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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a player 9-11 but starter with a Q4 birthday, best advice is getting on grad year, right?  Entering recruiting years in next 12-18 months.[/quote]

Oct-Dec are Q4 currently. 
Best advise would be to compete at the highest level where your kid showcases the best.

I would definitely not play up U16-19[/quote]

It's going to be interesting to see if US Club / ECNL allow a limited number of Aug-Dec bdays to "play down" next spring in US Club competitions.  Let's hope.[/quote]
It cant happen in league, or playoffs because you'd have different teams half (depending where you live) of the season.

It could happen at showcases. But the problem with this is showcases are often bundled in with other events like playoffs, finals, etc. Which means the top teams wouldn't have as many opportunities to play new players down as everyone else because theyre still doing league games.

It's easier to not jump the gun.[/quote]

It can happen.  If the league rules are out this month or September, clubs have PLENTY of time to adjust to the spring rules.  It's not that big of a deal, unless you're BY diehard.[/quote]
It's a big deal if you care about league integrity. Different parts of the US play league games at different times. If you give a single cutoff date some teams would be able have players play down for more games and some less.

Same situation for showcases. If you just allowed playing down in them. Certain teams would be able to start earlier and some wouldn't be able to do it at all.[/quote]

Oh the integrity.  We don't want to reward all of those people that held didn't start their August/September kids to be the youngest in school 10 years ago so they could "play down" in the spring of 2025.  They knew they would be able to mess up the system and win some extra, life-changing U15 soccer games.  Oh the horror.  Soon we'll have 20 year old U15s and all integrity will be lost.  [/quote]
Wow...

No the integrity would be compromised because some teams records would include more games than others with older kids playing down. This could potentially affect who makes playoffs. ECNL could get around this by not including showcase results in playoff calculations. ECNL would also need to figure out the exact game + going forward older players playing down would be allowed. Which would be different for each regional league.[/quote]

I think ECNL does nothing except maybe if they are smart they allow new age groups for Pre-ECNL showcases.  At least allow their about to be ECNL teams to try different configurations. [/quote]

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