Girls soccer should really go by graduation year since the end game for girls is college and many states have different school age cutoffs. The only same date across the board is HS grad year. Easy. Simple. And the college soccer system has been feeding the USWNT just fine. Girls are different. Same reason the boys DA doesn't allow for HS play, but ECNL does.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHere is where the rubber meets the road. With a big roster (for argument's sake, let's say some ECNL and NPL rosters do approach 30) , the limitation to 18 on game day means a lot of kids getting left at home week after week. That realization, when it hits, will make for some mighty unhappy folks.
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I think we will see some pretty good u17/18 NPL teams formed until the RAE reverses the age bias in 10 years or so. The top few Aug-dec (u17) 99 kids will make the 98/99 u17/18 ECNL team. The bottom few Jan -July99 and Aug-dec98 will be usurped by them and go down to 98/99 u17 NPL and join the not quite good enough Aug-dec 99 and make up a pretty good u17/18 NPL team.
US club hasn't said how they are handling NPL but assuming, since they also govern the ECNL it looks the same the above is likely.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGirls soccer should really go by graduation year since the end game for girls is college and many states have different school age cutoffs. The only same date across the board is HS grad year. Easy. Simple. And the college soccer system has been feeding the USWNT just fine. Girls are different. Same reason the boys DA doesn't allow for HS play, but ECNL does.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI think we will see some pretty good u17/18 NPL teams formed until the RAE reverses the age bias in 10 years or so. The top few Aug-dec (u17) 99 kids will make the 98/99 u17/18 ECNL team. The bottom few Jan -July99 and Aug-dec98 will be usurped by them and go down to 98/99 u17 NPL and join the not quite good enough Aug-dec 99 and make up a pretty good u17/18 NPL team.
US club hasn't said how they are handling NPL but assuming, since they also govern the ECNL it looks the same the above is likely.
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Anyone else think it's ridiculous they will have a U-13 team next Spring? 7th/8th grade year shouldn't have that kind of pressure, more than there already is. Now young girls at u11 and u12 will start migrating to ECNL clubs even earlier.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnyone else think it's ridiculous they will have a U-13 team next Spring? 7th/8th grade year shouldn't have that kind of pressure, more than there already is. Now young girls at u11 and u12 will start migrating to ECNL clubs even earlier.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI thought there has always been U13 PRE-ECNL
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere has been, although not at every club. Yes the pressure is going younger and younger....
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