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Wisconsin Girls Travel
to Portugal
Feb 4, 2010 -This spring Region II Girls ODP teams
will travel to Portugal & the Algarve Cup (1993), Holland (1994) and Costa
Rica (1995). Each trip will involve games against professional women's
teams as well as youth national teams. Three Wisconsin players have been
invited to participate as part of the Region II team. Jacie Jermier (93),
Madeline Vicker (93), and Brittany Von Rueden (93) will travel to Portugal to
compete. Congratulations, ladies!
Wisconsin Player
Travels with US National Team
CHICAGO (Jan. 11, 2009) -- U.S. Under-14 Boy’s National Team head coach Manny
Schellscheidt will lead 36 players to Guadalajara, Mexico, from Jan. 17-24 for
the team’s only international trip of 2010. The roster is made up exclusively
of players born in 1996, an age group that began training with Schellscheidt in
November last year, including Wisconsin defender Jack Menard from the
Bavarian Soccer Club of Milwaukee.
Returning from the team’s trip to Disney World last fall are 28 players who
competed at a U.S. Youth Soccer event. In Guadalajara, Schellscheidt will split
the team in two to compete against local youth sides and train every day.
WI ODP Comes to Wisconsin's Southwest District!
In a continuing effort to expand programming throughout the state of Wisconsin,
WYSA Olympic Development has plans to offer ODP developmental trainings in La
Crosse, Wisconsin beginning in December 2009. For more information, please click here.
IMG Residency Academy Taps ODP Players
In the past, Wisconsin Youth Soccer ODP Players such as Brice Carr,
Josh Lambo, Tim Ward, and David Caban, have participated in the IMG Residency
Academy in Bradenton, Florida. To read more about the strong showing ODP makes
among the participants in this exclusive residency school for soccer players,
link to: http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/news/story.asp?story_id=4830
Wisconsin Players Travel the Globe
US Youth Soccer’s Olympic Development program has taken on an international
flavor this year for many Wisconsin participants, with players at many varied
age groups traveling to the far reaches of the world to play soccer, make
friends, and to learn about new cultures. Continue Story
Everything You Wanted to Know About ODP
Wisconsin Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) is affiliated with US
Youth Soccer and its national Olympic Development Program. The program was
established in 1977 to identify players of the highest caliber on a continuing
and consistent basis, to achieve increased success for the U.S. National Teams
in the international arena. A pool of players is selected from US Youth
Soccer’s four regions based on calendar birth years. Read Complete Article
WI Players Identified for Regional & National Soccer Pools
When you watch the United States Women’s and Men’s soccer teams take the pitch
in the Olympics or in the World Cup, you might wonder what path led to those
players being identified for possible inclusion in those elite groups? Over two
hundred and fifty young soccer players from Wisconsin may have begun that
journey as a result of participation in the US Youth Soccer Region II Olympic
Development Program (ODP) camps and tournament in Rockford, Illinois, last
month. Continue story
