ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

So instead of doing SY+30 US Club just chose 8/1.

What this does is make things easy for US Club but allows 8/1-9/1 birthdays to play down

SY+30 wouldn't not have allowed older players to play down.

[Anonymous]

Boom goes the dynamite

[Anonymous]

Maybe with a 5-month change that'll cause more roster turnover next season, MLSN/GA now will opt stay BY?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a most thrilling day in my soccer mom life (mom of 2 August kids). Finally!

This comment is why all the BY people hate the switch to SY.

You shouldn't be excited because suddenly your kids will be the oldest on the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a most thrilling day in my soccer mom life (mom of 2 August kids). Finally!

This comment is why all the BY people hate the switch to SY.

You shouldn't be excited because suddenly your kids will be the oldest on the team.

Yeah, only the BY people get to be excited when their kids had the advantage of being the oldest.

[Anonymous]

Is it still assumed GA and MLSN will do the same thing as each other?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a most thrilling day in my soccer mom life (mom of 2 August kids). Finally!

This comment is why all the BY people hate the switch to SY.

You shouldn't be excited because suddenly your kids will be the oldest on the team.

My kids get to play with their grade now instead of being likely the only one on their team who remains trapped with all kids a grade above. That is worthy of celebration. The joy they have playing with their friends is huge. And this impacts kids at rec and entry levels too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a most thrilling day in my soccer mom life (mom of 2 August kids). Finally!

This comment is why all the BY people hate the switch to SY.

You shouldn't be excited because suddenly your kids will be the oldest on the team.

I could see Mlsn go 9/1 still just to be different and align with UK for premier league sales. BY deviates too much from the pipeline though and they’ll get a higher proportion of B team players come the jump to u13. Most of the A team u12 players will seek out ECNL to stick together and keep their RAE. Not saying it is in the best interest of a child’s development, but this will have a net negative impact on MLSN player pool nonetheless .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it still assumed GA and MLSN will do the same thing as each other?

Seems like they continue to hold their cards while US Club/AYSO/USYS just decided to play theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a most thrilling day in my soccer mom life (mom of 2 August kids). Finally!

This comment is why all the BY people hate the switch to SY.

You shouldn't be excited because suddenly your kids will be the oldest on the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it still assumed GA and MLSN will do the same thing as each other?

Nobody knows, the assumption is that GA and MLSN2 will do 8/1 and MLSN will stay BY with biobanding.

But just to throw more gas on the fire US Soccer is in talks with colleges and pro leagues to recreate how soccer is played in college. This was likely triggered from the NCAA agreement earlier this week

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45485632/us-soccer-new-committee-evaluate-ncaa-soccer-future

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean ENCL and GA have to switch or I am guessing they can stay 9/1?

US Club = ECNL

It means ECNL will be 8/1

GA hasn't announced anything but it was rumored that they planned to do 8/1.

The posting was USYS not USClub soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean ENCL and GA have to switch or I am guessing they can stay 9/1?

US Club = ECNL

It means ECNL will be 8/1

GA hasn't announced anything but it was rumored that they planned to do 8/1.

The posting was USYS not USClub soccer.

Sigh...

"Following extensive review and discussion, US Youth Soccer, AYSO, and US Club Soccer have collectively decided to move to an age group player formation cycle that runs from August 1 to July 31, starting with the 2026-27 season/registration year. "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean ENCL and GA have to switch or I am guessing they can stay 9/1?

US Club = ECNL

It means ECNL will be 8/1

GA hasn't announced anything but it was rumored that they planned to do 8/1.

The posting was USYS not USClub soccer.

The article says " Following extensive review and discussion, US Youth Soccer (USYS), AYSO and US Club Soccer have ..."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still assumed GA and MLSN will do the same thing as each other?

Nobody knows, the assumption is that GA and MLSN2 will do 8/1 and MLSN will stay BY with biobanding.

But just to throw more gas on the fire US Soccer is in talks with colleges and pro leagues to recreate how soccer is played in college. This was likely triggered from the NCAA agreement earlier this week

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45485632/us-soccer-new-committee-evaluate-ncaa-soccer-future

Bioband for up to 5 months? So then the age range of your team is 17 months? What purpose does that serve other than make it more difficult to play in joint tournaments and completely muddy the pathway from mlsn2 to Mlsn?