Ranking Criteria

Points

Points are the primary ranking criteria.
• Each team receives 6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
• Each team receives an additional point for each goal, up to 3.
• Each team receives 1 point for a shutout. Each team gets 4 points with both 0-0 and 1-1 results.
• Each team has DEDUCT_YELLOW points deducted for each accumulated red card (two yellows).
• Each team has DEDUCT_RED points deducted for each red card.

If two or more teams are tied on points, the following ranking criteria are used, in order:

Head to Head

If two or more teams are tied, the team that won the most games against other tied teams is ranked above the other teams.

Goals Against/Allowed

Fewer Goals Allowed puts a team over a team with more Goals Allowed.

Goals For/Scored

More Goals_For, up to 3 per game, places a team over a team with fewer Goals_For.

Goal Differential

Higher Goal Differential puts a team over a team with a lower Goal Differential.

Coin Flip

When all else fails, a coin flip is used to rank two teams.