ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

It just says TBD.

[Anonymous]

It exists because a change is coming, if there was no change, no one would would make that page

[Anonymous]

And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

That sounds like it would be hard to implement, and likely go against one of the main drivers to going back to the old system - avoiding trap players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It exists because a change is coming, if there was no change, no one would would make that page

They altered the page. It used to have birth year in the TBD spots. They purposefully removed the already inserted birth years and put TBD.

[Anonymous]

So is the ECNL pres. also a the executive VP of strategy for US Club Soccer? Interesting....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

I thought it was 8/1 -7/31? Oh wait, no one knows anything right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

I thought it was 8/1 -7/31? Oh wait, no one knows anything right now.

US Soccer threw both of dates out there in there questionnaire.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

I thought it was 8/1 -7/31? Oh wait, no one knows anything right now.

US Soccer threw both of dates out there in there questionnaire.

Questionnaire? It was more like a comment box with the bottom cut out and placed on top of a trashcan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

I'm not sure how you would have this information. But if this was true, would this be a grandfathering situation or would that remain for the older ages.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And from what I understand from one of our club directors, the breakdown by age group like this is intentional. Those age groups already at high school age (U15 and above) are likely to maintain the birth year status as opposed to school year based on birth. In other words, if your kid is 14 or above now, club soccer groups will not change for him or her.

I don't have any inside knowledge but creating an age group for one year of kids that is only 7 months seems odd. Of course kids could play up but then that thins out the year below them also. Will be messy.

You don't understand, so I guess I will spell it out. U14 and below will now read 9/1 to 8/31. U 16 and above will be 1/1 to 12/31. U15 is the undecided but likely to give flexibility to those in that 3 month grey zone. Probably going to expand the age group to 15 months and let clubs play kids with U14 or U15 to avoid the trap player situation for the first year. Those details are probably TBD. But those at high school age already are not going to see their age groups broken up for 25-26.

I'm not sure how you would have this information. But if this was true, would this be a grandfathering situation or would that remain for the older ages.

Yes and yes. Grandfathering situation but for high school ages only right now. Rationale is that they are already in the recruiting process and there is no perceived upside since trapped player is no longer a thing for them. Club directors received an explanation email. At least some did.

[Anonymous]

My kid is in 7th grade and will be trapped next year while her team is in high school. Does this mean she still is trapped next year if they keep High School ages together?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 7th grade and will be trapped next year while her team is in high school. Does this mean she still is trapped next year if they keep High School ages together?

No, as long as she was born between August and December of 2011 next year - she will be given the opportunity to play with U14s again. If she chooses to play U15 and the club lets her essentially "play up", she is trapped by her decision to do so.