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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kind of crazy that you actually think moving up to 11v11 is good.  For Q4 2014’s, this change is the greatest gift available in US soccer if you know how to take advantage of a 3rd year in 9v9.  [/quote]

Curious to know what you see as the advantages of a 3rd year of 9v9. My DC's 2014 team (normally U12) is all-in on 11v11 (playing up at u13) and I see a lot of advantages to it. From my perspective, things that are a big improvement over 9v9:
1. First, just the league we're playing in. Last year, for pre-ecnl, we had maybe 3 competitive games (games within 3 goals), some blowouts (10+ goal difference), and a lot of lopsided games (everything else). This year, almost every game is competitive which forces the team to play better each week, not just on the rare occasion we play a similarly skilled team.
2. A lot less focus on individual skills and more on team-based skills. Does your kid know where to be when they don't have the ball? When your kid beats their opponent, what do they do next and does it help the team? Can your kid pass accurately over longer distances?
3. Keepers can't punt 3/4 of the field which led to awkward punting battles where no one wanted to head the ball or touch it with anything other than their feet. Sure, a couple kids would run towards the punts, but not most. Punting is still a challenge in 11v11 but there's no more punting back and forth between the keepers
4. It felt like a lot of 9v9 games revolved around one player who could kick the ball far (and occasionally into the goal) or who was super fast and could run past the other teams' defenders. We lost a few games last year because the other team had 1 big kid who could kill the ball in the air all the way from the center circle to the goal. That doesn't happen in U13 11v11. That same kid still likes to kick the ball far, but because they never learned to dribble or run, they're not scoring goals anymore.
5. Similar to individual vs team-based skills, players need to be multi-dimensional. The kid who was a good defender because they were slow but could knock over anyone who got close is no longer as effective. The player who could dribble through 2 defenders but can't pass or handle balls in the air is no longer effective. The speedy forwards who could just run past the defenders is no longer effective.

My kid is a Q4 birthday so we are not looking forward to the prospect of going back to 9v9 next year, but curious to hear what others think.[/quote]

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