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Anonymous wrote:What a useless scrimmage. Every kid who shows up makes it into the state pool, plus there’s a whole bunch of call backs. It’s basically a pay to play situation.

What? You were looking some great external validation of "being selected" to the state pool? Sorry to shatter your ego.

What are you even talking about
There were 125 or so kids there for 2014 boys yesterday and only 30 kids made the state pool
Everything in US soccer is pay to play
Sorry your kid didn’t make it

ODP is a joke.

sorry your DD didnt make it

lol. Why waste time and money?

You should spend more time generating ideas to make more money if ODP hurts your pocket.

Regarding time, you might be the parent of the 15-20ish kids better than mine in our age group in the DMV. If you are, I would be interested in how you are spending Saturday mornings this winter to see if there is a better way to spend the time. I’m all ears.

I think people parrot what other people think without actually doing the research and making an independent decision. There are some people who don’t do ODP to be discovered or make an Olympic team. While it would not provide much value beyond U12 for my kid even if they were allowed to play, I don’t spend time knocking others who do play.

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Anonymous wrote:What a useless scrimmage. Every kid who shows up makes it into the state pool, plus there’s a whole bunch of call backs. It’s basically a pay to play situation.

What? You were looking some great external validation of "being selected" to the state pool? Sorry to shatter your ego.

What are you even talking about
There were 125 or so kids there for 2014 boys yesterday and only 30 kids made the state pool
Everything in US soccer is pay to play
Sorry your kid didn’t make it

ODP is a joke.

sorry your DD didnt make it

lol. Why waste time and money?

exposure to new positions and exposure in general if DD makes it far

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Anonymous wrote:What a useless scrimmage. Every kid who shows up makes it into the state pool, plus there’s a whole bunch of call backs. It’s basically a pay to play situation.

What? You were looking some great external validation of "being selected" to the state pool? Sorry to shatter your ego.

What are you even talking about
There were 125 or so kids there for 2014 boys yesterday and only 30 kids made the state pool
Everything in US soccer is pay to play
Sorry your kid didn’t make it

ODP is a joke.

sorry your DD didnt make it

lol. Why waste time and money?

Odp doesn’t bring real competition or returns until you make it too Connecticut and New Jersey and Florida. Early sessions and scrimmages are pretty meaningless. Especially as the kids get older and ECNL/MLSN clubs put their feet down on players signing up.

Competition really heats up to a serious level in FL. When kids play against kids from out west/midwest. Completely different level of competition.

Odp is good for DCs getting different experiences in different positions and coaches if your in season experience is lacking.

My 2 cents

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Anonymous wrote:Pssst…leagues don’t matter that young.

pssst yes they do. As those high level teams rosters get locked down pretty quick. And they get more training, better coaching and play more games. Most girls not in those leagues just fall behind. And not many slots open for them. My advice is get on a club that is ECNL or GA as young as possible.

pssst....if you know what to do, you don't rely on a ECNL/GA coach tell you what to do. My daughter ate their lunch at tryouts and went back to playing EDP with boys. She is a 2015 and can walk onto any ECNL/GA club she wants. But, keep doing what you are doing and believing what you are believing. I tried to let you in on the secret.

psssst shes a 2015 so she wasn't playing with ECNL or GA kids.. playing against water down talent.

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Anonymous wrote:It is interesting to see who made it from my child’s age group. A few former and current teammates made the district pool. Of those, former teammates have apparently made the state pool and current teammate on the callback list. From what I have seen I think the callback player is more talented than the former teammates who made it, unless they have improved a lot in the last 6 months. Maybe whoever is evaluating prefers the play style of my child’s former team vs. current team. Does anyone know what they tend to look for?

My own child did not try out but would maybe consider for next year as it seems the level of player is around where they are and if it’s decent training.

Many Callback Players were either: A.) Talented and not at the scrimmages due to tournament attendance or they were hurt/ sick. B.) Showed some promise, but were inconsistent at the scrimmages or could not attend but given one final chance. But yes, many of the call back players are very talented; but you can just can't put them on the state player pool if they could not attend the scrimmages. -They usually put out some language at the beginning of each year, essentially telling the highly skilled players not to skip all the trainings and sessions up to that point as has been done in the past as it is a bad look.

Ohh that makes sense. Yes the callback player on current team, along with a former teammate whose name I noticed, were both at a tournament. Also know of one current and one former teammate who didn’t make next round and that tracks with what I have seen/remember in terms of skill level and playing time.

Anonymous wrote:It is interesting to see who made it from my child’s age group. A few former and current teammates made the district pool. Of those, former teammates have apparently made the state pool and current teammate on the callback list. From what I have seen I think the callback player is more talented than the former teammates who made it, unless they have improved a lot in the last 6 months. Maybe whoever is evaluating prefers the play style of my child’s former team vs. current team. Does anyone know what they tend to look for?

My own child did not try out but would maybe consider for next year as it seems the level of player is around where they are and if it’s decent training.

Many Callback Players were either: A.) Talented and not at the scrimmages due to tournament attendance or they were hurt/ sick. B.) Showed some promise, but were inconsistent at the scrimmages or could not attend but given one final chance. But yes, many of the call back players are very talented; but you can just can't put them on the state player pool if they could not attend the scrimmages. -They usually put out some language at the beginning of each year, essentially telling the highly skilled players not to skip all the trainings and sessions up to that point as has been done in the past as it is a bad look.

You down with ODP? Yea, you know me.

Anytime kids get their foot on the ball is good, just don’t think of it as a step stone to elite soccer and you will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:What a useless scrimmage. Every kid who shows up makes it into the state pool, plus there’s a whole bunch of call backs. It’s basically a pay to play situation.

What? You were looking some great external validation of "being selected" to the state pool? Sorry to shatter your ego.

What are you even talking about
There were 125 or so kids there for 2014 boys yesterday and only 30 kids made the state pool
Everything in US soccer is pay to play
Sorry your kid didn’t make it

ODP is a joke.

sorry your DD didnt make it

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a useless scrimmage. Every kid who shows up makes it into the state pool, plus there’s a whole bunch of call backs. It’s basically a pay to play situation.

What? You were looking some great external validation of "being selected" to the state pool? Sorry to shatter your ego.

What are you even talking about
There were 125 or so kids there for 2014 boys yesterday and only 30 kids made the state pool
Everything in US soccer is pay to play
Sorry your kid didn’t make it

ODP is a joke.

It is interesting to see who made it from my child’s age group. A few former and current teammates made the district pool. Of those, former teammates have apparently made the state pool and current teammate on the callback list. From what I have seen I think the callback player is more talented than the former teammates who made it, unless they have improved a lot in the last 6 months. Maybe whoever is evaluating prefers the play style of my child’s former team vs. current team. Does anyone know what they tend to look for?

My own child did not try out but would maybe consider for next year as it seems the level of player is around where they are and if it’s decent training.

ODP still around? Who plays there?