1. Announcement of tryout dates will be sent to each eligible registered player in Player Northwest Nationals by the Club. Any child meeting the age requirements is eligible to tryout.

2. Each parent or guardian shall complete and sign a tryout registration form which includes a medical waiver for Northwest Nationals Premier Soccer Club.

3. Each team will be evaluated by an evaluation team which will include the team's coach and an independent evaluator approved by the Northwest Nationals Coach and/or Board member. Neither the assigned evaluator nor the Board member can have an affiliation with the team they are evaluating (i.e. a child trying out for that team). All coaches who hold an E/D license or higher will be required to help evaluate another age group tryouts.

4. Evaluation sheets shall be turned in to the coach at the end of each tryout session for review. A team for each age group shall be comprised of the top players as evaluated by the evaluation team, not to exceed 18 players, with coaches making final decisions. For multiple teams, see below.

5. All players trying out for an age group must attend a minimum of two tryout dates for their appropriate age group team. (See attached Age Matrix). Each age group will hold tryouts on one field with all players trying out together. Existing Northwest Nationals Soccer Club players who have been playing up an age group are not required to tryout in their appropriate age group, but they must try out for the returning team. It is not necessary for the returning play-up player to seek coach approval so long as the player is returning to the team for which he/she was formerly approved.

6. Tryouts will be conducted in a professional manner. Each participant will be given an equal opportunity to succeed and make the team.

7. All offers to players must be extended verbally or in writing. The written communication may be done electronically. All players who will be offered a position on a NWN team shall be informed within 48 hours of the final try-out session but may be informed before the last tryout.

Players are required to accept or decline an offer in writing within 5 calendar days or the offer will expire. Once a player accepts an offer, they have 48 hours to rescind the acceptance of the offer. This communication must be made in writing. All players, who meet the club attendance requirements at try-out sessions, must be notified within 7 days of the close of the try-out window if they are not going to be offered a position. Again this communication may be made electronically.

Multiple Teams in Single Age Group:

8. Two or three competitive Northwest Nationals teams will be formed only when the following criteria are met:

A. Enough players are interested and talented to form more than one team that would be competitive within District 1 Playing League or Premier Development League (starting in 2006).

B. Enough interested and qualified coaches are available to adequately staff the needs of both teams. A list of such coaches should be comprised prior to tryouts.

9. The decision to form multiple teams in an age group will be made by the NWN Board with guidance from the Technical Director and may change after the second tryout date. This will be determined after review of the evaluations made by the particular age group evaluation team.

10. When two or three teams are formed, they will be formed on an A, B & C team concept.

11. Every effort will be made by the Placer United Soccer Club Board and Technical Director and the coaches to create an atmosphere which fosters close and friendly relationships between the A, B & C teams, encouraging the teams to help each other improve and develop. These efforts may include scheduling practices at the same day, time, and field if permitting, so that the players can interact. Coaches shall try to attend each others games when possible and offer coaching suggestions when asked. The coaches shall act together to help develop all the players to the best of their ability.

A, B and C team Selection:

1. The A team shall have first choice of all players trying out for that age group. The A team shall be formed with the highest rated players just as if a second team were not to be formed. The B & C team will then be selected from the next highest rated players.

2. In the case of two or three teams in an age group, coaches for the A team must contact the players they above selected within 24 hours of the last scheduled tryout session. Only players that are to be offered a position on the A team may be contacted by the A team coach.

3. The B team will begin to contact players after the A team has been selected and within the next 24 hours. All selected players should be contacted within 48 hours after the last scheduled tryout session.
Playing-up Policies:

4. New Players wishing to "play-up" an age group are required to try out one day in their appropriate age group and two days in the older age group.

5. Both coaches and a Coach Coordinator must agree that the player should be allowed to move up.