Match Bracket

Saturday, 9:58. Eight teams, two pitches, one organiser with a phone — and someone is already asking who plays who. Match Bracket turns that phone into the whole tournament desk. Add the teams, choose groups with a playoff, a straight league or a knockout, and hold the draw right there on the touchline: shake the phone, pull a ball out of the bowl and watch it land in Group A. Seeded teams come out first, so the favourites never meet too early. The schedule lays itself out across your pitches, kick-off times included. When Pitch B runs fifteen minutes late — and it will — drag the timeline and every match after it moves along. During the game, the scoreboard does the paperwork. Swipe up on a team's half for a goal and tap who scored. Pull a yellow or red card out of the pocket and drop it on the player. Hold the whistle to end the match. Level after a knockout game? Enter the shootout,…