TRAVEL TRYOUT INFORMATION
WELCOME TO FREDERICKSBURG FC TRAVEL TRYOUTS. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE TRYOUT PROCESS TO BEGIN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR YOUR TRYOUT.
LOCATION
Publix Virginia Soccer Training Center
Turf Fields 1 and 2
1898 Mills Dr.
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
ARRIVAL
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled tryout.
CHECK IN
All players participating in tryouts are required to register online.
SCHEDULE
See the chart on the page above.
WHAT TO WEAR
Current FFC Travel players will wear their practice uniforms, while new players are advised to wear gray or black soccer attire they feel comfortable playing in.
EQUIPMENT
Please make sure you bring shin guards, cleats, a ball and plenty of water.
YEAR OF BIRTH
All players will tryout in their birth year age group, unless informed otherwise by FFC technical staff.
SELECTION PROCESS
The majority of selections will be sent to players via email within a 48- to 72-hour period following your final tryout session. If you do not hear anything after 72 hours, please contact your age group director (listed below) as all players will be contacted whether they make a team or not.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Each FFC coach will select players based on a select criteria to put players on the correct level appropriate teams. This is so players can develop in positive playing environments. Players are encouraged to attend all tryout sessions.
PLAYER IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION PROCESS
TRYOUT PROCESS
Tryout dates have now be individualized by age group to allow for even more staff and coaches to attend each age group's sessions.
This process will allow the staff to identify specific player qualities and characteristics for field players and goalkeepers, which is critical to player development. Please see the FFC website for the detailed description of the player identification attributes.
PROFESSIONAL STAFF & STRUCTURE
Goalkeeper Tryout: We have also included an additional tryout day designed specifically for our goalkeepers. This tryout will be conducting by our Goalkeeper Director Joesph DeMartino and assisted by Joseph Demartino and Amanda Barasha. Goalkeeper tryout times and dates are listed on this FFC Travel tryout page.
Fredericksburg FC has also gone through great lengths to continually improve the Programming, Coaching & Technical Staff each year. This season will provide our membership with another fantastic year of experienced and licensed staff. The FFC technical staff structure will also provide club members with more stability with all full-time staff members being year-round, 12-month employees. Grover Gibson, the clubs Executive Director leads the impressive technical staff. Assistant Technical Director, Milos Draca, holds an UEFA ‘B’ License and offers a wealth of experience ranging from leading programming and teams at the Academy level to college coaching. FFC also has a full-time Goalkeeper Director, Joesph DeMartino, who landed at FFC after completing his collegiate career at Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy (RIASA) in London, England. In addition FFC has expanded recently to a Full-Time Youth Director, Carl Francazio. Our staff now is able to bring over 80 years of combined soccer coaching experience to the club!
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions, please contact the following:
Technical Questions -
Grover Gibson
Executive Director
[email protected]
or
Milos Draca
Assistant Director of Coaching
[email protected]
Registration Information -
Michele Brantley
Club Administrator
[email protected]