Purpose:
Player Development

• Challenged by other high-level players
• Training with highly-experienced coaches
• Weekly training for consistent growth and high repetition

Player Identification

• Pathway to id2
• Exposure to US Soccer national team scouts

• Weekly training throughout each season (fall, winter, spring)
• Goalkeeper-specific training included for selected goalkeepers
• Exclusive to higher-level players (tryout-based)
• Limited training group size to ensure attention from coaches and scouts
• Coaches are highly licensed and experienced and do not coach for any youth clubs
• US Soccer scouts will attend events throughout season
• Identification/recommendations for id2 program
• College coaches will attend events

Clubs

• Your players will improve
• Stronger players have an opportunity to be challenged, play with other strong players, and be identified for next level without leaving your club
• Players have opportunity to be selected for national-level teams (good exposure/publicity for the club)

Players

• High-level coaching and challenging training environment
• Consistent training with high repetition for best-possible development
• Identification for id2, national teams, and colleges

• Actual pathway to the next level (US Soccer scouts & colleges will attend)
• Exclusive to motivated, higher-level players
• Consistent, weekly training ideal for development
• NISL Select staff do not coach for other clubs (no poaching)

Register:
Registration will open on August 26th, 2019

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

1. FALL DATES: Sundays - 9/8 (tryout), 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/10… Possible rainout dates: 11/17, 11/24
2. FALL TIMES: 5-6:30pm (2009 & 2008); 6:30-8pm (2007 & 2006)
3. LOCATION: Olympic Park Field #9
4. TRYOUT FEE: $20 – comes out of registration cost if make the group
5. FALL SESSION COST:
   - NISL MEMBER $160 – 7 sessions + tryout session
   - NON - NISL MEMBER $210 – 7 sessions + tryout session
6. AVAILABLE SPOTS:

• 2009 & 2008 – 18 spots - Including two GK spots per age group
• 2007 & 2006 – 20 spots - Including two GK spots per age group

MISSION

The objective of the NISL Select is to

• Identify motivated, talented players – with club assistance
• Assist clubs in the player development process
• Showcase and promote players to US Soccer’s National Teams and Training Centers, id2, and college soccer programs

We achieve this by providing

• A professional training environment with higher-level players
• Weekly specialized training with experienced coaches – NISL Select staff
• Provide observations by US Soccer scouts and college coaches

COST

• NISL MEMBER $160 – 7 sessions + $20 tryout session
• NON - NISL MEMBER $210 – 7 sessions + $20 tryout session

PLAYER SELECTION

Tryout will be held on Sunday September 8^th, 2019

• 5:00pm to 6:30pm - 2009 & 2008
• 6:30pm to 8:00pm - 2007 & 2006

Club DOC or Coach can recommend players
Players attend open tryout
NISL Select evaluates players and makes selections

• Please note the number of players selected depends on the aim of the program or event

PLAYER PROFILE

• Highly motivated, passionate, and ambitious
• Demonstrate higher levels of mastery of the key qualities of a player (as outlined by US Soccer)
• Ability to read/understand the game and technical proficiency are more important than being able to physically/athletically dominant due to earlier physical maturation. We would rather take a smaller, temporarily “less effective” player who shows long-term potential than one who has average or below-average technique and soccer IQ but who temporarily dominates due to their size and athleticism.