On another thread, someone said the guy's email is coming back undeliverable. Doesn't seem like it's coming back !!!It's rankings are not perfect but are reasonable .
But it's the only site I know that does a pretty good job of recording games played history for teams.
It's been down for 3 days .
Anyone know if it's coming back ?
There's always the Got Soccer rankings...lolI just tried to log on to "youth soccer rankings .us " and I got " sports engine . com " . I searched the website and found no
reference to youth soccer rankings .
That does not look good . It was fun to look up a teams records to get a feel for who you were going to play especially for out of
state teams . Oh well .
Techs Specs were the best local rankings. He got good intel and we just wanted the truth and he gave the news straight. Lot's of hours bro put into it and I super appreciated the rankings ((specs)).There's always the Got Soccer rankings...lol
It sure was fun to have that resource. Hopefully the guy that ran the site shares his magical algorithm with someone else to take over.I just tried to log on to "youth soccer rankings .us " and I got " sports engine . com " . I searched the website and found no
reference to youth soccer rankings .
That does not look good . It was fun to look up a teams records to get a feel for who you were going to play especially for out of
state teams . Oh well .
Much of the algorithm was new ranking = average ( opponent ranking + goal differential.)It sure was fun to have that resource. Hopefully the guy that ran the site shares his magical algorithm with someone else to take over.
It was also weighted by time, but you're right, it's gathering the data that's the pain.Much of the algorithm was new ranking = average ( opponent ranking + goal differential.)
The harder part is data standardization and all the screen scraping for data gathering.
Interesting that they mention SportsEngine.
Getting the data is always the issue.How many hours a week do you think YSRs was putting into this?
seems like an opp for someone to step in and build it up and charge a nominal monthly fee for access. I think you would have a good customer base
similar to what Pomeroy does for college basketball.
is the issue actually getting the data ?
CSL started this on their app a few years ago, although limited to score and cards. They had team managers enter the information and then the refs sent in the paper copy as a check on the TMs. It wouldn't take much to add the goals for each player and the photo ID if they haven't already. MLS Next does it now as did USSDA before them. DA made it publicly available, but MLS keeps the data internal, at least for now.Getting the data is always the issue.
This is why I've been saying leagues should have apps that refs run on their phones. After each game refs enter scores / card info / etc. This would be automatically uploaded to whatever website is tracking the scores.
You could even have the app show a pic of each player before the game so refs can confirm whos playing.
So many ways to make Soccer less awful. But then how would the powers that be not be able to bend the rules in their favor.
If you know all the players then parents should be able to "prebuy" parking for tournaments + get into the facilities quicker. Just show that you've paid on your phone and get scanned in.CSL started this on their app a few years ago, although limited to score and cards. They had team managers enter the information and then the refs sent in the paper copy as a check on the TMs. It wouldn't take much to add the goals for each player and the photo ID if they haven't already. MLS Next does it now as did USSDA before them. DA made it publicly available, but MLS keeps the data internal, at least for now.
Interesting that they mention SportsEngine.
Imagine the amount of information you could realize if you had backend access to SportEngine data.
1. Whos winning + whos losing
2. Which coaches do better over time
3. Which DOCs do better over time
4. How many practices top teams actually participate in
5. How many tournaments top teams actually participate in
Etc, etc etc. You could even from the opposite and find out which teams / coaches / docs are losing + likely show why.
Should have said "You could even run reports showing the opposite and show why certain teams / coaches / docs are losing"."likely show why'?