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For the 2007 / 2008 season, Lower Merion Soccer Club is fielding 22 boys travel teams and 21 girls travel teams. While tryouts are held in the spring, the actual travel team season starts in the fall. Most teams compete in one or more tournaments in late August. League play starts right after Labor Day Weekend. The boys travel teams compete in the Delco Soccer League while the girls travel teams compete in the PAGS Soccer League.

All LMSC travel teams are affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. Age group classifications specify that birthdate ranges from August 1 of one year through July 31 of the next year. Overage players and underage players may not play in an age group, even if they miss the cutoff by one day. Per USSF regulations, all players must submit a copy of their birth certificate to show their proper age. This is done at the conclusion of tryouts which are held in the spring. Information on tryouts is listed below.

Many of our travel teams have their own individual web pages. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL TEAM WEB PAGES.

TRAVEL TEAM TRYOUT INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE
Tryout information is posted at the bottom of this page. Tryouts for all travel team age groups will be held between April 20 and May 25. Tryout dates for our Under 8 Developmental Travel Team Academy are also posted below. Players wishing to tryout should make every effort to be at ALL tryouts listed for their age group. Some age groups will have an additional tryout date. If this is the case, the additional tryout date will be announced at the first tryout.

LMSC will field up to four teams in each age group from Under 9 up through Under 15. The number of teams formed in each age group will be dependent on the number of players trying out, as well as the number of qualified coaches that we can identify for that particular age group. There will be a maximum of four teams in each age group.

LMSC will also field teams in the Under 16 through Under 19 age groups if a qualified coach is willing to organize a team.

Players are not required to live in Lower Merion Township.

Players trying out MUST be born in the one year window listed in our tryout schedule. Overage players and underage players will NOT be considered and will be removed from the tryout process. Please be sure to go to the age group corresponding to your birth date. Birth certificates are collected after tryouts to ensure that all players are of the proper age.

Each tryout session will last between 90 minutes and 120 minutes.

LMSC will also have tryouts for the Under 8 Developmental Academy. This program is geared for our top Under 8 players. For the 2008-2009 season, players trying out MUST be born between August 1, 2000 and July 31, 2001, no exceptions!! Please see information below for more information about the Under 8 Developmental Academy.

  UNDER 8 DEVELOPMENTAL ACADEMY
Each year, LMSC identifies a pool of Under 8 boys players and a pool of Under 8 girls players to train together during the fall and winter. The purpose of this program is to develop our top younger players for the Travel Team Program, starting the following fall season.

Information on the Under 8 Developmental Travel Team Academy, including eligibility, tryout information and commitment can be found at our Under 8 Developmental Travel Team Academy web page.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAVEL TEAM PROGRAM?
If you have questions about a particular age group, please contact the appropriate age group coordinator listed below. Please note that the age group coordinator is NOT necessarily the 'A' team coach in that age group. People with questions about the LMSC Travel Team Program in general should contact LMSC President Biff Sturla at soccer@lmsc.net.

>From Philadelphia, go west on Conshohocken State Road (Route 23) into Penn Valley. Take a right onto Hagy's Ford Road. Go 1/3 mile, take left onto Tower Lane. The school will be 1/4 mile ahead on right. Park along Tower Lane and walk to athletic fields.

Bryn Mawr Polo Field: Old Railroad Avenue and County Line Roads in Bryn Mawr, just south of Lancaster Avenue.

From Philadelphia, go west on Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) into Bryn Mawr. Take a left onto Old Lancaster Road (see Eckart Drugs on right, just after an Acme on the right). After 1/4 mile, the road will bend to the right. Take first left after bend onto County Line Road. Go 1/8 mile to second driveway on left. Turn into driveway, and proceed to the parking lot straight ahead.