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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the main issue isn’t the particular age cutoff, some players will always be on the less physically mature side and eventually that will even out with hard work and athletic talent. But it’s the fact that this announcement makes it so it’s not apples to apples anymore.  If you have Aug-Dec birthdays who are on MLSN2, say 2011 for example, and very close to MLSN1 2011s, and better than most of the MLSN12012s, if the age group change was consistent, many of these kids would make MLSN1.  Now they are stuck being stronger players than the MLSN1 team at their grade level but unable to make the team because they were born in late 2011, but not quite mature enough for the MLSN1 the grade above with the other 2011s, and this gap may likely only increase since they now they will need to play down an age group on the second team, which will be a decreased level of competition, not the ideal way to get better.

It would be fine if everyone had the same age cutoff, but having a 5-month difference is ridiculous imo, especially if your club has both levels.  It’s kind of like creating a new category of trapped players.[/quote]

You're copying and pasting the same convoluted false equivalency nonsense from thread to thread

If your kid is good enough for MLS Next the coach/club is going to take him
They don't care what month he's born as long as he meets the cutoff criteria.

If he's not good enough for the team/club, he'll stay MLSN2

Gerrymandering works in Texas, not youth soccer. Give it up[/quote]

You are all over the place.  What the PP is talking about is the different cutoffs within MLSN create vastly different tracks for good Aug-Dec players and will be quite easy for them to get stuck on unless the selection process this spring has a crystal ball.[/quote]

Good Players aren't worried about getting stuck anywhere [/quote]

Again, you are too focused on thumping your chest for some strange reason.  only 18 or so kids on MLSN1 team.  If there are two players of equal talent, one born in October, the other born in March, nearly all coaches would pick the March kid.  So the October kid is forced to move down an age category AND on a lower tier team, that is terminally bad for development and cannot be denied.[/quote]

My kid's coach has no idea what month the kids are born until the parents bring cupcakes after a practice or game[/quote]That's the problem. Coaches have no idea the birth months so they inadvertently favor the older kids. You hit the nail on the head. We have a huge coach problem in the US.[/quote]

It is doubly biased in the same direction, both knowing and not knowing the birth month likely sway to pick the older kid.  This happens all over the world in countries where the only sport is soccer.  US coaches want every edge they can to win now especially at p2p level.  It would be fine if there is a chance to catch up with equal development opportunities but MLSN ruined that with different age cutoffs for 1 and 2[/quote]

which countries have soccer as the only sport?[/quote]

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