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The LA Galaxy will hold three tryouts for their Galaxy Academy Under-12 teams in the month of February. Two of the three tryouts will be held in Orange County while the third will take place in the South Bay in conjunction with Galaxy Alliance clubs West Coast Futbol Club and South Bay Force.

The first tryout will be held in the South Bay at Manhattan Village Field in Manhattan Beach, Calif. on Friday, Feb. 15 from 4-6 p.m. The coaching staff of the Galaxy Academy U-12 team in the South Bay, led by South Bay Force director Todd Saldana, will be on hand to oversee the tryouts.

The Galaxy Academy will also hold two tryouts in Orange County, with both tryouts taking place at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif. The first tryout will be on Friday, Feb. 15 from 6:30-8 p.m. while the second tryout will take place a week later on Friday, Feb. 22 at the same time. The coaching staff of the Galaxy’s Orange County U-12 team, including former MLS midfielder Braeden Cloutier, will be on hand to oversee the tryouts.

These tryouts are open for players that were born in August 2001 or after. Registration for all tryouts will be handled on site. For more information about the tryouts in the South Bay, please visit the South Bay Force’s website. Please visit West Coast FC’s website for information about the tryouts in Orange County.

For more information about the LA Galaxy Alliance, a program which will allow the Galaxy to better identify and develop the top young players throughout the Southland, read further.

LA Galaxy Academy Alliance

The LA Galaxy Alliance is an extensive Soccer Development Program and an integral part of the pathway to playing for the LA Galaxy Academy. Currently there are two clubs, South Bay Force and West Coast Futbol Club, in the Alliance program, which forms the foundation of our player pyramid (pictured below).

By sharing coaching resources and staff, while creating a common curriculum and methodology for developing young players, the Galaxy Alliance will become central to how the club integrates players into the Academy and maximizes their potential.

The Galaxy Alliance enables the Galaxy Academy to structure a pathway that makes it easier for players to receive professional training under the same guidance and philosophy of the LA Galaxy Academy in their local communities. As players advance within the Galaxy Alliance structure, they then may move on to the Galaxy Academy system and eventually, we hope, the next level. Every player that is a part of the Galaxy Alliance receives proper training with players of similar ability or level.

Integral to the success of the Galaxy Alliance is teamwork and communication. As such, the Galaxy Academy and the Alliance clubs share administrative resources for player registration, league participation, field inventory, and special events. They also partner in developing regional training centers, such as Galaxy I.D. camps, and creating community training opportunities throughout the Southland.

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