The Travel program Pomperaug Soccer Club offers is for the U9-U15 age groups (no high school players). Placement sessions are held once per year in early June for the following Fall/Spring seasons and are split into multiple divisions for each age group based on skill and the number of registrations. A higher level of commitment is typically required for players selected to play within the A division which is the highest competitive level.  Each division plays agains comparable divisions from other towns within the Northwest District or Southwest District of the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association (CJSA).

• Registration for Travel programs will continue to be done on the Sports Connect website due to CJSA requirements - https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/pomperaugsoccer 
• For more specific information on the age specific travel programs, the skill focus, and registration costs, select the links to the right.
• The "U" in the division stands for "Under" and is a general indication of the age range for that program.  All programs in Pomperaug Soccer Club follow US Soccer guidelines of registering by year of birth, with January 1st as the age cutoff date to determine which division is appropriate for a child.  
  • Please refer to our Age Groups page for information regarding divisions.

Placement Process & Overview:

** FALL 2024 Placement Sessions will be the week of 6/3-6/7. Full schedule will be posted to the right in the middle of May each year --> **

Players are evaluated once per year in early June for the following Fall/Spring season.  This session is used in addition to information from the previous season.  An overview of the process is below:
NOTE: All players who wish to play Travel soccer MUST register BEFORE the placement session.  Players who do not register ahead of time are unable to participate in the placement session.

1. Early to Mid-May - Registration opens for the Fall season & the PSC will announce the Travel placement schedule for early June.  

2. First or Second Week of June – Travel placements are held and you can expect the following:

a. Players should arrive 10 mins before the start time to check in and receive a numbered jersey
b. We ask that parents sit back close to the parking lot and do not treat this like a practice/game and do not provide support or instructions.  The goal is for the players to have a fun & a focused training session.
c. During the session, Everson professional coaches are utilized to direct the session and evaluate each player. The club switched from paper forms to using an evaluation app on mobile devices called Team Genius several seasons ago.  This platform helps with the data collection process and creating teams.

3. June/July – Rosters for each team in the age groups are formed.  This is based on input from their current coaches, & Everson trainers of previous seasons, along with the evaluation session to rate each player and determine team placement.  This process will take some time to compile.

4. Beginning of August - Rosters are announced for all age divisions.