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Sunday, February 3

COCOA, FLORIDA – United Soccer Leagues Super Y-League ODP National Camps for their ’92 and ‘93/’94 girls began today. The third of four SYL ODP camps being held in eastern Florida’s Cocoa Expo Center, the U13-U15 camps officially kicked off with opening ceremonies at 7:00 PM. During opening ceremonies USL’s SYL ODP Director Sean Trask introduced the 330+ elite-level players to the SYL ODP coaching staff and detailed the schedule for the next three days of the camp.

The camp will officially conclude on Wednesday, February 6 with the naming of the ’92 and ‘93/’94 Super Y-League Select Teams. A representative of the U.S. Women’s National Team staff will be on hand throughout the camp to evaluate players from on a national team perspective.

“Obviously, you have done something special to get into these camps,” said SYL ODP Technical Director John Hannan, addressing the crowd of players during opening ceremonies. “You did not go through a lengthy tryout process and pay a lot of money to be here. You were selected based on the fact that you are great players.”

“Great players do not develop without being challenged,” added Hannan. “The level of players at this camp will challenge you and by that, you are already better players from having been here.”

About the SYL ODP Coaching Staff
Led by Hannan (Washington Crossfire), and Assistant Technical Director Al Pastore, the former Men’s Head Soccer Coach at Duke University, the SYL ODP coaching staff, consists of: John Thompson (Assistant Coach, Premier Development League (PDL) Ocean City Barons), Neil Holloway (General Manager, PDL Ocean City Barons), Scott Middlemass (Technical Director, South Jersey Barons), Mark McDevitt (Assistant Coach, W-League Boston Renegades), Seth Coulter (Girls Co-Director, Black Watch Rhode Island), Jay Golomb (Technical Director, Baltimore Bays), Paul Cleary (Head Coach, Colby-Sawyer College), James Kryger (Assistant Coach, Western Carolina), Amanda Duffy (Former Professional Player, Danmarks IF, Uppsala, Sweden), Joe Dorini (Head Coach, W-League West Virginia Illusion), Ignace Moleka (Director of Coaching, Atlanta Silverbacks), Chad Wiseman (Assistant Coach, Western Michigan University/Kalamazoo Kingdom), Gus Camacho (Former Professional, Athletico Junior, Colombia), Danny Fisher ( Former EPL Wolverhampton Wanderers Assistant Academy Director/SYL Penn’s Forest), Jesse Komel (Director of Coaching, SYL Quickstrike SC), Greg Zak (SYL RSL Florida), Eric Dutt (Technical Director, W-League FC Fredericksburg), Rege Schuchert (SYL Penn’s Forest), Calvin Dixon (Former Professional Player, EPL Stoke City FC.), Gui Ferreira (SYL Weston SC) Lee Pollard (Assistant Director of Coaching, Jersey United).

About the ODP National Camps
Over the course of the 2007 season, the top players in the USL Super Y-League were selected by the ODP Scouting System to attend the ODP National Camps. During an intense four-day combine at the ODP National Camps, players will be evaluated by ODP Staff Coaches and U.S. Soccer National Coaching Staff for U.S. National Team Programs. During this time, players will learn the demands to compete at the highest levels of the game. In addition to the primary focus of identifying players to U.S. National Team Programs, many collegiate coaches will be scouting players for college soccer programs.