What qualifies for a U-20
 

Just curious, where would I look to find if players qualify, specifically for forwards?

1st week 17yo excellents Youth Pulls

dola.

If they have passable/solid passing then it's a sure thing !

I'd say message GM-brxnivy. However, with the upcoming election, I don't know if he is still watching potential U-20 players.

A little help, TP6?

what about 18 y.o.? brilliant or better?

I'd just assume week 1 low excellent and use the average training time per skill with a solid coach and all that and see where it ends up.

After a player turns 18 if he is:

Brilliant at the beginning of the season? Shoe in.

Pop to Brilliant at the end of the season. Not qualified.

The breaking point will be around week 6 or their 18 y/o campaign. Your week 1-3 17 y/o excellents will turn brilliant at about weeks 3-6 in their 18 y/o season for scorers.

Therefore, you need somebody who is popping to brilliant in that time frame or 1-3 weeks later with good secondaries (like passing)

This is what it takes for a country that has a lot of users. The smaller countries would be less strict.

Just an FYI, it looks like the U.S. is absolutely loaded as far as 17-year-old 1st week solid strikers are concerned. I believe at least 5 or 6 were posted on the US conference over the past couple of days.

France has 2/3 17yo excellent strikers this week ;)

We have one so far.

what good is 2/3 of a striker??? You would need a complete one for him to be effective... :p or is that a Quiksand puzzle that I don't get??? ;) :D

FM

Well, they're the French. They take what they can get ;)

SI

So is Frogman.....Well...2/3rds of him is :D

That's about right... :D :D

FM

Have you figured out which 2/3rds is French?

still trying to figure it out... ;) :p

FM

RH hit the nail on the head. If he's 18 at the beginning of the season then he's likely at the front of the pack. If he's brilliant at the end of his 18 year old season he doesn't have much of a chance.

One of the 17yo exceelent forward sold for $4M