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[quote=Anonymous]My son, starter in DA/MLS Next teams since he was 14 and then recruited to D1 college, was moved up and down multiple levels of teams through U9-13. We didn't like the downward movement at that time, but he stuck with it, we kept quiet and in retrospect, it was the right decision by the club for him and benefited him a lot. Helped him become the player he was at 14 and he didn't look back after that.

In our experience (and from seeing his teammates), it really matters very little which team a kid plays for at U-little, as long as the player is getting challenged, ample playing time, good coaching and above all, serious teammates who want to win and get better.

Player movement across levels happens quite a lot in good clubs, based on where players need to be. If movement is driven by other factors, that's not a good club. Of course, parents aren't the best judge of this since they tend to be biased in favor of their own child. My rule of thumb is that in a good club, at least 3-4 players should be moving up and down across levels every year till U14. This raises the motivation of players in lower level teams, reduces complacency among the top team players, and allows for uneven development with age. In my son's club, there was some movement year-to-year even in the highest age groups, i.e. U-17 and 18/19.  
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