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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]Let me see if I can rephrase my comment regarding 2008s bearing the brunt of the age grouping change.

I believe [b]2008 squads at "small" clubs[/b] (like FPYC) are bearing the brunt of the rule change more than others.  Kids born in the first half of 2008 had the option of starting travel soccer at U9 with kids born in the second half of 2007.  Once the rule went into effect, those kids likely stayed with their team (now labeled 2007s).  We can call that playing up now for the 2008s playing with the 2007s, but these kids were just staying with their current team.  So, when the time came for the 2008s to start travel at U9 (after the rule change), the pool of potential players at a small club was probably limited to kids born in the second half of 2008.  At bigger clubs, there were probably a ton of kids born in the first half of 2008 that started U9 travel with 2007s.  Aside from A-team players staying with a 2007 group, a big club could probably field full 2008 squads with players who already had a year's worth of travel experience.  To my untrained eye, having a team full players with an extra year of travel (at U9 through U11) can make you pretty dominant, particularly against teams from smaller clubs that simply don't have as large a pool of potential players.  For tournaments, big clubs can stack some of their teams with players that qualify by age.  This is something smaller clubs simply cannot do.  We can only play with the ones we've got!

Of the 15 rostered players on this FPYC 2008 team, I believe there is one with May birthday who started with the team at U9.  For the U10 year, I think we've added a January birthday from another other club.  Two other players with first-half-of-2008 birthdays just joined this team for Fall 2018 when their 2007 FPYC team abruptly disbanded after the spring.  The remaining 11 all have birthdays after July 1st.  FPYC didn't garner enough interest to field a 2009 team.  There is a 2010 team that's just completed its first month of games.
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As far as NCSL division alignment at U11, when one division has A teams from two or more clubs and another division has the B/C teams from those same clubs, I think it's natural to assume that the division with multiple A teams is higher/better.  For this particular FPYC 2008 team, we're currently grouped with the B/C teams from those larger clubs.  At this point, we can only hope that the girls continue to develop and maybe win a good share of tournament games.  EDP can wait.[/quote]

In the bigger clubs, 08 is thin. For example, McLean has 3 08 girls teams while they have 4 for their 06s and 07s. Loudoun has 4 for 08, but 5 for all other small-sided age groups. For 08s born in the 1st half of 2008, they played up to U8 as the 'young' half of their age group. Is it possible 'Relative Age Effect' left fewer of them playing or at least playing successfully -- i.e. weren't the top players on their teams, didn't get selected for juniors/academies/etc?? [/quote]

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