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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    How does the change from school year (9.1 - 8.31) to calendar year (01, 02, 03 etc) impact the transition to high school? Most of the kids on the top teams have birthdays in the first quarter or third of the calendar year and many are likewise then a grade ahead. I assume those kids won't play club fall of freshman year. What option do the later birth months have?
    Some leagues ran a U15 bracket in the fall (with not a lot of teams) so that those trapped kids had a place to play and other true U14s played up on. A few leagues let trapped 8th graders play with their classmates just for the fall then they move to a HS aged team for spring. Some clubs just had training.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Some leagues ran a U15 bracket in the fall (with not a lot of teams) so that those trapped kids had a place to play and other true U14s played up on. A few leagues let trapped 8th graders play with their classmates just for the fall then they move to a HS aged team for spring. Some clubs just had training.
      OMG quit whining about playing your birth year. You never heard parents complaining about "playing up" when it was school year. In the end it made the younger kids better player. Deal with it's cupcake, its over geezzz.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        OMG quit whining about playing your birth year. You never heard parents complaining about "playing up" when it was school year. In the end it made the younger kids better player. Deal with it's cupcake, its over geezzz.
        It may be over, but it is not solved. End of year 8th graders have no place to play that fall. They essentially lost a year of development and then they lose a season of play. For the strongest players, the year of development is actually fine as they will rise to the top again. But the lost season is not. If you don't see the issue, your kid is not and elite player. Those really great players are not looking to play/practice with younger less skilled players.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          OMG quit whining about playing your birth year. You never heard parents complaining about "playing up" when it was school year. In the end it made the younger kids better player. Deal with it's cupcake, its over geezzz.
          All the poster did was answer another poster's question with facts. No complaints. But you sure jumped on the dbag bandwagon quickly

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            #35
            Doesn't the DA essentially solve the birth year issue? If a kid isn't at that level of quality why is there all the wailing and nashing of the teeth, missing a few games in the fall isn't the life altering issue as it is being made out to be. The reality is missing a few games is not likely to change the trajectory of their soccer career. The clubs will figure out a way to keep these kids training and playing and if your particular club doesn't perhaps that means you should look for one that will.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Doesn't the DA essentially solve the birth year issue? If a kid isn't at that level of quality why is there all the wailing and nashing of the teeth, missing a few games in the fall isn't the life altering issue as it is being made out to be. The reality is missing a few games is not likely to change the trajectory of their soccer career. The clubs will figure out a way to keep these kids training and playing and if your particular club doesn't perhaps that means you should look for one that will.
              dA won't solve anything until it proves to be a viable path. The jury is out on that. It is not a few games. It is a season. And actually another season on the back end of their high school years as well. Top player will figure it out. Just a mess that shouldn't have to be figured out.

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                #37
                It would be great if there was a place for those that did not make Academy (or did not want to join a P2P academy) to train and play during the Fall season, especially if the HS program was not useful to development.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  OMG quit whining about playing your birth year. You never heard parents complaining about "playing up" when it was school year. In the end it made the younger kids better player. Deal with it's cupcake, its over geezzz.
                  Basically, just stfu....cupcake.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    It would be great if there was a place for those that did not make Academy (or did not want to join a P2P academy) to train and play during the Fall season, especially if the HS program was not useful to development.
                    There's so few it likely isn't worthwhile for a club to run anything, and there's certainly no league games or anything to play. A motivated player can find training opportunities if he seeks them out, as well as adult leagues to play in, but most work would have to be done independently

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      dA won't solve anything until it proves to be a viable path. The jury is out on that. It is not a few games. It is a season. And actually another season on the back end of their high school years as well. Top player will figure it out. Just a mess that shouldn't have to be figured out.
                      It already is the viable path simply because USSF has mandated that it be the top of the pyramid. It's only knuckleheads like you who want to buck their mandate who have any questions about its viability. Ten years from now the DA will still be in existence unless the USSF changes its mind about who should hold the top spot on that pyramid for some reason. Then people need to calculate what is more likely to happen, USSF changing its mind or the ECNL faltering and having to recast itself.

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        It already is the viable path simply because USSF has mandated that it be the top of the pyramid. It's only knuckleheads like you who want to buck their mandate who have any questions about its viability. Ten years from now the DA will still be in existence unless the USSF changes its mind about who should hold the top spot on that pyramid for some reason. Then people need to calculate what is more likely to happen, USSF changing its mind or the ECNL faltering and having to recast itself.
                        Being in existence isn't supposed to be the goal. Improving soccer is. Achieving that goal is questionable

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Being in existence isn't supposed to be the goal. Improving soccer is. Achieving that goal is questionable
                          Ah, here is the real issue. What is your definition of the goal and do you think it is the same goal that USSF is attacking?

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            It already is the viable path simply because USSF has mandated that it be the top of the pyramid. It's only knuckleheads like you who want to buck their mandate who have any questions about its viability. Ten years from now the DA will still be in existence unless the USSF changes its mind about who should hold the top spot on that pyramid for some reason. Then people need to calculate what is more likely to happen, USSF changing its mind or the ECNL faltering and having to recast itself.
                            Us soccer is ruled by the American consumers dollar. Just because USSF says they are on top of pyramid, will not make it so. Clubs are in this business to make money. If they can make as much with da, it will take off. If they lose money, it will not. No doubt it will still be here in 10 years. ODP is still around. Not bucking the system. Just not betting on it either. I could care less what happens in 10 years as my kid will be long gone.

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                              #44
                              ECNL above all for development purposes!

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                ECNL above all for development purposes!
                                FC Boston is horrible, those coaches could develop film.

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