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Nov, 2016
US Youth Soccer announces relabeling of age groups
The
2016-17 youth soccer season will be a transitional year as leagues,
clubs and teams begin to implement the U.S. Soccer mandates. US Youth
Soccer would like to outline the relabeling of age group terminology.
US
Youth Soccer is in the process of relabeling age groups — moving the
word “under” to the opposite side of the numeral to reflect the new
player registration by birth year. For example, the Under-10 age group
becomes 10-and-Under to clarify that players in the age group can be 10
years old and younger. With this change, the shorthand for labeling age
groups will change from U-10 to 10-U.
For those clubs or leagues
adopting player registration by year of birth for the 2016-17 soccer
year, here is a chart that shows the birth year for that season. Please
note that when determining the age group for a season, the year the
competition ends should be used. For example, a player born in 2007
would be in the 10-and-Under age group for the 2016-17 soccer year (2017
– 2007 = 10.)
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