Pre Academy (U12)

Pre Academy (U12)

Ongoing multi-disciplinary player development is paramount to developing well rounded players comfortable competing in a variety of gameday scenarios. AFC strives to start the development of player talent early in the youth development curve and inline with our mission statement and style of play. AFC Pre Academy is one cornerstone step to achieve this.

Currently registered players from Castro Valley Soccer Club (CVSC), Clippers FC (CFC) & Piedmont (PSC) Soccer Club’s top teams are eligible to tryout for our Pre-Academy program.

These include: CVSC’s Green, CFC’s Red, and PSC’s Purple teams at the U12 age group.

Where a club has a particularly strong age group, the Director of Coaching, may recommend players from the second team for that age/gender.

  • There will be two cycles for the program:

    Cycle 1: July 14th - December 12th 2025

    Cycle 2: January 5th 2026 - May 1st 2026

    Try-outs for this will be held after club tryouts in May.

    Players will be selected based on the ‘AFC Key Player Qualities’, with final decisions made by the Pre-Academy Director

  • Accepted players will be provided with the following additional opportunities to put them on the AFC Pathway:

    Cycle 1

    Pre-academy camp in the summer (5 days. 2 hours per day)

    2012 Boys: Monday 23rd June - Friday 27th June - Time and Venue TBD

    2012 Girls: Monday 23rd June - Friday 27th June - Time and Venue TBD

    Weekly practice during fall

    Once a week training during winter (when their club team is not practicing)

    22 sessions

    Two-Three 11v11 Scrimmages vs high level opposition, as well as U13 AFC teams

    Winter tournament

    AFC Pre-Academy Training Uniform (will also be used for games)

    All of this will be in addition to the player’s own team training commitments, with their current team

    All sessions will be led by our Pre-Academy Directors, Stuart Harte & Marco Plascencia, along with ‘guest sessions’ from other AFC coaches

    Cycle 2

    Weekly practice during Spring

    Once a week training during Spring (when their club team is not practicing)

    16 sessions

    Two 11v11 Scrimmages VS high level opposition, as well as U13 AFC teams

    AFC Pre-Academy Training Uniform (will also be used for games)

  • There will be a cost for the program that will cover the whole season

    Total cost includes all costs that are involved with the program (coaching, fields, uniform, tournament cost, referees and all administrative costs)

    Total cost = TBD for 2025/2026 Season

    Payments can be made over 7 separate payments