GENERAL INFORMATION

  • NUU Tryouts are held in three Utah locations: Cache Valley (North Logan), Tremonton & Morgan. (Specific dates and times vary by age).

  • Placement on a Challenger League team is based on where you live with the exception where we might need to move a certain player (with their parents approval) to another team in order to keep the teams balanced.

  • Placement on a State Team is determined by birth year and skill level.

  • Coaches of existing NUU teams are encouraged to inform their players prior to tryouts what team they anticipate them being selected for.

  • Current NUU players can accept invitations to any NUU team, but cannot register until registration opens. Players looking to tryout for other NUU teams or clubs should provide the same courtesy of informing their coach before tryouts begin.

  • Players that want to tryout in more than one location need to pre-register separately in each area.

  • Players wanting to tryout for multiple teams should use the last section in the Player placement survey to tell us.

    PLAYER PLACEMENT SURVEY - In addition to pre-registering for tryouts please take the time to fill out a survey that will help us know more about your desired soccer experience.

    Challenger League (Local) Players Survey: https://forms.gle/cyNgH8Lf4CFxNzCv9

    State League (Travel) Players Survey: https://forms.gle/a23G41nBA5bhyWHSA

Challenger League teams are created to provide local competition with balanced teams to keep the environment competitive, player development focused, FUN and local!! These competitive teams are heavily dependent on parent/volunteer coaches that have oversight from age group directors that mentor and guide the coaches through the challenges of managing a year-round team.

Our aim is to provide local teams for 6-12 year old’s in the following eleven areas:

Preston: Preston, Idaho
Upper North: Richmond/Lewiston
North: Smithfield/Hyde Park
North Central: North Logan
Central: Logan
South Central: Providence/Nibley/Millville
Southeast: Hyrum/Paradise
Southwest: Wellsville/Mendon
Benson: Benson
Brigham City: Brigham City/Perry
Tremonton: Tremonton/Garland/Riverside
Morgan: Morgan/Riverdale/Ogden

NEW in 20204-2025: Challenger MIDDLE SCHOOL League
Details

State Teams are created at U10 and older for ambitious players that want to train and compete with coaches and teammates that share the same ambitions and abilities. There are many levels of state competition that differ in their levels of commitment, expectations and abilities. As players get older providing multiple teams and various levels helps to assure that each player is placed on a team that supports their development and ambition in the sport. The club is viewed as one large team where players take pride in moving from one team to another when needed or earned. We pride ourselves in valuing the needs of each individual regardless of what team they are on. Collaborative observation and evaluation efforts among the NUU coaches contributes to player movement as it does not limit the opinion to one or two individual coaches.

Team Names have significance and reflect their levels of commitment, ambition and competition.

”Select” teams are created at the U9-U12 players for more ambitious players. The Select teams will be created after tryouts. The players on the Select team will train together and play for the Select team at the State level AND with their local Challenger league team, giving the most ambitious players extra soccer while developing the entire pool of players at this age.

”Royalty” teams are the most ambitious teams in our community. Every team trains in a way that displays the intelligence and hard-working culture of our community. “Royalty” teams represent our community at the state and regional level in both U.S. Youth Soccer (state competition) & U.S. Club Soccer (regional competition). The goal for these teams is to attend National Championship tournaments and college showcases that provide exposure to college coaches and professional academies.

”Futures” teams, formerly referred to as “B” teams, the teams and their coaches will be a higher priority as they are trained to earn a spot on the “Royalty” teams. These “2nd” teams will be learning the same principles (style of play) as the “Royalty” teams. The players on these teams are expected to be ambitiously working towards improving themselves while learning how to play the “NUU way.” It is hoped that in the “future” they are prepared to make a seamless transition to a “Royalty” team when the opportunity is presented.

”Color” teams, in the instance that we have more than two state teams at an age group we simply name them by color based on how many teams we have. Navy, Gray, White, Black, Silver, etc. These teams typically play in lower levels of competition and are not as serious as the Royalty and Futures teams.