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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I still stand by my original statement that rankings are goofy. Yes, I do check a rival teams game history at a tournament. Most of us do. It’s useful for that. But when my kids team consistently beats the #1 team in PA, the #3 team in the nation.....so forth and so on....I know it’s BS. 
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Being the top team in a state doesn't necessarily mean all that much. What was the difference in ranking?  I'm very surprised if your kid's team consistently beats the #3 team in the nation ranked by YSR (Gotsoccer is different).  A team getting consistently beaten by anyone is not the #3 team in the nation.  Even one loss would knock them off that spot.

For example I just picked U14 boys at random.  Here are the top 6 teams last losses:

Rank       Last loss
1            Nov 19
2            Oct 19
3            Oct 20 (and then Jan 19 before that)
4            Mar 21 (and then Mar 20 before that)
5            Nov 20 (and then Oct 19 before that)
6            Jan 20 (and Sep 19 before that)

None of them have more than one loss in an entire year and three of them haven't lost in over a year.
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Just adding to this I also looked at PA.  This makes me think you just invented your kid's team's opponents and rankings because YSR doesn't provide a ranking for PA.  It splits PA into PA East and PA West - which you ought to know since you apparently check and your kid's team beat the #1 ranked team in PA even though there isn't such a thing.

In any case the top team in PA East is #43 in the country and the top team in PA West is #203.  Neither of those ranks is especially high and VA has eighteen teams ranked within 3 goals of the better PA east team - any of which would therefore be expected to have at least some chance of beating that team on a good day with a bit of luck.[/quote]

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