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Here is my understanding of where things are at with the U17MNT.

NZ Football is currently in the process of hiring a coach. 

This is about a month later than when a coach was appointed for the last cycle, but I believe more talent ID work has been done at NZF now than had been done at this stage of the last cycle, so whoever gets the job won't be starting from scratch.

Between the last two National Age Group Tournaments, conversations with the country's only two proper academies, and conversations with federations and clubs, there is plenty of knowledge available.

I would expect an appointment to be finalised in the next week or two, with assistant coach(es) finalised by the end of March.

I would then expect there to be a camp in the April school holidays, followed by one in the July school holidays, then the OFC Championship which starts on September 12. All of that would be the same as during the last cycle.

What happens after that will depend on whether qualification is secured, but the 2021 Fifa Under-17 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Peru, almost certainly at the end of that year.

As I have it, there are two players eligible for this cycle (born 2004-2005) who have already played senior football in a top-tier regional league (NRFL Premier Division, Central League, Mainland Premier League, Football South Premier League, Southern Football League).

Another eight played in the National Youth League last year.

It will be very interesting to see how many 2004- and 2005-born players play senior football in top-tier regional leagues this winter. 

To use an example I can quickly check, the Phoenix/Wellington United and Olé/Western Suburbs gave roughly 2500 minutes to 2002- and 2003-born players in the Central League in 2018. 

I can't see the Phoenix/Lower Hutt City going close to that this season, given the modern makeup of their academy. Olé/Western Suburbs should though.

Here is my understanding of where things are at with the U17MNT.

NZ Football is currently in the process of hiring a coach. 

This is about a month later than when a coach was appointed for the last cycle, but I believe more talent ID work has been done at NZF now than had been done at this stage of the last cycle, so whoever gets the job won't be starting from scratch.

Between the last two National Age Group Tournaments, conversations with the country's only two proper academies, and conversations with federations and clubs, there is plenty of knowledge available.

I would expect an appointment to be finalised in the next week or two, with assistant coach(es) finalised by the end of March.

I would then expect there to be a camp in the April school holidays, followed by one in the July school holidays, then the OFC Championship which starts on September 12. All of that would be the same as during the last cycle.

What happens after that will depend on whether qualification is secured, but the 2021 Fifa Under-17 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Peru, almost certainly at the end of that year.

As I have it, there are two players eligible for this cycle (born 2004-2005) who have already played senior football in a top-tier regional league (NRFL Premier Division, Central League, Mainland Premier League, Football South Premier League, Southern Football League).

Another eight played in the National Youth League last year.

It will be very interesting to see how many 2004- and 2005-born players play senior football in top-tier regional leagues this winter. 

To use an example I can quickly check, the Phoenix/Wellington United and Olé/Western Suburbs gave roughly 2500 minutes to 2002- and 2003-born players in the Central League in 2018. 

I can't see the Phoenix/Lower Hutt City going close to that this season, given the modern makeup of their academy. Olé/Western Suburbs should though.