Junior Year + New Age Rules… What’s the Best Move for My DD?

[Anonymous]

Yup, an anonymous board is where I always go to make important life decisions for my kid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would have her play on the team where she will get the most playing time and be able to stand out more. Recruiting is all about standing out - on film, on the field. And by the way, that doesn’t necessarily mean play on the younger team because it depends who else is on that team. As example, if she is a goal scorer but the team doesn’t have the midfielders to get her the ball then there will be fewer scoring chances for her to stand out. College coaches will know the graduation year of the players they come to watch so that is not a problem. They deal with mixed grad years on the same fields now and it’s fine. Which team is more likely to have a playoff run? Which team is less deep at her position? Recruiting is about showcasing her in the best possible way.

Under BY the mixed graduation years recruiters deal with are either the correct grade or players playing up.

Under SY the only time a recruiter will see a mixed graduation year player is young August players playing down a grade.

This is a HUGE difference.

You are lining up colleges regardless of team or grade. The huge differences are generally being able to rule the field with confidence, playing a preferred position and getting maximum playing time being in the correct age group. Don't worry about coaches randomly going to games picking girls because that isn't the process.

I wouldn't tecruit a player thats playing a grade down. Especially if there were 50+ more that were available and playing the correct grade. I'd be highly skeptical about how "dominating" a player playing a grade down would be against players sometimes 4+ years older than they are. At least with the BY players that are playing up I'd know they can conpete with older players.

You don't know soccer and you don't have college coaching nor recruiting knowledge and intelligence

Age, size, physical movements, athleticism, skillset has nothing to do with school grade.

[Anonymous]

I feel like these trapped players would be better off playing "down" in their current year... So that senior year, half their team doesn't disappear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like these trapped players would be better off playing "down" in their current year... So that senior year, half their team doesn't disappear.

They don't need their team to get recruited.
The team isn't getting recruited and if they make a college team, their club teammates won't be there