by Dutch S August 25, 2025 Parent Education, Team Manager Information, Youth Soccer Development Youth Soccer in the U.S. Lifts the Birth Year Mandate, Many Return to School-Year Age Grouping: A Positive Shift for Players and Families It was 2017 when US soccer moved from the school/academic year cut offs to the birth year cut offs to build teams, it is good to finally be free from a system that did not support 99% of the...