TRAVEL SOCCER PROGRAMS

SELECT & ACADEMY LEVEL TEAMS 

Select & Academy level teams will be provided a paid coach through their registration fees. Paid coaches may be parents from within the team if the club deems them as qualified enough to develop a team at that level.

COMPETITIVE LEVEL TEAMS

U13+ Competitive Gold teams will be provided a paid coach through their registration fees.  Paid coaches may be parents from within the team if the club deems them as qualified enough to develop a team at that level. 

Competitive Black, Red, and White teams will have volunteer coaches. Volunteer coaches at this level will be required to attend various coaching education events throughout the year. The goal of this education is to ensure our coaches are up to date with LSC's coaching standards and developmental methods. Competitive level teams are given the option to have a qualified paid coach if they choose so after team formations. If no volunteers step up to coach, the club will assign a paid coach. Paid coach fees can range anywhere between $100-400/family depending on coach qualifications, age of team, level, and time commitment required.

A paid coach may not be readily available for assigning to a team. While the club continues their search for a qualified paid coach, a parent volunteer will be required to step in until one is found.

Partial scholarships or financial assistance including additional payment plans will be made available to those players that demonstrate a need. Please contact the Club Administrator at clubadmin@lakevillesoccer.org for more information.

LSC Scholarship rules do not have any bearing on financial assistance a team may want to provide a player. Applications for LSC scholarships must be completed within your registration process via playmetrics. 

All scholarship applications must be submitted when registering and accepting the player's roster spot via playmetrics.

Volunteer Bond Commitment

Each family is required to submit a $325 check at the beginning of the Summer Season (February).  If you do not plan to participate/volunteer during the course of the summer season, you may submit a buy-out check for $275 which will be cashed. Once a volunteer role has been completed, the check will be voided. 

One Head Coach, one Assistant Coach and one Team Manager (per team); and LSC Board Members are exempt.

Refunds for all programming can be found via our Registration & Refund Policy (click here)

*FALL TRAVEL - THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON*

Technical Staff

Dylan Hammerschmidt - BU9-U12 TD

Brie Rosga - GU9-U12 TD

Carter Albrecht - BU13-U19 TD

Jesse Campos - GU13-U19 TD

Club Adminstrative & Board Staff

Forrest Randall -Executive Director

Darlene Patyk –Club Administrator

Chad Hammerschmidt – Board Travel Coordinator

The Recreation Program is designed for players of all abilities ages U6-U12 (or K-6th grade). The teams are formed by players signing up and being assigned by LSC Staff. Teams play each other within the program at fields in Lakeville.  Coaches are made up of parent volunteers.

The Travel program is for players that wish to have the experience of traveling around the metro to play other teams outside of Lakeville as well as travel to tournaments (most also local, though some teams choose to travel out of state). The traveling program also has teams for players of all difference abilities with our Academy, Select, and Competitive teams.. Players attend evaluations to be placed on a team appropriate for their skill level and development.

Please see our Recreation and Travel pages for more information on both programs.

Tiered Team System

U8-U12 

Tier 1 - Academy - 1 & 2

Tier 2 - Competitive - Gold, Black, Red, White

U13+

Tier 1 - Select - 1 & 2

Tier 2 - Competitive Gold

Tier 3 - Competitive Black

Tier 4 - Competitive Red, White

Academy U8-U12 are our highest level teams in those age groups.  Academy teams are formed at our July and October tryouts and train 2x/week Fall/Winter/Spring.  Winter taining consists of 1x/week Academy training + 1x/week team training.  Academy teams have paid coaches and may do winter scrimmages/leagues (dependent on the coach preference).

Competitive U8-U12 are our tier 2 level teams in those age groups.  Competitive level teams are tiered based on ability and formed at both July and October tryouts.  Head Coaches are typically volunteer coaches, but teams have the option to go with a paid coach if interested.  The Fall season typically consists of 2x/week training, 1 league game, and 2 tournaments.  Winter team training is 1x/week beginning in January - players can also register for additional training through Winter Academy.

Select U13+ travel is the highest level of play beginning at U13. Our Select teams carry the highest level of commitment among our travel teams. Select teams have paid licensed coaches and are expected to train 2-3 per week along with competitions Fall (U13-14), Winter, and Spring/Summer. Eligible teams will participate in National Premier League and along with 4-6  tournaments throughout the year. Teams can expect to travel out of state 1-2 times.

Competitive U13+ is comprised of four different tiers. Gold and Black teams will train 2x per week along with competitions Fall (U13-14), Winter, and Spring/Summer. Red & White teams will train 1-2x/week along with competitions Fall (U13-14), Winter, and Spring/Summer. Additional training is optional and determined by the team. Teams will participate in the Lakeville Father's Day Cup  and can expect to also participate in an additional two tournaments during the season. Travel will be determined by the team with guidance from Lakeville SC staff.

There are two sets of tryouts for U9/10 only, one for the Fall (July) and one for the Spring (October).

*Please visit our Travel Team pages to learn more about each of these programs.

Players are offered a roster spot based upon tryout results and prior season coach evaluations. It is very important that tryout evaluators and staff are able to observe players competing against all of the players within the age-group. For those players who are unable to attend tryouts, every effort will be made to place them on a team. Not attending tryouts, however, may make proper team placement a challenge.

If you know your child can not attend tryouts, you should still sign them up in your LSC account, pay the evaluation/admin fee, and fill in the Tryout Absence Form located on the tryout description page.

The fee covers costs incurred with hosting multiple days of tryouts; staff and trained/qualified/independent evaluators, city field usage, equipment, bibs, as well as registration and team formation administration.

Players should come wearing soccer shorts, plain colored socks, shin guards, cleats, and a top they can easily fit a bib over. Tryout shirts are provided at check-in as you arrive.  If there are two days of tryouts, players are expected to wear the same shirt to both days. Players should bring their ball and plenty of water.

Players must be registered for tryouts by midnight of the day prior to their first evaluation. Check in for tryouts will begin 30 minutes prior to start time. Players will be directed by staff of where they need to be.

The staff expect that parents, spectators, friends, or other club players from the same or other age brackets refrain from staying on site to observe tryouts. Parents should plan to leave after check in and pick their player(s) up at the end of their evaluation period. The use of binoculars from the parking lots and buildings are highly discouraged as they can be a distraction to the players.

Teams are formed based upon performance at tryouts, Directors' discretion, and prior season coach evaluations. Tryouts include small-sided games and full-field games. Players are evaluated on their technical, tactical, physical and psycho-social strengths by trained staff as well as independent evaluators.

We will make every effort to place every child on a roster. For age groups that have full rosters, we will offer to place extra players on a wait list. We are often able to add players throughout the winter to fill short rosters. If we do not have a roster spot for our wait listed players by August 14th (Fall) or February 28 (Spring), they will be released and offered a full refund of their first installment.

Players can try out for LSC without being committed to the club. However, once a player accepts a spot on a roster, they are bound to LSC after the completion of the TCSL Tryout Window. This means they can not play for another club. As per TCSL policy, players are considered members of a club when they have finalized the following: 

1. Signed the club registration form, electronic, or otherwise

2. Paid a commitment fee to register for the upcoming season

Tryout fees do not register a player to a club, this is merely a fee to tryout

U8-U12 Academy Teams - 1x/week Academy training + 1x/week team training beginning in January

U8-U12 Competitive Teams - 1x/week team training 

U13+ Select teams - 2x/week November-April

U13+ Competitive Gold/Black - 2x/week January-April

U13+ Competitive Red/White - 1x/week January-April 

Most teams will practice twice a week and play one or two games per week. For the Spring/Summer season all games are play between May - mid-July and are originally scheduled on a Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu depending upon age and gender. 

For the Fall season, games are played on weekends and run for a 6 week period between September-October.  There is the ability to schedule games to weekdays depending on team/player availability.

It is strongly encouraged that players compete in their own age-group for long-term social and overall player development. However, if players ages U12 and older wish to try out for a Select team (top team in age group) one age group above, they may do so. If the player still wishes to also be considered for placement in their "true" age group, they must attend both age group tryouts, a total of 4 sessions.  Note this may result in 2 tryouts in one day and there is a fee associated with both sets of tryouts.  If a player is invited to "play up" to the Select team above their age and also tried out for their "true" age group, they will be offered both spots via a phone call prior to team posting and then only posted on one roster. 

League assignments are posted through Twin Cities Soccer Leagues at www.tcslsoccer.com.

Occasionally there will be a team from outside the south metro included. For TCSL, teams will travel within a 30 mile radius of St. Paul. Teams in both leagues typically have one home game and one away game with each other team.  

Select teams competing in the National Premier League Super Division should undertstand that by winning the league, you are expected to compete in the National Playoffs held at an out of state location - typically in July.