Anonymous wrote:I have an undersized DC and I find this whole suggestion to be ridiculous.

What if, for arguments sake, someone posted there should be a minimum height/weight for the higher tier teams? People would lose their minds.

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Anonymous wrote:Duh; the rules should be whatever gives OPs little munchkin an advantage.

My kid is big and plays up so you can’t tell he plays up try again.

Two teams, both equally skilled technically, one team average sized, the other team averages a head taller.

If the goal is development, which team does not get developed in this matchup?

Soooo much potential for those players, just being held back by coaches and parents.

Anonymous wrote:Here come the replies from all the parents of very small boys, complaining about how their highly skilled kids are getting out-played by giant galoots who can't do fancy footwork with their giant size 12 boats and unfairly beat their little guys to the ball with their too-long legs or take it from them with their unfair strength.

Anonymous wrote:Duh; the rules should be whatever gives OPs little munchkin an advantage.

Anonymous wrote:The original post has to be a joke....

What's next? Cap on the skill level too? Don't let better teams play because they might win? Have all games end in a tie so no one's feelings are hurt?

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Anonymous wrote:A year is a lot at u13, u14, u15
boys. A kid who starts and plays most of the game at u13 mlsnext would not be good enough to even make a u14 mlsnext team. Or he would sit on the bench.

We are all dumber for having even read your idea OP.

They would not be good enough because the club doesn’t develop them and they no longer can rely on size? Not sure what your point is.

There are starters that lose their spots but a lot of that is due to the players willingness to put in the work to stay competitive

What are the steps the team should take to develop the early size bloomer players?

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Anonymous wrote:A year is a lot at u13, u14, u15
boys. A kid who starts and plays most of the game at u13 mlsnext would not be good enough to even make a u14 mlsnext team. Or he would sit on the bench.

We are all dumber for having even read your idea OP.

They would not be good enough because the club doesn’t develop them and they no longer can rely on size? Not sure what your point is.

There are starters that lose their spots but a lot of that is due to the players willingness to put in the work to stay competitive

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP that your little guy lost to a team of kids his exact age who happen to be taller and better at soccer. Time to change the rules!

Don’t be sorry for the little guys. Feel sorry for the big guys that lose their physical advantage as they get older and realize they should have tried to challenge themselves to use their technical skills under harder and faster
presssure.

You think all boys above average height should play up? That's ridiculous.
Most of the little guys will stay little. That's how height percentiles work. Athletes have to make the best of what their DNA gives them to work with.

Actually I don’t. If you are playing MLSNext which is supposed to be about development and you are tall and big AND have the technical skills. Yes, they should be playing up.

There are certainly a lot of big and tall players who don’t have the technical skills to play up and are appropriately playing on age.

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Anonymous wrote:A year is a lot at u13, u14, u15
boys. A kid who starts and plays most of the game at u13 mlsnext would not be good enough to even make a u14 mlsnext team. Or he would sit on the bench.

We are all dumber for having even read your idea OP.

They would not be good enough because the club doesn’t develop them and they no longer can rely on size? Not sure what your point is.

There are starters that lose their spots but a lot of that is due to the players willingness to put in the work to stay competitive

Anonymous wrote:A year is a lot at u13, u14, u15
boys. A kid who starts and plays most of the game at u13 mlsnext would not be good enough to even make a u14 mlsnext team. Or he would sit on the bench.

We are all dumber for having even read your idea OP.