Prepare to have your kid's soccer team blown up this summer. The big vote is set

Oct 23, 2024
10:43:30am

shoganai All-American

for next month's USSF board meeting. They're going to change the age cutoff back to July 31st. US Club is expected to do the same (the "insiders" believe ECNL is the real driver of this).

Everybody I've talked to says they're going to rip the bandaid off and put it in full force for 2025-2026. This summer will be total chaos for virtually every team, club, and league across the country.

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US Soccer threatens its youth soccer eco-system with chaos over age-group date change

October 22 – In 2016 the United States Soccer Federation finally fell in line with the world in regard to youth soccer age classification. The previous system using the school calendar (August 1st cutoff) was consigned to the scrap heap and the birth year January (1st cutoff) became the defining...

https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/10/22/us-soccer-threatens-youth-soccer-eco-system-chaos-age-group-date-change/