Tryouts Public tryouts for the 2001-2002 playing year will take place beginning 29 May 2001. All tryouts will be at Tophat Field . Gold teams will tryout first, followed by Navy and White teams. The information following is provided to describe how Tophat teams are named and about Tophat's age policy. The numeric designation with each team indicates year of high school graduation.
Gold teams are the most competitive and have a significant travel obligation.
Navy teams have a somewhat less travel requirement, but have a similar training requirement. White teams play in less competitive Athena divisions in most cases, and have less demanding training and travel plans during the calendar year. For college recruiting and team integrity reasons, Tophat strongly encourages high school age players who are a year ahead in school to play with the team with which they will graduate. Secondly, goalkeepers are infrequently assigned out of their normal age group. Go north on Northside Drive, turn left on Broadland Rd., which is about one mile after crossing West Paces Ferry on Northside Dr. Go about 200 yards and veer left on Fairfield Rd.