eMLS Cup
The eMLS Cup is an eSports tournament held by Major League Soccer in conjunction with the EA Sports FIFA franchise. The tournament serves as an official league qualifier for the FIFA eWorld Cup.
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| Sport | FIFA eSports |
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| Founded | February 21, 2018 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Inaugural season | 2018 |
| No. of teams | 22 |
| Country | United States (19 teams) Canada (3 team) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Philadelphia Union (1st title) |
| Most titles | 2 teams (1st title) |
| TV partner(s) | Twitch |
| Sponsor(s) | Alienware Electronic Arts Major League Soccer PlayStation 4 |
| Related competitions | FIFA eWorld Cup |
| Official website | eMLS Cup |
Past winners
| Year | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kid M3Mito (Houston Dynamo) | LyesMTL (Montreal Impact) | Didychrislito (New York City FC) | AlanAvi (FC Dallas) |
| 2019 | Doolsta (Philadelphia Union) | GGGodfather (LA Galaxy) | Didychrislito (New York City FC) / AlanAvi (FC Dallas) | |
2018 eMLS Cup
The 2018 eMLS Cup ran from April 5–8 at the PAX East gaming festival at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament was contested by representatives of 19 MLS clubs divided into their respective Eastern and Western Conferences. Competitors were required to have three MLS players on the field at all times, including two players from the club that they represented. An initial preliminary regular season saw players play each other twice in a round robin format before the top eight teams from each conference progressed to a knockout phase. Both eMLS Cup finalists won berths in the Global Series Playoffs, the qualifying tournament for the 2018 FIFA eWorld Cup, with the winner also receiving $10,000 prize money.[1][2]
Conference standings
Eastern Conference
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Didychrislito (New York City FC) | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 31 | Knockout phase |
| 2 | PhilB94 (Toronto FC) | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 27 | |
| 3 | Lyes (Montreal Impact) | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 26 | |
| 4 | Doolsta (Philadelphia Union) | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 23 | |
| 5 | SKAMZZ1992 (Columbus Crew) | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 36 | -7 | 23 | |
| 6 | HekTic_JukeZ (Chicago Fire) | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 20 | |
| 7 | FIFA Abe (Orlando City) | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 17 | |
| 8 | Mike LaBelle (New York Red Bulls) | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 17 | |
| 9 | JKO1707 (New England Revolution) | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -13 | 12 | Eliminated |
Western Conference
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid M3Mito (Houston Dynamo) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 48 | Knockout phase |
| 2 | Alekzandur (Sporting Kansas City) | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 37 | |
| 3 | AlanAvi (FC Dallas) | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 37 | |
| 4 | Skill Shack (Vancouver Whitecaps) | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 31 | |
| 5 | GGGodfather (LA Galaxy) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 30 | |
| 6 | Pacify x (Minnesota United) | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 22 | |
| 7 | RCTID Thiago (Portland Timbers) | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 63 | -9 | 21 | |
| 8 | CaliSCG (San Jose Earthquakes) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 49 | -10 | 17 | |
| 9 | BuckArmy (Colorado Rapids) | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 65 | -26 | 14 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Flickiify (Seattle Sounders) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 84 | -56 | 4 |
Knockout phase
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Didychrislito (NYC) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FIFA Abe (ORL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Didychrislito (NYC) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Doolsta (PHI) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Doolsta (PHI) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| SKAMZZ1992 (CLB) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Didychrislito (NYC) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lyes (MTL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lyes (MTL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| HekTic_JukeZ (CHI) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lyes (MTL) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| PhilB94 (TOR) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| PhilB94 (TOR) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mike LaBelle (NYR) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lyes (MTL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kid M3Mito (HOU) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Kid M3Mito (HOU) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| CaliSCG (SJE) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kid M3Mito (HOU) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Skill Shack (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kid M3Mito (HOU) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Pacify x (MIN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 3 | Didychrislito (NYC) | 5 | |||||||||||
| Alekzandur (SKC) | 2 | AlanAvi (DAL) | 3 | |||||||||||
| Alekzandur (SKC) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| RCTID Thiago (POR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
2019 eMLS Cup
The 2019 eMLS Cup Finals were held on March 30 at the PAX East gaming festival at The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament was contested by representatives of 22 MLS clubs divided into their respective Eastern and Western Conferences. Competitors were required to have three MLS players on the field at all times. The format consisted of two prior series earlier in the year with the final standings combining the regular season conference records from Series 1 and 2 with one final regular season played at the 2019 eMLS Cup finals itself against players from the opposite conference. The top five players in each conference based on their aggregated record from Series 1 and Series 2, the resultant bonus points, and the eMLS Cup regular season, qualified for the knockout phase of the tournament with the top two gaining first-round byes. The remaining players competed in a last chance qualifying bracket for the final place in each conference's knockout phase. The overall winner received $15,000 prize money.[3][4]
Conference standings
Bonus points
| Player | Series 1 | Series 2 | Total BP |
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| Doolsta (PHI) | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Kid M3mito (HOU) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| RCTID Thiago (POR) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Fiddle (CIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| PhilB94 (TOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Skill Shack (VAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eastern Conference
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doolsta (Philadelphia Union) | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 88 | 51 | +37 | 12 | 80 | First-round bye |
| 2 | Didychrislito (New York City FC) | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 0 | 67 | |
| 3 | Fiddle (FC Cincinnati) | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 90 | 43 | +47 | 1 | 63 | Knockout phase |
| 4 | Lyes (Montreal Impact) | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 0 | 63 | |
| 5 | FIFA Abe (Orlando City) | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 0 | 52 | |
| 6 | PhilB94 (Toronto FC) | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 1 | 46 | Last chance bracket |
| 7 | Renatogz05 (D.C. United) | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 0 | 45 | |
| 8 | BITW18 II (Chicago Fire) | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 71 | -14 | 0 | 38 | |
| 9 | JKO1707 (New England Revolution) | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 62 | -22 | 0 | 33 | |
| 10 | Nenad (Columbus Crew) | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 57 | -14 | 0 | 33 | |
| 11 | RatedHugo (Atlanta United) | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 79 | -37 | 0 | 22 | |
| 12 | Mike LaBelle (New York Red Bulls) | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 39 | 80 | -41 | 0 | 18 |
Western Conference
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid M3Mito (Houston Dynamo) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 3 | 64 | First-round bye |
| 2 | AlanAvi (FC Dallas) | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 1 | 61 | |
| 3 | RCTID Thiago (Portland Timbers) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 3 | 58 | Knockout phase |
| 4 | GGGodfather (LA Galaxy) | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 0 | 53 | |
| 5 | Skill Shack (Vancouver Whitecaps) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 1 | 49 | |
| 6 | Cissé (Sporting Kansas City) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 51 | -1 | 0 | 35 | Last chance bracket |
| 7 | TheMarsBars (Seattle Sounders) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 69 | -19 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | CaliSCG (San Jose Earthquakes) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 56 | 66 | -10 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | BuckArmy (Colorado Rapids) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 46 | 64 | -18 | 0 | 30 | |
| 10 | JayAdams (Minnesota United) | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 96 | -67 | 0 | 8 |
Last chance bracket
Eastern Conference
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Nenad (CLB) | 2 | |||||||||
| RatedHugo (ATL) | 1 | |||||||||
| Renatogz05 (DCU) | 4 | |||||||||
| Nenad (CLB) | 0 | |||||||||
| Renatogz05 (DCU) | 2 | |||||||||
| JKO1707 (NER) | 3 | BITW18 II (CHI) | 4 | |||||||
| Mike LaBelle (NYR) | 1 | |||||||||
| JKO1707 (NER) | 0 | |||||||||
| BITW18 II (CHI) | 3 | |||||||||
| BITW18 II (CHI) | 2 | |||||||||
| PhilB94 (TOR) | 1 | |||||||||
Western Conference
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Cissé (SKC) | 3 | |||||||||
| BuckArmy (COL) | 5 | BuckArmy (COL) | 1 | |||||||
| JayAdams (MIN) | 3 | Cissé (SKC) | 2 | |||||||
| CaliSCG (SJE) | 3 | |||||||||
| TheMarsBars (SEA) | 1 | |||||||||
| CaliSCG (SJE) | 3 | |||||||||
Knockout phase
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | |||||||||||
| Doolsta (PHI) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| FIFA Abe (ORL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lyes (MTL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FIFA Abe (ORL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Doolsta (PHI) (7–6) p | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Didychrislito (NYC) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Didychrislito (NYC) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fiddle (CIN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fiddle (CIN) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| BITW18 II (CHI) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Doolsta (PHI) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kid M3Mito (HOU) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Skill Shack (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| GGGodfather (LAG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| AlanAvi (DAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| RCTID Thiago (POR) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| RCTID Thiago (POR) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| CaliSCG (SJE) | 1 | |||||||||||||
References
- "Major League Soccer announces details for first eMLS Cup tournament". MLS.
- "What's Next For eMLS Cup Champion Kid M3Mito And Why Anyone Should Care". The18.
- "Details revealed for 2019 eMLS Cup PAX East". MLS.
- "FIFA 19 eMLS Cup 2019 Results: Philadelphia Union's doolsta Claims Championship". VGR. March 31, 2019.
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