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J݌  G  Ќ       Sd n    K  District2isastrongdistrictthatproducesahighnumberof_ODP_ԀStatePlayers.Itextendsfrom d  SouthSanFranciscothroughSantaClaraandSanJosetoMontereyCounty. K݌ 8  Ќ       S_      District3isamightylittledistricthousingtwotopclubsinCalNorth:PleasantonandDanville.The  CalNorthheadquartersislocatedinthisdistrict(yearsagoitusedtobeinourdistrictinSanta  Rosa).  & ݌ Z Ќ       S1      District4isContraCostaCounty.  ݌ 1 Ќ       SNX  J    District5isus(DelNorte,Humboldt,_Mendocino_,Lake,_Sonoma_,NapaandMarinCounties) S.  ݌ N Ќ       Su"   ,  District6iscenteredaroundstrongSacramentoareaclubs. ,h݌ u Ќ       SI   7  District7istheexpansiveFresnoValleyandMountainarea. 7s݌  Ќ       S p   3  District8extendsfromtheSanJoaquinValleytotheNevadaborderbetweentheSacramentoand   theFresnoarea. 3o݌  Ќ       Sk   v  District9istheverylargeandnortheasternmostdistrictwithShastaCountyinitscenter. v݌  Ќ       SB     WeareDistrict5(sometimesdescribedasDistrictV).District5isaverylongdistrictthatstretches B fromtheGoldenGateBridgefor7countiesfromMarinCountytoDelNorteCounty(ontheOregon  Border).ThecountiesareMarin,_Sonoma_,Napa,Lake,_Mendocino_,_Humbolt_ԀandDelNorte. ݌  Ќ       Sa     CoachesandevaluatorsattheDISTRICTlevelfirstselectplayers,duringatryoutperiodthatis  normallyconductedoverseveralweekends.District5usuallyhas24daysofOpenTryouts.   PlayersareselectedtoaDISTRICTTRAININGPOOL(alsocalledanOPENPOOL)thaton \! averagetrainsonceeverytwothreeweeks.Traditionally,trainingsessionshavebeenheld 0" centrallyinthe_Sonoma_/Marincountyarea.Sometimesinterdistrictscrimmagesarearranged. 8݌ #a  Ќ       S+$!#5!   *  Attheendofthetrainingperiod,DISTRICTTEAMS(alsocalledCLOSEDPOOLS)arechosen. +$!! ThoseplayersselectedtotheDistrictTeamsparticipateinthefirstroundofStatetryoutsknown $\"" as"PLAYDAYS"whichisnormallyheldoneSundayinSeptemberandOctober.Thisenablesthe %0## STATECOACHESandevaluatorstoassesstheDistrictPlayersskillsandlevelofplay. *f݌ &$$ Ќ       S'+%{'$     FromthePLAYDAYSabout60DistrictPlayersareinvitedtoasecondroundoftryoutscalled '+%% STATETRYOUTS.SelectedplayerscompeteforapositionontheStateteamalongwithany (%& ReturningStatePlayersfromthepreviousyearandanyplayersthathavebeenscoutedand v)&' recommendedtotheStateCoachesforevaluationonanindividualbasis.TheStateTryoutsare J*'( normallyheldaroundthefirsttwoweekendsinMay.AftertheFirstWeekend,about40playersare +{() invitedtotheSecondWeekend.AftertheSecondWeekend,about30playersareselectedforthe +O)* STATEPOOLforeachagegroupandgender. ݌ ,#*+ Ќ       S-J+-*   P  FromtheSTATEPOOLtheSTATETEAMisselected.Eighteenplayersareselectedfromthe -J+, I I  I  StatePoolofaroundthirtyplayersforeachteam(someagegroupsmayhavetwoteams).The w StatePoolhastrainingweekendswithindifferentdistrictsthatusuallyincorporateascrimmage K gameagainstanolderlocaltopclubteam.StateTeamscompetein"_Friendlies_"(scrimmage  games)againstother_ODP_ԀStateteams,internationalyouthteams,andtopareaclubs(for | example,TheCalSouth_Friendlies_).ThoseplayerswillalsobeinvitedtoparticipateinINTER P STATE_ODP_ԀTOURNAMENTSsuchasthe_ADIDAS_ԀCUP,theNIKECUP,andtheREGIONAL $ CAMP. P݌ o Ќ       SC    #  OurRegionalCampisrunbyREGIONIV(alsodescribedasRegion4).TheRegionalCampis  normallyheldinIdahofortheboysandOregonforthegirls.Nomorethan18playersperteam j mayattendtheregionalcamp.TheUnitedStatesisdividedintofoursoccerregions.RegionIV >   consistsofthe14westernregionalstates,whichincludesbothCalNorthandCalSouth.  #I#݌    Ќ       S9 o    |%  PlayerswillbeevaluatedonandoffthefieldduringtheFIRSTWEEKofcamp.REGIONAL 9  COACHESandEvaluatorsareusuallyheadcoachesfromtopcollegiatesoccerprograms.   NATIONALTEAMHEADCOACHESandNATIONALSTAFFareonhandtoobserve.Thereis  j  alsoalargeattendancebymanynationalcollegesoccercoachesandstaff.Attheendofthefirst  >  week,theRegionalCoacheswillannouncethoseplayersselectedtotheREGIONALPOOL   (normally3640players).ThoseselectedplayerswillbeinvitedtostayattheRegionalCampfor ]  aSECONDWEEKforfurtherevaluation.FromtheRegionalPool,theRegionalCoachandStaff 1 willselectupto18playersfortheREGIONALTEAM. |%%݌  Ќ       S,b   )  IfyouareselectedtotheRegionalTeam,youwillrepresentRegionIVattheINTERREGIONAL , PLAYDAYSheldinFloridaovertheThanksgivingweek(datesmayvarydependingon  tournaments,etc).TheUNITEDSTATESSOCCER(U.S._Soccer)_ԀInterregionalPlayDaysgives ] NATIONALCOACHESandEvaluatorsachancetolookatplayerswhohavethepotentialtobe 1 successfulatthehighestlevelsofcompetition.REGIONALPLAYERSmaybeselectedto | participateintheNATIONALPOOLandTEAMwhichgivesthemtheopportunitytotrainand P developwithsomethebestathletesintheUnitedStatesandabroad. ))݌ $ Ќ       SK   ;-  Thehigheruptheladderaplayerprogresses,themoreintensethetrainingandplayingbecomes. K TheRegionalTeamsexperiencebothINTERREGIONALandINTERNATIONALcompetitions  annually.RegionalPlayershavetraveledtoFlorida,LasVegas,SanDiego,France,England, | CostaRica,Germany,Denmark,MexicoandtheNetherlands. ;-w-݌ P Ќ       Sw$   /  While_ODP_Ԁisnottheonlymethodfordevelopmentandidentification,usedinconjunctionwithother w programs,ithelpstheplayersattaintheirultimatepotential.The_ODP_Ԁdoesprovideasystematic K methodthatallowsplayerstheopportunitytoadvanceasfarastheirabilitiesallow.Itservesas   aformofselfevaluationinasystemthatisrecognizedbycoachesatalllevels. //݌ j! Ќ       S>   I2  Manyofthetopcoachesinthiscountryareinvolvedwiththeprogrambeginningatthestatelevel. " The_ODP_Ԁprovidesyoungplayerswithahighlevelofcompetitionandoutstandingcoachingaswell e # asexposingthemtotheleadingcollegecoachesacrossthecountry. I22݌ 9!$ Ќ  #FXX %F&#CE#XXXFX=#