Tryouts

To join an Echo travel team you must attend a tryout and receive an invitation to register for a team.

Tryout Dates

Full tryouts occur in June for the upcoming fall and spring seasons.  Supplemental tryouts are in October.

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Northern Indiana

Football Club Academy

Travel Team Tryout

Tryout Dates/Times:

U8–U10 Tryouts

📍 Airport Fields- 5200 Nimtz Parkway, South Bend, IN
🗓 June 2

  • U8 & U9 Boys & Girls: 6:00–7:00 PM
    Check-in: Green Shed
  • U10 Boys & Girls: 7:15–8:15 PM
    Check-in: Green Shed

📍 Harris Township Park- 10420 Brummitt Road, Granger, IN
🗓 June 4

  • U8 & U9 Boys & Girls: 6:00–7:00 PM
    Check-in: Canopy Tent
  • U10 Boys & Girls: 7:15–8:15 PM
    Check-in: Canopy Tent

U11–U19 Tryouts

📍 Airport Fields-5200 Nimtz Parkway, South Bend, IN
🗓 June 8 & 9 (Attendance required both days)
Check-in: Green Shed

  • U19 & U17 Boys & Girls: 8:00–9:15 AM
  • U16 Boys & Girls: 9:30–10:45 AM
  • U15 Boys & Girls: 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
  • U14 & U11 Boys & Girls: 5:00–6:15 PM
  • U12 Boys & Girls: 6:30–7:45 PM
  • U13 Boys & Girls: 7:45–9:00 PM

 

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Evaluation Process

Echo's utilizes experienced, neutral evaluators under the guidance of our Director of Coaching to evaluate players during tryouts.

Players are evaluated holistically based upon their technical, tactical, mental, and physical abilities.  Echo then creates a composite evaluation of each player that includes feedback from a number of sources, including all evaluators and coaches.

The goal of the tryout process is to place all of our players in the optimal environment to continue developing as complete players based on their current ability and skill level.

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