Is this for SoCal league or nation wide? I have heard the rumor as well as other clubs playing up and starting early. But is that actually what is happening?
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elliot2008
BRONZE
What is the league telling families for players trying out in early December?
I'm hearing it will go back to August 1st cut off(as rumored for a long time) but not be implemented until Fall of 2026 by various organizations/leagues. Something to do with many places around the country have tryouts coming up soon and not enough time to make the change and prepare accordingly. I'm guessing something will be released in the next week.
I think it will depend on the league. If the league is ready, they can do it on 25/26. If not, it will be on 26/27. For inter-league tournaments, SY teams play up. I still think ECNL will do it next fall. They will get a lot of Q3/Q4 GA players, so they will win even play up in the outside tournaments. But I think ECNL will just have one more its own showcase. Outside tournaments become less meaningful for ECNL girls teams after the change.
Most events are us club related so it will be the same as ECNL. No chance they do different things. GA? It will be interesting what they do since they are not a us club league. Maybe through US soccer? Not sure who runs their league technically. It would be wild if a league does it one way but tournaments another way. Even they wouldn't be that messed up to our kids.
Many ECNL teams already play up a full year whenever they go to a non-ECNL event.
If ECNL teams have to play up by 5 months for 25/26, it's really not a big deal- especially on the girls side.
Hearing that leagues in other states have publicly announced today that there will be NO CHANGE from Birth Year Registration (January 1-December 1) to School Year Registration (August 1-July 31) for the coming seasonal year (Fall 25/Spring 26). In brief, US Soccer’s Board of Directors decided not to make any changes for the coming seasonal year (Fall 25/Spring 26). However, a potential change to School Year Registration (August 1-July 31) will be revisited by US Soccer, and may be in place for the (Fall 26/Spring 27) seasonal year.
elliot2008
BRONZE
Which states?
Assuming your prediction is correct (with respect to SOCAL teams), and assuming ECNL makes the change in the fall of 2025, will these ECNL clubs carry both calendar year AND SY teams at the same time? I.e., will Beach have a U16 ECNL group (ECNL+ their RL teams) alongside a set of 2009 kids that only play SOCAL???
Within Southern California, what are the "leagues." SOCAL, CSL, ECNL/RL, GA/DPL, MLSN, EA/EA2. Is there anything else?
SoccerSanDiego
SILVER
what a bunch of incompetent knuckleheads... US Soccer couldn't get out ahead of this and do a press release with a Q&A!!!
Can someone "email the MSYSA State Office" and tell them to have US Soccer make a damn decision already......having things up in the air is BY FAR the worst option of all.
You would have to work very hard and think very creatively to find a worse way to roll this out
and this is exactly way you just leave it alone. What a complete goat fuck
The release above basically says we delay for another year for SY change. This is a bad business practice. If there will be a change, you should do it swiftly, just like a company reorg. The rumor and uncertainty cannot stay long. I hope ECNL and GA will make the change next fall.
Thatonedad
SILVER
US Soccer -> US Club Soccer -> ECNL
US Soccer -> USSSA -> GA
* Technically I believe GA can sanction itself. But I don't think they do + still use USSSA for sanctioning.