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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious how it will work for our team because of some unique scenarios with the birth year 2010/current 9th and 10th graders

-August birthday in 9th grade
-August birthday in 10th grade
-September birthday in 9th grade
-December birthday but started school in NE so in 10th grade

All are current starters and one is a goalie.  [/quote]
The goal for every club is going to be make the strongest teams possible. That means the starting point will be to put every player on the team strictly according to the new cutoffs. Then the club will make exceptions based on where the gaps are on a team by team basis (e.g. 10th grade team has 3 goalies but 11th grade team has one so someone plays up). A lot will be unknown until the spring when the club see how many new players show up at tryouts, and how many of their own players are lost to other clubs. Expect a lot of shuffling all the way until next summer.[/quote]
I also expect there will be a lot of "promises" made in order to keep the good players from leaving their club. There will be parents telling coaches they will only stay with the club if their kid is allowed to play on the up age team. If you are a good enough player to have leverage I suggest making your concerns known to the club now. [/quote]

A lot of that 'bluster' from parents will also dry up very quickly once evals/tryout season rolls around and they actually see how competitive the environment is going to be (with a lot of outside players in the mix too). So the dad talking shit on the sidelines now to his fellow dads will get very quiet. Bet on it.  [/quote]

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