Excellent first day of tryouts! All of the coaches are really excited with what we saw tonight and are looking forward to the season. The focus on tonight’s activities was 1v1 offense and defense, communication, effort, and endurance. Tomorrow, the soccer activities will really emphasize your passing, offensive movement, tactical understanding, and technical skills. Come ready to work hard!
Reminder on team formation. We currently have 67 (!!) players signed up. That’s FANTASTIC. My hope is to not cut players. I’d love to keep everyone and figure out a way to make it happen. That being said… if players are going to put forth minimal effort in activities (as happened a few times today), then it’s really hard for me to justify keeping that player in the program. Do I expect all players to be in elite condition? No. Do I expect you to do your best? Always. I know that everyone’s best does not include walking when being timed for a two-mile run. Most soccer players will run multiple miles over the course of a game. I’d love to see you work hard and do your best.
Here are the groupings for tomorrow. Group A starts the day with conditioning testing, while Group B starts with soccer activities.
| Group A | Group B |
| Alex L. S. | Michael R. |
| Caleb B. | Joshua V. |
| Gilberto O. | Mahad H. |
| Connor S. | Tenzin K. |
| Jayden S-K. | Jared R N. |
| Wilson S. | Emmanuel T. |
| James B. | Nuh A. |
| Sean C. | Nicholas A. |
| Elling D. | Henry A. |
| Theron H. | Eli C. |
| Adrian H. | Albert C. |
| Santiago Y-A. | Wyatt G. |
| Logan M. | Hamza H. |
| Calvin R. | Henry J O. |
| Henry D. | Marvyn P. |
| Yael T D. | Dang N. |
| Nolawi L. | Marcus O. |
| Owen C G. | Alexander S. |
| Carter S. | Christopher T. |
| Miguel Angel C. | Niklas A. |
| Titus W. | Zach H. |
| Elliot E. | Elias K. |
| Luke G. | Roebe A. |
| Winston L. | Matthew M. |
| Abdullah M. | Isaac K. |
| Michael M. | Logan I. |
| Nelson O S. | Levi S. |
| Markus D. | Andrew B. |
| Logan S. | Liam C. |
| Abdirahman A. | Brian O G. |
| Fawas E. | Alan P C. |
| Kunga G. | |
| Alonzo S. |
If your name is not on this list, it is either because I made a mistake (most likely) or you are not on the registered list when I updated the website. Therefore, double check that you’re registered if your name isn’t on here first, and if you are registered, email me at TSzewczyk@isd271.org to let me know your name isn’t on the list!
See everyone tomorrow. Come early – plan on 10:30 so you can warm-up and be ready to play at 11:00!