Academy Academy Mission

To create an elite environment that attracts, retains and develops top quality players providing an ongoing supply of academy graduates to the First Team squad, whilst ensuring those individuals who fall short of this standard have the necessary skills and education to enable them

Do Arsenal run open trials, and how do I get a trial?

We always watch players at their local clubs or schools before inviting them for a trial. Therefore, if you write in for a trial, you should always include a

Identifying Young Talent at Arsenal Academy

The aim to identify and recruit young talent through the Academy's extensive scouting network. This means that if one of the academy staff identifies a talented player, the boy…

Arsenal Academy Tryout Schedule

All open tryouts will be held at the Arsenal Soccer Schools Academy, 184 Flanders Netcong Road, Flanders NJ 07836. To register, please fill out the Academy Tryout Registration Form

Arsenal Academy Category Status

Arsenal Academy are rated as a Category One status Academy. With the changes that have taken place in the football academy system. Academy Category one clubs are now free (U12+) to recruit from all over the nation. Previously, Category one clubs

Arsenal Academy Graduates

Here are some of the high profile Arsenal Academy graduates from over the years:

How Do Arsenal Scout Children For Their Youth Football Academy?

There are a number of ways that clubs and indeed most other professional football clubs take children into their football academies. The most common ways that clubs selects its youth players are through tryouts held at the club and through the club's youth scouting network

Arsenal Academy Contact Details

A Football Academy is developed in order to invest in upcoming footballing talent and provide the network, coaching, health and lifestyle advice that each player needs to make a

What are Arsenal Scouts looking for?

Quite simply; talent. Scouts understand that players come in all shapes and sizes, with a variety of strengths and weaknesses. They take into account a player’s....

Arsenal's Clubs Scouting Network

The youngsters have been the talk of the town but how did the club get them?. Some have signed from abroad and others groomed from the academy. Chief Scout Steve Rowley tells us the process of identifying and bringing in such talents.

What’s the process for finding players? Do you tell them where to be or do they follow their own leads?