Originally Posted by The Hop
If playing at a USL sanctioned event meant age verification was mandatory and officials were properly trained would you as a parent attend ONLY those events?
Or would you continue to support the current ones with no USL sanctioning?


I would prioritize those tournaments, particularly if single-year age groups. I would probably still attend some grade-based tournaments (i) in order to play superior competition, as they all have older kids, and (ii) if my team was at the bottom of a two-year age group.