ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For club players their last chance to impress is their junior year season. For Trapped players they basically dont have a normal team to play on and have to hope that they have been spotted in their sophomore year.

Trapped players don’t lose their junior season….

Yes they do. Why you ask? Because during their prime recruiting year when they should be at showcases, they are on a team full of seniors who are focussed elsewhere and bail out- especially if they have decided they don’t want to play in college. They don’t want to go to showcases (too busy studying for SAT, applications etc) and they just don’t care by that point. The junior player is at the beck and call of a team of checked out seniors. Could they go find another club. Of course! But it would still be with seniors who in a different life stage with different priorities. They can’t even get the seniors out to practice 3 days a week much less travel to all the showcases-especially those in March- May which should be the prime time for the junior. It’s an albatross being on a senior team when you are not a senior.

Jesus man, listen to yourself. You’re blaming other kids for your kids outcome.

What you’re saying is “they don’t have the team I want them to have, with a focus the benefits my kid.”

Clearly your club doesn’t send teams to nationals or even the consolation nationals, and the kids have nothing to play for (including college). Sounds like a club change is needed, not a universal rule change.

You misread it. They are faulting the calendar year date cutoffs for putting kids in different school grades on the same team.

No they got it right. Everything is everyone else's fault. Grow up, actively recruit for your decent player. If your kid is good enough coaches will be interested. Stop blaming everything else under the sun for why a 'younger kid' doesn't make it to whatever you expect them to make. Kids making National teams at 15/16 and the a national team in their late teens should be more than enough to make you fall birthday parents shut up about how unfair the world is to your previous fall babies.

Face facts: your kid isn't as great as you think they are. That's the problem not the birth cut off.

Fault fixed because they along with others stood up for themselves. They did right by their kid.

[Anonymous]

trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But your Q1 and Q2 DDs really are the better players . . . .

Can’t wait to see next year’s rosters.

Dumbest take of the day.

Kids that suck will still suck, kids that ball, will still ball. Age cutoffs won’t change talent.

BUT, some Q4 scrubs that were riding the pine one good teams will likely end up starting on some sucky teams in 2 years. I just wonder who their parents will blame then…

Bitterest or most clueless take of the day, tough choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Shhhh. Are you really trying to get serious answers on a forum?

[Anonymous]

Screenshot of apparent official notice found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SoccerCoachResources/comments/1h0v5sb/official_notice_from_us_soccer_no_age_group/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

[Anonymous]

41% favor BY
47% favor SY
12% other (both, I guess).

82% say they aren't ready for a chance over tech platform concerns!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For club players their last chance to impress is their junior year season. For Trapped players they basically dont have a normal team to play on and have to hope that they have been spotted in their sophomore year.

Trapped players don’t lose their junior season….

Yes they do. Why you ask? Because during their prime recruiting year when they should be at showcases, they are on a team full of seniors who are focussed elsewhere and bail out- especially if they have decided they don’t want to play in college. They don’t want to go to showcases (too busy studying for SAT, applications etc) and they just don’t care by that point. The junior player is at the beck and call of a team of checked out seniors. Could they go find another club. Of course! But it would still be with seniors who in a different life stage with different priorities. They can’t even get the seniors out to practice 3 days a week much less travel to all the showcases-especially those in March- May which should be the prime time for the junior. It’s an albatross being on a senior team when you are not a senior.

Jesus man, listen to yourself. You’re blaming other kids for your kids outcome.

What you’re saying is “they don’t have the team I want them to have, with a focus the benefits my kid.”

Clearly your club doesn’t send teams to nationals or even the consolation nationals, and the kids have nothing to play for (including college). Sounds like a club change is needed, not a universal rule change.

You misread it. They are faulting the calendar year date cutoffs for putting kids in different school grades on the same team.

No they got it right. Everything is everyone else's fault. Grow up, actively recruit for your decent player. If your kid is good enough coaches will be interested. Stop blaming everything else under the sun for why a 'younger kid' doesn't make it to whatever you expect them to make. Kids making National teams at 15/16 and the a national team in their late teens should be more than enough to make you fall birthday parents shut up about how unfair the world is to your previous fall babies.

Face facts: your kid isn't as great as you think they are. That's the problem not the birth cut off.

Fun fact: your kid isn’t good. Just older. Good luck on the B team. Sorry man. Maybe invest time in helping your kid develop skills instead of whining about the change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

Whoa, new conspiracy theory? US Soccer organizes NWSL Next using BY behind ECNL's back during the delay?

[Anonymous]

How does a club prepare for a switch to school year?

What is the ideal roster to have in 2025 for a smooth transfer to SY in 26/27.

[Anonymous]

I hope ECNL will allow a certain number of Q3/Q4 players to play in their grade. This will ease the transition and also allow them the same recruiting exposure opportunity. My kid will play in an ECNL showcase next spring. I hope he can play in his own grade instead of a higher grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

Whoa, new conspiracy theory? US Soccer organizes NWSL Next using BY behind ECNL's back during the delay?

NWSL has no money to support an academy. Getting an ECNL player is currently free, so I don't see any business sense in wasting money on your own academy team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

self exposed troll. well done.

Given the bitterness I am reading from the trolls, it seems like they feel ECNL is going SY in 2026.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

Whoa, new conspiracy theory? US Soccer organizes NWSL Next using BY behind ECNL's back during the delay?

NWSL has no money to support an academy. Getting an ECNL player is currently free, so I don't see any business sense in wasting money on your own academy team.

Parents will fund the non academy teams just like in MLSN.

Academy teams will be free funded by NWSL and parents from non academy teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:trolls- hush.

so, ecnl SY in 2026. is this pretty certain. Any reason/chance they bail on that?

Because US Soccer is slow rolling ECNL and is planning to pull the rug out from underneath them again next year at this time.

Whoa, new conspiracy theory? US Soccer organizes NWSL Next using BY behind ECNL's back during the delay?

NWSL has no money to support an academy. Getting an ECNL player is currently free, so I don't see any business sense in wasting money on your own academy team.

Parents will fund the non academy teams just like in MLSN.

Academy teams will be free funded by NWSL and parents from non academy teams.

As I said, there is no incentive for NWSL to spend resources on its own academy team, as they can get ECNL and college players for free. The distant hope is GA, but GA is already on the life support because of ECNL. If ECNL goes to SY and GA stays in BY, its days as a competing top league will be counted.