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.

  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.

  Goal Differential

  Higher Goal Differential, up to 3 and no less than -3, per game, puts a team over a team with a lower Goal Differential.

  Goals For/Scored

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

  Kicks from the Mark/Penalty Kicks

  When all else fails, Kicks from the Mark (PKs) are used to rank two teams.