What an exciting knockout round it was!

Wednesday night dominating scores of 0-4 (CHI-NYRB) and 5-0 (VAN-SJ) were followed by two amazing games and results of 0-0 (PKs 1-3; ATL-CLB) and 1-0 (HOU-SKC) ending in a shootout (in Atlanta) and in overtime (in Houston) on Thursday night.

Will the four winning teams have enough time to lick their wounds in order to come back in form on the field next Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday?

Four two-legged series start in only two days and in the meantime you'll be asked the clubs who are going to come out on top at the other end.

So again, let it be clear on the nature of the winners and losers you are predicting: it's about the series not about the first and second leg individual games.

Each series starts at home and ends on the road for the lowest seeded team. If there is a tie after 180 minutes of play, the club with the highest number of away goals wins the series. If a draw persists, the second leg continues with a two half of 15 minutes overtime followed by a shootout if necessary.

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THE COST OF ENTRY

- 100 POCKET* tokens (see the rules for the paying method) per participant (only one participation per steemit account will be accepted)

_{*I'll be selling 100 POCKET for the price of 0.001 SBD to those who need it to enter the contest. All you have to do is to send the amount with a memo asking for your POCKET tokens in return.}

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THE CONTEST PRIZES

- 75,000 POCKET tokens + 75% of this post's SBD (7.5 SBD min.) for the 1^st place

- 20,000 POCKET tokens + 20% of this post's SBD (2 SBD min.) for the 2^nd place

- 5,000 POCKET tokens + 5% of this post's SBD (0.5 SBD min.) for the 3^rd place

- 2,500 POCKET tokens for the 4^th place

- 1,000 POCKET tokens for the 5^th place

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THE SERIES INVOLVED

1 - West's 3^rd VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (VAN) receive West's 2^nd SEATTLE SOUNDERS (SEA) on 10/29/2017 at 8:30 PM ET
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West's 2^nd SEATTLE SOUNDERS (SEA) receive West's 3^rd VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (VAN) on 11/02/2017 at 10:30 PM ET

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2 - East's 6^th NEW YORK RED BULLS (NYRB) receive East's 1^st TORONTO FC (TFC) on 10/30/2017 at 7 PM ET
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East's 1^st TORONTO FC (TFC) receives East's 6^th NEW YORK RED BULLS (NYRB) on 11/05/2017 at 3 PM ET

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3 - West's 4^th DYNAMO HOUSTON (HOU) receives West's 1^st PORTLAND TIMBERS (POR) on 10/30/2017 at 9:30 PM ET
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West's 1^st PORTLAND TIMBERS (POR) receive West's 4^th DYNAMO HOUSTON (HOU) on 11/05/2017 at TBD

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4 - East's 5^th COLUMBUS CREW (CLB) receives East's 2^nd NEW YORK CITY FC (NYCFC) on 10/31/2017 at 8 PM ET
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East's 2^nd NEW YORK CITY FC (NYCFC) receives East's 5^th COLUMBUS CREW (CLB) on 11/05/2017 at TBD

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THE PLAYERS INVOLVED

1 - Fredy Montero (VAN)
2 - Nicolás Lodeiro (SEA)
3 - Bradley Wright-Phillips (NYRB)
4 - Sebastian Giovinco (TFC)
5 - Alberth Elis (HOU)
6 - Diego Valeri (POR)
7- Justin Meram (CLB)
8 - David Villa (NYCFC)

Pick one as your tiebreaker.

This is how the tiebreaker goes from now on (some changes have been made to the chosen stats & order since, with the possibility of overtime in the playoffs, minutes played are not as much relevant):​ the highest number of goals counts first, followed by the highest number of assists, then the highest number of shots on goal, and finally the highest number of shots.

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THE RULES

- you have to pay a 100 POCKET fee by starting your comment with this command (followed by a space):

pocketsend:100@heroic15397,

- your have to comment your entry before Sunday, October 29, 8:30 PM ET

- you have to upvote the post

- you have to predict each series as either being a win (W) or a loss (L) for the lowest seeded team

- you have to type one of the players as your tiebreaker

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THE EXAMPLE YOU SHOULD COPY-PASTE & EDIT TO REFLECT YOUR PREDICTIONS

pocketsend:100@heroic15397,
1 - VAN (L)
2 - NYRB (W)
3 - HOU (W)
4 - CLB (L)
Tiebreaker - Alberth Elis (HOU)

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HAVE FUN!

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