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
North Aurora Athletic Club
Fox Vally Kickers F.C.
The Local Yokels
White Hot Blizzard
Sumatran Tigers
Naperville Inferno
Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok
Dagenham & Redbridge
Real Purdue

Match Schedule

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

Round 1:

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

Naperville Inferno vs The Local Yokels [188484901]

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

Sumatran Tigers vs White Hot Blizzard [188310377]

Real Purdue vs full.tilt [188282605]

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Round 2:

(1-0) North Aurora Athletic Club vs (1-0) Fox Vally Kickers F.C. [188340657]

(0-1) Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok vs (0-1) Dagenham & Redbridge

(1-0) The Local Yokels vs (1-0) full.tilt

(0-1) Naperville Inferno vs (1-0) White Hot Blizzard

(0-1) Real Purdue vs (0-1) Sumatran Tigers

LoL Cup #2 Table

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF - GA	+/-	Points	Place
full.tilt North Aurora Athletic Club Fox Vally Kickers F.C. The Local Yokels White Hot Blizzard Sumatran Tigers Naperville Inferno Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok Dagenham & Redbridge Real Purdue	0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0	0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0	0 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 3 1 - 3 0 - 0	0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -3 -2 0	0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	- 2 1 - - - - 10 9 -

Overall Table

Cup # & Season	Champion	Region	Score	Runner Up	Region	Venue	Attendance
I (34)	full.tilt (224569)	IL	3-2	FC Vakkooo (222319)	Chicago	The Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial	1,884
II (36)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

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.

The winner of cup #2 will play in the U.S. Cup Championship as well.

Table

Cup # & Season	LoL Cup Representative	Score	Opponent (Fed)	Venue	Attendance
I (34)	full.tilt (224569)	3-0	Connor's crusaders (GOAL)	Krushers Kamp	2,010
I Final (34)	full.tilt (224569)	4-3	Wilmington Wildcats FC (NE Cup)	Orange Bowl	3,114
II (36)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA