PSV Union Football Club

For more information on each individual Team, visit specific Team pages. 

We welcome interested players to come tryout with our teams. Please contact us at manager@psvunion.org for specific tryout dates & information.

GIRLS:

- 93/94G (U15-18 premier level)

- 97/98G (U13-14 gold level)

- 01G teams (U10 silver and gold levels)

BOYS:

- 94B (U17 gold level)

- 96B (U14/15 gold level)

- 00B (U11 premier level)

- 01B (U10 silver/gold level)

- 02/03B (U8/9 silver level)

Contact us at carine@psvunion.org for more information.

* For players ages 4-6, we encourage you to try the PSV Union Academy. The Academy is a training program for the youngest players and teaches the fundamentals of soccer. There are no tryouts for this program and anyone can participate, but we invite you to attend 1-2 practices first to see if it's a good fit before signing up for the whole season.

PSV Union FC supports competitive, year round boys and girls teams in various age groups. Tryouts for all PSV Union teams are currently open and ongoing.

Age Groups are for players born on OR after the dates listed below.

THIS FORM IS MANDATORY.

You must bring a completed & signed Tryout Release Form with you in order to participate.

Contact us at manager@psvunion.org

PSV Union Football Club is a non-profit youth soccer club based in Palo Alto, with teams ages U7 to U18 and an Academy for ages 4-6. 

The PSV Union FC philosophy is based on a long term approach based on development that focuses on providing top level instruction and a great learning environment, encouraging and reinforcing the importance of practice and repetition to master the fundamentals and nurturing a love for the game. We have a strong "club" model to promote this development, in which all teams, players & coaches collaborate and cooperate. Our highly qualified and licensed coaches have many years of coaching experience with all ages and levels around the world. All coaches have a strong commitment to teaching and sharing their passion for the game. Our players range in age & level from 4-year-old novices to 17-year-old Youth National team players, and we welcome players of various levels & experiences. 

Our teams practice and play year-round. Fall (Aug-Nov) and Spring (Mar-Jun) are league seasons, when we play league games and tournaments. Winter (Dec-Feb) is primarily a "training" season where most sessions consist of practices and practice small-sided games, with occasional friendly games, as well as small group trainings for players participating in high school soccer. The focus is on developing very specific techniques and improving certain aspects of the game by concentrating on more practices and less full-field "official" games. Winter is a great developmental season that is more flexible for those doing a second sport during this season.

We invite all interested players to come tryout our Academy and Teams by attending a few practices. Practices are a great way for kids to get familiarized with a new environment and coaching program and get to know the coaches and players, and reduces the pressure of attending "tryouts" because we treat it as a training and learning opportunity as well as a chance for our coaches to assess players. 

Am I a good fit for PSV Union?

If you really enjoy the game, want to learn more and are committed to improving, then you sound like a potential PSV Union player. We look for attitude first as a quality for players who want to go to a higher level. 

We offer top quality instruction and a superb training environment that focuses on teaching and developing a passion for the game. Our goal is to help all players learn and improve, whatever their level or experience.

What if I do other sports as well as soccer?

While many of our players concentrate on soccer as their sport of choice, we do have a number of players (primarily U13 and younger) who participate in multiple sports. Soccer usually remains the primary sport of players in our club, and they continue to practice and play year-round while participating in other activities.

During our Winter training season, we are more flexible with practice attendance and players are able to incorporate other activities during this time, and sometimes during Spring as well. While some players have taken the Winter season off, that is less common as almost all players choose to continue during the winter. We do require players to be committed to the team during the league seasons, and encourage them to continue to train throughout the year, even if on a reduced schedule during the off-seasons (winter and summer). If players want to participate in additional activities, we try to work with every player who loves soccer and is committed to the game so that they can still participate in our club.

We encourage the continuation of training throughout the year because long term development comes from consistent training and repetition. Almost every one of our players chooses to play year round (although some of our youngest players reduce practices during the winter), and this has helped tremendously in their development and acquisition of new skills, techniques and understanding of the game.

High School aged players have the option of playing Winter high school soccer, but many opt out to train with us during winter season to optimize their level of training, benefit from a focused and high level training environment and concentrate on developing essential high level skills.