travel league
2025 - 2026 Travel Tryout Registration
coaching opportunity!
Towson United Girls Soccer is looking for qualified coaches to join our team! If you're interested in joining our program, please contact Director of Coaching Kait Manning and provide your soccer background/resume.
Program Overview
Towson United Girls Travel program is a year-round program with an emphasis on the fall season for girls born between 2018-2011. In addition to participating in CMSA (Central Maryland Soccer Association) and EDP (Elite Development Program) league play on the weekends, our travel teams practice twice a week and participate in 2-3 tournaments during the fall season. In the winter, the girls' travel teams practice once a week and participate in a futsal league. For the spring, our travel teams practice at least once a week, participate in weekend league play in CMSA or EDP, and usually play in a spring tournament.
Travel team evaluations are scheduled for May of each year. All players, new and returning, must try out every year.
Team selection is based on tryout results and performance in training and games during the previous season. An interested player may not be selected for a team. Towson United strives to enter multiple teams in each age group, and player development is the key objective.
News and Events
Age Group Realignment Beginning Fall 2026
Beginning in the fall of 2026, player age groups will be realigned to comply with updated U.S. Soccer regulations, consistent with travel and club soccer programs nationwide.
Currently, teams are grouped strictly by birth year, which can result in players from different school grades on the same team. As players reach high school age, this can create challenges—particularly when older players participate in school soccer while younger teammates are left without a fall team.
Starting with the 2026–2027 season, TUGS will group players by birthdates from August 1 to July 31. While any change brings adjustment, it also creates new opportunities for growth, leadership, and development. At tryouts, Towson United Girls Travel Soccer aims to form multiple teams in each age group U8-U16. The final number of teams formed will depend on the number of interested players meeting travel requirements and committed coaches.
Girls Travel Opportunity
Did you miss travel tryouts? We have openings in our 2016 (7v7) and 2014 (9v9) age groups for the 2025 - 2026 season. If you have a soccer player who is interested in girls travel soccer, please contact us at travelsoccercommissioner@towsonrec.com for more information.
Thank you for attending Towson United Girls Travel Soccer Tryouts
Thank you to all the amazing girls who participated in Towson United Girls Soccer Tryouts! We appreciate your time, energy, and effort out on the field. Thank you to everyone for your patience as we dealt with multiple postponements due to weather during the process.
Travel Tryout Registration for the 2026 -2027 Season will open up in April 2026.
2025 - 2026 Girls Travel Head Coaches
| Age | Team | Head Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U9 | 2017 White | Kait Manning | coach.kait.manning@gmail.com |
| U9 | 2017 Maroon | Brad Crockett | bcrockett715@yahoo.com |
| U10 | 2016 Maroon | Meg Hartings | meganhartings@gmail.com |
| U10 | 2016 White | Adam Bradbury | abradbury@hha47.org |
| U11 | 2015 Maroon | Darrin Sprouse | darrin@sprouseandassociates.com |
| U11 | 2015 White | Adam Sutton | mistersutton1@gmail.com |
| U11 | 2015 Black | James Ruley | James.Ruley@da.kyocera.com |
| U12 | 2014 Maroon | Brian Marx | blmarx99@gmail.com |
| U12 | 2014 White | Kyle Atkinson | atkinsonkyle@hotmail.com |
| U13 | 2013 Maroon | Kait Manning | coach.kait.manning@gmail.com |
| U14 | 2012 Maroon | Chris Brown | brownct123@gmail.com |
| U14 | 2012 White | Robyn Hall | hall.robyn@gmail.com |
| U15 | 2011 Maroon | Kate McDermond Jeremy Talman | kjmcdermond@gmail.com jeremytalman@gmail.com |
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