[FM19] Cascadia

[Sambamtime]

Okay, after monitoring Non-FIFA football for a while, I was  starting to see how unfair all those FA's in ConIFA and the NF-Board were being treated. Jersey recently tried to join UEFA but failed after being rejected 49 votes to 55 (basically 6 yes, 49 no's). http://www.uefa.com/video/includerjw.html?vid=0&drawUrl=/insideuefa/livestream/about-uefa/organisation/congress/configvideo.json 

So I was thinking. What if a new database was created to hold one of those Non-FIFA teams. So I decided on the bio region of Cascadia. Here is their FA website https://cascadiafootball.org/ They had a pretty good run in the 2018 ConIFA World Cup, getting 6th place for their debut!

Cascadia is a bioregion named after the Cascade Mountains. It consists of Northern California, Washington State, Oregon, some of Idaho, British Columbia in Canada, and the bottom panhandle of Alaska (if that's what it is even called!). The independence movement only takes Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. That is how the Cascadia Cup came to be when the three biggest teams in that region (Portland Timber, Seattle Sounders, and Vancouver Whitecaps) came together and formed a family friendly rivalry cup.

So, I decided to search the internet for any ideas for a league or jerseys, and, voila! I found a fantasy logo (more like fantasy league and jersey) post by BagelHK. http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/107687-cascadian-football-association-all-done-springfield-and-victoria-added/

So this is what they had to say, "Alright, so. Last year when I was still in high school, this guy decided that he wanted to join the Cascadian independence movement. For those unfamiliar, Cascadia is a hypothetical nation typically composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, although borders vary. They have a pretty sweet flag, and you'll see it around the Pacific Northwest fairly frequently, but it's mostly a symbol of regional pride, rather than an expression of secessionist spirit. However, there are some (like the guy at my school) who genuinely do want Cascadia to become a sovereign nation. So I got to talking with my bud Griffin about how if Cascadia were to become a country, we'd love it if they had soccer leagues structured like Europe's countries. The result is the Cascadian Premier League, and to a more limited extend Cascadian Leagues 1 and 2, and the Cascadian Football Association–the governing body of soccer in Cascadia.

It's structured like this: 20 teams in the CPL, with the bottom 3 being relegated to League 1. We're up in the air on if there would be playoffs or not to determine a champion. The top 2 teams from League 1 are automatically promoted, and the next 4 play for the last promotion spot. Just as in the CPL, in League 1 the bottom 3 are relegated, with the top 2 teams of League 2 promoted directly, and the third spot going to the winner of a 4-team playoff. There are also a few non-league teams scattered about."

I loved this post so much. It was a great concept, but they never finished League 1 and 2. And no, i'm not implying that they should.

But on the post, they made all the teams in the Premier League with badges, kits, and awesome backstories. Just read it for yourself!

They also say, "I've taken inspiration from raysox's Yakball and APL series, as well as pcgd's America League..." So I looked at both of those posts. Yakball is a fictitious sport, but the America's League was just what I wanted to see, another fantasy football (soccer) league. http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/91573-the-america-league/ Basically, pcgd redid the American football pyramid. With the American Prem, and Leagues 1 and 2, and creating totally new fictional teams. So, looking through that post, I saw a comment (pg. 17) from someone saying they wanted that fantasy league in Football Manager (2010). So, the comment just below it (from the creator) said it was already done.

http://it.reddit.com/r/footballmanagergames/comments/1giun3/america_premier_league_v10_three_tiers_all_set/

I downloaded the file and looked through the logos. They were very well done.

So I was wondering, with that Cascadia fantasy league already posted, with logos, kits, and everything, could someone please, please make the Cascadia database in FM19?

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FINAL CASCADIA DATABASE AND GRAPHICS ARE HERE!!!! (CREDIT TO TONAO!)

 

Cascadia.fmf

Cascadia.zip

[Tonao]

I can help you in the project

[MrLinoleum]

I'd be happy to help out where needed as well.