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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US Soccer is looking into it. The development platform for girls is now college. NCAA soccer system is widely seen as the sole US advantage on the women’s side. Men’s side is different due to the professional money in MLS and international club system. The best men get signed professionally early and don’t go to college. It is all part of the dismantling of DA. It will happen to align with the women’s college development platform.[/quote]

US Soccer doesn't care about college soccer. It just doesn't matter if it is slightly easier for college coaches or not.

People have this belief that college coaches just go to showcases pull up to a random game and just watch and come up with a list of players to recruit from the game.

There is no real reason to cater any age cutoff for the benefit of colleges because the impact is pretty minimal.

What US Soccer does care about is their National Team and it is far easier for them to scout players based on international cutoff standards where their kids will be playing.

US soccer changed to Birth Year for their benefit and the reasons for that initial change have not changed at all for US Soccer. [/quote]

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