PGSA Tryouts for Classic and Academy teams

Thank you for your interest in the Pitt-Greenville Soccer Association.

PGSA Classic Team Tryouts and Academy Team Assessments

We appreciate your interest in the Pitt-Greenville Soccer Association (PGSA). The PGSA offers two levels of travel soccer under the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association (NCYSA). Your child may compete on a Classic team or in the Academy program. The Classic and Academy branches of the PGSA are designed to provide players the opportunity to develop their skills beyond the recreational level. The PGSA Future Stars program, offered in partnership with the City of Greenville, is strictly recreational and is not addressed on this page (for more information, click "Future Stars" on the tool bar to the left). The PGSA Classic and Academy leadership aim to place each child with trained coaches who will develop and promote the skills of the player in a safe and enjoyable environment.

The Pitt-Greenville SoccerPlex and Bradford Creek Soccer Complex are the primary training facilities for the association (click "Field Maps" on the tool bar to the left for locations).

In May/June each year, the PGSA will conduct a tryout to select the Classic teams and an assessment of all players wishing to compete in the Academy program. Of the two levels of play, the Classic league is more competitive while the focus of the Academy program is more developmental. Both Classic and Academy teams will host games in Greenville and travel to matches during their respective seasons.

A Classic schedule typically includes seven to twelve regular season matches with half at home and half away. Classic away travel is generally within a three hour drive of Greenville with competing teams usually in Wilmington, Jacksonville, New Bern, Wilson, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and sometimes Greensboro. Classic teams begin competing at the U11 age bracket and continue to U18. Teams typically practice three times each week with matches on the weekend. Players who tryout for but do not make a Classic U11 or U12 team are encouraged to be assessed for the PGSA Academy program.

An Academy schedule typically includes opponents from Jacksonville, Wilmington, Wilson, New Bern, Rocky Mount and Raleigh. At the end of the season the NCYSA will hold an Academy Festival (location TBA) in which all teams from across the state are invited to participate. The Academy program offers teams in the U10 age bracket for eight and nine year olds, and the U12 bracket for ten and eleven year olds. Academy teams will practice twice per week with matches on the weekend.

Classic and Academy teams may also elect to participate in tournaments held in various cities within and outside North Carolina in addition to the regular season schedules.

The Classic and Academy teams selected in May/June will compete in the upcoming Fall and Spring seasons. For example, the teams chosen in May/June 2013 will compete in the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 seasons, and each player is making the commitment to play in both seasons. However, the older teenage girls (U15-U18) will play only in the Fall season, and the older teenage boys (U15-18) will play only in the Spring season (they will play for their high school teams during the other). Supplemental tryouts/assessments may be held in October/November each year for any team wishing to add players.

The specific tryout information for Classic teams for this year is set forth below. The assessments for players wishing to compete in the Academy program will be after Classic team tryouts (more information will soon be posted regarding Academy assessments).



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Pitt Greenville Soccer Association (PGSA) 2013-14 Tryouts
Classic Traveling Teams
PGSA Soccer Complex, 5328 NC 43 South
May 20th - May 23rd
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm  Check-in at Shelter
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Tryouts


Monday, May 20, 2013
U11 - U13 Girls - players born between 8/1/00 and 7/31//03
U15 - U18 Girls - players born between 8/1/95 and 7/31/99

Follow-up Tryout date Wednesday, May 22, 2013


Tuesday, May 21, 2013
U14 Girls - players born between 8/1/99 and 7/31/00
U11 - U14 Boys - players born between 8/1/99 and 7/31/03

Follow-up Tryout date Thursday, May 23, 2013


ALL PLAYERS MUST PRE-REGISTER TO TRYOUT

All fees from 2012-13 must be paid in full in order to be eligible to tryout.
All players must complete a pre-registration form to be eligible to tryout.  Form will be posted here May 2, 2013 and May 1, 2013 on the PGSA Home Page.


PGSA Classic Team Tryout Policy

The intent and goal of the PGSA is to field Classic teams at each age group, boys and girls U11 to U18, which are competitive statewide. It is also the goal of the PGSA to place each child on a team which best fits and promotes the skills of the player. In order to further these goals, the PGSA will implement the following policies at tryouts.

* Each player is encouraged (but not required) to tryout for the team offered in his/her age group.
* A player is not permitted to tryout for a team younger in age.
* A player is permitted to tryout for an older team. At registration, the player must make the PGSA registrar aware of his/her intent to tryout for an older team.

- If a Classic team is not offered in the player's true age group, the player trying out for the older Classic team will be allowed to play if he/she is selected.

- If a Classic team is offered in the player's true age group but the player nevertheless wishes to tryout for an older Classic team, the player will be evaluated by the older team coaches. If the player is considered by the coaches to be in the top 25% (rounded up) of the overall team, the player may stay and play with the older team. If the player is not considered to be in the top 25% (rounded up), he/she will not play on the older team and will next be considered by the coaches in his/her true age group. For example, a true U12 player played on the U13 Classic team this past season. Tryouts are now being held for the Fall 2013 / Spring 2014 seasons and a Classic team is being offered in the player's true age group. The player nevertheless wishes to "play up" on his same team for the upcoming year. At tryouts, the older team coaches determine that they will carry a roster of 17 players and this younger player is the 6th best player at the tryout. Result: The player is not allowed to play on the older team and will be required to compete for a position on the Classic team in his true age group. On a 17 player roster, the top 25 % will include the top 5 players (17 X .25 = 4.25 rounded up to 5 players). Note if there was no Classic team offered in the player's true age group, he would be allowed to stay on the older team since the top 25 % rule would not be applicable.

* The PGSA will not implement a "grandfather clause" so it makes no difference which team a child played on the year before.

With this policy, the PGSA seeks to field competitive teams at each age group while also allowing players who are exceptional talents the opportunity to play at a higher level. It is possible that circumstances arise which are not addressed or easily answered by PGSA written policy. Some age groups may have plenty of talent while others struggle to find players. In rare instances, a modification of the above policy is required in order to accommodate the needs of an age group. The DOC/President has the final decision-making authority to implement and, when necessary, to modify PGSA tryout policy on a case-by-case basis.

Furthermore, any decision to double-roster a player (i.e., playing on 2 different teams during the same season) must be reviewed and approved by the DOC/President.

Good luck and we appreciate your participation in the PGSA.

 

 
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