It’s that time of year again! The bracket for the 2009 Emperor’s Cup has been published here, for the convenience of anyone reading this blog here’s the matches that matter. This year J1 teams will enter from the 2nd round along with J2 teams; the road to the Cup will take 6 games.
October 10th, 11th, or 12th – FC Tokyo vs. the winner of either the Kagawa or Tottori prefectural tournaments at Ajinomoto Stadium
October 30th or 31st – vs. Thespa Kusatsu or Sagawa Shiga FC, venue TBA
November 14th or 15th – probably vs. either Omiya Ardija or Vegalta Sendai, Kyushu Oil Dome
December 12th – likely Gamba Osaka or Kawasaki Frontale
December 29th – Semifinal
January 1st – Final
They made it to the semifinals last year, can Tokyo go all the way? We’ll find out starting in October.
In other news, we play Omiya tomorrow and Dudu (2008 K.League leading scorer) will be starting for Omiya. Much like his namesake I’m sure that our defenders will be wiping him off their cleats by the time the game ends. Vamos!
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