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 0-9 The Local Yokels [188484901]
Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok FORFEIT0-3 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
The Final:
North Aurora Athletic Club 1-4 full.tilt
[189252247]
Other Match-ups for week 5:
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
| Team | Pl | W | D | L | GF - GA | +/- | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full.tilt North Aurora Athletic Club White Hot Blizzard Fox Vally Kickers F.C. Zeljeznicar Doboj-Istok The Local Yokels Real Purdue Sumatran Tigers Dagenham & Redbridge Naperville Inferno |
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 |
30 - 6 16 - 6 17 - 7 17 - 8 15 - 7 15 - 19 4 - 12 8 - 17 5 - 24 0 - 21 |
24 10 10 9 8 -4 -8 -9 -19 -21 |
12 12 12 12 9 6 6 3 3 0 |
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) | full.tilt (224569) | IL | 4-1 | North Aurora A.C. (222650) | IL | Music City Arena | 2,009 |
| III (37) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| IV (38) | 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.
full.tilt won the LoL cup once again, and is currently playing in there second U.S. Cup Championship.
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) | full.tilt (224569) | 11-0 | Wake Forest (Deacon Cup Champ) | Flatball Fanatics Arena | 2,333 |
| II Semi-Final (36) | full.tilt (224569) | 1-5 | Massive Inferiority Complex (TexCon Champ) | Veterans Stadium | 2,017 |
