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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new soccer age range in Aug. 1 - July 31. There is no mention of grade. If you have an Aug birthday, congrats! You're the new January kid and will benefit accordingly. Top teams are not going to care what grade their players are in, nor are the scouts. But keep telling yourself whatever you want, it's not going to change anything. Some Aug players will choose to find teams that are in the older age range to match their grade, but a lot will also choose to stay in their age range (regardless of grade). Life goes on. [/quote]
This is not true when college recruiting is taken into account. [/quote]

Why? College coaches now how to recruit and what to look for. They can see if a player is good or not, regardless of what year they graduate. Recruiting is much more about being proactive and reaching out to coaches to come watch your games, and much less about "being seen" by random coaches by chance. If you're doing your job as a recruit and contacting coaches with game schedules, film, etc. they're going to watch you play at these big events, regardless of your graduating class. If the coaches know you're eligible to be recruited, and you've done your legwork, they're going to come and watch. And if you're good and what they want in their program, you'll get an offer. It's that simple. You're overexaggerating an assumed disadvantage with misaligned kids.   [/quote]

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