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My son will deal with issues due to the school year cutoff. So I hope that we can get this decision changed so many other kids just like my son will be able to play the game they love without any issues!
John supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffAs a coach of "trapped"/ "stranded" players (4 8th graders who didn't have a team to play on while their slightly older teammates played high school soccer), an August 1st (or July 1) delineation date makes way more sense. It's not about figuring out when most of the schools first day of school is, it's about capturing the most kids who will be in the same grade playing together. Having a Sept 1 start date leaves all July and August-born kids "stranded", playing with kids in an older grade than them (and not with their friends).
Peter supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffMy son is an Aug 2020 bday who will not be going into Kindergarten next year, along with 3 of his friends with Aug bdays. Quote from the 3 organizations, "Soccer, regardless of the level of competition, is meant to be fun – and it is more fun when players can play with their friends and classmates". I guess the exception for having fun with classmates will be August bdays. You can always play up a year, but never down! Please change to Aug 1 like it was back in 2016. Sep 1st just doesn't make sense!
Trevor supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffWhat about kids with August or other summer birthdays? My daughter with a mid August birthday started kindergarten at 6 years old because doing remote zoom kindergarten in 2020 was not working. Now because we chose what was right for her academic and social/emotional needs for kindergarten she will be 2 weeks "too old" to play with her classmates and won't have a team to play with in 8th and 12th grade? If the goal is to play with same grade peers, make the registration by current grade (graduation year) or build in flexibility for kids who are just outside of traditional school cutoffs for various reasons that allow them to be successful in school.
Lindsay supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffMy daughter is a August 2013 birthday and in 5th grade. This will effect her when she is in 8th grade and will be one of the only trapped players on her club team while others will be playing their high s hood season she will not be playing because not enough girks to field a team. Please reconsider cutoff date to August to align with other states and for those that were so close to school cut off.
Kerrie supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffAs others have stated. My son has a birthday of August 28th. In Kentucky the school cutoff age is August 1. He will be in the 7th grade next year. When this policy takes effect he will be an 8th grader and all of his current teammates on his 2012 team will either be able to play high school or play down on the 2013 team. Make the change that makes sense. The cutoff should be July 1 or August 1. Players that want to play up can do so and the rest can play with their grade level friends and you 100% eliminate trapped players (unless the player delayed starting school which is a consequence of a choice.)
Andrew supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffWe have multiples that were born two months early in August. We sent them to school based on their adjusted age which was supported by our pediatrician and other medical professionals. There are studies that recommend using adjusted age to determine kindergarten readiness, especially for early premies, like ours.
We were doing speech therapy well into their fives so they absolutely weren’t caught up by age 2 (for those that argue using their adjusted age should stop at 2).
I’m sharing our story because there are all sorts of reasons why August kids start late. These decisions are made based on the best interest of the kids, most of which have nothing to do with obtaining an advantage at sports.
We aren’t chasing college scholarships. I would love for our kids to play with their classmates, but we can deal with continuing to play with older kids. I think they have benefited from playing with older kids.
What I can’t accept is that they might not be able to play at all their senior year. Do better US soccer. Let these kids plays.
Megan supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffMy son has a late August birthday and played on a trapped 8th grade team in the fall of 2024. Had this rule been in effect he would have been unlikely to have had the opportunity to play that season due to the fact that we decided, when he was 4, that he would benefit from waiting a year to start kindergarten. It would have been devastating for him to have been on the sidelines that entire season while all of his classmates were able to play. I would hate to see other kids with late summer birthdays in that situation as I know it would have been bad for my son.
Elizabeth supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffMy kiddo is a July birthday - that was held until he was 6 to start kindergarten. Changing the date to August 1 does not help him and will trap him with a different grade and he would not be able to play at all with any classmates (where now he plays with half and half). Soccer will be done for him as he enjoys playing with his friends
C supported: Birth Dates for US Youth Soccer: Reconsideration of September 1 CutoffPlease allow some flexibility for August kids. Almost all of my son’s friends born in August are in his grade. Iowa like many states does not have a strict cutoff for beginning school. It will be difficult for these kids to continue playing when all their teammates are moving into highschool and into college.
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