NEW District One Playoff Criteria

With just 2 games left on the Aces' 2014 schedule (Tuesday at home with Radnor, 3:45 PM and Thursday at Upper Dublin, 3:30 PM) its time to start thinking of the upcoming District playoffs. 

The District One boy's soccer playoffs began 60 years ago in 1954, with just 2 teams playing for the Title. Gradually, over the past 60 years, that number has increased to 28 teams. The selection procedure has also been tweaked over the years, but has always been very controversial.

This year will be the very 1st boy's soccer season where a new "power rating" system will be utilized in choosing the 28 teams who will qualify for the District One AAA (big school) boy's soccer playoffs, along with the AA and A classifications as well. Here is how it works:

1/ Points are awarded during the season to every boy's soccer team in District One, based on:
- Wins
- Ties
- Winning percentage of all opponents on your schedule
- Winning percentage of teams you beat

2/ The top 28 AAA teams with the highest "power rating" point totals make the playoffs, no matter where they finished in their respective league standings, and, there is no limit to how many teams a single league can qualify.

3/ Brackets are put together very similar to the NCAA basketball brackets, with the strongest teams spread out evenly so they can't meet each other until the later rounds, and with each of the 4 teams with the highest "power rating" point totals receiving a 1st round bye. All 4 AAA teams who make it to the District One semi-finals automatically qualify for the PIAA State Playoffs.

To view the "power ratings" list (as of October 5, 2014) click on the link below. This list will be updated during the course of this last week of regular season competition.

http://district-one.net/article/content/2014-district-one-boys-soccer-power-rankings-1052014