65+
Teams club-wide
Ventura County, CA · Non-profit since 1987
Thousand Oaks
MLS Next · EA1 · EA2 · DPL
Ventura County’s elite, built here.
From a four-year-old's first session to an MLS Next roster, every player in Ventura County has a team here.
28
Academy teams
6
MLS Next teams
1987
Non-profit since
Sixty-five-plus teams across Ventura County — twenty-eight of them academy sides. The academy runs four tiers: MLS Next Academy Division, Elite Academy 1, Elite Academy 2 and DPL for the girls. Every other competitive team plays N1 National, SoCal League or Coast Soccer League. Same crest, same coaching staff, different level of commitment.
The record
Four decades
in one county
1980s
Conejo Valley United begins fielding competitive teams in Thousand Oaks.
1987
Incorporated as a non-profit. Still is. Every dollar goes back into the club.
2015
Selected as one of five LA Galaxy affiliates. Six years as LA Galaxy Conejo Valley.
2022
CVU merges with Brad Friedel 310. Oaks FC as it stands today.
Programs & pathway
Start anywhere.
Keep going.
One continuous ladder, not four organisations sharing a crest. A player joins where they are and moves up a rung when they are ready — Coast to SoCal, SoCal to EA2, EA2 to EA1, EA1 to MLS Next.
Academy28 teams · by tryout
6 teams
MLS Next
Academy Division · Boys
The top of the American youth game. Six teams on a national schedule.
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8 teams
Elite Academy 1
EA1 · Boys
Eight teams. The rung directly below MLS Next, and the route into it.
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8 teams
Elite Academy 2
EA2 · Boys
Eight teams. Where most academy players start their first season.
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6 teams
DPL
Development Player League · Girls
Six teams on the girls' national pathway, coached by professional staff.
See the teams →Six, eight, eight and six. Twenty-eight academy teams, boys and girls, every one of them on a national schedule.
Competitive club & eventsThe rest of the 65+
N1 National
National league
Regional and national competition for our strongest non-academy sides.
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SoCal League
Regional league
Competitive fixtures across Southern California, flighted by level.
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Coast Soccer League
Regional league
The first competitive rung. Local travel, real fixtures, room to climb.
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Oaks FC Tournaments
Hosted in Thousand Oaks
Our own events on Conejo Valley fields. Open to visiting clubs.
Dates & registration →
Juniors Program
First touches starting at age four, in a fun, no-pressure environment on Conejo Valley fields. No tryout, nobody gets cut.
Development
Development over
What we believe
Development over
winning.
True player development means advancing athletes up our pathway when ready, evaluating coaches on teaching over win records, and providing every player with individualized feedback for long-term mastery.
Who came through
These fields
made them
- Cobi JonesUSMNT · 164 caps
- Eric WynaldaUSMNT · World Cup
- Brad FriedelBF310 · merged 2022
Two USMNT internationals learned the game in Thousand Oaks. A third built the academy that became half of this club.
Club historyWhere they come from
Every city
in the county
Ventura County has ten incorporated cities. We have players from all ten — not a catchment area, the whole county.
- 01Camarillo
- 02Fillmore
- 03Moorpark
- 04Ojai
- 05Oxnard
- 06Port Hueneme
- 07VenturaSan Buenaventura
- 08Santa Paula
- 09Simi Valley
- 10Thousand OaksHome
Beyond the county line
Plenty of families drive further than that. We have players coming south from Lompoc, past Santa Barbara, and north out of the San Fernando Valley. Nobody makes that drive twice a week by accident.
LompocNorth, past Santa Barbara
San Fernando ValleySouth, into LA County
Tryouts · birth years 2011–2018
Come and
be seen
Register once. We place the player, name the coach, and show you the season's cost up front — payable in up to five instalments, with financial aid available on request.