2006 Nationwide FA Cup

Competition Rules · Play-In Match · Group Schedule · Group Standings · Knockout Stage Bracket · Nationwide FA Cup Winner

2004 · 2005

Competition Rules

The Nationwide FA Cup is a competitive tournament open to all participating teams of the Nationwide Premier League.

The tournament consists of two stages. The first is a Group Stage followed by a Knockout Stage until one winner is determined.

The winner receives the Nationwide FA Cup and goes on to represent the Nationwide Premier League and compete in the MFLS Cup Winners Cup against other MFLS Division Cup winners.

Group Stage

  • All 25 teams will be divided into six groups of four.
  • Group placement will be determined by the team's position in the NPL Standings at the end of MFLS Week 1. In MFLS Week 2, the teams in 24th and 25th place will play each other with the winner receiving the final spot in the competition.
  • The Nationwide FA Cup begins in MFLS Week 3 with Group Play.
  • Each team will play all three teams in their group both home and away.
  • Team with the most points in the MFLS Week wins the game.
    Example: Your team makes 23 points in MFLS Week 3. Your team scores 23 goals in their match.
  • Three points for a victory. One point for a draw. Zero points for a loss.
  • Team with the most points in their group is the winner.
  • Each group winner and runner up advance to the Knockout Stage of the tournament. This means that twelve teams will advance leaving four spots open.
  • The four remaining spots will be determined by the third place group finishers with the most points.

    Group Stage Tiebreakers

  • 1st Tiebreaker: Team with the most wins.
  • 2nd Tiebreaker: Team with the most goals scored (GF).
  • 3rd Tiebreaker: Team with the best goal differential (GD).
  • 4th Tiebreaker: Team with the most away goals scored.

    Knockout Stage

  • The 16 teams from the group stage will face each other in a knockout tournament format.
  • Again, MFLS Week points earned by your team are counted as goals.
  • The matches are a home and away series with a winner going through on the most goals after both games. Otherwise known as Goal Aggregate.
  • The loser is eliminated from the tournament.
  • The Knockout Stage matchups will be determined by the teams' rank during the Group Stage.
  • The Group Winners, Runner-Ups, and Third Place Finishers' ranks will be determined by:
  • 1st: Points earned in their group.
  • 2nd: Most wins earned in their group.
  • 3rd: Goals For (GF)
  • 4th: Goal Differential (GD)
  • Four group winners will face the four third place finishers in the first round. The other two group winners will face two group runner-ups. The four remaing group runner-ups will face each other in the first round.
  • The Final will consist of one game only.

    Knockout Stage Tiebreakers

  • 1st Tiebreaker: Team with the most away goals scored.
  • 2nd Tiebreaker: Team with the goalkeeper who gives up the fewest combined goals in both MFLS Weeks.
  • 3rd Tiebreaker: Team with the most combined goals scored in both MFLS Weeks.
  • 4th Tiebreaker: Team with the most MFLS points in the Nationwide Premier League.

    The Final Tiebreakers

  • 1st Tiebreaker: Team with the most goals scored in the MFLS Week 17.
  • 2nd Tiebreaker: Team with the goalkeeper who gives up the fewest goals in the MFLS Week 17.
  • 3rd Tiebreaker: Team with the most MFLS points in the Nationwide Premier League.

    Play-In Match

    Play-In Match Info and Tiebreakers

  • This match takes place in MFLS Week 2 and will consist of one game between the teams in 24th and 25th place at the end of MFLS Week 1.
  • The match will be scored by using MFLS Points as goals.

  • 1st Tiebreaker: Team with the most actual goals scored (not points) in MFLS Week 2.
  • 2nd Tiebreaker: Team with the goalkeeper who gives up the fewest actual goals in MFLS Week 2.
  • 3rd Tiebreaker: Team ranked higher in the NPL Standings at the end of MFLS Week 2.

    Play-In Match
    (Date: Apr 8)
    (MFLS: Week 2)

    SLB 8 : 4 Tennessee Express

    Group Schedule

    Team listed first is the home team; team listed second is the visitor.

    Matchday 1
    (Date: Apr 15)
    (MFLS: Week 3)
    Group A
    The Albion 21 : 13 Causmos
    FC Orlando 98 18 : 4 Seamus United
    		 Group B
    Hounds FC 12 : 14 Queen City FC
    Glory Daze 18 : 29 Barenaked Ballers
    		 Group C
    Mohawks FC 26 : 12 NorthEnd Victory 96
    New Bedford Knights 12 : -6 Lawshark FC
    Group D
    Turboduck FC 17 : 16 SL Benfica
    The Outsiders -3 : 21 Nebula FC
    		 Group E
    BullDawgs -3 : 7 FC Kilb
    FC Burn 15 : 6 Zooropa Statix FC
    		 Group F
    Nigel "Incubator" Jones 8 : -3 SLB
    MLSinAtlanta 32 : -2 1987 Manchester
    Matchday 2
    (Date: April 29-30)
    (MFLS: Week 5)
    Group A
    Seamus United 5 : 9 The Albion
    FC Orlando 98 14 : 9 Causmos
    		 Group B
    Barenaked Ballers 21 : 22 Hounds FC
    Glory Daze 14 : 12 Queen City FC
    		 Group C
    Lawshark FC 23 : 17 Mohawks FC
    New Bedford Knights 22 : 22 NorthEnd Victory 96
    Group D
    Nebula FC 31 : 18 Turboduck FC
    The Outsiders 18 : 24 SL Benfica
    		 Group E
    Zooropa Statix FC 21 : 13 BullDawgs
    FC Burn 26 : 19 FC Kilb
    		 Group F
    1987 Manchester 25 : 20 Nigel "Incubator" Jones
    MLSinAtlanta 32 : 22 SLB
    Matchday 3
    (Date: May 6)
    (MFLS: Week 6)
    Group A
    The Albion 45 : 33 FC Orlando 98
    Causmos 31 : 28 Seamus United
    		 Group B
    Hounds FC 33 : 33 Glory Daze
    Queen City FC 12 : 32 Barenaked Ballers
    		 Group C
    Mohawks FC 26 : 43 New Bedford Knights
    NorthEnd Victory 96 27 : 22 Lawshark FC
    Group D
    Turboduck FC 21 : 29 The Outsiders
    SL Benfica 3 : 37 Nebula FC
    		 Group E
    BullDawgs 32 : 25 FC Burn
    FC Kilb 48 : 27 Zooropa Statix FC
    		 Group F
    Nigel "Incubator" Jones 25 : 29 MLSinAtlanta
    SLB 29 : 24 1987 Manchester
    Matchday 4
    (Date: May 10-14)
    (MFLS: Week 7)
    Group A
    Causmos 20 : 30 The Albion
    Seamus United 24 : 9 FC Orlando 98
    		 Group B
    Queen City FC 22 : 32 Hounds FC
    Barenaked Ballers 13 : 22 Glory Daze
    		 Group C
    NorthEnd Victory 96 19 : 10 Mohawks FC
    Lawshark FC 25 : 28 New Bedford Knights
    Group D
    SL Benfica 14 : 16 Turboduck FC
    Nebula FC 12 : 19 The Outsiders
    		 Group E
    FC Kilb 20 : 26 BullDawgs
    Zooropa Statix FC 17 : 10 FC Burn
    		 Group F
    SLB 26 : 29 Nigel "Incubator" Jones
    1987 Manchester 13 : 25 MLSinAtlanta
    Matchday 5
    (Date: May 20)
    (MFLS: Week 8)
    Group A
    The Albion -3 : 21 Seamus United
    Causmos 12 : 12 FC Orlando 98
    		 Group B
    Hounds FC 15 : 15 Barenaked Ballers
    Queen City FC 6 : 6 Glory Daze
    		 Group C
    Mohawks FC 29 : 7 Lawshark FC
    NorthEnd Victory 96 -4 : 8 New Bedford Knights
    Group D
    Turboduck FC 8 : 11 Nebula FC
    SL Benfica 20 : -9 The Outsiders
    		 Group E
    BullDawgs 11 : 17 Zooropa Statix FC
    FC Kilb 6 : 8 FC Burn
    		 Group F
    Nigel "Incubator" Jones 9 : 9 1987 Manchester
    SLB 2 : 1 MLSinAtlanta
    Matchday 6
    (Date: May 24-27)
    (MFLS: Week 9)
    Group A
    FC Orlando 98 16 : 14 The Albion
    Seamus United 13 : 28 Causmos
    		 Group B
    Glory Daze 27 : 21 Hounds FC
    Barenaked Ballers 20 : 16 Queen City FC
    		 Group C
    New Bedford Knights 20 : 22 Mohawks FC
    Lawshark FC 15 : 4 NorthEnd Victory 96
    Group D
    The Outsiders 5 : 28 Turboduck FC
    Nebula FC 16 : 16 SL Benfica
    		 Group E
    FC Burn 12 : 23 BullDawgs
    Zooropa Statix FC 19 : 16 FC Kilb
    		 Group F
    MLSinAtlanta 5 : 21 Nigel "Incubator" Jones
    1987 Manchester 16 : 11 SLB

    Group Standings

    Pos Group A W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 The Albion* 4 0 2 116 108 8 12
    2 FC Orlando 98* 3 1 2 102 108 -6 10
    3 Causmos* 2 1 3 113 118 -5 7
    4 Seamus United 2 0 4 95 92 3 6

    Pos Group B W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 Glory Daze* 3 2 1 120 114 6 11
    2 Barenaked Ballers* 3 1 2 130 115 15 10
    3 Hounds FC* 2 2 2 135 132 3 8
    4 Queen City FC 1 1 4 82 116 -34 4

    Pos Group C W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 New Bedford Knights* 4 1 1 133 85 48 13
    2 Mohawks FC* 3 0 3 130 124 6 9
    3 NorthEnd Victory 96 2 1 3 80 103 -23 7
    4 Lawshark FC 2 0 4 86 117 -31 6

    Pos Group D W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 Nebula FC* 4 1 1 128 61 67 13
    2 Turboduck FC* 3 0 3 108 106 2 9
    3 SL Benfica* 2 1 3 93 95 -2 7
    4 The Outsiders 2 0 4 59 126 -67 6

    Pos Group E W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 Zooropa Statix FC* 4 0 2 107 113 -6 12
    2 BullDawgs* 3 0 3 102 102 0 9
    3 FC Burn* 3 0 3 96 103 -7 9
    4 FC Kilb 2 0 4 116 103 13 6

    Pos Group F W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 MLSinAtlanta* 4 0 2 124 81 43 12
    2 Nigel "Incubator"* Jones 3 1 2 112 91 21 10
    3 1987 Manchester 2 1 3 85 126 -41 7
    4 SLB 2 0 4 87 110 -23 6

    Knockout Stage - Tournament Bracket

    Team listed in dark blue is the home team for the 1st leg; team listed in red is the home team for the 2nd leg.

    First Round
    (Week 10: May 31-Jun 3)
    (Week 11: Jun 8-11)     		Quarter-Final
    (Week 13: Jun 21-25)
    (Week 14: Jun 28-Jul 4)     		Semi-Final
    (Week 15: Jul 8)
    (Week 16: Jul 15)     		Final
    (Week 17: Jul 19-22)
    New Bedford Knights
    SL Benfica     		38 36 : 74
    22 8 : 30     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_sm.gif New Bedford Knights
    Nigel "Incubator" Jones     		34 51 : 85
    44 23 : 67     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_med.gif New Bedford Knights
    Zooropa Statix FC     		33 14 : 47
    27 20 : 47*     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_lg.gif Zooropa Statix FC
    Glory Daze     		20
    17
    Nigel "Incubator" Jones
    FC Orlando 98     		47 16 : 63
    21 27 : 48
    MLSinAtlanta
    Hounds FC     		21 30 : 51
    42 16 : 58     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_sm.gif Hounds FC
    Zooropa Statix FC     		23 3 : 26
    32 12 : 44
    Zooropa Statix FC
    Bulldawgs     		48 41 : 89
    43 22 : 65
    Nebula FC
    Causmos     		40 24 : 64
    44 19 : 63     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_sm.gif Nebula FC
    Mohawks FC     		27 42 : 69
    31 61 : 92     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_med.gif Mohawks FC
    Glory Daze     		7 17 : 24
    34 16 : 50
    Barenaked Ballers
    Mohawks FC     		45 27 : 72
    59 24 : 83
    The Albion
    FC Burn     		60 36 : 96
    40 27 : 67     		http://www.geocities.com/zachtung/bracket_sm.gif The Albion
    Glory Daze     		32 19 : 51
    40 74 : 114
    Glory Daze
    Turboduck FC     		59 32 : 91
    60 27 : 87

    * Zooropa Statix FC advances on the Away Goals Tiebreaker with 27 away goals over New Bedford Knights' 14 away goals.

    2006 Nationwide FA Cup Winner: Zooropa Statix FC - Matthew Martin

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