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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people realize that before BY it was SY from Aug 1 - July 31? Do you think Aug kids who didn't play on grade never played in college back then? No. The answer is no.  [/quote]
They played up with their grade if players wanted to play in college.[/quote]

No they didn’t. But keep telling yourself that. [/quote]
But they did. The drive by many patents to play down is new. Probably driven by private school parents that are looking for ways to hold back their kids. [/quote]

N=2 ...We have someone saying Aug Kids who played in college played on age last time SY AND we have someone saying Aug kids who played in college played on grade last time in SY. Bet both was true to a certain extent/situations. Our problem in this world today is too often people want their world view to be everyone else's -- at least online.[/quote]
There's many different colleges. The more competitive colleges (typically D1 but not always) have 100s of players to choose from for every position. They will not waste their time on a player with unknown potential because they're playing down a grade. Colleges further down the competitive scale might take a risk on a player thats playing down but this is because they cant do any better. Also expensive private schools will take whoever can pay so often it doesnt even matter. But over all playing down is a negative for a grade up player. By doing it you've most likely screwed yourself out of playing for the best teams. [/quote]
Hey someone gets it!

Let's take this logic to the youth soccer level. The top youth clubs in the nation are the feeders for the top college teams in the nation. To provide the best possible candidates for being recruited by the top teams in college top youth clubs wont allow players playing down a grade in the recruitment phase of youth soccer. Just like the top colleges top youth clubs have 100s of players to choose from. They won't waste their time developing a trojan horse that will blow up at the college level ultimately making them look bad. [/quote]

So, you're saying that a player on age that's misaligned won't be good because they're playing with nationally-ranked, college-bound players that are slightly younger? That's the disconnect here. Obviously, if you are misaligned and can play up, you want that, but if not, you'll still want the A team, regardless if it's one of these top clubs. AND for the clubs, it's more nuanced that this, tho. The top clubs keep their spot by being able to recruit and they do that by winning. If they can pull in a misaligned player, especially at the younger age groups, they will. They are ruthless. Also, parents/kids will see it as a way in, with the hope that they eventually play up to play on grade OR during certain showcases. [/quote]

Explain misaligned [/quote]Askew[/quote]

PP means misaligned how in this soccer context 
[/quote]Ex. The dates for P2P MLSN1.5 and MLSN2.5 have 12 month age eligibility dates that are misaligned.[/quote]

Misaligned against what?

How does that impact an individual kid's skills development?

If you're playing MLSN2 SY you play by your cutoff grouping 
If you're playing MLS Next you play by your cutoff grouping

If you change or move between the two, you play your cutoff grouping

Whether good player, bad player or in-between [/quote] When things do not line up, they are misaligned.[/quote]

All MLSN2 players have the same cutoff 
They aren't misaligned [/quote] You thought someone wrote MLSN2 players are misaligned with each other?[/quote]

Someone wrote MLS Next and MLSN2 are misaligned because one is BY and the other SY

But since they're two separate different leagues, comparing the cutoffs makes no sense 
In addition, the cutoffs doesn't stop a player from going from one to the other. He just goes where he belongs.

Drama for no reason [/quote]MLSN's P2P MLSN1 and MLSN2 clearly have misaligned age dates with regard to each other. Time to move on.[/quote]

Are MLS Next and MLSN2 teams playing against each other during the regular season?[/quote]

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