It looks as though in this discussion, statistics are being used in two different ways. One is trying to use cumulative offense & defense ranking for the season, the other is using numbers from the championship game (goals allowed). I do agree with the point that statistics as well as a teams record can not be used to compare or rank teams in this sport.
The argument that the team that plays the best defense in the championship game or holds their opponent to fewer goals than they normally score sounds like a solid argument.
You lose all credibility with your ad hominem attacks, they signal that your argument is weak and not based on anything other than you opinion. You have also identified yourself as the type of person who makes this sport so toxic. In the end, the team that wins will most likely be the team that gets great goalie play, plays great defense (including the Mids), re-defends well and controls the middle of the field (in transition and on the draw).
Could you come up with a few more cliches ,controls the middle of the field is your best one . “...holds their opponent to fewer than they normally score sounds like a solid argument “ until you get a clue and realize that as the teams competition get better of course they would be expected to score less than their season average . As a matter of fact the winning teams have all scored less than their season averages. You lose all credibility because you are clearly uneducated and that’s what makes this sport toxic , clueless parents spewing nonsense because they are bitter that their kid did not make UA, was not recruited by the top teams , was switched to play defense. You don’t think that a teams record can be used to compare or rank teams yet the 8 seeded teams have made it to this weekend ,do you think the seeding committee just guessed .
The best thing about your entire post is saying someone loses all credibility when using ad hominem attacks while you are using ad hominem attacks .
