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The scsoccer scoreboard is not perfect...if the coaches could update it themselves...like the way the club scoreboards are set up. This would help a lot.


I agree that the SC High School Soccer Scoreboard is not perfect. However, it is the "model" that the NSCAA uses for the prep soccer scene and has been that way for a decade. I, originally, got involved with Soccer Information Systems in 1993 when I was the Soccer SID at the University of South Carolina. Charlie Corbitt and his crew (mainly CC these days) have done a phenomenal job with the collegiate and prep scoreboards.

As for "input" from others - our system is tried and true and almost 100% correct. Is a score recorded as 5-0 instead of 6-0? Perhaps! We input what we are informed by coaches, team representatives, players, fans, officials, etc. It is "close" to being perfect.

As for the coaches themselves inputting the scores/results - that has been tried as well and you would be surprised at how many times the information is incorrect. Many a time we get a score reported from a "coach" that says it was 7-0, 8-0, or 9-0 - put down whatever. Well, we go to great lengths (more than we probably should) to get it right - at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and B-Team levels. Find me another Scoreboard as such.

It's kind of like college football coaches voting in the national polls - that job is usually handed off to the respective school's SID. It might mean little to someone else, but the fact that a match is decided in regulation, overtime, or penalty kicks does matter. It also matters about sites such as home, away, or neutral. We try to be as objective as possible with as much data that we can accumulate and I think the Scoreboard is sufficient in this regard. Believe me, having all "coaches" input the data is hardly a panacea for the Scoreboard. I have seen many a "club" scoreboard with incomplete data.

I know that a prototype is in the works - and not very successful right now - that may see a change for next year. If they can get it implemented for the college soccer season next fall, then perhaps a high school version will be available as well.

So, until then notsofastfriend, just report the scores and they will be updated and uploaded in a timely manner.