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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids are held back for kindergarten or, in other sports, like hockey, do an extra senior year.  The former don’t even know it is happening, the latter do it to gain an advantage voluntarily.  It happens, all the time.  But I agree, if I tried to get my U15 to stay back a grade to help with soccer, that would be a disaster.  As a matter of fact, she is a September birthday, and could play U14 under the new rules, but would be devastated if forced by the club, even though this would be a huge advantage soccer wise.  But she would probably quit if forced to play down. [/quote]

You can hold her back or not, the fact is there is still a 365 day window and there would be no advantage if you did hold her back. It's not the same as what people here are complaining about - the 16 year old freshman who is playing with 14/15 year olds. Or the 19 year old senior, etc. Your daughter is just younger for her grade, but if you held her back, she'd be older for her grade. If she's good enough to play with the new older age group, and her club allows it, good for her. If she's not, and she is playing with kids a grade below her, but still within the same 365 window, good for her too.   [/quote]

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