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A stat line shows just one measure of success. There are many other factors to the game to also be considered. Success at one aspect of the game does make up for other possible weaknesses. [b]A 3-1 loss is a stat line that demonstrates other weaknesses[/b].

It is a team game. If one wants to believe scoring one goal for happened solely based on one playup then by that same logic it could be safe to consider that three goals against could also be attributed to that one playup. It works both ways.

Perhaps the better way to look at it is that the 04 team is strong enough to allow a playup to have a level of success versus believing the success to be the playups and only the playups success. When a team loses it is in poor taste beat ones chest about scoring one goal and doing so demonstrates selfishness.

Overall run of play was fairly even, but LISC presents a unique challenge. Their scoring is heavily dependent on the athleticism of one player (#7), and when she is having a good day she can dominate a game with unicorn levels of size, pace, and ball striking. She finished in the top-ten in goal scoring for all of the DA last year, and scored two against MU on Saturday.  Yes, the 1-3 loss demonstrates an "other weakness", but MU will not be the only team to demonstrate that particular weakness in handling her this year.
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It sounds to me that #7 on LISC is the kid who should be playing up. [/quote]

Assuming it was all just her and her team had no contribution to make, it's smart to keep her where she's at.  That team will play against better at the showcases and in the DA Cup games and they could make the play offs that way.  Playing better teams is a much more important developmental experience than playing up.  
That's a lot smarter than watering down the team by moving her up.

Lets put it this way:  is it better to play up a year in some CCL or EDP team, or to play at age on a DA team?  [/quote]

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