I think some of you are touching on something. When discussions were proceeding between Bridge and MPSC, MPSC had a large micro program. At that time the decision makers at MPSC had hired a new director, and made the decision to allow a new academy approach the time to develop these very young players, with the anticipated result of producing more competitive teams in the future. Time will tell if that decision was a good one, but I believe some of these younger players are now moving up in age to be in the "visible" ages. I say visible ages because most of the competitive talk happens beginning at U13.

That's not to say that arsenal2 doesn't have a point, but that's one that truly only time will tell, and it's not too long from now.