A one-of-a-kind player development initiative for players aged 13+
The Futures Program is a competitive soccer environment for players aged 13+ with aspirations to continue playing beyond their teenage years at the highest levels. For players who are hungry for additional opportunities to develop in the crucible of competition. For players ready to break out of age group soccer and challenge themselves in new ways. For the players of the future.
Futures is not a youth team or a competitor to youth clubs.
It is a supplementary program that exists alongside club teams, high school squads, and college programs. It serves as a pathway to Minneapolis City SC’s trophy-winning minor league team–and beyond.
The winter season runs from December to April and includes 15 indoor sessions, which are a mix of training sessions and 7v7 league games, all on Friday evenings at Winter Park in Eden Prairie. Players must be selected via tryout to participate.
A pool of 100 players, training as two 50-player segments, will train on Friday evenings from December 5 to April 3. Sessions are either 6:45-8:15pm or 8:30-10:00pm.
There are three phases to the program, with the first two weeks of each phase focused on a Minneapolis City first team attacking and defending principle. The last week of each phase will be a 7v7 mini-league with tracked scores, standings, and player awards.
A single pool of 50 players will train on Friday evenings from December 5 to April 3. Sessions are 5-6:30pm.
There are three phases to the program, with the first two weeks of each phase focused on a Minneapolis City first team attacking and defending principle. The last week of each phase will be a 7v7 mini-league with tracked scores, standings, and player awards.
PROGRAM COST: $950
15 indoor training sessions led by Mpls City coaches
Certified athletic trainer at each session
PROGRAM COST: $950
15 indoor training sessions led by Mpls City coaches
Certified athletic trainer at each session
OUR MISSION
We are a high-performance club rooted in community. We exist to elevate and showcase Minnesota players, with an emphasis on ambitious, soccer-obsessed players across all income levels and ethnicities from across Minnesota, because we believe in the power of soccer to bring people together, change lives, and do good for one another.
Futures is about accelerating development. That’s why, like college and pro soccer, it’s not age group segregated. Playing against older, stronger, more experienced players forces players to adapt and improve. It stretches their abilities. And it helps develop qualities like grit, confidence, and professionalism that are necessary at elite levels. Couple that with an emphasis on competitive, small-sided play where players get lots of touches and it’s possible to get a lot better, fast.
A strength of the systems in other countries, and especially Europe and South America, is all of the different ways for players to move forward. They don’t require an immediate jump to USSF Division 1 (MLS) at 18 for a player to have a successful career. Futures, which connects directly to the Mpls City SC (USL) first team, gives players a respected, high-profile platform to improve and showcase their ability for college and professional coaches.
With so many other clubs, elite-level youth soccer can exceed $5,000/year. This cost can exclude talented Minnesota players who do not have the financial means to participate, essentially shutting them out of “the system.” We use every means possible to run our Futures programming at the lowest cost because we believe that soccer is a vehicle for good and should be accessible to everyone.
Elite teams typically involve extensive travel. Minnesota’s young players often spend more time traveling than playing on the field which is a pity because time spent traveling isn’t time spent getting better at soccer. That’s why we’re focused on maximizing time on the field, on getting tons of reps in against strong competition, over getting our passports stamped.
Yes, Futures is designed to be supplementary and we will work with clubs and high schools to identify talent and collaborate to improve player outcomes.
No. We work with existing youth clubs. Our ambition is to be the bridge between youth and (college & pro) adult soccer.
The Futures Program has two age cohorts, 13-15 and age 16+
Futures tryouts will be in November.
Yes. Players have a chance to be called into senior team training and games
We’re a 501c3 amateur club focused on local players and competing in the top national amateur league in the country, USL League Two, and in the U.S. Open Cup. City has sent five players to MLS since 2016 and numerous others to various professional clubs in the U.S. and abroad.
Contact us via email at futures@mplscitysc.com
Yes.
Fill out the Player Interest Form. Coaches review these submission and will reach out to you about other tryout opportunities as they arise.
