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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is knocking ODP. What they are telling you is the reality of today's landscape. Elite players are mostly in ECNL/GA. Big clubs or strong teams produce the lion's share of invites. Look at the latest invites from the area (Bethesda (2), FCV (2), Pipeline (2) and Richmond (3)). Solar, PDA, Real Col, LAFC, Real SolCal, etc., have track records of delivering top talent. If you are not on an ECNL/GA team then ODP is your main option unless you are just a true baller and can put a hurting on the top kids from ECNL/GA clubs in the top bracket at JefCup, CASL or Bethesda Cup.[/quote]

OP here, thanks for the responses. Nobody is disputing which league the elite players are (mostly) in. ODP is not mutually exclusive from club because players can participate in both. How many of the ODP players are in ECNL, for example?  If they are in both ODP and ECNL is it their presence and performance at the ODP events that get them into YNT radar more so than an ECNL match?[/quote]

My son did VA state ODP for the first time this year. In his age group, best as I can tell from the list there were 4 players from ECNL clubs.  That is out of almost 50 kids.  I don't know if they were on their club's top team.  We don't do it for YNT exposure though, which you wouldn't get anyways at a state level.  [/quote]

Interesting, thanks for the info.[/quote]

My DS is at an ECNL (ex DA) club.  ODP wasn't really on most of our radars as DA had not permitted the kids to particpate previously, but a couple of kids from the first team in his age group went.  They felt the level was below the club training but still found the experience worthwhile and enjoyed it.  My guess is that they will return next year, and maybe a few more teammates will sign up too.

If that were to become a trend, presumably ODP could become more relevant again although it would also make it more difficult to get selected to the higher levels.  But you can't have one without the other.[/quote]

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