The 411: TopDrawerSoccer.com's Players To Watch rankings utilize national rankings out of a 16-region setup.  Every Monday we will feature a national top 100 update for one of four rankings (2012 and 2013 Boys and Girls), while Tuesday through Friday we will update one of these regions for each feature.

Click here to see the Boys 2013 Top 100 Update.

This way every regional and national list is updated once per month.

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.

For the uninitiated, our 16 regions are Southern California, Northern California & Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest (AK, WA, OR, ID), Rocky Mountains & Southwest (MT, WY, CC, NM, AZ, NV UT), Texas, Heartland (KS, MO, IA, NE and the Dakotas), Midwest (IL, WI and MN), Great Lakes (OH, MI, IN, KY), South (MS, LA, AK, AL, TN, OK), Florida, South Atlantic (SC, NC, GA), Mid-Atlantic (DE, VA, MD, WV), Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Northeast (MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME).

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