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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With COVID having such a major impact to youth soccer, no way in hell is anyone stupid enough to do the age group change. [/quote]

I would agree, but I think you underestimate the stupidity of US Soccer.

People act like changing back the ages will do something magical.  It just creates chaos and different issues.  Yes, it's great for kids that are friends to play together at the beginning if possible, but even then who says they will be on the same team if school year?  How about making more friends that are on your team now?  My child only played with a couple friends before going to club and now has his school friends and his club team friends, none of which go to his school.  His passion for soccer has only increased. [/quote]

It has been articulated over and over again. It isn't just about friends playing together. The move would benefit the trapped 8th graders and HS seniors whose teams have moved on. [/quote]

Those 8th graders have been with the same teammates since second or third grade, I fail to see how kicking them off the team benefits them  [/quote]

The cutoff always has trapped kids, it just depends on which end of the spectrum. There is little consequence at 8th grade but for trapped seniors trying to get recruited it is far more impactful.[/quote]

DP.  Kids didn’t get trapped the same way when it went by school grade, because you didn’t have issue of most of your team playing high school soccer rather than travel for a season when you were still in middle school, or most of your team graduating high school and leaving you behind when you still have a year left.[/quote]

Trapped is trapped and frankly is league dependent. Some leagues don't shut down for HS soccer and the option to continue on the club team is team, club, league specific. Also, the true number of kids trapped just isn't worth the disruption to still never ultimately solve the problem.

The problem is in trying to reconcile two independent organizations. HS sports are state specific and there is just no need for travel sports to do anything to accommodate HS soccer.

And frankly, the worst case for a trapped 8th grader is 3 months without their specific team when there really just isn't that much on the line. It isn't US Soccer's role to fix something to accommodate another organization.  [/quote]

Have you lived through this?  It is a big deal in 8th grade and senior year. Even worse, I've seen the pressure to keep playing as a team for the 8th graders through the fall HS season which has resulted in numerous and some serious injuries.  The switch was made to aid in identifying top talent at the national level. That's a small percentage of players for purposes of the national teams. On the other hand, many more players aim to play in college, and the birth year cut off hurts them.[/quote]

Birth year does not hurt the "trapped" 8th graders. While they may miss 3 months of regular season with their specific team they do get to play on the younger composite team. Not only that, but the showcases go on regardless of HS soccer so they actually get 5 years of showcasing compared to 4 for the rest of the kids. 
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