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\n\t\tWNY Flash Academy Tryout Process\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tSTEP 1\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"2\"\n\t

New to the WNY Flash Academy? Welcome! We are very excited for you to join our Flash Family. A few useful resources: Why WNY Flash & <\/a>\u00a0Player Pathway<\/a><\/p>\n

Did you know you can jump in a current Flash training session for an early evaluation, or to just check out the Flash environment?\u00a0 Click here to connect with our Boys Director, Regan Steele, or our Girls Director, Rob Jackman.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tSTEP 2\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"1\"\n\t

Registration for the 2025-2026 season is live. You can find the full schedule for tryouts at wnyflash.com\/tryouts.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSTEP 3\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"3\"\n\t

Directors & coaches are tasked with building multiple teams from U8-U18\/U19 for boys and girls. Tryout evaluation determines player placement on teams which encourages soccer and personal development at all levels of experience and commitment. Tryouts for the 2025-2026 season are starting in Early June and ending in July. We are holding tryouts in our three regions: Buffalo, Rochester, and Binghamton. Buffalo is also broken down further with our Flash North program for younger players who prefer to be based out of the northtowns. All registrations will be handled through PlayMetrics. If you are joining us for the first time, click here<\/a>. If you’re a returning player, log into PlayMetrics<\/a> with your current login info.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tSTEP 4\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"4\"\n\t

All players and families at tryouts will be contacted by a director or coach. This will take time, so be patient. Players accepting an offer to join a team will be emailed an Invitation to join their team. Players have 48 hours to register for the season once they’ve received their invitation. With that players acceptance, they secure their spot on their team’s roster. If a player delays, they may jeopardize the offer and another player may be offered that roster spot. This process must move quickly, as there are many levels of teams to build at each age.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPLAYER PATHWAY\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Our\u00a0Player Pathway<\/strong> was created to develop complete soccer players & teams in a safe and supportive environment. Teams & players will excel in the technical, tactical, physical, and psychological areas of the game. Our goal is to instill positive core values & excellent work ethic to our young players while providing them a platform where they can succeed at the collegiate and professional levels of play.<\/p>\n

We urge everyone to familiarize themselves with our Player Pathway as they grow in the game of soccer with our club!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Source2\"\n

\n\t\tPLAYER EVALUATIONS\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Want to find out what it is like to train with the Flash? Take the first steps by filling out the form for your respective gender to contact Boys Director Regan Steele or Girls Director Rob Jackman.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBUFFALO BOYS EVALUATION\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t