Below you will find the 2024 Play Off Seeds for BAYS MTOC Playoffs
Resolving Ties among playoff contenders at bottom of page
| Grade | Division | Seed | Section | Town and Team Name | Team ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06 | Div 1 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Wellesley Storm | 31188 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Medfield Warriors 6G | 733 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Lexington Pride | 30570 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec B 2nd Place | Hopkinton Fire | 32885 | ||
| G06 | Div 2 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Wayland Avalanche | 33577 |
| Wildcard | Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Milton Red Dragons | 30277 | |
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | King Philip REVOLUTION | 33382 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec C 1st Place | C-C Voltage | 33529 | ||
| Seed 5 | Sec D 1st Place | Parkway United Blue | 30264 | ||
| B06 | Div 1 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Newton B Juniors | 30391 |
| Wildcard | Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Natick Hawks | 30671 | |
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Westborough United - B6 | 3075 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec B 2nd Place | Wayland Revolution United | 33441 | ||
| B06 | Div 2 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | A-B Crew | 30919 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Sudbury United | 33244 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Walpole Spurs | 31998 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec C 1st Place | Attleboro Cyclones | 30450 | ||
| Seed 5 | Sec D 1st Place | Weston Wildcats | 31251 | ||
| Seed 6 | Sec E 1st Place | Newton B Real | 30392 | ||
| G08 | Div 1 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Needham Vipers | 33305 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Natick Breakaways | 6180 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Franklin Panthers | 33083 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec B 2nd Place | Westwood Breakers | 33589 | ||
| G08 | Div 2 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Dedham Destroyers | 10018 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Southboro Dash | 31841 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Mansfield Hornets I | 3155 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec C 1st Place | Milton Pride | 11175 | ||
| Seed 5 | Sec D 1st Place | Wellesley Warriors 7G | 30560 | ||
| B08 | Div 1 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Arlington FC | 33060 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Medfield Warriors 8B | 782 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Sudbury United | 33246 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec B 2nd Place | Framingham Falcons | 33011 | ||
| B08 | Div 2 | Seed 1 | Sec A 1st Place | Newton B Crew | 10890 |
| Seed 2 | Sec A 2nd Place | Westwood United | 31348 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B 1st Place | Canton Boys Grade 7/8 United | 799 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec C 1st Place | Milton Mavericks | 11127 | ||
| G10 | Div 1 | See Note 1 | Tiebreak game winner to MTOC as D1 | ||
| Tiebreak Game Home | Franklin Strikers | 6567 | |||
| Tiebreak Game Away | Framingham Shooting Stars | 6535 | |||
| G10 | Div 2 | Seed 1 | Sec A1 - highest D2 | Going to MTOC as D1 | |
| Seed 2 | Sec A2 - 1st Place | Dedham Lasers** | 33600 | ||
| ** To MTOC as D2 | |||||
| B10 | Div 1 | See Note 2 | |||
| Seed 1 | D1 Highest team in top 3 | Arlington Avengers (D1) | 33416 | ||
| Seed 2 | D1 2nd team in top 3 | South End Scores United (D1) | 6557 | ||
| B10 | Div 2 | See Note 3 | |||
| Seed 1 | Sec A - highest D2 team | Newton B NYS Bradley | 33609 | ||
| Seed 2 | Sec A - 2nd Place D2 team | Natick Charest | 6560 | ||
| Seed 3 | Sec B - 1st Place | Natick Teja | 6563 | ||
| Seed 4 | Sec B - 2nd Place | Ashland Clockers White | 33621 | ||
| Seed 5 | Sec B - 3rd Place | Newton B NYS Morin | 33608 | ||
| Seed 6 | Sec B - 4th Place | Milton Atletico de | 30892 | ||
| G12/PG | Div 1 | See Note 4 | |||
| Seed 1 | D1 1st Place | Needham Rhinos (D1) | 6565 | ||
| Seed 2 | D1 2nd place | Walpole Legends (D1) | 6529 | ||
| B12/PG | Div 1 | Seed 1 - To MTOC | Sec A - 1st Place | Needham Thunder | 6568 |
| Wildcard | Seed 2 - To MTOC Wildcard | Sec A - 2nd Place | Franklin Strikers | 6543 |
Needham Rhinos (D1)
General Notes - All teams must have a .500 or better record during the regular season to enter the BAYS playoffs. In future test it will be abbreviated as "go .500" In "Split Sections" - this year :
Boys Grade 10 D2 Sec A has 4 D1 and 3 D2
Girls Grade 10 has 1 D1 and 5 D2 teams.
D1 teams calculate .500 requirement using the entire season. D2 calculates two ways - all games or just the games against D2 opponents - if either is .500 or better, the requirement is satisfied.
New this year
In Grade 6 and 8 only, if after week 5 a team moves from D2 into D1 and goes .500 in the new D1 section, they are awarded a playoff spot in the D1. If one team moves up and goes .500 it will take Seed 5. If two move up, tiebreakers rank the two teams moving up with the higher ranking team taking Seed 5 and the lower taking seed 6.
Specific Notes
Note 1. Girls Grade 10. South End is the only declared D1 team. If they go .500, they go to MTOC. In that case the higher ranked D2 team in A1 plays the A2 winner for the G10 D2 slot at MTOC. Should South End not go .500, the A1 winner goes to MTOC as G10 D1 and the A2 winner goes as G10 D2. Should there be ties on points, ties are resolved by tiebreakers
Note 2. Boys Grade 10 D1. There are 4 teams declared for D1 [(D1) in their name]. To be eligible for the D1 playoffs a D1 team must finish in the top 3 of the section. If the top 3 are all D1, the two highest ranked teams enter the playoffs. Ties are resolved by tiebreakers for ranking the top 2. If two teams of the top 3 are D1, they both enter the playoffs. If only one team is a D1 - they go to MTOC without a playoff. If no teams are D1, BAYS will send a D2 team. Should a D1 team and D2 team be tied on points for third place the D1 team will be eligible, even if ranked behind the D2 in a tiebreaker.
Note 3. Boys Grade 10 D2. There are 3 D2 teams in section A and 10 teams in an unbalanced schedule in section B. The top 2 D2 teams in A are Seed 1 and 2. The top 4 of section B are seeds 3 through 6, Tiebreakers are used to resolve any ties on points. Semi-final 1 is seed 1 v winner of (seed 4 v 5) and Semi-final 2 is seed 2 v winner of (seed 3 v 6). Should no D1 team qualify, semi-final 1 winner goes as D1 and Semi-final 2 winner goes as D2.
Note 4. Girls Grade 12. There are 4 teams declared for D1 [(D1) in their name]. To be eligible for the D1 playoffs a D1 team must finish in the top 3 of the section. If the top 3 are all D1, the two highest ranked teams enter the playoffs. Tiebreakers are used to resolve any ties on points among D1 teams. Should a D1 team and D2 team be tied on points for third place the D1 team will be eligible, even if ranked behind the D2 in a tiebreaker. If two teams of the top 3 are D1, they both enter the playoffs. If only one team is a D1 - they go to MTOC without a playoff.
Resolving ties on points 2024
These rules are invoked when there are a ties on points in a section for which there are BAYS Playoffs - these are not for President's Cup nor Section Championship T-Shirts. The order tied teams are shown on the BAYS Website is irrelevant as the BAYS website does not calculate tiebreakers. In general if there are ties for first place, the tie is broken on the field. Each following section describes the details for resolving who goes into the playoffs or MTOC and claims which seed where seeded playoffs are scheduled.
| 2024 BAYS Playoff Section Tiebreaker Rules | |||||||||
| Boys | Wildcard | Take | Ties Plan | Girls | Wildcard | Take | Ties Plan | ||
| B06 D1 Sec A & B | Yes | 2 Teams | 2NWC | G06 D1 Sec A & B | No | 2 Teams | 2NWC | ||
| B06 D2 Sec A | No | 2 Teams | 2NWC | G06 D2 Sec A | Yes | 2 Teams | 2NWC | ||
| B06 D2 Sec B-E | No | 1 Team | STD | G06 D2 Sec B-D | Yes | 1 Team | STD | ||
| B08 D1 Sec A & B | No | 2 teams | 2NWC | G08 D1 Sec A & B | No | 2 Teams | 2NWC | ||
| B08 D2 Sec A | No | 2 Teams | 2NWC | G08 D2 Sec A | No | 2 Teams | 2NWC | ||
| B08 D2 Sec B-C | No | 1 Team | STD | G08 D2 Sec B-D | No | 1 Team | STD | ||
| B10 D2 A (4 teams declared for D1) | No | See Note 2 | Note 2 | G10 D1 | No` | See Note 1 | Not Possible | ||
| B10 D2 A (3 teams declared for D2) | No | See Note 3 | Note 3 | G10 D2 Sec A1 & A2 | No` | See Note 1 | Note 1 | ||
| B10 D2 B | No | See Note 3 | Note 3 | ||||||
| B12 D1 | Yes | 2 Teams | 2WC | G12 D1 | No | See Note 4 | Note 4 | ||
STD -
Standard tiebreaker where one team from the section goes to the playoffs or MTOC.
- Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - single tiebreaker game determines who claims the seed from the section
- Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3. Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner playing team 1 for the seed from the section.
- Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4. Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3. The winners play and the winner of that claims the seed from the section.
2NWC -
This tiebreaker is where two teams are taken from a section to be placed in the playoffs.
- Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - Tiebreakers are used to rank teams. Higher ranked team takes higher seed and lower ranked team takes lower seed.
- Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3. Team 1 takes the higher seed. Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner taking the lower seed.
- Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4. Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3. The higher surviving seed takes the higher seed (e.g. if team 2 and team 4 win the playoff games, team 2 takes the higher seed) and the lower surviving seed takes the lower seed.
- There is an outright winner and a tie on points between any number of teams for second place. The outright winner takes the higher seed. Tiebreakers rank the second place teams and the highest ranked team takes the second seed. No games needed.
2WC -
This tiebreaker is where two teams are taken from a section to be placed in MTOC when BAYS has a wildcard.
- Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - Tiebreakers are used to rank teams. Higher ranked team takes regular slot and lower ranked team takes wildcard.
- Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3. Team 1 takes the regular slot . Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner taking the wildcard.
- Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points. Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4. Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3. The higher surviving seed takes the regular slot (e.g. if team 2 and team 4 win the playoff games, team 2 takes the higher seed) and the lower surviving seed takes the wildcard.
- There is an outright winner and a tie on points between any number of teams for second place. The outright winner takes the regular slot. Tiebreakers rank the second place teams and the highest ranked team takes the wildcard. No games needed.
Tiebreaker Rules from Match Rule 10 - See Match Rule 10 for additional considerations
Tie breaking will be according to the following hierarchy:
- Points in the standings
- Points awarded in common games (Points awarded in games among the tied teams)
- Most wins
- Fewest goals allowed
- Most shutouts of opponents
- Cumulative goal differential—each game differential truncated at -3 or +3 goals
- Drawing of lots