IMG - Top 150

I did not know this existed for players this young. Seniors in high school I can understand a little more. Can someone enlighten me on how they determine the rankings?
 
Top 100 for 2025:

1 Eleanor Klinger ... Internationals
2 Melanie Barcenas ... San Diego Surf
3 Audrey Bryant ... Solar
4 Mya Nugent ... FC United
5 Amanda Anders ... San Diego Surf
6 Aly Guthrie ... Solar
7 Cameron Byrd ... Solar
8 Kennedy Fuller ... Solar
9 Alexa Barker ... Solar
10 Grace Restovich ... SLSG
11 Carla Small ... IMG
12 Ava Cashman ... LAFC Slammers
13 Addison Halpern ... PDA
14 Fiona Mahan ... Pittsburgh Riverhounds
15 Addison Etter ... Penn Fusion
16 Caroline Birkel ... SLSG
17 Aven Alvarez ... NC Courage
18 Natalie Sheffey ... Beach FC
19 Amanda Egan ... Tampa Bay Rowdies
20 Gianna Owens ... FC Dallas
21 Neely Kerr ... Tophat
22 Ava McDonald ... Dallas Sting
23 Jordana DeNegri ... PDA
24 Ashlyn Puerta ... Albion SC
25 Taliah Brooks ... Jacksonville FC
26 Eleanor Hodsden ... Lonestar
27 Coda Jones ... Solar
28 Jordyn Hardeman ... Solar
29 Jordyn Bugg ... Rebels
30 Nawreen Ahmad ... McLean
31 Tabitha Sine ... Dallas Texans
32 Katie Scott ... Internationals
33 Marjorie Rogers ... CSA
34 Sarah Houston ... Tophat
35 Kelly Wilson ... Sockers
36 Anisten Cabantac ... KC Athletics
37 Abigail Mills ... Solar
38 Grace Vest ... KC Athletics
39 Makenna Liebman ... SC del Sol
40 Sophia Brelage ... Weston FC
41 Reese Klein ... Weston FC
42 Ella Stevens ... Sunrise Prime
43 Mary Long ... KC Athletics
44 Jenna Verplancke ... So Cal Blues
45 Lilly Lund ... Racing Louisville
46 Emily Davey ... West Coast
47 Jocelyn Travers ... FC Bay Area
48 Nicole Kim ... MVLA
49 Hailey Gordon ... So Cal Blues
50 Ava Harrison ... San Diego Surf
51 Isabella Hartofelis ... Classics Elite
52 Erin Morgan ... Weston FC
53 Ava Paolini ... San Diego Surf
54 Aubree Ciampa ... Nationals
55 Kylie Secoda ... So Cal Blues
56 Tatum Borman ... CUP
57 Hannah Minogue ... FC Virginia
58 Chelsea Leal ... STA
59 Alexa Pino ... PDA
60 Elliana Ramirez ... FC Dallas
61 Zeta McDannels ... FC Dallas
62 Maddie Hayes ... FC Dallas
63 Chloe Nelson ... TSJ FC Virginia
64 Lauren Flax ... CUP
65 Sarah Aquino ... Armada FC P
66 Reese Montgomery ... Arlington SA
67 Adee Broesder ... Sporting Blue Valley
68 Abigail Rice ... Utah Royals
69 Riley Cross ... PDA
70 Kensington Morgan ... City SC
71 Maddie Smith ... SJEB Rush
72 Kaylee Kim ... MVLA
73 Aryana Martinez ... So Cal Blues
74 Gianna Scott ... Internationals SC
75 Bree Bridges ... TSJ FC Virginia
76 Jordan Perry ... LAFC Slammers
77 Hannah Jordan ... Solar
78 Mackenzie Johnson ... Oakwood SC
79 Parker Wilkerson ... Solar
80 Brooklynn Harding ... Nationals
81 Sophia Moore ... BVB (TX)
82 Jasmine Ouatu ... STA
83 Ryann Denecour ... NEFC
84 Lily DiBernardo ... KC Athletics
85 Camryn Mckinnie ... Solar
86 Mia Chu ... FC Bay Area
87 Jordana Bello ... East Meadow
88 Faith Johnston ... IMG
89 Taylor Wilson ... Bethesda SC
90 Jenna Maloy ... Minnesota Thunder
91 Anne Gnidula ... Connecticut FC
92 Isabelle Devey ... La Roca Premier
93 MacKenzie Herzing ... So Cal Blues
94 Zoe Matthews ... Solar
95 Emma Gregorski ... FC Stars
96 Alessia Bolanos ... FC Bay Area
97 Anneliese Knight ... CUP
98 Piper Lucier ... IMG A
99 Kailey Carlen ... Albion SC (CA)
100 Natalia Briganti ... West Coast
 
I did not know this existed for players this young. Seniors in high school I can understand a little more. Can someone enlighten me on how they determine the rankings?

Mix of national team recognition, games watched, coach input, and a dart board.

It's far from perfect. I'd say it does a good job of identifying good players (most everybody on the list that I know is excellent). But not a great job of capturing ALL of the good players, especially at the younger ages (there are plenty of really good ones that aren't on the list).
 
Mix of national team recognition, games watched, coach input, and a dart board.

It's far from perfect. I'd say it does a good job of identifying good players (most everybody on the list that I know is excellent). But not a great job of capturing ALL of the good players, especially at the younger ages (there are plenty of really good ones that aren't on the list).
I really don't see any value in this sort of subjective ranking of players at this age. Maybe a group listing that's not ranked of "who to watch" at the most. This just encourages the craziness of youth sports in a negative way and could be very harmful to some young players.
 
I really don't see any value in this sort of subjective ranking of players at this age. Maybe a group listing that's not ranked of "who to watch" at the most. This just encourages the craziness of youth sports in a negative way and could be very harmful to some young players.

Don't think anyone would really disagree, but this happens in every single youth sport (soccer pales in comparison to the multitude of rankings - as young as 6th grade - for football or basketball). It's proven clickbait that makes the sites a sizeable chunk of their revenue.
 
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