“We have been impressed with the Super Y-League ODP system and the quality of players that the US U17 National Team Staff has seen over the past few weeks at the SYL ODP National Camps in Cocoa,” said U17 US Youth National Team Head Coach John Hackworth. “The players for the Select Teams the SYL ODP program identified will have an additional opportunity when they play our U15 National team here in Bradenton."

 

The Super Y-League Olympic Development Program consists of the Super Y-League National ODP Camps and the Super Y-League North American Finals, which are both sanctioned by US Soccer and the United States Olympic Committee.  The Super Y-League ODP system is a specifically designed program to identify players for US National Team Programs.

 

Evaluated over the course of the Super Y-League season by the SYL National ODP Scouting System, the nation’s top players were identified and invited to attend the SYL ODP National Camps, which were held over the last five weeks at the Cocoa Expo Center. At the close of each camp, the top players were named to Select Teams by the SYL Scouting System coaches and SYL ODP National Camp Technical Director Perry Van Der Beck in consultation with US National Team coaching staff on hand.

 

The players named to the U14 and U15 boy’s Select Teams were invited to return to Florida to play the U15 National Team player pool at the IMG Academy in Bradenton.

 

“The main functionality of the ODP system is to identify players for US National Team Programs,” said Super Y-League Director Matt Weibe. “This is a fantastic opportunity for each of these players and the US National Team Program.”

 

 

1990
G: Jordan Bar (Cape Cod Crusaders), Joseph Goodwin (Raleigh CASL Elite)… D:, Brian Hadley (Raleigh CASL Elite), Abrim Mueller (Cleveland Force), Luis Rocha (Mustang SC), John Rogers (Vardar SC)… M: Nick Millington (Raleigh CASL Elite), Robert Boyd (Mequon United), Kyle Jones (Raleigh CASL Elite), Greg Jordan (Chicago Sockers), Laine Kelly (Schulz Academy), Joseph Spivack (Tri-State Soccer), John Wargo (Cleveland Force)… F: Shawn Barry (Schulz Academy), Philip DaSilva (Mustang SC), Axel Levry (DC United), Ellis McLoughlin (Washington Crossfire), Edvin Worley (Schulz Academy)

 

1989
G: Steven Alvarado (Cal Odyssey), Carl Contrascier (Cleveland Internationals)…D: Doug Ferner (Vardar SC), Diego Gonzalez (Brooklyn Knights), Nathaniel Jocelyn (Schulz Academy), Darryl Tom (Ruckus Soccer)… M: Rodrigo DaSilva (DVSC), Nick Burton (Concorde Fire SC), Karol Chorak (Schulz Academy), Casey McCool (FC Portland), Ethan Morrow (Nordic Spirit), Kevin Rockwell-Ashton (Fort Wayne Fever), Wilber Bonnilla (Long Island Rough Riders)… F: Brian Forero (Concorde Fire SC), Audric Kilroy (Cleveland Force), Jesus Santiago (Cal Odyssey), Louis Vigliotti (Long Island Rough Riders)

 

Coaching Staff: Perry Van Der Beck (Tampa, FL), John Hannan (Chicago Magic), Al Pastore (Wilmington, NC)

 

Manager: Dan Esmond (USL, Tampa, FL)

 

 

The coaching staff for the two teams will be Perry Van Der Beck, John Hannan and Al Pastore. Dan Esmond, Manager of Operations for the Super Y-League, will serve as administration manager for each team.

 

Van Der Beck began his professional playing career in the spotlight as the first-ever pro drafted out of high school, going to the Tampa Bay Rowdies and finishing the 1980 season as the team leader in minutes played and the runner-up for the North American Soccer League’s Rookie of the Year honor.

Van Der Beck also served as the captain of the US Olympic Team in 1980 and was named the US Player of the Year in 1985.

 

After the demise of the NASL, Van Der Beck continued to play for the Rowdies in the American Professional Soccer League (now USL First Division) and the indoor clubs Dallas Sidekicks, St Louis Steamers, Wichita Wings and Tampa Bay Terror.

 

Van Der Beck, who served on the US Soccer Board of Directors from 1986-93, began his coaching career at the professional level in the APSL with the Rowdies and then with the Terror before joining the MLS’ Tampa Bay Mutiny in 1997. In 2001, Van Der Beck was named head coach of the Mutiny for the team’s final 11 games.

 

Hannan, the Assistant Director of the nationally recognized Chicago Magic Soccer Club, came to Chicago as the Men's Head Soccer Coach at Northeastern Illinois University (NCAA DI) after serving as an assistant at Western Kentucky University (NCAA DI) where he played for four years and obtained both his Masters and Undergraduate Degrees. Hannan holds the USSF 'A' License and NSCAA Advance National Diploma. He has served on the USYSA ODP Region II staff for the past 10 years, including stints as both a head and assistant age group coach.

 

Pastore was inducted into the New York State Soccer Hall of Fame for his 20-plus years of coaching accomplishments last year. Pastore has been recognized as National Youth Soccer Coach of the Year, Regional Coach of the Year and State Coach of the Year on numerous occasions.

 

Additionally, Pastore has been awarded Coach of the Year proclamations from the US Senate in 1993 and a New York State Legislative Proclamation in 1992.  Pastore was also the founder of the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL, where he also served as coach for three seasons. He holds administrative positions as Program Director of the Elite Soccer Program (ESP) for the top 150 youth soccer players in the country. After serving as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte from 1992 to 1996, he currently serves as an assistant for the men’s program at Duke University, a position he has held since 2001, and  also serves as the Chairman of the Triangle Futbol Club.

 

Coach Pastore earned a Bachelor of Art's degree in English from SUNY Oneonta in 1969. He also received two Masters of Science degrees, an M.S. in Health Education from Russell Sage College in 1975 and an M.S. degree from SUNY Oneonta in Counseling in 1973.  Pastore resides in Wilmington, N.C.