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08|30|08
WHAT’S AN ALGORITHM?
Written by: Gabe
Call me bias, but the MLS standings look a bit amiss to me. The first tiebreaker should always be GF/GA, because it’s an important stat and fans can understand it. If this were the case, Columbus crushes New England with a 1.214 versus a measly 1.074. But instead this fan is left wondering what Wizard of Oz magic is making my team 2nd place. So I looked it up.
…And found nothing. I can only assume either Strength Of Schedule or Away Goals is given more weight than GF/GA, but I can’t be sure unless I see the math. If anyone can show me the official ranking algorithm for MLS, I’d be happy to list a few reasons for hating it. I suppose it might also help if I knew WTF the +/- column was.
Tags: MLS, mls standings
The +/- column is goal differential. There is no reason why Columbus should not be first.
Head to head is the first tie breaker. New England holds that.
I believe that the first tie breaker is goals against. This would put the Crew in second. I think that it should be goal differential, because to me, it doesn’t really matter how many goals people score on you as long as you score more on them. BTW…GO CREW!!!
I think it’s probably from head-to-head record? I know some tournaments use head-to-head records as tie breakers. And Columbus’ record against New England is 0-1, so yeah. I think that would be the most probable answer.
Oh, I see. The +/- isn’t a stat in itself, but an expression of another stat. Confusing.
Aaron I agree with you.
Head-to-head (as I understand it) is a terrible tiebreaker in my opinion for league play. For example, say Team A beats Team B. You might assume Team A is better. Now imagine Team B beats C, D, E, F and G, all of whom have beaten Team A. B is clearly better in this league.
The mark of a good tiebreaker is that the stat is relevant independent of ranking. Head-to-head ain’t.
Looks like The Crew cleared this up for us this weekend.