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[quote=SoccerMaestro][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days.  For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking.   That is what it means to me. [/quote]

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks. [/quote]

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed. [/quote]

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.[/quote]

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.  [/quote]

There is a anti metro troll. I think they have some issue with a coach over there or their kid tried out but was not selected. [/quote]

Not at all. after Arlington left the GAL there is no real competition, GA fell to the level of EDP, CCL, NCSL, and very close to ECNL-R.[/quote]

The rankings average are post Arlington. Arlington 08 finished 3rd in GA last year. They were hardly the anchor of the league or even the age group and as such they got swept in the GA playoffs over the summer. [/quote]

My guess what the poster means is that with Arlington gone from the 08 group, there are really two teams - FCV and SJEB - and the level of competition drops precipitously from there.  That means there are a lot of games that FCV and SJEB play that aren't going to be very competitive.  FCV is currently 5-0 with a +10 goal differential.  SJEB has only played two games, and its only loss was a one goal loss to FCV.  At the national level, the top teams of GA are every bit as good as ECNL.  But at least for the 08s, the middle of the conference for ECNL is more competitive than the middle of the conference for GA.  That said, the middle of the conference for GA is still better than CCL, NCSL and most ECNL-R teams.

And, FWIW, Arlington did not get swept in the GA playoffs, they won one and lost two (the second one being to the eventual tournament finalist).[/quote]

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