Must be missing something. Out of the MD and DC Under Armour teams, only one player with a mid August birthday, that could marginally be classified as a holdback? The rest are all Sept 2000 or later birthdays? Frankly if any of my daughters had a mid to late August birthday I'd consider placing them in a grade where they would be one of the oldest, not the youngest. So where are all these hold backs everyone keeps talking about? BTW, no dog in the fight. Not from LI or MD/DC.
We're all missing something here, except for the LI people who have a misconception (fed to them by their club directors) that MD girls are held back a year so they can beat up on LI club teams. First of all, no one can actually find anyone who has been held back, except for the LI YJ lemmings who insist it happens all the time. Second, if it did happen, then doing it so your club team could have a better chance of beating a LI club team is ridiculous. What a stupid reason. Third, these lemmings on YJ will believe any excuse that CR tells them. Even if evidence shows it doesn't happen, if CR tells them it happens (usually right after a loss to a MD team) then they believe it. By the way, this is mostly a YJ issue. They are the most vocal when they get beaten.
