i was looking more at the playoffs. NL lost by 1 to the champ (Club Blue) - same as Crabs did that weekend. I believe Hawks lost by 1 to Club Blue during the regular season. I would say they are all pretty close given those results. I didn't see the 14-7 game but it looks more like an outlier given the scores of the rest of games.

But my overall point was those teams are close enough (given the multiple 1 goal games) that i doubt anyone would be headed to the Crabs because they are "the best" team at this age group. They didn't even win the league playoffs.

Now they might be the best team after adding the top players from Madlax! I guess we will find out this summer.