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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][mastodon][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bioband can work too for some players, but remember bioband is an exception and there is a limit on the number of bioband players. In our club, there are only one per age group. And I saw teams abusing bioband and put bigger players down just to win..[/quote]

No it screws Aug-Dec bdays forcing them to play down an age group AND skill level, double whammy, pergatory.[/quote]

Biobanding is only for players who can not play in their own age group. For Q3/Q4 players, they would rather play for ECNL than biobanding. A biobanding player in our team just left for HS soccer and he will tryout for ECNL team next Spring.
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Why wouldn't they just play on an MLSN2 team that allows HS soccer? [/quote]Not everybody falls for marketing fluff. Some people are smart.[/quote]

100% this. MLS2 is a glorious name for a B team. And we all know the B team is a B team, no matter what deceiving new name you put on it.[/quote]

Messi was on Barcelona’s B academy team[/quote]This is an inaccurate representation of the truth. At 16, he played some games for the reserve team or B team for Barca. He wasn't second tier academy stock.[/quote]

Fermin Lopez was on the Barcelona Academy B team as well.  He is now a super exciting young talent that already has a hat trick for Barcelona.

This obsession with what level team a player is on at this age is both strange and frankly pitiful.  What matters above all else is technical and tactical development along with character.

Whoever your kid is and whatever level he is currently playing, if he has your mentality (hopefully not) he will not succeed.[/quote]
Parents think they won the race using whatever they can to get their kid on the A team. What they dont understand is A team coaches are paid to win they arent paid to develop. As an example, this means at the youngers level teaching players to pass and play as a team. This alone will beat most youngers teams. Unfortunately once you get to 11v11 the game changes from passing and tactics to more 1on1s and direct to goal. The problem is the A team youngers coaches beat 1on1 skills out of younger players for team wins using passing and tactics. If your kid isnt able to change their game up they get replaced. Meanwhile the B team players did whatever they could to survive which often includes 1on1 skills because they might have been the only talent on the team. Guess who gets moved up to the a team at 11v11?[/quote]

I'd love to see worthy B team players promoted. Guess what? It doesn't happen hardly enough, unless they change clubs. And maybe this year as we switch from BY to SY.

Also, yes team tactics can trump individual athleticism BUT the reality is the great clubs and teams do BOTH and those are the clubs that have the pathways to college. Parents look for those clubs the most.[/quote]
It is true that top teams do both. However at younger ages coaches often go overboard on team for wins. This takes away from 1on1 ability. Where as B teams tend to have 1-2 top players that are all 1on1 who rely on athleticism. When you hit 11v11 things change and different types of players get opportunities.

Just pointing out that being on the A team isnt always the best thing for your kid. Its hard to see this when you're in the eye of the storm.[/quote]

Sure, if you're not playing on A, B team is better, BUT rising from the B team is distinctly harder path, especially the older you get.[/quote]
I always looked at playing on the A team as one of those Monkey Paw wishes. In some ways its better but at the same time in many ways its worse. [/quote]

You could make the same point about switching clubs. It all depends what your goals are.[/quote]

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