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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

The rankings app incorporates so much more data than GotSport rankings, which relies only on points gained during GotSport events right?

yep you get points for tournaments motivating coaches to play on lower divisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So for all those saying the Potomac 2014s aren’t good this year… I just saw this posted on Facebook :

🏆 NATIONAL RANKINGS CHAMPIONS 🏆
Potomac Premier I 14G has been named the 2025 GotSport RIA Rankings Champion for the Girls U12 age group, finishing the year as the #1 ranked team in the nation.

Aw this is cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

Last tournament they lost 1-2, 0-3, and 0-4? Barely beating 2015 teams? And they are #1 in the Country? Hmmm..🤔..yeah gotsoccer has it right! 🙄🙄🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

#1 in the country and playing in the 3rd division of Jefferson Cup? Looks like point chasing to me. Lots of development there. Pathetic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

but they arent. They are an average local team. The rankings app is pretty good predictor. 200 aint is average to poor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

#1 in the country and playing in the 3rd division of Jefferson Cup? Looks like point chasing to me. Lots of development there. Pathetic!

The Jeff Cup placement is a very good indicator of how they stack up to their competitors. This is clearly a team that has done well in a club where the girls' side isn't competitive nationally, but no one who knows soccer would call them #1 in the nation. 2014 Surf, FC Dallas, Legends, Slammers, Match Fit, MVLA, So Cal Blues, Beach, Sting, SLSG, etc. would like a word. Credit where credit is due, the 2014 PSAs have outperformed all other Potomac girls' teams in recent history but they would struggle against the real top teams. There is nothing wrong with that, but marketing themselves as #1 is pretty silly. It seems that the girls themselves know that, as multiple players plan to leave next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew!!!!! some people would buy into this #1 in the nation crap... good marketing tool for Potomac, I guess. Play in lots of local tournaments with crap competition and you, too, can be #1 in the nation!

their last tournament in NC when they faced some real competition:
vs Match Fit White 1-2 loss
vs MVP FC 0-4 loss
vs Cleveland Force 0-3 loss

but yes, they are #1 in the nation! wahoo!

I thought they played up in that tournament and played 11v11. Now, I might be mistaken, but if I'm not, those are not horrible losses playing outside their comfort zones - almost like the coach wanted to introduce them to how things will be changing for next year - not trolling and as I said, maybe I'm mistaken on the 11v11.

[Anonymous]

I thought they played up in that tournament and played 11v11. Now, I might be mistaken, but if I'm not, those are not horrible losses playing outside their comfort zones - almost like the coach wanted to introduce them to how things will be changing for next year - not trolling and as I said, maybe I'm mistaken on the 11v11.

They didn’t play up, they just played 11v11 in the 2014 bracket

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I thought they played up in that tournament and played 11v11. Now, I might be mistaken, but if I'm not, those are not horrible losses playing outside their comfort zones - almost like the coach wanted to introduce them to how things will be changing for next year - not trolling and as I said, maybe I'm mistaken on the 11v11.

They didn’t play up, they just played 11v11 in the 2014 bracket

That's not even the best team at Match Fit -

Can't believe anyone would have actually posted that #1 in the nation seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

#1 in the country and playing in the 3rd division of Jefferson Cup? Looks like point chasing to me. Lots of development there. Pathetic!

I disagree. Jeff Cup only cares about ECNL teams. Or pre-ecnl teams. If you aren't in that league you get placed whereever they need to fill a spot.

The Jeff Cup placement is a very good indicator of how they stack up to their competitors. This is clearly a team that has done well in a club where the girls' side isn't competitive nationally, but no one who knows soccer would call them #1 in the nation. 2014 Surf, FC Dallas, Legends, Slammers, Match Fit, MVLA, So Cal Blues, Beach, Sting, SLSG, etc. would like a word. Credit where credit is due, the 2014 PSAs have outperformed all other Potomac girls' teams in recent history but they would struggle against the real top teams. There is nothing wrong with that, but marketing themselves as #1 is pretty silly. It seems that the girls themselves know that, as multiple players plan to leave next year.

[Anonymous]

the whole Gotsoccer rankings is a joke.... have you seen their Team Rankings Leaderboard? they have Baltimore Bays 2012 Crush as the #1 in the nation for U14 and NJ Premier 11G Aspire as #1 ranked for U15.

[Anonymous]

The point is there is a big disconnect between GotSport Rankings and the Rankings App.

GotSport Rankings give more points for their affiliated tournaments and the ranking fluctuate more.

Rankings App mathematically considered the strength of the opposing teams in their calculations and the rankings are steadier.

By and large, the Rankings app is a much better predictor of the team's state and national ranking.

It is an impossible task to get right and I have not seen a system that is better than the Rankings App.

And yes, regardless of which side of the argument you are on, it is silly to boast about rankings in youth sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point is there is a big disconnect between GotSport Rankings and the Rankings App.

GotSport Rankings give more points for their affiliated tournaments and the ranking fluctuate more.

Rankings App mathematically considered the strength of the opposing teams in their calculations and the rankings are steadier.

By and large, the Rankings app is a much better predictor of the team's state and national ranking.

It is an impossible task to get right and I have not seen a system that is better than the Rankings App.

And yes, regardless of which side of the argument you are on, it is silly to boast about rankings in youth sports.

But you're still wrong - the GS rankings have 0 merit at all. It's not like they're wrong sometimes, they're wrong ALL the time. So if you use that to boast about your club, you're being VERY disingenuous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotsport = we play lots of tournaments
They are 217th in the rankings app for 2014 girls.

If you look at Potomac, they don’t enter more tournaments than any other teams in the area. 🙄 they do a few in the fall and few in the spring… you know for development purposes…. Because they love to play soccer together and enjoy being a team together… and playing different teams than those in their league is good for their experience and growth.. But they are in NO way a team that chases low level tournaments for got soccer points. You are delusional if you say that. Again some parents from other local teams coming back here to bash on PSA and using false reasons to do so. 🙄

And I’m pretty sure whoever posted about the got soccer thing for this team is trolling you all and knows how much you all hate got soccer and is using that to keep the bashing on this team. (Someone/few seems to have a thing against this particular team… feels a little personal??) Can we stop? How is this productive????

It’s a team full of talented, very hard working girls who love playing soccer together, love their coach, and are motivated to continue to develop. If they get to celebrate being “1” on got soccer, great. Hope it encourages them to keep on working hard. I know that they are focused on that - development. Not got soccer points.

#1 in the country and playing in the 3rd division of Jefferson Cup? Looks like point chasing to me. Lots of development there. Pathetic!

I disagree. Jeff Cup only cares about ECNL teams. Or pre-ecnl teams. If you aren't in that league you get placed whereever they need to fill a spot.

The Jeff Cup placement is a very good indicator of how they stack up to their competitors. This is clearly a team that has done well in a club where the girls' side isn't competitive nationally, but no one who knows soccer would call them #1 in the nation. 2014 Surf, FC Dallas, Legends, Slammers, Match Fit, MVLA, So Cal Blues, Beach, Sting, SLSG, etc. would like a word. Credit where credit is due, the 2014 PSAs have outperformed all other Potomac girls' teams in recent history but they would struggle against the real top teams. There is nothing wrong with that, but marketing themselves as #1 is pretty silly. It seems that the girls themselves know that, as multiple players plan to leave next year.

Nah - they do a good job with the flights for the most part. They have almost 2000 teams across all boys/girls age groups. Of course there will be some teams in the wrong flight, but they get it right far more often than they get it wrong.