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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another reddit thread with most posts recommending that August birthday players play up with their grade in SY.

https://www.reddit.com/r/youthsoccer/comments/1oe3s52/age_bracket_change/[/quote]

How about those in September that are also in the higher grade. If you are going to allow August then do the same for September. It’ll be a mess for large clubs to manage this. [/quote]
If Sept birthdays are a grade up in school but in the lower grade eligibility window in club they'd be in the same situation as Aug birthdays. It all depends on how their school district splits things out. It becomes an even more difficult choice to make.

Just because your district is weird for when they chose to start school doesn't change how college coaches will view players. They see all players by graduation year or grade in school only.[/quote]College coaches track graduation year to see when they are allowed to talk to recruits and when they would be available.

But they don't care what age groups they are in as youth players.

Because

https://www.eastsidefc.or.../agegroups

"The new two-year age group structure will not negatively impact college recruiting. College coaches evaluate players based on their performance, development, and potential—not the exact age grouping of their club team."
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Correct college coaches use Graduation Year for recruiting. You're finally starting to get it.

The next phase is to admit that players playing down are the least likely to be recruited for their graduation year / class.

Playing with your grade will address the issue making Aug birthday players more marketable to College coaches. [/quote]

Perhaps, perhaps not. I will say current Aug high-level players will have the best chance to continue to play up -- although will it do them any good if they are bench players?[/quote]
Players that end up playing in college generally don't ride the bench. It doesnt matter which level they play at. If you think your kid will ride the bench if they play on the team thats their correct grade in school most likely they're not going to play in college.[/quote]Why then play up? Especially when clubs said they generally will only approve playing up for those will have the skills regardless of grade. Wouldn't make any sense.[/quote]

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