ECNL moving to school year not calendar

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

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I saw my first ECNL hat today! I laughed. Thanks to this message board

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw my first ECNL hat today! I laughed. Thanks to this message board

And that’s what this community is all about. God bless America!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

That's because ECNL for boys is already the 2nd or third team in an area due to MLSN and the Academies. It's like saying "Hey there are a lot of q4 kids on my daughters ECRL team."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Same here (late Dec). Totally agree.

The Q4 players still playing at a highly competitive level at U13 and above are going to do quite well. There aren’t many of them left.

The kids the same level but a year younger are not close to my kid. He doesn’t have any size disadvantage against them and he is already technically superior than players in his birth year.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

I have the ECNL app, but can’t find their grad year. Where can I find it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

That's because ECNL for boys is already the 2nd or third team in an area due to MLSN and the Academies. It's like saying "Hey there are a lot of q4 kids on my daughters ECRL team."

Wow! Ok Pele! Live through your kid a bit more…

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

I have the ECNL app, but can’t find their grad year. Where can I find it?

Go to then website, click on the schedule and then on any team. It shows the roster on the right hand side. RL as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

That's because ECNL for boys is already the 2nd or third team in an area due to MLSN and the Academies. It's like saying "Hey there are a lot of q4 kids on my daughters ECRL team."

Hey dumbass, we are talking about the SY switch. No clue if MLSN changes so the discussion is about known changes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw my first ECNL hat today! I laughed. Thanks to this message board

And that’s what this community is all about. God bless America!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

I have the ECNL app, but can’t find their grad year. Where can I find it?

Go to then website, click on the schedule and then on any team. It shows the roster on the right hand side. RL as well.

Many of these are inaccurate FYI. Not sure if it's just a data entry problem or something else. We literally have kids listed as 2028-2032 on our U12 pre-ecnl

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Anonymous wrote:I saw my first ECNL hat today! I laughed. Thanks to this message board

Consider this...

There used to be 10x more. Some have been shamed into taking them off + buying something with their kids club info.

The ones left haven't got the memo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw my first ECNL hat today! I laughed. Thanks to this message board

Consider this...

There used to be 10x more. Some have been shamed into taking them off + buying something with their kids club info.

The ones left haven't got the memo.

I did find it funny when my U12 fellow parent bought one at an event. Big time cringe.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, did not read the previous 927 pages but this mean that the April-July kids will now be the least likely to make the team? After this change was announced I looked at our roster to realize that most kids were born January through May, and then we have two July/August kids and only one born in October after the new cutoff. Is this typical? My son is born in July and I am a bit concern what this shift will mean for him next year.

Feels like a troll, but yes this the current landscape and it will be changing drastically in fall 2026

Huh? Why would this be a troll post? This is what my son’s team look like and I was curious if that is the case more or less across the board. If so, then I think there is a good reason to believe that things will become an uphill battle for him next year having a July birthday and being still quite young.

It depends on how many Sept-Q4 kids are on the older team. Sounds like perhaps not many. The age cut offs have probably caused a lot of Q4 kids to drop soccer.

It seems that this might be the case to a large extent and only the youngest kids will be really affected, but there might be a few kids who could become a threat. Our October kid is one of the smallest but also one of the best technically. The age group currently below us definitely needs to worry about him, because with them he will no longer have the size disadvantage and will have benefited from years of playing with and against older and larger kids on a top team. It is going to be interesting to see how things shake up next year.

Yall know you can go on the ECNL site on the boys side and see grad year for all players right? There are plenty of q4s… not to mention all of the Q4s from the stronger RL teams. Plus, all of them will be club shopping next spring… you really don’t understand what is going to happen.

When the lower half of the roster kids have to suddenly compete a birth year up against bigger, older kids from within and from outside the club, they aren’t going to make the cut for first teams. This isn’t rocket science, plus it literally happened before!

I have the ECNL app, but can’t find their grad year. Where can I find it?

Go to then website, click on the schedule and then on any team. It shows the roster on the right hand side. RL as well.

I see the roster, but can’t find the grad year.