With basketball, they need to produce a report card, and a birth certificate that shows the proper age, which may be anywhere from aug 1 to sep 15 depending on particular league and region. This has been on the table for the better part of the year, and us soccer will be voting on this decision on november 22, 2024. The ecnl was founded in 2009 as a challenge to the status quo of youth soccer, with a vision to be better
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In its first years, the league supported only girls programming, but that was to change.
There have been rumors about ecnl leadership wanting to change from school year to birth year
This wouldn’t happen in the upcoming season but could it happen in the fall of 2025? Soccer will allow youth soccer governing bodies to decide for themselves between the birth year or school year formats Soccer was never officially grade year, the 7/1 cut off (the way it was before they moved to calendar year) was easier to approximate that way while keeping legitimate boundaries. Flexibility for the 2026/27 season
Starting in the fall of 2026, sanctioning bodies will have the option to organize registration by birth year or school year (further details tbd), based on what best supports their players and communities.