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ECNL moving to school year not calendar
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Anonymous
Because MLS academies are the best, December birthdays will always be the youngest in their BY system, and therefore have the biggest disadvantage. |
Anonymous
100%! It is insane. All the crazies, that everyone knows are crazy, and nobody likes, still somehow get the clubs to give in. The coaches pawn it off as “not my problem next year.” But the club administrators all think it’s temporary and that the crazy Karen will change clubs because they seem so unhappy. But in reality, Karen is totally happy, Karen has just been trained to act that way to get what she wants! |
Anonymous
For real. What’s to announce? 🤣 |
Anonymous
To be fair…ECNL podcast is not an honest narrator. They didn’t bring someone on from Spanish, German, French or Italian academies…and for a reason…their perspective is not aligned with ECNL’s. |
Anonymous
The support is going to be based around coach education for RAE. The older u14+ Oct-Dec kids will be left off teams otherwise. |
Anonymous
Our national teams are run by and Englishman, like or not it’s here to stay |
Anonymous
Feel sad for the BY parents that are all holding out hope that their kid will shine in MLS academy and not realize that this means more U-littles will stay in the sport which will lead to a more even distribution of birth months in those MLS academies |
Anonymous
While you like to chide them, it doesn't really matter for these parents, especially if their kids area already playing 11v11, where any built-in RAE advantage is already baked in. This shift basically will have a much greater affect on the younger age groups and anyone not playing yet. |
Anonymous
Dec. can do biobanding in MLS, your dumbass. |
Anonymous
| Find the local club that biobands over the max in the rules. Hint: it's more than one club. |
Anonymous
Problem is if mls next stays by. Q4 sy kids are going to have to skip a year when trying out. U12 to u14 |
Anonymous
If MLS can do biobanding, why can’t ECNL do biobanding? |
Anonymous
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We have multiples that were born two months early in August. We sent them to school based on their adjusted age which was supported by our pediatrician and other medical professionals. There are studies that recommend using adjusted age to determine kindergarten readiness, especially for early premies, like ours.
We were doing speech therapy well into their fives so they absolutely weren’t caught up by age 2. I’m sharing our story because there are all sorts of reasons why August kids start late. These decisions are made based on the best interest of the kids, most of which have nothing to do with obtaining an advantage at sports. We aren’t chasing college scholarships. I would love for our kids to play with their classmates, but we can deal with continuing to play with older kids. I think they have benefited from playing with older kids. What I can’t accept is that they might not be able to play at all their senior year. Do better US soccer. Let these kids plays. |
Anonymous
| My prediction is that we’ll see an aggressive playing down / bio banding / transition year rule out in place across ECNL in 25/26, where 8-10 BY (e.g., 2012) roster spots can be occupied by Sept. 1 - Dec. 31 kids from BY-1 (e.g., 2011). Pre-ECNL teams will play up a year, allowing for a full transition to SY immediately, and all ECNL-only competitions will be structured as grad year in 25/26 (subject to roster limits above). |
Anonymous
Another euro weenie that can't read.... |