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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the disconnect here is that those who say the fall birthday kids lost a year are judging based on the stage their child is right now, where the other camp is looking at the entire possible course of a kid's travel soccer playing career prior to college.  A Fall birthday kid who started at U9 and "missed" U10 due to the birth year change will play 10 years of travel soccer if he sticks with it:  U9, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 and U19.  His January birthday classmate who started at U9 with him but didn't skip U10 will also play 10 years of travel soccer if he sticks with it:  U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 and U18.

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Correct, but overall number of playing years was not the discussion.  The discussion was the CURRENT disadvantage to kids playing with other kids that ALREADY have that extra year of training.

[b]Retention rates are low[/b] and in your example, while correct, the benefit of being able to play as a U19 is not as much of a factor as the disadvantage of a late birthday kid playing with his contemporaries, but who may have had an additional training year.[/quote]

Retention rates are low?  Not in my experience.  From U9 - U14 or so, lots of change.  U14 to U18 - pretty stable. [/quote]

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