The current state of our youth national teams (2026 cycle)

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by TheFalseNine, Dec 5, 2022.

  1. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If MLS could find the a way to shift the calendar would be great but very tricky to pull off.
     
  2. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


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  3. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    At the same time, USL Championship is a better league and MLS Next Pro has only started improving this year because they’ve brought more older players into the league. USL League One, on the other hand, I have no clue what the strategy is there.
     
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  4. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Unfortunately I don’t have access to the underlying article but interesting this is something they are looking at.
     
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  5. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    I'll be honest, I don't get the drama from a developmental standpoint.

    An arbitrary cutoff is an arbitrary cutoff. School year cutoffs are nice for the average player -- it's just more fun to play with friends from your school, etc., and that increases the chances.

    But from a hard core developmental standpoint, it seems to me that whatever date you pick kind of doesn't make much difference? And calendar year aligns with youth team eligibility.

    Age banding and that sort of thing is there to compensate in some ways for physical maturity and progression, right?
     
  6. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well this is why I wish I had access to the underlying article as I’m interested in what they see as the alternative.
     
  7. Coolwhip

    Coolwhip Member

    Jun 27, 2010
    MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think might be a movement in youth sports to keep kids in the same grades together for obvious reasons (friendship, parent cooperation etc) Little league baseball switched away from the September 1 cutoff when I was a kid and recently switched back to it
     
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  8. Reccossu

    Reccossu Member+

    Jan 31, 2005
    Birmingham
    Does this thread have discussion of why 4 u20 starters switched to other countries this summer? Happy to scroll, but only if it’s the right place. Thx.
     
  9. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mostly circumstances specific to each player.
     
  10. Reccossu

    Reccossu Member+

    Jan 31, 2005
    Birmingham
    Probably, but that explanation gets a little harder to accept easily in such bunches.
     
  11. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sometimes you just lose guys. None of them are really a case of anything having been done wrong (and Buck could switch back still if he wanted).

    Esmir and Bindon had senior team opportunities we couldn’t offer and Vargas just very clearly preferred Mexico despite lots of opportunities from the US program. It’s nothing more than that.
     
  12. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think is also, who is ahead of you, and how old is that senior blocker. Most of our players are still relatively young. Meaning youth players may not have an opportunity right away, not like in the old days where we had mostly late 20s early 30s players.
     
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