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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How come people keep mentioning that u9-u12 will be definitely going SY? Did we miss something? What if the club they play for is in MLSN or MLSII? Wouldnt they stay BY even at the young ages?[/quote]

U12 and below ages will be SY: AYSO, USCS NPL, USYS, pre-ECNL ...

So there will be a GAP from U12 (SY) -&gt; U13 (BY) for clubs that play MLSN, either 1 or 2.

Not only that, many clubs would have 1st team MLSN (BY), but second and third teams NPL, ECNL-R (SY). That's pretty difficult to organize.

Those are the two main reasons because I believe MLSN finally will move to SY.

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What is the benefit for those p2p MLSN clubs to stay in BY? I can not think of one.

What is the benefit for those p2p MLSN clubs to switch to SY? Many.

Those club owners are businessmen first. You can mostly guess what they will do in the next 2 months.
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I'm not an expert and just speculating. I also really have no preference on SY vs BY (I see benefits for my kids either way). But here's a counter argument (not aiming to argue tho).

One possible reason from the for-profit, businessman perspective is this: growth.

I've heard arguments on this forum that MLS Next will be forced to align with SY or it'll be a mess. It's a valid take, but I can also see the other side from a competitive advantage biz perspective... MLS Next is the top level for youth in the US. They have the upper hand. If they're looking to grow their numbers of MLS Next teams, I could also see the argument to align with birth year to push out ECNL teams. I.e. if your club wants to be elevated to MLS Next, align with birth year and exit the ECNL. In other words, clubs with both MLS Next and US youth soccer affiliated ECNL and RL teams will be incentivized to pick whether they want to be MLS Next affiliated or ECNL, and logically will want to have one age structure for all levels of their club. I'm guessing they'd want to align with MLS Next and BY to recruit the top talent and grow in quality and revenue, as MLS Next is the top league. This would also eventually lead to teams ditching ECNL for MLS Next.

I could be full of crap but just speculating on a cutthroat revenue and growth-driven strategy. No idea if MLS Next execs are thinking this way tho.

[/quote]SY has the first mover advantage. SY is set to win once parents of 6 years balk at going BY and never look back.[/quote]

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