Shift to Jan. 1 cutoff next year or year after?

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Why is no one explaining how the 8th/9th grade mixed teams will work? Will the 8th graders miss half a year of club soccer while the 9th graders are left to play HS or will the 8t/9th year (2002, u15 next year) be 2 season club soccer so that all club players have a club team?

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The local clubs haven't even told the members that they have to go birth year at the next try outs... Most folks still have no idea any of this is coming. Going to be fun!

Our club is just waiting on OYSA to finalize the rules for next year. Until that's done, everything is up in the air...

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Why is no one explaining how the 8th/9th grade mixed teams will work? Will the 8th graders miss half a year of club soccer while the 9th graders are left to play HS or will the 8t/9th year (2002, u15 next year) be 2 season club soccer so that all club players have a club team?

Timbers run the league. Ask them how it will work. The answer you'll get is "We don't care about youth soccer"

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Why is no one explaining how the 8th/9th grade mixed teams will work? Will the 8th graders miss half a year of club soccer while the 9th graders are left to play HS or will the 8t/9th year (2002, u15 next year) be 2 season club soccer so that all club players have a club team?

Do you have a proposal?

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Do you have a proposal?

My proposal is leave at least girls soccer on school year age groups. Clearly college is the end game for girls and the college system is working great for the USWNT.

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Timbers run the league. Ask them how it will work. The answer you'll get is "We don't care about youth soccer"

I'd say it's US Soccer that doesn't care about youth soccer, not the Timbers. This is their mess and all for the small possibility that they make the USMNT a hair more competitive. What a joke.

What will make USMNT more competitive is getting more kids playing soccer, not less. Where this fails, the falling numbers participating in baseball and football should give boys soccer a boost in numbers and quality of athletes.

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There are plenty of athletes playing soccer these days. The problem is coaching. The year change is fine. Boo hoo to the parents of kids who used to be the oldest and are now the youngest.

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I'd say it's US Soccer that doesn't care about youth soccer, not the Timbers. This is their mess and all for the small possibility that they make the USMNT a hair more competitive. What a joke.

What will make USMNT more competitive is getting more kids playing soccer, not less. Where this fails, the falling numbers participating in baseball and football should give boys soccer a boost in numbers and quality of athletes.

Such a stupid thing to say. Of course is soccer cares about youth soccer. Changing to year based age groups moves the US to be cosistent with EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

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My proposal is leave at least girls soccer on school year age groups. Clearly college is the end game for girls and the college system is working great for the USWNT.

OK. So that ideas been trashed. Next?

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Such a stupid thing to say. Of course is soccer cares about youth soccer. Changing to year based age groups moves the US to be cosistent with EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

Dumb statement.

Going birth year will greatly reduce numbers. Everyone knows that. At U9 girls play soccer because their school friends are playing soccer.

Nobody cares if we are aligned with the rest of the world. Minuscule numbers of kids play internationally.

This change will hurt soccer in the US.

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Dumb statement.

Going birth year will greatly reduce numbers. Everyone knows that. At U9 girls play soccer because their school friends are playing soccer.

Nobody cares if we are aligned with the rest of the world. Minuscule numbers of kids play internationally.

This change will hurt soccer in the US.

You will be proven wrong and it will be fun pulling this thread to shove in your ignorant virtual face. Moron.

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You will be proven wrong and it will be fun pulling this thread to shove in your ignorant virtual face. Moron.

Hahahaha.

US soccer even says it will reduce numbers.

Anyone involved in soccer knows that school friends drive numbers.

Wipe the drool off your chin.

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Whaaaaaaah! Looks like you shouldn't have held back little Bobby so he could be a little older for sports. Looooool!!!

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Hahahaha.

US soccer even says it will reduce numbers.

Anyone involved in soccer knows that school friends drive numbers.

Wipe the drool off your chin.

Oops...... I forgot about rec soccer. My bad.

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Oops...... I forgot about rec soccer. My bad.

This could drive a lot of younger kids out of club rec soccer and into Parks & Rec type rec soccer or more into middle school soccer in places where they offer that.