2023-2024 Season-New Players

2023-2024 Open Tryout Schedule CLICK HERE

I am a new player interested in joining Elite S.C. for the 2023-24 season. What do I do?

Step #1: Register for Tryouts

U7-U9 Boys & Girls (2017-2015)

• Register for tryouts - CLICK HERE
• Tryouts (Week of May 1st)
• My child cannot make the tryouts?
  If you are unable to attend tryouts, please email: lwardle@elitesoccer.net

U10-14 Boys & Girls (2014-2010)

• Register for tryouts - CLICK HERE
• Tryouts (April 10 through June 5th. Contact info@elitesoccer.net after that date to set up an evaluation). 
• Please know the dates, times, and locations for your birth year 

Step #2: Attend Tryouts

• Attend both tryout dates  

• Please come prepared with a soccer ball, cleats, shin guards, water and dressed appropriately for the weather.

• All players are evaluated utilizing the T.I.P.S. evaluation criteria:  Technique, Insight, Personality, and Speed.

Step #3: Club Invitation

• Club Invitation - We will communicate with the family 48 hours after the completion of tryouts via email - Players will have 48 hours to accept or decline the invitation to join Elite S.C.  We will communicate if a player is not receiving a club invitation as well.

• Players must accept a roster spot (register & pay) within 48 hours of receiving an invitation email. 

• The required Player Forms need to be uploaded during the registration process. Please fill these out before logging into your LeagueApps account. Player Forms

• The first payment of $450 (non-refundable) is due at this point to secure your spot within the club.

• Should you have any questions regarding tryout evaluation/feedback, projected teams, team levels, division levels, please contact Boys' Director Adam Stephan (astephan@elitesoccer.net) or Girls' Director Stein Garcia (sgarcia@elitesoccer.net).

Step #4: Team Placement

• All players (new & returning) will receive their team placement following the completion of the spring season on June 16, 2023.
• Rosters, training schedules, and coach assignments will be sent in mid July.

High School Girls (2009-2005)

Step #1: Register for Tryouts

• To register for tryouts - CLICK HERE

Step #2: Attend Tryouts

• Attend HS Girls Tryouts. (U15-U19) 2009-2005

  • Sunday April 30, 2023
    • U17-U19 (2007-2005) 6:00pm-7:30pm @ RMHS-Stadium
    • U15-U16 (2009-2008) 7:30pm-9:00pm @ RMHS-Stadium
  • Sunday May 7, 2023
    • U17-U19 (2007-2005) 6:00pm-7:30pm @ RMHS-Stadium
    • U15-U16 (2009-2008) 7:30pm-9:00pm @ RMHS-Stadium

• Please come prepared with a soccer ball, cleats, shin guards, water and dressed appropriately for the weather.

• All players are evaluated utilizing the T.I.P.S. evaluation criteria:  Technique, Insight, Personality, and Speed.

Step #3: Club Invitation/Team Placement

• Team placement invite emails will be sent Friday, May 12. 
  • At this time, players will be notified if they have been placed on a Competitive Level team (Black/Red/White) or Premier Level team (Elite 11).
  • Players must accept a roster spot (register & pay) within 48 hours of receiving an invitation email.
  • The required Player Forms need to be uploaded during the registration process. Please fill these out before logging into your LeagueApps account. Player Forms
  • The first payment of $450 (non-refundable) is required to reserve your spot in the club.
  • Should you have any questions regarding tryout evaluation/feedback, projected teams, team levels, spring division levels, please contact Girls, Director Stein Garcia (sgarcia@elitesoccer.net)

• Rosters, training schedules, and coach assignments will be sent in mid July.

Step #1: Register for Tryouts

• Tryouts (April 10 through June 5th. Contact info@elitesoccer.net after that date to set up an evaluation)
• To register for tryouts - CLICK HERE
• Please know your dates, times, and locations. 

Step #2: Attend Tryouts

• Attend both tryout dates  

• Please come prepared with a soccer ball, cleats, shin guards, water and dressed appropriately for the weather.

• All players are evaluated utilizing the T.I.P.S. evaluation criteria:  Technique, Insight, Personality, and Speed.

Step #3: Club Invitation

• Following open tryouts, selected players will receive an age group email invitation. All new and returning players are placed into birth year age groups at this time.
• Players must accept a roster spot (register & pay) within 48 hours of receiving an invitation email. 
• The required Player Forms need to be uploaded during the registration process. Please fill these out before logging into your LeagueApps account. Player Forms
• Age groups are scheduled for late October/Early November training sessions for final player evaluations to determine team placement.
• Should you have any questions regarding tryout evaluation/feedback, projected teams, team levels, spring division levels, please contact Boys' Director Adam Stephan (astephan@elitesoccer.net)

Step #4: Team Placement 

• All players are emailed a final team placement in November.
  • At this time, players will be notified if they have been placed on a Competitive Level team (Black/Red/White) or Premier Level team (Elite 11).
  • Finalizing rosters in November will allow players the best opportunity to be further evaluated and will help ensure that players are placed on the appropriate team.
• Rosters, training schedules, and coach assignments will be sent in mid November

TEAM PLACEMENT TIPS FOR PARENTS AND PLAYERS

It is important to discuss team placement with your children. Please tell them that teams change from year to year and players can move up, down, or stay at the same level. In addition, players develop at different rates and new players enter the club which may impact placement and team rosters. Team placement decisions can be tough not only for the players, but for their parents and coaches as well. Parents may find it difficult to console a child who has failed to make the team they wanted. However, this disappointment and adversity can also be a useful life lesson and preparation for circumstances many will face as adults, such as college applications, auditions or job interviews.

So how do we as responsible sport parents help kids manage this process and stay positive regardless of the outcome?

Understand the process and talk to your child:

• Stay Positive­- Help kids manage the process by staying positive regardless of the outcome.
• Players are evaluated using T.I.P.S. Technique, Insight, Personality, and Speed (physical speed and speed of play).
• Players Develop at Different Rates­- Discuss with your child that each year is a new year. Players develop at different rates (physically, technically, and tactically) and reach their potential at different times Thus, team placements may change from year to year.
• ‘You’re The Kind of Person’ Statements’ ­can really help kids manage through the disappointment of not making the team. ‘I know it means a lot to you, but you’re the kind of person who doesn’t give up easily.’ Or , ‘You’re the kind of person who doesn’t let setbacks stop you from playing the game you love.’ Use these statements to help shape your athlete’s self image in the face of disappointment and to begin planning how to move beyond that disappointment.
• Players need to always focus on ‘controlling the controllables’: Attitude, Effort, and your reaction to Adversity by never quitting. 
• A player’s team level does not define them as a person. What does is their Effort in training and games, that they are always Learning, that they always show Integrity, that they are a good Teammate, and they show Excellence by applying these E.L.I.T.E. Core Values on and off the field. 

Girls Program Questions: Stein Garcia sgarcia@elitesoccer.net, (847) 660-9974
Boys Program Questions: Adam Stephan astephan@elitesoccer.net, (815) 271-2662

Registration Questions Contact Laura Wardle lwardle@elitesoccer.net, (224), 499-0207