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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30). [/quote]

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?[/quote]

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in. [/quote]

Travel soccer, yes, but Rec soccer (which sucks anyway), they can play with their grade.[/quote]

No they cannot. My sons best friends are December 2011 kids, he is June 2012. Reston Herndon refused to put them on the same team even though they were the same age and in the same class. [/quote]

I'm not the PP who you're responding to, but I think this must vary by league.  We live in Arlington and rec teams are by grade.  I have a 2012 birthday kid who plays on a rec team with 2011 birthdays because they are in his grade (not sure why it "sucks").  Travel/try-out teams are by birth year, so he will not be on a team with the 2011s if we do that.

I think in general this shows that there are a lot of really hyper-local things that may crop up with sports, school, etc.[/quote]

MSI soccer is by birth date on a school year calendar.  So it’s Aug 1 - July 31 or Sept 1 - Aug 31.  I forget which.  In any event, Dec 2011 and spring 2012 play together, but if you redshirt to the extreme your kid will not play with his grade in ES.  I think at some point in MS they may switch to birth year and split the grades up.  Kids who are serious about sports in this region are playing club/travel sports.  They may or may not also play for their HS team when they get there.  [/quote]

I wish Reston Herndon, I guess it is now Great Falls/Reston/Herndon did things that way but they didn't. The only reason my 6 YO was playing was to play with his friends but they were on different teams because of their year of birth. We put it on the original form and when I emailed to follow up I was told, in a very rude and curt email, that levels were decided by birth year and there were no exceptions allowed. It has not been an issue since then because DS decided he didn't want to play soccer any more and has stuck with baseball.

Glad that there are some leagues out there with some common sense. 
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