Tryouts started bright and early this morning at 6:00 a.m. There were over 90 players in attendance, and with the one exception of a scheduling conflict with the Golf team, everything went pretty smooth. Players will be back in the IPF this afternoon at 5:00.

We posted a short video of this morning’s tryouts on our main site. You can see it by clicking HERE or checking out the videos section on the main site at www.byucougars.com.

Trevor is the newest member of the BYU Soccer Team. He was member of the Region IV ODP team and a player for Utah’s La Roca club. Pictured signing our PDL contract with his club coach Adolfo Ovalle and BYU Coach Chris Watkins.

Defender Richie Bindrup has been playing very well this pre-season.  Richie  who started out at defense last year but stepped into the midfield half way through the season appears to have not lost a step in the off season.  He will be a key player in the middle of the field this year for the team.

The tryout times are now set.  

Thursday, February 26, 6-9am, Indoor Practice Facility, 5-7pm Field TBA

Friday February 27, 6-9am IPF, 5-7m Field TBA

Saturday February 28, 9:30-11:30pm IPF

NOTES: Registration may be done at Room 112 of the Richards Building, hours 6am to 9pm.  Your tryout number will be assigned at that time but will be distributed at the tryout.  Utah High School Seniors may participate in the entire tryout.

today was the first time that the BYU team participated in yoga.  Many of the guys felt that it was a lot harder then they anticipated it would be, but all in all it was a fun experience for the team!

                      
We just received our Kwik goal mini goals. We also have the Tom/Dummy system to add to our training sessions this year. Thanks to Scoreboard Sports for the great deal on the Goals.

After a great career for BYU, Clay Christenson has joined the coaching staff in their preparations for the 2009 PDL season.  Clay finished his playing career after the 2008 season.  Welcome aboard Clay!

This blog is going to be great to keep everyone informed…  Here goes.

Returning players have begun their strength and conditioning program.  Monday and Wednesdays players meet at 8am in the weight room with conditioning coach Josh Morzelewski. Tuesday and Thursdays its conditioning at the indoor track.  Freeplay is Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7-8am.

Lots of early mornings, the payoff should make it worth it.

It’s been a long time coming, but BYU Soccer has jumped on the blogging bandwagon.

As a team, we’re very interested in hearing from you, the fans. This forum is here for you so feel free to let us know what kind of information you’re most interested in hearing about from the team. We’re continually adding to the website, so if you have any good ideas, we’ll be happy to look at them.

Obviously, as a BYU blog, we can’t just allow anything on the blog, so comments are moderated. But we plan on allowing just about anything that isn’t offensive. We hope you enjoy it.

See you at the game.

BYU Soccer