What is PCU's focus and philosophy?

PCU and its coaches are commited as a club to provide a positive soccer experience for our members. The club goal is provide an opportunity for the youth of Portland to play competitive soccer. Our coaches work to develop our players technically and tactically and to be good members of their teams. Team sports provide great life lessons and our coaches reinforce those lessons.

PCU goal is to continue player development through out there time with each team. Our coaches have a set of focuses for each age group that help provide an age appropriate focus. Each team is different in level, but each coach pushes the players to progress through out the season.

Can you tell me more about your coaching staff?

Our current coaching staff includes college, high school, and youth professional coaches. We have some very experienced coaches that have been at PCU for a long time, and we also have some young coaches that played for PCU that are now giving back to the club.

PCU hires and continues to search for the best possible coaches in Oregon. Our coaches have taken professional soccer licencing courses. Head Coach Jeff Enquist also evaluates each of our coaches on a regular basis to help with the continuing education of our staff. Each coach brings thier own style of coaching, but each one is committed to providing a professional atmoshere to all club soccer events.

To read more about our coaches, click here.

What are the costs involved if I play for PCU?

Fees associated with PCU:

• Membership Fees
• • Includes administrative costs, fall or winter league fees, insurance, field, coaching, GK, ADAPT, Equipment
    
  • Fall Classic Program (U11-14) - $1250
    
  • Winter Classic Program (U15-18) - $1200
  • Summer Program(U14 to U18) - $200 before April 1st $225 after
    
  • Spring Season(U11 to U14 - new players only if space is available, contact the office first) - $300
  • YDP Summer/Fall (U8 to U10) - $525
  • YDP Spring (U8 to U10) - $250
    
• Uniform Requirements
  
• • $242 plus the cost of a Nike ball
  • Uniform is mandatory at all PCU practices and games
    
  • PCU uniform can be purchased directly through Tursi's Soccer Store in Beaverton.
  • • www.tursissoccer.com
  • Our coaching staff is committed to establishing a professional atmosphere and how teams look is very important to accomplishing this goal.

• Additional costs include tournaments, travel, 7v7, futsal, and spring league
• • Summer tournaments (U11-18) - $100-200/
  • Spring League (U11-14) - $30-40
    
  • • Summer tournament/spring league fees will be divided equally by all members of the age group
      
  • 7v7 is $50 per player
    
  • Travel tournament fees are divided amoung attending players only
    

Is playing club soccer a year round commitment?

Fall Classic teams(U11-14)
Tryouts are in early May. Teams will then practice twice a week and play in at least 3 tournaments over the summer. The fall league is played in September and October, teams usually train twice a week during this period. In November, teams participate in an end of the season tournament. Teams will also play at least one session of indoor/futsal which is one game/practice a week during late November and goes into early January, with holidays off. Most teams will then participate in a local spring league, with training twice a week during February, March, and April.

Winter Classic teams(U15-18)
Tryouts are in early August. Players then go off to their high school teams until November. Practice starts in December and runs through April. In that time teams will play in the Winter League from late January through Spring Break in State Cup or Presidents' Cup in April. Most teams take time off in late April and May and then begin training again in late May for summer tournaments.

Our Summer Program runs from June 1 to August 1 for U15-18.

• Cost is $225 per player, $200 if you register early by April 1st
  

How often do PCU teams practice?

Fall teams will train twice a week during the summer, fall, and spring. Winter teams will train twice a week from January to August. Some of our teams will train 3 times a week during the summer and closer to big tournaments like State Cup.

Where does PCU have practice?

PCU's home field is Buckman Field located at Benson High School.

Buckman Field - Located next to Benson HS
Parking Lot located at NE 15th & NE Glisan Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 Google Maps

What kind of travel is involved?

Our younger teams play in leagues that travel around the Portland metro area, and as they get older they will play in state wide leagues. This may involve a trip to southern or central Oregon. Approximately 90% of our games are within the surrounding Portland area.

It is usually up to the team and the coach whether or not a team does a lot of out of town tournaments. Some of our teams travel out of state at various times of the year to either attend College Showcases, get prepared for State Cup or the Qualifying Tournament, and gain experiences that can't be gained in Oregon.

How do tryouts work?

Fall Classic Teams have tryouts in early May and Winter Classic Teams have tryouts in early August. Players register online for tryouts and will recieve a number upon arrival at the tryout site. Players will be divided up into teams and play in multiple short-sided games and full scrimmages where they will be evaluated by multiple coaches.

If you are strongly interested in being a member of PCU, it is recommended that you attend both of your age groups tryouts. By attending both sessions, you will show that PCU is the club you want to play for and gives players the best possible chance of being selected for a team in the that age group.

PCU forms two teams in each age group. This allows for more kids to participate in club soccer and more opportunities for kids to play soccer over the course of the year.

What if my son/daughter plays another sport?

There are certain times of year that coaches and teams need more commitment than other times of the year. Each coach has their own policy and way of dealing with those other commitments. As a club, PCU asks that players and families do thier best to be at as many team events as possible.

Are there different levels of classic soccer?

Teams are placed into level appropriate leagues by the Oregon Premier League. PCU does its best to put teams into leagues where players and teams development can be maximized.

Why does PCU have a training uniform?

The club's coaches decided to go with a training uniform for all of the teams. It brings a certain level of professionalism to the training environment and helps players understand that there is something different about training.