DA Girls Cup Groups/Schedule

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not poking LOL

Sadly, the PP may have taken the questions as sarcasm on this board.

Tough crowd around here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all of this emphasis on development, US soccer sure has a lot of competitions

And this is a point that is also worth noting.

Such a system makes more sense at U17-U18/19 but less so for U15 and U16.

I'm curious, why does better competition OR competition cup like they are doing make more sense at U17-U18/19 than at the U15 & U16 age groups?

Do you think that U15 & U16 don't have the competitive drive of the older girls?

Do you think it would hurt development?

Not poking, asking serious questions.

Since DA starts at U14 it stands to reason that the full competitive phase should start when the full sub rules and 90 minute games are used.

U15 and U16 years should be used more for development than the drive to win at all cost. U16 is still a transition year to the full 90 minute game. U15 is a transition year to the no return sub rule.

By U17 girls are mostly full grown a

I've seen development pathways from some clubs that have U15 at the end of the 'development' years and U16 and up as competition. But USSF defines U15 and up as 'Advanced'. So I can see why they started at U15.

I'm still not seeing a drawback to a cup type of format for clubs for U15 or U16 age groups. No negatives IMO.

But thanks for the info.

Not really info, just my opinion.

I could be convinced to include U16 too but U15 still seems to be a bridge year to me.

[Anonymous]

Fair point and I can agree with that.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why people assume that because some or even most girls as having finished the bulk of puberty as the same thing as being "developed". Smh...

[Anonymous]

As I tell my DD, soccer development is a marathon, don't let the stumble at mile 15 cause concern. Get up and finish.

[Anonymous]

USSF must be trying to double down on that U17 girls world cup every 2 years, so expose U15's and U16's to competition on a national scale to filter out the best players.

[Anonymous]

In other words, find the U17's that have the athletic / physical maturity level of U19's and put them on the field. Well played.