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Galaxy and Slammers Cruz played twice today. Great battles. Classy coaches at the end who both pointed to the fact that what happens on the field stays there. Was cool to see some hugs and girls sharing 'bubble gum' after the game! Slammers definitely plays a high level of team soccer. Some great athletes and a couple of highly skilled kids. Both games were close but Slammers prevailed. Going to be some great battles and certainly hope these girls continue to progress better than prior Slammers teams at the younger age groups.

Keep it classy parents! Just know that the 'BEST' teams today MAY quickly get surpassed by up and coming teams as kids grow and team dynamics change. Good luck ladies!
 
Ok, this is the last I'm going to talk in regards to CDA Slammers. For the record, CDA Slammers and Blues are the top two teams in the age group IMHO. The CDA win against Blues at Cerritos Memorial was impressive considering how talented Blues was. The reason why the algorithm puts them lower is because of a few games:

CDA Slammers 6 - LA Premier FC 0 (prediction = 8.5 goal difference)
CDA Slammers 9 - Legends East Corona 1 (prediction = 10.2)
CDA Slammers 4 - CDA Slammers 2010 2 (prediction 5.2)
CDA Slammers 4 - LAGSD Lines 0 (prediction = 8.8)
CDA Slammers 2 - Slammers FC Bryant 1 (prediction = 4.3)

I removed these games from the calculation and CDA Slammers comes out as number 1 by a good margin. But, that's just the nature of the algorithm..each one of these wins where you didn't blow the team away as badly as the algorithm guessed eventually hurts the overall SRS score.

The reason why these rankings should be taken LIGHTLY is because there could be any number of reasons for goal differentials. Maybe a team lets off the gas in order to give their bench players more playing time. Maybe the coach makes the team start playing keep away against really bad teams.

In short, be proud of your team's accomplishments, enjoy watching your daughters kick ass out there, have fun and ENJOY. Don't let silly numbers cloud any of that.
Very interesting thread, how can a computer predict the scores of 8 year old girls? You get deducted if you don't blow out teams?
 
PLEASE READ FIRST: This is an Excel non-linear optimization/algorithm that builds a predictive ranking based on previous scores. TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS. These are numbers only...don't want to hear about how this team should be higher than this team. Also, PLEASE KEEP PERSPECTIVE...these are 8 and 9 year old girls. Player development and enjoying the game come first...everything else is a distant second. Read here for more info on the Excel solver optimization: http://www.advancedfootballanalytic...h/general/199-ranking-teams-with-optimization.

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The "Rank" column is based on 2017 results alone. The "2016" column is based on a combination of 2016 (0.5 weight) and 2017 (1.0 weight) games combined.
 
PLEASE READ FIRST: This is an Excel non-linear optimization/algorithm that builds a predictive ranking based on previous scores. TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS. These are numbers only...don't want to hear about how this team should be higher than this team. Also, PLEASE KEEP PERSPECTIVE...these are 8 and 9 year old girls. Player development and enjoying the game come first...everything else is a distant second. Read here for more info on the Excel solver optimization: http://www.advancedfootballanalytic...h/general/199-ranking-teams-with-optimization.

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The "Rank" column is based on 2017 results alone. The "2016" column is based on a combination of 2016 (0.5 weight) and 2017 (1.0 weight) games combined.
No disrespect to yourself and all the hard work that you do but let's all come to a conclusion that this system does not work . You have CDA ranked below Newport is a shame.. 2nd time CDA completely dominated Newport and they are still 3rd. System is broken.
 
No disrespect to yourself and all the hard work that you do but let's all come to a conclusion that this system does not work . You have CDA ranked below Newport is a shame.. 2nd time CDA completely dominated Newport and they are still 3rd. System is broken.
Tango is probably from Newport
 
No disrespect to yourself and all the hard work that you do but let's all come to a conclusion that this system does not work . You have CDA ranked below Newport is a shame.. 2nd time CDA completely dominated Newport and they are still 3rd. System is broken.

http://socalsoccer.com/threads/top-10-thread.3742/page-2#post-97564

Statistically CDA and Newport are basically even. Think of it this way...if CDA beats Newport by 4 goals in each of two games...but then Newport and CDA play two other same teams and Newport blows them out 8-0 each time but CDA only beats them by 4-0, then they will statistically be even. Looking at the results, that is what is happening. Newport is good at beating lower teams by a big margin...but has difficulty beating the top teams (w/ exception of one win against Blues).
 
http://socalsoccer.com/threads/top-10-thread.3742/page-2#post-97564

Statistically CDA and Newport are basically even. Think of it this way...if CDA beats Newport by 4 goals in each of two games...but then Newport and CDA play two other same teams and Newport blows them out 8-0 each time but CDA only beats them by 4-0, then they will statistically be even. Looking at the results, that is what is happening. Newport is good at beating lower teams by a big margin...but has difficulty beating the top teams (w/ exception of one win against Blues).
The formula not yourself
 
You'll have to settle for CDA's 2008 sideline. They won't disappoint you either.
I hadn't seen this 08 Cruz play before. They were playing SD Surf. Great game with some very talented young girls. The Slammers were very physical and a few came in for tackles hard and late. Unfortunately, the refs let it get out of control in the first half. In the second, refs called it a bit tighter. the Slammers parents were loud and vocal early and escalated from there. One Surf player was literally taken out 3 different times by two different players after passing the ball. She got up each time slowly and gingerly, except the last one and had to be helped off the field. I heard one of the Slammers parents loudly call out "What a cry-baby!" The Surf parent of the girl, almost came unglued and needed other Surf parents holding him back.
 
I hadn't seen this 08 Cruz play before. They were playing SD Surf. Great game with some very talented young girls. The Slammers were very physical and a few came in for tackles hard and late. Unfortunately, the refs let it get out of control in the first half. In the second, refs called it a bit tighter. the Slammers parents were loud and vocal early and escalated from there. One Surf player was literally taken out 3 different times by two different players after passing the ball. She got up each time slowly and gingerly, except the last one and had to be helped off the field. I heard one of the Slammers parents loudly call out "What a cry-baby!" The Surf parent of the girl, almost came unglued and needed other Surf parents holding him back.
Was she a crybaby?
 
I hadn't seen this 08 Cruz play before. They were playing SD Surf. Great game with some very talented young girls. The Slammers were very physical and a few came in for tackles hard and late. Unfortunately, the refs let it get out of control in the first half. In the second, refs called it a bit tighter. the Slammers parents were loud and vocal early and escalated from there. One Surf player was literally taken out 3 different times by two different players after passing the ball. She got up each time slowly and gingerly, except the last one and had to be helped off the field. I heard one of the Slammers parents loudly call out "What a cry-baby!" The Surf parent of the girl, almost came unglued and needed other Surf parents holding him back.
Instead of a 10 ten thread for this age group, you should have top ten loser sidelines thread. Sounds like CDA would be #1!
 
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