GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club Select Soccer Program is designed for the highest skilled player who needs to develop and compete alongside players with equally high skill, ability and commitment level. For players seeking to play on Select teams in the U13-U18 age groups, GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club will, as quality numbers permit, field Select teams in each age group both for boys and for girls. The first team in each age group is referred to as our Red team. The second team in each age group is referred to as our Black team.
The particular GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club team to which a potential player ends up being rostered will be determined during Select team tryouts which occur in June each year. Following tryout evaluation, if it is determined by our Director of Soccer and the Select Coaching Staff that a player’s skill set and abilities are such that he or she will benefit from involvement in the Select Soccer program at GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club, the player will be offered a roster slot on a GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club Select team appropriate for the player’s skill level, age and development needs. In that regard, the Director of Coaching and the Select Coaching Staff will select the players they need to field the most competitive team in each age group and place the best 15-16 players on a corresponding team. They will then select players from the tryout pool whom they deem are best suited for continued Select Soccer development on a Black team within GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club. Selection to and placement on any one roster does not mean a player cannot advance from a Black level team to a Red level team, just as placement on a roster does not mean a player will always be slotted for a less competitive team over the course of his or her development in the program. A main focus of the Select Soccer program at GA-SC Bulls Soccer Club is to place continued player development and continued team improvement at the forefront of team placement decisions.
Both our Red level teams and our Black level teams will typically compete in a statewide travel league. The state association (Georgia or South Carolina) in which a team plays will be determined by the needs of the team as seen by the Select Team Staff Coach and the Director of Coaching. However, regardless of a team’s designated name level, the Director of Coaching and Select Team Staff Coach will decide each season which statewide league will best serve the players’ development and decisions will be made on a team by team basis concerning in which particular league each team will participate.
