ID CAMPS
El Paso Locomotive FC U20 USL Academy League Fully Funded Team Fall 2024/Spring 2025 ID Camp
When: Wednesday, May 22nd
Price: $30 per player
Where: Westside Complex (Locos Fields)
Time: 6 pm to 7:30 pm
*Athletes should arrive at 5:40 pm
Parking: EPCC Lot
Age Groups: High School Aged Players ONLY
Athletes are expected to bring all neccessary gear for the sessions
Things to Know About the U20 USL Academy League Team
Our U20 USL Academy League Team is fully funded, which means players play, travel, and geared up for free – all costs are covered by El Paso Locomotive FC.
All training sessions are in the morning, at the Westside Complex, on the Locos Fields. Training time is 7:30am each morning.
Our U20 USL Academy League Team serves as a Reserves Team for our professional USL Championship First Team, which means, often times players are training together with the First Team. This is also the reason why this team trains in the morning hours, so they can be matched up with our professional team.
We have a full-time College Recruitment Coordinator, who is responsible helping our players finding opportunities to continue their academic and athletic careers on the intercollegiate level. In the last two seasons, we have had over 20 players going to college to play soccer from our U20 team. Part of this effort we are going to participate in numerous showcase events in order to create possibilities for our players to be seen by college coaches.
We have a full-time Academy Athletic Trainer at every training session and game.
We are recording every training session and game.
Members of this team are not allowed to participate in High School Soccer in any capacity.
If you have any questions please email us at youthsoccer@eplocomotivefc.com
WHAT IS AN ID CAMP?
One of our goals is to explore players in this area through the ID Camp sessions and see if we can find potential players to add to our Academy teams. If we find a player, we will not add that player automatically to our Academy for next year, instead, we will invite them to training sessions and see how they interact with our current players. Only after this process, with the confirmation of the Academy Director and the Academy coaching staff, will we make a final decision on addition.
Our Academy will not have tryouts.
Instead of tryouts, we will have ID Camp sessions. These sessions will have a cost attached, which amount represents the ambition that someone shows in order to join our Academy and covers field rentals, coaching fees, and equipment costs.
This is called the Process of Identification.
ID CAMP PROCESS
These sessions will be used to identify new players for EL Paso Locomotive FC Academy teams for the Fall 2024/Spring 2025 seasons.
After the ID Camp, the team formation process will begin.
Families will be contacted a few weeks after tryouts once team formations are complete.
Teams will begin practicing for the Fall 2024 season in early August.
ID Camps for the coming Youth Soccer Year have passed. Teams are being formed now. If you have any questions please reach out to youthsoccer@eplocomotivefc.com
El Paso Locomotive Academy Teams
Ages 2012 U12, 2011 U13, 2010 U14, & 2009 U15 Boys
These teams participate in the local EPPL (El Paso Premier League) and the National Elite64 League. Attending 4 tournaments per season.
These teams currently have a full roster. When and if we need players ID Camp registration will be posted here.
There will be a big ID Camp event in the Summer to add players for the Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Soccer Season.
El Paso Locomotive FC U20 USL Academy League Fully Funded Team
This team plays all year round, participates in the top showcases of the region, and focuses on creating professional and collegiate opportunities for the members of the team.
These teams currently have a full roster. When and if we need players ID Camp registration will be posted here.
There will be a big ID Camp event in the Summer to add players for the Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Soccer Season.