Edison Girls Soccer Tryout Information

2025 Spring Season

The 2025 tryouts will be conducted over the period of one week beginning Monday, February 24th and ending Friday, February 28th after school.  Depending on the number of participants at tryouts, an initial cut may take place at the Thursday tryout session as long as players have completed three full tryout sessions.  During the last day of tryouts, remaining players will be evaluated to determine potential placement on a Junior Varsity or Varsity roster.
 

At the conclusion of Friday’s tryout, players will be informed of coach decisions to extend offers for team placement and presented a copy of the Edison 2025 Girls Soccer Team Policies, Responsibilities and Expectations document.  Players and their parents must return a signed copy of the document to show that they accept a roster spot.

Accepting a roster spot specifically means acceptance of all team Policies, Responsibilities, and Expectations.  If players elect to accept the offer, they must return to practice with a signed form. Once the coaching staff is satisfied with the program's respective rosters, tryouts will conclude pending any additional athletes still competing in a winter sport and wish to try out.  

Those student-athletes wishing to try out for Girls Soccer but unavailable for tryouts need to contact Coach Scotty Hopke immediately at  .

Tryout Criteria:

Student-athletes will be evaluated by the coaching staff in the following areas. A detailed description of these components is available on the documents page of the team website labeled Tryout Form.  

• Physical Fitness Measurements to include a timed two-mile run, consecutive complete sprints, as well as core strength

• Technical Ability to include skill while possessing the ball; you will be evaluated on your first touch, finishing ability, eliminating defenders and maintaining possession of the ball. Technical skill also includes trapping, striking a ball, headers, throw-ins, and other game-scenario individual skills.

• Tactical Ability includes the players’ anticipation, reading, and execution of certain clues that happen during possession and non-possession moments of the game. Factors evaluated are field awareness, decision making and employing team strategy.

• Physical Attributes as demonstrated during a game environment to include a players endurance, speed, and acceleration, agility with and without the ball and physical exertion and strength  

• Personality traits specifically the coaching staff is looking for the following in a player: displays emotional control on the field, sense of urgency during a match, positive encouragement of teammates, and respect of the game, of all competing athletes and of the officials. A player must be on time and prepared for each training session and competition, must have a ‘can-do’ attitude, and must be a good communicator with teammates and coaches.

Tryout Requirements:

• Academic Eligibility:

  • Students must be academically eligible in accordance with Fairfax County Students Rights and Responsibilities

• Liability Forms:

  • All student-athletes are expected to complete all paperwork prior to tryouts.

  • The following is a list of the paperwork you must submit in order to be considered an eligible player:

    • VHSL physical form, complete with proof of medical insurance

    • Completed Emergency Care Card (ECC) Please make two copies and submit one to the trainer and one to the coach.

    • Online completion of concussion education by the player

    • Online completion of concussion education by parent/guardian

• • The Edison Athletics Trainers Office must acknowledge the completion of these forms before you can participate in a tryout.  
     

• Dress Attire:

  • Players are expected to bring both cleats and running shoes and wear shin guards.

  • Sports bras are highly recommended as is appropriate apparel for your hair.

  • Remove all jewelry before practice.

  • Players will be assigned a tryout number via a track ‘bib.’  After the first day, you must return with that number already attached to your shirt.  Failure to bring bib will make you ineligible that day.  

Tryout Schedule:

All tryouts will take place at the Edison Stadium. Times are TBD. Please pay attention to the announcements and bulletin boards in February.

Coaches Contact Information

Varsity

Head Coach: Scotty Hopke scotty.hopke05@gmail.com (Return ECC form to Coach Shipp, Room D123) 

Junior Varsity

Head Coach: David Almacy david.almacy@gmail.com

Assistant Coach: Jody Shipp jtshipp@fcps.edu