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[quote=Anonymous]I honestly think that Taka might be making a mistake in how they calculate defensive quality of play.

If you look at different leagues, the attacking quality of play is highly correlated with the number of goals scored. That seems reasonable. More goals = higher attacking QoP.

But defensive quality of play seems to be uncorrelated with the number of goals against. Which is highly unintuitive. For example, in the U14 Northeast Division, Bergen has allowed a league-best 6 goals and is ranked 9th in defensive QoP. In the U14 Mid-Atlantic, Armour has allowed a league-best 9 goals and is ranked 9th in defensive QoP. It seems unintuitive that teams with the best defense in terms of goals allowed are ranked so far down in defensive QoP. You can find many more such examples.

My uninformed guess is that Taka count the number of "good" defensive plays a team makes and then they add them up to calculate the defensive QoP score. But teams that recover the ball quickly or have more possession will have fewer of those defensive plays. So teams that allow their opponents fewer chances are penalized with a low defensive QoP.[/quote]

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