NEWS:

CAL-NORTH 92 BOYS ODP TEAM WINS!
The Cal-North 92 Boys ODP Team won the 92 Boys Age Group at the US Youth Soccer Region IV ODP Regional Championships on Monday, January 20, 2009. Held in Phoenix, they earned the right to represent Region IV at the US Youth Soccer National ODP Championships to be held in March 20-22, 2009 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX. With a combined roster of 92’s and 93’s, Cal North went undefeated scoring 10 goals while giving up only 3 with 3 shutouts. They progressed thru bracket play with victories over Nevada (3-1), Colorado (3-2) and Arizona (3-0). The scores do not reflect the level of competition each game presented. In fact, Cal-North had to come from behind against Colorado game scoring two goals in the last 7 minutes to win. With a win in the Semi’s against Utah (3-0), the stage was set for the perennial powers of Region IV to play each other: Cal-North vs. Cal-South. Much of the Region IV ODP Coaching Staff was on hand to watch including a large contingent of College Coaches. Both teams fought hard to gain superiority providing a number of potential game-breaking opportunities. The game was tied 0-0 until the final few minutes when Cal-North scored. The game ended 1-0 with Cal-North advancing to the US Youth Soccer National ODP Championships. Congratulations to the Coaches Godwin Odyie and Kelly Coffey and Team Manager Alberto Ruiz. And most important, a job well done to the players of Cal North ODP. US Youth Soccer ODP is known as the premier identification and development program for the nation's youth seeking the opportunity to compete at the national, professional and collegiate levels of play. US Youth Soccer ODP, designed to identify and develop a pool of players from which U.S. National Teams may be selected, is the original ODP program. US Youth Soccer ODP is the only elite player development program that can claim members of Major League Soccer and the former Women's United Soccer Association, as well as a majority of current and past national and youth team members, as alumni.
1992 Boys Roster Head Coach Godwin Odiye   Asst Coach Kelly Coffey   Administrator Alberto Ruiz   Austin  Bravo   Eric Bryant   Jacob Feener   Cyrus Ghaffari   Christian Gonzalez   Kyle Henderson    Eric Johanson   Geoffrey Kocher   Miguel Murillo District III - Mustang SL Richard Osborne   Ajaya Rana District III - Mustang SL Bengy Ruiz   Kristopher Schultz   Matthew Taylor    Jorge Valadas   Jacob Valadez   Alex Vivona   Jeremy Williams

• Accepting applications for coaches, assistant coaches and team administrators Send application to District III ODP Coordinator Kamal Della at: soccertrainer@aol.com

  • District III Coaches Application

• All District III Division 1 Head Coaches are invited to evaluate their players at tryouts.  Please contact or check with the ODP Head Coach of your age group at the tryouts.

What is ODP?

While individual leagues or districts may have additional objectives for their local programs, those objectives must not adversely affect the success of the ODP.

SEASON TRYOUTS 2009:

You are invited to try out for this season’s District III Olympic Development Program (ODP). This is the first step toward the State, Regional, and National Olympic Development Program. A pool of players will be selected in each age group and they will be given training sessions till September 1st. At this time 20 players from each age pool will be selected to go to the Play Days and represent District III. There will be competition called Play Days in September and October with the players from the other districts in CYSA-North. At the Play Days the players will be evaluated for invitations to the State Olympic Development Pool tryouts. If you are currently a member of the Regional or State Olympic Development Program, you are not eligible to try out for the district Olympic Development Program because you will receive an automatic invitation to the State tryout. All other players may try out at the District level to be eligible for an invitation to the State tryouts.

ODP REGISTRATION AND TRYOUT DATES 2009

District III ODP Coaches Assignments 2009

TRY OUT REGISTRATION:

To register for the ODP tryouts, complete and sign the ODP Registration/Permission/Medical Release Form, the Player Code of Conduct. Complete all the areas in the Player Data Form. Bring the Forms to the ODP Tryouts.  Parents and players, please read the article from Anson Dorrance prior to the try outs.

ODP FORMS:

Bring the following completed and signed forms.

1. Registration/Player Data/Permission/Medical Release Form/Player Code of Conduct

2. Self-address envelope with a stamp.

3. Parents and players, read this article prior to the try outs from Anson Dorrance

District ODP Fees:

Age Groupings:

• U13 Girls & Boys 1/01/97 – 12/31/97

• U14 Girls & Boys  1/01/96 – 12/31/96

• U15 Girls & Boys  1/01/95 – 12/31/95

• U16 Girls & Boys  1/01/94 - 12/31/94

Districts PLAY DATES FOR 2009:

• September 13th, 2009 - Boys

• September 20th, 2009 - Girls

• October 11th, 2009 - Boys

• October 18th, 2009 - Girls

State tryouts for 2009:

• December 5th-6th, 2009

• December 12th-13th, 2009

Player Participation: Players are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible to give coaches and their evaluators the maximum opportunity to see them play.

Each player must bring the following items to every session:

1. White shirt, black soccer shorts, shin guards under white socks, and cleats.

2. Drinking water

3. A properly inflated soccer ball (Please make sure that your name is on the ball.)