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<![CDATA[Simulation Soccer League - Announcements]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:52:35 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[S26 State of the League]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9952 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:35:24 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9952 S26 State of the League
As is custom, the first weeks of the new season brings about some adjustments and changes that the BoD details in this post. We are still planning on expansion for next season if everything works out according to plan, and we have some information later in this text giving some updated details.

Expansion

With only 4 more days left until the expansion application deadline, we are seeing a lack of applicants overall. After a fact finding mission trying to ascertain reasons why, we have found one such reason to be the reluctance to leave an organization without any real compensation for the lost player. After a detailed discussion within the BoD, taking into account the impact any compensation might have on the Expansion Organizations initial start, we have voted to implement the following for this expansion hiring process.

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If a player from an organization is successfully appointed OM for an expansion organization, the original organization will receive a compensatory pick in between the 1st and 2nd round. 

If multiple organizations receive compensation picks from this or retirements, the picks will follow the same order as a normal round (reverse standings).

This will be added to the hiring and expansion post as well.

Our hope is that this compensation can move the needle for a user contemplating applying. More information about that process can be found here.

Rule Changes

First, after this (S26) season the league will move to a 7-7 structure in each division. This will give us 12 league matchdays played over 14 total Youtube matchdays for each division. This structure has been voted for in order to minimize the increase in simmer workload with the addition of extra teams. Yes this does mean there will be a team with a bye each matchday but it does keep the amount of matches every team plays equal for various back end things on top of the simmer workload.

Second, a temporary rule change for this special season in preparation for the Expansion adjustment. This (S26) season will feature the following promotion/relegation format:

Div 1 - No auto-relegation. The team finishing last (6th place) will play a playoff against Div 2 runner-up. 5th place will not have playoffs this season.
Div 2 - 1st place auto-promoted. 2nd place will play against Div 1 6th place

This is a one-time thing to go with expansion where Div 1 will at least see one new team join. We will have more information on the permanent changes to the pro/rel format closer to the start of S27.

Roster Movement Deadline
In order to clear up any confusion for organizations, accountants, bankers and fileworkers we have added the following detailed deadline to the Rulebook:

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B.5.d

After the Trade Deadline, no roster moves can occur except when it is required to field a valid roster because of player suspensions.

G.6.c

Any roster move after the Trade Deadline can only occur if it is required to field a valid roster due to player suspensions.

Tactic Submission Validity

To clarify what is considered a valid submission for auditing and simming, we have added the following to the Rulebook.

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E.3.c.

A valid tactic submission is defined as one of the following. Only valid submissions are audited for legality and will be used for simming if it passes the audit. 

If both a tactic file and matching screenshot depicting players on positions

If only a tactic file, it is valid only if players are placed automatically based on last tactic (i.e. no manual input by auditor/simmer),

If a tactic file and non-matching screenshot (regarding player positions), it is valid only if players are placed automatically based on last tactic,

If only a screenshot, it is valid only if the screenshot matches the last used tactic file.

If a submission contains no tactic file nor screenshot it requires no auditing but is valid for simming, for example a submission with only subs.

E.3.d

The following tactic submissions are not valid for auditing nor simming. Invalid submissions will revert back to the previous legal submission.

Only a screenshot that is not matching the last used tactic file.

Any of the scenarios from c. that does not meet the condition of validity.

That is it for this relatively short and time constrained State of the League. More information might come up in the next few weeks if needed.

Commissioner Canadice and the BoD.]]> S26 State of the League
As is custom, the first weeks of the new season brings about some adjustments and changes that the BoD details in this post. We are still planning on expansion for next season if everything works out according to plan, and we have some information later in this text giving some updated details.

Expansion

Code:
If a player from an organization is successfully appointed OM for an expansion organization, the original organization will receive a compensatory pick in between the 1st and 2nd round. 

If multiple organizations receive compensation picks from this or retirements, the picks will follow the same order as a normal round (reverse standings).

Rule Changes

Div 1 - No auto-relegation. The team finishing last (6th place) will play a playoff against Div 2 runner-up. 5th place will not have playoffs this season.
Div 2 - 1st place auto-promoted. 2nd place will play against Div 1 6th place

Code:
B.5.d

After the Trade Deadline, no roster moves can occur except when it is required to field a valid roster because of player suspensions.

G.6.c

Any roster move after the Trade Deadline can only occur if it is required to field a valid roster due to player suspensions.

Tactic Submission Validity

To clarify what is considered a valid submission for auditing and simming, we have added the following to the Rulebook.

Code:
E.3.c.

A valid tactic submission is defined as one of the following. Only valid submissions are audited for legality and will be used for simming if it passes the audit. 

If both a tactic file and matching screenshot depicting players on positions

If only a tactic file, it is valid only if players are placed automatically based on last tactic (i.e. no manual input by auditor/simmer),

If a tactic file and non-matching screenshot (regarding player positions), it is valid only if players are placed automatically based on last tactic,

If only a screenshot, it is valid only if the screenshot matches the last used tactic file.

If a submission contains no tactic file nor screenshot it requires no auditing but is valid for simming, for example a submission with only subs.

E.3.d

The following tactic submissions are not valid for auditing nor simming. Invalid submissions will revert back to the previous legal submission.

Only a screenshot that is not matching the last used tactic file.

Any of the scenarios from c. that does not meet the condition of validity.

That is it for this relatively short and time constrained State of the League. More information might come up in the next few weeks if needed.

Commissioner Canadice and the BoD.]]> <![CDATA[S25 Regression]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9759 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:09:32 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9759 Regression Information
Regression Deadline is Friday June 12, 2026!

All players aged S18 or older are subject to regression in accordance with their specified percentage.

S18 - 10%
S17 - 15%
S16 - 20%
S15 - 25%
S14 - 30%
S13 - 35%
S12 or older - 40%

The regressed TPE is always rounded up, for example a player at 1818 TPE regressing 10% would lose 181.8 TPE rounded up to an actual loss of 182 TPE.

All earnings from before June 1st are included in the regression calculation, including:

S25 Standings Predictions
S25 Statistics Predictions
S25 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #236

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

Regressed Players

A.C. Romana - Hippity Hoppity - @bfan8475 - TPE after regression: 1433 -215=1218
A.C. Romana - Daedalus Kronus - @.Laser - TPE after regression: 1197 -120=1077
A.C. Romana - Chef Gagne - @Chef Gagne - TPE after regression: 1248 -125=1123

AF Masques Sacrés - Fernand Rivest - @Frenchie - TPE after regression: 823 -165=658
AF Masques Sacrés - Irepsej Imeinaktok - @Seany148 - TPE after regression: 723 -73=650

AS Paris - Eric Belmont - @Belmont - TPE after regression: 1380 -276=1104
AS Paris - Greedy McFootcakes - @jreed12 - TPE after regression: 1449 -145=1304

Athênai F.C. - Misagh Khabiri - @Parriyah - TPE after regression: 828 -249=579
Athênai F.C. - Leo Fiachra - @leofiachra - TPE after regression: 807 -243=564
Athênai F.C. - Berit Skovgaard - @mer - TPE after regression: 916 -92=824
Athênai F.C. - Ron Wince - @TwoSocks - TPE after regression: 1091 -110=981

CA Buenos Aires - Sterling Scott - @AgentSmith - TPE after regression: 1790 -358=1432
CA Buenos Aires - Louie Duck - @xjoverax - TPE after regression: 1342 -202=1140
CA Buenos Aires - Daryl McManus - @cake307 - TPE after regression: 2067 -207=1860
CA Buenos Aires - Bengt Rubin - @kenvald - TPE after regression: 1778 -178=1600

Cairo City - Jia Yun - @SDCore - TPE after regression: 777 -117=660
Cairo City - Quaquaval The Duck - @tredpalo - TPE after regression: 693 -104=589

CD Tenochtitlan - Bérangère-Amandine Bruère-Estrangin - @JURT - TPE after regression: 1191 -239=952
CD Tenochtitlan - Hanibal Armaros - @baz - TPE after regression: 1489 -224=1265
CD Tenochtitlan - Sam Volta - @Tripl3tsGamer - TPE after regression: 1183 -119=1064
CF Catalunya - Bernardo Fry - @CuriousShadow - TPE after regression: 1873 -188=1685
CF Catalunya - Joga Bonito - @omniscius - TPE after regression: 1935 -194=1741
CF Catalunya - Nikolai Ahmed - @piza - TPE after regression: 1733 -174=1559

F.C. Kaapstad - Gerd Klose - @Muford - TPE after regression: 950 -285=665
F.C. Kaapstad - Jalen Brooks - @Tayjay - TPE after regression: 739 -222=517
F.C. Kaapstad - Evan Hunt - @MattyIce - TPE after regression: 1383 -277=1106
F.C. Kaapstad - Henry Fantobens - @Fantobens - TPE after regression: 1162 -175=987
F.C. Kaapstad - Anton Obranca - @Citizen of Adraa - TPE after regression: 825 -124=701

Hollywood FC - Pete Martell - @ComebackZak - TPE after regression: 1390 -417=973
Hollywood FC - Ali Dia - @Domffl - TPE after regression: 1799 -450=1349
Hollywood FC - Nathan Cormier - @JR95 - TPE after regression: 1208 -302=906
Hollywood FC - Duncan Walrusson - @Jexter - TPE after regression: 1805 -361=1444
Hollywood FC - Alexandros Mograine - @sliceruser - TPE after regression: 1865 -373=1492
Hollywood FC - Hercule Hefeweizen - @Wiggli - TPE after regression: 2145 -322=1823
Hollywood FC - Caspian Skovgaard - @.Evok - TPE after regression: 1934 -194=1740
Hollywood FC - Alex Calderon - @Amidships - TPE after regression: 2029 -203=1826

Inter London - Angry Lizard - @McGriddy10 - TPE after regression: 1100 -165=935
Inter London - Aidan Hutchinson Jr. - @Hepha - TPE after regression: 1013 -102=911

Liffeyside Celtic FC - Puma Superhoops - @kdr - TPE after regression: 1425 -285=1140
Liffeyside Celtic FC - Aleksandr Skovgaard - @Faelax - TPE after regression: 1087 -109=978
Liffeyside Celtic FC - Kel Varnson - @Lumosityfan - TPE after regression: 1219 -122=1097
Liffeyside Celtic FC - Leandro Dybala - @Honoredmexican - TPE after regression: 1599 -160=1439

Montréal United - Kimi Häkkinen - @Murtsi - TPE after regression: 870 -348=522
Montréal United - Wang Zhihao - @Puppy - TPE after regression: 1096 -384=712
Montréal United - Clara Schmidt - @Tsunny - TPE after regression: 777 -234=543
Montréal United - Mei Sukzuki - @Breeze837 - TPE after regression: 802 -201=601
Montréal United - Bob Kronkowski - @papalinator - TPE after regression: 972 -146=826

North Shore United - Brick Wall Jr. - @brickwall35 - TPE after regression: 897 -314=583
North Shore United - Alessandro Del Pirlo - @Zoone16 - TPE after regression: 1217 -426=791
North Shore United - Steven Urkel - @ZootTX - TPE after regression: 1411 -424=987
North Shore United - Jean Girard - @Gordon Bombay - TPE after regression: 950 -190=760
North Shore United - Orlando Mastache Maldonado - @z0rem - TPE after regression: 1170 -176=994
North Shore United - Florian Gaisberg - @Zerg - TPE after regression: 1612 -162=1450

Rapid Magyar SC - Calvin Ball - @Vrain - TPE after regression: 1084 -163=921
Rapid Magyar SC - Jordan Bamford - @Bamford13 - TPE after regression: 1368 -137=1231
Rapid Magyar SC - Billy Bob - @Billy Bob - TPE after regression: 1412 -142=1270

Reykjavik United - Marco Tentacles - @Squid - TPE after regression: 1377 -414=963
Reykjavik United - Santos Neymarinho - @5oulja - TPE after regression: 1490 -298=1192
Reykjavik United - Ilya Prusikin - @OrbitingDeath - TPE after regression: 1980 -396=1584
Reykjavik United - Mikko Rashford II - @RashfordU - TPE after regression: 2048 -308=1740
Reykjavik United - Dina Skovgaard - @RAmenAmen - TPE after regression: 2039 -204=1835
Reykjavik United - George Shaheen - @Jiggy - TPE after regression: 2113 -212=1901
Reykjavik United - Charlie Chambers - @Rich - TPE after regression: 2140 -214=1926

Schwarzwälder FV - William Williams - @Xotcin - TPE after regression: 1582 -317=1265
Schwarzwälder FV - Zoe Clarke - @SleepyPlayz - TPE after regression: 1343 -135=1208
Schwarzwälder FV - Maggie Sinclair - @Kyamprac - TPE after regression: 1303 -131=1172
Schwarzwälder FV - Alex Stain - @daveyboy - TPE after regression: 1146 -115=1031

Seoul MFC - Bartholomew Twinkletoes - @lock180 - TPE after regression: 1182 -119=1063

Shanghai Dragons FC - Thomas Hohenhahn - @norththegreatestshowman - TPE after regression: 2220 -222=1998
Shanghai Dragons FC - Shingo Takechi - @Darthus - TPE after regression: 1950 -195=1755

Tokyo S.C. - Beaklie Eilish - @kahri - TPE after regression: 1845 -369=1476
Tokyo S.C. - Anthony Lee - @Antman - TPE after regression: 1335 -267=1068

União São Paulo - Ryan Kirkpatrick - @Pyro182 - TPE after regression: 1830 -366=1464
União São Paulo - Roquefort Cotswold - @roquefort - TPE after regression: 2223 -334=1889
União São Paulo - Yoma Hashimoto - @KnowledgeBoy - TPE after regression: 2064 -310=1754
União São Paulo - Nerve De Groot - @SpiNz001 - TPE after regression: 1678 -252=1426
União São Paulo - Julian Rubio - @donut - TPE after regression: 2273 -228=2045
União São Paulo - João Peixoto - @zeagle1 - TPE after regression: 2151 -216=1935
União São Paulo - Benecio Aguilera III - @CROney3 - TPE after regression: 2246 -225=2021
União São Paulo - Ben Nelson - @Ben - TPE after regression: 1594 -160=1434

Xelajú Cósmico FC - Goku Atliketwopercent - @Ruggsy - TPE after regression: 1516 -228=1288
Xelajú Cósmico FC - Rigby Emerson - @Thelastheraclid - TPE after regression: 1551 -156=1395
Xelajú Cósmico FC - Kuba Kunicki - @Chillybro - TPE after regression: 1173 -118=1055

Free Agent - Imjust Ken - @Dewalt27 - TPE after regression: 619 -186=433
Free Agent - Zyqwarndalethron Velstrazyn-Smith - @jason kranz - TPE after regression: 982 -197=785
Free Agent - Devon Wagner - @Gage2 - TPE after regression: 783 -157=626
Free Agent - Nicolas Corrigan - @scottisheyebrow - TPE after regression: 697 -140=557
Free Agent - Chuck Noland - @TomHanks - TPE after regression: 662 -100=562
Free Agent - Guðrún Vilhjalmsdottir - @Possum Queen - TPE after regression: 613 -92=521
Free Agent - Riamel Kloulechad - @Aephino - TPE after regression: 835 -126=709
Free Agent - Ace Faulkner - @Ace - TPE after regression: 622 -94=528
Free Agent - Eric Fish - @Mysterious_Fish - TPE after regression: 608 -92=516
Free Agent - Rodiano Santori - @njbadapple - TPE after regression: 1082 -109=973
Free Agent - Gary McGary - @Tornado_Messiah - TPE after regression: 784 -79=705
Free Agent - Dizzy Martin - @Lawlore - TPE after regression: 712 -72=640
Free Agent - Apollo Zervas - @Ausyy - TPE after regression: 765 -77=688

SSL Logo

RETIRING PLAYERS SSL Logo

S18 - 10%
S17 - 15%
S16 - 20%
S15 - 25%
S14 - 30%
S13 - 35%
S12 or older - 40%

S25 Standings Predictions
S25 Statistics Predictions
S25 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #236

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

Regressed Players

RETIRING PLAYERS SSL Logo

Cairo City - Momo Adamu - @hhh81
Cairo City - Grand Boyer - @grandboyer
F.C. Kaapstad - Tonio Torres - @Kino
Liffeyside Celtic FC - Andres Pedrillo - @anuragb
Rapid Magyar SC - Vito Habjanič - @ChiefVito
Seoul MFC - Alejandro Hunt - @Arc
Xelajú Cósmico FC - Chris Warrick - @fAeser

Academy - Tony Roberts - @Pib
Academy - Lencho Parka - @lorenzomora94
Free Agent - Amore Delo - @sonicgmail
Free Agent - Erik Beermann - @Durodo
Free Agent - Ljubica Kamenova - @Valpix
Free Agent - Squidward Tortellini - @Dindog
Free Agent - Teitur Justinussen - @bluesfan55
Free Agent - Majestik Bushtit - @birb
Free Agent - Mr Clean-Sheet - @MikeyKnuckelz
Free Agent - Elijah Cohen - @Dynamicmlb_42
Free Agent - Chris Williams - @MikeLiut
Free Agent - Benny Blanco - @Deng
Free Agent - Felix Baur - @Kilowat
Free Agent - Lugnut Somnolentus - @SonOfCar
Free Agent - Rour - @snxffs
Free Agent - Jinchou Nootazuki - @Pingu
Free Agent - Djoe Anderdaughter - @MrRuihu
Free Agent - Ryota Ando - @Ando
Free Agent - Ethan Ashcroft - @EthanSea611
Free Agent - Jay Burns - @Ogreishh
Free Agent - Otis Boudreaux Jr - @Otis Boudreaux]]> <![CDATA[S25 Off-season post]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9726 Sun, 31 May 2026 15:34:46 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9726 Off-Season Congratulations to Hollywood FC, Liffeyside Celtic FC, AS Paris and Inter London for winning their respective league championships and to União São Paulo for winning the SSL Cup!

Tomorrow, Monday June 1st, marks the start of the official off-season period.

Pending FA period
Any player that is on an expiring contract (no contract signed for S26) is considered a Pending Free Agent at the start of the off-season. Organizations may at that time contact a Pending FA and negotiate a contract.

Any Pending FA is not officially a Free Agent until the start of the next season thus they may still sign an extension with their current team during the off-season week without reducing the team's transfer budget. We just have to make one thing clear: A manager may not force a player to provide intent to sign. This week is intended for players to be able to talk to teams and be shown alternatives for how their future may look.

Re-rolls and redistribution
S24 players have one last chance this week to submit a re-roll and S25 players have one last chance to use their redistribution for their player via the portal.

Seasonal Change
If you want to retire but still have a corpse season for your player, you need to wait until the start of the next season. Any player retiring during the off-season is retired at the end of the season and will not get a corpse season.

Due to the changes with the portal, the new draft class will officially start up on June 8th with the start of the new season. Any players created during the week of June 1 - June 7 will not be approved until the following week.

SSL Prospect Draft and Next Draft Class
We are also gearing up for the SSL Prospect that is set to take place on June 7 at TBA.

Regression and Portal
Regression will be run in the beginning of next week and the resulting TPE will be directly removed from each affected player's TPE total. A regression post will be published on the forum which will also indicate players that are automatically retired.

The deadline for regressing your player in the portal is June 12..

/Canadice and the BoD]]> Off-Season Congratulations to Hollywood FC, Liffeyside Celtic FC, AS Paris and Inter London for winning their respective league championships and to União São Paulo for winning the SSL Cup!

Tomorrow, Monday June 1st, marks the start of the official off-season period.

Pending FA period
Any player that is on an expiring contract (no contract signed for S26) is considered a Pending Free Agent at the start of the off-season. Organizations may at that time contact a Pending FA and negotiate a contract.

Any Pending FA is not officially a Free Agent until the start of the next season thus they may still sign an extension with their current team during the off-season week without reducing the team's transfer budget. We just have to make one thing clear: A manager may not force a player to provide intent to sign. This week is intended for players to be able to talk to teams and be shown alternatives for how their future may look.

Re-rolls and redistribution
S24 players have one last chance this week to submit a re-roll and S25 players have one last chance to use their redistribution for their player via the portal.

Seasonal Change
If you want to retire but still have a corpse season for your player, you need to wait until the start of the next season. Any player retiring during the off-season is retired at the end of the season and will not get a corpse season.

Due to the changes with the portal, the new draft class will officially start up on June 8th with the start of the new season. Any players created during the week of June 1 - June 7 will not be approved until the following week.

SSL Prospect Draft and Next Draft Class
We are also gearing up for the SSL Prospect that is set to take place on June 7 at TBA.

Regression and Portal
Regression will be run in the beginning of next week and the resulting TPE will be directly removed from each affected player's TPE total. A regression post will be published on the forum which will also indicate players that are automatically retired.

The deadline for regressing your player in the portal is June 12..

/Canadice and the BoD]]> <![CDATA[S25 and 9/10ths - State of the League]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9671 Tue, 26 May 2026 09:14:52 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9671 State of the League
Gearing up for the final couple of weeks of the S25 season, we are coming to you with a half-time State of the League in addition to the regular one at the beginning of the season. This announcement will be tied to one subject; the size of the current player base.

As we touched on in the S25 State of the League and the S22 State of the League, the recent growth of the league has meant that the BoD is keeping a closer eye on the current player total and the number of starting XI positions in all current teams of both the Majors and Minors.

With the success of the S26 class (74 players, tied for 2nd most all time) and the current retention rates (80% active after the Academy season) we are seeing us hit the ceiling for available starting positions within the next two seasons. As a league, we strive to provide all active players with the chance to play starting XI minutes and in order for that to continue we will need to plan for an expansion.

The permanent and incentivized use of substitutions has been brought up many times during the league’s life as a way to extend the number of active players fielded during a season. However that option has never seen any real impact on league growth, instead we have used, and will continue to use, it as a temporary measure to mitigate the ceiling until a time where more teams and starting positions are introduced.

Expansion Announcement

The BoD has decided to announce an expansion for the S27 season, using the remainder of S25 and S26 to allow for applications, appointments of new managers, working on team brands and completion of the expansion draft.

The expansion will consist of (at minimum) two organizations, giving us a total of 14 organizations with 28 teams in total. The Final Form :™: of the league with 16 organizations (32 total teams in Major and Minor) split into two divisions is still the end goal and we will allow for us to jump to that structure if we deem it feasible during the application process.

For more information about the application process, please read the hiring post here.

The following processes are detailed using the 2 organization expansion structure and are subject to change if we go through with a 4 organization expansion.

Expansion Draft Process
The expansion draft will consist of 11 rounds of snake style picks where each Expansion Organizations (EXP) will pick one player/pick package from each organization. The final 12th player is the EXP OM who is assigned automatically as a pick from that organization for that EXP. This means that any organization will only lose two players during a normal draft process and the EXP will consist of 12 players prior to the S27 Prospect Draft.

Any co-applicant (EXP AM) needs to be drafted by the EXP in the 2nd round of the Expansion Draft.

If the EXP OM and AM come from the same organization, the organization is given the 2nd round pick from EXP in the S27 Prospect Draft as compensation.

Protection Lists
Each organization must send in a protection list to the BoD prior to the Expansion Draft. Each organization can by default protect 11 players while their OM is automatically protected and not part of the 11 slots.

The following players must be protected:

any Assistant Manager, whether they are active or retiring at the end of the S27 season
any player with a NMC, unless waived by the user

The following players must be left unprotected:

any EXP OM or AM, whether active or retiring at the end of the S27 season. The EXP must select this player as the pick from the organization.

An additional 2 protection slots can be “bought” by the organization for a package of draft picks which will then be available for any EXP to pick instead of a player from that organization. The cost for each slot is:

Slot A: S27 1st round pick + S27 3rd round pick
Slot B: S28 1st round pick + S27 2nd round pick

These picks do not necessarily have to be the organization’s own picks in the given draft and earlier round draft picks can be used as payment for the protection slot. For example Slot A can be bought by using an S27 1st + S27 2nd pick instead of the 3rd.

Any exposed player or pick package that is not drafted by any EXP at the conclusion of the Expansion Draft are returned to the original organizations.

Any player picked by an EXP in the Expansion Draft may not return to the original organization in Free Agency for the next FOUR (4) subsequent seasons (S27-S30). This includes exposed pending Free Agents for S27, who are considered part of the organization they were under contract with at the time of the protection list deadline in S26.

Retiring Players
Non-manager players that have announced their retirement prior to the Protection List deadline are excluded from both protection and exposed lists.

If an exposed non-manager player chooses to retire during S26 after the Protection List deadline or S27 after being selected in the Expansion Draft, the EXP who is selecting/selected that player will be given a compensatory pick in the closest upcoming Prospect Draft between the Xth and Yth round in order of retirement. For example if two selected players for EXP A retire prior to the S27 Prospect Draft, EXP A is given two compensatory picks, one between the 1st and 2nd round and one between the 2nd and 3rd round.

Trades
Trades between an EXP and a non-expansion organization are allowed prior to the start of the Expansion Draft. These trades are exempt from the Trade Deadline for S26.

These trades are handled internally between the organizations and the BoD until the conclusion and announcement of the Expansion Draft results, after which they are published on the forum as normal.

Any trades between non-expansion or EXP organizations are not allowed following the Trade Deadline of S26.

Prospect Draft
The EXP organizations will be given the 1st and 2nd picks in each round, the reverse order from the Expansion Draft 1st and 2nd picks.

If an EXP AM is an S27 Academy player with no retiring player, they must be drafted with the given 15/16 pick in the 2nd round.

If an EXP OM is an S27 Academy player with no retiring player, they must be drafted with any 1st round pick.

For any questions, please reach out to your nearest BoD member.

/Commissioners and BoD]]> State of the League
Gearing up for the final couple of weeks of the S25 season, we are coming to you with a half-time State of the League in addition to the regular one at the beginning of the season. This announcement will be tied to one subject; the size of the current player base.

As we touched on in the S25 State of the League and the S22 State of the League, the recent growth of the league has meant that the BoD is keeping a closer eye on the current player total and the number of starting XI positions in all current teams of both the Majors and Minors.

With the success of the S26 class (74 players, tied for 2nd most all time) and the current retention rates (80% active after the Academy season) we are seeing us hit the ceiling for available starting positions within the next two seasons. As a league, we strive to provide all active players with the chance to play starting XI minutes and in order for that to continue we will need to plan for an expansion.

The permanent and incentivized use of substitutions has been brought up many times during the league’s life as a way to extend the number of active players fielded during a season. However that option has never seen any real impact on league growth, instead we have used, and will continue to use, it as a temporary measure to mitigate the ceiling until a time where more teams and starting positions are introduced.

Expansion Announcement

any Assistant Manager, whether they are active or retiring at the end of the S27 season
any player with a NMC, unless waived by the user

The following players must be left unprotected:

any EXP OM or AM, whether active or retiring at the end of the S27 season. The EXP must select this player as the pick from the organization.

Slot A: S27 1st round pick + S27 3rd round pick
Slot B: S28 1st round pick + S27 2nd round pick

These picks do not necessarily have to be the organization’s own picks in the given draft and earlier round draft picks can be used as payment for the protection slot. For example Slot A can be bought by using an S27 1st + S27 2nd pick instead of the 3rd.

Any exposed player or pick package that is not drafted by any EXP at the conclusion of the Expansion Draft are returned to the original organizations.

Any player picked by an EXP in the Expansion Draft may not return to the original organization in Free Agency for the next FOUR (4) subsequent seasons (S27-S30). This includes exposed pending Free Agents for S27, who are considered part of the organization they were under contract with at the time of the protection list deadline in S26.

Retiring Players
Non-manager players that have announced their retirement prior to the Protection List deadline are excluded from both protection and exposed lists.

If an exposed non-manager player chooses to retire during S26 after the Protection List deadline or S27 after being selected in the Expansion Draft, the EXP who is selecting/selected that player will be given a compensatory pick in the closest upcoming Prospect Draft between the Xth and Yth round in order of retirement. For example if two selected players for EXP A retire prior to the S27 Prospect Draft, EXP A is given two compensatory picks, one between the 1st and 2nd round and one between the 2nd and 3rd round.

Trades
Trades between an EXP and a non-expansion organization are allowed prior to the start of the Expansion Draft. These trades are exempt from the Trade Deadline for S26.

These trades are handled internally between the organizations and the BoD until the conclusion and announcement of the Expansion Draft results, after which they are published on the forum as normal.

Any trades between non-expansion or EXP organizations are not allowed following the Trade Deadline of S26.

Prospect Draft
The EXP organizations will be given the 1st and 2nd picks in each round, the reverse order from the Expansion Draft 1st and 2nd picks.

If an EXP AM is an S27 Academy player with no retiring player, they must be drafted with the given 15/16 pick in the 2nd round.

If an EXP OM is an S27 Academy player with no retiring player, they must be drafted with any 1st round pick.

For any questions, please reach out to your nearest BoD member.

/Commissioners and BoD]]> <![CDATA[Issue with FM and side advantages]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9549 Sun, 10 May 2026 17:57:57 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9549
After rigorous testing we found evidence that the number of fans for each team has an inherent effect on the home win rates. (ISSUE 1)

After this we also identified another database setting error that caused the first matchday of MD11 - MD15 to NOT be played on a neutral venue. (ISSUE 2)

ISSUE 1

Background
When neutral stadiums were introduced in S18, the settings in the FM Editor were set in a way that the attendance during the matches was perfectly split 50/50%. As the FM Database editor is a conundrum and more of a black box, it was never determined exactly which settings led to this result. The effect was then attributed to the move to neutral stadiums as other "evidence" found online at the time said that attendance had no effect on the advantage.

At some point in re-creating the FM file in S22, some settings were changed which led to an uneven split of fans in attendance. This was never identified and investigated as the teams were still playing in neutral stadiums, so it was assumed that the same effect persisted.

With the creation of the S25 FM File some settings was once again changed (overall increase in attendance for games) and we started getting more and more reports of heavily skewed win rates (in testing) for the home team which led to this investigation.

During the testing, different settings for team attendance and season ticket holders were set using FMRTE and its effect on the same matchup were measured over 100+ samples each. We saw a drastic shift (~40 percentage points) in home win rates when the attendance was unevenly (favoring the home team) or evenly split.

Consequences
Between S22 and S24, the league has had an equal number of home games played so the effect of the "home field advantage" evened out over the season. With the addition of the third round in S25 this is no longer the case, hence we need to make a fix to even the field for MD11 - 15.

The post MD10 files will include an adjustment of the team's season ticket holders so that the attendance for each game is split 50/50 for the remainder of the season.

This will also be done in the Cup file for the upcoming Quarter Final matchday. We understand that this effect has been in play for the previous matchdays as well, but we will not issue a re-sim of the previous rounds. The cup is inherently more "random" with both a random draw and the one leg knockout. We've also seen historically less effects of the home field advantage in the Cup over the past three seasons than in the league games.

ISSUE 2

Background
When creating the new database for S25, we added a third round of matchups to increase the season length to 15 matchdays. For Majors Division 1, I missed setting a neutral venue for the first game of the new matchdays (MD11 - MD15), thereby making them real Home / Away matchups.

This causes more issues than issue 1 due to the nature of how FM looks at splitting attendance for Home / Away compared to Neutral venues. The same solution for Issue 1 does not fix Issue 2.

Consequences
As the matchups are grouped in sets of five matchdays, the solution in this case is, ONLY FOR MAJ DIVISION 1 to go back and re-use the MD1 - MD5 file and schedule to play the remaining five matchdays. With the neutral venues and the fixes to the attendance split this will be the same scenario as all other divisions.

The index will need manual adjustments after the season is completed to reflect the correct matchdays but it is doable. Just bear with us until a couple of days after the final matchday to get a proper finalized index for S25.

The promotion playoff can be scheduled correctly using FMRTE by changing the results of MD11 - MD15 of Major Division 1 to the real results recorded in the other file, so those index statistics will be recorded properly.

Because of these issues @Canadice forfeits their seasonal pay for database / fileworker and a checklist will be created and sent out to relevant members to go through and double check that all settings are correct whenever a new file is created.]]>
After rigorous testing we found evidence that the number of fans for each team has an inherent effect on the home win rates. (ISSUE 1)

After this we also identified another database setting error that caused the first matchday of MD11 - MD15 to NOT be played on a neutral venue. (ISSUE 2)

ISSUE 1

ISSUE 2

Because of these issues @Canadice forfeits their seasonal pay for database / fileworker and a checklist will be created and sent out to relevant members to go through and double check that all settings are correct whenever a new file is created.]]> <![CDATA[S24 Awards and ToTS Announcement]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9412 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:19:11 +0100 FuriousChicken]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9412 USP

Hello SSL, with S24 being over, and S25 having started last week, it is time for the S24 awards and team of the season with this announcement being for the Major League. Once again thanks to the awards team and the managers for the smooth voting process, also congratulations to the S24 Major League D1 champions União São Paulo USP

, and D2 champions Xelajú Cósmico FC XLC

Like you probably already know the league structure has changed, and the award structure has as well, while the golden awards (boot/eye/glove), and the MVP of the season will remain 1 per division, however the Manager of the season and Rookie of the Season have been semi-reduced to 1 per league (so 1 for Major, and 1 for Minor league). Furthermore the team of the season has remained the same and per division, however the substitutions have been gotten rid of.

First off the general Major League awards:

Manager(s) of the season: @SG_Vesu, @spooked, @CamGoldenGun XLC

Rookie of the Season: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 1:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 7): Juozas Kupinas @Jubka HFC

& Julian Rubio @donut USP

& @Dompatterson Tenochtitlan

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 8): Trick Johnson @homercrates Shanghai

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 4): Benecio Aguilera III @CROney3 USP

MVP: Shingo Takechi @Darthus Shanghai

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 1:

GK: Shingo Takechi @Darthus Shanghai

CB: Charlie Chambers @Rich RKV

& João Peixoto @zeagle1 USP

WB: Trick Johnson @homercrates Shanghai

& Roquefort Cotswold @roquefort USP

CM: Ali Dia @Domffl HFC

& Tonto Tut @TontoTut Tenochtitlan

W/AM: Nerve De Groot @SpiNz001 USP

& Tre Qartista @ulaire RKV

ST: Julian Rubio @donut USP

& Roger Roger @By-Tor Tenochtitlan

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 2:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 8): Sean O’Leary @Blueline

& Rigby Emerson @Thelastheraclid XLC

& Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 11): Andres De Giron @aegis CFCat

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 4): Denis Mobek @denismov XLC

& Bartholomew Twinkletoes @lock180 CFCat

MVP: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 2:

GK: Denis Mobek @denismov XLC

CB: Aart de Trella @trella CFCat

& Coin Flip @midknight ACR

WB: Andres De Giron @aegis CFCat

& Goku Atliketwopercent @Ruggsy XLC

CM: Capybara Chevalier @Wild Capybara XLC

& Cade Power @Jumbo SFV

W/AM: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

& Rigby Emerson @Thelastheraclid XLC

ST: Benjamin Munro @BJ_Munro XLC

& Sean O’Leary @Blueline

Now onto the Minor League, where we first want to congratulate F.C. Kaapstad KAP

for winning the D1 of the Minor League, and also North Shore United NSU

for winning D2 of the Minor League.

Now onto the general Minor League awards:

Manager(s) of the season: @norththegreatestshowman, @Daleks, @Darthus Magyar

Rookie of the Season: Stefano Rosini @Steee MSD

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 1:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 10): Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 7): Lucas Peioxoto @Lpapi KAP

& Dunkler Sowerwine @Oknom Paris

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 5): João Cancelo @Dmac1200 Paris

MVP: Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 1:

GK: João Cancelo @Dmac1200 Paris

CB: Greedy McFootcakes @jreed12 Paris

& Jakob Fensterhausen @Cycro Paris

WB: Lucas Peioxoto @Lpapi KAP

& Ozzy Trent Kovács @OTK Paris

CM: Dunkler Sowerwine @Oknom Paris

& Evan Hunt @MattyIce KAP

W/AM: Eden Empire IV @MMFLEX Paris

& Silver Tarandus @SilverBlitzenAG Paris

ST: Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

& Freddy Adu @Doc KAP

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 2:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 15): Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 9): Mikko Rashford III @Whitecap NSU

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 5): Fiery Chicken @FuriousChicken NSU

MVP: Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 2:

GK: Fiery Chicken @FuriousChicken NSU

CB: Lan Mandragoran @Lan Magyar

& Scott Macleod @Yaldi SEO

WB: Dwayne Pruney @Nike NSU

& Daniel Herrera @frithjofr CFC

CM: Santiago Mitidiero @santimit NSU

& Billy Bob @Billy Bob Magyar

W/AM: Mikko Rashford III @Whitecap NSU

& Brodie James @Nion NSU

ST: Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

& Zaza Banana @mastersheep NSU

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, and D2 champions Xelajú Cósmico FC XLC

First off the general Major League awards:

Manager(s) of the season: @SG_Vesu, @spooked, @CamGoldenGun XLC

Rookie of the Season: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 1:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 7): Juozas Kupinas @Jubka HFC

& Julian Rubio @donut USP

& @Dompatterson Tenochtitlan

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 8): Trick Johnson @homercrates Shanghai

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 4): Benecio Aguilera III @CROney3 USP

MVP: Shingo Takechi @Darthus Shanghai

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 1:

GK: Shingo Takechi @Darthus Shanghai

CB: Charlie Chambers @Rich RKV

& João Peixoto @zeagle1 USP

WB: Trick Johnson @homercrates Shanghai

& Roquefort Cotswold @roquefort USP

CM: Ali Dia @Domffl HFC

& Tonto Tut @TontoTut Tenochtitlan

W/AM: Nerve De Groot @SpiNz001 USP

& Tre Qartista @ulaire RKV

ST: Julian Rubio @donut USP

& Roger Roger @By-Tor Tenochtitlan

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 2:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 8): Sean O’Leary @Blueline

& Rigby Emerson @Thelastheraclid XLC

& Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 11): Andres De Giron @aegis CFCat

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 4): Denis Mobek @denismov XLC

& Bartholomew Twinkletoes @lock180 CFCat

MVP: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 2:

GK: Denis Mobek @denismov XLC

CB: Aart de Trella @trella CFCat

& Coin Flip @midknight ACR

WB: Andres De Giron @aegis CFCat

& Goku Atliketwopercent @Ruggsy XLC

CM: Capybara Chevalier @Wild Capybara XLC

& Cade Power @Jumbo SFV

W/AM: Alejandro Fuecoco @JKortesi81 CFCat

& Rigby Emerson @Thelastheraclid XLC

ST: Benjamin Munro @BJ_Munro XLC

& Sean O’Leary @Blueline

Now onto the Minor League, where we first want to congratulate F.C. Kaapstad KAP

for winning the D1 of the Minor League, and also North Shore United NSU

for winning D2 of the Minor League.

Now onto the general Minor League awards:

Manager(s) of the season: @norththegreatestshowman, @Daleks, @Darthus Magyar

Rookie of the Season: Stefano Rosini @Steee MSD

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 1:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 10): Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 7): Lucas Peioxoto @Lpapi KAP

& Dunkler Sowerwine @Oknom Paris

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 5): João Cancelo @Dmac1200 Paris

MVP: Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 1:

GK: João Cancelo @Dmac1200 Paris

CB: Greedy McFootcakes @jreed12 Paris

& Jakob Fensterhausen @Cycro Paris

WB: Lucas Peioxoto @Lpapi KAP

& Ozzy Trent Kovács @OTK Paris

CM: Dunkler Sowerwine @Oknom Paris

& Evan Hunt @MattyIce KAP

W/AM: Eden Empire IV @MMFLEX Paris

& Silver Tarandus @SilverBlitzenAG Paris

ST: Louis Ashworth @louis KAP

& Freddy Adu @Doc KAP

Now let’s go to the individual awards for Division 2:

Golden Boot (Most Goals - 15): Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

Golden Eye (Most Assists - 9): Mikko Rashford III @Whitecap NSU

Golden Glove (Most Clean Sheets - 5): Fiery Chicken @FuriousChicken NSU

MVP: Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

Finally let us go to the team of the season of division 2:

GK: Fiery Chicken @FuriousChicken NSU

CB: Lan Mandragoran @Lan Magyar

& Scott Macleod @Yaldi SEO

WB: Dwayne Pruney @Nike NSU

& Daniel Herrera @frithjofr CFC

CM: Santiago Mitidiero @santimit NSU

& Billy Bob @Billy Bob Magyar

W/AM: Mikko Rashford III @Whitecap NSU

& Brodie James @Nion NSU

ST: Alessandro Del Pirlo @Zoone16 NSU

& Zaza Banana @mastersheep NSU

]]> <![CDATA[S25 State of the League]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9188 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:42:02 +0100 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9188 S25 State of the League
We are happy to announce the start of the 25th season of the SSL, an anniversary season! The (re)introduction of promotion and relegation brought with it one of the more exciting final weeks in league history, with important games in many of the final matchdays and eventual playoff promotion. We hope to see the same level of intensity this season as well!

Seasonal Survey

I will try to summarize the results of the Seasonal Survey that was sent out in S24, focusing on the changes and important information we have gathered.

Just as an introduction we received around 180 responses where almost 40 % of respondents indicate that the SSL is their main sim league. We have always known that the SSL is mostly a secondary or “casual” league for most but this high percentage indicates that we are moving towards becoming more and more independent. It is also most common to be in 2 or more sim leagues (1: 25%, 2: 29%, 3: 18%, 4: 17%...) with the SHL and ISFL being the more prevalent other main leagues at above 20% each. We got some insight into the job situation where almost all of the hired users in the SSL feel the PT pass and monetary rewards are fair for their contributions.

As for the league changes, a vast majority of respondents liked (62%) or were impartial (23%) of the move to promotion relegation but we also saw a big portion of respondents (35%) express that they believed the number of games in a season are too few. We will have some changes announced related to this later in this post.

At some point in the future we will also most likely conduct additional expansion(s) to reach our “final form” with 16 organizations that was announced a couple of seasons ago. In the survey we asked your feelings in regard to the latest expansion that happened in S22, which about 55% of respondents were here for. Out of these respondents, almost 80% had a positive experience but almost 8% said they did not (and 10% said they are not open to another expansion in the future) so we will look at the detailed responses if there is something we can mitigate if/when another expansion occurs. There is nothing concrete planned at the moment in this regard, see more information later in this post.

For the bounty system, a large number of respondents have answered that the information is not really clear which we can understand given the amount of changes that have been made on a season-by-season basis. If you are unsure, you can find the latest information about bounties in its subforum. The reintroduction of a banner competition has been positive, and we will adjust for S25 that championship banners are separate from the other banners so we get more images into the banner rotation. Another main point from the respondents has been the difference in grading detail which we will take with us to the bounty department and work on.

We will soon have yet another Cross League Charity Drive happening which we hope more people will see and participate in compared to the last one. We are aware that most of the other main leagues are participating in it as well and we understand that you may choose to donate through another league. We will look at ways to incorporate fun and unique charity auction items to entice participation through our drive. We will send out a post closer to the charity period for items that can be put up for auction.

In summary the survey has given us a lot of good feedback both in general and in specific areas we asked about. Thank you all for participating and your TPE reward should be submitted to the portal shortly!

Rule Changes

As is custom for these seasonal posts, we have some updates of the Rulebook that we want to announce and make everyone aware of.

The first is less of a rule change and something that came up based on the responses in the survey. We have worked with the FM Editor to swap the order of the division 1 and division 2 matchdays as in S24 division 1 was set to premiere on the early slot (15 Eastern) and division 2 on the late slot (19 Eastern). In S25, we will see them change so that every odd matchday has division 1 early and division 2 late, and every even matchday has division 2 early and division 1 late. As always the Matchday Producer bot in the Matchday channel will post the detailed schedule for the week on Mondays and Thursdays.

Speaking of matchdays, the BoD has in tandem with the sim team also voted to increase the number of games to 15 per league, corresponding to 3 matchups per divisional opponent. This number is more closely tied to the number of league games we expect in our final form (14) so this will be a fixed schedule for the foreseeable future.

With these new changes we have also adjusted the Code of Conduct punishment guidelines to reflect the number of games per week. The punishment for a first infraction is 3 games suspension, while a second infraction incurs a 7 game suspension.

Another rule change that we have voted to apply is the following to tactic submissions:

Code:
New 3.c.iii

It is not allowed to submit a tactic where the tactical formation has less than two (2) central defenders capable of playing at that position with at least their secondary position ability.

New 3.c.iv

It is not allowed to submit a tactic where there are more than three (3) players playing at positions outside of their primary or secondary position abilities.

New 3.d

The BoD reserves the right to invalidate a tactic submission, even if it fulfills rule 3.e and 3.f, if it neglects a team's defensive duties, e.g. submitting a 2-5AM-3 formation.

The intent is to restrict weird and too offensive tactic submissions that create artificially long games (2x-3x of a normal sim) for the sim team to record.

Changes to weak foot updates

It has come to our attention that the interaction between footedness and weak foot ratings in FM24 may result in unintended consequences for left-footed players who purchase the maximum weak foot upgrade. Specifically, for the purpose of corner taking, any player with a 20 rating in both right and left foot will always be treated as right-foot dominant when taking corners. Any player with 20-20 in footedness will never take a corner with their left foot.

Looking through regular FM players, there are none of the current "two-footed players" that have 20/20, they have 20/19. FM was most likely never built to work with 20/20.

During this first week of S25, we will adjust anyone who has 20/20 down to 20/19, looking at your initial build to determine the strong foot. If there are players that have re-rolled or re-distributed to another primary foot do let us know if this adjustment based on the initial build is wrong.

The bank will now allow for purchases of 19 max weak foot for the same price as before (as the intent is the same) in increments of 10 -> 15 -> 19.

Recruitment and Expansion

To preface, this is not an announcement about a new expansion!

We are planning for yet another Reddit recruitment this season, and intend to make this a regular occurrence in our recruitment schedule every three seasons. We are currently on pace to hit the current max number of starting positions (264) during next season.

Expansion is heavily dependent on how many people we retain from this upcoming Academy class as well as interest in management positions. Depending on the retention percentage we will begin to look at expansion options shortly after. Keep in mind that during the S20 and S23 classes we had a drop off during and after the Academy season and we want to be able to find a balance where teams are not completely full while also not creating expansion teams that will struggle to field 11 active players between two teams. In short, an update on possible expansion processes will be announced when the BoD is confident that we have surpassed our max number of starting positions in a sustainable manner.

Available jobs

If you have not yet looked at the open positions subforum I would recommend you to do so as we have quite a few open positions at the moment. Among them we want to highlight:

Accounting Head responsible for the budget sheet.
PT Members helping out with the weekly and career point tasks
BoD Members and Intern helping out with the running of the league
Simmer responsible for recording the games

If you don’t see a position that you are interested in applying for, do let us know within the BoD and we can refer you to the proper person.

Commissioner Canadice and the BoD!]]> S25 State of the League
We are happy to announce the start of the 25th season of the SSL, an anniversary season! The (re)introduction of promotion and relegation brought with it one of the more exciting final weeks in league history, with important games in many of the final matchdays and eventual playoff promotion. We hope to see the same level of intensity this season as well!

Seasonal Survey

Rule Changes

Code:
New 3.c.iii

It is not allowed to submit a tactic where the tactical formation has less than two (2) central defenders capable of playing at that position with at least their secondary position ability.

New 3.c.iv

It is not allowed to submit a tactic where there are more than three (3) players playing at positions outside of their primary or secondary position abilities.

New 3.d

The BoD reserves the right to invalidate a tactic submission, even if it fulfills rule 3.e and 3.f, if it neglects a team's defensive duties, e.g. submitting a 2-5AM-3 formation.

The intent is to restrict weird and too offensive tactic submissions that create artificially long games (2x-3x of a normal sim) for the sim team to record.

Changes to weak foot updates

Recruitment and Expansion

Available jobs

If you have not yet looked at the open positions subforum I would recommend you to do so as we have quite a few open positions at the moment. Among them we want to highlight:

Accounting Head responsible for the budget sheet.
PT Members helping out with the weekly and career point tasks
BoD Members and Intern helping out with the running of the league
Simmer responsible for recording the games

If you don’t see a position that you are interested in applying for, do let us know within the BoD and we can refer you to the proper person.

Commissioner Canadice and the BoD!]]> <![CDATA[S24 Regression]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9125 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:50:30 +0000 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9125 Regression Information
Regression Deadline is Friday April 3rd, 2026!

All players aged S17 or older are subject to regression in accordance with their specified percentage.

S17 - 10%
S16 - 15%
S15 - 20%
S14 - 25%
S13 - 30%
S12 - 35%
S11 or older - 40%

The regressed TPE is always rounded up, for example a player at 1818 TPE regressing 10% would lose 181.8 TPE rounded up to an actual loss of 182 TPE.

All earnings from before March 23rd are included in the regression calculation, including:

S24 Standings Predictions
S24 Statistics Predictions
S24 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #226

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

Regressed Players

A.C. Romana - Hippity Hoppity - @bfan8475 - TPE after regression: 1593 -160=1433

AF Masques Sacrés - Emmanuel Blackman - @Emmanuel Blackman - TPE after regression: 1285 -322=963
AF Masques Sacrés - Fernand Rivest - @Frenchie - TPE after regression: 969 -146=823

AS Paris - Eric Belmont - @Belmont - TPE after regression: 1562 -235=1327

Athênai F.C. - Misagh Khabiri - @Parriyah - TPE after regression: 1105 -277=828
Athênai F.C. - Leo Fiachra - @leofiachra - TPE after regression: 1076 -269=807
Athênai F.C. - Riamel Kloulechad - @Aephino - TPE after regression: 928 -93=835

CA Buenos Aires - Sterling Scott - @AgentSmith - TPE after regression: 1927 -290=1637
CA Buenos Aires - Louie Duck - @xjoverax - TPE after regression: 1492 -150=1342

CD Tenochtitlan - Bérangère-Amandine Bruère-Estrangin - @JURT - TPE after regression: 1300 -195=1105
CD Tenochtitlan - Calvin Ball - @Vrain - TPE after regression: 1205 -121=1084
CD Tenochtitlan - Hanibal Armaros - @baz - TPE after regression: 1483 -149=1334

CF Catalunya - Zyqwarndalethron Velstrazyn-Smith - @jason kranz - TPE after regression: 1156 -174=982

F.C. Kaapstad - Gerd Klose - @Muford - TPE after regression: 1267 -317=950
F.C. Kaapstad - Jalen Brooks - @Tayjay - TPE after regression: 986 -247=739
F.C. Kaapstad - Evan Hunt - @MattyIce - TPE after regression: 1543 -232=1311
F.C. Kaapstad - Anton Obranca - @Citizen of Adraa - TPE after regression: 917 -92=825

Hollywood FC - Pete Martell - @ComebackZak - TPE after regression: 1683 -421=1262
Hollywood FC - Ali Dia - @Domffl - TPE after regression: 2036 -408=1628
Hollywood FC - Nathan Cormier - @JR95 - TPE after regression: 1511 -303=1208
Hollywood FC - Duncan Walrusson - @Jexter - TPE after regression: 1940 -291=1649
Hollywood FC - Alexandros Mograine - @sliceruser - TPE after regression: 2042 -307=1735
Hollywood FC - Hercule Hefeweizen - @Wiggli - TPE after regression: 2202 -221=1981
Hollywood FC - Henry Fantobens - @Fantobens - TPE after regression: 1258 -126=1132

Inter London - Angry Lizard - @McGriddy10 - TPE after regression: 1184 -119=1065

Liffeyside Celtic FC - Puma Superhoops - @kdr - TPE after regression: 1589 -239=1350

Montréal United - Erik Beermann - @Durodo - TPE after regression: 833 -250=583
Montréal United - Clara Schmidt - @Tsunny - TPE after regression: 972 -243=729
Montréal United - Bob Kronkowski - @papalinator - TPE after regression: 1081 -109=972

North Shore United - Alessandro Del Pirlo - @Zoone16 - TPE after regression: 1478 -444=1034
North Shore United - Jean Girard - @Gordon Bombay - TPE after regression: 1118 -168=950
North Shore United - Orlando Mastache Maldonado - @z0rem - TPE after regression: 1301 -131=1170

Rapid Magyar SC - Vito Habjanič - @ChiefVito - TPE after regression: 1246 -250=996

Reykjavik United - Brick Wall Jr. - @brickwall35 - TPE after regression: 1147 -345=802
Reykjavik United - Steven Urkel - @ZootTX - TPE after regression: 1711 -428=1283
Reykjavik United - Marco Tentacles - @Squid - TPE after regression: 1708 -427=1281
Reykjavik United - Santos Neymarinho - @5oulja - TPE after regression: 1754 -264=1490
Reykjavik United - Ilya Prusikin - @OrbitingDeath - TPE after regression: 2152 -323=1829
Reykjavik United - Mikko Rashford II - @RashfordU - TPE after regression: 2151 -216=1935

Schwarzwälder FV - Kimi Häkkinen - @Murtsi - TPE after regression: 1125 -394=731
Schwarzwälder FV - Wang Zhihao - @Puppy - TPE after regression: 1421 -427=994
Schwarzwälder FV - Mei Sukzuki - @Breeze837 - TPE after regression: 995 -199=796
Schwarzwälder FV - William Williams - @Xotcin - TPE after regression: 1805 -271=1534

Seoul MFC - Ljubica Kamenova - @Valpix - TPE after regression: 757 -228=529
Seoul MFC - Imjust Ken - @Dewalt27 - TPE after regression: 826 -207=619

Tokyo S.C. - Momo Adamu - @hhh81 - TPE after regression: 838 -336=502
Tokyo S.C. - Beaklie Eilish - @kahri - TPE after regression: 2004 -301=1703
Tokyo S.C. - Anthony Lee - @Antman - TPE after regression: 1434 -216=1218
Tokyo S.C. - Jia Yun - @SDCore - TPE after regression: 850 -85=765
Tokyo S.C. - Quaquaval The Duck - @tredpalo - TPE after regression: 737 -74=663

União São Paulo - Ryan Kirkpatrick - @Pyro182 - TPE after regression: 1938 -291=1647
União São Paulo - Roquefort Cotswold - @roquefort - TPE after regression: 2266 -227=2039
União São Paulo - Yoma Hashimoto - @KnowledgeBoy - TPE after regression: 2087 -209=1878
União São Paulo - Nerve De Groot - @SpiNz001 - TPE after regression: 1771 -178=1593

Xelajú Cósmico FC - Goku Atliketwopercent - @Ruggsy - TPE after regression: 1622 -163=1459

Free Agent - Amore Delo - @sonicgmail - TPE after regression: 672 -202=470
Free Agent - Squidward Tortellini - @Dindog - TPE after regression: 697 -175=522
Free Agent - Teitur Justinussen - @bluesfan55 - TPE after regression: 659 -132=527
Free Agent - Devon Wagner - @Gage2 - TPE after regression: 922 -139=783
Free Agent - Nicolas Corrigan - @scottisheyebrow - TPE after regression: 821 -124=697
Free Agent - Chuck Noland - @TomHanks - TPE after regression: 736 -74=662
Free Agent - Majestik Bushtit - @birb - TPE after regression: 659 -66=593
Free Agent - Guðrún Vilhjalmsdottir - @Possum Queen - TPE after regression: 682 -69=613
Free Agent - Ace Faulkner - @Ace - TPE after regression: 692 -70=622
Free Agent - Eric Fish - @Mysterious_Fish - TPE after regression: 676 -68=608

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RETIRING PLAYERS SSL Logo

S17 - 10%
S16 - 15%
S15 - 20%
S14 - 25%
S13 - 30%
S12 - 35%
S11 or older - 40%

S24 Standings Predictions
S24 Statistics Predictions
S24 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #226

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

Regressed Players

RETIRING PLAYERS SSL Logo

AF Masques Sacrés - Day Walker - @scudmuffin19
CA Buenos Aires - Sean O'Leary - @Blueline
CA Buenos Aires - Freja Ekholm-Gunnarsson - @sköldpaddor
Seoul MFC - Red Panda - @Lemorse7
Tokyo S.C. - Jude Greer - @Metafiction

Academy - Anders Lidström - @PixelNick13
Free Agent - Neslihan Genckal - @Oozegirl
Free Agent - Cam'Ron Bailey III - @Heart0verheight3
Free Agent - Jane Hagglund - @Echlyrica
Free Agent - Gabriel Finley - @burritohour
Free Agent - Jerry Garcia - @Sopath
Free Agent - TayTay Kummerdown - @Kobedropped81
Free Agent - Mayen Cannon - @Dabigboi]]> <![CDATA[S24 Off-season Post]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9096 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:56:58 +0000 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9096 Off-Season Congratulations to União São Paulo and F.C. Kaapstad for winning their respective league championships and to Xelajú Cósmico F.C. for winning the SSL Cup! We've also experienced two exciting promotion playoff matches where both CF Catalunya and Rapid Magyar SC gained promotion to their respective division 1 alongside the automatically promoted Xelajú Cósmico F.C. and North Shore United.

Tomorrow, Monday March 23, marks the start of the official off-season period for pending FA purposes.

Pending FA period
Any player that is on an expiring contract (no contract signed for TODO S25) is considered a Pending Free Agent at the start of the off-season. Organizations may at that time contact a Pending FA and negotiate a contract.

Any Pending FA is not officially a Free Agent until the start of the next season thus they may still sign an extension with their current team during the off-season week without reducing the team's transfer budget. We just have to make one thing clear: A manager may not force a player to provide intent to sign. This week is intended for players to be able to talk to teams and be shown alternatives for how their future may look.

Re-rolls and redistribution
S23 players have one last chance this week to submit a re-roll and S24 players have one last chance to use their redistribution for their player via the portal.

Seasonal Change
If you want to retire but still have a corpse season for your player, you need to wait until the start of the next season. Any player retiring during the off-season is retired at the end of the season and will not get a corpse season.

Due to the changes with the portal, the new draft class will officially start up on March 30th with the start of the new season. Any players created during the week of March 23 to March 29 will not be approved until the following week.

SSL Prospect Draft and Next Draft Class
We are also gearing up for the SSL Prospect that is set to take place on March 29 at TBA. The draft order can be found here.

Regression and Portal
Regression will be run later today and the resulting TPE will be directly removed from each affected player's TPE total. A regression post will be published on the forum which will also indicate players that are automatically retired.

The deadline for regressing your player in the portal is April 3rd..

/Commissioners and the BoD]]> Off-Season Congratulations to União São Paulo and F.C. Kaapstad for winning their respective league championships and to Xelajú Cósmico F.C. for winning the SSL Cup! We've also experienced two exciting promotion playoff matches where both CF Catalunya and Rapid Magyar SC gained promotion to their respective division 1 alongside the automatically promoted Xelajú Cósmico F.C. and North Shore United.

Tomorrow, Monday March 23, marks the start of the official off-season period for pending FA purposes.

Pending FA period
Any player that is on an expiring contract (no contract signed for TODO S25) is considered a Pending Free Agent at the start of the off-season. Organizations may at that time contact a Pending FA and negotiate a contract.

Any Pending FA is not officially a Free Agent until the start of the next season thus they may still sign an extension with their current team during the off-season week without reducing the team's transfer budget. We just have to make one thing clear: A manager may not force a player to provide intent to sign. This week is intended for players to be able to talk to teams and be shown alternatives for how their future may look.

Re-rolls and redistribution
S23 players have one last chance this week to submit a re-roll and S24 players have one last chance to use their redistribution for their player via the portal.

Seasonal Change
If you want to retire but still have a corpse season for your player, you need to wait until the start of the next season. Any player retiring during the off-season is retired at the end of the season and will not get a corpse season.

Due to the changes with the portal, the new draft class will officially start up on March 30th with the start of the new season. Any players created during the week of March 23 to March 29 will not be approved until the following week.

SSL Prospect Draft and Next Draft Class
We are also gearing up for the SSL Prospect that is set to take place on March 29 at TBA. The draft order can be found here.

Regression and Portal
Regression will be run later today and the resulting TPE will be directly removed from each affected player's TPE total. A regression post will be published on the forum which will also indicate players that are automatically retired.

The deadline for regressing your player in the portal is April 3rd..

/Commissioners and the BoD]]> <![CDATA[Daylight Savings]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9032 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:18:57 +0000 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=9032 Daylight Savings
With daylight savings in North America being in effect, there will be a discrepancy against most other regions of the world. The EU changes their clocks at the end of March so it will be an hour difference for many of our users within that period.

As always the official time of the SSL is shown as the forum clock at the top of the forum.]]> Daylight Savings
With daylight savings in North America being in effect, there will be a discrepancy against most other regions of the world. The EU changes their clocks at the end of March so it will be an hour difference for many of our users within that period.

As always the official time of the SSL is shown as the forum clock at the top of the forum.]]> <![CDATA[S24 Week 3 predictions deadline updated]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8954 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:26:10 +0000 firstfray]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8954 SSL Logo

S25 Week 3 predictions deadline update SSL Logo

Due to some file scheduling issues, the match between Hollywood FC and CD Tenochtitlan is taking place on today’s Cup: Round of 16 stream. This match was included in the Week 3 predictions form which was set to close for the second Round of 16 matches. Due to this change, we will need to close the week 3 predictions a day early when the first stream of the Cup: Round of 16 goes live. (W3 predictions will close today, about 6 and a half hours from this post).

We apologize for the inconvenience!]]> <![CDATA[SSL Accepting Donations]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8899 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:06:25 +0000 GHamss]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8899
The ongoing costs for the league are related to server hosting, domain subscription and a league cloud storage system which in total sum up to around $50 USD per month or approximately $600 USD per year. Over the past 23 seasons, these costs have been paid for personally by @Canadice. To help mitigate the cost of running the league, we have opened up the ability to donate to the SSL.

Donations

Donating finanically is easy and can be done through Paypal or via Ko-fi.

Paypal offers lower fees transferring funds from one Paypal account to another while Ko-fi allows more standard payment options but higher fees. The following fees are implemented:
A $5 USD donation directly through Paypal or Paypal via Ko-fi nets $4.48.
A $1 USD donation directly through Paypal or Paypal via Ko-fi nets $0.62.
A $5 USD donation through Ko-fi nets $4.09.
A $1 USD donation through Ko-fi nets $0.49.

If around 50 users were to donate $12 USD per year we would cover all ongoing costs for hosting. If we were to get a significant excess of funds during a calendar year, the excess will be donated during the yearly Charity Drive.

For more information and instructions about the league expenses and how to donate, check out the donation post.

The SSL also heavily relies on Discord, so we are presenting individuals with the opportunity to boost the main SSL Server. To do so, you can follow the instructions in the donation post.

Rewards

Aside from feeling good about financially supporting the SSL community, any user who donates financially or through a server boost will receive a permanent forum badge. You can fine what those look like in the donation post.

Other rewards will be announced as they become available. There is no player based incentive here for donating and we don’t plan on awarding site money or TPE for real money donations to the SSL, this is purely voluntary.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to any BoD member.

On behalf of the SSL Board of Directors,
GHamss

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The ongoing costs for the league are related to server hosting, domain subscription and a league cloud storage system which in total sum up to around $50 USD per month or approximately $600 USD per year. Over the past 23 seasons, these costs have been paid for personally by @Canadice. To help mitigate the cost of running the league, we have opened up the ability to donate to the SSL.

Donations

Rewards

]]> <![CDATA[S24 State of the League]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8798 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:42 +0000 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8798 S24 State of the League
Congratulations to the winner of the second official WSFC, Pyrenees Region, after a thrilling 5-4 victory in the final match. A great way to end the two week world tournament filled with exciting matches all throughout.

After this extended off-season we have now entered into the 24th season of the league, the first with the new divisional structure. The SSL Calendar and Portal is up to date with the new season schedule where we will see each team face off against their divisional rivals on the hunt for the championship or promotion. The SSL Cup will be handled the same way as previous seasons, where teams from all tiered leagues and divisions face each other in a one round knockout tournament starting with the first qualifying round for the bottom 16 teams. The first game in the Cup will premiere on February 10th.

Rule Changes

As is custom for these seasonal posts, we have some updates of the Rulebook that we want to announce and make everyone aware of.

The first is less news and more a structural change as procedures that were detailed in the Manager Guide for the Prospect Draft, tactics etc. are now only in the Rulebook, specifically section E-G. They are mostly relevant to the Managers and Tacticians who have been notified in a separate post.

Changes to Trading
To clarify more about what is allowed and not both for organizations and accountants we have implemented the following changes to trading. In summary the changes clarify the period between the trade deadline and the off-season, give a processing timeline for accountants, and clarify what conditional assets are.

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B.5.b

After the Trade Deadline, no trades can be submitted until the start of the off-season.

G.2.b

A trade is considered officially submitted when all involved Organizational Managers have publicly accepted the trade, after which no changes can be made by the involved organizations unless required as a result of the processing of the trade.

G.2.b.ii

A trade is considered complete when approved and processed by an SSL Accountant. A trade should be processed at most 72 hours after the trade is officially submitted.

G.2.d

Trades may not include conditional assets. This includes, but is not limited to, delayed processing and conditional draft picks based on standing placement.

Tampering
Another clarification is what is considered as tampering as a list of common actions/requests are considered as tampering. We also wanted to clarify that requests framed as jokes will with repetition be considered the same as a direct tampering infraction.

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G.9.a.i

"Illegal contact" includes, but is not limited to, requests by the offending user for the tampered user to change team, retire, recreate, change build or change position.

a.ii

Repeated requests framed as jokes will be punishable by the same standard listed in b.

Delayed payments for bounties in S22

During S22 there was a backlog in bounty grading that caused a subset of users to not have enough money available to them for a full individual training (purchasing TPE via the Bank) before the season turned over. After finally going through all the bounty payments and checking those users’ TPE purchases we have summarized the following list of users that received enough money to fund some or all of their remaining TPE from that season.

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Aimo Silakka, 1

Alex Stain, 1

Allie Bunson, 5

Arsène N'Goussou, 1

Bob Berendsen, 11

Cameron Millwall, 1

Caroni Riveras, 2

Diglett Primarus, 1

Dimitrios Karras, 2

Dr Squid, 1

Dwayne Pruney, 3

Franz van Grimbergen, 1

Jay Cue Jr., 5

John Faxe Kondi, 7

Kaspar Talvik, 8

Maarten Slothlenburg, 2

No Face, 8

Orla Hughes-Galloway, 10

Rean Schwarzer, 3

Roger Roger, 1

Scott MacLeod, 3

Seth McNeil, 1

Tlacaelel Tepoztli, 8

Vito Habjanič, 1

Weston McNuggie, 5

Zoe Clarke, 1

We will during this week adjust the max purchasable TPE for these players this season, giving them the opportunity to purchase this additional TPE during this season (and only this season) instead.

In order to prevent this from happening in the future the bounty and banker departments have implemented a “Bounty Deadline” every season. Announced ahead of time (as seen in the SSL Calendar) the Friday before the off-season is the last day to submit bounties that are guaranteed to be graded and submitted before the season turnover giving you a chance to purchase TPE from that season as well. It was initially implemented in S23 and seems to have fulfilled its intended purpose.

Changes to Bounty Grading

Details of these changes were announced here. In short the article grading is now on a per word basis with the ability of graders to issue bonuses for great submissions. In addition we are re-introducing the ability for users to submit to the forum banner rotation (seen in the left side on a wide enough screen) via a seasonal banner competition.

Referral Bonuses

The Recruitment department would like to remind everyone about the Referral program. This program rewards the referred user (and the recruiter) when they hit specific TPE targets with their first player:

400 TPE - $1 million bank deposit
500 TPE - $2 million bank deposit
700 TPE - $3 million bank deposit
1000 TPE - $4 million bank deposit
2000 TPE - $7.65 million bank deposit ONLY FOR THE RECRUITED PLAYER.

The Recruiter rewards caps at 30 million per player career (as banks are tied to the player).

This is the first week of the new class so now is the best time to join the league and be part of our S24 class!

Make sure that your recruited user fills out the Recruited By section on the forum registration form highlighted in red in the attached image.

SFV Organizational Manager

Rule Changes

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B.5.b

After the Trade Deadline, no trades can be submitted until the start of the off-season.

G.2.b

A trade is considered officially submitted when all involved Organizational Managers have publicly accepted the trade, after which no changes can be made by the involved organizations unless required as a result of the processing of the trade.

G.2.b.ii

A trade is considered complete when approved and processed by an SSL Accountant. A trade should be processed at most 72 hours after the trade is officially submitted.

G.2.d

Trades may not include conditional assets. This includes, but is not limited to, delayed processing and conditional draft picks based on standing placement.

Code:
G.9.a.i

"Illegal contact" includes, but is not limited to, requests by the offending user for the tampered user to change team, retire, recreate, change build or change position.

a.ii

Repeated requests framed as jokes will be punishable by the same standard listed in b.

Delayed payments for bounties in S22

Code:
Aimo Silakka, 1

Alex Stain, 1

Allie Bunson, 5

Arsène N'Goussou, 1

Bob Berendsen, 11

Cameron Millwall, 1

Caroni Riveras, 2

Diglett Primarus, 1

Dimitrios Karras, 2

Dr Squid, 1

Dwayne Pruney, 3

Franz van Grimbergen, 1

Jay Cue Jr., 5

John Faxe Kondi, 7

Kaspar Talvik, 8

Maarten Slothlenburg, 2

No Face, 8

Orla Hughes-Galloway, 10

Rean Schwarzer, 3

Roger Roger, 1

Scott MacLeod, 3

Seth McNeil, 1

Tlacaelel Tepoztli, 8

Vito Habjanič, 1

Weston McNuggie, 5

Zoe Clarke, 1

Changes to Bounty Grading

Referral Bonuses

SFV Organizational Manager

We are still looking for an organizational manager for SFV/MTL. The Organization is now under BoD Stewardship with the help of the two experienced Assistant Managers who are not able to take on the main responsibility at this time.

You can find out more about the position here and make sure to get permission from your own Organizational Manager before applying if you are currently under contract with another organization.

/Canadice, Zoone and the BoD]]> <![CDATA[New Forum Banner Competition]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8760 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:06:02 +0000 donut]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8760
Following up on our Bounty updates, it’s time to kick off our very first Forum Banner Competition! This is your chance to showcase your design talent and have your work added to our official banner rotation.

Competition Details

Dimensions: 300x900 (w x h)

Content: Banners should be themed around the SSL, featuring things such as team logos, star players, league branding, etc.

How to Enter: Instead of posting the image here, please create a standard graphics submission and post a link to your graphics submission in this linked competition thread.

Deadline: All submissions must be posted by Sunday, February 8th, 11:59 P.M. PST.

The Voting Process: Once the submission window closes, we will open a community poll. Every member will have the opportunity to vote for their favorites.

Prizes: The Top 3 vote-getters will each receive $500,000 and will be uploaded to the site’s banner rotation for the upcoming cycle.

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If you have any questions regarding dimensions or the submission process, please don't hesitate to reach out.

- The Bounty Department]]>
Following up on our Bounty updates, it’s time to kick off our very first Forum Banner Competition! This is your chance to showcase your design talent and have your work added to our official banner rotation.

Competition Details

Dimensions: 300x900 (w x h)

Content: Banners should be themed around the SSL, featuring things such as team logos, star players, league branding, etc.

How to Enter: Instead of posting the image here, please create a standard graphics submission and post a link to your graphics submission in this linked competition thread.

Deadline: All submissions must be posted by Sunday, February 8th, 11:59 P.M. PST.

The Voting Process: Once the submission window closes, we will open a community poll. Every member will have the opportunity to vote for their favorites.

Prizes: The Top 3 vote-getters will each receive $500,000 and will be uploaded to the site’s banner rotation for the upcoming cycle.

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If you have any questions regarding dimensions or the submission process, please don't hesitate to reach out.

- The Bounty Department]]> <![CDATA[S23 Regression]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8632 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:49:09 +0000 Canadice]]> https://forum.simulationsoccer.com/showthread.php?tid=8632 Regression Information
Regression Deadline is Friday January 24th, 2026!

All players aged S16 or older are subject to regression in accordance with their specified percentage.

S16 - 10%
S15 - 15%
S14 - 20%
S13 - 25%
S12 - 30%
S11 - 35%
S10 or older - 40%

The regressed TPE is always rounded up, for example a player at 1818 TPE regressing 10% would lose 181.8 TPE rounded up to an actual loss of 182 TPE.

All earnings from before December 29th are included in the regression calculation, including:

S23 Standings Predictions
S23 Statistics Predictions
S23 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #214

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

Regressed Players

AS Paris - Eric Belmont - @Belmont - TPE after regression: 1576 -158=1418

Athênai F.C. - Neslihan Genckal - @Oozegirl - TPE after regression: 650 -195=455
Athênai F.C. - Devon Wagner - @Gage2 - TPE after regression: 1025 -103=922

CA Buenos Aires - Misagh Khabiri - @Parriyah - TPE after regression: 1382 -277=1105
CA Buenos Aires - Leo Fiachra - @leofiachra - TPE after regression: 1346 -270=1076
CA Buenos Aires - Sean O'Leary - @Blueline - TPE after regression: 1782 -268=1514
CA Buenos Aires - Sterling Scott - @AgentSmith - TPE after regression: 1917 -192=1725

Cairo City - Zlatan Ibruhimovic - @Eggcracker - TPE after regression: 673 -236=437
Cairo City - Amore Delo - @sonicgmail - TPE after regression: 896 -224=672

CD Tenochtitlan - Bérangère-Amandine Bruère-Estrangin - @JURT - TPE after regression: 1315 -132=1183

CF Catalunya - Zyqwarndalethron Velstrazyn-Smith - @jason kranz - TPE after regression: 1285 -129=1156

F.C. Kaapstad - Squidward Tortellini - @Dindog - TPE after regression: 872 -175=697
F.C. Kaapstad - Jalen Brooks - @Tayjay - TPE after regression: 1233 -247=986

Hollywood FC - Gerd Klose - @Muford - TPE after regression: 1584 -317=1267
Hollywood FC - Pete Martell - @ComebackZak - TPE after regression: 1909 -382=1527
Hollywood FC - Ali Dia - @Domffl - TPE after regression: 2152 -323=1829
Hollywood FC - Nathan Cormier - @JR95 - TPE after regression: 1730 -260=1470
Hollywood FC - Duncan Walrusson - @Jexter - TPE after regression: 1914 -192=1722
Hollywood FC - Alexandros Mograine - @sliceruser - TPE after regression: 2064 -207=1857
Hollywood FC - Evan Hunt - @MattyIce - TPE after regression: 1543 -155=1388

Montréal United - Clara Schmidt - @Tsunny - TPE after regression: 1148 -230=918

Rapid Magyar SC - Teitur Justinussen - @bluesfan55 - TPE after regression: 776 -117=659

Reykjavik United - Brick Wall Jr. - @brickwall35 - TPE after regression: 1360 -340=1020
Reykjavik United - Alessandro Del Pirlo - @Zoone16 - TPE after regression: 1680 -420=1260
Reykjavik United - Steven Urkel - @ZootTX - TPE after regression: 1917 -384=1533
Reykjavik United - Marco Tentacles - @Squid - TPE after regression: 1901 -381=1520
Reykjavik United - Santos Neymarinho - @5oulja - TPE after regression: 1910 -191=1719
Reykjavik United - Jean Girard - @Gordon Bombay - TPE after regression: 1243 -125=1118
Reykjavik United - Ilya Prusikin - @OrbitingDeath - TPE after regression: 2152 -216=1936

Schwarzwälder FV - Kimi Häkkinen - @Murtsi - TPE after regression: 1305 -392=913
Schwarzwälder FV - Wang Zhihao - @Puppy - TPE after regression: 1671 -418=1253
Schwarzwälder FV - Erik Beermann - @Durodo - TPE after regression: 961 -241=720
Schwarzwälder FV - Mei Sukzuki - @Breeze837 - TPE after regression: 1143 -172=971
Schwarzwälder FV - William Williams - @Xotcin - TPE after regression: 1891 -190=1701

Seoul MFC - Ljubica Kamenova - @Valpix - TPE after regression: 1010 -253=757
Seoul MFC - Imjust Ken - @Dewalt27 - TPE after regression: 1033 -207=826
Seoul MFC - Red Panda - @Lemorse7 - TPE after regression: 990 -149=841

Shanghai Dragons FC - Vito Habjanič - @ChiefVito - TPE after regression: 1237 -186=1051

Tokyo S.C. - Momo Adamu - @hhh81 - TPE after regression: 1031 -413=618
Tokyo S.C. - Jude Greer - @Metafiction - TPE after regression: 1395 -419=976
Tokyo S.C. - Freja Ekholm-Gunnarsson - @sköldpaddor - TPE after regression: 2084 -209=1875
Tokyo S.C. - Beaklie Eilish - @kahri - TPE after regression: 1995 -200=1795
Tokyo S.C. - Anthony Lee - @Antman - TPE after regression: 1444 -145=1299
Tokyo S.C. - Puma Superhoops - @kdr - TPE after regression: 1528 -153=1375

União São Paulo - Ryan Kirkpatrick - @Pyro182 - TPE after regression: 1904 -191=1713

Xelajú Cósmico FC - Emmanuel Blackman - @Emmanuel Blackman - TPE after regression: 1440 -288=1152
Xelajú Cósmico FC - Fernand Rivest - @Frenchie - TPE after regression: 1077 -108=969

Free Agent - Cam'Ron Bailey III - @Heart0verheight3 - TPE after regression: 711 -143=568
Free Agent - Jane Hagglund - @Echlyrica - TPE after regression: 683 -103=580
Free Agent - Gabriel Finley - @burritohour - TPE after regression: 614 -93=521
Free Agent - Nicolas Corrigan - @scottisheyebrow - TPE after regression: 913 -92=821

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CS Rova Mpanjaka - Harvey Danger - @hockeyfan
F.C. Kaapstad - Kurt Lightning - @bjkman
Hollywood FC - Dexter Hall - @firstfray
Montréal United - Kim Minjeong - @lemonoppy

Free Agent - Peregrin Plink - @lore
Free Agent - Dombrofski Maximiliano - @DominicToblerone27
Free Agent - Gastone Poggio - @Will3
Free Agent - Alexander Selich - @Tomen
Free Agent - Joao Cabral - @Phantom
Free Agent - Spike Shaftwell - @Figgy
Free Agent - Mario Presuntti - @thetoilet99
Free Agent - Mant Craig - @absolutelynothing
Free Agent - Tom Edwards - @Tom Edwards
Free Agent - Jan Van Doorne - @Nathan_8
Free Agent - Zeki Al-Turkis - @ClayAbby
Free Agent - Alex Neale - @favenviro
Free Agent - Pinkie Pie - @WildfireMicro]]> Regression Information
Regression Deadline is Friday January 24th, 2026!

All players aged S16 or older are subject to regression in accordance with their specified percentage.

S16 - 10%
S15 - 15%
S14 - 20%
S13 - 25%
S12 - 30%
S11 - 35%
S10 or older - 40%

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S23 Statistics Predictions
S23 Week 7 Predictions
ALL Career PTs (can be completed just prior to the first career regression update)
Earnings up to week #214

Additional TPE earned from late graded tasks will be regressed before submission to the portal.

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