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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recent USWNT Aug-born players:

Sophia Smith
Kelly O'Hara
Casey Krueger

For fun, here are some notable July-born players:

Alex Morgan
Megan Rapinoe
Crystal Dunn

All these played youth under the previous SY system[/quote]

I am not sure what this suggests. That talent gets found regardless of birthdate?  If so, I agree with it. If it is trying to suggest that these women would not have been "found" based on their July/August birthdate I wholeheartedly disagree because all of these women were most likely the best player on their teams regardless of structure and most likely were playing up a year or two in the first place. [/quote]

It shows for the highest levels the BY/SY debate does not matter.[/quote]

Actually, it shows nothing - you're talking about ~35-50 people out of everyone playing soccer. Anyone at that level is playing up multiple years/with boys/men etc. Now for the rest of the 99.9999% the debate does matter. [/quote]

Pretty sure it's a tad more than 35-50 people.[/quote]

*referring to USWNT/USMNT caliber players - ok maybe 100? it's a rounding error in the general soccer playing population[/quote]

A RAE impact does exist, but there are likely far more than 100, who have a younger b-day but succeeded to play high-level youth and perhaps college later.[/quote]

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