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Nothing is set in stone yet, but here is how we`re leaning: There are 21 Open teams between MD and VA. We`ll take the top 11 overall (3 div winners + next 8) for "A", and the bottom 10 for "B". In the "A", teams ranked 6-11 will play wildcard games followed 70 minutes later by a quarterfinal game on the same day, 1 vs 8/9, 2 vs 7/10, 3 vs 6/11, 4 vs 5. Semifinals will be the following week, championship the week after that. In the "B" we`re going to do a random draw whereby 6 teams will have a bye and 4 will play wildcard games. Then the 6 bye teams + 2 wildcard winners will play quarterfinals on the same day. For "C", or Novice, It will be a straight 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 quarterfinals. We`ll play all semifinals (6 games) at Pop Tree Park (#2 & #3), and the championships (3 games) there the following week. Assuming no rainouts, 10/28 will be round 1 and quarterfinals, 11/4 will be semis, 11/11 championships. Round 1 games where the Maryland team is the higher seed will be played (if possible) at at a field which is a compromise in distance between the MD and VA fields. Some higher seed MD teams (i.e. Sharks if they rank as a higher seed) may wish to play their round 1 games in VA, in which case all associated games in the pyramid would move to VA.