Presentation of Trends in Women's Soccer 1991-1992 to 2004-2005

Soccer Type 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
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see graph		 Closed Group Teams Women 314 341 373 431 433 432 431 560 605 609 638 645 656 665
Open Group Teams Women 350 387 446 515 631 694 724 790 811 851 868 879 895 913
Closed Group Participants Women 6,779 7,379 8,048 9,290 9,328 9,588 9,460 12,343 13,984 14,217 15,041 15,210 15,576 15,903
Open Group Participants Women 7,459 8,226 9,446 10,909 13,679 15,107 15,983 17,503 18,188 19,141 19,467 19,871 20,437 21,126
Closed Group Avg. Squad Size Women 21.59 21.64 21.58 21.55 21.54 22.19 21.95 22.04 23.11 23.34 23.58 23.58 23.74 23.91
Open Group Avg. Squad Size Women 21.31 21.26 21.18 21.18 21.68 21.77 22.08 22.16 22.43 22.49 22.43 22.61 22.83 23.14

We modified some open group data points, in concert with NCAA officials, to resolve apparent inconsistencies and unexplained fluctuations presented in the NCAA published report. Thus, there are a small number of data points used for this report that differ from what is published in the NCAA report.