Tryouts

Please wear all clothing appropriate for tryouts including a white shirt, soccer cleats, shin guards. Bring a soccer ball and always bring plenty of fluids! Your player will be provided a soccer pinnie and a number for the coaches to identify them.

When you join a team, your committing to that team for the entire registration year, June through May. The club has published its 2024-2025 registration fees and dues, you can view the prior year's registration dues. The club will continue to offer more means of payment options like this year including Credit Cards, Checks and a 11-month payment plan.

To calculate your player's soccer age, you subtract your child's birth year, from the end of the seasonal year. For Example: In the 2024-2025 seasonal year, If your child is born in 2010 and the seasonal year ends in 2025, the calculation is 2025 - 2010 = 15. Your child's soccer age is U15. See the tryout age matrix page for additional help

Woodland Soccer Club cannot guarantee a spot on a team to every player who attends tryouts. Unlike recreational soccer, a competitive soccer club seeks to produce the most competitive team(s) possible given the available player pool. The following situations may result in your player not being asked to join a team. The available player pool exceeds the number of spots available amongst all the teams in that age group. This number can be different for different age groups and for teams as the age group and coach determine how many players they need for their team. There is no team (Coach) [...]

Starting in 2023, Woodland Soccer Club began to formalize the process of player to team assignments post tryouts, with the goal of producing the most competitive teams and to provide players with the best match of skill level to competition. Woodland Soccer Club Coordinators created ranked teams in each age group and assigned a 'Orange', 'White', and 'Black' team ordering. During tryouts selection of players to join a team will be conducted in the order of the team rank. The coach of the 'Orange' team will be granted first rights to offer a squad position on their team to any [...]

Introduction of team coaches to players. Introduction of Coaches running the tryout. Dynamic stretches. 4 Vs. 2 Rondos Scrimmage Younger age groups: 2 halves of 25 minutes. Older age groups: 2 halves of 35 minutes.

Every player is required to tryout in their own age group at least 1 day of tryouts, this is mandatory. Players may then attend tryouts for older age groups, however this may mean they will not be properly evaluated for the teams in their age group. Players who do not try out for their age-eligible team may not be selected for that team. Each year a new Playing Up Request and Consent Form must be filled out by the parent, c0ach and club after tryouts and agreeing to play for the older age group team. For the benefit of the [...]

Tryouts run for 3 or 4 days and in order to provide the coaches with the best opportunity to evaluate the player and their skill level it is best to attend all tryout days, however the minimum is 1 tryout day.