Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 TRYOUT INFORMATION

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Our goal is to offer an excellent program while keeping costs reasonable so all town youth can participate. We continue to offer a family discount and financial assistance. 

There is no deposit due before tryouts. Once your child is offered a position and accepts, the balance will be due within 48 hours as part of your acceptance. 

Please review the Travel Policies for the 2025-2026 Season regarding double rostering, team commitment, time commitment, playing time, and more on the TRAVEL POLICIES page.

 

2025-2026 TRAVEL POLICIES AND INFORMATION PACKET (Click for PDF)

 

 

- TRYOUT AGE REQUIREMENTS -

Per CJSA and U.S. Soccer mandates, we register our teams by birth year.

 

NOTE for players born in 2018: Players born in 2018 may try out for the U9 travel division. If selected for a U9 team in 2025-2026, those players born in 2018, must repeat in U9 for the following 2026-2027 season, and will thereafter play with their appropriate birth year class. 

 

NOTE for players born in 2017-2019: These players may not double roster with another soccer team or soccer club during the 2025-2026 seasonal year. See more information about this policy on our TRAVEL POLICIES page. 

 

PLAYER SELECTION/PLACEMENT/ACCEPTANCE: During tryouts, we use professional soccer evaluators from inside and outside our club who have no conflict of interest with players. The evaluators supply impartial player skill assessments and recommend placement of players on teams. The assessments collect data on the player’s soccer abilities, potential, commitment, and behavior/conduct.

 

Players are notified of tryout results via email, so ensure that you verify the email address provided to Hartwell during tryout registration. Email is the only means of communicating the team selections, offers, and acceptance. Players and parents are asked to formally accept the spot on a team within 48 hours of the offer notification. 

 

Once players accept team placements, the rosters will be posted on our website.  Team rosters must comply with various rules of competition, established by Connecticut Junior Soccer Association “CJSA”). U9 and U10 teams play 7v7 with maximum team rosters of 12 players; U11 and U12 teams play 9v9 with maximum rosters of 16 players; U13 and U14/U15 teams play 11v11 and we typically cap rosters at 18 players. 

 

Other than maximum roster limits set by CJSA, the roster sizes are only guidelines.  Circumstances unique to an age/gender group could modify the team roster sizes and ultimately, placements from year to year.

 

- TRYOUTS INFORMATION -
 

Again, there is no deposit due before tryouts. Once your child is offered a position and accepts, the balance will be due within 48 hours as part of your acceptance. 

TRYOUT SCHEDULE (please note, there are two mandatory sessions for U8 YTL - U9 players): 

 

Date	Time	Group (Birth Year)	Location Addison Park
Monday, May 19, 2025	5:00 - 6:30 pm	U8 YTL and U9 (2018&19 / 2017) These players must attend both nights - see Thursday	Field #3 YTL Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
	7:00 - 8:30 pm	U12 (2014)	Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
Tuesday, May 20, 2025	5:00 - 6:30 pm	U10 (2016)	Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
	7:00 - 8:30 pm	U14/15 (2012/2011)	Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
Wednesday, May 21, 2025	5:00 - 6:30 pm	U11 (2015)	Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
	7:00 - 8:30 pm	U13 (2013)	Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
Thursday, May 22, 2025	5:30 - 7:00 pm	U8 YTL and U9 (2018&19 / 2017) These players must attend both nights - see Monday	Field #3 YTL Field #4 Boys Field #5 Girls
Tuesday, May 27, 2025	Rain Date
Wednesday, May 28, 2025	Rain Date

LOCATION:

- All field tryouts are at Addison Park on the two soccer fields to the left of the parking lot.

ARRIVAL:

-Arrive 15 minutes early for check-in and warm-up

RAIN DATES:

-If it rains, please check the website at www.glastonburysoccer.org for cancelations and rescheduled dates.

EQUIPMENT:

-Bring appropriately sized soccer ball and water. Shin guards are required, soccer cleats are highly recommended.

ATTIRE:

-Wear a WHITE T-shirt and appropriate athletic clothing to play and practice soccer.

 

Do NOT wear any pieces of travel uniforms to tryouts.

 

QUESTIONS:  Any further questions regarding the Glastonbury Hartwell Travel Soccer travel program can be emailed to programdir@glastonburysoccer.org.