US soccer rumors of changing back age groups?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they decide to move back, what would the cutoff be? August? September?

No July...that’s the rumor.

The cut off date should align with the beginning of the soccer season and July preseason practices.

[Anonymous]

There are more parents with kids born between Jan-Aug then Sept-Dec. Explains the responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they decide to move back, what would the cutoff be? August? September?

No July...that’s the rumor.

The cut off date should align with the beginning of the soccer season and July preseason practices.

I heard it is May.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they decide to move back, what would the cutoff be? August? September?

No July...that’s the rumor.

The cut off date should align with the beginning of the soccer season and July preseason practices.

I heard it is May.

So January is always the safest month to give birth....whether cutoff is July/Aug, Dec or May. lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they decide to move back, what would the cutoff be? August? September?

No July...that’s the rumor.

The cut off date should align with the beginning of the soccer season and July preseason practices.

I heard it is May.

I heard it is April

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Birth Year is the universal way to go. It allows your kid to broaden their pool of friendships if anything. I mean whose to say the school friends are even all at equal skill levels ? Many may be placed on B or C teams or even at different clubs. Playing with their classmates over their talent level is a weak argument.

It simply does not matter. It is an arbitrary cut off wherever it is placed. It can never accommodate all school children as there is o universal school cut off date.

And once the children get older, the age difference is not meaningful and they get sorted according to skill, with stronger ones playing up . Or they play on the varsity team with older players in the case of school soccer.

Travel soccer has nothing to do with High School Soccer. Neither are beholden to the other.

That was not the point. What they have in common is children of different ages playing together on the same team due to ability rather then age. That was the point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Birth Year is the universal way to go. It allows your kid to broaden their pool of friendships if anything. I mean whose to say the school friends are even all at equal skill levels ? Many may be placed on B or C teams or even at different clubs. Playing with their classmates over their talent level is a weak argument.

It simply does not matter. It is an arbitrary cut off wherever it is placed. It can never accommodate all school children as there is o universal school cut off date.

And once the children get older, the age difference is not meaningful and they get sorted according to skill, with stronger ones playing up . Or they play on the varsity team with older players in the case of school soccer.

Travel soccer has nothing to do with High School Soccer. Neither are beholden to the other.

That was not the point. What they have in common is children of different ages playing together on the same team due to ability rather then age. That was the point.

The point is they are different organizations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Birth Year is the universal way to go. It allows your kid to broaden their pool of friendships if anything. I mean whose to say the school friends are even all at equal skill levels ? Many may be placed on B or C teams or even at different clubs. Playing with their classmates over their talent level is a weak argument.

It simply does not matter. It is an arbitrary cut off wherever it is placed. It can never accommodate all school children as there is o universal school cut off date.

And once the children get older, the age difference is not meaningful and they get sorted according to skill, with stronger ones playing up . Or they play on the varsity team with older players in the case of school soccer.

Travel soccer has nothing to do with High School Soccer. Neither are beholden to the other.

That was not the point. What they have in common is children of different ages playing together on the same team due to ability rather then age. That was the point.

The point is they are different organizations.

And? the discussion is about when to have an age cut off for club soccer. my point was - the date does not matter...it is arbitrary and children of different ages play together already and will continue to do so regardless of what date is chosen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they decide to move back, what would the cutoff be? August? September?

No July...that’s the rumor.

The cut off date should align with the beginning of the soccer season and July preseason practices.

I heard it is May.

I heard it is April

I heard they are going back the January...but that is just a rumor.

[Anonymous]

I hear they will switch to the Chinese calendar.

[Anonymous]

I heard they will switch to a lunar calendar. It was on a blog so it must be true.

[Anonymous]

I heard they are switching to the Mayan so that a group of McLean home schooled friends can play together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they are switching to the Mayan so that a group of McLean home schooled friends can play together.

Yep heard that also. I guess they are in elementary school now but want to avoid the 8th problem.

[Anonymous]

I have not heard any such rumor about a switch back. Though I would gladly welcome it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they are switching to the Mayan so that a group of McLean home schooled friends can play together.

Mayan youth sports involved human sacrifice I believe so could be a perfect fit for our uber competitive youth sports environment.