Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status

Matthew Andrew, Sam Barraclough, James H Dugdale, Matthew J Reeves, Andrew O Triggs and Adam L Kelly

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Relative age effects in soccer are typified by an overrepresentation of players born earlier in the selection year. Examinations of relative age effects remain limited in female players and developing soccer nations. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of sex, age, nation, playing position, and playing status in international level soccer players under Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf). The sample consisted of a total of 1,959 active soccer players from 24 soccer nations that competed in recent Concacaf Championships. Results indicated an evident relative age effect in male [p

Date: 2025
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