All Star Dates for 2024
All Star Coach Applications Due - 10/6/24
Executive Board Meets to Finalize All Star Coaches for each team - 10/7/24
Fall Season Player Evaluations Due - 10/12/24
All Star Nominations Due to All Star Coordinator - 10/12/24
All Star Try Outs at LJHS - 10/27/24
All Star Team Formation - 11/7/24
All Star Parent Meeting - 11/14/24

All Star Process

1. All Coaches from U10-U14 are required to submit evaluations by 10/12/24.  Coaches must submit evaluations by the deadline to be considered as an All Star coach or a Spring coach.
2. Evaluations are collected by the Region Coach Administrator (RCA) and the All Star Coordinator (ASC) to assist with evaluations for the All Star teams.   
   These are not to be shared without a good reason (i.e. to the EXTRA or All Star/Spring coaches for recruitment purposes).
3. The top few players from each team U10-U14 are nominated by their coach and those names are submitted to the All Star Coordinator. Number of players to be nominated by each team will vary based on the number of teams in the division and the number of players allowed on the division roster. Coaches will be informed of the max number of player nominations they are allowed to submit. 
4. The All Star Coordinator invites the nominated players to participate in the All Star tryouts wearing their fall season jersey. 
5. The All Star Tryouts:
   1. All Star Tryout Evaluations are run by the RCA and ASC.  Additional Board assistance is needed.
   2. First Touch Trainers will run the drills that include dribbling, passing, shooting, and small sided scrimmage. Separate drills will be conducted for goalie evaluations at the same time 
   3. The tryout is done to assist coaches in identifying the players that stand out and any adjustments to the evaluations can occur based on the tryout performance.
   4. The tryout is reviewed during the All Star Team Formation meeting and a roster will be formed.
   5. Any notes or evaluations are not to be shared, except by the RCA and ASC during the meeting when adjustments to evaluations are made.
   6. NOT ALL PLAYERS THAT ATTEND WILL MAKE THE TEAM AND PLAYERS THAT CANNOT MAKE IT ARE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
6. The All Star Team Formation Meeting will be run by the RCA and ASC, with Division Director knowledge taken into account. Additional Board assistance is needed.  All information discussed is confidential.
7. During the All Star Team Formation meeting, the following steps will occur:
   1. Step 1:  The Division’s Coach and Evaluators will review the evaluations submitted and make adjustments accordingly, and they must all agree on the adjustments.
      
   2. Step 2:  The evaluators will recommend roster placement of players based on the evaluations and tryout performance.
   3. Step 3:  The roster is built based on consensus of the evaluators, division coach, RCA, ASC, and division director. U10 = 10 player roster, U12 = 12 player roster, and U14 = 15 player roster
   4. Step 4:  Two Alternates will be chosen to replace any spot(s) vacated prior to or during the Team Parent Meeting.  Alternates are not informed of their alternate position and the parents do not attend the Team Parent Meeting unless a spot on the roster opens prior to the meeting.  They will be informed by the All Star coach after the Team Parent Meeting if any spot(s) is available after the meeting. 
   5. Step 5:  Players who are not placed on the roster will not be contacted except in the case that the rostered players and alternates decline their spot.  The next player in the sorted spreadsheet of evaluations should be the next player to be asked to join.
8. Guest players are allowed for tournaments if a player on the All Star roster cannot attend.  The guest player will need to borrow the absent All Star player's jersey in order to participate. It is up to the All Star player if they want to loan out their jersey and they cannot be forced.  They earned the jersey and it is theirs.
9. Only the All Star Coach is to notify the All Star player's parents and can do so directly after they are given the players names and contact information. 
   
10. An All Star Team Parent Meeting will occur approximately one week after the All Star Team Formation and will cover:
    1. Commitment and expectations - Practices can begin after last core game in the division
    2. Cost/Fees associated with All Stars
    3. All Star Tournament - A few weekends in January
    4. Additional tournaments - Up to the coach and paid for by the parents with approval from the All Star Coordinator and Regional Commissioner