Club Information

It is the policy of the Verona Area Soccer Club to conduct its tryouts in conjunction with its partners in "the Alliance." This is a consortium of clubs (currently consisting of Verona, Magic, Regent, and 56ers) which joined in a cooperative venture to help in forming competitive teams in the Madison area. Among the goals of the Alliance are: use of a combined tryout model encompassing all participating clubs; formation of classic teams within the local clubs wherever possible (some state league teams may form within local clubs from time to time as well, but the goal is to locate these teams under the 56ers in most cases); working cooperatively to "pool" players from multiple clubs to form new teams where there are not sufficient opportunities locally; and, concentrating formation of state league teams in the Madison 56ers, a club with the coaching expertise and infrastructure to best develop and support the top-end player.

In accordance with the VASC's mission statement, where two (or more) new classic teams form at a given age level, they will be formed on the basis of parity, rather than a high/low team formation process. This will be accomplished using a draft system with coaches making alternate picks. This process will be supervised - where appropriate - by a member of the VASC board or its designee. Such a draft system could take into account school or geographic considerations in picking players. Where two or more existing classic teams are being formed for the subsequent season, it is the assumption that players will be rostered with the same team as the previous year unless they ask to be considered by another team (the tryout registration forms include a box for making such a choice). The purpose of classic teams within our club is to develop players, maximize number of kids participating, and to prepare them to move to a higher level if they so choose, but not to form teams within the club with the aspiration to achieve state league status. We view this latter role as that of our competitive partner. We feel higher level training is best accomplished within a competitive club with professional coaching staff. Therefore, we support system of team formation based on parity in the classic league.

It is the Club's policy that the parents of each respective team will choose their coach for the season. The Club will give its best effort to supply qualified coaches for teams to choose from, but the final decision is that of the parents. Further, if a coaching arrangement is made, and the coach is going to be compensated by the team, then it is the team's responsibility to pay the coach - the Club does not pay any coach. The Club's Director of Coaching will be available to assist in this process whenever needed.

The role of the Verona Area Soccer Club will not be to choose members of teams. As has always been the case, coaches will have the final say about which players will be on their rosters. The Club will not be the final arbiter in issues of player selection, but will provide oversight to make sure player selections are made in accordance with the Club's principles. It should be noted that while open tryouts are an imperfect process, they provide a generally accepted method of providing an objective assessment of soccer skill, and a way for players with the necessary ability and commitment to have fair access to openings on all competitive teams.