ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No podcast this week?

When does it normally come out?

About every other Wednesday. Last one was Wednesday, Feb 19.

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Anonymous wrote:Without arguing about the cutoff month, the fact is this will completely change the team organization and makeup at every club. Will they all follow this rule for next year? If so, they will need to completely redo all of their teams and coaches by next month's April tryouts.

Don't forget they said it's for 26/27!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without arguing about the cutoff month, the fact is this will completely change the team organization and makeup at every club. Will they all follow this rule for next year? If so, they will need to completely redo all of their teams and coaches by next month's April tryouts.

Don't forget they said it's for 26/27!

I believe ECNL will have a transition plan for 25/26 season.

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Anonymous wrote:9/1 aligns with only 68% of school registration deadlines per that blurb. That is really not a great stat. Lots of kids will be in the wrong age group. They also say kids can always play up. Hence why you needed to go with the earlier date (eg 8/1) and kids can play up with their grade if they fall outside that 12-month period.
Who are these decision makers? They are clueless

Agreed, so disappointing. Really hoping for a waiver process for August kids to play with their grade. Making a decision that isn’t consistent with 32% of school registrations is an issue. That affects a lot of kids. If no exceptions are made, we will see a major drop of August kids participating in soccer at the younger age groups, which is sad.

41% were negatively affected by BY

The current group is based on a calendar year. It wasn’t meant to align with a particular school year. Same standard applies to everyone and the age range covers 2 grades.

Now we now have a grouping that is meant to align with a school year but doesn’t take into consideration 32% of school registrations while setting a national cutoff. Unbelieveable to me.

Yup 💯. It defies all logic. Please please reach out to league leadership and ask for a solution for the August kids. I did this in January and got thoughtful responses from higher ups at AYSO and USYS and the chair of the U.S. Soccer Youth Council who all seemed to grasp the issue. U.S. Club Soccer and ECNL leadership never responded.

I am particularly shocked that AYSO and USYS would go along with this given the heavy rec contingent under their umbrellas. August bday kids will become absent from the sport entirely over time because they won’t even have an entry pathway for soccer with teams started by parents at their school for Kindergarten. Most kids start soccer by joining a team with classmates. It’s just awful.

If it would have been Aug 1. Then we’d have a group of July parents talking about how their kids will be absent from the sport

Tend to agree. No matter what they picked there would be a very vocal groups of parents explaining why it is so stupid. For me personally I am happy since my August kid stays with her current team and classmates. Who cares if she is the youngest, she will deal with it. She has always been the youngest in her grade too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without arguing about the cutoff month, the fact is this will completely change the team organization and makeup at every club. Will they all follow this rule for next year? If so, they will need to completely redo all of their teams and coaches by next month's April tryouts.

Don't forget they said it's for 26/27!

The age cutoffs will not change before August 2026. So a year and a half from now. That's for sure.

But that's the only thing that's for sure. How any organization decides to transition over the next 1.5 years is anyone's guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without arguing about the cutoff month, the fact is this will completely change the team organization and makeup at every club. Will they all follow this rule for next year? If so, they will need to completely redo all of their teams and coaches by next month's April tryouts.

Don't forget they said it's for 26/27!

I believe ECNL will have a transition plan for 25/26 season.

2 steps ...

step 1, ask coach to recruit good sept/Q4 players between now and then, not necessarily needing them to join the club this season

step 2, ask coach to tell parents of other birth months not to worry/not much will change/it doesn't affect you.

[Anonymous]

Wisconsin steps up!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BXvazU8dS/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin steps up!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BXvazU8dS/

WI?

U.S. Youth Soccer, the governing body for the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association (WYSA), the Madison Area Youth Soccer Association (MAYSA) and Oregon SC, will return to using "school years" to determine age groups starting in the 2026-2027 season.
Age groups will be comprised of players born between Sept. 1 and Aug. 31 of the following year, aligning closely to school grades. U.S. Youth Soccer, and all of U.S. Soccer, previously used this format with slightly different dates until changing to the current birth year age groups in the 2017-2018 season.
The 2025-2026 season will proceed using birth year age groups.
While we know this change will likely generate questions, we haven't yet received any further details from U.S. Youth Soccer. We will be sure to provide updates when they are available — that could possibly include at our Annual General Meeting, which is Sunday night at the Oregon High School Innovation Center.
The Oregon SC Board of Directors is committed to helping create a smooth transition for club players and families into the school year age groups in Fall 2026. We will collaborate with our colleagues at WYSA, MAYSA and other local and statewide clubs, and gather feedback from club members to help in this process.
Throughout this transition, please know that Oregon SC remains committed to fostering youth growth and development through soccer and enjoyment of the game, as has been our mission since the club was founded in 1978.
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Also up for election at the AGM on Sunday are the Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Competitive Commissioner positions. These are two-year terms that start July 1, 2025, and run through June 30, 2027.
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[Anonymous]

Can’t open what is this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t open what is this?

Ok see it now…LOL

[Anonymous]

Two announcements, no signs of modifications

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US Club soccer joining in.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGm45rv4t/

[prinmemo]

US Club Soccer also posted this announcement on X.

It just confirms what we heard over the weekend. Nothing new.

[Anonymous]

prinmemo wrote:US Club Soccer also posted this announcement on X.

It just confirms what we heard over the weekend. Nothing new.

Can’t wait to see what these resources are going to be 😂 What a cluster f**k

[Anonymous]

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prinmemo wrote:US Club Soccer also posted this announcement on X.

It just confirms what we heard over the weekend. Nothing new.

Can’t wait to see what these resources are going to be 😂 What a cluster f**k

It's probably a few slides that say "remember players can play up"