State Technical Director Greg Maas, ODP Administrator Judy Martin, and UYSA Technical Department Coordinator Colette Albretsen teamed up with an outstanding, dedicated, committed group of coaches, team administrators, and volunteers for a very successful 2007-08 ODP campaign. Coach Maas quickly credits the hard work and dedication of the age group coaches, players, and administrators; and importantly, the commitment to player development and support for ODP by our coaches and players around the state. "US Youth Soccer's ODP is a vital program for player identification for U.S. Soccer, and as long as our coaches and players around the state continue to support ODP, we will continue to see Utah players identified into our region and national team programs," Maas said. More...

Cloee Colohan of West Point, Utah was an integral member of the 20-player roster that just won the 2008 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship in Trinidad & Tobago. It was the first CONCACAF tournament staged at the Under-17 women's level with three teams from the region qualifying for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held later this year in New Zealand.

The U.S. U-17 Women were drawn into Group A along with Costa Rica, El Salvador and hosts Trinidad & Tobago. "I'm really excited about this group," said Tambi, who has evaluated players over the last two years. "We've been fortunate to have a lot of training camps under our belt over the last several months and we've gotten better with each camp. It's a very high motivated group, a very talented group and they're dream is the same as mine, which is try to get to a world cup, first and foremost, and then to try to win it, also."

"Given that it's the first ever [championship] at this age bracket, we have a group of players who haven't had this kind of experience," said Tambi. "To some degree, this is kind of like a first-time experiment and we'll be learning on the job when we get there. Our plan is to take each game at a time and treat it like it's the biggest game and try to prevail in each game and then move on to the next." More...

Region IV ODP Camp Update #2

Region IV ODP Camp Update