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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid has q3 bday and is repeating age group. On 2nd team now and will be on 1st team next year. Had some new age group scrimmages the past couple weeks and DC looked like one of the best kids out there.[/quote]

Congrats! I think this is what most Aug/Sept parents expected would happen for their kid, but from this thread, it seems that isn't the case.[/quote]

The top team at clubs will be made up of August - December kids.  Whether that is from moving kids from former B teams or kids from outside the club.  We all know that the oldest kids in a 12 month range are on the top teams.  For the former top players on a team, born January - March, get used to reduced minutes, keeping the bench warm or being placed on a lower team.[/quote]

Nah. You need to reread the Outliers by Gladwell. If you believe in the concept of cumulative advantages (and I do) then you'll only see that effect in the younger age groups in a few years at roughly the same rate as you are seeing current Jan to March kids over represented on top teams.  The current Jan to March kids already banked their advantages (got extra attention, made top teams, played top comp), so they'll be fine. It's the late spring and summer babies that are most at risk.     [/quote]
I agree that in SY July and Aug birthdays get screwed. Fortunately theres very few schools that start in July so almost everyone can now play on their correct grade in school team. Assuming Aug bightdays play up if needed.[/quote]

This obsession with school year/grade really kills me. School year or not a kid born May to July is getting the short end of the stick here for [b]club soccer[/b]. The schools are wholly irrelevant.  A kid's actual grade is the only thing that is unchanged!!!!  [/quote]

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