I saw True C scrimmaging LTLC last weekend while at Red Hots training. Some good talent over there.
Based on what I saw at the Circuit this weekend, are you sure that wasn’t True National’s 2028 team reclassed and now playing with/as the 29 Red Hots National Team?
No, full of Hawks.
Parent of a 29 Red Hots National Team. We only have 2 Hawks players and they were only there on SAT.
Multiple True kids from across the country. All June 1 Birthdays or later. Big boys nonetheless.
Um, that was a rhetorical question by the PP. But to correct him they aren’t reclasses. The kid who scored all the goals is a ‘28.
Kid who scored all the goals was born June 24, 2010.
That’s a 2028 on age kid
US Lacrosse/NLF rules dictate anyone born after 5/31/2010 can play as a 2029.
The Circuit adopted similar rules with 2 exemptions per team allowing birthdates 1/1/2010 or later.
No, no, no. That’s not correct. It’s for kids who are IN SEVENTH GRADE, AND HAVE BEEN RECLASSED. My kid is in 8th grade, but born July 2010. He cannot play in a 2029 event, even though his age would allow him to do so. He would need to reclass and be in the 7th grade, which is the 2029 class. If the kid has not reclassed, and is still in the 2028 grade year— he’s cheating if playing 2029.
You have made this overly complicated, and you're not correct...whether you believe their intent was to focus on reclassed kids is correct or not.
The Circuit's age rules are quite simple:
For 2029s - Born after 5/31/10 with two exemptions born 1/1/10 or later
For 2028s - Born after 5/31/09 with three exemptions born 1/1/09 or later including last year's somehow approved double-holdback players grandfathered in (fun fact, there), but no "new" double holdbacks.
That's it. There's no more to it, at least in writing. The USL-NLF system is switching directly to soccer-style age groups. In fact the new NLF rules say "graduation years are only for team names" starting this year.
So, congrats on your son's playing up a year, all these years, but it's clear that he doesn't have to anymore.
For better and for worse, age/grad year are now less complicated and for your son, he now has more options.
