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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]> A "Trapped Player" is any eighth grader who is a member of a U15 team, which typically consists of 9th graders. The player is called a "trapped" player because U15 club teams do not have a fall season, due to the fact that most players on a U15 team play high school soccer their freshman year[/quote]
So is this really only a problem for 8th graders in travel playing up a year?[/quote]

They aren't playing up.  they play on age but they are younger side for soccer and older side for school.  So think of a kid that's born between August and December of the year. [/quote]

It happens to them again as high school seniors when the rest of their team has graduated[/quote]

Yep. I have an 05 Senior where team is predominantly 06. It ruins college recruiting for the trapped players. They kind of get screwed in the front and screwed in the back. In the young ages- the teams don’t want the younger later bdays/grade lower since many are physically behind due to puberty timing.  Then I’ve seen coaches not take se Ike’s because they want two years with juniors—or everyone on current team graduates and next group not as good and scrambling for a new U18/19 team.

My kid had this ^ and then injuries—every conceivable disadvantage —figures they’d change it back AFTER he graduates.  Lol

He is playing in college next year but what a feat to get there.[/quote]

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