Team Maraqua

2011-07-25T23:46:56Z

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'''Maraqua's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team''' could be described as "a house divided," due to the antics of their star forward. [[Elon Hughlis]] is more concerned with his personal accomplishments than actual wins and losses, making him a headache to the team. He looks down on his teammates who aren't as talented as him, and they endure him due to his tremendous ability.

After getting beaten in the first round of [[Altador Cup 2006]], fans thought Maraqua would cut its losses and get rid of Elon Hughlis. When it became apparent that Hughlis wasn't leaving, they decide to trade other foward, [[Jair Tollet]] for [[Roo Island]]'s [[Dayla]] (injured in preseason). Considering Hughlis insisted on scoring most of the team's goals, Maraqua decided having three defenders in the lineup worked best for them, adding hefty defence man [[Oten Runeu]] to their starting unit. As a result, Maraqua looked to have one of the toughest squads in Neopia to score against, later proved to be false after placing ninth and tenth in the following two cups.

However, in 09, even though Maraqua was defeated in the first match by [[Kiko Lake]], the team was able to win the second bracket, putting them in 5th place, a drastic improvement from their following years of 10th, 9th, and 10th.

In [[Altador Cup V]], the team was hyped about a lot. However, due to a tough series of matches where they had to face the top three teams; [[Lost Desert]], [[Kreludor]], and [[Darigan Citadel]] in a row, and not faring well against any of them, they dropped from a strong fifth at the end of round one, to a struggling eighth at the end of round two. However, In the Finals they shined once again, beating [[Meridell]] who were consistently placed in the top four before being slightly edged out near the end by [[Roo Island]], the defeating [[Virtupets Space Station]] to claim the same spot they claimed the year before, 5th. In 2011's Altador cup they will be having [[Lost Desert]]'s defender Lamelle Turow because Dorina Hals has retired, and since [[Lost Desert]] won in 2010's Altador Cup, will Maraqua have a chance of getting a medal?

==Roster==
[[Image:Maraqua logo.gif|right]]

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
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! Year || Goalkeeper || Left Defender || Right Defender || Left Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 || [[Tonie Plessix]] || [[Filo Desenz]] || [[Barit Jowes]] || [[Jair Tollet]] || '''[[Elon "The Black Hole" Hughlis]]'''
|- align="center" style="background:#008080"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Left Defender || Right Defender || Centre Defender || Centre Forward
|- align="center"
| 2007 || rowspan="5"| [[Tonie Plessix]] || [[Filo Desenz]] ||rowspan="5"| [[Barit Jowes]] ||rowspan="5"|[[Oten Runeu]] ||rowspan="5"|'''[[Elon "The Black Hole" Hughlis]]'''
|- align="center"
| 2008 ||rowspan="3"|[[Dorina Hals]]
|- align="center"
| 2009
|- align="center"
| 2010
|- align="center"
| 2011 || [[Lamelle Turow]]
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