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# 030. ECNL BOYS PLAYOFFS: DID THE STRONGEST TEAMS WIN THEIR GROUP STAGES? (PART 2)
- URL: https://www.socceranalytix.com/030-ecnl-boys-playoffs-did-the-strongest-teams-win-their-group-stages-part-2/
- Published: 2024-07-09T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-29T13:59:52.000Z
- Description: There's a relationship between age and severity of under-performance during Group Stage play.
- Author: Richard - From SoccerAnalytix

In last week's episode, we demonstrated that Group Stage winners produced results that were similar to their strong regular season performances. However:

- Group Stage participants - that did not win their groups - delivered significantly-weaker results vs. their own regular season:
  - They scored ≈1 less goal per-game
  - They conceded 1+ more goal per-game

Here's a summary, related to Group Stage participants that did not lead/win their groups:

This week, we dive-deeper into the above data, and visualize "how" this data manifests itself inside age groups - as follows:

Here are takeaways:

- Younger age group teams were likely to produce *more severe* levels of GD-G under-performance, compared to their own regular season results.
- It's difficult to isolate a trend across either offensive (GF-G) or defensive (GA-G) age-related results... but the GD-G net effect is relevant .

Richard - From SoccerAnalytix