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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So My U16 1999 born player will play U18 next year and will lose a year of eligibility then? That's crazy - he will skip right over U17 at a critical time for college recruiting. Are the leagues going to go up to the U19/U20 range to deal with HS kids then? He's a sophomore this year, so he'd be U18 as a HS Junior, then U19 as a HS Senior? Or am I reading the chart incorrectly? [/quote]

Have him play at the age he is supposed to be playing in.  No need to have him play up a year.  Our daughter will play another year of the age group she currently is in.  not a big issue.  [/quote]

This is what I thought originally also but U.S. Youth Soccer initially provided incorrect/confusing information.  If you have a daughter in the older group -- a U11 with an October birthday for example, she will play U13 next year and players with a Jan-July birthday will move up to U12 as before.  No one will be able to play another year of the current age group.        [/quote]

If you shift your thinking from U-whatever teams to your kid playing on a 2006 team or a 2005 team, it's not daunting anymore. Your child still plays with his/her peer group, more or less, even if it doesn't match your school system's age cutoffs. Really not a big deal.[/quote]

Except that the age still dictates the number of players, the size of the field, etc.[/quote]

Why does this matter when your child's peers will be making the same change? It's not as though your child is being singled out. It's still a span of 12 months per age group, but a different subgroup of kids will have the (small and questionable) age advantage now. [/quote]

Less touches on the ball--that's why it matters.

These kid skip a year with two less players on a smaller field.[/quote]

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