Glen Ellyn Lakers FC

All new and returning players must tryout every year.  Tryouts are a 2-day process and all players must attend both days to be eligible for team placement.

The Lakers' training organization (Future Pros) conducts the tryouts and makes the final determination on team placement. Player selection and team placement will be based on the following criteria:

•      Coaches evaluations for returning players

•      Trainers evaluations for returning players

•      Tryout evaluations for all players

Future Pros Trainers and the Tryout Committee will meet approximately 24 hours after the completion of Day 2 of tryouts to make an initial determination on the number of teams to be formed at each age level and the number of players per team.  The Tryout Committee will also review the initial team rosters for administrative errors prior to notifying players.

Our goal is to have Green teams notified within 48 hours after the completion of Day 2 of tryouts and the remaining teams notified within an additional 48 hours. A holding pool of any players not initially placed on a team will also be created at this time and notified.

Players offered a position on a team will have 24 hours to accept the invitation to play with the Lakers organization on that team.

If a player should decline or does not respond to the initial invitation, the player will be placed at the bottom of the holding pool. The player might be invited to join another team, at that age group, if space later becomes available.

If a player declines to join his/her team, the next ranked player from a lower team or the holding pool will be moved up to that team and will then have 24 hours to accept or decline a position on that team.

Any player who is moved up from a lower team will have the option of declining acceptance on the higher team and still maintain a roster spot on the lower team.

The goal is to have all teams formed within 72 hours after the initial posting of teams and the holding pool.  All players still remaining in the holding pool after teams have been completely formed will be personally contacted by a member of the Tryout Committee.

Glen Ellyn Lakers FC reserves the right to re-assign players during the season based on the trainers' direction.

Formal tryouts, if necessary, will be held in December for Spring additions. Coaches will notify the Co-Rec or Girls coordinator in November if there is a need to add to their roster for the Spring season. Tryouts will be open to the public and conducted by Future Pro Trainers.

Trainers will conduct the tryouts and make the appropriate player placement. If a Lakers player chooses to tryout for another team at the same age group, he/she will not lose their place on their current team if they are not selected.