ECNL moving to school year not calendar

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Anonymous wrote:The podcast only had one episode in February, will we get three in March then? HAHA

They took the one with the US Soccer reps off the platform. I listened to it originally and then I went back to listen again and it was gone. Kind weird.

What was the subject of that specific podcast?

I am trying to remember some of the topics, but I am drawing a blank. I know it was the USYNT sporting director Matt Crocker and I came away thinking that youth soccer is going to be more aligned than what people think. Matt Crocker the director of football operations at Southhampton.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4655857/2023/09/14/biobanding-late-maturing-footballers/

“Rationally, it didn’t add up. How could this skilful and confident kid not be able to perform in games? So we had to decide what to do with him. Luckily, we had a really good academy director in Matt Crocker (now sporting director of U.S. Soccer) and with conversations with him, Alex and his parents — his mum was a physio and his dad, Mark, was an ex-player — we made the decision to keep Alex at the club but hold him back a year and stay in the under-14s. He then broke into the first team when he was 16. It was crazy, but it was a lightbulb moment in my head as a fledgling performance guy in the industry.”

Biobanding, to put it frankly, is a legal way to rob one player roster position from his own age group, steal time from other players in their own team. If you cannot play in your own age group, there is always a B team.

Its too bad your "opinion" has no bearing on....anything

I don't give a f**k on you and your shorty kid. My kid is in ECNL. We don't have this stupid rule.

O'Doyle rules!!

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like now would be the time to update everyone on the decision and pathway to new registration date.

We're supposed to be getting these announcements tomorrow (March 5)

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like now would be the time to update everyone on the decision and pathway to new registration date.

We're supposed to be getting these announcements tomorrow (March 5)

Who is we? Leagues? Clubs? Parents?

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like now would be the time to update everyone on the decision and pathway to new registration date.

We're supposed to be getting these announcements tomorrow (March 5)

Who is we? Leagues? Clubs? Parents?

A statement confirming what happened at the AGM (and perhaps other guidance) should be published tomorrow, as I understand.

https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/news/2024/12/20/organizational-members-statement-on-age-group-formation-decision/

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Still struggling to find that tomorrow is release day

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Anonymous wrote:Still struggling to find that tomorrow is release day

Like you don’t think it’s gonna happen?

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No the info…where does it say Wednesday March 5, u less it’s that damn podcast 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:Still struggling to find that tomorrow is release day

Still struggling to understand how a major decision could be made at the AGM, and we're still here waiting on an official announcement.

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💯

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I don’t think it’s happening…

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s happening…

Agreed, it will probably just be swept under the rug

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Definitely not happening anymore. They just wanted to see how people would react when they inform them it’s off

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely not happening anymore. They just wanted to see how people would react when they inform them it’s off

Fun stuff! You would think they would have something better to do with World Cup coming to town soon.

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Let’s hope whoever said an announcement tomorrow is right! I’ll take anything at this point to stop the constant arguing of it’s happening and it’s not 🙄

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It’s happening. Just not until 26/27 unfortunately. So there’s no rush to make an announcement.