I'm curious to know why u19s are considered youth players. Is this the same in all countries? Over the summer I had one of my adult teams that had about 5 or so top u18/u19 players opt out of playing in a USASA region tournament over a US Youth U19 region tournament. I was sort of shocked considering these players are a few of the better in their age group for our state and it would have been a challenge for them to compete against some older more seasoned players. So my question is why is U19 under the "youth" umbrella? Sorry if this is in the wrong forum