Training Pool · 2026/27
High-Level Soccer.Without The Year-Round Pressure.
Twice a week, in a real team training environment, with our coaching staff and our curriculum. No league commitment, no travel schedule — just the training, and a genuine route onto a roster if your athlete earns it.
Who This Is For
Missed The Cut? Missed Tryouts? Not Happy With The Placement? This is the room where that gets fixed. Development is the whole product — and we do not ask you to give up a year to find out whether it works.
The Session
The First 45 MinutesAre Always On The Ball.
Every session, every age group, boys and girls: the first forty-five minutes are technical. Not a jog and a stretch — contacts on the ball, counted and coached, because touch is the thing that transfers to every other part of the game.
We are not a warm-up and scrimmage environment. The training pool is no different.
What You Get
Four Things That Make The Difference.
Join The Ecosystem
You are inside the club, not beside it. Same coaches, same curriculum, same fields as our competitive teams — plus guest play opportunities inside our program and beyond it.
The Number Of Contacts
We count touches. The session is built around getting your athlete the right number of contacts on the ball, which is the single most reliable predictor of technical improvement at these ages.
Top Coaches
Trained by members of our coaching staff, in the age group that fits their age and their level — the same people who run our competitive sides every week.
Attention To Detail
Small enough that your athlete is seen. After assessment, every training pool player gets an improvement plan written for them, with advancing through our program as the stated goal.
The Cost
One Number.
Everything In It.
No tiered packages, no per-session billing, no surprise invoice in February. One fee for the year, and the summer and the fitness programming are inside it rather than sold on top.
Training Pool · 2026/27 Season
$999For The Full Year
- Two sessions per week, August through April
- All summer training programs included
- DME FIT attendance included
- Assessment and a written improvement plan
- Guest play opportunities as they come up
No league registration or team travel is included, because the training pool does not carry a league schedule. That is the point of it.
The Point Of It
This Is An Entry Point, Not A Holding Pen.
Players move up out of the training pool. That is what it exists to do, and we will tell you honestly where your athlete stands along the way.
Assessed, Then Planned
We watch, we assess, and we write an improvement plan aimed at the specific things keeping your athlete off a roster.
Trained And Tested
Two technical sessions a week, plus guest play, so the work gets pressure-tested against real opposition rather than only in training.
Onto A Roster
As spots open, we create pathways onto our second team, first team and National team rosters. Earned, never promised.
The Details
Where, When, And Who.
Our field locations — usually Oak Park, Tatum Ridge or Premier Sports Campus.
Twice a week, August through April, following the 2026/27 club calendar.
Members of our coaching staff, in the age group that fits your athlete’s age and level.
Can my athlete really move up to a team?
Yes. As long as roster spots are open, we create pathways onto the second team, first team and National team rosters. It is not automatic and it is not sold as a guarantee — but it is the outcome the whole programme is pointed at.
What if we have never trained with DME before?
That is most of the room. The training pool exists for players who missed tryouts, missed the cut, or are not happy with a placement somewhere else. Book an assessment and we will put your athlete in the right group.
Is there a league or a game schedule?
No fixed league schedule — that is what makes this the lower-pressure option. We do open up guest play opportunities within our program and beyond it, so there are competitive minutes available when a player is ready for them.
If This Is Not The Fit
There Is A Room For Everyone.
The training pool is one door into the club. If your athlete wants more, or less, one of these is closer.
The Competitive Program
MLS NEXT, National Academy League, GA Aspire and more. 38 teams, league and showcase play, and rolling evaluations all year.
Trials & Evaluations
Open year round. Get seen, get an honest assessment, and get placed in the right group.
Get Evaluated Pre-CompetitiveDME NEXT
The bridge for younger players with promise, before the competitive age groups begin.
See DME NEXT Recreational · Ages 6–12MLS GO
Train Wednesday, play Friday. Seven weeks, 5v5, in a full MLS kit.
See MLS GO Ages 6–12 · Pre-RecEarly Development
Technical foundations twice a week, on the same philosophy as our competitive teams.
See The Program The Whole ClubEvery Team
All 38 squads, every age group, every league — see where your athlete would land.
See Every TeamDevelopment Is The Product.Come And Be Assessed.
Bring your athlete in, let us watch them play, and we will tell you honestly which room they belong in — this one or another.