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Entries Tagged ‘standings’

Don’t Even TALK About Your Wins!

A few months ago we mentioned that the UK’s Football Association had banned leagues from keeping scores or standings for 7 and 8 year old players. This wasn’t a surprise and US Soccer recommends this as well, though many leagues continue to do so.

But now it seems to have gotten a bit extreme. A proud [...]

W-L-T or W-T-L

This is one of those head scratching things. I’ve seen soccer standings printed both as Win-Loss-Tie and Win-Tie-Loss. I’m guessing, but I think the former is mostly an Americanized thing while the latter is the more ‘International’ style. Total guess. It makes sense to have the ties in the middle since you get a point [...]