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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully we don't see any GA teams posting their score lines against Aspire teams like Solar 09 ECNL beating FC Dallas RL 21-0 in the future.[/quote]
Solar is doing this because the ranking app actually screws them if they don't beat lower level teams by a large number of goals.

[b]This is actually a problem with the ranking app.[/b] Often tournaments only allow teams post at max a 6 goal differential even if the score is say a 15 goal differential. They do this because blowouts make the tournament look bad so they don't post the real score. Another issue is coaches start pulling back when they get up by 5ish goals. They fo this to be nice + tradition. However again this screws the club over in the ranking app.[/quote]

Why is it a "problem"?  College coaches don't look at the rankings for recruiting.  Only crazy-obsessed parents care about their kids team's rank.  [/quote]
The "problem" is that the ranking forces coaches to blow out opponents by as many goals as possible because it affect their ranking. It's also an issue because when tournaments artificially limit the number of goals reported it also affects teams ability to move up in the ranking.

As much as you want to deny it ranking matters to coaches recruiters players and parents.[/quote]

Totally obvious to the fact that you don't need to "blow out" the opponent. Just need to win by a comfortable margin which they all of course know and if they choose to run up the score, they just suck. I don't have access to the rankings criteria, but the guy who runs it is very transparent and I can assure you winning 21-0 doesn't benefit anyone. I'm sure they were smart enough to institute a cap like every tournament. Heck they don't even count PK wins as "wins" because it's 0-0 in regulation and that's more reflective of comparative strength according to the app owner. If the rankings stuff really bothers you this much, just message the creator and they will promptly respond to you.  [/quote]

Recruiters and coaches do not care about the Rankings app. It’s more for psycho parents like you.[/quote]

the rankings app is the best we have right now. it may have a few flaws, but overall it is the best with the way soccer is so fragmented. the owner does the best to keep up to date.  it has been spot on with my daughters team with about 95% of the matches with the higher ranked team winning. sometimes we have beat a higher level team in a tournament but some of the teams did not have their full squad.  I have been pleasantly surprised with it.  kids have no idea about it and don't even look at the rankings. [/quote]

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