Who do we NOT want coming to AA tryouts and why?
If your already on an AA team, please don't attend
Please do not come to AA tryouts if you are intent on trying out for another clubs "club teams". Why? Because for the most part, they are no longer tryouts. If you show up, you will be taken. And if you come to the AA tryouts, and a coach commits to you. He/she needs to know your committed to them.
Many parents (who have older kids and have been on the soccer scene for awhile) have complained to me lately that I don't tell people how it is, so I am just going to be honest here.
Up until about 6 years ago, the other clubs usually only had 2, maybe 3 teams in each age group. Now, many of the clubs have made major financial investments in real estate, facilities, in paid coaching staffs, and administrators. Those expenses aren't needed, but that's a different topic. They have all these expenses and costs have gone up. For example, if you run a business, and you have any of those expenses, how do you pay for them? You either raise the cost to your customers and/or you get more customers. If a business turns away customers, they are turning away money.
Some of the local clubs are generating over $40,000.00 of revenue per team. Now you see why they don't turn players away.
The funny thing is, that most of the "club" teams are using parents as the coaches for a large number of their teams. But all the kids taken at tryouts are paying the same amount as the "top" teams, the teams with the professional coach.
For our club teams and AA teams, we WANT parent volunteer coaches. We honestly believe that being involved with our kids and being part of our community is the way to have the best community, soccer community and kids!!!
We pay our trainers ala carte, and they are the same trainers that people are paying over $400.00 for 4 days at local university camps. The way we do it, that same amount would get you 100 practices.
Birth Year
Age Group
Date / Time
2015
U9
May 16 - Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
2014
U10
May 16 - Tuesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2013
U11
May 16 - Tuesday 5:00 - 6:00 pm
2012
U12
May 17 - Wednesday 5:00 - 6:00 pm
2011
U13
May 17 - Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2010
U14
May 17 - Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
High School
May 17 - Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
What is AA/District Competition Soccer
AA soccer is a happy medium between state competition/club and recreation soccer. About 70% of the teams in AA are from NUCS. We put a lot of work into it so that it is available. It allows players that want more than the recreation level, an option. The same referee pool used for club teams is used for AA. Many of our top AA teams are equivalent to the top 50% of the club teams. Many of our AA teams move on to be a NUCS club team (called UCSC for Utah County Soccer Club). Because AA is run locally, we have options to give players the fun and challenge of more competitive soccer, but also some flexibility to have life as a kid. We don’t schedule games more than 30 minutes away (most will be much shorter than that). We minimize scheduling games on Monday or Friday nights. We give coaches the ability to have games (within reason) adjusted to the schedules of the players and coaches. We don’t schedule games on local holiday weeks or weekends. We run it very cost conscious.
We rely on volunteer/parent coaches. We are willing to do whatever we can to help coaches, new and old alike.
We also want our AA players to get better and have the option to get better if they choose. So, we have contracted with a local soccer training organization. We get VERY good prices. For about $40.00 a player, your team should get 10-15 professional training sessions. For example, these can be used in conjunction or as replacement for your regular practices. If you have a new team formed at the tryouts, with a new coach, the league will pay for several of these training sessions to help your team get started.
If your coach doesn’t know or hasn’t utilized these training opportunities, please remind them to call Brandon.
If your already on an AA team, please don't attend
Please do not come to AA tryouts if you are intent on trying out for another clubs "club teams". Why? Because for the most part, they are no longer tryouts. If you show up, you will be taken. And if you come to the AA tryouts, and a coach commits to you. He/she needs to know your committed to them.
Many parents (who have older kids and have been on the soccer scene for awhile) have complained to me lately that I don't tell people how it is, so I am just going to be honest here.
Up until about 6 years ago, the other clubs usually only had 2, maybe 3 teams in each age group. Now, many of the clubs have made major financial investments in real estate, facilities, in paid coaching staffs, and administrators. Those expenses aren't needed, but that's a different topic. They have all these expenses and costs have gone up. For example, if you run a business, and you have any of those expenses, how do you pay for them? You either raise the cost to your customers and/or you get more customers. If a business turns away customers, they are turning away money.
Some of the local clubs are generating over $40,000.00 of revenue per team. Now you see why they don't turn players away.
The funny thing is, that most of the "club" teams are using parents as the coaches for a large number of their teams. But all the kids taken at tryouts are paying the same amount as the "top" teams, the teams with the professional coach.
For our club teams and AA teams, we WANT parent volunteer coaches. We honestly believe that being involved with our kids and being part of our community is the way to have the best community, soccer community and kids!!!
We pay our trainers ala carte, and they are the same trainers that people are paying over $400.00 for 4 days at local university camps. The way we do it, that same amount would get you 100 practices.
Birth Year
Age Group
Date / Time
2015
U9
May 16 - Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
2014
U10
May 16 - Tuesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2013
U11
May 16 - Tuesday 5:00 - 6:00 pm
2012
U12
May 17 - Wednesday 5:00 - 6:00 pm
2011
U13
May 17 - Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2010
U14
May 17 - Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
High School
May 17 - Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm
What is AA/District Competition Soccer
AA soccer is a happy medium between state competition/club and recreation soccer. About 70% of the teams in AA are from NUCS. We put a lot of work into it so that it is available. It allows players that want more than the recreation level, an option. The same referee pool used for club teams is used for AA. Many of our top AA teams are equivalent to the top 50% of the club teams. Many of our AA teams move on to be a NUCS club team (called UCSC for Utah County Soccer Club). Because AA is run locally, we have options to give players the fun and challenge of more competitive soccer, but also some flexibility to have life as a kid. We don’t schedule games more than 30 minutes away (most will be much shorter than that). We minimize scheduling games on Monday or Friday nights. We give coaches the ability to have games (within reason) adjusted to the schedules of the players and coaches. We don’t schedule games on local holiday weeks or weekends. We run it very cost conscious.
We rely on volunteer/parent coaches. We are willing to do whatever we can to help coaches, new and old alike.
We also want our AA players to get better and have the option to get better if they choose. So, we have contracted with a local soccer training organization. We get VERY good prices. For about $40.00 a player, your team should get 10-15 professional training sessions. For example, these can be used in conjunction or as replacement for your regular practices. If you have a new team formed at the tryouts, with a new coach, the league will pay for several of these training sessions to help your team get started.
If your coach doesn’t know or hasn’t utilized these training opportunities, please remind them to call Brandon.