Mass player at Bradenton

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The should scrap the U14 and U15 NTs, because its mostly about developmental timing, as the age distribution in a previous post shows. Some talented kids like DF get in there, but there's a lot of big ones with less talent in there too. And US soccer coaches want to believe they know what they're doing, so they keep calling back the early bloomers, to see if they got it right. This is hurting the U17 NT.

If they scrap the U14 and U15 national teams, they can have an unbiased look at the U17 pool. Doesn't mean they shouldn't have ODP etc, and regional teams in the U14/15 age groups, and the coaches should take a look.. What's wrong with the current system is they're focusing attention on, and sticking with some kids that just aren't the best.

you make a very good point. At the younger ages, there is too much discrepancy between good players who do or do not not mature as quickly as others. By 17 the playing field is largely leveled and a more accurate evaluation can be made. Many of these early selections to regional and national pools are very hard to rationalize

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INS status might be the issue.

Crawl back under your rock, you spineless toad. Just when you think you have read everything on this site, someone brings it to a new low. You should be tossed off permanently.