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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have mlsnext clubs announced how they will group the younger/pre mlsnext ages? I’ve heard of at least one that plans to keep the top team BY and the second and below teams will change to SY. Another I’ve heard will change all u9-u12 teams to SY and make the change to BY for the top team at u13. I don’t think any of this has been formally announced yet, just rumors. [/quote]

It’s not rumors. All clubs have formally announced this. They have literally laid out that ONLY mls Next is allowed to go birth year. Since it starts at U13 you don’t need to be Miss Cleo to confirm that all ages below this are going to be school year.

Come on now. [/quote]

That’s not true, there are some clubs keeping younger ages BY so it aligns with u13 and up. Strikers FC is one that announced this. BY teams would play up in a SY system so clubs are “allowed” to do anything. [/quote]

I have heard some MLSN clubs are thinking of keeping their top 1 or 2 U8-12 BY, with teams 3 and below SY. The BY teams would just play up (or we may eventually see some MLSN only U8-12 leagues). I personally think that is an organizational mess in the making, and they will drop this after a year or so.

How these clubs with MLSN1 form the rest of their teams really depends on the scale of the club and where they make their money. There are some that are heavily dependent on U8-12 (massive numbers of teams that play in internal leagues) and then only have 1/2 teams at U13+. Those will likely stay mostly BY. Then you have other MLSN1 clubs that are more dependent for cash flow on all of their U13+ teams (which will all be SY) and bringing in MLSN1 players from other clubs. I think they will mainly switch to SY and just form BY MLSN1 teams.

I'm not confidant most of these clubs can juggle a complicated age group split well but we'll see. [/quote]

What's to juggle?  HG an AD clubs will put together a team of the highest level players that they can, up to the age cutoff set by HG or AD league.  Exception will be bio-banding which is nothing new.  This is not complicated. [/quote]

Anytime you have different age cutoffs within the same age group it’s going to be complicated. It’s also a hard sell to parents of a q4 birthday at the ulittle level that they are going to repeat an age group setting them up to have to skip an age group later. Maybe biobanding can help smooth out some of the transitions at u12/u13 although clubs usually benefit more from biobanding q1 or 2 birthdays rather than q4.

Its business as usual for a January-July birthdays but as the parent of a q4 birthday I have no interest in transitioning to a SY team next year to have to transition back to a BY team a few years later at u13. I’m interested to see how clubs are going to handle this and what our options are. [/quote]

So you want clubs to juggle your emotions because there’s nothing they can do about league rules?  Like, you want a hug or something?[/quote]

What is wrong with you? We’re all just trying to find the best path forward with our kids. Clubs couldn’t care less about the emotions of parents but keeping the age cutoffs consistent from u13 and younger prevents a mess for them at u12/u13. If it doesn’t impact your kid that’s great but no need to jump all over a parent seeking out BY options for a q4.[/quote]

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