Tryout Process

All players will be evaluated using the approved Roxbury Soccer Club tryout forms.

All prospective travel team players must attend the primary team’s tryouts to be considered eligible for a Roxbury Soccer Club travel team.

During the Spring 2008 season, every coach of a Roxbury Soccer Club travel team will rank order the current players on the team; with a ranking of “1” given to the best player (in their personal opinion) down to the last player on the team. This ranking information will be given to the Travel Teams Tryout Coordinator prior to the tryouts being conducted.

Two Independent evaluators and the elected coach or team’s trainer will be used during the tryout.

Evaluations will be based on small-sided matches of 3v3 or 4v4 on a small field with no goalkeepers. Each game should last 10-15 minutes and teams will switch to a new opponent for the next game. Each player should play up to 4 games. With a larger group, you may play more.

For full-sided teams, a goalie tryout may be conducted to determine the primary goalie. The highest rated goalie would then be selected for the team. If the primary goalie is not selected via the results of the goalie tryout, the coach would have to use a discretionary pick if the coach wants to select a goalie that did not finish in within the top 15 players. It is not necessary to conduct a goalie tryout for small-sided teams.

Tryout results will be collected and tallied by the Travel Teams Tryout Coordinator. In the event the Coordinator is affiliated with or has a child participating in the tryout for a particular team, the Travel Team Coordinator will collect and tally those results.

The method of tally will be as follows:

Each tryout evaluator will score each tryout participant using the provided form.

The Tryout Coordinator will calculate by evaluator, a gross score for each tryout participant.

By tryout evaluator, each tryout participant will be ranked in order from 1 through to the total number of participants.

The rankings are then averaged with the coach’s Spring 2008 season ranking. Thus for current travel team players, there will be up to 4 rankings to be averaged. For non-current travel team tryout participants, there will be 3 rankings to be averaged.

The final rankings will then be forwarded to the elected coach and the Travel Team Coordinator.

Discretionary Picks

For full-sided teams, generally the top 16 players are selected, although up to 18 can be selected. For small-sided teams, generally the top 12 players are selected, although up to 14 can be selected. The coach has 2 discretionary picks available to them. The coach can select a player that fell below the top 16 (full-sided) or top 12 (small-sided) to be on the roster. If the coach makes use of 1 or both discretionary picks, then the bottom rated players that would have made the team would have to be dropped. The travel team coordinator must approve any other discretionary selections. Discretionary picks can not be used to add out of town players.

Out-of-Town Players

Small-sided teams cannot have out-of-town players.

Full-sided teams can have up to 3 out-of-town players.

If a player is from a different town, but goes to school in Roxbury they are considered an in-town player.

Extra Players from Tryouts

If there are players left over from a tryout, additional teams may be formed (with Executive Board approval) based on the following priority:

An age-appropriate team may be formed if there are at least 11 Roxbury age appropriate players (small-sided team) or 14 Roxbury age appropriate players (full-sided team) left over after the first team is selected. No second tryout is necessary.

A divisional team may be formed if the number of players left over after the first team is selected cannot be met for an age-appropriate team. A second tryout would be conducted.

Notification of Players

The players will be notified that they made or did not make the travel team at the end of the season. For 2008, that date is Sunday, June 15.

When contacted by the coach the player should be prepared to answer yes or no to the offer to play. By that time you should know if this is a commitment your child and family are willing to make. Your decision could have impact on other players also waiting for a call as the spots on the team are limited.

Players that refuse to play for their age-appropriate team, unless they are grade appropriate for the older team, cannot play on another Roxbury Travel soccer team.

Extenuating circumstances will be reviewed by the Travel Team Coordinator.

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