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Anonymous wrote:I like how the age know it all suddenly is now an expert on biobanding. Total clown. I feel back for anyone that takes his advise.

Clubs with MLSN1 and biobanding have very high revenues and large demand for rosters. People are just pointing out you wrong in saying having biobanding would make these clubs undesirable.

Anonymous wrote:I like how the age know it all suddenly is now an expert on biobanding. Total clown. I feel back for anyone that takes his advise.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

The top soccer minds and clubs in the world are fully in favor of biobanding

But I say, if John the Accountant is against it, we should all rethink it

It depends on what you want out of youth soccer. Clubs make WAY more money grouping players by grade/age and keeping the groups seperate than they do in an Acadamy type setting where you see players playing up and down according to whatever you feel like.

This is the issue with playing down. It enables a small percentage to be a superstar while everyone else gets frustrated and quits.

Only MLSN1 allows playing down and those clubs sans real academies make large amounts of revenue on younger players. Your beliefs don't match what is occurring.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

The top soccer minds and clubs in the world are fully in favor of biobanding

But I say, if John the Accountant is against it, we should all rethink it

It depends on what you want out of youth soccer. Clubs make WAY more money grouping players by grade/age and keeping the groups seperate than they do in an Acadamy type setting where you see players playing up and down according to whatever you feel like.

This is the issue with playing down. It enables a small percentage to be a superstar while everyone else gets frustrated and quits.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

The top soccer minds and clubs in the world are fully in favor of biobanding

But I say, if John the Accountant is against it, we should all rethink it

It depends on what you want out of youth soccer. Clubs make WAY more money grouping players by grade/age and keeping the groups seperate than they do in an Acadamy type setting where you see players playing up and down according to whatever you feel like.

This is the issue with playing down. It enables a small percentage to be a superstar while everyone else gets frustrated and quits.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

The top soccer minds and clubs in the world are fully in favor of biobanding

But I say, if John the Accountant is against it, we should all rethink it

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

I'm against biobanding.

Once biobanding is introduced defined groups Age or Grade no longer matter.

This is why MLSN1 can stay BY and its no big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

Not true. I haven't been for or against biobanding. Merely pointing out what is happening, not what I want to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

You're the only one beating the play down drum.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

Pretty hypocritical. You keep trying to revive a dead thread to create grade year with bogus "facts." That Facebook site is as generic as the web gets without anything relevant. It's been over. US Soccer said 8/1 and ECNL gave guidance to avoid playing up unless dominant and ECNL clubs agreed, case by case to play up and no one forced to play up. That misinfo campaign to get parents to ask to play up didn't work either with people understanding RAE and college coaches saying just become the best player you can be regardless of age group.

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Anonymous wrote:An entire Facebook thread with parents recommending Aug/Sept/Nov players play on the team that is their grade in school

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarshipsforsocceracademy/posts/25741948872099537/

This one is kind of interesting because you have Aug/Sept/Nov birthday parents and because of BY their kids are currently playing up on a grade older team they want to stay with their current BY team which is a grade older. But most recommend playing on the correct grade in school team. Literally nobody recommended playing down a grade on a younger in school team.

Something else I've noticed is clubs that are in districts whose cutoff is Sept/Nov (New Jersey, Wisconsin, etc) are being very clear that Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays play with their grade in school team. Even if it means playing up. This is probabaly happening because they have 2-3 months of players that could potentially play down and it would cause chaos and be impossible for the club to manage. Everyone seems to use college recruiting as the rational for playing on the team thats your grade in school.

Clubs that aren't listening to parents and think they can dictate which teams Aug/Sept/Nov players will roster on (playing on a grade down team) will have issues.

It's been over a day, thought you were ill (like beyond mental).

You are completely misreading the thread. The person is trying to get their kid to stay on their BY team as they have a kid with a fall birth. Nobody likes change so no surprising. Contributors pointing out clubs generally block playing up.

Lower tier clubs allowing playing up moreso than competitive teams.

Clubs are in the process of pushing as many Aug-Dec birthdays as they can to play on age. Playing up in competitive clubs is for the best of the best, has nothing to do with grade.

No I dont work for the State of Virginia I cant sit online all day not working.

Being in Cali while on this thread all day, nobody suggesting you are from DMV area.

Hahahaha keep trying.

Only a few more months before rosters start being posted for next fall and SY team players are all the same graduating year (grade in school).

Grade just doesn't matter for club. Going to be more playing up off grade than down and you won't be able to find out because the only place that posts grade, ECNL, collects it voluntarily and has about 1 in 5 wrong.

It's over. Leagues said 8/1 and gave guidance that only the best play up. Clubs agreeing and willing to evaluate case by case. Nobody being forced up on top competitive teams.

You really need to get out and speak with other people to get their opinions. 99% of the comments online are for Aug/Sept/Nov birthdays to play on the team thats their grade in school.

It's just you spamming for playing down.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Arlington's approach makes sense. Our club does not allow play ups to non-1st teams, which makes sense as a policy. They will now allow misaligned August kids to request to play up with their academic year and participate in tryouts normally. For our club, this will make a big difference for the 2nd teams and lower. There are lots of 1st team kids who could make the 2nd or 3rd or 4th team of the year ahead of them and now, for certain kids, that's allowed. It makes complete sense to me. If August/September kids prefer to stay on their existing team even though the kids on it are a grade behind in school (perhaps because they'd rather play on a 1st team than a 2nd one, or perhaps because they're small for their age and don't want to exacerbate the issue), that's completely fine too.

Arlington is BY right now. This fall they will change to SY and magically more players will be playing up on top teams so they're on the correct grade team for college recruiting.

For next fall Arlington has been very transparent. Playing up on age is mainly based on talent and will be the exception. As they said, not some hope for magic.

Q: Can players play up an age group?

A: Playing up is a coaching and technical decision based primarily on the player’s skill level, soccer maturity, and overall development needs. While Arlington Soccer allows flexibility in certain cases, playing up is the exception rather than the rule. Each situation is carefully evaluated by the technical staff to ensure it is in the best interest of both the individual player and the team.

Q: Can a player born between August 1 and September 30 play up if they are in the higher school grade?

A: School grade may be considered as part of the evaluation, but the decision to allow a player to play up is ultimately based on technical criteria including the player’s skill, maturity, and readiness for the older age group. Grade alone does not guarantee that a player will play up.

Plenty of upset parents at Arlington right now.

Upset how?

Who could have guessed that competitive parents would want their kids to play on the correct grade on school team. (for college recruiting)

The same parent is complaining to all of staff and all of the team parents as if it will make a difference. We get it, not everyone is going to be happy, but get over it already

Just wait, it will grow and more parents will complain. Then when rosters are announced and teams are all a single grade parents will go crazy.

And all Arlington needed to do was be honest saying that Aug birthdays will play on the team thats their grade in school.