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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was shocked at the lack of girls who turned out for the Richmond (central) district tryouts.  I've heard ODP really trumpeted lately and there were barely any girls out there!  I gues the DA clubs can't tryout?  I mean, the Richmond Strikes, Kickers, and FC Richmond are there.

Are the girls on DA above the ODP now-a-days?  I know in NOVA the DA's are the ultimate playing in the best brackets like the Jeff Cup or WAGS weekend.

This thread has given me a ton to think of.  My daughter is a pretty high level keeper and I need her to be in better daily/weekly competition.  I was praying ODP was it.  The cost is steep for extra training on Friday's.  Ultimately she has to give it a go... right?  Anyway, good thread and thanks everyone for posting their deep insight.[/quote]

ODP has always had much more participation in the North District, tryouts are two days and boys/girls train at separate locations. All the other districts only have a single day of tryouts and combined training.

You should know that you are not paying for the training, your paying for her to have a chance to make the state pool and then regional pool after that. At each level, she will be playing with better kids but if you look at it as just training then it's not worth it. [b]If she can make state or regional pool she will have a much better shot at making a DA or ECNL roster in the future. [/quote][/b]

As far as the boys DA goes, that's definitely not true.  The coaches see ODP as so far below the DA level that success there is all but meaningless.  The only thing that matters is how you play.  If you're coming from outside the DA, that means making enough of an impact at a talent ID session to get invited to practice with the team, and then making enough of an impact at those practices to displace an existing player.

As has already been stated, from a pure training perspective ODP is overpriced for what you get (and the coaches aren't always that good), but that doesn't mean ODP wouldn't be worth it for a player wanting to make the jump to DA in the future.  The value for that player would be in getting what is basically tryout experience.  Right or wrong, it is not enough to be good.  Players need to learn how to get noticed.  Going through the ODP selection process can be a good learning experience for that.  
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ECNL teams view ODP "achievements" the same way as DA does.    [/quote]

At least there is no shortage of arrogance in American youth soccer!

I know plenty of girls that didn’t make an ECNL roster but after making ODP regional team the next year they make ECNL and do well. so clearly you aren’t speaking for every ECNL coach in the country.[/quote]

Difference between boys and girls.  For boys it's much more clear:  either DA or not.   ECNL/OFP/EDP , ... none of it really matters on the boys side.   You're either good enough to make the DA, or you're not. [/quote]

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