How the Steamer Cup Works
League Setup
- 16 players across 8 teams of 2 (Captain + Steamer).
- Each team drafts 4 countries in a snake draft (32 of 48 World Cup countries get owned).
- Each team designates 2 Golden Booters + 2 Sauce Bosses per country.
- Commissioner: Scott. Communication via the Steamer Challenge group chat.
Country Scoring (per match)
| Win | +3 group · scales in knockouts* |
| Draw | +1 |
| Loss | 0 |
| Clean sheet (no goals conceded) | +1 |
| Goal scored | +2 each |
| Goal conceded | -1 each |
| Own goal | -2 each |
| Save | +0.5 each |
| Corner kick | +0.25 each |
| Foul committed | -0.25 each |
| Yellow card | -1 each |
| Red card | -3 each |
Player Bonuses (stack on top of country)
| Golden Booter scores a goal | +3 each |
| Sauce Boss records an assist | +2 each |
Golden Booters & Sauce Bosses
For every country your team drafts, you designate 2 Golden Booters (your tagged goal-scorers) and 2 Sauce Bosses (your tagged assist-makers). With 4 countries per team, each team carries 8 Golden Booters and 8 Sauce Bosses at any time.
- Picks are due before each country’s first match kicks off — submitted to Scott in the Steamer Challenge group chat.
- A player CAN be both a Booter and a Boss for the same country. If they score, they earn the +3 Booter bonus; if they assist, the +2 Boss bonus. Both stack independently.
- Locked for the group stage. Once a country’s first match starts, that country’s lineup is set for the entire group stage.
- Swappable before the knockouts. Before the Round of 32 begins, you may freely re-pick your Booters and Bosses — but only from the rosters of countries that survived the group stage.
- Bridgers Refuge Exception (African countries). For any African country you own (Algeria, Cape Verde, Congo-DR, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia), you can swap your Booters and Bosses at any point during the tournament — including mid-knockouts — as long as you notify Scott in the group chat before kickoff.
Knockout Round Win Points
Win points scale by round. Everything else (goals, cards, Booter / Boss bonuses, wildcards) stays the same at every stage.
| Group Stage | Win = +3 |
| Round of 32 | Win = +3 |
| Round of 16 | Win = +4 |
| Quarterfinals | Win = +6 |
| Semifinals | Win = +8 |
| Final | Win = +10 |
| 3rd-place playoff | not scored |
Draws (+1) and losses (0) are unchanged. In knockouts, if a match goes to penalties, the advancing team gets the round’s full win points.
Penalty Kicks
PKs during regulation or extra time count as goals. A foul in the box that earns a penalty in the 67th minute is just a goal — the country gets +2, and the Booter gets +3 if tagged.
Penalty shootouts (best-of-5 after extra time in knockouts) do NOT count as goals. No goal points, no Booter bonus. The winning team gets the match result and advances, but shootout kicks don’t add to anyone’s goal tally.
Tiebreakers (in order)
- Golden Booter goals — tournament total
- Golden Booter goals — knockout rounds only
- Country goals — tournament total
- Country goals — knockout rounds only
The Six Wildcard Rules
🔥 Coop 'Con un Hombre'
Own Uruguay, Paraguay, or Ecuador? In the group stage, non-Booter scorers get the +3 fill-in bonus so every goal is worth +5. Booter goals still +5 (no double bonus). Off in knockouts.
🌍 Bridgers African Refuge
Own an African country (Algeria, Cape Verde, Congo-DR, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia)? Swap Booters/Bosses any time during the tournament — including knockouts — with commissioner notification before kickoff.
👗 Cinderella Premium
Sub-top-30 FIFA country advances past group stage? +10 pts.
💀 Curse of the Heavies
Argentina, Spain, France, or England fails to reach the quarterfinals? -5 pts.
🏠 Host Country Bonus
USA, Canada, or Mexico reaches the quarterfinals? +5 pts.
🐶 Underdog Premium
Your owned country WINS a match against a team ranked 15+ FIFA spots higher? +5 pts per match, stackable. Applies in group stage AND knockouts. Qualifying matches are tagged with a 🐶 on the Matches tab. Example: Saudi Arabia (#51) beating Argentina (#3) — gap of 48 — would have triggered +5 in 2022.
Teams
Leaderboard
Groups & Countries
Approximate FIFA rankings near draw time (Dec 2025). FIFA top-30 cutoff determines which countries qualify for the Cinderella Premium wildcard (+10 if they advance past the group stage). The Underdog Premium 🐶 is match-dependent — it triggers on any match where the winner is ranked 15+ spots below the loser — so no country carries a permanent puppy tag here.
Recent Matches
Match Stats
Click any match for the full stat line and per-team points breakdown. Tap again to collapse.
Player Stats
Cumulative per-player performance across all played matches. Players who registered any goal, assist, or card appear here. Steamer Cup Points = (goals × +2 country) + (goals × +3 Booter bonus if tagged) + (assists × +2 Boss bonus if tagged).