ECNL moving to school year part 2

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

If you cant play on a team thats your grade is school you wont be able to compete in college. Pretty simple.

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Pretty simple that all kids, specially late kids develop at different times. No? But as they get older, the early advantages disappear. No? But if you make them play down and aylt younger years, they will be judged at beating younger players and not on age, no? Also, U15 in this area plays way less showcases. So, if they play on grade, way more showcases, they play a year down, way less showcases. How do you account for that during the recruiting years the Aug-Sept kids who were on school year are now getting way less showcases during their recruiting ages? Thoughts? Still think it is not a severe disadvantage? They were playing successfully on grade, then forced to play below grade, and now miss all on grade showcases? That is not a disadvantage? No matter how good they play below grade, being seen too late, versus being seen late n grade and let their skills speak for themselves..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

Kids playing club on grade are not playing with players 3-4 grades higher like they will in college. Does that mean they "won't be able to handle it"?

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

If you cant play on a team thats your grade is school you wont be able to compete in college. Pretty simple.

The problem with your statement is that your proof is "trust me bro."

And second, if clubs want to play kids on age it doesn't mean they can't play up an age group up, it just means they are in a different team. The team you are on doesn't define you as a player. College coaches know this as they recruit players not teams. No college coach is going to blackball a kid because youth soccer goes by age groups instead of grades, just like they don't understand BY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty simple that all kids, specially late kids develop at different times. No? But as they get older, the early advantages disappear. No? But if you make them play down and aylt younger years, they will be judged at beating younger players and not on age, no? Also, U15 in this area plays way less showcases. So, if they play on grade, way more showcases, they play a year down, way less showcases. How do you account for that during the recruiting years the Aug-Sept kids who were on school year are now getting way less showcases during their recruiting ages? Thoughts? Still think it is not a severe disadvantage? They were playing successfully on grade, then forced to play below grade, and now miss all on grade showcases? That is not a disadvantage? No matter how good they play below grade, being seen too late, versus being seen late n grade and let their skills speak for themselves..

If DC is playing on age and beating players within the age cutoff, club should give DC an opportunity to play up an age group, and if DC is good enough to beat those players, DC should play up. But if DC is kept with age group and not allowed to play up after change from BY to SY, it means DC isn’t good enough to beat players on the older age group team. BTW, the early advantages don’t always disappear. Coaches are not looking for “just as good” players. Coaches recruit standout players. It actually is pretty simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty simple that all kids, specially late kids develop at different times. No? But as they get older, the early advantages disappear. No? But if you make them play down and aylt younger years, they will be judged at beating younger players and not on age, no? Also, U15 in this area plays way less showcases. So, if they play on grade, way more showcases, they play a year down, way less showcases. How do you account for that during the recruiting years the Aug-Sept kids who were on school year are now getting way less showcases during their recruiting ages? Thoughts? Still think it is not a severe disadvantage? They were playing successfully on grade, then forced to play below grade, and now miss all on grade showcases? That is not a disadvantage? No matter how good they play below grade, being seen too late, versus being seen late n grade and let their skills speak for themselves..

Four things. It's pretty simple that advantages accumulate over time so it's best to be in an advantageous situation for a length of time to capture long term gains. Not knowing this makes you uninformed.

Second, you have to compare playing on age vs playing up when not ready. Science says playing on age will make you a better player as the oldest in an age range and being the youngest will increase chances of quitting (getting on a secondary team, worse coaches, less playing time, etc.) College coaches prefer having better players to recruit rather than picking a kid who players on a team with older kids. They said this, this isn't a trust me comment. Not knowing this makes you uniformed.

Third, clubs are actively discouraging playing up so no one will expect anyone to play up except maybe the boomers that can't fathom that club soccer doesn't use grades. Not knowing this makes you uninformed.

And finally fourth, the amount that you protest to try to force grade year into soccer and try to offer misinformation in this thread makes it clear how much you need soccer to go grade year, meaning your judgement is clouded with bias. It's like you want to hypothetically make your Sept girl the oldest to reap the rewards of being the oldest while pretending they don't exist so August births are fooled into bad decisions. This makes it clear that you don't want to be properly informed and will never agree to the facts and will just slink away in a little bit just constantly complaining to everyone around you that you right and they were wrong. The rest of us won't be bitter or celebrate because we were just telling you you were wrong and never picked a position.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

Things you've never heard from a college coach for $500 Alex

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

If you cant play on a team thats your grade is school you wont be able to compete in college. Pretty simple.

Said no soccer professional scout or college recruiter ever

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

So then college coaches won't ignore them because other than MLSN1 you can't choose to play down. Everyone else is assigned age groups based on birthdays. Clubs tell players where to play based on kids ages. Kids don't pick their age group. You are also guessing that all kids playing in lower age groups are worse than all kids in higher age groups. Ridiculous assumption.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

If you cant play on a team thats your grade is school you wont be able to compete in college. Pretty simple.

Your judgement that someone's skills and playing level are merely based on the age group that they play in is on you. No one else here is making that basic error. Just because you can play up doesn't mean you should or would be given the opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

100% correct age troll just wants a way to play down. College coaches see through the Trojan Horses that aren't good enough to play with their grade.

Nice parroting your own post.

Only can play down in MLSN. College coaches don't care about kids ages or their teams. They take the best players whether transfers, internationals or HS regardless of their team. Beyond puberty, the differences in age groups have shrunk. Evaluators know how to evaluate, don't you worry.

Yes they do know how to evaluate. Which is why they'll pass on the play downer trojan horses.

Expect they said they wouldn't pass on recruits based on their age group or team. It's why they take recruits from transfers, foreign, good club teams and bad club teams. They recruit the player, who reaches out to them, not the team they play on.

If you cant play on a team thats your grade is school you wont be able to compete in college. Pretty simple.

If I was a college coach I wouldn't recruit Aug birthdays choosing to play down a grade.

This must have been what college coaches told FC Copa which is why they made the decision to group all Aug birthdays on their grade in school team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious that you're a youngers parent and dont understand how olders + college recruiting works (with girls).

Not a mystery, pretty basic, as Eastside said, "College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

And then their are multiple guides like this recent one helping players realize that they need to do a bunch to initiate and maintain communication and how to get noticed. "For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the best ways to engage with college coaches and build relationships is through college ID camps."

https://www.dcxiproject.com/post/how-to-get-recruited-to-play-college-soccer

There are a bunch of guides and they all point out that you being proactive is recruiting.

This is it. You impress at an ID camp and the coach says, tell me where/when I can watch you at the next showcase. So, getting to the showcase where you both will be at is critical. Not all teams/clubs can get you to that showcase.

And they go to the Showcase only to find Aug birthdays playing down. Then immediately move on to the next player.

When you start playing college soccer, don't you start playing with others who are three or four years older? So why would one year make a difference?

Wait!
What?

In college the kids don't play on grade?

Thats why college coaches will ignore Aug birthdays that choose to play down. If you cant handle playing with your grade in High School you definitely wont be able to handle playing against players 3-5 years older and 3-4 grades older in. college.

Pretty simple.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty simple that all kids, specially late kids develop at different times. No? But as they get older, the early advantages disappear. No? But if you make them play down and aylt younger years, they will be judged at beating younger players and not on age, no? Also, U15 in this area plays way less showcases. So, if they play on grade, way more showcases, they play a year down, way less showcases. How do you account for that during the recruiting years the Aug-Sept kids who were on school year are now getting way less showcases during their recruiting ages? Thoughts? Still think it is not a severe disadvantage? They were playing successfully on grade, then forced to play below grade, and now miss all on grade showcases? That is not a disadvantage? No matter how good they play below grade, being seen too late, versus being seen late n grade and let their skills speak for themselves..

If DC is playing on age and beating players within the age cutoff, club should give DC an opportunity to play up an age group, and if DC is good enough to beat those players, DC should play up. But if DC is kept with age group and not allowed to play up after change from BY to SY, it means DC isn’t good enough to beat players on the older age group team. BTW, the early advantages don’t always disappear. Coaches are not looking for “just as good” players. Coaches recruit standout players. It actually is pretty simple.

“Coaches recruit standout players” isn’t entirely true. Every player on DD’s DMV ECNL team is playing in college. Surely all 29 of them aren’t standouts, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty simple that all kids, specially late kids develop at different times. No? But as they get older, the early advantages disappear. No? But if you make them play down and aylt younger years, they will be judged at beating younger players and not on age, no? Also, U15 in this area plays way less showcases. So, if they play on grade, way more showcases, they play a year down, way less showcases. How do you account for that during the recruiting years the Aug-Sept kids who were on school year are now getting way less showcases during their recruiting ages? Thoughts? Still think it is not a severe disadvantage? They were playing successfully on grade, then forced to play below grade, and now miss all on grade showcases? That is not a disadvantage? No matter how good they play below grade, being seen too late, versus being seen late n grade and let their skills speak for themselves..

If DC is playing on age and beating players within the age cutoff, club should give DC an opportunity to play up an age group, and if DC is good enough to beat those players, DC should play up. But if DC is kept with age group and not allowed to play up after change from BY to SY, it means DC isn’t good enough to beat players on the older age group team. BTW, the early advantages don’t always disappear. Coaches are not looking for “just as good” players. Coaches recruit standout players. It actually is pretty simple.

“Coaches recruit standout players” isn’t entirely true. Every player on DD’s DMV ECNL team is playing in college. Surely all 29 of them aren’t standouts, right?

Ahhh the old everyone gets a medal defense 👏 🙄