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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From US Club

Additional Note - Players “trapped down”

Due to the 8/1 cutoff for soccer and 9/1 school cutoff in California, many players with an August birthday will be eligible to play in the age group younger than most players of their school grade. This could put those players at the very disadvantage that the age group change was designed to avoid.  The bright side, however, is that the solution to this problem is entirely in the hands of clubs.
 
Remember, US Club and NorCal place no restrictions on players playing in an older age group.
It is (and always has been) entirely up to clubs to decide if they want to:
Allow all players to be selected and primarily rostered to an older team if they choose
Allow no players to be selected and primarily rostered to an older team
Allow players that meet certain criteria to be primarily rostered to an older team
Possible solution:
Continue to have whatever rules and restrictions you currently have (or want to have) for players who want to play up into a different school grade.
Remove any restrictions for players playing up into their school grade.[/quote]

Well this puts an end to the Aug kids will be forced up if trapped down argument. Where’d that guy at?[/quote]
Seems pretty clear that if a player wants to get recruited in college they need to play on the team thats their grade in school.[/quote]

Most the top elite performers play up.
Majority playing with and against kids in higher school grades

They get recruited to college

That says, your team age group is irrelevant to school grade with college recruiters [/quote]

That’s just the most made up garbage ever. Yes some elite kids play up but most 97% of ECNL kids play their age group. The top ECNL girls club in my area which every team is top 25 nationally rarely has kids play up.[/quote]

PP is referring to true elite players

Not ECNL players who thinks the E actually makes them Elite [/quote]

I would argue that a top 15 nationally ranked team is full of elite youth players? 
I guess it depends on the definition of elite? Most national team players also play their age group as well? [/quote]

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