Year-Round Programming
The competitive soccer program is designed to enhance the player’s technical/physical skillset and tactical understanding, all while cultivating passion and a lifelong love for the beautiful game.
Our year-round (10-month) program includes 2 leagues (fall and spring), indoor training in the winter months, and tournaments throughout the year.
Fall: August through early November. Participation in League, up to two tournaments and two outdoor practices per week.
Winter: January through mid-February. Practice up to two days per week indoors.
Spring: February through June. Participate in League, up to two tournaments, and two practices per week outdoors (weather permitting)
Club breaks for December and July annually.
Our year-round prices vary based on the teams, but we do offer Scholarship opportunities. For more info about financial assistance, please view our FAQs. Spanish version here: FAQs.
Stage 2 U11-U12: A greater understanding
While we continue to develop the technical skill set and psychomotor abilities,
we expand upon the individual tactics from Stage 1 correlate to the team
as a whole. In this stage, we will play in either NorCal Premier or the local
Reno league while moving towards more regional tournaments with a few
local ones. We still encourage players to play multiple sports at this stage,
but in the U12 range, we have to start looking into the overall workload of
these players as they are starting to grow.
Stage 4 U15-U19: Specialization
In our final stage of development, we look to have our players play the fall high
school season, as this is a great and different experience than club. In our winter
training sessions, spring league, and tournaments, we are looking to narrow down
the positions played to 1-2. We start to travel farther distances for better competition
and exposure to college coaches. At the U15 level, the players will attend 1-2
college showcase tournaments with another 1-2 regular tournaments. Though they
may not be recruited at these tournaments, we are getting them ready for the next
3 years when they will primarily play in those tournaments for college recruitment and higher-level competitions. Players will have to fight for their positions on the team, so it is not recommended to be a multisport athlete at this time. It will be hard to challenge for a spot if you miss training, and overload is a serious issue at this age, physically and mentally with education.
Development Through Soccer
Within our competitive program, we have built different stages of development for
our teams to help
Stage 1 U9-U10: The basics
We look to build the basic technical skill sets of dribbling, shooting, passing, and
receiving players need to succeed in the later stages of competitive soccer. In this
stage, we play league during the Fall and Spring while competing
in mostly local tournaments, maybe one or two regionally, for a fun experience
away from our local teams. We encourage players to play multiple sports as we
do not want our players to have to choose at a young age, plus playing other
sports creates well-rounded athletes.
Stage 3 U13-14: Competition
As we move into 11v11 soccer, the players will start to narrow the positions
they play to 2-3. We also look to nurture healthy competition within training
that translates to the field, as players will have to start to challenge each other
for minutes in the games. While we do not want to make players choose soccer
over another sport at this time, we want the players to be aware of their workload
with soccer and other sports during this vital stage in physical development.
Our teams will look to play at higher-level regional leagues in Northern California,
which requires travel for games and higher-level regional tournaments.
Hear how Todd Beane, TOVO Institute’s Founder and CEO, explains how his design and implementation of the total footballer requires cognition, competence, and character and how that methodology is being implemented here in Truckee.
Soccer Methodology
TRU FC & TOVO
A soccer match is a complex system. Players who learn to see through the complexity, identify the most important information, and turn it into purposeful action will strongly impact their team.
Using a positional game model along with the TOVO methodology, Truckee River United FC brings these principles of vision, decision, and action to our players. Our region has no shortage of strong, technical athletes. Truckee River United FC refines how players think about the game, and at the highest levels, thinking faster (not running faster) creates elite players.
Our cognitively demanding training teaches players to find, create, and exploit space within the game. When players see the game as a series of ever-changing relationships of time and space, rather than isolated technical actions, their confidence and development blossom.