The Cottage Grove United Soccer Club exists to serve the needs and interests of its present and future soccer players by providing an opportunity to improve their skills in order to play and achieve success at the highest levels. Our program focuses on skill development, fitness, and fun. We provide a professional and affordable soccer environment that promotes personal growth through work ethic, creativity, cooperation, enthusiasm, dedication, fun, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
Our intent is to provide a positive experience for all players on Cottage Grove soccer teams. We offer and encourage coaches to have some basic or advanced licensing requirements to help develop players and team skills. We want to advance as many teams to the highest level possible in the Twin Cities Soccer League.
2024/2025 tryouts will be hosted as following
U9, U10 & U11
July 15th & 16th
U12 and older
July 27th & 28th
All tryouts will be held at Kingston Park
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U9 Boys and Girls | 5:00pm | 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
U10 Boys and Girls | 6:00pm | 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
U11 Boys and Girls | 7:00pm | 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U12 | 8:00am | 8:30am - 9:30am |
U13 | 9:00am | 9:30am - 10:30am |
U14 | 10:00am | 10:30am - 11:30am |
U15 & U16 | 11:30am | 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U12 | 7:30am | 8:00am - 9:00am |
U13 | 8:30am | 9:00am - 10:00am |
U14 | 9:30am | 10:00am - 11:00am |
U15 | 11:00am | 11:30am - 12:30pm |
U16+ | 12:00pm | 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U9 Boys and Girls | 5:00pm | 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
U10 Boys and Girls | 6:00pm | 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
U11 Boys and Girls | 7:00pm | 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U12 | 8:00am | 8:30am - 9:30am |
U13 | 9:00am | 9:30am - 10:30am |
U14 | 10:00am | 10:30am - 11:30am |
U15 | 11:00am | 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Age Group | Check-In | Tryout Time |
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U12 | 7:30am | 8:00am - 9:00am |
U13 | 8:30am | 9:00am - 10:00am |
U14 | 9:30am | 10:00am - 11:00am |
U15 | 10:30am | 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Rain dates will be
U9 - 11 - July 17th - 18th
U12 + - August 29th - 30th
Times TBD.
Teams will be posted
U9 - 11 - posted (date) at 9:00pm
U12+ - posted (date) at 9:00pm
All players must be registered for tryouts
Only players registered for tryouts at the time of team formation will be placed on a team. Tryout registration must be completed before any child will be allowed on the fields. No walk ups on the day of tryouts will be allowed.
Tryout Attendance
If you are unable to attend tryouts you will have an opportunity to notify our clubs team formation committee within your tryout registration. Missing tryouts may impact your child's team placement. CGU will do our best to place players on the appropriate team but in situations where we have multiple teams at the same age level the players that attend tryouts may receive preferential treatment.
Requesting to "play up" in older age groups
All players must tryout in the age group based on your age. Players do not tryout in the age group you are requesting to "play up" in. Each player will only participate in one age groups tryout sessions.
If you want to request your child to play up you will have an opportunity to notify our clubs team formation committee within your tryout registration.
It will be at the clubs team formation committee discretion if move up requests will be granted. Tryout participation is required for any player requesting play up. Previous team placement will not determine future team placement.
If you choose to decline a team placement
To decline a team placement, send an email to the Registrar (registrar@cottagegrovesoccer), Competitive Director (competitive@cottagegrovesoccer.org) and Vice President (vicepresident@cottagegrovesoccer.org). The subject line should have your child’s tryout number, name, and birth year (in that order) in the subject line and write that you would like to DECLINE the team placement that has been offered to them.