The 94 Girls are the only representatives for NTX ODP at the National Championships this weekend in Phoenix. They will play SoCal on Friday evening at 8:00. Winners of each semifinal will play for the National Championship on Sunday. Long way to go for two games but this one is on US Youth Soccer's tab.

Should be a good time for all the girls going.

Uncle Numanga wrote:The 94 Girls are the only representatives for NTX ODP at the National Championships this weekend in Phoenix. They will play SoCal on Friday evening at 8:00. Winners of each semifinal will play for the National Championship on Sunday. Long way to go for two games but this one is on US Youth Soccer's tab.

Should be a good time for all the girls going.

Thanks for the Heads-up, Unc. Good look to the NTX girls.

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Good luck to all the girls playing in this. The roster has several good 95s on it as well.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/37149/odp-championship-rosters.html

Arch Stanton wrote:Good luck to all the girls playing in this. The roster has several good 95s on it as well.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/37149/odp-championship-rosters.html

And a 96 as well.

I'll be pullin' for the NTX girls to kick some butt in Phoenix this weekend! Good luck ladies!

Best of luck as well to the girls of North Texas. I am glad to see that ODP finally woke up and realized that the only good players come from major programs with deep pockets

Bluemonster wrote:Best of luck as well to the girls of North Texas. I am glad to see that ODP finally woke up and realized that the only good players come from major programs with deep pockets

The irony here is that the coaches at the major programs actually prefer their players not play ODP, but don't let that get in the way of your conspiracy theory.

I was glad to see that two players who were not from Texan's were included in the Texan's Development Program team going to Phoenix. The politics of inclusion are alive and well. It especially made sense to round out the team with marginal 95 "A" team players to insure a cohesive club presence. In any case best of luck to the TDP entry in Phoenix!

Might have been best not to include the club names on the roster. ODP has never been about the clubs the girls are from.

I guess the coach thought those marginal 95 players could help him win the tournament, huh? Perhaps more than some 94 D-II player ( I would have said some spare 94 D-II player, but that would have been redundant).

There were conflicts with the Las Vegas tournament this weekend and that new national league, so many players were not able to do both the same weekend. I'm pretty sure the odp coaches would attempt to win the tournament with their best available players.

Does anyone know any scores and how North Texas did?

katella90 wrote:Does anyone know any scores and how North Texas did?

North Texas lost on a PK in overtime 1-0 on Friday night to SoCal.
NT beat Michigan 3-2 yesterday to finish 3rd. NJ beat SoCal for the championship on a last minute PK (poetic justice!)

yuklite wrote:

katella90 wrote:Does anyone know any scores and how North Texas did?

North Texas lost on a PK in overtime 1-0 on Friday night to SoCal.
NT beat Michigan 3-2 yesterday to finish 3rd. NJ beat SoCal for the championship on a last minute PK (poetic justice!)

NJ????? That's just not right!


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