What is ODP and is it worth it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ODP is great for U13 and under. Get to meet all the kids, make friends with everyone on every club, get extra touches with new coaches, get some independence from mom and dad and make lifelong friends. After U13, it is valuable for kids not on top teams or fringe kids on top teams- extra touches. But that is it-extra touches. After U13, all the top kids have quit because their schedules don’t allow it. So, it is second tier competition, and for this reason, no one is watching. If you are looking for extra touches after U13, a good Futsol club is probably better. But if you are ok with ODP travel time and want extra touches, go for it.

U13 schedules ( practices, school, games) are the exact same as U10, 11, 12.

We are currently U12. We could make the schedule work this year and are going all in to all the events to see how far we can go. At U13, the MLS Next 1 schedule makes it really tough to maintain that same commitment. I don’t know much about ECNL except that they have all of these showcases so
I imagine that is the same. I also have a Q4 U12 so we are in elementary school. U13 will add on middle school soccer as well.

You are not allow to play for ODP if you are in MLSN1...