Birth Year Age Matrix update

Blues Fan wrote:Buffoons

Not sure buffoons quite covers it.....

Is the logical conclusion of this announcement that NTX would conform to SoCal/National standards and 2006 birth year play select next year as U11?

Yes

That article quotes Sam Snow, director of coaching, as stating the new chart/faq is what should be used.

Looks like the original was based on calendar year seasons, which no one runs...

US soccer basically Shit the bed on releasing half baked information early.

Sheer idiocy....

AtThePitch wrote:That article quotes Sam Snow, director of coaching, as stating the new chart/faq is what should be used.

Looks like the original was based on calendar year seasons, which no one runs...

US soccer basically Shit the bed on releasing half baked information early.

Sheer idiocy....

Ding ding ding....you are correct!

Okay, so if this is true the whole age pure shift will still impact the current team structure the same way, but means the the current "AP" 06's will be heading select as well? Is this what I I just read?

Correct, but now the 06s can opt to play 05!

Wow. What a mess. So let me get this straight. The 2004s will be u13s 2016-2017 season?

Maybe we should just throw away this years contracts and start fresh January 2016

Looks to be the case bud, hey maybe they fire Klinsmann and scrap this whole thing, we can have a huge kegger and laugh about the idiocy of the whole thing...

Meet ya by the moon tower!

Don't get too worked up about it just yet. Nothing's official until Triumph says so anyway!!

If this is accurate (and looks to be), doesn't it make the most sense to go ahead and make the switch to calendar playing years also? 06s could qualify a year from now, play the calendar year 2017 as U11. Also - wouldn't a "calendar pure" season be preferable for North Texas players competing in national tournaments?

Any changes to bylaws had to have been submitted to NTSSA by Oct. 8th so they could be voted on at the AG meeting in January.

Excellent idea though.

Maybe since these folks have totally screwed the pooch, they could add an item to fix this mess rather than follow a deadline that matters very little -

AtThePitch wrote:Looks to be the case bud, hey maybe they fire Klinsmann and scrap this whole thing, we can have a huge kegger and laugh about the idiocy of the whole thing...

Meet ya by the moon tower!

Alright, alright, alright...

SWINGIT!! wrote:Don't get too worked up about it just yet. Nothing's official until Triumph says so anyway!!

I am guessing LHGCL will correct their chart eventually?  The following is still showing when you go to their homepage:

Birth Year Registration and how it affects your Current LHGCL Teams.

The Age Chart reflects the new Age Groupings for 2016 by Playing Year. LHGCL will move forward with this new age chart in the fall of 2016.

U10 - 06s
U11 - 05s
U12 - 04s
U13 - 03s
U14 - 02s
U15 - 01s
U16 - 00s
U17 - 99s
U18 - 98s
U19 - 97s

NTSSA is having a board meeting on Tuesday about this and will make an announcement on Wednesday.

Should be a quick meeting...

"We posted the stupid chart USSF gave us, and now USSF changed it"....

Sounds like a conference call could handle that. Lol

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/world/asia/once-prized-tibetan-mastiffs-are-discarded-as-fad-ends-in-china.html?_r=0

Could have sworn I saw one of those dropping a deuce in Frisco... LOL

The following is floating around the internet and is purportedly a letter from ECNL to DOCs. It reportedly came out before the age matrix update since the age group years are off by one. But the interesting/unusual aspect is that it indicates that birth year 99s and 98s will next year form one giant age group, ECNL 98/99 (18-20 months' worth of kids), and there will thus be no 99 birth year only ECNL age group. That will cause drama...


ECNL Directors of Coaching:
On August 24, 2015, the US Soccer Federation announced several significant changes to the youth competition environment to be implemented in the coming years. Fundamentally, these changes have been made in the interests of long term player development and can be placed into 2 major categories: (i) player age group cut-off dates; and (ii) small-sided game structures and sizes. (To read the full US Soccer announcement click here.)
As a league sanctioned by US Club Soccer (a national association member of US Soccer), the ECNL is required to follow the rules, regulations and policies of US Soccer – including these new mandates. As a developmentally focused organization, the ECNL also supports any attempts to create a better environment for youth players.
The recent US Soccer mandates will have an impact on almost every facet of youth competition in this country. Of immediate importance to ECNL clubs, these mandates – and especially the change to calendar year registration – will require adjustments to the structure of ECNL competition. Since US Club Soccer and other national sanctioning bodies have determined to implement the calendar year age group change beginning in the 2016-17 competition season –this adjustment will occur in ECNL competition in less than 12 months. The changes that will be implemented by the ECNL are outlined below and in the attached document.
ECNL Changes Due to Birth Year Registration / Age Group Cut-Offs: EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2016
Beginning August 1, 2016, ECNL teams will be formed using the new age group cut-off date of January 1. The most significant impact of this change is that teams will now generally consist of players in two different school years; in other words, players born from January 1 to July 31 will generally be a year older in school than the players born from August 1 to December 31. To accommodate the structural challenges imposed by these changes, ECNL competition will be structured as follows in 2016-2017:
Age Group
Birth Year (Jan 1)
ECNL National Event Requirement
U17/18
1998/1999 (Juniors/Seniors)
2 Regular Season ECNL National Events
U16
2000 (Sophomores/Juniors)
3 Regular Season ECNL National Events
U15
2001 (Freshman/Sophomores)
3 Regular Season ECNL National Events
U14
2002 (8th Graders/Freshman)
1 Regular Season ECNL National Events
U13
2003 (7th Graders/8th Graders)
Optional Regular Season ECNL Events Only

The new ECNL competition structure outlined above addresses several challenges imposed by the mandates:
· U17/18 Players: The combination of the U17 and U18 age groups has a positive developmental impact by insuring U17 players play “up” while also addressing the inherent player shortage that would otherwise occur in “pure” U18 competition in a calendar-based age group. (This shortage occurs because in a calendar-based age group every year a percentage of “rising U18s” will actually be graduating from high school and will no longer be participating in youth soccer.)
· College Showcasing: As the oldest ECNL age group will now include a high percentage of juniors in high school, this age group will have increased collegiate showcasing needs. Accordingly, this age group will now have 2 required ECNL National Events each year to allow appropriate showcasing. The total number of required ECNL events per club will remain the same (9 per year), as the youngest age group including freshman aged players will only have 1 event.
· 5 Years of ECNL Competition. For development reasons, it is important to maintain five years of ECNL competition for players. By using a January 1 age group cut-off, the youngest age group in the ECNL will now technically be labeled U13 – although this age group will actually include players that are only 6 months younger than would have entered the ECNL in previous years.

Blues Fan wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/world/asia/once-prized-tibetan-mastiffs-are-discarded-as-fad-ends-in-china.html?_r=0

I know a guy that eats with the Mayor of Frisco... rumor is they are passing a city ordanance where you have to pay a monthly fee if you own one of those dogs... just because of the size of the load they leave behind...

coachdom23 wrote:NTSSA is having a board meeting on Tuesday about this and will make an announcement on Wednesday.

Any whispers from the meeting?

NoSpinZone wrote:

coachdom23 wrote:NTSSA is having a board meeting on Tuesday about this and will make an announcement on Wednesday.

Any whispers from the meeting?

NTSSA Executive Board voted to change rule to get in line with USSF matrix for Fall 2016. NTSSA Presidents have to vote to approve, but there wont be much resistance from NTSSA associations.

When approved, 06's will be U11 and 05's will be U12 in Fall 2016. 07's will be U10


There might be a heated discussion over guest player rule they want passed.

coachdom23 wrote:

NoSpinZone wrote:

coachdom23 wrote:NTSSA is having a board meeting on Tuesday about this and will make an announcement on Wednesday.

Any whispers from the meeting?

NTSSA Executive Board voted to change rule to get in line with USSF matrix for Fall 2016. NTSSA Presidents have to vote to approve, but there wont be much resistance from NTSSA associations.

When approved, 06's will be U11 and 05's will be U12 in Fall 2016. 07's will be U10


There might be a heated discussion over guest player rule they want passed.

So 06s prob going select?

What is guest player rule you speak of?

coachdom23 wrote:



When approved, 06's will be U11 and 05's will be U12 in Fall 2016. 07's will be U10

You sure bout that???
My matrix shows 2005s going select next fall