Cascadia Responsibility Challenge – 2016

The Cascadia Responsibility Challenge is a competition between three MLS clubs: the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The winner of the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge will be the MLS club with the most total points at the end of the 2016 regular season. Points are earned when supporters pledge to be designated drivers at MLS games and when supporters engage in the program on social media. 

The Cascadia Responsibility Challenge is proof, once again, that Responsibility Really Does Have Its Rewards!

Rivalry games are those games when any competing club hosts another competing club. Competing clubs include the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

At these games, special promotions will be in place to encourage supporters to pledge to be designated drivers for their friends and family that day and to pledge to be a responsible supporter by promising to never drive drunk. Each designated driver and responsible supporter pledge will help their favorite club earn points in the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge.

Date Home Away
March 19, 2016 Sounders FC Whitecaps FC
May 7, 2016 Whitecaps FC Timbers
May 22, 2016 Timbers Whitecaps FC
July 17, 2016 Timbers Sounders FC
August 21, 2016 Sounders FC Timbers
August 28, 2016 Timbers Sounders FC
September 17, 2016 Sounders FC Whitecaps FC
October 2, 2016 Whitecaps FC Sounders FC
October 23, 2016 Whitecaps FC Timbers
Timbers 295 Points
Sounders FC 8317 Points
Whitecaps FC 0 Points
DDs Responsible Fans Total
Portland Timbers 0 295 295
Seattle Sounders FC 7,904 413 8,317
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0 0
Club Stadium Concessions Designated Driver Partner Responsible Fan Partner
PortlandTimbers_blk Providence Park Levy Restaurants logo-anheuser-busch EJ-Reverse
SeattleSounders_blk CenturyLink Field DN_SS_horizontal_white logo-anheuser-busch EJ-Reverse
VancouverWhitecaps_blk BC Place Centerplate EJ-Reverse

 

TEAM (Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management) Coalition is an alliance of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment facilities, concessionaires, stadium service providers, the beer industry, distillers, broadcasters, governmental traffic safety experts, and others working together to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports and entertainment facilities. www.TEAMCoalition.org.

TEAM Coalition offers designated drivers a chance to win tickets to MLS Cup with the Responsibility Has Its Rewards campaign.

The 2016 Cascadia Responsibility Challenge is a competition between three MLS clubs: the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sounders FC won the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge by earning the most total points at the end of the 2015 regular season.

In addition to bragging rights, the winning club will earn a pretty cool trophy and supporters of all the clubs will enjoy a safe and family-friendly experience at the stadium. The Cascadia Responsibility Challenge is proof, once again, that Responsibility really does have its Rewards!

The clubs need help from their supporters in order to earn points in the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge.

For every supporter who makes a pledge to be a designated driver at the stadium or promises to be responsible by never driving drunk during regular season home games, that club will earn 1 point in the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge.

Clubs can earn an extra point for each supporter who likes the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge posts on the clubs’ Facebook pages, retweets or favorites tweets on Twitter and likes posts on Instagram. Extra points will be added to the designated driver point total and the responsible fan point total to determine each club’s total score. The club with the greatest total score wins!

Designated drivers must meet the following critera:

  • Be 21 years of age or older
  • Promise not to drink alcohol at the game
  • Provide safe and sober transportation for their group

Supporters may only pledge to be designated drivers once per game.