ECNL moving to school year not calendar

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Anonymous wrote:Any updates from the meeting.

Yes.

That's helpful. Care to elaborate?

8/1 unanimous


...maybe

If I were the *youth* national team rep, I'd vote against it. They may have slightly worse finishes in the future and need to use this as an excuse to keep their jobs. Everyone else has pretty good reasons to vote to change back. Amazing that the youth national team interests basically steamrolled the interests of everyone else in 2015.

[Anonymous]

No one cares now that they lose to tiny island countries in the Carribean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Not sure how much is cumulative RAE (through clubs fumbling development), scouts and youth national team coaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Different poster, but that sounds correct based on results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Yes, and not for just this reason. At some point we need to get away from choosing the biggest fastest strongest and start focusing on soccer IQ, technical skills, and fundamentals. The number of poor first touches, lack of two feet and lack of technical passing is troubling to me.

"Send Trinity" is getting old, especially when you start playing teams like Spain who slice and dice us with ease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Not sure how much is cumulative RAE (through clubs fumbling development), scouts and youth national team coaches.

If not part of this change, I'm expecting some serious RAE initiatives in the near future. The cutoff debate has almost certainly pushed the RAE issue into the light more than it had been in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Yes, and not for just this reason. At some point we need to get away from choosing the biggest fastest strongest and start focusing on soccer IQ, technical skills, and fundamentals. The number of poor first touches, lack of two feet and lack of technical passing is troubling to me.

"Send Trinity" is getting old, especially when you start playing teams like Spain who slice and dice us with ease.

100%

[Anonymous]

I think our scouts need to seperate great athlete vs great soccer player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Never seen or heard of a National team dominated by Q4 or late developers.

It was pointed out from where exactly?

[Anonymous]

Greatest hoax since the moon landing. Well played

[Anonymous]

Where is the leak?!

[Anonymous]

Wait until 5pm est

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait until 5pm est

Why? What’s happening at 5pm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And as Pitch to Pro podcast pointed out a few years ago youth national teams were dominated by Q4 players (something CY was trying to fix) so expect in a few years, youth national teams to be dominated by Q4 players again.

So, what you're saying is that the national team scouts in the US are pretty much clueless?

Never seen or heard of a National team dominated by Q4 or late developers.

It was pointed out from where exactly?

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