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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  He has not.  [/quote]
This is usually an argument for *not* playing up. U15 is a year of big gaps opening up in size/speed/strength for the boys. You'll have to be a top technical player to make up for this. However...

Based on the thread above, I assume this is a non-MLS club in the new "MLS League" (i.e. a former DA team). If your club has both U14 and U15 teams in that league, I think it's worth attempting to play up. There may be a big difference in quality this year between those two age groups, as the only age groups MLS academies are required to have are U15 and U17. So at U14, you may play few or no MLS academy teams; and those you do play will have their best 2007s playing up on the "real" U15 team. (Note, the same thing is more or less true for U16-to-U17, for the same reasons.)

That said, I'd have a conversation with the coach now about the ability to play on-age (U14) later in the year if he's not getting enough playing time. And I'd loop your son in to that conversation as much as possible, so everyone has eyes open going in.[/quote]

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