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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our age group, Bethesda and Achilles do this. Our club this year has not. [/quote]

Based on what you see in BSC, Achilles and Armour, do you feel it is unfair and is used for the sole reason to gain the system to win? Or is it used as per intended?[/quote]

I have seen other teams do it, and the primary reason is to keep good players from having to leave because they cannot compete with the size or speed or testoserone of more biologically mature players in their age group in MLS Next.  The primary beneficiaries should be midfielders.  The players whom I've seen do it are average-sized for the age group below them, or perhaps below-average size for that age group.  I've seen good players who were 4'10 at 13 or 5' at 14 (maybe true bio age is 11/12) who stopped playing or had to move to lower teams to get playing time, and were then fully grown in 1-2 years.  Even if you are quick, you are quickly overpowered, and if you don't think that's the case, then watch a really good U14/U15 MLS Next team try to beat average MLS Next teams or ECNL teams who are one year older.  The irony is that there was a lot more tolerance in US youth soccer of smaller players in the old days because fewer pure athletes played at all.[/quote]

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