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It's really not a secret. Loudoun, FCV, Mclean, Arlington, Braddock, PWSI, etc. have known about this "on the record" since the January 8th webinar by US Soccer. Parents are in the dark for obvious reasons, and will remain in the dark through these mysterious new ID sessions, especially at the remaining ECNL clubs, and the clubs who didn't get DA last year. A and B are both true. This is a national power play reaction by the USSF after ECNL expanded to U13 last year. Easier to make and market a dual band 06/05 combined U13/U14 alternative to ECNL. Mclean and Braddock will have very limited elite player pools at U13 and not draw top talent. The future is DA for better or worse, and USSF is making it even harder in the DMV for ECNL by adding a U13-only girls DA age group as a pilot. So 06s at FCV, VDA, and WS will not be playing with 05s, like the other parts of the US (other then Frontier). Clubs with ECNL or without DA are probably scrambling, but they also should have known this is coming. They won't tell parents anything though, even though the Atlantic just got this great new opportunity.

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Pardon my ignorance but what is the obvious reason that parents are in the dark?  Wouldn't it be to USSDA's advantage to circulate this widely?

You sound like you have some info but that just sounds awkward.  You're saying for much of the US but not the DMV, 05's and 06's in a combined U13/U14, then 04's at U15, 03's and 02's at a joint U16/17, 02's and 01's at U18/19.  Seems like it would be more likely single age groups at U13, U14, U15, and then U16/17, U18/19.  Heh, maybe they will add U12 next year and do U12/13, U14/15, U16/17, U18/19.

I can see how this could be a competitive attempt to cut off ECNL's pipeline, and catch ALL the minnows. ECNL will still survive at U16 and above, if only from the winnowing down of DA ranks at those ages. One might think they would break those age groups apart too if they were trying to erase ECNL, however I suppose that is kinda counter to the pyramid scheme.[/quote]

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