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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will be a huge headache for clubs like Bethesda. It means a kid born in September 2014 can play down U12 for the 26-27 season unless he's on the top team and then he'll play U13. If he plays U12 it will be harder to jump to the top team at U14 the following season (27-28).  Unless BSC comes up with its own rules.....[/quote]

Why is it playing down if you're following the league cutoff rules and playing your correct month and year placement like everyone else?[/quote] Not sure why you arent getting it. PP is spot on. MLS created a giant mess that Q4 second team kids will struggle to make MLS, so may as well realign to ECNL. ECNL boys could strengthen, especially with teams that only have MLS2 (Loudoun, VRSC, McLean, etc.).[/quote]

The question, again, is, why is it playing down if you're playing in your correct age group cutoff?[/quote]

For a player with a September 2014 birthday who plays U12 next season it means that they're not on the Homegrown MLS Next U13 team and won't be eligible for the Homegrown MLS Next U13 team the following season either. He's playing in a younger team with weaker teammates and opponents. He will have to be head and shoulders above the U12 kids to make the U14 the following season.[/quote]

The U12's have about 6-8 Aug-Dec 2014's between White and Silver 1st teams.  They will choose to tryout and play for the U13 Homegrown next year or they will choose to repeat U12 and 9v9.  They are eligible for U13 Homegrown.  They have the options of playing U13 Homegrown or U12 White/Silver again with the new age group.  Depending on tryouts, all of these group will probably look materially different than the current groups although most parents are in extreme denial of this.[/quote]

This will be a really interesting question for the club. Would you put a 4Q 2014 who didn’t make the MLS Next Homegrown U13 on the top 2015 team at U12 knowing that the following season (27-28) that same kid can’t be on the 2015 MLS Next Homegrown roster? Seems a little shortsighted.[/quote]

There are a number of Q4 2014's who see playing a 3rd year at 9v9 as beneficial.  There is at least one coach at BSC who believes strongly that delaying full-sided for as long as possible is beneficial.  It is the reverse effect of all of the local clubs who push their 2014's to play up at 11v11 right now but having a poor technical foundation.  We'll ultimately see how it all plays out.  SYC routinely beats BSC in the younger ages, rushes to 11v11 and we routinely began to beat them starting at U15 and beyond.  Development takes time. [/quote]

Great points; this is why it will be tricky for the club. Who does the club favor or give an advantage to, the Q4 kids or the 2015s.[/quote]

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