Soccer-Boys
Important Dates
Pre-Tryouts Informational Meeting
A virtual meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 23rd at 8:15 p.m. This meeting is not mandatory, but all new and returning players and parents are welcome to attend. The focus will be to provide players/parents with information on eligibility, tryouts, the selection process and the Spring high school soccer season. The primary objective is for players and parents to know what to expect for tryouts and player selections the following week and to be able to ask questions if you have any.
Meeting login information is being provided through Final Forms, so please make sure you’re registered to receive it. The final notification will be sent the day before the meeting (Sunday). If you have any issues or questions you can reach out to Coach Shulkin at jshulkin@nsd.org.
Welcome to 2026 BHS Boys Soccer
Spring Soccer Schedule & Info
First day of practice/tryouts: March 2nd
Tryouts
All players interested in playing soccer at BHS are required to participate in tryouts. Players will be selected for the program based on their performance at tryouts.
Tryouts will begin on Monday, March 2nd. The schedule is as follows:
March 2nd: 5:30 – 7:30 on the BHS Main Field
March 3rd: 5:30 – 7:30 on the BHS Main Field
March 4th: 5:30 – 7:30 on the BHS Main Field
If tryouts are to end early or extend to another day(s), updates and additional information will be communicated through Final Forms.
If a student athlete is unable (e.g., because of illness or injury) or unavailable (e.g., family vacation) for tryouts but would still like to tryout for the program, they should contact Coach Shulkin at jshulkin@nsd.org BEFORE the start of regular tryouts and notify him of your interest in trying out and reason for being unable to attend regular tryouts. Players that provide this notification will generally be offered a supplemental tryout opportunity when they are ready/able.
Eligibility
To participate in tryouts student athletes MUST be registered for BHS 2025-26 Spring Boys Soccer in Final Forms and be eligible (i.e., not red). Please take care of this early. If your status is yellow or grey you can participate in tryouts and training, but you must be green before you can play in a match. If you are red, you will not be able to tryout or participate in training until you are at least yellow or grey, no exceptions! So get those eligibility requirements taken care of early!
Pre-Season Informational Meetings
A preseason meeting for all new and returning players is scheduled for Monday, March 9th at 3:30 in the BHS Library. This is not mandatory, but will be a good opportunity for players (parents are also welcome) to meet Coach Shulkin and learn about the upcoming high school season.
There will also be a virtual meeting the week prior to tryouts, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 26th at 8:00 p.m. This meeting is also not mandatory, but all new and returning players and parents are welcome to attend. This meeting’s focus will be to provide players/parents with information on eligibility, tryouts, the program selection process and Spring high school soccer season. The primary objective is for both players and parents to know what to expect the following week at tryouts and to be able to ask questions prior if you have any.
Meeting date/time confirmation and login information will be sent from Final Forms, so please make sure you’re registered in order to receive the meeting info!
Program Selections
Player selections will be made and communicated at the conclusion of tryouts. How selections (and cuts) are communicated can somewhat depend on the number of student athletes trying out. We attempt to have personal (and discrete) conversations with every student athlete who is not selected, but that’s not always possible. Any student athletes or parents that have questions about player selection decisions are always welcome to contact me directly at jshulkin@nsd.org.
Training & Match Schedules
Regular training begins the day after tryouts are concluded. This will most likely be Thursday, March 5th. Regular training times and locations can change from week to week, as field availability and schedules for other sports that share our fields can vary. But initially, and likely at least until matches begin, all teams will generally train every weekday from 5:30 to 7:30.
We will also have combined FASST (fitness, agility, strength, speed, technique) mandatory training sessions on most Saturday mornings (exact time TBD) for ALL players in the program. So once we start, we’ll go six days a week most weeks through the end of the season.
All teams will train regularly on the same field where tryouts are held. Any time/location changes will be communicated weekly through Final Forms.
Matches will begin the week after tryouts, so there is very little time to prepare between tryouts and our first match. Arbiterlive.com and the Kingco Athletics site (https://www.kingcoathletics.com/team/?schoolid=61&sportid=9) are both typically reliable sources for match schedules.
Get Ready!
We are excited to see you all and get to work on making it a great season for our student athletes and the BHS soccer program.
If you have any questions about any of the content on this page, please contact me at jshulkin@nsd.org. See you all soon.
2026 Bothell High School Boys Soccer Coaching Staff:
Jim Shulkin, Head Coach – jshulkin@nsd.org
Open, Varsity Assistant Coach – if interested, apply at northshore.schoolspring.com
Paul Joehnk, Junior Varsity Coach – pjoehnk@nsd.org
Open, JVC Coach – if interested, apply at northshore.schoolspring.com
Go Cougs!
Jim Shulkin
Head Coach – Boys Soccer
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