ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

Maybe if we developed everyone and not just the majority Q1/2 kids we wouldn’t lose to North Korea in U20 women’s soccer.

Let’s just keep developing the kids who are the biggest and fastest at an early age that seems to be working on the girls side.

Not saying RAE won’t be an issue with new cut offs but I don’t remember us losing to North Korea when SY dates were in effect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MLS biobanding here. Looking forward to joining ECNL if they change to grad year. It makes kids feel better to join the same grade in ECNL than biobanding in MLS to play in the same grade. ECNL will get many MLS players by switching to the school year. It is a good move for ECNL.

Yes, leave the top league to play a league down because you can play with people in the same grade as you but in different schools.

Also, what medication did you miss today why you associate biobanding with wanting to play with schoolmates?
How many kids on a MLS Next team go to the same school?

You must be the one who most people around you hate you.

Just shut up and go to have a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MLS biobanding here. Looking forward to joining ECNL if they change to grad year. It makes kids feel better to join the same grade in ECNL than biobanding in MLS to play in the same grade. ECNL will get many MLS players by switching to the school year. It is a good move for ECNL.

Feel free to ignore of course but curious about the late developer status at MLS Next.

Did you have to do anything (forms, doc checkup, etc) or did the club get it approved and does it automatically apply to years going forward. Thanks.

They measured your height, and the club will do all the paperwork for you. We do not like biobanding as he is the only one. It is like "play down," since you can not play in your age group. Two other late birthday players in his team refuse to do biobanding. If ECNL changes to 7/1 to 6/30, he and the other two players will be in the middle of the pack and feel more comfortable " playing down."

Thank you, this was very helpful. I

[Anonymous]

Everyone should listen to the new ECNL podcast episode 103 3 min in they are addressing the rumors and what’s going on.
Will be decided either in October or November according to ECNL president.

[Anonymous]

This maybe a dumb question but wouldn’t ECNL moving their year to grade raise the issue of redshirting? Which I think is an issue in other sports?

That is, teams will include kids that are a full year or more older than their teammates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MLS biobanding here. Looking forward to joining ECNL if they change to grad year. It makes kids feel better to join the same grade in ECNL than biobanding in MLS to play in the same grade. ECNL will get many MLS players by switching to the school year. It is a good move for ECNL.

Yes, leave the top league to play a league down because you can play with people in the same grade as you but in different schools.

Also, what medication did you miss today why you associate biobanding with wanting to play with schoolmates?
How many kids on a MLS Next team go to the same school?

You must be the one who most people around you hate you.

Just shut up and go to have a life.

Because most people don't want to hear the truth that interferes with their made-up reality?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should listen to the new ECNL podcast episode 103 3 min in they are addressing the rumors and what’s going on.
Will be decided either in October or November according to ECNL president.

Here comes the podcast promotions guy again

[Anonymous]

https://breakingtheline.buzzsprout.com/2325804/episodes/15813943-single-sport-vs-multi-sport-the-relative-age-debate-social-media-s-role-in-getting-recruited-ep-103?t=0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should listen to the new ECNL podcast episode 103 3 min in they are addressing the rumors and what’s going on.
Will be decided either in October or November according to ECNL president.

Here comes the podcast promotions guy again

I’ll sum it up for you since you’re to afraid to listen.

Yes they can do it on their own. Yes they’re talking about the 25/26 season. Yes there will be a decision Oct/Nov. Yes surveys went out. The only thing they didn’t touch on that comes up a lot was if would be grade year, July 1 or August 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should listen to the new ECNL podcast episode 103 3 min in they are addressing the rumors and what’s going on.
Will be decided either in October or November according to ECNL president.

Here comes the podcast promotions guy again

You seem nervous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This maybe a dumb question but wouldn’t ECNL moving their year to grade raise the issue of redshirting? Which I think is an issue in other sports?

That is, teams will include kids that are a full year or more older than their teammates?

Depends on if the goto a SY cut off Aug 1 to July 31 or something like that.

Going just to grad year you could see kids being held back but from what I’ve heard that’s only ECNL not the other leagues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECNL should probably comment on this in some way. Either no things will be as they have been or small/major changes are on the horizon.

They did today. Sounds like it’s happening.

[Anonymous]

ECNL will switch. They hope the other guys do it all together.

[Anonymous]

None of this has a single thing to do with improving the state of youth soccer or developing individual players

It's all about how it can help ECNL get more $$$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of this has a single thing to do with improving the state of youth soccer or developing individual players

It's all about how it can help ECNL get more $$$

If you listen to the back part of the podcast, someone offered that they believe that the switch to SY will increase soccer participation and was viewed as the most important thing that youth soccer needs. (Seemed others agreed.) Increased participation would improve the state of youth soccer.