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Recent Girls Grade 7/8 (U14) News

Tickets Are Going Fast For SYS Night At The Revs On September 17th!

By Somerville Youth Soccer 08/23/2022, 12:15pm EDT

Join Us As The Revolution Host CF Montreal In MLS Action At Gillette Stadium

Tickets are going fast for Somerville Youth Soccer’s “Night At The Revs” on Saturday, September 17th, as the New England Revolution host CF Montreal at Gillette Stadium for an MLS matchup that begins at 7:30 pm.

Discounted tickets are available for purchase for this special event, and we currently have over 100 attendees once again!  This night provides SYS families and members with the opportunity to see the best of the best in Major League Soccer, as all SYS attendees will be seated in a designated area of Section 135 that is specifically reserved for the organization.

Tickets for the SYS Night At The Revs are $37 and can be purchased online by visiting Somerville YS Night at the Revs.  For more information on the Revs or for any questions you have regarding your visit to Gillette Stadium, please contact Jack Meaney at the Revolution Group Sales office by phone at (508) 384-9248 or via email at JMeaney@revolutionsoccer.net.

If you have specific requests or need any additional information on the event, please contact SYS Executive Director Jim Seavey at executivedirector@somervillesoccer.org.

Celebrate East Somerville Main Streets Carnaval This Sunday!

By Somerville Youth Soccer 05/31/2022, 4:15pm EDT

Join Us On Broadway For Some Fun & Games!

Join the celebration and fun this Sunday, June 5th at the East Somerville Main Streets Carnaval 2022 from 2:00-6:00 pm!  Somerville Youth Soccer is proud to partner with ESMS and looks forward to being a part of this year’s event!

Check us out on Broadway as we will have nets set up in the street for friendly games from 2:00-4:00 pm.  Meet your friends, get a few pointers from our SYS coaches, and learn more about upcoming events that we have planned for the summer along with registration information for the Fall 2022 season!

For more information on the ESMS Carnaval, visit www.eastsomervillemainstreets.org or follow Carnaval on Twitter at @somerstreets.

See you on Sunday!

On-Field Player Evaluations

By Somerville Youth Soccer 05/31/2022, 11:45am EDT

Travel player field evaluations coming soon for rising 3-8 graders!

As the spring season comes to an end, SYS has begun planning for the Fall 2022 season. We have received many inquiries about field evaluations for our travel teams, and we appreciate your patience as we’ve worked to finalize the session schedule.

SYS takes the responsibility of constructing travel team rosters incredibly seriously. Our process is rigorous and relies heavily on data, which we gather from multiple sources. Every player who will be on a travel team in the Fall receives an evaluation from each of their current team coaches and a separate evaluation from an academy instructor. Each evaluation includes 12 numerical scores covering technical, tactical, physical, and mental attributes. Coaches and instructors also provide written feedback on each player. 

Field evaluations are the final component of our data gathering process. They are important, because they provide an opportunity for us to see all the players in a specific age cohort together.

All players entering grades 3 through 8 in the fall are strongly encouraged to attend field evaluations. It is SYS policy that no player’s overall assessment score ever decreases as a result of field evaluations, but these sessions do provide an opportunity for players to increase their assessment score.

It is important to remember that SYS does not conduct tryouts. Every player who registers in a timely fashion is guaranteed a roster spot. Instead of tryouts, we use field evaluations as one component of our rigorous process intended to place every player on the most appropriate roster.

Please remember that players should attend the evaluation for the grade they will enter this Fall. For example, a player currently completing 4th grade will attend field evaluations for the 5/6 grade cohort. To be clear: the grades and cohorts listed in the following below do not refer to your current team, but the team for which your child will play in the Fall.

The Fall 2022 Field Evaluations schedule is as follows:

  • G3       Tuesday, June 14    5:00-6:30 pm     Capuano Field
  • B3        Friday, June 17        5:00-6:30 pm     Capuano Field 
  • G4       Tuesday, June 14     6:45-8:15 pm     Capuano Field
  • B4        Friday, June 17         6:45-8:15 pm     Capuano Field
  • G56     Sunday, June 12      4:30-6:00 pm     Hormel Stadium (Medford)
  • B56      Sunday, June 12     6:15-7:45 pm     Hormel Stadium (Medford)
  • G78     Monday, June 20    5:30–7:00 pm    Dilboy Stadium
  • B78      Tuesday, June 21    5:30–7:00 pm    Dilboy Stadium


Please do your best to attend the indicated session. We will likely hold an additional field evaluations in August, but this will be primarily directed at players who are new to SYS, and initial rostering meetings will take place before any August field evaluations are conducted.

We will send additional information closer to the date of your field evaluation, but if you have any questions on our rostering process, please contact Jim Seavey directly at executivedirector@somervillesoccer.org. Thank you for your continued support of SYS. We look forward to seeing you on the field!