Northwest United FC

What the club offers

Programming emphasizes long-term player development, professional coaching support, and a pathway ladder that includes recreational, select, and premier teams for boys and girls roughly from under-nine through under-nineteen. Premier sides aim for the highest applicable Washington Youth Soccer league placement, currently the Regional Club League (RCL), while other competitive teams also participate in the North Puget Sound League (NPSL). ECNL-RL (Elite Clubs National League Regional League) teams represent the club’s top competitive tier and train and compete on a year-round calendar. Teams have earned multiple Washington Youth Soccer state championships, reached national tournaments, and many alumni continue into college soccer.

Beginning with the 2026–27 season, team formation shifts to an August 1–July 31 age-band model so birth-year groupings align with U.S. Soccer school-year windows and support continuity across levels.

Mission, values, and how players are developed

The mission is to develop people of strong character through athletic achievement, personal growth, sportsmanship, and community outreach, with coaches and staff backing tactical, technical, and mental growth for every youth player. Day-to-day expectations for players, coaches, and families orbit five shared ideas: commitment to the club on and off the field, pursuit of success in both results and development, integrity under pressure, a high work rate in training and games, and respect for teammates, opponents, officials, and the wider soccer community.

Where teams train, and how tryouts run

Most training happens at Skagit Valley College and Skagit River Park in Burlington. Competitive tryouts typically follow Washington Youth Soccer scheduling windows; for the 2026–27 cycle the club scheduled two-day tryout blocks between late April and mid-May at Skagit River Park (1100 S Skagit St, Burlington, WA 98233), with staggered evening sessions by gender and age band. High school boys were directed to check in at Skagit Valley College while other groups checked in at the south-side pavilion at Skagit River Park—confirm the assignment for your player before you travel because sites can differ by group.

Tryouts run about ninety minutes with ball-mastery work, small-sided attacking exercises, and games so head coaches and staff can evaluate technique, tactics, fitness, work ethic, and sportsmanship. Families register through the club’s TeamSnap registration flow before arriving; the club asks players to check in about an hour before the session (walk-ons are still possible if a family misses the pre-registration cutoff) and to wear plain, non-club-branded training clothes, shin guards, and water. Numbered bibs identify players across both tryout days. Offers usually follow within about forty-eight hours, with roughly twenty-four hours to accept a roster spot or discuss alternate program options.

Registration, tuition, uniforms, and financial help

After a player accepts a roster spot—or when space opens later—families complete club registration through TeamSnap. Club tuition for the 2025–26 season (June 2025 through April 2026) is billed in nine monthly installments: one thousand six hundred ninety-two dollars total for under-eight through under-ten (nine payments of one hundred eighty-eight dollars), two thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars for under-eleven and under-twelve (nine payments of two hundred fifty-eight dollars), two thousand seven hundred twenty-seven dollars for under-thirteen through under-nineteen ECNL-RL players (nine payments of three hundred three dollars), and two thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars for under-thirteen through under-nineteen non-ECNL-RL players (nine payments of two hundred fifty-eight dollars). That club fee covers coaching, referees, practice and game fields, league registration, three tournament entries, and curriculum support. Separate team assessments—often near one hundred dollars but sometimes higher when travel is heavy—are collected by the team for supplies and coach travel.

Players may also join as training-only participants at reduced club tuition, or as satellite players who meet eligibility rules for tournament and league play; both arrangements require a conversation with club directors. Younger athletes who do not land on a competitive roster are often steered toward Skagit Valley Youth Soccer Association recreational soccer or Northwest United’s Next Gen development option.

Need-based scholarships typically cover between twenty and forty percent of club tuition, with applications due by July 10 and awards finalized late July or early August. Additional tuition relief can come from working the club’s Firecracker tournament in June (contact tournament@nwunited.org) or from the early-July cookie dough fundraiser.

Uniforms for the 2024–26 Adidas cycle are ordered through soccer.com after selecting Northwest United in the club store search.

Mailing address and how to reach the club

General correspondence can be sent to Northwest United FC, PO Box 2120, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Email info@nwunited.org for broad questions, use tournament@nwunited.org for Firecracker volunteer credit, and use the contact form on nwunited.org when you prefer a written message instead of email.