Academy Program Overview
The Academy Program is comprised of 8U through 12U players (boys and girls ages 6-12 years old). The overall focus of this program is to provide development of technical skills, with no emphasis on wins vs. losses. All Academy teams practice at least twice per week and will be trained by professional club coaches to provide the players with the best foundation of skills, abilities, and knowledge of the game.
Players must tryout for the Academy Program, with no guarantee of acceptance. We do aim to provide every player the opportunity to play Academy-level soccer, but this is not always possible. In age groups with multiple teams, players are grouped according to skill level. This ensures consistent development for each player, because playing with/against similarly skilled players at this age is important. As much as possible, games for each team are scheduled against opponents with similar skill/ability levels.
Important Dates
Summer 2021 Dates
• June 2nd week – Roster placement offers
• June 14-18 – Academy Summer Camp
• July 12-16 – Academy Summer Camp
Fall 2021 Dates
• July 26-29 – Pre-season camp
• August 2 – First day of fall practices
• Mid-late August – Pre-season tournaments
• September 11 – Regular season games begin
• November 14-15 – Post-season tournaments
Spring 2022 Dates
• Jan 31 – First day of spring practices
• February weekends – Pre-season tournament weekends
• March 5 – Regular season games begin
• April 2-3 – No games (Spring Break)
• April 4-8 – No practices (Spring Break)
• April 9-10 – No games (Spring Break)
• May 7-8, 1-15, 21-22 – Post-season tournament weekends
• May 23-27 – Academy and 13U Select Tryouts (Fall 2022-Spring 2023 seasons)