Welcome to the 2024-25 Competitive Seasonal Year Tryouts & Evaluations for Eastside Timbers. Tryouts are used to evaluate players for team placement for the year-long soccer season and program. 

Eastside is the original and flagship member of the Portland Timbers Soccer Alliance – which provides player development pathways, curriculum, and educational resources that are exclusive to our players, coaches, and programs.

Over the years, Eastside Timbers has played a key role in producing 275+ collegiate players who have represented over 90 universities across the country, as well as 15 professional & international players who have competed at some of the highest levels worldwide.

For U11-U19, the league is a “state-wide” league which means that there could be travel outside the Portland/Metro area and families must be prepared for this. It is not known at time of registration which teams this may apply to as it is all dependent on other club registrations and team bracketing so all families must be prepared for this possibility. Games will be on Saturday or Sunday, or possibly both. U7-U10 Developmental teams will not travel. All games will be on Sundays and played locally.

Training is held 2-3 times per week at our state-of-the-art club owned training facility, and is led by an experienced, motivated, and qualified coaching staff. Teams are formed by ability and are aligned to compete in local, regional, and/or national events. 

Tryout Etiquette 

Before attending our tryouts, please be sure to abide by our guidelines to ensure everyone has the best chance to showcase their talents appropriately.

1) Please check in before stepping onto the field: When you arrive, please check-in at one of the tents at the Complex. Players will not be permitted to tryout until they have checked in. If you are going to be late, please contact us HERE and we will inform our coaching staff.

2) Parents must remain outside the fence-line during tryouts: Parents will be permitted to check in their player(s) upon arriving. Afterwards, please relocate to the outside of the fence-line for the duration of the tryout. 

3) Attend Tryouts for your Birth Year: Please refer to the tryout schedule to know which session your player is supposed to attend. All players are required to tryout in their own birth year regardless of where they played the previous year. Based on player performance, coaches may determine if a player is better suited to play in an older age group. Questions about age group placement can be directed HERE.

4) Please bring a ball, and wear appropriate tryout gear: Players will not be able to participate unless they wear all the appropriate gear.  This includes shinguards.  Note: please wear a white or light colored shirt to tryouts.

5) We highly recommend you attend all of your designated sessions during our tryout period: It is important for our coaching staff to see you on the pitch for as long as possible.  Players who do not attend all of their sessions run the risk of not getting enough time on the pitch for their coaches to see them perform at their highest levels. If you cannot make both sessions, please notify us HERE.

7) Please refrain from contacting your age group coach:  The selection process can be a very busy time for our coaching staff.  If there is any important information our coaches need to know before or after our tryout session, please let us know by emailing us HERE

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding our tryouts or our club in general, please feel free to contact us.

Phone: (503) 667-8312  Email: info@eastsidetimbers.com