Who determines the playing season? Fall-Spring or Spring-Fall

[Unregistered]

The Federation sets the seasonal year. See USSF Bylaw 106, Section 2. (http://www.ussoccer.com/~/media/file...book.pdf?la=en)

"The seasonal year of the Federation begins on September 1 of the calendar year and ends on August 31 of the following calendar year."

Then shouldn't our age groups align with that and be Sept.1-Aug 31st.? We're not going to be in sink with FIFA with birth year now anyway because of deciding to use different age charts due to our school year linked soccer season year.

[Unregistered]

I don't know anyone who thinks from a development perspective dependence on summer tournaments is the way to do it - it nickles and dimes parents to death and is arguably too many games in a short amount of time v. training time. It is one thing if you have a badass local team you want to test regionally or you think that it makes sense for your team to get a travel experience once a year . . . but a summer filled with mediocre summer tournaments? I would take a summer league any day over that (maybe do games midweek).

So are you suggesting with doing away with the after tryouts, before season, tournaments? If so how do we evaluate the group of players picked up at tryouts as a whole team before the season starts?

[Unregistered]

The Federation sets the seasonal year. See USSF Bylaw 106, Section 2. (http://www.ussoccer.com/~/media/file...book.pdf?la=en)

"The seasonal year of the Federation begins on September 1 of the calendar year and ends on August 31 of the following calendar year."

All that means is that the national championships are in July. Some states run only Spring leagues, or only fall leagues, and some run leagues all year long.

[Slow Xavi]

Lets face it, summer tourneys in Oregon are a joke.

Agreed . . . not sure run of the mill tournaments are better anywhere else outside of the high-profile ones (Surfs, Mustangs, Crossfire Challenges, etc).

So are you suggesting with doing away with the after tryouts, before season, tournaments? If so how do we evaluate the group of players picked up at tryouts as a whole team before the season starts?

Not sure we abolish them; maybe have a few designated tournament weekends where no league games scheduled. But in general emphasize league to a greater extent, with appropriate game to training ratios.

In terms of evaluating new players: training, jamborees and scrimmages.

[Unregistered]

So are you suggesting with doing away with the after tryouts, before season, tournaments? If so how do we evaluate the group of players picked up at tryouts as a whole team before the season starts?

Training and games. The usual way.