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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assuming things look roughly the same in rankings next year this is how FCV GA teams will look like:

05 - 3rd
06 - 2nd
07 - 2nd
08 - 4th
09 - 13th
10 - 15th
11 - Pre GA Unranked in both Youth Soccer Rankings AND GotSoccer. Is there even a 11 team. I can't find any record of them playing in NCSL, EDP or ODSL[/quote]

11 - FCV still has a team in NCSL [url]http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fteams%2F102100997%2F96395329-102101159%2FTEAM.html%3Frnd%3D1632938728146[/url]
       The EDP team moved to ECNL-R and plays as Villarreal [url]https://tgs.totalglobalsports.com/public/flightstandings.aspx?eid=2384&fid=12598[/url]

Reliance on soccer rankings especially for anything pre-11v11 is really inaccurate. Rosters at these ages are fluid and players can be quite different from game to game. And with pre-GA (10,11) teams playing as Villarreal none of their games will be factored into the rankings. But if it makes you feel better to study these rankings, you do you. Nobody but you cares about these cross league rankings and certainly not the clubs. The only ranking that matters is in your league's conference standings because that's how you get entry to the national tournaments and showcases.

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They are inaccurate until they aren’t. The reality is they are not ranked because there is very little playing history on them or what does exist is very poor results. The reality is none of the older FCV teams were ever ranked as low as these younger teams are being ranked and certainly none have ever been un-ranked before. It is pretty difficult to get placed in higher level brackets at tournaments without a higher ranking.

When a parent is looking for a team to put their DD on they want a team they A. can find and B. Looks to be somewhat successful. So you may not think they are useful or accurate but that is not the sentiment of parents or tournament coordinators, for whom the rankings exist.

Bottom line, FCV NEEDS to win to draw players. They are not Loudoun with 10,000 kids in a player pool. FCV NEEDS results to succeed as a club. They aren’t getting results at these younger ages because they aren’t getting the players. Loudoun is retaining players with ECNL and GA is not a draw otherwise. [/quote]

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