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ECNL moving to school year not calendar
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Anonymous
Ok, seems you are saying there are metrics but limited to no policing. |
Anonymous
| Fyi, my kid is a trapped 8th grader and moved from a #1 ECNL club in our region to MLS Next. He is the only trapped player in his team. And guess what, 6 players in his current MLS Next team are late birthday. If ECNL does not do something similar to MLS Next, ECNL team will lose some players to MLS up to U15. |
Anonymous
| My son's birthday is in late December. He is currently biobanding in MLS. I would much prefer a team from the same grade. If ECNL changes the school year, I will move him to ECNL. After the change, he can make any ECNL team and be a starter in our region. |
Anonymous
Wow! Aiming for that Underachiever trophy huh |
Anonymous
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I’m sorry to do this because I know the answer to my question must be buried in this 60 page thread somewhere, but…
If ECNL makes this change, will it likely impact kids of all ages at ECNL clubs, regardless of whether that kid is on an ENCL team? I have a u-little with a late birthday who would eventually be trapped under the current system, so trying to understand what it might mean for her, if anything, at this age. |
Anonymous
| Us club soccer already reached its decision. They are waiting for us youth. The change only needs a public announcement. |
Anonymous
??? |
Anonymous
| What is the decision |
Anonymous
Not enough information is public yet. I can’t see them only doing for specific ages. ECNL and Pre ECNL are U12-U19. If they decide to switch to grad year she would be placed with kids in her same school grade. I believe ECNL won’t change without IS club soccer or another youth sports agency’s backing. Again not enough is know at this point. |
Anonymous
US club is on board USYS is the holdout. What does that mean?… We will find out in November at some point after the US soccer meeting. |
Anonymous
| Does anyone remember if US soccer (USSF) just decided to go BY without governing bodies USYS, US Club soccer on board? Was it unanimous decision? |
Anonymous
USSF decided without input from other groups, to their surprise. It seems to have been a source of some hard feelings. In the ECNL podcast, they alluded to this and said something to the effect of "maybe this time the people who have to actually live with the decision will be consulted." |
Anonymous
How many governing bodies are there? In England the FA is the governing body. All other associations fall under. Isn't US Soccer the governing body? |
Anonymous
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If only the majority were focused on the quality of youth coaching and the work their kids were actually putting in both for training and games instead of all these administrative distractions.
People worried about their kid being so-called trapped when the kid hardly trains 3 days a week and has the first touch of a brick wall. |
Anonymous
My understanding is that US Soccer is meant to sit at the top, with way too many sitting below. But they have no actual authority over all those below them if there's a real disagreement. For instance, when they switched to BY as a new "mandate," US Club and USYS later issued press releases that they would adopt the new standards. It wasn't automatic. The way I saw it explained was that US Soccer's real power over a group like ECNL was to stop considering their players for national teams, which US Soccer is solely in charge of. Otherwise, the bodies "underneath" US Soccer generally adopt standards simply to avoid headaches with inter-league play. Many AYSO regions didn't adopt the BY mandate. They don't play inter-league or tournaments, or send players to national teams, so US Soccer really can't force anything on them, just recommend it. |