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Here's your chance to try out for the Des Moines Menace –

one of the top organizations in the 73-team Premier Development League!

Menace Announces One-Day Tryout, Set for Saturday, April 21, 2012:
Join us for the Menace's PDL Tryouts at Valley Stadium!

• Tryouts will be conducted by Menace PDL head coach Laurie Calloway and assistant coaches Neathan Gibson and Kevin Schalk (all former pro soccer players).

• Check-in takes place at Valley Stadium, from 8:30-9:00 on Saturday, April 21.

• Tryout session will run from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., with a break for lunch.

• Lunch is provided. Participants need to bring drinks.

• Participants receive a numbered shirt, and they need to bring black shorts and black socks.

• Players will need to provide health-insurance info (company and policy number) and sign a release. Players under 18 years of age will need to have a parent sign the release, as well.

• Anyone who makes the Menace PDL team's active roster will be reimbursed in full. Three recent trialists have made the Menace's roster: Luis Piffer (2010), Adam Hooi (2009) and Greg Lehman (2008).

• The address for Valley Stadium is 4440 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines.

• Online registration ($75) runs through Wednesday, April 18.

• You may register at the tryout session on April 21 between 8:30 and 9:00. The fee for walk-up registration is $80 and must be paid in cash (Exact change is appreciated) or by personal check.

• Hotel rooms are available at a special "Menace Rate" at Chase Suite Hotel. Trialists are invited to call the "Official Hotel of the Menace" at (515) 223-7700 to reserve rooms for $79 per night.

Questions? Contact Adam Small:  ajs@menacesoccer.com   (515) 457-6365