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Anonymous
Time for my September born hold back to dominate. |
Anonymous
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also expecting to see a girl 2 years older for birth year but in the same school year grade playing with your daughter. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
That's not what 9/1 means, but please continue to spew nonsense. |
Anonymous
| 9/1 cutoff equals GY. Obviously |
Anonymous
| I'm just here waiting for the GA/MLSN announcement. Maybe they are waiting until we get to 1000???? |
Anonymous
| Does anyone think clubs will try to stack their teams with strong September / October kids this year so they will have a slight advantage next year? Or are they more likely to build the best BY team they can without anticipating the GY change in 2026? |
Anonymous
Clubs with strong player pools have nothing to worry about. If a club is having a hard time fielding decent squads now….they are in trouble |
Anonymous
I think this thread has one reasonable person in it and it’s the guy (or gal) or said all it’s gonna do is maybe make the club take a second longer look at a Q4 kid. So they’re between bumping two kids up to their top team, and one is q1 and one is q4 I think the q4 has the edge in 2025 because it makes sense to make sure you’re investing in those kids since they will also be key players in your younger age group the following year. I do also think a lot of clubs (at least where I am) tend to play their U12 tops teams up an age group. If you’re doing that anyway, might make sense to have your 2013 q4 birthdays from your NL team just play down with the 2014s next year, instead of going to ECNL, in anticipation of that being your school year team NL team in 2026. |
Anonymous
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I sure hope they do not exclude the tens of thousands of kids who are born in August and the oldest in their grade. Many districts and entire states use 07/31 as their cutoff. Soccer should do the same. Parents, coaches & educators KNOW that August-born kids are split across ALL 50 states. Yet, @USSoccer chose to ignore reality and push a September 1 cutoff, leaving countless kids behind.
💡 Left side: Kids WILL be intentionally left behind with a Sept 1 cutoff 💡 Right side: With an Aug 1 (or July 31) cutoff, almost NO ONE is trapped. One month makes a HUGE difference—why choose the wrong one? 📢 Tag a coach, parent, or player impacted by this decision! Let’s make our voices heard. United States Youth Soccer (US Youth Soccer)AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization)U.S. Soccer ECNL Girls #DoItRight #FixTheCutoff #USSoccer #YouthSoccer #QuitTrapping #August1JustMakesSense |
Anonymous
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If you put more #'s it will be more impactful. Seems like you're purposely leaving out all the August kids that started on time in the majority of states that use 9/1 and would be misaligned. The line had to be drawn somewhere.
You can continue to play on the exact same team you're already on. Sorry you won't be the oldest. |
Anonymous
The Q1/Q2 bench will be replaced by good Q3/Q4 players who can join the younger team next year. |
Anonymous
| You seem invested. You should have made this argument 9 months ago when the ball was startign to roll. |
Anonymous
Aug. players are NOT left behind. They are staying in the SAME team. Same trap year policy will still apply (ex. 8th grader play down and combo team in senior year). Do not over exaggerate to push your own agenda. |
Anonymous
| Whoever was going to be the youngest was always going to have a grievence. |