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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the point of MLSN2 now?

I see MLSN2 meaningless, a real scam, because many P2P clubs were lured to MLSN2 under the incentive of having a promotion/relegation system towards MLSN1, and also a pathwary for players to potentially move for 2nd teams MLSN2 up to 1st teams MLSN1.

Now those pathways are completed closed.

With this decision the winners are MLS academies and ECNL, the obvious losers are P2P clubs (both MLSN1 and MLSN2).

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Pathways are never closed for the truly talented

It was never open to the rest[/quote]

Ignoramus.

Approximately 31% of top-league soccer players are born in the first three months of the year (Q1), which is significantly more than those born in the later quarters, due to a relative age effect.

This overrepresentation is often due to the physical advantages older children have in youth leagues, leading to earlier identification and development into higher-level play.

First Quarter (Q1): Around 31% of top-league players are born in the first quarter of the year, which is significantly higher than any other quarter.
Fourth Quarter (Q4): The number of players born in the fourth quarter is substantially lower, with one study showing only about 19%.

Reasons: This difference is often attributed to the "relative age effect," where players born earlier in the calendar year are physically more developed and receive more attention in youth leagues, which are often organized by birth year.

Impact: This initial advantage can lead to a higher dropout rate for younger players, and the trend persists into professional leagues.
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What does any of that have to do with the statement that pathways to pro is for the truly talented?[/quote]

Because "talent" must be developed, worked, exposed, incentivized ...

I was born in Portugal, I know many professional soccer players of my age, they went with me to school and high school  is Lisbon, none of them were a "talent" like CR or Vitinha (both February, by the way).

30% of Liga Portugal soccer players were born January, February and March. Were they more "talented" when kids? NO, they just had more opportunities because their earlier physical maturity.

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So kids without talent are identified in Portugal and placed on a pathway to pro?[/quote]

Kids born Q1 have more chances of being place on a pro pathway, in comparison to kids Q4 with equal or similar talent.

Kids born Q1 have more chances of exploiting, sharping, exposing, working their talent .... than kids Q4 with equal natural talent.

You are wrong if think that "talent" is the only factor. [/quote]

Really?
So there are Q1 kids without talent on pathway to pro tracks here and abroad?

Where did I say talent is the only factor?
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Can you read English? (here a Portuguese giving English lessons :) )

I meant Q1 kids with SIMILAR OR EQUAL TALENT than his Q4 peers.

What I'm saying is that at equal talent, RAE or age unties.

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PP said only talented players are on pathway to pro programs

What are you saying that disputes that?[/quote]

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