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Spring 2025 Travel Trials & Tryouts Now Open!

Join the next chapter of your child’s soccer journey with RVC Soccer Club.

Rockville Centre Soccer Club is excited to announce that our 2025–2026 Travel Team Trialist & Tryout Period will take place from May 12th through May 23rd. Whether your child is a current player, a rising U9 (2017 Birth Year), or brand new to travel soccer, this is a critical time for evaluation and team placement for the upcoming Fall and Spring seasons for players born between 2017 and 2008)

We know the process can feel overwhelming, especially for new families, so we want to break it down as clearly as possible.

All New and Returning Players MUST Register:

Trials for Current & Aspiring U10–U19 Players

Trials Dates: May 12–22, 2025

During the Trialist period, all current RVC travel players will be evaluated by our Professional Trainers as part of regular training sessions. Evaluations are based on a holistic view of each player, including their overall performance during the past season, trialist period performance, as well as commitment to practices and games over the past season, and lastly contributions toward team culture.

In some cases, players may be asked to participate in training sessions with a different team within their age group. This is part of our team calibration process, which helps our Trainers assess how a player performs in a different team environment and ensure the best fit for both individual development and team balance.

Important: Being asked to train with another team does not indicate a guaranteed change in placement — it’s one of many tools used to make informed decisions.

Aspiring players (those not currently rostered but interested in joining a travel team) will be invited to join training sessions during this same period. They will be evaluated using the same process and standards as current players and may be moved around (if there are multiple teams in that age group) throughout the process. For new players looking to join RVCSC, it is helpful to attend more than 1 trialist session (we recommend a minimum of 2 sessions attended)

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Schedule

Tryouts for Rising U9 Players (2017 Birth Year)

Tryout Schedule:
May 12 & 13, 2025 (Rain Dates: May 19 & 20)

4:30–5:45 PM – 2017 Girls @ Tighe Field (1 Windsor Ave, RVC)
5:45–7:00 PM – 2017 Boys @ Tighe Field (1 Windsor Ave, RVC)

These sessions are a great first step for young players entering the world of travel soccer. Our Trainers evaluate players across a range of categories including ball control, game awareness, teamwork, effort, and attitude. Team placements will be communicated shortly after the Tryout period concludes.

For rising U9 players who likely have not participated in Travel Soccer before - we hold two days of Tryouts during our May 12th - 20th Team Formation period. Our Professional Trainers, with years of experience, work to evaluate various aspects of your child’s game to place them on an appropriately leveled team. Team placement is based on your child’s performance during this tryout window. Each player is evaluated on their current skills and performance ensuring a fair and equal assessment. Some of the key areas of focus during the tryouts are:

Individual and Team Ball Skill and Possession
Passing: precision, accuracy, and distance.
Finishing: shot strength and accuracy.
Defending: positioning and tackling.
Game Awareness: spatial awareness and good decision-making.
Physical Attributes and Play: agility, speed, and overall body control.
Psychological and Focus: focused and ability to take direction.
Attitude: positive and team-oriented
Effort: willingness and ability to give 100% effort.

Players who are offered a roster spot will have a limited window of time to accept the team placement. Team placement offers will start with the teams deemed to be in the top tier. Depending on player acceptance, a limited number of players may be offered the opportunity to be re-rostered to ensure each team has an appropriate number of players.

Your player will be expected to play with their rostered team for the full Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons. In the following Trialist Period (the following May/June), your player will be evaluated based on their first season in RVCSC Travel combined with their current abilities, and trial performance, and placed according to the process outlined above under “Current & Aspiring RVC Travel.”

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