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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At what age doe this YNT stuff start? Also can someone explain what the odd year/even year difference is?[/quote]

Boys or girls? US Soccer had just started at u14 pre-pandemic for both sexes. Everything got thrown out after COVID.

For girls, odd year players are usually picked with an eye to the u17 World Cup and even players are picked with an eye to the u20 World Cup. Those events are held every two years. So at younger ages the most attention goes to girls born in odd years that will be eligible to play at a u17 cup. After the u17 phase, the attention shifts to women who will be eligible to play in the u20 cup. So often you’ll see a lot odd year girls being identified when parents are in the thick of youth soccer. Strong even year girls will be IDed but the difference between 16 and17 is still a big jump those girls have a better shot at the u20 cup. Not many people see the shift to even year players because that gets sorted mostly in the college years. So there are NTs at almost every age group through u23. Most of those that are not World Cup teams usually just play some tournaments. The teams fielded also tend to come and go if money is an issue.

The boys side is much easier. This is all sorted out with professional soccer clubs. Only the U23 team matters in an Olympic year. Most countries with professional men’s soccer do not spend a whole lot of time on youth boys national teams. They get to get her every now and than.

So if you think your kid is NT material (as has been said), your coach will send his/her name to the local scouts. They will either watch him/her or if they have a relationship with your coach they may just take his/her word. The kid will end up at one of the NTCs and enter the scouting database. NTCs usually turn into youth national camps once the kids hit u16/17. Again the primary focus is only about the teams that will compete in the u17/u20 cup games for the girls and u23 Olympic game for the boys. As such, there is a lot of room in the process for the scouts and coaches to maintain their relationships.

US Soccer has been trying to figure out scouting and real talent ID for a long time. They’re still working on it.[/quote]

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