Lionel Messi Memoriam Award

The Lionel Messi Memoriam Award (commonly dubbed "Player of the tournament") is an award that highlights the efforts of a single individual player in the sea of competitors in each cup. First given to  /s4s/ striker and Gold Medal Patrick Bateman in the 2015 4chan Winter Cup, the award has been a part of each Auties round since.

Award Recipients
Competition	Player	Pos.	Squad	Run Summary	Stats
	Patrick Bateman	CF		The iconic dubs-checker stormed his way past many a defender to net  /s4s/'s best Elite run at the time in the last cup held on PES 14 before finally being put down by eventual champions  /tg/.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					5	6	0	1
	Doom	AMF		Pure hatred towards RICHAAAAAAARDS turned homewards after The Flash made Doom's seven-game scoring streak ultimately pointless after a botched penalty shootout against  /tv/.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	10	3	3
	Richard Stallman	GK		Thusly the only "77" to receive the award, Richard Stallman ensured the freedoms of /g/'s defensive software up until his team's final match against  /mlp/, where disaster would finally strike the GNU project head.	Apps	CS	Saves	MotM
					4	0	21	1
	Spurdo Spärde	SS		9.0? Fug :DDDDD.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					8	7	6	3
	Homucifer	CF		Deft runs and an unstoppable efficiency made /u/'s first foray beyond the Elite Quarterfinals a devastating one at the hands of their gun-happy striker, until they were tasked with going AHP and DOWN.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	11	3	5
	Char's Zaku II	CF		The first player to win the Lionel Messi Memoriam that also won their respective tournament, Char's accomplishments also stretch to helming the first team to win two Babby Cups. He came here to laugh at us.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	10	4	2
	>rape	CF		No records were safe during the fifth-year anniversary of the 4chan Cup.  /mlp/ were the first team to legitimately win two stars, and their menacing front man blasted more balls past keepers than any player prior. At the end of it all, it's safe to say the community was ready to die.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	14	1	3
	File:Pott kenrockwell.png Ken Rockwell	CF		Fresh out of the new team oven,  /p/ came to this cup with a brash mindset, "We don't have to defend if we score more than them!". With scorelines like 5-4 and 6-2, still-green cup striker Ken Rockwell made it look so easy to put on a >rape-lite performance in his team's third appearance.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	13	2	3
	Scooby	AMF		Just like there are two parts to any proper-form lift,  /fit/ rode on the broad, shirtless shoulders of the first midfielder to win the Memoriam since Doom near two years prior. As an added caveat, the fitness guru also received new golden workout boots.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	9	0	3
	Alfred Kinsey	CF		/lgbt/'s revival started with a bang in the first ever legitimate win-only run of a 4chan Cup tournament. Alfred Kinsey checked all our scores on his scale on a dominant performance alongside Autogynephilia, nabbing the Golden Ball, being only one goal short of also earning the Golden Boot, and only failing to earn Man of the Match in two of his seven played games. His competitors rightly thrashed, Kinsey was overheard at the post-cup press conference assuring us all, "It's okay to be gay".	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	8	7	5
	File:Pott MadokaTitus.png Madoka Titus	SS		Madoka and Woody are the eternal dynamic duo of  /toy/, pulling off a shared-Golden Boot situation not once, but twice following the 2017 Summer Cup. The only chick that could stop /lgbt/ from hitting a ludicrous winstreak across two cups, the ball loved her mechs, but the fans loved her song. TYBM.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	7	0	2
	Cowboy Bebop	CF		After a three-count, Spike got the weebs jamming after a seemingly eternal spell of disappointment in the 4chan Cup,  /a/ finally achieved a Top 4 finish after nearly four years since their shattering loss to  /trv/. Bebop's superstar legacy in the cup continued deep into the third place match, forcing a penalty shootout that sadly, wasn't meant to be for the historic team.	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM
					7	8	3	1