While the SDFC 2017/18 season tryouts are complete, we are always looking for quality & committed players.
Information for our Training Academy & Development programs can be found by clicking here.
Requesting a tryout
For in season tryouts, please contact the director regarding team roster openings.
Club Teams for 2017-2018
The teams will follow the birth year age group classification as defined by the US Soccer Federation.
More information is available here. SDFC will offer the following age groups (number of teams at each age will depend on the tryouts process)
All teams that are 2003 and younger will compete in the fall, winter & spring. Additional training is available in the summer.
All teams that are 2002 and older will compete in the late fall, winter & spring. Training will also be offered in the fall.
Most players in the senior age groups will play high school soccer in the fall in addition to playing with SDFC.
Why should I choose SDFC?
Since it's inception in 2009, SDFC has proven to provide a developmental program to match any club in the tri-state area.
The player, team, coach and club commitments are ever growing to include:
- 1 player selected to represent Mexico Women's National Team and 1 player represented to Dominican Republic Women's U20 team - 7 players selected to u17 National Women's Team Training Program
- 5 SDFC players selected to National Team Level
- 9 SDFC players selected to USSF National Team Training Camp
- 20 SDFC players selected to attend USSF National Training Centers
- SDFC student athletes play at top colleges such as including Notre Dame, Lafayette, Villanova, Penn State, Virginia, Va Tech, Binghamton and many more...
- 14 State Championships
- 6 Regional Championships
- 3v3 Program (SDFC:3) for the winter that sees our players have the opportunity to travel to Orlando for the National Championships
- Creation of an international tour program that saw teams travel to the Women's World Cup in Canada (2015), England (2017)
- 2015 saw the first players to graduate from SDFC Juniors (3 year olds), through our Development Center to become full time club players with our u7 teams.
SDFC offers the opportunity to be a part of this history of developing players and creating teams to train and compete at the highest level and preparing them for the college recruitment process.
What will SDFC provide?
- A positive environment that allows players to be creative without fear of making mistakes
- Player/team goal setting and self-evaluations to develop the ‘intelligent player’
- Age/ability appropriate player and team development through structured and organized practices
- Access to some of NJ’s finest all weather training facilities and modern training equipment
- Participation in high level tournaments on a state, regional and national level
- Qualified coaches with experience in professional youth development
- Entry to competitive, level-appropriate leagues such as APL, EDP, MAPS, NJCSL and JAGS
- Semi-annual formal coach feedback and evaluations
- Regular communication and organized approach to the overall functioning of the program
- Physiological, psychological and nutritional guidance
- Fair and appropriate playing time per the coach’s discretion
- Development of the ‘whole’ individual through the medium of sport
What will SDFC create in it's players?
- Players with a professional attitude towards training – ‘How to train’
- Players with humility, leadership and social skills, confidence, motivation and desire
- Players who can comfortably perform techniques with both feet under
- Masters of the 1v1- player comfortable beating players in any 1v1 situation
- Skilled performers who are technically proficient under game pressure
- Creative players who are comfortable in possession of the ball
- Players with an understanding of the game and developed decision making in game situations
- Players with knowledge of playing in a number of positions and understanding of roles & responsibilities
- Players profiled into a position in which they can excel in the sport
- Players with understanding of being part of a team both on and off the field
- Provide players with a sense of belonging in the SDFC ‘Family’