View source for Land of Lincoln Cup

==Land of Lincoln Cup==
The Land of Lincoln Cup, LoL, was created for teams in the Chicago and Illinois regions of the  USA to determine the best team of the state.

==Introduction==
The LoL Cup is currently enjoying it's 2nd tournament.  The first tournament was in season 34.  The second cup is taking place in season 36.  The Cup is in the beginning stages of it's career, and it will be an annual tournament if the second cup has at least 8 participants.  The first winner of the LoL Cup was invited and played in the [[U.S. Cup Championship]].

==Format==
The first cup had 12 teams.  The teams were divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each.  The 3 group winners, and the best team out of the rest made it into a four team knock-out stage.  The winner of the knock-out stage represented the LoL Cup in the [[U.S. Cup Championship]].

==Land of Lincoln Cup History==
The cup is currently playing the second edition.

===LoL Cup #1===
The first cup saw full.tilt from the Illinios region win the title.  The team was 3-0 in group play, and had an easy semi-final match where they crushed The Outfit, from the Chicago region by a 5-0 margin.  The Final was a tighter match as full.tilt would go against another Chicago team in FC Vakkooo.  FC Vakkooo had a 2-0 lead closing in on half-time, but was scored on in the last minute, making it 2-1 going into the break.  FC Vakkooo would fall apart in the second half, as full.tilt would score twice and go on to win 3-2, and be crowned LoL Cup #1 Champions.

===LoL Cup #2===
====Teams====
full.tilt<br>North Aurora Athletic Club<br>Fox Vally Kickers F.C.<br>The Local Yokels<br>White Hot Blizzard<br>Sumatran Tigers<br>Naperville Inferno<br>Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok<br>Dagenham & Redbridge<br>Real Purdue<br>

====Match Schedule====

1st week matches ('''HOME''' team is listed 1st) Home team please make the challenge.<br>
You have 2 weeks to get this 1st round match in. 

'''Round 1''':

Dagenham & Redbridge 1-3 North Aurora Athletic Club
[188196329]

Naperville Inferno 0-9 The Local Yokels
[188484901]

Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok '''FORFEIT'''0-3 Fox Vally Kickers F.C.

Sumatran Tigers 2-7 White Hot Blizzard
[188310377]

Real Purdue 0-5 full.tilt
[188282605]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'''Round 2''':

North Aurora Athletic Club 6-0 Fox Vally Kickers F.C.
[188340657]

Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok 5-0 Dagenham & Redbridge
[188625902]

The Local Yokels 0-11 full.tilt
[188565501]

Naperville Inferno '''FORFEIT''' 0-3 White Hot Blizzard

Real Purdue 1-0 Sumatran Tigers
[188522983]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'''Round 3'''

Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok 1-3 North Aurora Athletic Club
[188851549]

Fox Vally Kickers F.C. 5-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
[188917796]

White Hot Blizzard 5-1 full.tilt 
[188818344]

The Local Yokels 5-0 Real Purdue
[188915746]

Naperville Inferno '''FORFEIT''' 0-3 Sumatran Tigers

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'''Round 4'''

Dagenham & Redbridge 0-9 full.tilt
[189134542]

North Aurora Athletic Club 3-0 '''FORFEIT''' The Local Yokels

Fox Vally Kickers F.C. 4-0 White Hot Blizzard
[189089263]

Sumatran Tigers 1-6 Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok
[189067413]

Real Purdue 3-0 '''FORFEIT''' Naperville Inferno


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'''Finals Week'''<br>
'''The Final:<br>
'''North Aurora Athletic Club 1-4 full.tilt
[189252247]<br>

Other Match-ups for week 5:<br>

Fox Vally Kickers F.C. 5-1 The Local Yokels
[matchid=189278701]

Sumatran Tigers 2-3 Dagenham & Redbridge
[matchid=189401606]

Real Purdue 0-2 White Hot Blizzard
[matchid=189403120]

Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok 3-0 '''FORFEIT''' Naperville Inferno


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

====LoL Cup #2 Table====
{|
|- bgcolor=#ggaaaa
! Team !! Pl !! W !! D !! L !! GF - GA !! +/- !! Points

|- bgcolor=#ggaaaa valign=top
|align=center|full.tilt<br>North Aurora Athletic Club<br>White Hot Blizzard<br>Fox Vally Kickers F.C.<br>Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok<br>The Local Yokels<br>Real Purdue<br>Sumatran Tigers<br>Dagenham & Redbridge<br>Naperville Inferno
|align=center|5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5<br>5
|align=center|4<br>4<br>4<br>4<br>3<br>2<br>2<br>1<br>1<br>0
|align=center|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0
|align=center|1<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>2<br>3<br>3<br>4<br>4<br>5
|align=center|30 - 6<br>16 - 6<br>17 - 7<br>17 - 8<br>15 - 7<br>15 - 19<br>4 - 12<br>8 - 17<br>5 - 24<br>0 - 21
|align=center|24<br>10<br>10<br>9<br>8<br>-4<br>-8<br>-9<br>-19<br>-21
|align=center|12<br>12<br>12<br>12<br>9<br>6<br>6<br>3<br>3<br>0
|}

===Overall Table===
<td valign="top">
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
|align=center|'''Cup # & Season'''
|align=center|'''Champion'''
|align=center|'''Region'''
|align=center|'''Score'''
|align=center|'''Runner Up'''
|align=center|'''Region'''
|align=center|'''Venue'''
|align=center|'''Attendance'''
|-
|align=center|I (34)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|IL
|align=center|3-2
|align=center|FC Vakkooo (222319)
|align=center|Chicago
|align=center|The Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial
|align=center|1,884
|-
|align=center|II (36)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|IL
|align=center|4-1
|align=center|North Aurora A.C. (222650)
|align=center|IL
|align=center|Music City Arena
|align=center|2,009
|-
|align=center|III (37)
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|-
|align=center|IV (38)
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|align=center|NA
|-
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

==U.S. Champion's Premier Cup & U.S. Cup Championship==
The winner of the LoL Cup plays in one of the two USA Cups.  Season 1 cup winner full.tilt played and won the [[U.S. Cup Championship]].


full.tilt won the LoL cup once again, and is currently playing in there second [[U.S. Cup Championship]]. 


===Table===
<td valign="top">
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
|align=center|'''Cup # & Season'''
|align=center|'''LoL Cup Representative'''
|align=center|'''Score'''
|align=center|'''Opponent (Fed)'''
|align=center|'''Venue'''
|align=center|'''Attendance'''
|-
|align=center|I (34)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|3-0
|align=center|Connor's crusaders (GOAL)
|align=center|Krushers Kamp
|align=center|2,010
|-
|align=center|'''I Final''' (34)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|4-3
|align=center|Wilmington Wildcats FC (NE Cup)
|align=center|Orange Bowl
|align=center|3,114
|-
|align=center|II (36)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|11-0
|align=center|Wake Forest (Deacon Cup Champ)
|align=center|Flatball Fanatics Arena
|align=center|2,333
|-
|align=center|'''II Semi-Final''' (36)
|align=center|'''full.tilt''' (224569)
|align=center|1-5
|align=center|Massive Inferiority Complex (TexCon Champ)
|align=center|Veterans Stadium
|align=center|2,017
|-
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[[Category:Friendly cups|Land of lincoln cup]]