Is there another one coming out? There's already plenty of individual rankings floating around. I honestly don't think the girls are getting caught up in those at all. The rankings are for the parents. The players know who the ballers are and aren't.Now comes the individual rankings of teenage girls . But, in order to get ranked one must pay for all these websites, send in player info , must have social media etc etc
Good luck to us all
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I cant wait for AI to produce game Analytics from video. Right now who plays and who rides the bench are all subjective to the coach. If game Analytics were available and they directly contradicted coaching decisions you'd have justification to discuss with rhe coach or doc or to leave and play somewhere else.Now comes the individual rankings of teenage girls . But, in order to get ranked one must pay for all these websites, send in player info , must have social media etc etc
Good luck to us all
This is absolutely true. If you want to know who is good, ask your kid. Especially if your kid happens to be a starter on a top team.
Fieldsofgold
SILVER
Completely agree with you. The players know
Fieldsofgold
SILVER
You’re right and i agree with you
Adding to this
What college Coaches Actually Do:
- Attend practices in person at the big clubs ( on weekdays, usually before weekend games) to watch the players performance/attitude/work rate etc…and chat with their coaches.
rainbow_unicorn
PREMIER
What college coaches don't do: Look at individual player rankings
MLSN is using below for player recruiting and evaluation.
www.ai.io
Over time this will trickle down to other leagues. It will be used for talent ids and college recruitment.
In 10 years if college soccer is still around coaches will receive stack ranked player options from leagues all based on AI assessment.
ai.io | aiScout
An award-winning technology company that develops technology solutions to generate & analyse amateur & professional sport data, providing real-time analysis & reporting, creating valuable insights & outcomes.
www.ai.io
Over time this will trickle down to other leagues. It will be used for talent ids and college recruitment.
In 10 years if college soccer is still around coaches will receive stack ranked player options from leagues all based on AI assessment.
rainbow_unicorn
PREMIER
No, it won't. This company will come and go like the many soccer services/software before them. One sure way of making your software business fail is to target the youth soccer market.MLSN is using below for player recruiting and evaluation.
ai.io | aiScout
An award-winning technology company that develops technology solutions to generate & analyse amateur & professional sport data, providing real-time analysis & reporting, creating valuable insights & outcomes.
Over time this will trickle down to other leagues. It will be used for talent ids and college recruitment.
In 10 years if college soccer is still around coaches will receive stack ranked player options from leagues all based on AI assessment.
College scouts will always need to see players play in person...that will never be replaced.
It's not the company its the concept.
Soon AI will be able to detect...
- Each players minutes
- Number of shots on goal
- Number of goals
- Number of unsuccessful passes
- Number of successful passes
- Number of turnovers
- Number of steals
- Speed on field
- Number of received passes
- Etc etc etc
Adding more metrics is no big issue. The more metrics you have the better analytics can be generated.
Imagine above happening for all players on a team. Now Imagine above happening for all teams in a league. Now Imagine leagues using lists of analyticly defined top players for talent ids. Those same lists could be provided to colleges to save them time in recruiting.
You can sit around using your typewriter to submit love letters to collge coaches. But what I layed out above is what will be happening around you.
This has been in the pipeline for years. A long time friend was developing this type of video software for the professional game years ago and now with AI, it will be developed and then improved and the cost will become competitive. The perfect example of the use of these statistics is Moneyball. Once the Dodgers used statistical analysis plus identifying what the key successful attributes were, they got better results at less cost. However, there is an important soft "law" that plays into this. People will do what they are measured on. Therefore, if all you do is measure something like successful passes, what do you get? possession without goals. Therefore, how do you measure risk taking, opportunities missed, creativity, and so on. There will always be a need to have a human mind thinking critically and using AI as an assistant coach to help the coach make better, more informed decisions. But, Carlsbad7 is absolutely correct this software is coming, is here and good coaches won't want "to leave home without it"
I work in an industry that's being turned upside down right now by AI. I'm very aware of what's possible.
Regarding youth soccer I could care less about the moneyball possibilities AI makes avaliable. I'm excited for AI to impartially grade/review talent. I've seen to many times where coaches pick their favorites and it doesnt matter if other players are better or worse. I've also seen situations at tryouts where the club or league a player is from defines if they will be looked at seriously or not. Or how about the kid that wants to play forward but the coach decided that because they can kick it hard that they'll be a defender to boot-ball up to forwards that dont have equivalent skill.
I like that AI will be documenting coaches actions and decisions. Everything they do will be recorded and documented just like the players. It will be easy to see which parent is feeding coaches hundred dollar bills under the table.
AI is going to cleanse corruption out of the sport. (Like the ranking app has addressed all the drama around tournament seeding) Some will hate it because of this. I think we're on thr verge of some of the most amazing sporting events ever played.
RandomSoccerFan
PREMIER
I think you're being optimistic, but I do hope you're proven correct. AI will make it easier to determine if decisions are being made on things that we all believe should matter - or instead due to factors that we wouldn't agree are relevant. But decisions will still continue to be made for all sorts of well-intentioned, as well as nefarious underlying reasons. Just because it may be easier to see that a coach or a club is making decisions in their own (financial) best interests, doesn't mean they will stop doing so.
We’re still a few steps away from AI being useful.
You can measure duels won, challenges won, and all that.
But I haven’t seen an AI (yet) that notices reputation. The defender with two touches because the opposing team never dares to bring the ball near her. The attacker who spends the entire game double teamed. Both are impressive players, but neither one has stats.
Similarly, winning 1/2 of your challenges against Surf means more than winning 3/4 of your challenges against an average team. You need some way to ask about stats in the games which matter.
Not too far away, but not there yet.
JustaSpectator
SILVER
This is very true. It would be nice if coaches would ask some of their top players for feedback on this as well, especially during tryouts and finalizing the team for the new season. And I don't mean ask every player because maturity isn't the same.
If AI can track "duels won, challenges won, and all that." and it can track player minutes. You can determine things like"The defender with two touches because the opposing team never dares to bring the ball near her. The attacker who spends the entire game double teamed." Especially if data spans multiple games.
To "kick" things into overdrive US Soccer sould define/clarify all the metrics AI should track. This way AI can focus on the tech and not get distracted making incompatible formats to lock users in.
davidnunez
BRONZE
TAKA is an AI driven platform that analyzes 'quality of play' and has data on every MLS Next player. Even the MLS Next playoff teams were determined by TAKA for the youngers. AI is very well happening in US Youth soccer.
rainbow_unicorn
PREMIER
You guys are giving youth soccer, coaches, clubs and AI way too much credit. Have you ever used darkhorse or Veo AI? They can't even figure out who scored goals accurately, let alone all those other stats. I worked as the integration developer for Opta and MLS and I understand stats software and its capabilities/limitations.
Always best to not expect a whole lot from youth soccer and you'll end up not being disappointed. If you work closely with club and college coaches you'll understand that this is a low-tech industry...people are still trying to figure out how to manage a schedule online or turn on a Veo
Always best to not expect a whole lot from youth soccer and you'll end up not being disappointed. If you work closely with club and college coaches you'll understand that this is a low-tech industry...people are still trying to figure out how to manage a schedule online or turn on a Veo
Funny part is the AI mixes up some of the ethnic kids on some video platforms. We had to record our teams games since our club was not Veo savvy.You guys are giving youth soccer, coaches, clubs and AI way too much credit. Have you ever used darkhorse or Veo AI? They can't even figure out who scored goals accurately, let alone all those other stats. I worked as the integration developer for Opta and MLS and I understand stats software and its capabilities/limitations.
Always best to not expect a whole lot from youth soccer and you'll end up not being disappointed. If you work closely with club and college coaches you'll understand that this is a low-tech industry...people are still trying to figure out how to manage a schedule online or turn on a Veo
It's not about what's available now. Its about what will be availabe 5-10 years from now. AI will get better and once its 90%+ correct on capturing stats it will be easy to grade/rate players and coaches.You guys are giving youth soccer, coaches, clubs and AI way too much credit. Have you ever used darkhorse or Veo AI? They can't even figure out who scored goals accurately, let alone all those other stats. I worked as the integration developer for Opta and MLS and I understand stats software and its capabilities/limitations.
Always best to not expect a whole lot from youth soccer and you'll end up not being disappointed. If you work closely with club and college coaches you'll understand that this is a low-tech industry...people are still trying to figure out how to manage a schedule online or turn on a Veo
I will remind you that when they first introduced digital photography, it didn't come close to 35mm film. Now you might not even know 35mm photography even existed. AI will progressively get to where you can't imagine life without it and doing what is being described here will be so simple. Give it a few months or a year and todays technology like this will be child's play (no pun intended). What it can't do is think critically. At least not yet. Throw Grok 4 in the mix and it will blow yours and my mind. Give it time.