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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]

None of that makes sense

If he's a U14 and good enough he'll play U14
Unless the club/coach is against having strong performers on their teams[/quote]

Yes, talent will almost always win out.  The point is that the differing age groups will add an additional challenge for boys born in the 4Q. If he’s on the second team and on the edge of being good enough for the top MLS Next team he won’t get the same level of competition because he’s playing against kids who are younger. If MLS Next Academy (tier 2) was staying calendar birth year he would be getting better competition against kids who are older (all 2014) than playing with younger players (4Q 2014-3Q 2015) with the switch to school birth year for Academy.[/quote]

If playing against younger kids was a problem, then the Q1 kids wouldn't get most the selections

The competition isn't your kid's problem, it's what he's doing or not doing. [/quote]

This isn't a problem for me or my kid, he's not Q4. The Q1 kids are the oldest and have the advantage because they're physically stronger. I don't think there are many Oct-Dec kids on any of the A1 teams. [/quote]

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