'02 Week 8 Rankings

1. Solar Webb (Add Solar Stav to its list of victims)
2. FCD Grubb
3. DT South (won as expected)
4. Rowdies (Did not play; got credit for a forfeit)
5. Solar Dynamo (represented NTx well by winning 8v8 tournament in Tulsa)
6. TFC Elite (won as expected)
7. DT Glotz (lost to Solar Webb '03; ouch!)
8. Fever Red Penn
9. Solar Stav (lost to Solar Webb)
10. Solar East (nice win vs. Solar Tarrant)
11. DT North Rangel (won as expected)
12. Andro Patterson (nice win vs. Feet; also beat Fusion Duke; climbing)
13. Waco Lady Blast
14. Solar Tarrant (lost to Solar East)
15. FCD Renfro (lost to TFC Wells but beat Mustangs)
16. FCD Kim (won as expected)
17. Dynasty (lost to Polaris)
18. Polaris (beat Dynasty but tied Odyssey)
19. D'Feeters (lost to Andro Patterson; sliding)
20. TFC Wells (beat FCD Renfro; new to top 20)

Thanks for including TFC Wells in top 20. Should they be bumped up a little since they beat both FCD Renfro and Andro Patterson? I'm not at all informed enough to make the "parent" rankings--or whatever they're called. Just look at what is put out there and then comment only on what I know. And greatly appreciate the work of everyone doing the rankings to begin with b/c I'd never figure it out even to do a best guess! I don't really know what all you put into the rankings as you go along.

soccerinsane wrote:Thanks for including TFC Wells in top 20. Should they be bumped up a little since they beat both FCD Renfro and Andro Patterson? I'm not at all informed enough to make the "parent" rankings--or whatever they're called. Just look at what is put out there and then comment only on what I know. And greatly appreciate the work of everyone doing the rankings to begin with b/c I'd never figure it out even to do a best guess! I don't really know what all you put into the rankings as you go along.

You are probably right about TFC Wells. My only explanation is that I am a bit conservative about putting a new team on my top 20. But once there, they could move up quickly, For example, no one else ranked FCD Kim a couple weeks ago when I had them at #20 and their consistent performance has them at #16 this week. I think other pollsters will soon recognize FCD Kim as well as TFC Wells.

I'll have my rankings out in the morning, I know I have TFC Wells at around 15ish...my question for Soccerinsane...when does he/she think TFC Wells will eventually just morphe into TFC Elite since TFC Wells probably has the most players on Elite? Do the players on Elite actually practice with each other since they are a mixture of TFC teams or do they only practice with there respective team and just show up and play with Elite?

Also,, as for FC Dallas Kim....They still haven't broke into my top 20 since they are mostly beating up on D-3 teams...but if they start whooping up on some D-2 teams in tourneys then they will get my attention! Plus, I've never actually seen them play...so I could just be naive!

Keep up the good work xyz!

To WXYZ--Makes sense to me! Thanks for the reply. And speaking of FCD Kim--glad to see them in the top 20 b/c I very much like Coach Kim from the few times I've visited with him and attended his practices. That bunch should be a good one to keep an eye on! And to Roid Rage--I've not actually seen the FCD Kim team play--just have watched his practices and talked to him about coaching philosophy, and agree--would love to see them play some tournaments.

As for TFC Elite--hate to say your guess is as good as mine, but your guess is as good as mine. At least with respect to practices. Right now, they aren't practicing together--just coming together for games--and there have been a few conflicts with players from one of the teams that plays on Sundays, so that has been a little bit of an issue, but not too much.

The Elite bunch will play in upcoming tournaments and purportedly will begin some practices. It has been a work in progress, and one that I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised at the overall outcome. It was introduced as a fluid roster team, and I believe will remain that way to a certain extent until u11. Not sure how things will pan out over the summer with practices and with the basically 3 teams whose players comprise the Elite team. I THINK that all will stay "as is" over the course of the u10 year--or at least fall season. I'm okay with things at the moment--even with the few uncertainties. DD is happy and I'm happy.

Our girls hope to see FCD Kim in some tourneys... we must have revenge for our loss!

1. Rowdies 5-1-2 (win by forfeit in last game. Now will they play02's in tourney?
2. SRSA Webb 11-1-1 (so close to #1...not sure I would put $ on Rowdies!)
3. FCD Premier 4-1-1 (might be getting disgruntled Rowdies)
4. Fever Red 6-2 (beat DT South this year)
5. DT South 12-3 (only 02 losses are to Webb and Fever)
6. DT Glotz 8-4-2 (lost to SRSA 03...they need to start scoring goals.1 good goal score away from top 3)
7. Dynamo 9-5-1
8. TFC Elite 5-2 (if they start practicing together they would shoot up board)
9. DT Rangel 4-6-2
10. Solar Stavou 9-6 (went on losing streak...If Glotz or Dynamo get their star player than watch out)
11. Solar East 6-5-3
12. Polaris 7-0-3 (finished undefeated..come on over to the big girl Div)
13. Solar Tarrant 5-3
14. TFC Wells 6-2 (will this team just morph into TFC Elite since most of players come from this team)
15. Waco Blast 4-2-1
16. FCD Renfro 5-2-1
17. Andro Patt 6-2-1 (came on at end of SDL...nice win against Feet02)
18. Feet 02 1-10-3 (dropped way down...great goalie, but needs some scorers)
19. Texas Spirit North 5-3
20.FWFC

1. SRSA 03 would be #6 ..nice revenge win against Glotz.
2. DTSouth would be 11
3. Feet03 would be #17...ranked ahead of older sister Feet02!
4.Juventus Black

Tournament Time!!!!

Well done RoidRage

RoidRage...thanks for your continued support for FWFC this season. They went 6-1-1 in PT where your #12 Polaris went 5-0-3 (match between the two was a draw, 1-1). Appreciate the posts on this site, they are very interesting and informative. Good luck to all in the tournament season.

The Polaris team you mentioned is also their 2nd team not the same team who plays in PALS, , they are more of a developing team with many 03 players and a few players straight from rec.

1. FCD Grubb (Couple of minor tweaks and the passing game beats brute force)
2. SRSA Webb (team centered around a couple of key players, I predict they drop)
3. Rowdies (looking forward to watching them play in some tournaments)
4. DT South (won like they should have)
4. Solar Dynamo (Represented in Tulsa, now even stronger)
6. Fever Red (to move up you have to compete with the best and not just DT South once)
7. DT Glotz (lost to SRSA 03 that played age pure, except keeper, and couldn't score a goal)
8. TFC Elite (might get interesting if they practiced together)
9. DT Rangel
10. Solar Stav (losing player(s)?)
11. Solar East
12. Waco Lady Blast
13. Solar Tarrant
14. Andro Patterson
15. Feet 02
16. FCD Renfro
17. Polaris
18. TFC Wells
19. Dynasty
20. FWFC

Thx for the rankings!

I'm not going to do a whole new rankings since only a few teams played....but if I did the only change would of been Solar Stavou moving up to 8th ahead of TFC Elite and DT Rangel.....however I think all three teams are pretty evenly matched with each one beating the other! If the other rankers do new rankings I will also!