Bethesda Soccer On Way Down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda? On way down?

Yeah…but nobody is on the way up so they stay at the top 😂🤣😂🤣

[Anonymous]

MLS Next just announced the following:

Beginning in the 2026-27 season, player registration for within MLS NEXT will be as follows: Allstate Homegrown Division will continue to use Birth-Year age groups (January 1 - December 31). Academy Division will change to School-Year age groups (August 1 - July 31).

Player registration via Birth-Year remains the optimal structure for the Allstate Homegrown Division, as it aligns with FIFA standards, the global professional pathway and greatly benefits our youth national teams.

The School Year age group system is the most suitable structure for the Academy Division, as it aligns with the broader youth soccer landscape across the United States and creates opportunities for continued collaboration and growth between MLS NEXT and the wider youth soccer ecosystem.

[Anonymous]

This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

It won't matter for Bethesda. They're playing kids down anyway thanks to abusing "Late Developer" rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

It won't matter for Bethesda. They're playing kids down anyway thanks to abusing "Late Developer" rules.

cry moar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

It won't matter for Bethesda. They're playing kids down anyway thanks to abusing "Late Developer" rules.

cry moar

are you triggered? you're crying about people crying? it's the same inferiority complex that infects the club enough to cheat to win. Babies.

[Anonymous]

Looks like NM took the 22+ roster size with him over the river

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised that only one 2017 team was in the top bracket. The way the Club has described the new system is that the 2015s will be the last of the youth teams designated as A1 and that going forward all the birth years will have two teams that are supposed to be relatively even. Again, watch what they do, not what they say.

Is this for Boys or Girls (or both)? As I can definitely say that both 2016 and 2017 girls have an A1 team and then everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised that only one 2017 team was in the top bracket. The way the Club has described the new system is that the 2015s will be the last of the youth teams designated as A1 and that going forward all the birth years will have two teams that are supposed to be relatively even. Again, watch what they do, not what they say.

Is this for Boys or Girls (or both)? As I can definitely say that both 2016 and 2017 girls have an A1 team and then everyone else.

This is on the Boys Youth side (U7-U11). The club had said that they're no longer going to rank teams Academy 1, Academy 2, Academy 3, colors, etc. after the 2015 team which is still tiered. I was told that for 2016 and younger they will use names of national team players and that the "top" team will be split evenly into two groups. The justification was that they lose too many A2 players who develop later on. On the surface it makes sense but it feels like a fig leaf to manage the tricky situation with the 2016s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like NM took the 22+ roster size with him over the river

haha. Let em cook tho

[Anonymous]

Other than the NT announcement, the college commitments posted today are mid to super low. And not even all the girls. Is Bethesda out of the college placement business for girls or will NM turn that around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than the NT announcement, the college commitments posted today are mid to super low. And not even all the girls. Is Bethesda out of the college placement business for girls or will NM turn that around?

NM isnt in charge of anything at BSC. He needs to turn himself around and unjack his other club first! Plenty there to keep him busy! What a douche.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised that only one 2017 team was in the top bracket. The way the Club has described the new system is that the 2015s will be the last of the youth teams designated as A1 and that going forward all the birth years will have two teams that are supposed to be relatively even. Again, watch what they do, not what they say.

Is this for Boys or Girls (or both)? As I can definitely say that both 2016 and 2017 girls have an A1 team and then everyone else.

This is on the Boys Youth side (U7-U11). The club had said that they're no longer going to rank teams Academy 1, Academy 2, Academy 3, colors, etc. after the 2015 team which is still tiered. I was told that for 2016 and younger they will use names of national team players and that the "top" team will be split evenly into two groups. The justification was that they lose too many A2 players who develop later on. On the surface it makes sense but it feels like a fig leaf to manage the tricky situation with the 2016s.

This makes sense, my kid is on the 2nd team and I am seriously considering moving them to another club. The kid can absolutely play on A1 and would likely be somewhere in the top 5 (not the best, but definitely better than half the team). Unfortunately, the chance of actually moving up to A1 without club hopping is minimal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

Why is it playing down if you're following the league cutoff rules and playing your correct month and year placement like everyone else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28). Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....

Why is it playing down if you're following the league cutoff rules and playing your correct month and year placement like everyone else?

Not sure why you arent getting it. PP is spot on. MLS created a giant mess that Q4 second team kids will struggle to make MLS, so may as well realign to ECNL. ECNL boys could strengthen, especially with teams that only have MLS2 (Loudoun, VRSC, McLean, etc.).