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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat is ECNL waiting for? Switch to school grade/hs grad year age groups for next year to counter GDA going to single band except u18/u19 and rumored to be allowing hs soccer. GDA is coming for you ECNL...your ace high is school grade/hs grad year age groups unless you play it too late. ECNL, don’t be the Survivor contestant voted out with an immunity idol in their pocket.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostElite pathways like US Training Centers, DA & GDA, ODP, etc have always been birth year here since national teams are birth year.
The switch to birth year for all other girls here was monumentally dumb. 99.9% of our girls end goal is college ball. US colleges recruit by grad year and couldn’t care less about birth year. It’s royally messed up not only recruiting but also the 8th-9th grade years and also the 11th-12th grade years. Youth soccer participation is down 15% since the change. Lacrosse realized this, went graduation year age groups and is the fastest growing sport in the country. No other country has the hugely popular high school and college sports pipeline that we have so it’s stupid to try to copy the rest of the world on this.
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2442651]Would be smart to switch to graduation year.[/QUOTE
You will never see ‘smart’ and ‘US soccer’ in the same sentence .
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2444000]Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWould be smart to switch to graduation year.[/QUOTE
You will never see ‘smart’ and ‘US soccer’ in the same sentence .
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2444111]Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
That’s why ECNL will lead with the change. Ecnl is geared to get girls into college - college recruits by grad year. Smart business move for ecnl to capture more market share of players than GDA by switching to the best for 99% of players Grad Year groups.
So let’s get this straight . The ages were changed for the elite players (lol) and now the elite (lol) players at the encl are going to go back to school year ? Something tells
Me none of these players are elite
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2444111]Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
That’s why ECNL will lead with the change. Ecnl is geared to get girls into college - college recruits by grad year. Smart business move for ecnl to capture more market share of players than GDA by switching to the best for 99% of players Grad Year groups.
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Just wondering if any of the idiots at US soccer have figured out what’s going to happen to the trapped kids who are going to miss 2 years of soccer because of their inept decisions ? The kids born in the last quarter of the year have been well and truly screwed over ! US soccer should be ashamed of themselves to put out such an ill thought out plan !
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostJust wondering if any of the idiots at US soccer have figured out what’s going to happen to the trapped kids who are going to miss 2 years of soccer because of their inept decisions ? The kids born in the last quarter of the year have been well and truly screwed over ! US soccer should be ashamed of themselves to put out such an ill thought out plan !
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Soccer truly doesn’t care but does want market share and will continue to try to eat away at ecnl. If ECNL wants to instantly gain 33% market share and win the long war for players, simply switch to High School Graduation year groups for next year. With the recruiting rules getting even tougher in April, the Juniors and Seniors are completely screwed if they have to combine teams at u18/u19. Junior year will now be the biggest recruiting year for girls and senior year will be bigger than it has been. If ECNL had full teams at every high school grade, hands down, players would swarm ECNL. Particularly at 8th/9th and 11th/12th. No brainer.
Play soccer without getting milked for as much money as they can get . What happens to the kids who do not have the money to pay to play ? Do we just throw them away as collateral damage ? We need to get out of our bubble it’s an embarrassing attitude .
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostJust wondering if any of the idiots at US soccer have figured out what’s going to happen to the trapped kids who are going to miss 2 years of soccer because of their inept decisions ? The kids born in the last quarter of the year have been well and truly screwed over ! US soccer should be ashamed of themselves to put out such an ill thought out plan !
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is a ridiculous argument, as the same percent of kids would be 'screwed' by the school year age groups, just different birthdays.
their kid into a super elite athlete. Look in the mirror and
you will see the source.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is a ridiculous argument, as the same percent of kids would be 'screwed' by the school year age groups, just different birthdays.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSame parents who think a couple more months will make
their kid into a super elite athlete. Look in the mirror and
you will see the source.
September to December . Actual total numbers Have fallen by 20%, last quarter 80%!! Basketball has had the biggest rise in participation in a decade (they play by school year)Let’s not come out with stupid statements if we don’t understand the underlying impact of a poorly thought out plan by US soccer . Little kids want to Play sports with their friends . Not everyone is getting smoke blown up their ass being told they are the next messi .
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