All players must report to CENTER PARK WEST 45 minutes prior to tryout time to:
1. Register
2. Drop off medical release forms
3. Pick up tryout numbers.
ALL players participating will need to complete the online registration process FIRST. Please visit our PLAYER REGISTRATION page for additional information.

DON’T FORGET
Players must wear a white t-shirt, cleats, shin guards, and bring an inflated soccer ball, and a little H2O.
Ensure you bring the player medical release form with you to tryouts

Where:Center Park East (CPE)/ Center Park West (CPW) Soccer Fields

Abbreviations:
BU10 - Boys Under 10 (check age matrix for birthdates)
GU14 - Girls Under 14 (check age matrix for birthdates)
GK - Goal Keeper

**U16/U17 tryouts will be after the school season has finished this fall, but for planning purposes, we are requesting that you still register online during the August/September registration period. Check back to the website for details in October.

Registration: ONLINE REGISTRATION.
NOTE: if any of the players registration data has changed since last year, you can not use the Returning Player – Easy Registration. You must login in under player account login and update the data. The Easy Registration does not allow any updates.
MICRO REGISTRATION WILL BE IN OCTOBER. The micro program is being restructured. Please come back and visit the web page later in September.

Tryout Results: Results will be posted to the website as soon as team selections are complete. The website should have information on when results will be posted by the end of September. All results are posted using the player’s tryout number, so please remember your player’s number when checking the results.

Team selection is comprised of up to four different
input areas:

1. Tryouts
2. Player evaluation by previous year coach
3. Quietly observing the player during school games
4. Discussion with Parents

Tryouts

Technical:

This is where the player is observed through many stations and awarded a score between 1 (low) and 10 (high) by independent licensed coaches. The skills being observed are: dribbling, passing, shooting, receiving, 1v1, 3v3 and fitness. During this session each player can have up to 15 coaches evaluation. The player is
awarded a DAY 1 average from this session.

Tactical:

Here the player is evaluated during small-sided games. During this session the player is evaluated against their peers. Typically the players are observed by at least 6 coaches. The skills being observed are field awareness, movement with the ball, movement of the ball and the technical skills under pressure of a game situation. In this session we also observe goalkeepers from U11 and up. The players are awarded scores (1 to 10) and then assigned an overall DAY 2 average.
The overall average is the average of both days. If a player misses one day then their average is that of the day they attended. The scores are ranked and separated by age group. From this we get a sense of where each player’s skills lie.

Player Evaluation by previous year coaches:

We ask each coach who has been with the player for the previous full year to also evaluate the players in 5 areas (technical, tactical, coach ability, fitness and attendance). The reasons for this input is:

• As players become established with the club there is a sense that they do not
have to work as hard at tryouts.
• Some players can be very nervous during tryouts and this allows us to see how
they play when they are more at ease.
• Gives the directors a better sense on kids being cut, moving down and moving
up.

Observation on school teams (applies only to those in older age groups): If we are still undecided after the above two evaluation resources, we then observe the player during school games to help with the decision making process.

Parent Input:

This can also be used especially in the case of moving kids up to the next level, if deemed necessary by the Directors. Typically the next level of play requires more commitment and effort by the player. This requires additional parent support. (i.e.: Is the player ready and is the family willing to commit to that team?). This commitment could be in the form of additional practice and / or more out of town tournaments.

Lastly, all rosters are presented to the full Board of Directors for a final check and sign-off. Once approved then results are posted to the website. We clearly understand that this is not a science and mistakes are made. We go to great lengths to keep the process fair and objective. That is why at tryouts all players are assigned a number, and coaches are not permitted to evaluate their own children. Names are matched with their numbers after selections have been made. Our first focus is on the player and making sure that they are placed at the appropriate level to play soccer for the year.

We as a club hope that this explains what happens between the time of tryouts and results being posted.

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