TCSL Goalkeeper Camp Registration Open: Summer 2024

TCSL Goalkeeper Camp Registration Open: Summer 2024

Are you a goalkeeper interested in improving your skills?!

This goalkeeper-specific camp will feature top goalkeepers and trainers from around the state!


Dates/Times: June 24-27 | 9am-2:30pm

Location: **UPDATE** National Sports Center Turf Field 55

Ages: 13U-19U (Birth years 2011-2005)

Cost: $425

Building off last year’s success, we are excited to announce 2024’s edition!

Top goalkeeper coaches from across the state will come together to offer a four-day training camp on the turf fields at Eden Prairie High School, June 24-27.

Camp will run from 9:00am-2:30pm with a morning field session where a daily topic will be introduced, a lunch break with a classroom discussion session, and then an afternoon session featuring games that will test the goalkeepers in competitive situations.

Goalkeeper to bring:

Goalkeepers will bring their own lunch or snack for the break time, as well as water and whatever gear they need for training.

TCSL to provide:

TCSL will provide a medical trainer on-site, as well as water to refill bottles, and each player will receive a TCSL Goalkeeper Training Camp shirt.

Daily Schedule:

8:30-9:00amPlayers arrive and prepare for morning training session
9:00-11:00amMorning topic-based training session
11:00-11:30amLunch break (Classroom in NSC Super Rink)
11:30-12:30pmClassroom sessions (Classroom in NSC Super Rink)
12:30-2:30pmAfternoon training session featuring competitive game scenarios
2:30pmPlayers depart

Staff:

Jorey Erickson, Camp Lead (28 years coaching experience, Minnesota United, college coach experience, Director of Goalkeeping multiple Twin Cities-based clubs)
Kayla Erickson (Former Div. II Player & Coach, 14 years Club/High School experience)
Austin Williams (Division III National Champion Goalkeeper – St. Olaf College)
Grace Sprangers (Grad. Assistant, Concordia-St. Paul Women, Staff Goalkeeping Coach-local club, former collegiate starting goalkeeper)

Spring is here — and with it, one of the most anticipated weekends on the Minnesota youth soccer calendar. April 17–19, TCSL brings together select NPL teams and all ECNL Regional League clubs at the National Sports Center in Blaine for League Weekend: three days of high-stakes, high-quality competition that marks the official launch of the spring portion of both league schedules.

This isn’t a tournament. There are no brackets, no trophies at the end of Sunday. What’s on the line is something more meaningful: league standings, playoff positioning, and the bragging rights that come from beating a rival when it counts most. With a full slate of matches spanning U13 through U19, across both the NPL and ECNL RL, League Weekend offers players, families, coaches, and clubs the chance to experience top-flight youth soccer in a concentrated, electric atmosphere unlike any other weekend of the season.

As teams take the pitch this weekend, standings across multiple divisions hang in the balance. Below, we’ve identified 10 matches — five boys, five girls — that stand out as the most compelling contests of the weekend, based on current league standings, divisional stakes, and the quality of the competition involved.

Boys Featured Matches

Match #1: 17U Boys NPL | Tonka United SA (#1) v North Suburban SA (#2) | April 18, 9:40 AM, Field 25

Tonka United enters this weekend as the only undefeated team in the NPL 17U Boys division — a perfect 4-0-0 mark that puts them comfortably atop the table. In the NPL, only one team earns a trip to the NPL Finals, which means every point matters and every result reverberates. North Suburban, sitting second, is the side most capable of ending that run. A Tonka United win cements their dominance. A North Suburban victory throws the division wide open.

Match #1: 17U Boys NPL | Tonka United SA (#1) v North Suburban SA (#2) | April 18, 9:40 AM, Field 25

Just one point separates first and second in the ECNL RL B2010 division. In the ECNL Regional League, the top two finishers advance to the Central Playoffs — meaning the gap between first and third is far more consequential than it might appear. North Suburban and Keliix-Intra have been neck-and-neck all season, and Sunday morning delivers the direct clash that could decide who owns the top of the table down the stretch.

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