2017/2018 GDA Club Standings

Dos Equis said:
And I will say that if your child wants to play soccer in college at the highest level, they need to be able to handle that style of play. Or get recruited by UCLA or Stanford.
Click to expand...
In the immortal words of James Hetfield, “sad but true”...
 
Simisoccerfan said:
It is interesting that your rankings based on RPI do not match up with the standings for Playoffs and Wildcards. For example LAFC Slammers is in first place in the standings and went 3-0 in NC while you have FC Dallas in first place who went 0-1-2 in NC. The eagles (my dd team) is shown in 41st place when we are 30th in the standings. We have not played LAFC yet so when we play those two games, even if we lose our RPI will go up since they get added to our strength of schedule. I believe that RPI is too dependent upon the perceived strength of schedule of your opponents without considering how you actually perform against them. Personally I would stick to showing the standings that actually count.

I also agree that the Southwest conference overall did not show well in NC. It will be interesting to see if this flips for the Summer Showcase and everyone else has to deal with our perfect weather.
Click to expand...
Keep in mind that FC Dallas only has one loss all season even though it has played 10 games against top 10 teams. And we shouldn't expect this ranking to match playoffs and wildcards. That's the point of the RPI - to look beyond wins, ties and losses. But your observation is a good one that my RPI might be a little too heavily weighted toward strength of schedule (and thus isn't as good of a predictor of a game's outcome as it should be). I'm seeing that trend too. I figured out what I need to do to refine it, but now just need to find the time to update the model. Thanks for the comment.
 
Last edited:
It wasn't as hard to update as I thought. I had taken a shortcut earlier, but my model now aligns more precisely to the NCAA's official soccer RPI formula, which gives teams more of a boost to the OPP element for a win over a good team than a tie (and more for a tie over them than a loss).

It didn't make as much of a difference as I thought it would though. The result was 8 total teams flipped 1 spot in the revised rankings. FC Dallas is still #1 and Eagles is still #41. So, rather than posting a new ranking I just edited my earlier post with the revised figures.
 
U15 RPI, results through 4-12-18. Dang FC Dallas, why must you be so good!

So Cal with 5 of top 11 teams though. A good showing for us at this age group. College coaches take notice (before all these teams have to break up with next year's new age groupings)!

RPI Rank Club (W-L-T) PCT ((1*W+.5*T)/(W+L+T)) Opponents' Avg (weighted) PCT Opponents' Opponents' Avg (wtd) PCT RPI Goal Differential
1 FC Dallas (17-2-4) PCT: 0.8261 OPP: 0.6176 OPOP: 0.5411 RPI: 0.6506 GD: 42
2 Solar Soccer Club (12-5-5) PCT: 0.6591 OPP: 0.6357 OPOP: 0.5397 RPI: 0.6175 GD: 34
3 So Cal Blues Soccer Club (20-5-3) PCT: 0.7679 OPP: 0.5577 OPOP: 0.5339 RPI: 0.6043 GD: 59
4 NTH Tophat (17-1-5) PCT: 0.8478 OPP: 0.529 OPOP: 0.4894 RPI: 0.5988 GD: 81
5 Dallas Texans (14-4-5) PCT: 0.7174 OPP: 0.5653 OPOP: 0.54 RPI: 0.597 GD: 34
6 Michigan Hawks (12-3-7) PCT: 0.7045 OPP: 0.5772 OPOP: 0.5221 RPI: 0.5953 GD: 25
7 Legends FC (16-4-7) PCT: 0.7222 OPP: 0.5481 OPOP: 0.5255 RPI: 0.586 GD: 33
8 Sky Blue - PDA (15-3-4) PCT: 0.7727 OPP: 0.5365 OPOP: 0.4835 RPI: 0.5823 GD: 53
9 San Diego Surf (14-6-6) PCT: 0.6538 OPP: 0.562 OPOP: 0.5353 RPI: 0.5783 GD: 26
10 Beach Futbol Club (18-5-5) PCT: 0.7321 OPP: 0.5212 OPOP: 0.5261 RPI: 0.5752 GD: 36
11 LA Galaxy San Diego (14-6-7) PCT: 0.6481 OPP: 0.5526 OPOP: 0.5299 RPI: 0.5708 GD: 23
12 Lonestar SC Academy (10-5-9) PCT: 0.6042 OPP: 0.57 OPOP: 0.5363 RPI: 0.5701 GD: 12
13 Eclipse Select Soccer Club (10-3-3) PCT: 0.7188 OPP: 0.5134 OPOP: 0.5245 RPI: 0.5675 GD: 32
14 San Jose Earthquakes (16-5-4) PCT: 0.72 OPP: 0.5153 OPOP: 0.5171 RPI: 0.5669 GD: 33
15 Cincinnati Development Academy (10-6-3) PCT: 0.6053 OPP: 0.5728 OPOP: 0.5124 RPI: 0.5658 GD: 9
16 Reign Academy (13-4-5) PCT: 0.7045 OPP: 0.5047 OPOP: 0.5131 RPI: 0.5567 GD: 23
17 California Thorns FC (11-7-6) PCT: 0.5833 OPP: 0.5649 OPOP: 0.5115 RPI: 0.5562 GD: 3
18 Concorde Fire (15-5-5) PCT: 0.7 OPP: 0.513 OPOP: 0.4854 RPI: 0.5529 GD: 35
19 New York City FC (14-6-1) PCT: 0.6905 OPP: 0.5094 OPOP: 0.4822 RPI: 0.5479 GD: 30
20 Nationals (10-7-2) PCT: 0.5789 OPP: 0.5428 OPOP: 0.5235 RPI: 0.547 GD: 12
21 Sockers FC (7-6-3) PCT: 0.5313 OPP: 0.5654 OPOP: 0.5227 RPI: 0.5462 GD: -1
22 Albion SC (10-9-8) PCT: 0.5185 OPP: 0.5658 OPOP: 0.5223 RPI: 0.5431 GD: 0
23 La Roca Futbol Club (11-7-3) PCT: 0.5952 OPP: 0.5347 OPOP: 0.5056 RPI: 0.5426 GD: 8
24 SC del Sol (13-10-5) PCT: 0.5536 OPP: 0.551 OPOP: 0.5131 RPI: 0.5421 GD: 8
25 Indiana Fire Academy (9-4-4) PCT: 0.6471 OPP: 0.4883 OPOP: 0.535 RPI: 0.5397 GD: 8
26 West Coast Futbol Club (10-10-6) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.5644 OPOP: 0.5221 RPI: 0.5377 GD: 6
27 Charlotte Soccer Academy (15-6-3) PCT: 0.6875 OPP: 0.4874 OPOP: 0.4869 RPI: 0.5373 GD: 45
28 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (13-7-2) PCT: 0.6364 OPP: 0.5136 OPOP: 0.478 RPI: 0.5354 GD: 25
29 Real Colorado (12-8-2) PCT: 0.5909 OPP: 0.5089 OPOP: 0.5215 RPI: 0.5325 GD: 19
30 Oakwood Soccer Club (11-8-2) PCT: 0.5714 OPP: 0.5337 OPOP: 0.4779 RPI: 0.5292 GD: 15
31 LAFC Slammers (9-10-6) PCT: 0.48 OPP: 0.5535 OPOP: 0.5188 RPI: 0.5265 GD: -2
32 Crossfire Premier (9-8-5) PCT: 0.5227 OPP: 0.5175 OPOP: 0.5134 RPI: 0.5178 GD: 4
33 FC Fury NY (12-7-1) PCT: 0.625 OPP: 0.4758 OPOP: 0.477 RPI: 0.5134 GD: 18
34 Placer United SC (11-9-4) PCT: 0.5417 OPP: 0.5004 OPOP: 0.5036 RPI: 0.5115 GD: 10
35 Houston Dash (9-11-4) PCT: 0.4583 OPP: 0.5161 OPOP: 0.5219 RPI: 0.5031 GD: -19
36 NC Courage (13-8-3) PCT: 0.6042 OPP: 0.4647 OPOP: 0.4771 RPI: 0.5027 GD: 27
37 Weston FC (13-10-2) PCT: 0.56 OPP: 0.4876 OPOP: 0.4728 RPI: 0.502 GD: 13
38 FC United Soccer Club (6-6-4) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4896 OPOP: 0.5171 RPI: 0.4991 GD: 7
39 Midwest United FC (7-8-6) PCT: 0.4762 OPP: 0.495 OPOP: 0.5238 RPI: 0.4975 GD: 4
40 FC Stars (11-6-5) PCT: 0.6136 OPP: 0.4312 OPOP: 0.4862 RPI: 0.4906 GD: 28
41 Real So Cal (12-14-1) PCT: 0.463 OPP: 0.4887 OPOP: 0.5151 RPI: 0.4889 GD: -9
42 SPORTING Blue Valley (9-10-2) PCT: 0.4762 OPP: 0.4824 OPOP: 0.5089 RPI: 0.4875 GD: 11
43 FC Virginia (11-8-2) PCT: 0.5714 OPP: 0.4482 OPOP: 0.481 RPI: 0.4872 GD: 16
44 Lamorinda Soccer Club (11-13-1) PCT: 0.46 OPP: 0.4939 OPOP: 0.5006 RPI: 0.4871 GD: -2
45 LA Galaxy (12-13-2) PCT: 0.4815 OPP: 0.4762 OPOP: 0.5143 RPI: 0.4871 GD: 8
46 Orlando Pride (10-12-3) PCT: 0.46 OPP: 0.4942 OPOP: 0.4778 RPI: 0.4816 GD: 6
47 Pateadores (8-15-4) PCT: 0.3704 OPP: 0.5189 OPOP: 0.5101 RPI: 0.4796 GD: -22
48 Boston Breakers Academy (9-9-2) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4369 OPOP: 0.481 RPI: 0.4637 GD: 26
49 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (7-16-4) PCT: 0.3333 OPP: 0.4973 OPOP: 0.5103 RPI: 0.4596 GD: -31
50 United Futbol Academy (10-11-3) PCT: 0.4792 OPP: 0.4418 OPOP: 0.471 RPI: 0.4585 GD: 12
51 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (7-12-2) PCT: 0.381 OPP: 0.4793 OPOP: 0.4616 RPI: 0.4503 GD: -32
52 Colorado Rush (8-11-3) PCT: 0.4318 OPP: 0.4267 OPOP: 0.5077 RPI: 0.4482 GD: 2
53 PSV Union Football Club (7-17-3) PCT: 0.3148 OPP: 0.4798 OPOP: 0.5054 RPI: 0.4449 GD: -29
54 Virginia Development Academy (6-10-5) PCT: 0.4048 OPP: 0.426 OPOP: 0.4729 RPI: 0.4324 GD: -3
55 Sky Blue - NYSC (4-12-3) PCT: 0.2895 OPP: 0.4822 OPOP: 0.4629 RPI: 0.4292 GD: -11
56 Arlington Soccer Association (3-0-0) PCT: 1 OPP: 0.1285 OPOP: 0.4511 RPI: 0.427 GD: 5 [not a full GDA club this season]
57 Eagles Soccer Club (7-19-0) PCT: 0.2692 OPP: 0.4627 OPOP: 0.5074 RPI: 0.4255 GD: -52
58 PA Classics (6-11-1) PCT: 0.3611 OPP: 0.4179 OPOP: 0.4646 RPI: 0.4154 GD: -38
59 West Florida Flames (6-16-2) PCT: 0.2917 OPP: 0.4367 OPOP: 0.4671 RPI: 0.408 GD: -40
60 Shattuck - Saint Mary's (2-18-2) PCT: 0.1364 OPP: 0.5042 OPOP: 0.4871 RPI: 0.408 GD: -52
61 Portland Thorns FC (5-15-0) PCT: 0.25 OPP: 0.441 OPOP: 0.4849 RPI: 0.4042 GD: -33
62 Boca United Football Club (6-19-1) PCT: 0.25 OPP: 0.4461 OPOP: 0.4683 RPI: 0.4026 GD: -37
63 FC Kansas City (1-17-0) PCT: 0.0556 OPP: 0.4719 OPOP: 0.5021 RPI: 0.3754 GD: -75
64 Burlingame Soccer Club (0-18-0) PCT: 0 OPP: 0.4899 OPOP: 0.4991 RPI: 0.3697 GD: -54
65 United Soccer Alliance (3-18-2) PCT: 0.1739 OPP: 0.4169 OPOP: 0.4654 RPI: 0.3683 GD: -56
66 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (5-16-0) PCT: 0.2381 OPP: 0.3869 OPOP: 0.4499 RPI: 0.3654 GD: -41
67 IMG Academy (2-21-2) PCT: 0.12 OPP: 0.435 OPOP: 0.45 RPI: 0.36 GD: -118
68 Empire United (3-17-0) PCT: 0.15 OPP: 0.3982 OPOP: 0.4683 RPI: 0.3537 GD: -87
69 Long Island SC (1-15-2) PCT: 0.1111 OPP: 0.4141 OPOP: 0.4416 RPI: 0.3452 GD: -54
70 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (1-18-4) PCT: 0.1304 OPP: 0.3937 OPOP: 0.4522 RPI: 0.3425 GD: -68

Conference Average of RPI
1 Frontier - Central Division 0.5313
2 Mid-America - Central Division 0.5296
3 Southwest - West Division 0.5289 [just barely missed 2nd]
4 Northwest - West Division 0.4958
5 Southeast - East Division 0.4702
6 Northeast - East Division 0.4591
7 Atlantic - East Division 0.4514
 
Last edited:
Simisoccerfan said:
It is interesting that your rankings based on RPI do not match up with the standings for Playoffs and Wildcards. For example LAFC Slammers is in first place in the standings and went 3-0 in NC while you have FC Dallas in first place who went 0-1-2 in NC. The eagles (my dd team) is shown in 41st place when we are 30th in the standings. We have not played LAFC yet so when we play those two games, even if we lose our RPI will go up since they get added to our strength of schedule. I believe that RPI is too dependent upon the perceived strength of schedule of your opponents without considering how you actually perform against them. Personally I would stick to showing the standings that actually count.

I also agree that the Southwest conference overall did not show well in NC. It will be interesting to see if this flips for the Summer Showcase and everyone else has to deal with our perfect weather.
Click to expand...

Figuring in the influence of the Strength of schedule component is the point of the RPI.
 
Dos Equis said:
Forum rule #1 : 90% of the time your child’s team loses, the other team played kickball, kick and run, direct, long ball — you choose the term.
Click to expand...

33% of the time my kids team lost and 100% of the time that the got a draw the team was a kickball team. Of course they only played 3 teams out of 24 that played possession soccer.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Though I like the build from the back ball control style of play the bottom line is to do what it takes to win.
Click to expand...

In college, the pros or internationally that is true. In the Girls DEVELOPMENT Academy I would think that the point is to develop. You are confirming that you bought into a lie knowing that it was a lie. Sounds a lot like Congress.....
 
GU14 DA RPI (through 4-12-18). FC Dallas only 4th here. SW with the best average RPI this time.

1 NTH Tophat (18-0-2) PCT: 0.95 OPP: 0.5228 OPOP: 0.5053 RPI: 0.6252 GD: 102
2 Real Colorado (18-0-1) PCT: 0.9737 OPP: 0.489 OPOP: 0.5319 RPI: 0.6209 GD: 100
3 San Diego Surf (16-1-6) PCT: 0.8261 OPP: 0.5534 OPOP: 0.5268 RPI: 0.6149 GD: 49
4 FC Dallas (14-2-4) PCT: 0.8 OPP: 0.5732 OPOP: 0.5092 RPI: 0.6139 GD: 54
5 San Jose Earthquakes (17-2-3) PCT: 0.8409 OPP: 0.5108 OPOP: 0.5097 RPI: 0.5931 GD: 60
6 LA Galaxy San Diego (14-2-7) PCT: 0.7609 OPP: 0.5397 OPOP: 0.522 RPI: 0.5906 GD: 35
7 Legends FC (18-5-1) PCT: 0.7708 OPP: 0.5169 OPOP: 0.5255 RPI: 0.5825 GD: 44
8 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (14-3-2) PCT: 0.7895 OPP: 0.5259 OPOP: 0.4848 RPI: 0.5815 GD: 34
9 Real So Cal (15-5-4) PCT: 0.7083 OPP: 0.5277 OPOP: 0.5248 RPI: 0.5721 GD: 25
10 Solar Soccer Club (12-5-2) PCT: 0.6842 OPP: 0.5394 OPOP: 0.5239 RPI: 0.5717 GD: 28
11 Orlando Pride (14-5-3) PCT: 0.7045 OPP: 0.5419 OPOP: 0.496 RPI: 0.5711 GD: 46
12 Boston Breakers Academy (12-3-2) PCT: 0.7647 OPP: 0.5206 OPOP: 0.4675 RPI: 0.5684 GD: 55
13 Cincinnati Development Academy (8-2-4) PCT: 0.7143 OPP: 0.5238 OPOP: 0.511 RPI: 0.5682 GD: 9
14 Beach Futbol Club (16-6-3) PCT: 0.7 OPP: 0.5113 OPOP: 0.532 RPI: 0.5637 GD: 31
15 Concorde Fire (13-5-4) PCT: 0.6818 OPP: 0.5269 OPOP: 0.5042 RPI: 0.5599 GD: 51
16 Colorado Rush (13-4-3) PCT: 0.725 OPP: 0.4737 OPOP: 0.5337 RPI: 0.5515 GD: 39
17 Nationals (8-4-2) PCT: 0.6429 OPP: 0.5277 OPOP: 0.5049 RPI: 0.5508 GD: 4
18 Sky Blue - PDA (11-6-2) PCT: 0.6316 OPP: 0.5439 OPOP: 0.4826 RPI: 0.5505 GD: 35
19 NC Courage (13-5-3) PCT: 0.6905 OPP: 0.5045 OPOP: 0.5023 RPI: 0.5504 GD: 36
20 LAFC Slammers (10-9-1) PCT: 0.525 OPP: 0.5793 OPOP: 0.5161 RPI: 0.5499 GD: 11
21 SC del Sol (10-10-5) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.5869 OPOP: 0.5146 RPI: 0.5471 GD: -11
22 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (10-4-4) PCT: 0.6667 OPP: 0.5086 OPOP: 0.485 RPI: 0.5422 GD: 12
23 Placer United SC (10-6-5) PCT: 0.5952 OPP: 0.5336 OPOP: 0.4959 RPI: 0.5396 GD: 11
24 Reign Academy (11-2-6) PCT: 0.7368 OPP: 0.4553 OPOP: 0.4997 RPI: 0.5368 GD: 30
25 Eclipse Select Soccer Club (6-4-1) PCT: 0.5909 OPP: 0.5297 OPOP: 0.4941 RPI: 0.5361 GD: 7
26 Charlotte Soccer Academy (11-7-3) PCT: 0.5952 OPP: 0.5075 OPOP: 0.497 RPI: 0.5268 GD: 31
27 Michigan Hawks (6-4-6) PCT: 0.5625 OPP: 0.5195 OPOP: 0.4939 RPI: 0.5238 GD: 10
28 California Thorns FC (9-8-4) PCT: 0.5238 OPP: 0.5297 OPOP: 0.5058 RPI: 0.5222 GD: 0
29 New York City FC (11-4-3) PCT: 0.6944 OPP: 0.4621 OPOP: 0.463 RPI: 0.5204 GD: 35
30 FC Virginia (10-7-1) PCT: 0.5833 OPP: 0.4988 OPOP: 0.4822 RPI: 0.5158 GD: 17
31 Crossfire Premier (11-6-2) PCT: 0.6316 OPP: 0.4555 OPOP: 0.4962 RPI: 0.5097 GD: 24
32 West Coast Futbol Club (8-11-4) PCT: 0.4348 OPP: 0.5352 OPOP: 0.5133 RPI: 0.5046 GD: 3
33 Albion SC (7-12-4) PCT: 0.3913 OPP: 0.5538 OPOP: 0.5131 RPI: 0.503 GD: -23
34 Houston Dash (8-8-6) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4926 OPOP: 0.5179 RPI: 0.5008 GD: -2
35 Weston FC (8-9-5) PCT: 0.4773 OPP: 0.5113 OPOP: 0.5017 RPI: 0.5004 GD: 1
36 FC Fury NY (10-5-2) PCT: 0.6471 OPP: 0.4432 OPOP: 0.4657 RPI: 0.4998 GD: 36
37 LA Galaxy (11-9-4) PCT: 0.5417 OPP: 0.4654 OPOP: 0.5263 RPI: 0.4997 GD: -3
38 Indiana Fire Academy (3-5-3) PCT: 0.4091 OPP: 0.5415 OPOP: 0.4747 RPI: 0.4917 GD: -6
39 United Futbol Academy (8-10-3) PCT: 0.4524 OPP: 0.5009 OPOP: 0.5015 RPI: 0.4889 GD: -5
40 Pateadores (6-12-6) PCT: 0.375 OPP: 0.5337 OPOP: 0.5122 RPI: 0.4886 GD: -16
41 So Cal Blues Soccer Club (8-11-6) PCT: 0.44 OPP: 0.4921 OPOP: 0.512 RPI: 0.4841 GD: -9
42 SPORTING Blue Valley (4-9-5) PCT: 0.3611 OPP: 0.5299 OPOP: 0.5061 RPI: 0.4818 GD: -25
43 Lamorinda Soccer Club (6-10-6) PCT: 0.4091 OPP: 0.5018 OPOP: 0.4933 RPI: 0.4765 GD: -15
44 Eagles Soccer Club (5-11-7) PCT: 0.3696 OPP: 0.5072 OPOP: 0.5126 RPI: 0.4742 GD: -7
45 Midwest United FC (3-7-6) PCT: 0.375 OPP: 0.5038 OPOP: 0.5087 RPI: 0.4728 GD: -5
46 Oakwood Soccer Club (7-9-2) PCT: 0.4444 OPP: 0.4873 OPOP: 0.4657 RPI: 0.4712 GD: -10
47 Lonestar SC Academy (5-11-5) PCT: 0.3571 OPP: 0.4811 OPOP: 0.5285 RPI: 0.462 GD: -8
48 La Roca Futbol Club (5-10-3) PCT: 0.3611 OPP: 0.4908 OPOP: 0.4854 RPI: 0.4571 GD: -15
49 United Soccer Alliance (7-9-4) PCT: 0.45 OPP: 0.4339 OPOP: 0.4986 RPI: 0.4541 GD: -26
50 Virginia Development Academy (4-8-6) PCT: 0.3889 OPP: 0.454 OPOP: 0.4854 RPI: 0.4456 GD: -20
51 Dallas Texans (3-14-3) PCT: 0.225 OPP: 0.5183 OPOP: 0.5039 RPI: 0.4414 GD: -35
52 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (4-16-4) PCT: 0.25 OPP: 0.4863 OPOP: 0.514 RPI: 0.4342 GD: -38
53 PSV Union Football Club (5-14-5) PCT: 0.3125 OPP: 0.4587 OPOP: 0.5016 RPI: 0.4329 GD: -45
54 Boca United Football Club (3-14-6) PCT: 0.2609 OPP: 0.4792 OPOP: 0.4963 RPI: 0.4289 GD: -52
55 Portland Thorns FC (3-10-4) PCT: 0.2941 OPP: 0.4621 OPOP: 0.4928 RPI: 0.4278 GD: -25
56 FC Kansas City (0-15-0) PCT: 0 OPP: 0.5959 OPOP: 0.5018 RPI: 0.4234 GD: -109
57 West Florida Flames (4-15-2) PCT: 0.2381 OPP: 0.4753 OPOP: 0.5035 RPI: 0.423 GD: -62
58 PA Classics (2-8-5) PCT: 0.3 OPP: 0.4447 OPOP: 0.476 RPI: 0.4164 GD: -23
59 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (3-10-5) PCT: 0.3056 OPP: 0.4223 OPOP: 0.4768 RPI: 0.4067 GD: -39
60 FC Stars (6-10-3) PCT: 0.3947 OPP: 0.3738 OPOP: 0.4649 RPI: 0.4018 GD: -3
61 IMG Academy (1-19-2) PCT: 0.0909 OPP: 0.4995 OPOP: 0.4872 RPI: 0.3943 GD: -110
62 FC United Soccer Club (1-10-2) PCT: 0.1538 OPP: 0.4682 OPOP: 0.4777 RPI: 0.392 GD: -31
63 Sky Blue - NYSC (4-12-0) PCT: 0.25 OPP: 0.4282 OPOP: 0.4549 RPI: 0.3904 GD: -52
64 Burlingame Soccer Club (0-18-0) PCT: 0 OPP: 0.5219 OPOP: 0.4881 RPI: 0.383 GD: -54
65 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (0-15-5) PCT: 0.125 OPP: 0.4466 OPOP: 0.4658 RPI: 0.371 GD: -43
66 Sockers FC (3-7-1) PCT: 0.3182 OPP: 0.3175 OPOP: 0.4992 RPI: 0.3631 GD: -13
67 Empire United (1-15-1) PCT: 0.0882 OPP: 0.4431 OPOP: 0.452 RPI: 0.3566 GD: -76
68 Long Island SC (1-12-2) PCT: 0.1333 OPP: 0.3934 OPOP: 0.4487 RPI: 0.3422 GD: -49

Conference Average of RPI
1 Southwest - West Division 0.5292
2 Frontier - Central Division 0.5186
3 Southeast - East Division 0.5021
4 Northwest - West Division 0.4879
5 Mid-America - Central Division 0.4873
6 Atlantic - East Division 0.4787
7 Northeast - East Division 0.4438
 
GU18-19 DA RPI (through 4-12-18). FC Dallas who? Very impressive showing for So Cal here, including the top 2 teams)!

1 San Diego Surf (16-3-1) PCT: 0.825 OPP: 0.5741 OPOP: 0.5356 RPI: 0.6272 GD: 43
2 LAFC Slammers (17-4-1) PCT: 0.7955 OPP: 0.5842 OPOP: 0.5276 RPI: 0.6228 GD: 63
3 Crossfire Premier (18-0-1) PCT: 0.9737 OPP: 0.4876 OPOP: 0.501 RPI: 0.6125 GD: 62
4 Eclipse Select Soccer Club (10-3-0) PCT: 0.7692 OPP: 0.5745 OPOP: 0.5252 RPI: 0.6109 GD: 33
5 SC del Sol (18-3-4) PCT: 0.8 OPP: 0.5422 OPOP: 0.5197 RPI: 0.601 GD: 28
6 Sky Blue - PDA (14-3-2) PCT: 0.7895 OPP: 0.5575 OPOP: 0.4953 RPI: 0.6 GD: 39
7 So Cal Blues Soccer Club (16-3-5) PCT: 0.7708 OPP: 0.5525 OPOP: 0.5174 RPI: 0.5983 GD: 59
8 Real Colorado (14-2-3) PCT: 0.8158 OPP: 0.5258 OPOP: 0.5167 RPI: 0.596 GD: 44
9 NC Courage (19-0-2) PCT: 0.9524 OPP: 0.4704 OPOP: 0.4901 RPI: 0.5958 GD: 69
10 Solar Soccer Club (15-1-3) PCT: 0.8684 OPP: 0.4862 OPOP: 0.5335 RPI: 0.5936 GD: 55
11 NTH Tophat (15-0-5) PCT: 0.875 OPP: 0.5053 OPOP: 0.4862 RPI: 0.5929 GD: 76
12 Michigan Hawks (12-2-3) PCT: 0.7941 OPP: 0.5205 OPOP: 0.5233 RPI: 0.5896 GD: 49
13 Legends FC (16-4-4) PCT: 0.75 OPP: 0.5269 OPOP: 0.5289 RPI: 0.5832 GD: 29
14 Real So Cal (14-6-4) PCT: 0.6667 OPP: 0.5571 OPOP: 0.5289 RPI: 0.5774 GD: 28
15 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (14-4-1) PCT: 0.7632 OPP: 0.5139 OPOP: 0.5008 RPI: 0.5729 GD: 45
16 Midwest United FC (8-6-4) PCT: 0.5556 OPP: 0.6063 OPOP: 0.5232 RPI: 0.5728 GD: 14
17 Lonestar SC Academy (11-4-5) PCT: 0.675 OPP: 0.5403 OPOP: 0.5195 RPI: 0.5687 GD: 13
18 FC Virginia (13-4-1) PCT: 0.75 OPP: 0.5087 OPOP: 0.4938 RPI: 0.5653 GD: 33
19 Concorde Fire (16-5-1) PCT: 0.75 OPP: 0.5085 OPOP: 0.4859 RPI: 0.5632 GD: 42
20 La Roca Futbol Club (11-3-4) PCT: 0.7222 OPP: 0.4957 OPOP: 0.4844 RPI: 0.5495 GD: 22
21 Beach Futbol Club (14-8-3) PCT: 0.62 OPP: 0.5152 OPOP: 0.5295 RPI: 0.545 GD: 29
22 Sockers FC (7-4-2) PCT: 0.6154 OPP: 0.5192 OPOP: 0.5172 RPI: 0.5427 GD: 9
23 Boston Breakers Academy (14-3-0) PCT: 0.8235 OPP: 0.4199 OPOP: 0.464 RPI: 0.5318 GD: 58
24 Cincinnati Development Academy (7-5-4) PCT: 0.5625 OPP: 0.5173 OPOP: 0.5217 RPI: 0.5297 GD: 2
25 Portland Thorns FC (8-3-6) PCT: 0.6471 OPP: 0.4881 OPOP: 0.4872 RPI: 0.5276 GD: 10
26 FC Dallas (7-10-2) PCT: 0.4211 OPP: 0.5788 OPOP: 0.5027 RPI: 0.5203 GD: 3
27 Lamorinda Soccer Club (10-11-1) PCT: 0.4773 OPP: 0.5413 OPOP: 0.4988 RPI: 0.5147 GD: 14
28 Eagles Soccer Club (7-10-6) PCT: 0.4348 OPP: 0.5451 OPOP: 0.5165 RPI: 0.5104 GD: -9
29 LA Galaxy San Diego (9-9-6) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.5107 OPOP: 0.5191 RPI: 0.5101 GD: -3
30 West Coast Futbol Club (10-11-2) PCT: 0.4783 OPP: 0.5216 OPOP: 0.5155 RPI: 0.5092 GD: 7
31 Orlando Pride (10-10-2) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.5266 OPOP: 0.4825 RPI: 0.5089 GD: 1
32 SPORTING Blue Valley (7-8-3) PCT: 0.4722 OPP: 0.5252 OPOP: 0.5091 RPI: 0.5079 GD: -2
33 Charlotte Soccer Academy (12-5-6) PCT: 0.6522 OPP: 0.4386 OPOP: 0.4895 RPI: 0.5047 GD: 31
34 Houston Dash (8-9-4) PCT: 0.4762 OPP: 0.5097 OPOP: 0.5159 RPI: 0.5029 GD: -16
35 Nationals (5-9-2) PCT: 0.375 OPP: 0.5523 OPOP: 0.5127 RPI: 0.4981 GD: -10
36 New York City FC (11-6-2) PCT: 0.6316 OPP: 0.441 OPOP: 0.4582 RPI: 0.493 GD: 23
37 Pateadores (8-11-5) PCT: 0.4375 OPP: 0.5052 OPOP: 0.5095 RPI: 0.4893 GD: -13
38 Indiana Fire Academy (6-6-2) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4765 OPOP: 0.5038 RPI: 0.4892 GD: 8
39 Placer United SC (7-11-3) PCT: 0.4048 OPP: 0.5266 OPOP: 0.4957 RPI: 0.4884 GD: -16
40 California Thorns FC (7-11-3) PCT: 0.4048 OPP: 0.5171 OPOP: 0.4989 RPI: 0.4845 GD: -14
41 United Futbol Academy (10-10-1) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4731 OPOP: 0.4783 RPI: 0.4811 GD: 5
42 Oakwood Soccer Club (8-8-1) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.4785 OPOP: 0.4544 RPI: 0.4778 GD: 5
43 Reign Academy (7-10-2) PCT: 0.4211 OPP: 0.4787 OPOP: 0.4935 RPI: 0.468 GD: -12
44 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (6-9-5) PCT: 0.425 OPP: 0.4738 OPOP: 0.4963 RPI: 0.4672 GD: -18
45 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (6-8-4) PCT: 0.4444 OPP: 0.4635 OPOP: 0.4938 RPI: 0.4663 GD: -10
46 LA Galaxy (6-14-4) PCT: 0.3333 OPP: 0.4999 OPOP: 0.5297 RPI: 0.4657 GD: -27
47 FC Stars (9-7-0) PCT: 0.5625 OPP: 0.4181 OPOP: 0.4615 RPI: 0.4651 GD: 1
48 Colorado Rush (6-10-3) PCT: 0.3947 OPP: 0.4631 OPOP: 0.5224 RPI: 0.4608 GD: -2
49 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (5-13-0) PCT: 0.2778 OPP: 0.5271 OPOP: 0.4821 RPI: 0.4535 GD: -29
50 FC Kansas City (5-13-0) PCT: 0.2778 OPP: 0.5052 OPOP: 0.5004 RPI: 0.4472 GD: -36
51 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (5-18-1) PCT: 0.2292 OPP: 0.515 OPOP: 0.5228 RPI: 0.4455 GD: -49
52 Albion SC (4-15-1) PCT: 0.225 OPP: 0.5127 OPOP: 0.5217 RPI: 0.443 GD: -39
53 Shattuck - Saint Mary's (4-13-2) PCT: 0.2632 OPP: 0.4915 OPOP: 0.5166 RPI: 0.4407 GD: -41
54 Dallas Texans (3-14-3) PCT: 0.225 OPP: 0.51 OPOP: 0.509 RPI: 0.4385 GD: -27
55 Lakeland FC (0-0-3) PCT: 0.5 OPP: 0.3551 OPOP: 0.4969 RPI: 0.4268 GD: 0
56 FC United Soccer Club (3-9-1) PCT: 0.2692 OPP: 0.455 OPOP: 0.5212 RPI: 0.4251 GD: -33
57 United Soccer Alliance (5-11-4) PCT: 0.35 OPP: 0.4292 OPOP: 0.4814 RPI: 0.4225 GD: -22
58 FC Fury NY (5-10-1) PCT: 0.3438 OPP: 0.4434 OPOP: 0.4564 RPI: 0.4217 GD: -26
59 Virginia Development Academy (4-11-3) PCT: 0.3056 OPP: 0.4363 OPOP: 0.4922 RPI: 0.4176 GD: -25
60 Boca United Football Club (5-15-3) PCT: 0.2826 OPP: 0.4522 OPOP: 0.4766 RPI: 0.4159 GD: -59
61 San Jose Earthquakes (5-14-1) PCT: 0.275 OPP: 0.4345 OPOP: 0.5009 RPI: 0.4112 GD: -24
62 IMG Academy (2-19-3) PCT: 0.1458 OPP: 0.5091 OPOP: 0.4657 RPI: 0.4074 GD: -77
63 Long Island SC (3-9-1) PCT: 0.2692 OPP: 0.4603 OPOP: 0.4386 RPI: 0.4071 GD: -18
64 West Florida Flames (3-15-3) PCT: 0.2143 OPP: 0.4523 OPOP: 0.483 RPI: 0.4005 GD: -39
65 PA Classics (1-13-1) PCT: 0.1 OPP: 0.4915 OPOP: 0.4921 RPI: 0.3938 GD: -43
66 Weston FC (2-19-1) PCT: 0.1136 OPP: 0.4815 OPOP: 0.4715 RPI: 0.387 GD: -80
67 PSV Union Football Club (3-18-1) PCT: 0.1591 OPP: 0.4405 OPOP: 0.4909 RPI: 0.3827 GD: -81
68 Sky Blue - NYSC (3-12-1) PCT: 0.2188 OPP: 0.4068 OPOP: 0.4485 RPI: 0.3702 GD: -29
69 Burlingame Soccer Club (0-18-0) PCT: 0 OPP: 0.4797 OPOP: 0.4992 RPI: 0.3647 GD: -54
70 Empire United (0-14-2) PCT: 0.0625 OPP: 0.4127 OPOP: 0.4424 RPI: 0.3326 GD: -69

Conference Average of RPI
1 Southwest - West Division 0.5377
2 Mid-America - Central Division 0.5221
3 Frontier - Central Division 0.5151
4 Atlantic - East Division 0.4921
5 Northwest - West Division 0.4804
6 Southeast - East Division 0.4800
7 Northeast - East Division 0.4374


 
Last edited:
SocalPapa said:
Keep in mind that FC Dallas only has one loss all season even though it has played 10 games against top 10 teams. And we shouldn't expect this ranking to match playoffs and wildcards. That's the point of the RPI - to look beyond wins, ties and losses. But your observation is a good one that my RPI might be a little too heavily weighted toward strength of schedule (and thus isn't as good of a predictor of a game's outcome as it should be). I'm seeing that trend too. I figured out what I need to do to refine it, but now just need to find the time to update the model. Thanks for the comment.
Click to expand...
FC Dallas was the best team we saw last year at the top 04 level...that's playing Arsenal, Surf, NoCal and more
 
MakeAPlay said:
In college, the pros or internationally that is true. In the Girls DEVELOPMENT Academy I would think that the point is to develop. You are confirming that you bought into a lie knowing that it was a lie. Sounds a lot like Congress.....
Click to expand...

You missed my point (or maybe I didn’t make it). My point was that you need a team and players to develop so that they can play any style. A big part of development is learning to play and play against all styles.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Agree but 75% of the RPI has nothing to with how your team performs. That’s weighted too much and there are plenty of articles out there that agree.
Click to expand...
I agree RPI has its flaws. For example, the NCAA's RPI formula (the same one I used) would have placed UCLA Women's Soccer 5th last season. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/ncaa-womens-soccer-rpi But no rational person would say UCLA should have been ranked behind South Carolina (which was 8th in the final coach's poll).

But we don't have a coach's poll (or YSR) for GDA, so if we want to try to determine relative strength of teams and divisions this imperfect rating is the best we've got.

After the latest showcase we have a lot more interdivisional games, so my latest ranking should be more accurate in predicting relative strength. But I acknowledge this is a development league so coaches might not be going for the win in each game to the same extent college coaches do. The real test will be if the RPI ranking is able to predict playoff outcomes. I plan to do one more RPI ranking right before playoffs to test it out.

The other issue with the NCAA's soccer RPI is that teams don't get a bump for having a larger goal differential. That's why I included goal differential in my RPI summaries. Just another piece of data.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
You missed my point (or maybe I didn’t make it). My point was that you need a team and players to develop so that they can play any style. A big part of development is learning to play and play against all styles.
Click to expand...

I agree. #1 FC Dallas U15 DA (17-2-4) have played #2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, & 16. I'm sure they have seen multiple style of play this season and only manage to have two losses.

2 - Solar Soccer Club (12-5-5) PCT: 0.6591, OPP: 0.6357, OPOP: 0.5397, RPI: 0.6175 GD: 34
3 - So Cal Blues Soccer Club (20-5-3) PCT: 0.7679, OPP: 0.5577, OPOP: 0.5339, RPI: 0.6043 GD: 59
4 - NTH Tophat (17-1-5) PCT: 0.8478, OPP: 0.529, OPOP: 0.4894, RPI: 0.5988, GD: 81
5 - Dallas Texans (14-4-5) PCT: 0.7174, OPP: 0.5653, OPOP: 0.54, RPI: 0.597 , GD: 34

FC Dallas beat TopHat 3-0 in FL but managed to beat Blues 1-0.
TopHat beat Blues 5-1 in NC. Was it the weather when FC Dallas played Blues or style of play?
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Agree but 75% of the RPI has nothing to with how your team performs. That’s weighted too much and there are plenty of articles out there that agree.
Click to expand...

That is actually incorrect. The way that it is calculated it works out to being slightly less than 50% for the teams performance and slightly more than 50% for the 2 strength of schedule components combined. Here is a pretty detailed analysis of the formula with regard to D1 women's soccer.

https://sites.google.com/site/rpifordivisioniwomenssoccer/rpi-formula
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top