Anonymous
08/30/2025 10:06
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Damn, we've replaced SY-60 guy with my RL Aug-Dec kid will be the next Messi OR Rodman, so NL current team kids get out of the way! I'm not sure what's more annoying.
Im sure that you're the most annoying person posting on this thread.
You want a specific thing and try to diminish everything else.
It will be fun watching you jump to some other excuse when you current BY pine riding trap player starts pine riding in SY.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 10:04
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Full of trolls and neurotic parents. Any player that would be impacted by the BY vs SY change has no chance of playing beyond high school. So much angst over something so trivial.
Dont disagree with the first part but I do the second. High level Aug - Dec kids could be greatly impacted. Not from a skill level, but from a team level. They could still play “up” but would that be best when trying to go to college since their graduation year won’t match with their team? If they play “down” then they’re on a completely new team with maybe 3-4 players they’ve played with before and possibly not as challenged, but they would be on grade when recruiting starts. I think both scenarios qualify as being impacted.
I am sure some kids are impacted by this one way or another but it is at the margin. The players going to big D1 programs or even pro are already at MLS academies or already being tracked by scouts as one of the top players. These players would always be able to play up and a few months difference in age groups are irrelevant to them.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 09:41
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Damn, we've replaced SY-60 guy with my RL Aug-Dec kid will be the next Messi OR Rodman, so NL current team kids get out of the way! I'm not sure what's more annoying.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 09:37
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Full of trolls and neurotic parents. Any player that would be impacted by the BY vs SY change has no chance of playing beyond high school. So much angst over something so trivial.
Dreams aren't trivial.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 09:35
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No hope, just science. RAE is real and older kids are better at soccer than younger kids. This is only confusing to those that have their heads in the sand.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Rae is for ulittles
Olders could care lrss.
Wrong, our B08 RL just beat B09 NL 3:0 in a preseason scrimmage. If my son were 2 months younger, he could easily make the 09 NL team.
So you're cheering this? According to soothsayers here, now, you're kid is apparently screwed and will struggle to stay on his RL team. Do you agree with that?
Anonymous
08/30/2025 09:29
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There will be disruption, but a lot of comments here are typical toxic youth soccer trash talk. RAE isn't a magic wand, it happens over years -- which means many of the Jan-Aug players will likely hold their own, especially for any team currently playing 11v11. Don't forget each time likely will be losing their current Aug-Dec players.
And RL players? Their best shot to get to an NL club will be changing clubs and it won't be easy.
On top of that, you have club politics that will affect rosters, except for the elite of elites who are utterly ruthless (already) but they won't be taking RL players.
Just check the past summer tournaments, younger ECNL teams get destroyed by older RL or even local teams when playing up.
What are you talking about? Show the results, especially the ones where younger teams that are Aug-Dec only dominate. Don't forget, these older teams are mostly Jan-Jul players!
Anonymous
08/30/2025 08:44
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Age cutoffs impact who will star at showcases and even who makes national teams. All players impacted as the best 3-4 on team go to middle of team and some from middle of team to the best 3-4 one year down. This impacts confidence which greatly affects play.Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Full of trolls and neurotic parents. Any player that would be impacted by the BY vs SY change has no chance of playing beyond high school. So much angst over something so trivial.
Only places that are small ponds where soccer is a big afterthought of a sport will avoid the big impacts but those kids in those areas get shoved out of the sport soon enough anyway.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 06:50
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Full of trolls and neurotic parents. Any player that would be impacted by the BY vs SY change has no chance of playing beyond high school. So much angst over something so trivial.
Dont disagree with the first part but I do the second. High level Aug - Dec kids could be greatly impacted. Not from a skill level, but from a team level. They could still play “up” but would that be best when trying to go to college since their graduation year won’t match with their team? If they play “down” then they’re on a completely new team with maybe 3-4 players they’ve played with before and possibly not as challenged, but they would be on grade when recruiting starts. I think both scenarios qualify as being impacted.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 04:10
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
This thread is hilarious. Full of trolls and neurotic parents. Any player that would be impacted by the BY vs SY change has no chance of playing beyond high school. So much angst over something so trivial.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 03:00
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No hope, just science. RAE is real and older kids are better at soccer than younger kids. This is only confusing to those that have their heads in the sand.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Rae is for ulittles
Olders could care lrss.
Wrong, our B08 RL just beat B09 NL 3:0 in a preseason scrimmage. If my son were 2 months younger, he could easily make the 09 NL team.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 00:47
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:No hope, just science. RAE is real and older kids are better at soccer than younger kids. This is only confusing to those that have their heads in the sand.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Rae is for ulittles
Olders could care lrss.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 23:47
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:No hope, just science. RAE is real and older kids are better at soccer than younger kids. This is only confusing to those that have their heads in the sand.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Most, if not all, players will be replaced. The Elite ECNL girls program will undergo the most significant changes.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 22:18
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
No hope, just science. RAE is real and older kids are better at soccer than younger kids. This is only confusing to those that have their heads in the sand.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 22:09
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Party’s over for most top team players.
Unless you’re playing up most kids will be replaced. Maybe 7 or 8 current starters will be left per team on average.
If you’re a sub or low min player you’re out…
Jan to July people to learn what RAE is.
And within 6 months of playing down pine riders in BY will find their way to the bench under SY.
All the parents that think playing down will be their kids magic ticket to success will find out that it wasnt RAE keeping their kid from starting.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean actual studies come to a very different conclusion but because you say it, it must be true.
No offense meant, but that isn’t what the studies say. You’re readying your own hope into the studies.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 22:04
Subject: ECNL moving to school year part 2
Teams will continue to focus on size and speed so RAE is a major wand. Kids born in May-July are the most vulnerable and any kid Jan-July kid not in the top 7-8 on the team should find a backup team asap. Bigger deal on the boys side as it is more competitive and the size/speed differences can be extreme. It's been a long countdown for sure. Kids guest practicing for new teams only a few months away.Anonymous wrote:There will be disruption, but a lot of comments here are typical toxic youth soccer trash talk. RAE isn't a magic wand, it happens over years -- which means many of the Jan-Aug players will likely hold their own, especially for any team currently playing 11v11. Don't forget each time likely will be losing their current Aug-Dec players.
And RL players? Their best shot to get to an NL club will be changing clubs and it won't be easy.
On top of that, you have club politics that will affect rosters, except for the elite of elites who are utterly ruthless (already) but they won't be taking RL players.