2026-2027 Try-out Begins

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't accept or commit unless you're 100% sure. Often I see a player gets offered 1st team and end up on the bench or dropped to the 2nd team when the season starts. This sucks and is very real with mls. Also the coach who offered the position may end not to be the coach and all bets are off.

This is why sport needs some regulation - I would insist coach must stick to formula of club: possession or kick and run. Twice in my son’s journey he was baited: told possession but quickly went kick and run. (Coach in both cases needed to pad HIS resume - lots of insta).

Contractually this is hard to note but was 2 worthless years in the run (this is last season thank god….so tired of posers in adidas!)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We went on trial for two weeks and juggled going to both practices. We did not let anyone know we were trying out.

This is a much better approach than clubs hosting a one day try out with influx number of kids.

How do you keep it close? This town is small and words get out.

I was in the Same situation but then word came down of a coaching change for U13 MLSN and the club got sold so all bet are off now. Provided my son a lot of air cover to shop around. If not it would have been dicey.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any clubs in Falls Church area doing ID camps for 2017 Boys?

Viva

How did there 2017 boys do this past fall season?

[Anonymous]

Destination SYC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Destination SYC!

Ha. Anywhere but there, especially for girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Destination SYC!

Ha. Anywhere but there, especially for girls.

Why specifically for both genders.

[Anonymous]

Im not from the VA area but there is no way in my area kids that are bery good are going to go to a tryout and it stay a secret. That sucks, so it's either if you are thinking of switching you are offered without going to practice and have a one on one or your name carries where coaches know if they want you are not. Just feels like such a small community (soccer wise) everyone knows everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Destination SYC!

Ha. Anywhere but there, especially for girls.

SYC must be doing something right if it’s living rent-free in your head. lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im not from the VA area but there is no way in my area kids that are bery good are going to go to a tryout and it stay a secret. That sucks, so it's either if you are thinking of switching you are offered without going to practice and have a one on one or your name carries where coaches know if they want you are not. Just feels like such a small community (soccer wise) everyone knows everything.

There are lots of kids here, lots of clubs and lots of leagues. Easy to be on the downlow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im not from the VA area but there is no way in my area kids that are bery good are going to go to a tryout and it stay a secret. That sucks, so it's either if you are thinking of switching you are offered without going to practice and have a one on one or your name carries where coaches know if they want you are not. Just feels like such a small community (soccer wise) everyone knows everything.

There are lots of kids here, lots of clubs and lots of leagues. Easy to be on the downlow.

Don’t be so sure of that. You might be surprised how frequently some of the directors and coaches at “rival” clubs talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im not from the VA area but there is no way in my area kids that are bery good are going to go to a tryout and it stay a secret. That sucks, so it's either if you are thinking of switching you are offered without going to practice and have a one on one or your name carries where coaches know if they want you are not. Just feels like such a small community (soccer wise) everyone knows everything.

Two comments on this...

1. You should be taking your kid to multiple club tryouts every year no matter what. Never know there might be a pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow. The worst situation is your kid gets an additional practice. If anyone from your club calls you out on it tell them you didnt realize trying out at other clubs was an issue. Then ask if this is something you're not allowed to do. The answer your club provides will tell you everything you need to know about them.

2. If anyone gives you grief about trying out at other clubs just say that it's your policy to try out at different clubs every year to see whats available. When you say it this way its really hard for coaches to make trying out at other clubs uncomfortable. for you. Ironically I've had a coach pull this line on me once. He said that it's their clubs policy that current players only try out at their club every season and not others. I immediately said that it was our policy to try out at all the different clubs and have been doing it for several years and dont plan to change. The coach immediately backed down and tried to backtrack and reclarify what he meant.

Just some things to think about and a trick to keep in your back pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Im not from the VA area but there is no way in my area kids that are bery good are going to go to a tryout and it stay a secret. That sucks, so it's either if you are thinking of switching you are offered without going to practice and have a one on one or your name carries where coaches know if they want you are not. Just feels like such a small community (soccer wise) everyone knows everything.

Two comments on this...

1. You should be taking your kid to multiple club tryouts every year no matter what. Never know there might be a pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow. The worst situation is your kid gets an additional practice. If anyone from your club calls you out on it tell them you didnt realize trying out at other clubs was an issue. Then ask if this is something you're not allowed to do. The answer your club provides will tell you everything you need to know about them.

2. If anyone gives you grief about trying out at other clubs just say that it's your policy to try out at different clubs every year to see whats available. When you say it this way its really hard for coaches to make trying out at other clubs uncomfortable. for you. Ironically I've had a coach pull this line on me once. He said that it's their clubs policy that current players only try out at their club every season and not others. I immediately said that it was our policy to try out at all the different clubs and have been doing it for several years and dont plan to change. The coach immediately backed down and tried to backtrack and reclarify what he meant.

Just some things to think about and a trick to keep in your back pocket.

+💯

[Anonymous]

We have also been upfront and told our coaches DC was attending other tryouts. Learning how to tryout is a skill, and good for the kids. Its never been an issue.

[Anonymous]

At what point do clubs typically announce coaches for the upcoming year? Coaching decisions will have a huge impact on where we want to look for the upcoming year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At what point do clubs typically announce coaches for the upcoming year? Coaching decisions will have a huge impact on where we want to look for the upcoming year.

Look at their IG.

USL Y coaching assignments and tryouts have not been announced yet and that comes before coaching announcements.

You are two months early.