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.
NSR tournaments,
State, Regional, and National Cup tournaments carry the most
weight in any particular state or region. In most cases,
if 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.
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.
All league results are
considered and factored into the rankings at the conclusion of
the league season.
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 girls playing against boys
teams.
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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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US Soccer Development 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.
