The U12 age bracket is usually 5th and 6th graders.5th graders can be placed on U11 teams consisting of all 5th-graders, or U12 teams which might be mixed 5th and 6th graders. 6th graders may only be placed on U12 teams.
Teams play competitive soccer against teams from other towns in the Bay Area Youth Soccer league. U12 and U11 soccer is 8-aside. Girls are placed on travel teams on the basis of their prior coach's recommendation and a tryout session usually held in May of the prior Spring season.
Travel teams are formed for the Fall season and stay together through the Spring season. When you register to play on a Fall travel team, you are registering for, and paying for, both the Fall & the following Spring season.
Registration for just the Spring season will be possible only on a "space available" basis.