, MEL 80th

Cards
None

Standings

Other Group A Results
Iansisle 1 – Lovebug 2
Kaze Progressa 3 – Stalag 5 0

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Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 12 4 0 0 15:0 15
2. Melmond 9 3 1 0 9:4 5
3. Lovebug 9 3 1 0 8:6 2
4. Iansisle 6 2 2 0 3:3 0
5. Stalag 5 0 0 4 0 1:7 -6
6. Praying2God 0 0 4 0 0:16 -16[/code:1:e36b3a7c68]

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: Benjamin Leeb (3), Camui Arai (1), Critandi Unne (1), Chris Owen (1), Sergio Ortiz (1), Diallo Unne (1)
Cards: Critandi Unne (2)

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta) W 1-0
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen) W 1-0
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne) W 7-0
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

It appears that the Cup of Harmony is delivering its much promised drama. It looks as if Kaze Progressa all but clinched first place in Group A. Brazillico has clinched first place in Group B. The Fearless Farmers are now playing the most important match in Melmond National Team history. Who would have figured that it would be against Lovebug? Lovebug has surprised many pundits except Melmond’s own with their performances. However, it does seem that the team is just trying to hang on to its excellence by a thread. If Melmond wins or ties they get the second spot and are in the 1st-4th place tier and will play Brazillico in Melmond City. If Lovebug wins, they will be in the 1st-4th place tier and will play Brazillico in Melmond City. Manager Felix Coostatlwak has superstar Critandi Unne back as he puts out his original starting lineup with Scott Cheney replacing the suspended Paul “Edgy” Shields.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Farmers Field
Location: Melmond City, Melmond
Seats: 35,000 (Open Air)
Historic and beautiful Farmers Field will be hosting its final football matches in this Cup of Harmony as it makes way for the massive Melmond Bowl. When construction is completed there, only the Melmond City baseball team will play at this stadium. The stadium was built for baseball anyway and it being wedged in an urban setting makes it a rather small field. The pitch will be crowded, but it certainly will make the football game much more interesting. The stadium is located just outside of ancient Melmond City right near the subbullet tracks. If Melmond loses the match against Lovebug, this will be their last game ever at Farmers Field. The Fearless Farmers want to make sure they leave the stadium on a high note so expect a very spirited effort.

16-04-2004, 23:46

Mark Williams replaced goalkeeper Joshua Harris

Actually, Williams has been playing the whole Harmony Cup because of an injury Harris suffered late in qualifying for World Cup XIII. However, Harris was left on the roster in case he was able to play late in qualifying or in the semis or final (if we got that far), but with our poor play so far Harris was ruled unable to play in the tournament to avoid the risk of a career-ending injury, but it was too late to replace him on the roster.

16-04-2004, 23:49

Oops! Yet another one of my traditional double posts. :oops:

Melmond

17-04-2004, 04:14

Matchday 5 Scores
Melmond 3 - Lovebug 1
Stalag 5 2 - Praying2God 2
Kaze Progressa 3 - Iansisle 0
Dance 2 Revolution 4 - Tadjikistan 1
Lovisa 0 - NEWI Cefn Druids 5
Mattigool 0 - Brazillico 4

[code:1:2231b4d1ad]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 15 5 0 0 18:0 18
2. Melmond 12 4 1 0 12:5 7
3. Lovebug 9 3 2 0 9:9 0
4. Iansisle 6 2 3 0 3:6 -3
5. Stalag 5 1 0 4 1 3:9 -6
6. Praying2God 1 0 4 1 2:18 -16

Group B
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Brazillico 15 5 0 0 16:2 14
2. NEWI Cefn Druids 10 3 1 1 7:2 5
3. Dance 2 Revolution 6 2 3 0 5:6 -1
4. Lovisa 6 2 3 0 7:12 -5
5. Mattigool 4 1 3 1 3:8 -5
6. Tadjikistan 3 1 4 0 5:13 -8[/code:1:2231b4d1ad]

Schedule for Matchday 6 (Placing Round)
1st-4th Place Tier
Kaze Progressa v. NEWI Cefn Druids (Unne Sports Temple, Unne)
Brazillico v. Melmond (Farmers Field, Melmond City)
5th-8th Place Tier
Lovebug v. Lovisa (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
Dance 2 Revolution v. Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta)
9th-12th Place Tier
Stalag 5 v. Tadjikistan (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
Mattigool v. Praying2God (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)

NEWI Cefn Druids

17-04-2004, 21:41

The Daily Druid

DRUIDS MAKE SEMI-FINALS!!!!
Wayne Ottgunn-Irwin on Lovisa 0 NEWI Cefn Druids 5

OK everyone, brace yourselves for what you are about to read, for as ridiculous as it might sound, it is the truth.

THE DRIUDS ARE IN THE SEMI FINALS OF THE CUP OF HARMONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, it does actually say that the Druids are in the semis, which guarentees them a top four finish at least! What's more, they only went and did it by recording their record victory, 5-0, against Lovisa.

Going into the match, a draw would have been enough for the Druids to reach the last four. However, when the Druids somehow found themselves three up in the first eight minutes, it seemed like there was only one winner. Goals from Greaves(2), Frederiksson, Simpson and Belmore made it 5-0 by half time, after which the Druids decided they couldn't be bothered anymore, and tried to settle for what they had. This, though, let Lovisa back into the match, giving them lots of chances in the second half, and if they had scored them all instead of missing them all, it could have been them in the semi finals. But somehow, a mixture of bad finishing and outstanding goalkeeping from new first choice Reg Garth kept them out and lead to the Druids earning themselves a thrashing against Kaze Progressa in their next match.

PREDICTION FOR MATCH AGAINST KAZE PROGRESSA: 6-0 to the Progressans, just because it's one better than we've ever managed, and it's typical of the Druids to go and do something like that.

Final score:
Lovisa 0
NEWI Cefn Druids 5 [Greaves 2, 18, Frederiksson 6, Simpson 8, Belmore 39]

NEWI Cefn Druids

17-04-2004, 21:41

In all the excitement, a double druid post was made! hehe :D

Brazillico

17-04-2004, 21:44

Joining BSN's SPORTSZONE in progress...

Smith: I’m here with Alex Cannon, the prolific striker from the Brazillico Chili Bats. Now Alex, Brazillico have looked very sharp after the group stages, winning all give matches? Do you think this team can have a nice run and possibly earn a spot in the finals.

Cannon: We haven’t been challenged yet, and I don’t expect that we will be.

Smith: You’ll be facing a very potent Melmond side in the semi-finals, they’ve won 4 in a row. You’re not scared of them at all?

Cannon: Oh yeah, they’re potent. I never said they weren’t. I just think that were more potent. And if it comes down to a battle of potency, I think we’ll have the Fearless Farmers mismatched.

Smith: So you’re saying that Brazillico is the most potent squad of the two.

Cannon: I believe I did.

Smith: I think you’re overlooking this match. Kinda like during last Harmony Cup when you won all your matches and then bowed to Cockbill Street in the Semis.

Cannon: That was a heartbreaking defeat and we’ve learned our lesson.

Smith: No you haven’t!

Cannon: Cockbill Street was a very potent side, as evident by their appearance in World Cup 14.

Smith: So are you predicting a Brazillican victory of the Harmony Cup!

Cannon: We’re taking things one game at a time. It’s by getting ahead of ourselves that we might overlook a match.

Smith: You’re already overlooking this match!

Cannon: I beg to differ.

Smith: You said earlier that you would beat Melmond! You said that you would beat them at a battle of potency!

Cannon: Of course, I have a positive outset on the upcoming match and believe that we can defeat the Fearless Farmers.

Smith: Well guess what Bucko? You win this game, you’re in the finals.

Cannon: We’re well aware of the importance of this match.

Smith: So you think you’ll be in the finals, but refuse to make a prediction on winning the Harmony Cup.

Cannon: Of course, the Harmony Cup is our ultimate goal and we aspire to capture it, but right now, we need to concentrate on the Melmond match.

Smith: You’re not the smartest guy in the world, are you?

Cannon: Hey, I get paid to score goals, not write doctoral dissertations.

Smith: Well that’s the word with Alex Cannon; predicting a victory, while not getting ahead of himself, being overconfident or the least bit intelligent. Back to you, Mike.

Melmond

18-04-2004, 04:09

Melmond Loving the Result
Fearless Farmers Heading Into the CoH Championship Semis
By Henry Kalangalangalang of the Melmond City Herald

MELMOND CITY, MELMOND—It is becoming more apparent by the day the more success the Melmond National Team has on the world stage, the greater the sport of football will increase its popularity in this nation. In this crucial game against Lovebug, this reporter has seen the most frenzied crowd I have ever seen for a football match right here in Melmond with our fans.
So much was riding on this match between the host nation Melmond and overachievers Lovebug. The obvious would be second place in Group A and a spot in the championship semis. The best the loser can do of this matchup is fifth place. There is some sentimental reason for Melmond wanting to win the game as well. Farmers Field is at its last gasps as a football venue as it will return to baseball only once the Melmond Bowl is completed. The Fearless Farmers don’t want their last game in this venerable stadium to be a loss. Ironically, if the Fearless Farmers do win, their championship semi game against Brazillico will be at Farmers Field. Imagine the drama in that game!
However, the Melmond National Team knew not too look past Lovebug. Lovebug has been achieving upset victories over Praying2God, Stalag 5, and Iansisle. Of course, they were surprises except to us here in Melmond, who picked Lovebug to finish third due to their apparent up-and-comingness. Speaking of Melmond predictions, how about Les Bleus of Eauz? They are dominating like we said they would. Okay, okay, enough of the shameless self-promotion, back to the game summary.
The sold out crowd of 35,000 was treated to the most perfect day for football as it was mostly sunny and 33 degrees Celsius in Melmond City. Most fans were dressed in green or farmer gear, some in a combination of both. All the Melmond fans had their green foam pitchfork hands in place.
The first half started out as a match mainly between the Melmond offence and the Lovebug defence. Lovebug uses the 4-5-1 formation, so it takes crafty moves to get past their defence. Passes from the Melmond midfielders were either broken up or getting intercepted by the omnipresent Lovebug defence. The first Melmond breakthrough didn’t occur until the 21st minute.
At the 21st minute, Melmond superstar midfielder Critandi Unne, back from a one-game yellow card suspension, made hir presence felt. After receiving a long and nifty pass from club teammate Sergio Ortiz, Critandi Unne made dribbling maneuvers worthy of a shoe commercial as s/he dazzled the crowd and baffled the Lovebug defence with hir fancy footwork. After s/he danced through the Lovebug defence, Critandi Unne strikes a hard shot right in the far corner of the net, outside of Lovebug goalkeeper Bear “the Claw” Woods’ reach. The crowd goes wild! Melmond takes a 1-nil lead.
The Critandi Unne goal awakened the rest of the Melmond offence. At the 39th minute, midfielder Cristina Antunez makes the nifty pass which caught the Lovebug defence off-guard. Striker and latest Alan City signee Benjamin Leeb tricks Bear “the Claw” Woods with his patented eye fake and gets it past the goalkeeper on the narrow side. The Fearless Farmer faithful gets increasingly psyched and optimistic about their chances of going to the championship semis.
Melmond goalkeeper Cory Yankovic proved that the lack of action on her end of the field won’t make her napping. As Lovebug midfielder Mack “The Truck” Rellic makes the long pass to their striker Panda “The Bear” Bamboor. Bamboor kicks it toward the net in midair. Cory Yankovic, cool and collected, makes the diving save during injury time. The first half ends with Melmond leading 2-nil and the Melmond faithful absolutely psyched.
Lovebug came into the second half a rejuvenated team, proving that their coach Roos Terrace earned his nickname “Motivate Em.” Lovebug was able to cut the Melmond lead in half at the 55th minute. Lovebug midfielder Eagle “Golden Foot” Grant passes the ball to a streaking Panda “the Bear” Bamboor. His shot is stopped by Cory Yankovic, but the deflection was put in the net by Lovebug midfielder Zebra “Stripper” Black. Black, who had been making a heap of cash in Melmond City’s red light district, now adds a goal to his account.
Lovebug seemed to reclaim the momentum, as the offensive counterattack kept pressure on the Melmond defence, and if it weren’t for bad aim, Lovebug very well may have tied the game. However, as Melmond finally made their first true chance at scoring at the 68th minute, striker Benjamin Leeb was hit by a high tackle by Lovebug defender Jack “The Rabbit” BeNimble. Leeb’s shin suffered a laceration and he had to be substituted off the pitch. Fan favorite and local club player Taxt replaced the injured Leeb. BeNimble saw some red of his own, as the referee gives him a red card and BeNimble will not be playing for the rest of the Cup of Harmony.
Melmond quickly takes advantage of this one player advantage. Taxt looked like he was going to make the hard striker passed the Lovebug goalkeeper. However, seeing that the goalkeeper overcommitted to stopping his shot, he passes it to an emerging Critandi Unne and s/he puts it in the back of the net and basically sticks a pitchfork in Lovebug. Melmond was off to the championship semifinals! However, they have another most important match in history coming up, playing Brazillico at Farmers Field.

Goals
C. Unne, MEL 21st
Leeb, MEL 39th
Black, LVB 55th
C. Unne, MEL 70th

Cards
BeNimble, LVB 68th

Standings

Other Group A Results
Stalag 5 2 – Praying2God 2
Kaze Progressa 3 – Iansisle 0

[code:1:8fbe46161a]Group A
Pts W L D GF:GA GD
1. Kaze Progressa 15 5 0 0 18:0 18
2. Melmond 12 4 1 0 12:5 7
3. Lovebug 9 3 2 0 9:9 0
4. Iansisle 6 2 3 0 3:6 -3
5. Stalag 5 1 0 4 1 3:9 -6
6. Praying2God 1 0 4 1 2:18 -16[/code:1:8fbe46161a]

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: Benjamin Leeb (4), Critandi Unne (3), Camui Arai (1), Chris Owen (1), Sergio Ortiz (1), Diallo Unne (1)
Cards: Critandi Unne (2)

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta) W 1-0
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen) W 1-0
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne) W 7-0
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City) W 3-1
v Brazillico (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

Next Game
vs. Brazillico (Farmers Field, Melmond City)

In the championship tier of the Cup of Harmony placing round, this matchup between host nation Melmond and perennial hard-luck power Brazillico is by far the most interesting. Kaze Progressa is expected to beat NEWI Cefn Druids by almost all publications around the NationStates world. Some people are calling this matchup “The Projectile Cup” as both teams fans are known for throwing foreign objects on the field. Ironically during qualifying, a Melmond fan threw a Nina Steen doll at the head of Brazillican referee Not Ronaldo, ending his career, albeit he is rich and living like a king on Steve’s Island. Also this is the last football game ever at historic Farmers Field. Melmond certainly doesn’t want to leave the stadium on a bad note. Brazillico arguably has more talent than the Fearless Farmers, but the Fearless Farmers will have the support of 35,000 screaming Melmondians. Striker Benjamin Leeb has been cleared to play after his shin laceration. Manager Felix Coostalwak shows faith in the starting lineup he had in the beginning of the Cup of Harmony.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Farmers Field
Location: Melmond City, Melmond
Seats: 35,000 (Open Air)
This will be the last hurrah as football is concerned for the architectural beauty known as Farmers Field, as it will go back to its roots as a baseball-only ballpark. After this match against Brazillico, all the matches in Melmond City will be played in the 90,000 seated Melmond Bowl on land recently annexed by Melmond City. Expect tight action on the small pitch of Farmers Field. It may have been a short while for the football world to enjoy the fruits of Farmers Field, but the park outside of ancient Melmond City right near the subbullet tracks will be missed by anyone who played football in it.

Melmond

19-04-2004, 03:42

Matchday 6 Results
1st-4th Place Tier
Kaze Progressa 2 - NEWI Cefn Druids 0
Brazillico 0 - Melmond 2
5th-8th Place Tier
Lovebug 2 - Lovisa 0
Dance 2 Revolution 3 - Iansisle 0
9th-12th Place Tier
Stalag 5 4 - Tadjikistan 0
Mattigool 0 - Praying2God 1

Schedule for Matchday 7 (the place matches)
Championship Match
Kaze Progressa v. Melmond (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)
3rd Place Match
NEWI Cefn Druids v. Brazillico (Walladome, Acosta)
5th Place Match
Lovebug v. Dance 2 Revolution (MPNK Stadium, Faasen)
7th Place Match
Lovisa v. Iansisle (Woocat Books Ballpark, O'Connor)
9th Place Match
Stalag 5 v. Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Aldi)
11th Place Match
Tadjikistan v. Mattigool (Xpress Counsel Field, Cali)

Melmond

19-04-2004, 03:42

Get back double post demon!

Brazillico

19-04-2004, 04:30

Corrupt Referee Gives Black Eye to Sport; Recieves One Himself in Process

In one of the worst performances by a man with a whistle in recent memory, Brazillico got absolutely f*cked over, losing 2-0 by default.

Problems for Brazillico started in the first minute, when Bertrand Durango issued a stiff challenge on Melmond midfielder, Cristina Antunez. In what was a clean tackle by most accounts and perhaps proclaimed a foul by the most vocal Melmond supporters, the referee decided to issue Mr. Durango a red card. Brazillico’s captain, Nene Batista came to plead with the referee to use some common sense, and was then swiftly dealt the red for “giving the ref lip”.

It was clear that Brazillico would be in for a helluva fight and despite being down two men, they would not go down quietly. In the fourth minute, Todd Pink chipped a ball into the Melmond zone, where a streaking Alex Cannon beat the defence and reached the ball, however, the flag was up. With another terrible, remarkably absurd call, the referee decided to eject Alex Cannon for being offside. Du jamais vu in the world of football.

After that bogus and spurious call, it became evident the referee was under Melmond’s payroll and that Brazillico would have no chance of winning. The eight remaining Chili Bats charged upon the referee and, to put it tritely, beat the shit out of him. All participating players were consequently handed, you guessed it, red cards, and with no one left to play, Brazillico was forced to forfeit the match.

Melmond 2
Brazillico 0
FT – 4:00

Lovebug

19-04-2004, 06:31

WEEKEND UPDATE WITH KANIELPAKELIKA http://espnradio.espn.go.com/i/columnists/patrick_dan_c.jpg & LOPAKAKIKA http://www.msnbc.com/onair/Bios/Global/costas_b.jpg

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Lopakakika – Hello Lovebugians, welcome to our weekend update. Kanielapakelika and I have spent the past few days covering the Cynthovia gymnastics invitational, but we’re back tonight to catch you up on the latest happenings in the Cup of Harmony.

Kanielapakelika – That’s right it’s been a nice change of pace the past two days, but it’s back to game we’ve come to love. The last time we we’re with you Lovebug had lost the match-up against Kaze Progressa and we’re hours away from playing Iansisle. Since then the team has seen a rise, and fall, only to be risen again in the second to last match-up of the tournament. To recap the scores on the weekend it was Lovebug over Iansisle 2-1, followed by a Bulldog loss to Melmond 3-1, ending a few minutes ago with a win over Lovisa 2-0.

Lopakakika – The win in the Iansisle match up was not an easy one; Lovebug fell behind early in the match up as Iansisle put the first point up on the board about ten minutes into the match up. We went into half time without scoring but came back shortly after the whistle blew for the beginning of the second half scoring the tying goal in minutes. After that it was no ones game until we came to the final minutes when out of the blue #22 – Wally “Former Fatboy” Russell http://www.football-rumours.com/images/torstenfrings3.jpg – who is back this season down 60 pounds from 236 to 176, a lean mean fighting machine, after ending his national play early do to health problems. He showed that he was back in top form by capturing the ball after it bounced off of the head of one of Iansisle midfielders. He seamlessly made his way up the field and scored his first goal in WCC play. That would be the final score of the game – the Bulldog’s come from behind to win against Iansisle.

Kanielapakelika – Next we would play the tournament host – Melmond. We knew going into the match-up that it would mean a lot if we won or if we lost. If we won we would be in upper bracket with a guarantee of finishing at least in 4th place overall, we would have a chance to face Brazillico a team that we have had issues with in recent days, also a chance to increase perhaps in the WCC Ranks. If we lost Melmond would have their victory in the last going at this stadium, they would play Brazillico with the chance to go on to the championship match-up, and we would only be guaranteed at least 8th place match-up out of 12. Our defense was able to hold Melmond at bay for a long time, but in the 21st minute Melmond’s midfielder Critandi Unne, scores the first goal of the match-up, Melmond would lead 1-0. Benjamin Leeb, a new edition to the Melmond offense would then score several minutes later to make it 2-0. Despite a valiant effort by Mack “The Truck” Rellic http://www.football-rumours.com/images/joecole.jpg and Panda “The Bear” Bamboor http://www.football-rumours.com/images/takahara5.jpg we we’re unable to score in the first half of the match-up. Shortly after the half though Zebra “The Stripper” Black http://www.football-rumours.com/images/dennisrommedahl1.jpg came up with a score (note – the man’s nickname does not refer to an off season profession, as Melmond was attempting to indicate – simply it comes from the fact that he has the tendency to remove his shirt on the field after a big score). In the later minutes of the match-up Jack “The Rabbit” BeNimble received a red-card after delivering a hard blow to their player Leeb – unfortunately for the team this means that he is ineligible to play for the rest of the tournament. Losing, his leadership on field proved to be fatal for the Lovebug team, as Melmond would score one more time to end the game with a 3-1 victory over our Bulldog’s.

Lopakakika – After that loss, and the end of BeNimble’s season, I was afraid that the Dog’s would lose faith in their ability to bounce back. Especially since we would be playing Lovisa – a team that we have had no success in play against, back during the World Cup competition we faced them twice losing 1-0, and 5-1 respectively.

Kanielapakelika – Yes, but tonight’s game sure proved us wrong – it was a decisive victory for the Bulldog’s, seemingly fired up by the chance to redeem themselves after their pitiful past performances. Our defense was in top form – they didn’t allow the Lovisian’s anywhere near the goal in the first half and blocked the two attempts they made in the second.

Lopakakika – We would split the points we would score during match-up between the first and second half’s. In the first half the Bulldog’s would take a few minutes to score. About 15 minutes into the match-up 2nd string Stopper, Kanga "Boxy" Roo http://www.football-rumours.com/images/mohammedkallon1.JPG, in the game as a sub for lead-man BeNimble got the ball from Left-Wing Amos "Hip Man" Potter http://www.football-rumours.com/images/burukOkan.jpg and scored his first point in WCC play.

Kanielapakelika – We would hold on to the 1-0 score through the first half, in the second we would come to score again but not till late, in the final 10 minutes of the match-up in fact. Pella "Cannon" Dylan http://www.football-rumours.com/images/gustavolopez.jpg, caught a wild shot off of one of Lovisa’s players and with the help of our defense managed to make it up midfield, and to the goal to score the 2nd and final goal of the match-up.

Lopakakika – With this win the Bulldog’s are assured at least 6th place, we play for a possible 5th place in the last game of the Harmony Cup tomorrow night against Dance2Revolution – another team we have seen in previous play. The Bulldog’s are also 0-2 against this team, perhaps we will have just as much fire tomorrow night as we just saw in the Lovisa match-up.

Kanielapakelika – I know I’ll be praying for a victory tonight – well that’s all for now folks – we’ll be back with tomorrow’s match-up. And of course, we will be back with you whenever WC14 gets started.

Melmond

19-04-2004, 17:47

Chili Battery
Brazillico’s Brutal Behavior Ruins Melmond’s Magical Moment
By Henry Kalangalangalang of the Melmond City Herald

MELMOND CITY, MELMOND—This was supposed to be a monumental match for the Melmond National Team as they were inching closer and closer to their first title. The Fearless Farmers had the privilege of playing in front of their home fans in the last football match ever at historic Farmers Field in Melmond City. A very talented Brazillico side was the opponent. The fans were frenzied on this absolutely gorgeous day. They knew something big was going to happen. Normally when Melmond takes on talent the caliber of this team, they usually get their butts kicked. However, it was obvious from the get go that Melmond was game and Brazillico clearly was lame.
The Fearless Farmers got off to one of the most fast and furious starts in possibly NationStates football history as it was clear that Brazillico was looking ahead of the Fearless Farmers. At the first minute, Melmond midfielder Cristina Antunez takes the ball away from an overconfident Bertrand Durango. Durango than quickly counters with a tackle on Cristina Antunez. Antunez falls to the pitch in pain. Today’s referee, Terry Vucinic of Europa Brittania, is known for being very quick to pull out the cards, and although it looked as if it was a clean tackle, Antunez’s acting job earns Bertrand Durango the red card. Brazillico’s captain, Nene Batista, got very close to the referee and bumped him in an effort of intimidation. Batista also got to see red.
At the free kick, Cristina Antunez makes an alert kick which was trapped by striker Benjamin Leeb. Leeb than easily fakes out Brazillico midfielder Todd Pink and makes the perfect strike past Brazillico goalkeeper David Robinho. The crowd was frenzied after the amazingly quick start. They were overjoyed but couldn’t believe that they were celebrating this early. Hold on Fearless Farmer faithful, prepared to be shocked and awe.
Two minutes after Leeb’s goal, Melmond is threatening again. Martin Goodwin is looking to make a cross; however there is strong defence by Paul Hilario. Hilario makes a big error as he overzealous makes a clean tackle, but kicked the ball past the goalkeeper’s line and gives up a corner. Melmond’s corner ace Jonsi Torrini takes the corner and delivers a beauty of a kick. The play made by Melmond striker Chris Owen may have eclipsed the beauty of Torrini’s kick. Owen actually jumped over the big Paul Hilario and headed the ball past Robinho and into the net. Owen scores at the 3rd minute and it is already 2-nil Melmond. The fans can’t quite believe the euphoria that they are in.
However, the euphoria was about to turn into horror. Brazillico was about to counter with a furious offensive attack of their own. Todd Pink chipped the ball to the streaking Brazillico striker Alex Cannon. As he was about to beat his last defender, he takes the back of the neck of Melmond defender Sergio Ortiz and pushes him down in stride. Not only was Alex Cannon offside, but he received a red card for shoving down Ortiz. This reporter had never seen such pitiful and sloppy play by one side in such a short time.
Desperately looking for a scapegoat for their poor play, the remaining Chili Bats deluded themselves in believing that Terry Vucinic was on “the Melmond payroll.” So they all assaulted Vucinic and beat the living daylights out of him. Brazillico receives a record 11 red cards in four minutes and the game has to be ended as a riot broke out between the small patch of Brazillico fans and the majority of Melmond fans. Projectiles were thrown everywhere, and even as the police escorted the entire Brazillico starting lineup in handcuff, one Melmond fan threw a pineapple which made a direct hit on Alex Cannon’s head. However, Alex Cannon continued to act like nothing hit him, after all his skull is pretty thick.
The police were rather busy as they were in the riot gear. The venerable Farmers Field was being showered with tear gas and rubber bullets. Many of the fans were crying of the horror. This was Melmond’s huge moment: playing their best football in the last football match ever at Farmers Field and getting closer to winning the Cup of Harmony. It all had to end in violence incited by the Brazillico Chili Oafs.
The aftermath of it all was disappointing to Melmond football. “What happened out their put a tear to my eye. Brazillico should have known about Vucinic’s reputation and played better. Instead they take it out on the referee, pitiful.” Martin Goodwin was quoted of saying. Fans will get refunds of the game and will be able to experience a friendly intrasquad match at Farmers Field for free and get to meet all the players. Brazillico receives a punishment from the WCC, they will be forced to forfeit the third place match against NEWI Cefn Druids. Melmond Football Association Princess Tasa Seegwun was infuriated about the penalty, “They should be out of the Cup of Harmony and suspended for all of World Cup 14. Instead all they have to forfeit is one measly game! Pitiful!” The fans in Acosta will be refunded treated to an intrasquad game at Walladome where they will meet all the players. The whole Brazillico starting eleven is out on bail after being arrested. Their court date will come shortly.

Goals
Leeb, MEL 1st
Owen, MEL 3rd

Cards
Durango, BRA 1st
Batista, BRA 1st
A. Cannon, BRA 4th
Robinho, BRA 4th
Hilario, BRA 4th
R. Cannon, BRA 4th
T. Cannon, BRA 4th
Socrates, BRA 4th
Maracana, BRA 4th
Pink, BRA 4th
S. Cannon, BRA 4th

Standings

Other Results
Kaze Progressa 2 – NEWI Cefn Druids 0
Lovebug 2 – Lovisa 0
Dance 2 Revolution 3 – Iansisle 0
Stalag 5 4 – Tadjikistan 0
Mattigool 0 – Praying2God 1

Melmond Team Stats
Goals: Benjamin Leeb (5), Critandi Unne (3), Chris Owen (2), Camui Arai (1), Sergio Ortiz (1), Diallo Unne (1)
Cards: Critandi Unne (2)

Melmond National Team Cup of Harmony Schedule

v Kaze Progressa (Farmers Field, Melmond City) L 4-0
v Iansisle (Walladome, Acosta) W 1-0
v Stalag 5 (MPNK Stadium, Faasen) W 1-0
v Praying2God (Unne Sports Temple, Unne) W 7-0
v Lovebug (Farmers Field, Melmond City) W 3-1
v Brazillico (Farmers Field, Melmond City) W 2-0
v Kaze Progressa (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)

Next Game
vs. Kaze Progressa (Microcosm Stadium, Aldi)

With the help of their rabid supporters, the Melmond National Team has shown the world the talent they always knew they had as they reach the championship game of the Cup of Harmony, the Golden Keg within reach. They play a Kaze Progressa side which has dominated every team they came up against, including a 4-nil drubbing of Melmond in the first match of the Cup of Harmony (not counting Vilita-The Weegies). Now Melmond has a winning streak of their own and as a renewed determination to please the fans after the disaster against Brazillico. They want to bring the Melmond football fan back from the malaise and into absolute ecstasy. Manager Felix Coostatlwak is going to leave his lineup alone.

GK- Cory Yankovic
D- Jonsi Torrini
D- Sergio Ortiz
D- Scott Cheney
D- Nina Steen
M- Martin Goodwin
M- Critandi Unne
M- Camui Arai
M- Cristina Antunez
F- Chris Owen
F- Benjamin Leeb

Microcosm Stadium
Location: Aldi, Melmond
Seats: 65,000 (Open Air)

The championship final will be played in the largest open air stadium in Melmond in beautiful Aldi. Microcosm Stadium is another baseball only stadium, but since it is a pitcher park, expect a more spacious than average pitch and a wide open match between Melmond and Kaze Progressa.

Melmond

20-04-2004, 03:57

Matchday 7 Results
Championship Match
Kaze Progressa 2 - Melmond 3
3rd Place Match
NEWI Cefn Druids 3 - Brazillico 0 (Brazillico Forfeits)
5th Place Match
Lovebug 1 - Dance 2 Revolution 0
7th Place Match
Lovisa 2 - Iansisle 0
9th Place Match
Stalag 5 1 - Praying2God 2 (Golden Goal)
11th Place Match
Tadjikistan 0 - Mattigool 1 (Golden Goal)

Final Results
Champions: Melmond
2nd Place: Kaze Progressa
3rd Place: NEWI Cefn Druids
4th Place: Brazillico
5th Place: Lovebug
6th Place: Dance 2 Revolution
7th Place: Lovisa
8th Place: Iansisle
9th Place: Praying2God
10th Place: Stalag 5
11th Place: Mattigool
12th Place: Tadjikistan
13th Place: Vilita
14th Place: The Weegies

Brazillico

20-04-2004, 05:12

An Entirely IC Post –
What was left of the Brazillico Chili Bats marched to the gates of Acosta’s Walladome. Decimated by red cards thanks to a crooked referee, made the richer thanks to a suddenly inflated Swiss bank account, the remaining players who weren’t on the field walked through the parking lot in preparation for their third place match against the NEWI Cefn Druids. It wouldn’t be easy, they’d be eight to the Druids’ 11, but Brazillico had never walked away from a challenge, and they didn’t intend to start today. Chins up, they reached the player’s entrance of Farmer’s Field.

Melmond F.A. Guy: This is a restricted players’ entrance, you’ll have to go over there.

Lisa Cannon: We are players… for Brazillico.

Melmond F.A. Guy: That’s impossible. Brazillico have forfeited this match.

Lisa Cannon: Like f*ck we have! We’re here and we’re ready to play.

Melmond F.A. Guy: I don’t think that’s an option.

Paul Hilario, who had missed the previous match thanks to a pulled groin, stepped forward in front of the Melmond F.A. guy. The 6’7” Hilario cast a huge shadow over Melmond’s Football Association representative.

Hilario: Listen, you can let us in the easy way, or we can do things the hard way. Your pick.

Melmond F.A. Guy: Oh, I wouldn’t want to anger you. Please, walk right in.

The F.A. guy opens the door, revealing 50 police officers dressed in full riot gear facing the Brazillicans from inside the stadium.

Melmond F.A. Guy: Remember, Brazillico forfeited. Now if you have your tickets, please go to the main gate.

Dr. Horatio Cosmo walks to the forefront and puts himself within three inches of the Security Guy’s face.

Cosmo: Don’t cheat these kids. Let them play.

Melmond F.A. Guy: I’m afraid that’s not an option.

Cosmo cocks his fist to take a swing at the security guy, but Hilario catches his arm. The Chili Bats slowly start retreating to the bus, with Hilario continuously restraining Cosmo, as the Melmond F.A. guy laughs hysterically.

Cosmo: You cheated us! You f*cking cheated us! This ain’t over! We’ll be back. You better believe it, this isn’t the last you saw of Brazillico.

Cosmo continued to squirm in Hilario’s arms and shout profanities at the Melmond F.A. guy, until both men where in the bus and the doors closed. Once in the bus, Cosmo ran to a window seat, opened a window and continued to jaw off at the F.A. Rep, while the F.A. guy just stared smiled cockily and nodded his head. Oh baby, you had better believe it; it wasn’t over, it had just begun.

Spaam

20-04-2004, 05:18

This is bull.... I'm calling Melmond out.

Lovebug

20-04-2004, 05:28

THE WRAP-UP WITH YOUR HOSTS KANIELPAKELIKA http://espnradio.espn.go.com/i/columnists/patrick_dan_c.jpg & LOPAKAKIKA http://www.msnbc.com/onair/Bios/Global/costas_b.jpg

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Kanielapakelika – That’s it folks – it’s alllllllllllll over! The Bulldog’s finish the Cup of Harmony in 5th place, after a 1-0 victory over Dance2Revolution.

Lopakakika – What a game, after losing to the revolution twice in previous play Lovebug was able to squeeze out a victory in the final minutes of the game.

Kanielapakelika – You have to hand it to both defenses today – I mean neither team let the other get much farther than midfield for most of the match up. I don’t think either side got more than a handful of attempts at the goal during the entire game.

Lopakakika – Yes it certainly was a close match up. It has been a short but sweet tournament for the Bulldog’s as they finish it 5-2, improving our overall WCC tournament totals to 9-2-14. It seems it really was a good idea for the Bulldog’s to get out there and compete against some of the best in the off-season before WC14 begins.

Kanielapakelika – They certainly have learned how to win again, and have gained in the needed experience to play against the big boys. They’ve also felt the sting of loss in some key match-ups but were able to bounce back – not fall into a losing routine.

Lopakakika – For, today’s victory we can give thanks to our fabulous defense and the only man able to put a point on the board today – Forward, No. 9, Quinn "The Navigator" Sid, http://www.football-rumours.com/images/lauth.jpg. In the last 5 minutes of the match up the team formed there seldom used star formation, the ball passing between Orca "Flipper" Whalters http://www.football-rumours.com/images/aimar3.jpg to Tiger "The Man" Woods http://www.football-rumours.com/images/nikokovac.jpg to Berell "Sharp eye" Collins http://www.football-rumours.com/images/vaart2.jpg to Eagle "Golden Foot" Grant http://www.football-rumours.com/images/hoekstra3.jpg ending at the top of the star with Sid – the dazzling play seemed to confuse the Revolution defender temporarily enough to allow him to score.

Kanielapakelika – Lovebug fans everywhere cheered for their Bulldog’s, even though it’s only 5th place – it feels like 1st to us. The team heads home tonight for well deserved vacation before WC14 begins. They will begin with a dinner at the palace with the queen and the royal family. Followed with a few days rest with their families at one of Lovebug’s palatial resorts on the Isle of Butterflies. Then it’s back to practice so that they will be in top form whenever the next tournament begins.

Lopakakika – I’d just like to say that it’s been a honor working with you the last few days, I hope to stay on with the broadcast team for years to come.

Kanielpakelika – It’s been a pleasure – we’ll be back to broadcast when WC14 starts up. Until then remember Apau Ka inoa O aloha, ho'okahi wa hou Ka inoa O aloha.

NEWI Cefn Druids

20-04-2004, 17:33

*The Melmond F.A. guy knocks on the door of the NEWI Cefn Druids changing room around quarter an hour before their match with Brazillico is due to start...*

Melmond F.A. Guy: "Mr Welsh."

Tim Welsh (manager): "Yes?"

MFAG: "I'm from the Melmond F.A. and I am here to inform you and your team that Brazillico have forfeited this match, giving you an automatic 3-0 victory and third place."

TW: "What do you mean, Brazillico have forfeited?"

MFAG: "They forfeit, they are not playing. You win by default."

TW: "But... we can't do that. It's a Druid tradition that we have to get thumped every time we play Brazillico."

MFAG: "Well you aren't playing them, so that means that you don't have to get thumped by them. You have finished third. Well done!"

TW: "What do you mean, "Well done"? We haven't "done" anything."

MFAG: "Well, whatever. You win. Congratulations."

TW: "Now come on, I know we're not one of the smartest bunches of players in the world, but even we're not going to fall for this one. This is Brazillico we're talking about here. It's not the Brazillican way to just give up and go home. Why would they do that?"

MFAG: "Well, the entire team were 'sent off' in their last match, leaving them with only eight players for this match."

TW: "Can we not take the eight on? We might even have a chance, then."

MFAG: "I am afraid that that will not be possible, Mr Welsh."

TW: "But what about the fans? People have come from all over the world to see this game. Are they supposed to just go home and have their day spoiled?"

MFAG: "If that's how it has to be, then yes."

TW: "But... we have to play. Even if it's just to make the people outside laugh at us like they usually do, we still gotta go out there and do something."

MFAG: "Well there is no football match taking place here today."

TW: "Right... Well... er... thank you for informing us of that..."

MFAG: "Good day to you, Mr Welsh."

*The Melmond F.A. guy walks away, leaving Tim Welsh to go back inside to tell his team what had happened*

Trevor Kallins (Captain): "Who was that, boss?"

TW: "That was some guy from the Melmond F.A., says that Brazillico aren't going to turn up."

*Collective gasps of astonishment from all the players*

TK: "But... they're Brazillico. They don't just give up."

TW: "That's exactly what I thought. If you ask me, this all sounds a bit suspicious."

TK: "It does."

TW: "Look, does anybody here not think that this sounds too ridiculous to be true..." *silence* "...so? What are we waiting for? Come on, lads, we're going to see what's going on out there."

*The team wander out of the changing rooms, down the tunnel and onto the pitch, seemingly in some kind of daze. As they exit the tunnel, they are greeted by a confrontation between the Brazillican fans and the Melmond Police Force. They notice that some of the Druid fans are also joining in, but they are easily distinguishable as the ones throwing the pies around. One of the many missiles being thrown by the angry fans hits substitute goalkeeper Garth Erg. Unfortunately, it didn't come from one of his countrymen.*

Garth Erg: "YEOW!"

TK: "What is it, Garth?"

GE: "This black box just hit me! The f*****s!"

TK: "Boss... Come over here..."

TW: "What is it, Trevor?"

TK: "It's a video. It says on it... MELMOND VS BRAZILLICO."

TW: "Well we might as well go back inside, learn a bit about our opponents. I mean, it's not as if they'll be able to get a game started with this going on out here."

*The team are led back inside, not only so that they can watch the video, but also because it seems the safest place. Tim Welsh seems to disappear for a minute or two, only to return with a portable 14 inch TV/VCR combination. He brings it into the changing room, plugs it in, turns it on, puts the video in and pushes play. The video is at the end, so Welsh re-winds it. While the tape is re-winding, the following plays on TV...*

Voiceover: "Are you interested in the world of lampposts? Perhaps you pass them in the street, or you could even have one outside your house. Well, now the world's premier lamppost publication is available here in Melmond, ladies and gentlemen, we give to you, Lampposts World!!! Issue one is only one Wong and is available in all reasonably poor stockists. And what's more, if you buy the complete series, you will be able to construct your very own fully working lamppost, so that you can be the envy of all your neighbours. Issue one comes with a free fifteen foot long post that will form the centrepiece of the model. So buy Lampposts World now, and make it a better world, a brighter world, a lampposts world."

First issue priced at one Wong, all issues thereafter will be priced 12,000 Wongs. There are 857 issues in the series. Lampposts World incorporates Street Furniture Monthly and The Dog's Toilet Post.

*...at this point the tape is fully re-wound, and the players settle down to watch the action.*

Simon Greaves (striker): "Oh my god... no... it can't be..."

TW: "What is it, Simon?"

SG: "It's that referee again! Well, for want of a better word. He was our referee when I was playing for Parkville in the Champions League qualifiers."

TK: "It's GURG!!!"

GE: "Who's Gurg?"

SG: "Gurg is a referee from Abysmalistan. He was the reason we got knocked out of the Champions League, and it looks to me that he's why the Brazillicans must have lost too."

TK: "I suppose it's only fair, I wouldn't play again if I knew he was going to be referee."

GE: "No, no, no! You've got us all wrong!"

*Everyone looks at Garth*

TK: "What do you mean, us?

GE: "You mean you didn't know?"

TK: "Know what?"

GE: "That I'm half Abysmal?"

SG: "Garth, you're almost always abysmal, we..."

GE: "No, not like that. I mean that my mother is originally from Abysmalistan."

*The team look kind of shocked, with a hint of bewilderment thrown in for good measure*

TW: "Well that explains everything, then."

SG: "What does?"

TW: "Well, for a start, we've only ever won a couple of games with young Garth in goal. A good 80% of our wins have come when someone else has played in goal, like Reg has in this tournament."

SG: "And..."

TW: "Well, don't you see? That's why we've always been so goddamn awful. The Abysmal curse!"

TK: "And that's why Brazillico aren't here? Because Gurg cursed them?"

TW: "Well, maybe. But we can't be sure. Look lads, I'm sure it'll all become clear over time. Let's just get out of here until any more crazy s*** happens."

*With this, the entire Druid set-up leave the Farmer's Field and set off on the coach back to the hotel to wait and see if there would be any developments with what the hell was going on.*

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