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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NCSL has more than a few D1 teams that are far better than the top CCL  teams[/quote]

There is an element of truth in some of what you say.  But this statement is absolute nonsense.  The top CCL teams (Skyline/Legacy/Herndon/Alexandria) are very good - massively better than ALL the NCSL D1 teams.

Take the boys U16 group as an example, which I picked at random.

NCSL Division 1 contains
Loudoun Black which is [b]Loudoun's 3rd team and currently leads NCSL Division 1[/b].  The first team plays ECNL, the second team plays CCL1.
SYC White which is SYC's 3rd team.  The first team plays CCL1, the second team plays CCL2.
Alexandria White which is Alexandria's 2nd team.  The first team plays CCL1 and MLSNext.

Loudoun Black, the division leader, has a YSR rating of 35.32.

CCL1 is currently topped by Legacy with a YSR rating of 39.88, nearly 5 goals better!  The worst clubs in CCL1 at this age are NVSC, SYA and LMVSC with YSR ratings of 36.36, 35.25 and 34.99 respectively.  These three teams have managed to amass 4 wins between them out of a combined 44 games in CCL1.

So it is true to say that the top teams in NCSL Div 1 are as good as the cellar dwellers in CCL1.  But [b]the best teams in CCL are massively better than the top teams in NCSL division 1[/b].[/quote]

Please dont fool yourself with bias rankings and stats.  Rankings are bias based on selected events. Stats can be interpreted anyway the presenter wants. until you play the game its all BS.[/quote]

1.  Much of my analysis was based on the fact that teams from the same club play in different leagues.  When a club's third or fourth team sits at the top of NCSL D1 and the same club's second team sits at the bottom of CCL1 - that tells you something.

2.  Unlike gotsoccer, YSR rankings are not based on selected events - they are based on every game played whether league or tournament, and take into account both the strength of the opponent and the score.  They are actually reasonably accurate although not perfect.  and a rating difference of 3 or more goals pretty much always correlates to a very noticeable difference between two teams.[/quote]

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