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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter’s club MVLA out of California has told families grade has nothing to do with it. 
We have 3 Aug-Nov players that are going to be 9th graders next year on a team that is mostly 8th graders. Doesn’t matter we will have tryouts and coaches will pick the best players for the age group. Only players who are nationally team level will have an option of playing up. But even then the club very rarely lets players play up.[/quote]
Its good to see that MLVA is prioritizing youngers wins over olders development and recruitability.

Just an FYI the 3 HS players on an 8th grade team will want to play HS soccer during the season. Which basically negates the advantage of having them on an 8th grade team.[/quote]Rosters are deep, they'll most likely only miss a few games. So much better than being trapped. Take a deep breath, clubs will be fine, players will be fine.[/quote]
This is not true.

In BY clubs stopped playing games during the HS season. This is because 90% of the team was in HS while the 10% were not. This is the entire reason for calling them "trapped" players. Though no fault of their own they have to stop playing soccer because everyone else on team is playing HS soccer.

SY is different because leagues wont stop playing games for 8th grade teams during HS season. Which will translate into 3-4 months of HS Aug birthday Freshman play downs not available for the league or any events while HS sesson is occurring.

Starting to make sense?

4 months = 1/3 of the season Freshman playing on 8th grade teams wont be able to play club. [/quote]No, rosters are deep, they'll most likely only miss a few games. So much better than being trapped. Take a deep breath, clubs will be fine, players will be fine.[/quote]
Nobody chooses to not play HS soccer that is all in your head.[/quote]

I know of a district in our region that in the last 10 years has produced one current pro, one current USWNT member and probably a dozen top elite youth players (ECNL and GA currently playing OR now/played in college at P4 D1s OR other decent in-state schools) who never played on the HS team -- which does attract kids at levels just below and is decent but struggles with getting enough kids to play. And its a mid-sized, small suburban district.

That's not uncommon with schools in our metro area. The top GA/ECNL clubs require kids to skip HS until maybe your senior year after you're recruited, so most of the best top HS teams have kids from the better USYS clubs OR who haven't played before. And the latter is why the top elite skip HS. Too much of a change in level at times and injury risk.[/quote]
So you're saying local clubs make up their own rules around who can play up and now they're letting players in high that they cant play HS soccer until their Senior year?

You dont see anything wrong with this?[/quote]

The kids who do this go in knowing this and wanting it because they want to play at the highest level possible. One club has 2 teams at the top level. You can play HS OR maybe other sports but they'll put you there.

Regardless, there's value in playing HS, especially the social aspect, BUT it's not for everyone, especially the most elite, at least in my area, and especially if your HS would be steps down. I've seen other posters say HS play is very deep/strong where they are that. That certainly may affect things.[/quote]
No HS soccer its 100% good for everyone. [/quote]

Well, of course, everyone plays by grade![/quote]

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