The way the ranking system is set up, you don’t have to win any game to be ranked high in the rankings. A team can go 5-20. Play all top 20 teams, have a gd of -2 and still be to 10.
My team can play Spallina lose 50 straight games by 1 and still be ranked #2. Doesn’t go by wins and loses. Goes by strength of schedule and goal differential AVG not tot.
An example would be Skywalkers. They are 7-5-1 and ranked 5th.
This right here. "We want to win!" doesn't matter, you only have to be competitive.
As for "starting" vs everyone else, that doesn't really matter either. My kid is goalie and preferred the second half, so that's what she plays. She likes to watch the first half to get a read on the offense and identify the shooters. The other goalie tends to play better first half because she carries a certain vibe into the game. She loses energy standing on the sideline first half, which causes her to come into the game flat.
from experience I would ask to play the first half once in a while
the top coaches scatter in the second half to watch the second tier teams
happened on my daughters team where the second goalie placed way lower even though she was the strongest of the 2
She doesn't want to play the first half. She wants to play the half she feels she's the most productive.
All coaches move around to see the kids they are interested in seeing play, regardless of what half it is.
Maybe the second half goalie on your daughter's team wasn't as strong as you think. Maybe she wasn't "marketed" as well as the other goalie. Maybe she chose to go way lower than the other goalie.
If you think a college coach cares whether your kid is a starter on their club team, you're sadly mistaken. If a coach wants to see your kid play, they are going to show up when your kid is playing. If they can't make it fit their schedule, they'll ask the coach to re-arrange the lineup. But, if you think that top 20 schools only want the starters you're going to have to wake up.
