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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are a handful of 2015 teams playing U11.  Rumor is its a recruiting tactic.  It's all nonsense.   [/quote]

There are a few 2015s playing up, SYC, Mclean, Loudoun and Arlington are the ones I’m familiar with personally.  For each of those teams, winning the majority of their games 6-1, 10-2 or worse, except when playing each other, (of course with a few exceptions) likely wasn’t helping their development at a macro level.   I have no problem with teams playing up an age group if that is what is required to continue their development.  Also, playing 9v9 alone will accelerate their development vs playing 7v7 if they weren’t being challenged.   [/quote]At I think at U9, you get goalies instead of twin split goals at the lower ages.

And you can fit more players on a team playing 9v9 vs 7v7 and 11v11 vs 9v9.

This allows the soccer clubs to make more money by bringing in more players to top teams and keeps high level players away from competing teams.

Note that having fewer players on a field is said to lead to more touches on the ball which leads to accelerated development.  So l guess they are saying less is more but than more is even more.[/quote]

I agree that fewer players on the field = more touches.   
I also know that more players on the field = quicker decision making.

Both are critical skills in the long term development of any player.  Up to the individual to figure out which means more.[/quote]

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