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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you decide to decipher through any of the original threads on this topic, you will learn that ODP was once the method of identifying high level talent.  It is no longer that.

We did the Development ODP for 2014 and younger this year with VA and my son learned things he did not learn in club from a different coaching perspective.  It was a low commitment level as the practices were in Springfield but it was a good experience for my child.

We will probably try out for the official team this upcoming year with the goal to make the state team, regional and national teams in the next few years.  We would like to use it for networking, guesting opportunities, etc and we know that a bulk of the MLS Next Tier 1 community will not be there after about two years.  Please don't post to IG you made nationals because that is where you will get clowned by the tier 1 MLS Next/ECNL crowd.

The biggest mistake American players make it playing is playing in the same controlled environments all of the time.  I will see what the numbers look like officially but there have not been any fees so far in two years of club that have scared me away and I think I am an average DCUMer.

[b]I know some ODP national pool players in the older 2009-2011 age groups and they are ECNL-RL and MLS Next 2 level players.  Most of the national team players go D2 and D3.  As long as you understand this and okay with the cost, it is a great supplemental program to give your child more learning versus hanging with the cone-drill crew.[/quote][/b]

Keep telling yourself that.  There are no National Level ODP players from the DMV for those age groups.  Those small, very select rosters, are not filled with ECNL-RL players.  That is a wishful comment, making the claim that low level players can make the ODP national team.... lol [/quote]

So this is the message to the parents in the local area?

Don’t encourage players to get into the highest levels of ODP. Discourage everyone instead.  
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