National Soccer Ranking.com ranks teams based on tournament
and national/regional league results. Head to head results, quality of competition, and
consistency of wins are all considered when determining the rankings.
Tournaments, regional leagues, and national league
results typically are weighted more in the
rankings than local league play because of the developmental nature of local league play.
Another issue with local league results is that many teams play up a year (or more) to
challenge their players and in many parts of the country girls play in a boys
league to increase their competition. For this reason we use local league
results as a tie-breaker to determine the ranking order in
cases where two or more teams are perceived as being even.
All league results are
considered and factored into the rankings at the conclusion of
the league season.
State, Regional, and National Cup tournaments carry the
most weight in any particular state or region. In most cases, ff a team wins state cup,
they are #1 in their state. Regional Leagues, where a regional birth is at
stake, can play into the final state rankings. If a team wins the regional championship, they
are #1 in the Region. If a teams wins the national championship, they are
#1 in the nation.
Showcase tournaments are
more difficult to incorporate because of the "everyone plays" approach most
coaches take to make sure their players are seen by the respective college
scouts. Therefore, showcase
results are not considered towards the rankings unless there are semi finals and
finals. Friendlies do not count towards the rankings. Games played
against teams of different age groups are not counted towards the rankings.
We do not distinguish between guest players, players missing because of ODP
events, red cards, etc. We rank by the game results not the rosters.
RESULTS NOT COUNTED TOWARDS THE RANKINGS
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Indoor Results.
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Results from games played
up in an age group.
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Results from Friendly
matches.
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Results from Showcase
Tournaments - must have a quarter final, semi final or final.
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Academy Teams are not eligible for the NSR
rankings.
National Soccer Ranking.com utilizes state and regional
experts to determine the rankings. Using people from the state or
region increases the accuracy of the rankings because of their familiarity with the
teams. If you think you are familiar with the teams in a particular state
or region and would be interested in being a state or regional expert, e-mail
Spader.
We do our best to incorporate as many of the results as
possible when determining the rankings. The more verifiable results we
get, the more accurate the rankings become.
National Soccer Ranking.com does it's best to find
and incorporate all pertinent results in the rankings. Results are submitted by leagues, coaches, scouts, parents and even players.
Anyone is welcome to submit results with the only criteria being that the results themselves can be independently verified by
National Soccer Ranking.com. Results are verified by National Soccer
Ranking.com before any action is taken to update the rankings.
Any questions or comments are welcomed and encouraged.
