Northern Virginia Soccer Club

The Northern Virginia Soccer Club (NVSC) offers a full range of opportunities available for soccer players, including a HOUSE (or sometimes referred to as a RECREATIONAL) DIVISION, a TRAVEL (or sometimes referred to as a SELECT) DIVISION, and a partnership with the Northern Virginia Royals and Majestics, which allows for Super Y-League play for U13-U19s, as well as, Minor League Men’s (PDL) and Women’s (W-League) teams. Collectively, these opportunities form the basis of our Player Development Pyramid. This total player development approach, and partnership is unique, in that MCSA is the only soccer club in Northern Virginia/Washington, DC area that has programs including recreational, travel, Super Y-League and Minor League adult teams all under the same umbrella. At the base of the pyramid is our foundation, where the greatest number of participants is from our House, or Recreational divisions. This is the beginning of player development, and is where we focus on teaching the skills and abilities necessary for continued development up the pyramid. The top of the pyramid is where we find our Minor League Men and Women - our program has the capacity to meet every player’s goals.

NVSC – Providing opportunities for players of all ages to participate in soccer
The NVSC House Program is for players ages Under-4 to Under-19. For the Spring 2006 season, players must be born between 8/1/86 and 7/31/02. The specific age groups are based on a seasonal year starting on August 1^st and running until July 31^st of the following year – for example – U15 is for players born between 8/1/90 and 7/31/91.

For players in age groups U4 through U12, the NVSC’s House Teams play in our program against other NVSC teams. House games for these teams are played on Saturdays, scheduled at NVSC game field sites. Most games within these age groups play at George Hellwig Memorial Park, located in Manassas, VA at the intersection of RT 234 Dumfries Rd and RT 619 Bristow Rd. Within our House Program, NVSC offers players in the U7/8/9/10 the opportunity to play in the NVSC Academy Program. The Academy Program for players to play in a higher competitive environment, to enhance their skills in preparation for possibly playing on a travel team. Our goal for the program is to work on player skills/development through specialized and focused training.

For older players, U14 and older, NVSC sponsors teams to play in the Suburban Friendship League (SFL). Players register for the NVSC House program, and are placed on NVSC teams, which then compete in the SFL. The SFL offers opportunities for all-girls and coed teams in the U12, U14, U16, and U19 age groups. The SFL consists of clubs throughout the Northern Virginia area, and the SFL acts as a scheduling entity, whereby clubs submit their teams to the SFL for scheduling between clubs. Teams will play typically play four home and four away games each season. The scheduling is developed such that there is minimal traveling to games. A post-season tournament is also scheduled for all teams in the SFL. No travel players are eligible to participate in the SFL.

NVSC’s Travel Program offers the opportunity for players to play in a more competitive environment. MCSA has teams starting at U9 through every age group up to U19, for both boys and girls. Our travel teams participate in the National Capital Soccer League (NCSL), the Old Dominion Soccer League (ODSL), and Washington Area Soccer League (WAGSL). Tryouts for our travel teams typically occur in the late-May, early June timeframe. Advertisements of specific times and locations of tryouts for individual teams are posted on the NVSC web site. Home games for our Travel Program are played at Valley View Park and Hellwig Park. These facilities offer championship quality fields of Bermuda grass.

Northern Virginia Soccer Club is in a partnership with the Northern Virginia Majestics/Royals to:

Provide teams and players at NVSC an opportunity to play competitive soccer at a higher level of competition by participating in the Super-Y-League; and provide the Northern Virginia Majestics/Royals with a youth league underpinning for the development of youth players. This supports a pyramid development system, and provides teams of each age group for the Super–Y league.

NVSC teams enter the Travel Program at the age of U9 and thereafter, are on track to become the Super-Y team for the Majestics/Royals when the team becomes age appropriate. Our approach is to work bottom-up and begin training the teams at U9 in anticipation of entering the Super-Y Program.

This affiliation provides additional opportunity to the players in our travel program. It does not impact a player’s commitment to his or her NCSL, WAGS, or ODSL team.

Coach and Player Development – NVSC has a formal program to develop coaches and players. Development clinics start at the beginning of the season, and are organized according to age groups. Throughout the season, NVSC offers weekly training to its coaches and players through the Royals and Majestics organization.


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