The 411: TopDrawerSoccer.com’s club soccer TeamRank and Players To Watch rankings utilize a 16-region setup.  Every Tuesday through Friday we will run an article highlighting a monthly update of one of these regions for each feature. On Mondays we will highlight national rankings updates for both Players To Watch Top 100 and the TeamRank Top 10.

For the uninitiated, our 16 regions are Southern California, Northern California & Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho), Rocky Mountains & Southwest (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah), Texas, Heartland (Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas), Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota), Great Lakes (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky), South (Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma), Florida, South Atlantic (South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia), Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia), Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Northeast (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine).

The TeamRank National Championship is a unique rankings setup that only includes team performance from the current season. It begins with events in August and ends with final events in July, at which point a new competition begins and the slate is again wiped clean. Each ranking is only for that August to July season.

Please read the TeamRank criteria and points setup.

Each list in the Players To Watch Regional Top 20 and National Top 100 rankings are updated monthly and therefore subject to change.

Players To Watch Regional Rankings and National Top 100 in 12 age groups are based on staff assimilation of data and feedback received from coaches and other observers around the country.

Players To Watch ranking and rating criteria explained.

The Mid-Atlantic Players To Watch ranking update features Lindsey Lane, Morgan Stearns and Vanessa Kovar leading the way for the 2013 class (which will have its Top 100 national ranking unveiled next Monday). Youth national teamer Ashley Spivey leads the 2012 class with a 5-star rating.

On the Boys’ side, Nicko Corriveau, Patrick Foss and Collin Martin are top 2013 players, with Michael Gamble, Jalen Robinson and Todd Wharton a 5-star trio in the 2012 class.

We are currently working to finalize the 2014 through 2016 classes rather than showing partial lists. As always, you are welcome to let us know about players in those age groups.

Mid-Atlantic Region Players To Watch rankings - Boys |Girls

In the South TeamRank update, Nashville-area club Brentwood SC leads 4 Boys’ age groups, with Tulsa SC in the midst of an impressive table-topping campaign at the U17 age group.

Birmingham United leads U18, U17 and U15 groups on the girls side, and is listed 2nd in the U14 and U16 groups, to Louisiana Fire and Oklahoma club Hurricane FC respectively.

South TeamRank standings - Boys | Girls

If you have an issue with the information in the Players To Watch or TeamRank rankings, particularly with factual data, you can contact us at rankings@topdrawersoccer.com and let us know.