Soccer Wire just debuted their National Club Rankings (Feb 12th - Boys, Feb 19th- Girls).
Interesting methodology, not a lot of surprises in the top 10, aside from the fact that only 3 Clubs overlap from Boys and Girls. Excluding GotSoccer's rankings will probably be controversial, but I agree with why. The corresponding Podcast provides a nice explanation as to why GotSoccer's rankings are skewed.
Boys: https://www.soccerwire.com/news/socc...february-2020/
Girls: https://www.soccerwire.com/news/socc...february-2020/
WA Boys Rankings:
6. Seattle Sounders FC
18. WA Premier FC
26. Crossfire Premier
34. PACNW
49. Seattle United
WA Girls Rankings:
26. Crossfire Premier
47. WA Premier FC
59. Reign Academy
Let me finish by adding in, that Soccer Wire seems fully aware that this is definitely a soft "beta" ranking. They have provided feedback forms on their website, so if you think they missed the mark with your respective Club(s), feel free to reach out to them.
For those of you who follow GotSoccer, youthsoccerrankings.com, Soccer Wire, etc - we know that the biggest deficiency in the rankings is that Leagues who use crawlable software, and who are reporting every match - regular season, post season, and tournament play, are also reporting higher ranking scores. Clubs who use Affinity and similar databases, especially in the U12 and under Divisions, don't have the majority of their matches scored on those websites, and as such aren't being ranked accurately. It looks like something they will be addressing.
Enjoy - and remember, there is no losing. There is only winning or learning, and hopefully a bit of both.
Interesting methodology, not a lot of surprises in the top 10, aside from the fact that only 3 Clubs overlap from Boys and Girls. Excluding GotSoccer's rankings will probably be controversial, but I agree with why. The corresponding Podcast provides a nice explanation as to why GotSoccer's rankings are skewed.
Boys: https://www.soccerwire.com/news/socc...february-2020/
Girls: https://www.soccerwire.com/news/socc...february-2020/
WA Boys Rankings:
6. Seattle Sounders FC
18. WA Premier FC
26. Crossfire Premier
34. PACNW
49. Seattle United
WA Girls Rankings:
26. Crossfire Premier
47. WA Premier FC
59. Reign Academy
Let me finish by adding in, that Soccer Wire seems fully aware that this is definitely a soft "beta" ranking. They have provided feedback forms on their website, so if you think they missed the mark with your respective Club(s), feel free to reach out to them.
For those of you who follow GotSoccer, youthsoccerrankings.com, Soccer Wire, etc - we know that the biggest deficiency in the rankings is that Leagues who use crawlable software, and who are reporting every match - regular season, post season, and tournament play, are also reporting higher ranking scores. Clubs who use Affinity and similar databases, especially in the U12 and under Divisions, don't have the majority of their matches scored on those websites, and as such aren't being ranked accurately. It looks like something they will be addressing.
Enjoy - and remember, there is no losing. There is only winning or learning, and hopefully a bit of both.
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