Anonymous
05/04/2026 10:49
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MLS Next Quality of Play makes perfect sense.
Baltimore Armour U14 has won many games but if you see the quality of play is rather poor. The defenders do not know how to build from the back with possession and passes. All they do is kick the ball like a recreational team (think of that parent coach that just screens "Kick it out!!!" " Get it out!!!!".
In the middle of the field they cannot make precise passes and on the attack the midfielders love to keep the ball and do not release the ball and so no opportunities to score are made. It is quite a disorganized playing style.
They lost to Union 4-0 and to Sporting 2-0. Quality of Play was correct and when you play against solid teams that are ranked high on QoP this is the result.
MLS Next Quality of Play is a great tool, like it or not.
Armour U14 lost against Philly Union and Sporting this past weekend. The results were fair. Union and Sporting were better. Armour also recently won 8 in a row including wins against SYC, Delco, and Alexandria, and in those games the results were also fair, Armour was better and earned those wins. Let the games be decided on the field - if the team wins or loses, so be it. But don't say the 8 wins in a row don't count because of QoP, but the 2 recent loses count. They all count, you either win or you lose. This goes for all teams, their record is what it is.
Also, you are objectively wrong that Armour doesn't create scoring opportunities. They didn't score this weekend and the results were fair. But over the season, they have the third best goal differential in the division behind Union and SYC.
Off base of course. We have friends on that team who told us the coach completely changed the normal lineup for both games and played many kids out of position for the sporting game. The second team started and played most of the minutes for the games. Main starters were also hurt for both games and many kids played a position for the first time. They were not playing to win.
Anonymous
05/04/2026 09:11
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:MLS Next Quality of Play makes perfect sense.
Baltimore Armour U14 has won many games but if you see the quality of play is rather poor. The defenders do not know how to build from the back with possession and passes. All they do is kick the ball like a recreational team (think of that parent coach that just screens "Kick it out!!!" " Get it out!!!!".
In the middle of the field they cannot make precise passes and on the attack the midfielders love to keep the ball and do not release the ball and so no opportunities to score are made. It is quite a disorganized playing style.
They lost to Union 4-0 and to Sporting 2-0. Quality of Play was correct and when you play against solid teams that are ranked high on QofP this is the result.
MLS Next Quality of Play is a great tool, like it or not.
You're saying that Philly Union and Sporting were better based on the scores. But you have said repeatedly that you cannot do that. We have to wait until Taka completes their review to decide which team was better in each game. Philly Union has some very big kids. So maybe Armour had a better defensive structure and a better defensive QoP and they only lost because the other team's kids were taller.
Anonymous
05/04/2026 08:38
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:MLS Next Quality of Play makes perfect sense.
Baltimore Armour U14 has won many games but if you see the quality of play is rather poor. The defenders do not know how to build from the back with possession and passes. All they do is kick the ball like a recreational team (think of that parent coach that just screens "Kick it out!!!" " Get it out!!!!".
In the middle of the field they cannot make precise passes and on the attack the midfielders love to keep the ball and do not release the ball and so no opportunities to score are made. It is quite a disorganized playing style.
They lost to Union 4-0 and to Sporting 2-0. Quality of Play was correct and when you play against solid teams that are ranked high on QoP this is the result.
MLS Next Quality of Play is a great tool, like it or not.
Armour U14 lost against Philly Union and Sporting this past weekend. The results were fair. Union and Sporting were better. Armour also recently won 8 in a row including wins against SYC, Delco, and Alexandria, and in those games the results were also fair, Armour was better and earned those wins. Let the games be decided on the field - if the team wins or loses, so be it. But don't say the 8 wins in a row don't count because of QoP, but the 2 recent loses count. They all count, you either win or you lose. This goes for all teams, their record is what it is.
Also, you are objectively wrong that Armour doesn't create scoring opportunities. They didn't score this weekend and the results were fair. But over the season, they have the third best goal differential in the division behind Union and SYC.
Anonymous
05/04/2026 08:03
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
MLS Next Quality of Play makes perfect sense.
Baltimore Armour U14 has won many games but if you see the quality of play is rather poor. The defenders do not know how to build from the back with possession and passes. All they do is kick the ball like a recreational team (think of that parent coach that just screens "Kick it out!!!" " Get it out!!!!".
In the middle of the field they cannot make precise passes and on the attack the midfielders love to keep the ball and do not release the ball and so no opportunities to score are made. It is quite a disorganized playing style.
They lost to Union 4-0 and to Sporting 2-0. Quality of Play was correct and when you play against solid teams that are ranked high on QofP this is the result.
MLS Next Quality of Play is a great tool, like it or not.
Baltimore Armour U14 has won many games but if you see the quality of play is rather poor. The defenders do not know how to build from the back with possession and passes. All they do is kick the ball like a recreational team (think of that parent coach that just screens "Kick it out!!!" " Get it out!!!!".
In the middle of the field they cannot make precise passes and on the attack the midfielders love to keep the ball and do not release the ball and so no opportunities to score are made. It is quite a disorganized playing style.
They lost to Union 4-0 and to Sporting 2-0. Quality of Play was correct and when you play against solid teams that are ranked high on QofP this is the result.
MLS Next Quality of Play is a great tool, like it or not.
Anonymous
05/03/2026 15:32
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quality of Play really doesn't like Armour for some reason. Their U13 team is second in points and goals scored, just behind Philly Union, but they are 6th in QoP.
That's probably because they kick past the mids to an over sized set of strikers who use brute force and over power normal sized kids to score.
SYC has several 6 ft + strikers at 2012, Arlington has one. It's the same formula.
My son is the u13 striker on that team. He’s 4’6” and 80 pounds and not the fastest on the team. So … whatever it is, I can assure you it’s not that.
Um, OK.
4'6" at 12/13 years old is crazy. Probably deserves a doctors visit.
What kind of doctor?
Anonymous
04/30/2026 22:51
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quality of Play really doesn't like Armour for some reason. Their U13 team is second in points and goals scored, just behind Philly Union, but they are 6th in QoP.
That's probably because they kick past the mids to an over sized set of strikers who use brute force and over power normal sized kids to score.
SYC has several 6 ft + strikers at 2012, Arlington has one. It's the same formula.
My son is the u13 striker on that team. He’s 4’6” and 80 pounds and not the fastest on the team. So … whatever it is, I can assure you it’s not that.
Um, OK.
4'6" at 12/13 years old is crazy. Probably deserves a doctors visit.
Anonymous
04/30/2026 20:28
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quality of Play really doesn't like Armour for some reason. Their U13 team is second in points and goals scored, just behind Philly Union, but they are 6th in QoP.
That's probably because they kick past the mids to an over sized set of strikers who use brute force and over power normal sized kids to score.
SYC has several 6 ft + strikers at 2012, Arlington has one. It's the same formula.
My son is the u13 striker on that team. He’s 4’6” and 80 pounds and not the fastest on the team. So … whatever it is, I can assure you it’s not that.
Um, OK.
Anonymous
04/30/2026 17:45
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
The final QoP rankings are available. Baltimore Armour U13 (15-2-3, 18th in the country) and U14 (17-3-0, 13th in the country) are the only teams in the top 20 in the country by record (by points per game) that will not qualify to the top flight of the MLS Next Cup by QoP.
Anonymous
04/20/2026 13:17
Subject: MLS Next Quality of Play scores make no sense
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quality of Play really doesn't like Armour for some reason. Their U13 team is second in points and goals scored, just behind Philly Union, but they are 6th in QoP.
That's probably because they kick past the mids to an over sized set of strikers who use brute force and over power normal sized kids to score.
SYC has several 6 ft + strikers at 2012, Arlington has one. It's the same formula.
My son is the u13 striker on that team. He’s 4’6” and 80 pounds and not the fastest on the team. So … whatever it is, I can assure you it’s not that.