The Minneapolis City Soccer Club provides a competitive soccer environment for younger players through its Futures program. The 2024 Futures program overview outlines the player pathway, age bands, winter and summer seasons, costs, staff, and tryout information. The winter season runs from January to March and features weekly training sessions and league matches. The summer season runs from April to July and involves the United Premier Soccer League. Tryouts will be held in December 2023 to select 50 players for the winter season pool in each age group.

1. Minneapolis City Soccer Club mplscitysc.com
2024 Program Overview
@mplscityfutures @mplscityfutures
mplscitysc.com/futures

2. Contents
Player Pathway
Age Bands
2024 Format
Costs
Staff
Tryouts
Next Steps
Questions

3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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Community Cleanup - Food Drives
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PRODUCTS
The Club Shop - Teamwear - Apparel
Merchandise - Membership
Who is Mpls City SC?
A community-based & member-driven 501c3 non-profit
soccer club run by a primarily volunteer staff.
SOCCER OPERATION
Mpls City Senior Teams
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DIGITAL CONTENT
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4. A competitive soccer environment designed to nurture
younger players for the demands of college, pro, and
professionally-amateur soccer without the typical cost and
travel demands required by the soccer system in the USA.
What is the Mpls City Futures Program?

5. Who Does Futures Serve?
The top 50 Twin Cities-based soccer players, age 20
and under, with aspirations to continue playing beyond
their teenage years at the highest levels. These players
may have one or more of the following characteristics.
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01 | They require an accelerated environment that will prepare them for collegiate soccer
02 | They desire a higher level of competition to augment their current club or high school environment
03 | They have aged out of the Olympic Development Program
04 | They can no longer afford or justify the cost to play high-level competitive youth soccer
05 | They can’t justify the time commitment to travel nationally for high-level competitive soccer
06 | They do not feel the traditional youth system offers them anything else to advance their development
07 | They are a late-bloomer and have been overlooked in the youth player identification process
08 | They are lost within the US Soccer system and need to regain traction
09 | They are talented young players who deserve a path into the Mpls City senior teams, but need time to develop

6. FIRST TEAM
FUTURES
SUPPLEMENTAL
ACADEMY
U21 & U19
PROFESSIONAL ▲
AMATEUR ▼
As of 2022 - USL 2 League rules dictate that a maximum of 10 players on each team's game day roster
can be over 23 years old. In 2021, 977 players in USL 2 were 20 years of age or younger.
L E A G U E
MPLS CITY SC
Player Pathway

7. 2024 Eligible Age Groups
FUTURES U21 - Birth Years 2003, 2004
FUTURES U19 - Birth Years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

8. 2024 Futures Overview

9. FUTURES WINTER SEASON
JANUARY-APRIL
❏ 50 players selected to the Winter Season player pool
❏ Typically Friday Nights: 7-8:30 pm or -8:30-10 pm
❏ 12 indoor sessions
❏ Pool Group Training + 7v7 Futures League
❏ 5 Futures League Matches (Round-Robin + Finals)
❏ Possible 11v11 Exhibition Matches vs. external competition
❏ Locations: Winter Park (Eden Prairie) & Augsburg Dome (Mpls)

10. FUTURES SUMMER SEASON
APRIL-JULY
❏ U21 Summer Season team roster of 30-33 players
❏ U19 Summer Season team roster of 30-33 players
❏ Players are selected from Futures Winter Season + other Futures
players in college who are returning to Twin Cities
❏ National Adult Amatuer League Competition (USSF D4)
❏ U21 = United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) - Premier Division
❏ U19 = United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) - Division 1
❏ Approx. 10 games + Playoffs
❏ 4x UPSL Midwest West Conference Champions
❏ Team training on typically on Monday nights
❏ League matches typically on weekends
❏ Locations:
❏ Training: Eden Prairie & Minneapolis
❏ Home Stadium: Edor Nelson Field, Augsburg University (Minneapolis)
❏ UPSL Midwest-West Conference

11. NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY
FUTURES SUMMER SEASON
Team Training starts April 10
League (UPSL) runs May 8 thru Mid-July
FUTURES CALENDAR - 2024
DECEMBER-JULY
TRYOUT
CAMPS
FUTURES WINTER SEASON
Pool Training starts January 16
Futures League (7v7) runs Feb 6 - Mar 27
Futures Tryout Camp
Pool of 50 players selected to Futures Winter Season for each age group
Primary Locations:
Winter Park- Eden Prairie
Augsburg - Minneapolis
Tryout Camp:
December 8-22
Winter Season:
Friday 1/5
Friday 1/12
Friday 1/19
Friday 1/26
Friday 2/2
Friday 2/9
Friday 2/16
Friday 2/23
Friday 3/1
Friday 3/8
Friday 3/15
Friday 3/22
Friday 3/29
7-8:30pm or 8:30-10pm
Summer Season:
UPSL Game and training
schedule released in April
SPRING
BREAK
Futures Summer Season / UPSL
30-33 players to be invited into the Futures UPSL Roster
from the 2024 Futures Winter pool and the pool of other
Futures players returning from college.

12. FUTURES WINTER SEASON JANUARY-MARCH
50 Players- Large Group Training - 7v7 Futures League - Exhibition Matches
FUTURES SUMMER SEASON APRIL-JULY
Team Training & United Premier Soccer League (UPSL)
FUTURES TRYOUT CAMP JANUARY
Player ID for Winter Session - Birth Year 2003 and Living In The Twin Cities
FUTURES SUMMER ROSTER SELECTION MARCH/APRIL
30-33 players selected to each Futures Summer Season UPSL Roster - U21 & U19
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2024 MPLS CITY FUTURES - SEASON SUMMARY

13. $99
PER PLAYER
TRYOUT CAMP FEE
$749
PER PLAYER
WINTER SEASON
PROGRAM COSTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
❏ 2 indoor tryout sessions
❏ Approx. 13 indoor sessions during Futures Winter Season
❏ Approx. 13 trainings + 10 games during Futures Summer
❏ Certified Athletic trainer at each session
❏ Calendar management via TeamSnap
❏ Coach bus for up to 2 UPSL away game trips
❏ Hotel accommodations for up to 1 away playoff game
❏ Sessions & games recorded via VEO
❏ MPLS City Tryout Camp T-shirt
❏ MPLS City SC training kit (jersey, shorts)
❏ MPLS City SC performance hoodie
❏ MPLS City Futures League jersey
❏ MPLS City Futures GK jersey
❏ Payment plan to be made available (approx $187/mo)
Scholarships available for at least 20% of players - Contact futures@mplscitysc.com for financial aid application
$749
PER PLAYER
SUMMER SEASON
INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM FEES

14. Player Identification Sessions
MPLS CITY FUTURES TRYOUT CAMP - 2024
U21 Tryout
Friday, Dec. 8th, Winter Park (Eden Prairie)
Friday, Dec. 15th, Winter Park (Eden Prairie)
Group A 7 pm - 8:30 pm
Group B 8:30 pm - 10 pm REGISTER AT
https://mplscitysc.com/futures
SPACE IS LIMITED
U19 Tryout
Tuesday, Dec. 19th, Savage Sports Center
Friday, Dec. 22nd, Winter Park (Eden Prairie)
Group A 7 pm - 8:30 pm
Group B 8:30 pm - 10 pm

15. Are All Players Are Required To Earn
Their Place via Tryout? YES.
● MPLS City does not roster players without an in-person evaluation.
● Players who have been selected to the 2023 Winter Season will need to
participate in the tryout process again for 2024*
● *Exception – Players who were also selected into the 2023 Summer
Season UPSL roster may receive an automatic invite into the 2024
Winter Season.

16. Staff Jeremiah Johnson
Sporting Director
USSF ‘B’ License
Eli Baker
Futures Assistant Coach
USSF ‘C’ License
Brendan Doyle
Futures Assistant Coach
USSF ‘C’ License
Matt VanBenschoten
GM & Former USL2 Head Coach
USSF ‘B’ License
Tyler David
Futures Mentor Coach
Former Professional Player
Jon Bisswurm
Futures Mentor Coach
Co-Founder of Minneapolis City SC
Derric Johnson
Futures Assistant Coach
Collegiate Coach
Twin Cities Orthopedics
Certified Athletic Trainer
Twin Cities Orthopedics

17. Minneapolis City Soccer Club mplscitysc.com
NEXT STEP
Register For Tryouts
https://mplscitysc.com/futures
SPACE IS LIMITED - WE WILL REACH CAPACITY

18. Minneapolis City Soccer Club mplscitysc.com
Questions?
futures@mplscitysc.com
https://mplscitysc.com/futures
@mplscityfutures
@mplscityfutures