Underage leagues may switch to summer season

Summer soccer may well become the norm in Ireland as the FAI are proposing to switch all underage leagues from the traditional season in 2016.

At present, all but one of the 32 schoolboys leagues in Ireland — representing 100,000 players from 6-16 years of age — operate the traditional season from September to May.

Yet, under the association’s upcoming Technical Development Plan, the proposed concept is to have a uniform campaign from March until November, mirroring that of the League of Ireland.