Sport Soccer Champions Springdale | Duration March 1 – May 18, 2012 | |
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Association Arkansas Activities Association League Arkansas High School 7A Boys Venue Northside
Mayo-Thompson Stadium | ||
The 2012 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season was the 15th season of the highest classification of high school boys soccer in Arkansas since being sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. The soccer season officially began February 27, although 7A conference matches did not begin until March 1, 2012. The season concluded May 18, 2012 with the championship match.
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Conference Alignment
The 2012 season was the second under the 2010 - 2012 classification cycle. Thus, conference alignment remained unchanged from the previous season.
* 7A Schools
Regular Season
Teams in the 7A West conference played a single round-robin of seven games, playing once against each opponent. Teams in the 7A/6A Central played each other home-and-away in a double round-robin of fourteen games. Matches finishing in a draw after 80 minutes went directly to a penalty shootout. The winner of the shootout was awarded a win, whereas the loser was awarded a loss.
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
- Greater number of wins in matches between the tied teams.
- Greater goal difference (up to 3 goals per game) in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
- Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
- Greater goal difference (up to 3 goals per game) in all conference matches.
- Greater number of goals scored in all conference matches.
- Coin flip.
7A/6A East
Schools in the 7A/6A conference played each other at least once, with some teams playing each other home and away. Thus, teams played a different amount of games. Power ratings were used to determine conference ranking. Games played only once were counted twice in the power ratings to make all teams equal on 14 comparable games.
State Playoffs
Seeding for the west teams were determined by the final standings during conference play. Power rankings determined the six out of the eight central teams that advanced to the state playoffs. Hall and West Memphis were considered central teams for seeding purposes. Power ratings were calculated using the following procedures:
- 10 points per conference win (x2 for teams playing single round-robin)
- 1 point for each conference win of opponents you beat (x2 for teams playing single round-robin)
- 1 point for a win against a 7A school during conference play. (x2 for teams playing single round-robin)
- 10 points for conference championship. In case of a tie for conference championship, the higher seed gets the 10-point bonus.