Trapped/Re-aging Families, How are you having the conversation?

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Except oh genius in your own mind, they are watching players who's information they already have and know

It ain't a Rudy movie scenario

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Well then, if a kid needs to play on correct grade in school team to be college recruited, all those Philly Union, Red Bulls etc professional academy kids playing up are screwed 😂🤣😆

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Well then, if a kid needs to play on correct grade in school team to be college recruited, all those Philly Union, Red Bulls etc professional academy kids playing up are screwed 😂🤣😆

As you know Boys are different because there's international competition for roster spots and boys has a true Academy system with biobanding.

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Except oh genius in your own mind, they are watching players who's information they already have and know

It ain't a Rudy movie scenario

Do you ignore all forms of reality?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Well then, if a kid needs to play on correct grade in school team to be college recruited, all those Philly Union, Red Bulls etc professional academy kids playing up are screwed 😂🤣😆

As you know Boys are different because there's international competition for roster spots and boys has a true Academy system with biobanding.

But how will college recruiters see them if they're not playing with right school grade?

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Except oh genius in your own mind, they are watching players who's information they already have and know

It ain't a Rudy movie scenario

Do you ignore all forms of reality?

So recruiters Don't have information on the players they're recruiting??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Except oh genius in your own mind, they are watching players who's information they already have and know

It ain't a Rudy movie scenario

Do you ignore all forms of reality?

So recruiters Don't have information on the players they're recruiting??

Whats it matter if you're playing on a field in a different state at 9pm?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At our club: current U15 players born after Aug 1 but are in HS will be playing U15 again & those born before Aug 1 but are in 8th grade will be playing at U16. Not allowing dual roster for HS Aug/Sep birthdays.

Parent thought the club would align with the SY but that's not happening: 8th grade parents want their kids to play U15 again and the HS parents want their kids in U16. There are a lot more pre-Aug1 born red-shirts that will be playing with kids 'up' in the next grade. Parents & players are unhappy & the club doesn't give a F.

This is exactly what Ive been saying would happen for over a year. The more competitive the club the more it should translate into college committments. Because of this you'll see Aug birthday players wanting to play up on the correct grade in school team for college recruiting purposes.

Clubs have 2 options to address.

1. Play all August September birthdays on the correct grade in school team from a young age. This sounds difficult but all you have to do is ask players what grade they are in school in addition to a valid birth cert.

2. Dual roster August September birthdays on the grade down team and grade up team at the same time. Then gradually ween them away from the grade down team. By HS they should 100% be playing "up" on the correct grade in school team. This allows collge recruiting to 100% work for all players on the team.

Yey clubs said play on age, best get to play up. They aren't trying to go grade year for you only. And college coaches said to 2 teams and a Facebook chat you forwarded that they don't care the age group of the recruits. Only blackballed from recruiting are those that don't have the right GPA.

[Anonymous]

Ok, so lets tie this back to, “ Trapped/Re-aging Families, How are you having the conversation?”

The responses on this board really show a clear lack of understanding of anything related to this age change and college recruiting - wow, impressive to misunderstand so many things.

I'll attempt a real response because I currently have an August child who is in the correct grade (in this case, 9th) and with the age change, would fall into an age range with primarily 9th graders in the fall. His current coach has expressed that he can stay with his school year team despite his birthday (so will play with 10th graders in the fall as he will be in 10th). He is likely trying out at one or two other clubs - one of the requirements will be that he will only try out for clubs that would allow him to play with his grade. It does not do him any good to play with kids in a grade lower for a variety of reasons including the physical and mental challenges and recruiting. In addition, the whole idea of the change was so kids can play with their school grade. I could quote at least five different references to this in the US soccer/US club soccer communications. I acknowledge there will be clubs that disregard the goal and focus on their own selfish goals, but that does not in any way help my kid.

I do agree that playing with your school grade is definitely helpful if you attend showcases where coaches can see you play. If you are playing with a lower grade, there's a good chance coaches will not have an opportunity to watch and they already have too many players to see. Having said that, it's 2026 and your best bet at getting a coach to watch you is to email them and then attend their specific ID clinic.

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Anonymous wrote:What clubs will do in SY is Dual Roster Aug birthdays on the grade down team and the correct grade team at the same time. This will give the cheater parents looking to play down what they want. Then over time the club will suggest and more likely the kid will ask to play on the team with kids their grade in school. By 8th grade all the Aug birthdays will be playing on the team thats their grade in school because clubs wont want to deal with 9th grade players playing high school soccer on a team with 8th grade players. Also players would be aligned for college recrutiing.

Unfortunately you have to give the play down losers what they want when kids are young.

Makes no sense. Players aren't dual rostered within clubs.

Most often a kid will just play up as a guest and be rostered at their correct age group and more often those "guests" will find there way on tournament rosters, but I've seen it happen to be rostered in league at both. But when that's happened, the player often ends up primarily on one team, anyway, once it sinks it trying to be on 2 teams is too much.

Some people just take a while to get reality into their thick skull.

But yes, this is what clubs will do. After a while they'll drop the hammer and say play on the team your grade or be demoted. Once this happens they'll play on the team thats their grade.

Are teams going to do study groups together?
I'm trying to find a rational for grades to be important for teams

Playing on the correct grade in school team allows college recruiting to work 1000x better.

Also playing on the correct grade in school avoids 8th grade teams with 9th grade players that leave the team for 3 months during the season to play HS soccer.

Dont disagree but some parents need to come to the reality that they may be on SY but on second team. That is where the problem is.

The best thing to do with players and parents like this is to put them on the grade in school B team but let them guest with the grade down in school A team at tournamants. This why their path is set but the parents get what they really want which is to watch their kid beat up on younger players.

You have it backwards. Players play on their correct age group and will guest up for the challenge once in a blue moon or on a secondary team in their own age group when bodies are needed.

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Anonymous wrote:At our club: current U15 players born after Aug 1 but are in HS will be playing U15 again & those born before Aug 1 but are in 8th grade will be playing at U16. Not allowing dual roster for HS Aug/Sep birthdays.

Parent thought the club would align with the SY but that's not happening: 8th grade parents want their kids to play U15 again and the HS parents want their kids in U16. There are a lot more pre-Aug1 born red-shirts that will be playing with kids 'up' in the next grade. Parents & players are unhappy & the club doesn't give a F.

This is exactly what Ive been saying would happen for over a year. The more competitive the club the more it should translate into college committments. Because of this you'll see Aug birthday players wanting to play up on the correct grade in school team for college recruiting purposes.

Clubs have 2 options to address.

1. Play all August September birthdays on the correct grade in school team from a young age. This sounds difficult but all you have to do is ask players what grade they are in school in addition to a valid birth cert.

2. Dual roster August September birthdays on the grade down team and grade up team at the same time. Then gradually ween them away from the grade down team. By HS they should 100% be playing "up" on the correct grade in school team. This allows collge recruiting to 100% work for all players on the team.

Post a link to a MLS Next, EDP, ECNL or GA league schedule or tournament where the teams are defined and grouped and bracketed by School Grade

This fall when SY starts all top team/club HS ECNL rosters will be grouped by grade. Or in college recruiting terms grouped by graduating year.

It will be fun rubbing your nose in it.

What's a "HS ECNL roster"?
The entire Potomac ECNL U16 will go to Walt Whitman? 🤣

Every ECNL teams roster is public info dunce and all players have s public profile with their graduating year listed.

Yes, and every team has a mix of graduating years listed. So what's your point, oh daft one?

With BY this is correct because you cant play down.

With SY all players on the roster will have the same graduating year because they can play up.

Make sense?

About 10-15 percent of kids aren't in their "assigned" grade. Many players in club soccer will not line up with grades in school.

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Anonymous wrote:What clubs will do in SY is Dual Roster Aug birthdays on the grade down team and the correct grade team at the same time. This will give the cheater parents looking to play down what they want. Then over time the club will suggest and more likely the kid will ask to play on the team with kids their grade in school. By 8th grade all the Aug birthdays will be playing on the team thats their grade in school because clubs wont want to deal with 9th grade players playing high school soccer on a team with 8th grade players. Also players would be aligned for college recrutiing.

Unfortunately you have to give the play down losers what they want when kids are young.

Makes no sense. Players aren't dual rostered within clubs.

Most often a kid will just play up as a guest and be rostered at their correct age group and more often those "guests" will find there way on tournament rosters, but I've seen it happen to be rostered in league at both. But when that's happened, the player often ends up primarily on one team, anyway, once it sinks it trying to be on 2 teams is too much.

Some people just take a while to get reality into their thick skull.

But yes, this is what clubs will do. After a while they'll drop the hammer and say play on the team your grade or be demoted. Once this happens they'll play on the team thats their grade.

Are teams going to do study groups together?
I'm trying to find a rational for grades to be important for teams

Playing on the correct grade in school team allows college recruiting to work 1000x better.

Also playing on the correct grade in school avoids 8th grade teams with 9th grade players that leave the team for 3 months during the season to play HS soccer.

Dont disagree but some parents need to come to the reality that they may be on SY but on second team. That is where the problem is.

The best thing to do with players and parents like this is to put them on the grade in school B team but let them guest with the grade down in school A team at tournamants. This why their path is set but the parents get what they really want which is to watch their kid beat up on younger players.

You must mean guess which grade, not guest 😂

Can't believe the serious soccer people are still debating with the lunatic Grade people who are obviously just here for fun and to torture people who actually take youth soccer semi seriously

Laugh all you want but for some clubs this is a serious issue. How adversely a club is affected 100% depends on when a school starts during the year. As an example in California schools start in Aug so there will be very few Aug birthdays that need to play up. However in the Northeast some school districts dont start until late September which means every one of their teams will have 2 months of players that need to play up.

Needing grade year is your thing, clubs don't need to do anything. If clubs in states with late school start dates follow your play on grade rule, they will be at a serious disadvantage to clubs that play on age. But clubs don't care about grades so it won't be a problem, they won't force kids to play up and have already announced this. There is only a problem for you, no one else.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What clubs will do in SY is Dual Roster Aug birthdays on the grade down team and the correct grade team at the same time. This will give the cheater parents looking to play down what they want. Then over time the club will suggest and more likely the kid will ask to play on the team with kids their grade in school. By 8th grade all the Aug birthdays will be playing on the team thats their grade in school because clubs wont want to deal with 9th grade players playing high school soccer on a team with 8th grade players. Also players would be aligned for college recrutiing.

Unfortunately you have to give the play down losers what they want when kids are young.[/quote]Makes no sense. Players aren't dual rostered within clubs.[/quote]

Most often a kid will just play up as a guest and be rostered at their correct age group and more often those "guests" will find there way on tournament rosters, but I've seen it happen to be rostered in league at both. But when that's happened, the player often ends up primarily on one team, anyway, once it sinks it trying to be on 2 teams is too much.[/quote]
Some people just take a while to get reality into their thick skull.

But yes, this is what clubs will do. After a while they'll drop the hammer and say play on the team your grade or be demoted. Once this happens they'll play on the team thats their grade.[/quote]

Are teams going to do study groups together?
I'm trying to find a rational for grades to be important for teams [/quote]
Playing on the correct grade in school team allows college recruiting to work 1000x better.

Also playing on the correct grade in school avoids 8th grade teams with 9th grade players that leave the team for 3 months during the season to play HS soccer.[/quote]

There is NO SUCH THING as 8th grade teams or 9th grade teams or players in Travel Soccer
It's AGE GROUPS based on DOB Year/Month

Stop talking nonsense like a preprogrammed bot

Colleges don't recruit in batches.
They recruit individual players who have most times already reached out to them and gave them their information. [/quote]
Seriously stick to the littles you have no clue how college recruiting works and why it benefits players to play on the correct grade in school team when trying to get recruited.[/quote]

To add another point to how ridiculously stupid this grade crap is

Junior Varsity and Varsity soccer teams In School have kids from multiple grades on the teams

So not even HS soccer have teams with kids in the same grade
Yet this maniac wants Travel soccer teams to have same grade teams lol [/quote]
High Scbool soccer and club soccer are completely different nice effort trying to mix the two.

All college coaches care about is graduating year. This is because NCAA rules define when coaches can communicate with players and when offers can be provided. Which is why you want to play on the correct grade in school team in club and not be misaligned playing down.[/quote]

So that means colleges haven't been recruiting for years, since teams never have kids all in the same school grade 😄[/quote]
Thats stupid logic.

Players playing up in BY get screwed in recruiting which was one of the main reasons for switching back to SY. The one positive with BY is trapped players were playing up which generated demand if they were good from college coaches. Playing down a grade in SY will not translate to demand from college coaches.[/quote]And yet college coaches said you don't have to play up. Youth soccer will not try to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

Odd duck and not normal just shows you don't know college recruiting. They take that best that contact them that have GPAs to get in. Doesn't matter, transfer, foreign, rec soccer, whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:Grad years are still going to be a mix just as they are now. Many people hold their kids back so grad years won't line up for those held back a year who have bdays before August 1. And our club at least is not making the top teams change to SY so lots of those kids will be "playing up".

What you're describing is different.

A player that was held back in school will be forced to play up in club because of their birth cert age but will have a different graduating year. College coaches will need to wait until their Junior year to communicate with them.or make an offer.

So what if the college coaches have to follow recruiting contact rules?
It's the same rules for kids held back or not.

Kids that are held back in school have to play on a grade older team in club. College coaches only care about players grade in school. In club you cant choose to play down however you can choose to play up.

For hold backs they'll be out of alignment for recruiting. 90% of recruiting occurs Sophomore year with club players. But they'll have already played their Sophomore year in club and will be on a Junior year club team. This just makes things more difficult for recruiting because you're an odd duck and not normal.

College coaches care about your skills, talent, character, potential, graduating year.

If you're on their radar and being actively recruited, that means all the other DCUM soap opera stuff means diddly squat

They also care about difficult problem parents

Have you ever even attended a showcase or event like finals?

The top teams and the top level groups are the ones college coaches watch. They are also the ones that occur in the middle of the day on the best fields. The top college coaches generally setup base camp between the best fields at the best times of day and rarely wander fron there.

The crappy clubs and teams and age groups play on some land of misfit toys field either at 6am or 9pm when nobody is watching or cares.

This is why its important to play on a high level correct grade in school team.

Well then, if a kid needs to play on correct grade in school team to be college recruited, all those Philly Union, Red Bulls etc professional academy kids playing up are screwed 😂🤣😆

As you know Boys are different because there's international competition for roster spots and boys has a true Academy system with biobanding.

There is a bunch of international on girls side also. Big stretch to call MLSN HG true academy system.