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ECNL moving to school year not calendar
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Anonymous
Kids can always play up, obviously, but they cant play down. So your kid has options. Play up and be young but with same grade or play with age group and be older. Not sure what the problem is. |
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Anonymous
That’s what we’re hoping. She’s a 2012 and 5’10”. We are finally getting to the point where other girls are matching her physically. I’d hate for her to fall back a year for size and speed. You’re not developing if you’re not getting challenged. |
Anonymous
| I hope she’s as technical and she is big… |
Anonymous
Might be hard to get on a grade-level A team in this situation. If the player is any good, there'd likely be pressure to play with Aug-July group, despite whatever the player or parents prefer. At the same time, an August birth month in Sept. 1 cutoff states will be an ongoing headache for clubs as those parents will constantly lobby for what they want. |
Anonymous
She’s getting there.  big growth spurts, but really finding her feet this season so it’s been great to see her in some solid all out sprints and challenges against similarly physical girls.
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Anonymous
No, kids won't get to choose unless it's rec. Most high-level clubs will want better players to stay Aug-July for the age advantage unless they are very, very good. So, then the kid plays a grade below and poof goes away for a season when they hit 9th grade for HS, if they play HS. Awesome! Can't wait. |
Anonymous
| So, with this big decision today, GA really is on the clock. What will they do? (MLSN, too, for that matter). |
Anonymous
+1 virginia is 9/30 state so you can have 2 months of players mismatched. Great decision! |
Anonymous
Nope, GA and MLSN are under no pressure to do anything. It would be fun though if GA did SY+60 with a 9/1 cutoff. All the grade above players wouldn't be able to play down with a younger grade (even if they were born 7/1-9/1) and GA would completely address all Trapped Players even the edge case July ones. |
Anonymous
If you sift out all the noises and trolls from the last 50 pages or so, the answer is already there. GA will be SY 8/1. |
Anonymous
🤣🤣🤣 you mean “if you sift out all the OTHER noise and OTHER trolls…” GA and MLSN are staying BY. They always intended to do so. That is why USSF gave the dual option of BY or SY (8/1 or 9/1)…because GA and MLSN wanted BY… |
Anonymous
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Parents of elite players (ie, might be recruited to play in college) should stick with graduation years even if that means your Aug-Sept kid is the youngest on their team. Everyone else, do you. Let them play with their friends. Soccer would do everyone a service by renaming teams to not their BY but their class of. IE.
Arlington 2032s |
Anonymous
Nice try reclassed private school parent. Sorry your 16 year old freshman isn't wanted. |
Anonymous
| It's interesting the timing of the announcement after tryout season. |