April 8, 2009 - Top Drawer Soccer.com announced this week its latest youth club rankings and Kendall SC is tied for the 19th spot among Boys programs with Crossfire Premier SC of Wahington state. Unlike other ranking systems that base their scores on results in tournaments and other championships, Top Drawer Soccer focuses exclusively on a club's record in placing current players in college programs, professional teams and youth national teams. Not coincidentally, 23 of the top 25 teams in the rankings are members of the US Soccer Development Academy program, as is Kendall SC.

"We surely want to have winning teams in our club, but Top Drawer Soccer's measure of success is much more consistent with our goal of assiting elite youth soccer players from our area reach the highest competitive levels, be it collegiate or professional," said Victor Pastora, Director of Coaching of Kendall Soccer Coalition.

Top Drawer Soccer's ClubRank™ is a points system designed to gauge how well clubs are doing in their mission to prepare players for higher levels of soccer, namely the professional ranks, youth and full national teams, and college soccer.

Club team results are not a consideration in ClubRank™. The rankings are based on current performance, and thus begin with team selections made in 2008.

Players who enter professional, college or national teams from that date will earn points for their respective club. A player can earn points for no more than two clubs, in which case the normal points value for selection will be halved. A player must have been with a youth club for at least two years for that club to receive points for his selections.

The point values for various team selections are as follows:

Full National Team - 20 points

Top Tier Professional League roster - 18 points
(England, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil - top divisions only)

2nd Tier Professional League roster - 15 points
(2nd divisions of the above, MLS, Mexico, Belgium, Scotland, Portugal , Greece, roughly 7 to 25 in UEFA coefficients, Colombia, Chile, Japan, Korea, and Australia)

3rd Tier Professional League roster - 12 points
(USL, 26 to 50 in UEFA coefficient, other African, South American, and Asian Leagues)

World Cup Roster for U17s, 20s, 23s (Olympics), or Full Team - 10 points

Call-up to Youth National Team Roster - 5 points

Division 1 College - 3 points

Division II College - 2 points

Division III or NAIA - 1 point