Forum Index
»
Soccer
ECNL moving to school year not calendar
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
Our club already reorganized a bunch of U-little teams that were already playing up into SY grouping. It's easier to do with the U-littles since they often play up anyway, but like we're full speed ahead on changes! |
Anonymous
This makes no sense. First switching from BY to SY allows some currently rostered BY players to play down in SY. (Not play up) Second your team wouldn't be able to participate in tournaments or league games. Just another lieing parent trying to sway public opinion. |
Anonymous
ECNL tryout is already finished. The tryout group is based on skill, not birth month. Our NL group had one Q4 player joining one of the sessions, but quickly move him back to the RL group. One of our new NL players is Aug birthday. So NL coach doesn't care next year. |
Anonymous
I'm definitely not lying. The top U12 teams have played U13 up for years. So instead of just pure 2014 teams playing up with 13s next year, it will be 14s mixed with fall birthday 13s playing U13. They are doing the same with the 15 top team, which is 15s and fall birthday 14s that will also be playing in U12 instead of U11. Those teams will then play in those same groupings and same age groups the following year. |
Anonymous
You need to think more creatively before going into attack mode. The OP said their U-littles often play up already. So you keep your Jan-Aug kids on that team that plays up a year (let's say 2016 kids playing in 2015), but you add the older Sept-Dec 2015 players who are the correct age for that division. Thus you now have a team formed based on the new cut-offs (Sept 2015 - August 2016), and next year they are playing in the 2015 age grouping. Completely legal for all cases - league, tournaments, etc. |
Anonymous
The reason they did not change the age groups had nothing to do with kids and clubs. It’s because of ECNL and MLSN/GA starting their new leagues. It would have been too much of a lift for everyone to have the age group change and try and get all their rules in place for these new leagues. |
Anonymous
It’s easier to do that for Ulittles because all the U little leagues have already said they are going with 9/1. What everyone is waiting for is ECNL/MLSN/GA to say what their plan is to address this. Because these are the elite leagues for most kids hoping to play pro or college. I know ECNL is going to change their age groups but using what method has not been established yet. |
Anonymous
|
Anonymous
| This has been a very long drawn out process. I guess they want to give families and clubs a good amount of time to adjust and prepare for this. I understand that the leagues don’t want to deal with this until at least the 24/25 season is over but families have known changes were coming since the US Soccer announcement end of November 24. At this point I’d just like information from the leagues as to who is doing what. I have kids on both sides of the cut off and I know it doesn’t really change anything for my kids, I’ll still concentrate on them having fun and getting better, but I’d still like to know. Just getting a little impatient at this point. |
Anonymous
They have two ECNL-RL leagues now. One is for ECNL second team the other is for non ECNL top teams. |
Anonymous
This will help ECNL clubs with age group changes as they can now offer everyone roster spots and let the talent decides who pays ecnl or rl. |
Anonymous
|
Here is the direct email to ask questions
info@theecnl.com |
Anonymous
|
https://airtable.com/appIuBuVdCyfRB5y5/shrNdP6xMja704gXm
The link to ask questions for ECNL podcast |
Anonymous
|
Confirmed by our coaching director (Blackhawks of St Paul, MN):
By Fall 2026 the MLSNext 2 will be SY. Good news, it is a must for our club, otherwise we could not organize the rest of the club and the leap from U12 to U13. Regarding MLS Next 1 it’s undecided at this moment, either BY/SY. |