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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is youngest at age 11 and doesn't do anything with soccer outside of travel practices as none of her friends play soccer.  JUST this year at U13 she is always with the ball.  World Cup really held her interest and she watched entire games which she never had before.  She took a few personal training sessions in off season just this past year.  She's not in top club but steadily improving upwards. Last season she was the star striker on her team.  My point is you have no idea how he may evolve in the next 2-3 years.

So I say to you - at U9 it is waaaaaaay to early!  I can't tell you how many coaches have said to me you do not know until u12/13 what will happen.

Worst case scenario they play well enough for HS.  Worst case they are active and have fun and not on electronics all day.  Worst case they learn what commitment means with a heavy practice schedule, how to lose and why you win, they learn how to playa sport.

You really gotta lay off a kid at U9!!!!  [/quote]

U12/U13???  For boys it’s U16/17.

There are 5’2-5’4” Freshmen that will be 6 feet by Senior year.  A lot of the big guns stopped developing during middle school.  For my Senior-  the top Mlsnext, Ecnl teams look very very different than u9-u15.  Things change A LOT. [/quote]

No the top teams really don't change a lot.  They change a little bit.  Most of the top U19s in the area were also top U13s.[/quote]

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