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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not happening. We are in the last season for the kids that had to switch age groups.

Someone has to be the young one regardless of how it's set up. Travel soccer is not meant to play with your friends, it's meant to play with other kids at your level.  If you want your kid to play with their friends, then go play rec. [/quote]

The ECNL president/VP both are heavily advocating for it, but you anonymous commenter say it's not happening so I guess I have to agree with you? I'm sorry it didn't help your child, but they wouldn't have put out such a public discussion if it didn't have any merit. The playing with classmates is nice, but ECNL is focused on college recruitment which goes by the academic calendar.[/quote]

It doesn't matter what the ECNL President/VP want, it was a decision made at US Soccer's level - multiple levels higher than ECNL.

In 2016, US Soccer began using calendar year birth years to determine a player's age for youth soccer programs and competitions, instead of using the school calendar year. This change aligned US Soccer with international standards and Youth National Team programs. Previously, age groups were based on birth dates between August 1 and July 31, but with the new system, age groups are based on birth dates between January 1 and December 31.

US Club Soccer sanctions ECNL and US Club Soccer falls under the US Soccer Federation.  The USSF is the official governing body of soccer in the United States as recognized by soccer's international governing body, FIFA.[/quote]

You're assuming that ECNL needs US soccer. This isn't Europe where ECNL is part of a broader league structure. They could easily decide to go it alone. Financially, not pay dues to a governing body would be a great move [/quote]

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