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Soapbox Oracle - Tournament Wk 1 done

Wk 1 of the NWSL tournament ends; MLS is poised to start.

By Kreg Asay

Oracle Scoring System:

  • Getting the right result (Team A beats Team B): 1 point
  • Each correct number of goals for either team: 1 point (result was 1-1, and you picked 2-1; gives you 1 correct pick and 1 wrong pick so 1 point).
  • If you picked the correct goal for one team, and the final result (result was 2-0, and you picked 2-1; you get 1 point for the goal, and one for the result so 2 points).

So there is are 0-3 points possible for EVERY game. Bonus games will also be added occasionally with International games, Open Cup and others.

There’s only a short window to get picks in for the first NWSL games which start on Saturday (July 4th)! MLS games start next Wednesday (July 8th), so here’s your first chance to get early picks in! Next poll and standings update will be Monday morning (July 6th).

Recap of the previous stats and standings:

Tournament Wk 1 ORACLE OF THE WEEK: Jared Nethery with 12 points!

  • Participation: 12 (3 players didn’t re-pick after the schedule change, they only get points for the 2 games that didn’t change).
  • Game with most points earned: North Carolina Courage beating Portland Thorns earned 22 points for players.
  • Game with least points earned: The wild game vs Utah Royals FC and Houston Dash gave only 1 point each to 2 players.
  • Bonus/Tiebreaker: Jared Nethery and KTAC (me) both picked up the bonus 5 points!

Here’s the full scoring spreadsheet, and the survey for next week, which is also at the bottom of this page for some viewers!

Soapbox Oracle Standings

Name Total
Name Total
Zzyzx 83
Tanner WM 62
Stu Pedasol 57
Cmart15 56
Randal 53
Miles Dunn 51
Brandon Wilde 51
Crooks 46
David Ochoa 46
Kurt 44
D_Ash5 42
Joseph Hutchison 41
Dave Cheever 39
Ryan S 37
Pup 33
Frisky Niblet 33
Mr. Pepper 29
Since1996 28
Matthew Haycock 22
I have no idea what I’m supposed to put here. Total of zero? Not sure what it means, but I’ll go with it! 22
KAsay 21
Jared Nethery 13

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