Are we changing back to the old age system

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A team for everyone and a team for every grade! A simple money and market share making proposition. Never mind, makes too much sense. They’ll never go for it.

Not only is US Soccer a sh**show right now (lots of defections, chaos, articles about a toxic environment) but as said above they are exceedingly stubborn. They did the calendar year change despite everyone telling them it was a bad idea. All they care about is the nations top 1%, not the rest of US players.

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Not only is US Soccer a sh**show right now (lots of defections, chaos, articles about a toxic environment) but as said above they are exceedingly stubborn. They did the calendar year change despite everyone telling them it was a bad idea. All they care about is the nations top 1%, not the rest of US players.

A license dinosaurs! Corrupt organization! Women are better! Enough said. Clean house!

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A license dinosaurs! Corrupt organization! Women are better! Enough said. Clean house!

That requires leadership. They voted in a former investment banker with no soccer experience. None of this is surprising. Without wholesale changes at the top it's not going to get better.

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yep, can you image all the unclaimed full rides each season because the recruiters thought someone was graduating and it turned out they were just a junior!

Well in that case that college coach is just as dumb as you are.

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Of course college coaches have figured out how to deal with it; they have to in order to do their jobs. But that doesn't mean they like it. For the most part they recruit by grade. They have x spots each year, y position needs, and z dollars. Recruiting by grade just simplifies things. It also makes it easier to compare apples to apples. Is a younger player on a mostly older team weaker because of the age/less experience or they're just not as strong?

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Of course college coaches have figured out how to deal with it; they have to in order to do their jobs. But that doesn't mean they like it. For the most part they recruit by grade. They have x spots each year, y position needs, and z dollars. Recruiting by grade just simplifies things. It also makes it easier to compare apples to apples. Is a younger player on a mostly older team weaker because of the age/less experience or they're just not as strong?

You are dumb. They don't go and window shop. Players and club coaches reach out to the college coaches. The players have player profiles through any number of services that are searchable and sort-able by graduation year.

The window shopping happens at their own ID camps and they certainly have the graduation years and yet those camps are always a mix of kids over 3-4 graduation years and yet SOMEHOW they figure it out.

The player and or club coach sends the college coach the game schedule information and the rest is just done.

The college coaches know who and when they are going to watch.