FRISCO, Texas – Top national talent will converge on the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., for the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP) Boys Thanksgiving Interregional. Teams will compete Nov. 25-28. In addition to the 1997 and 1998 US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Regional teams, the event will also feature the U.S. Under-14 National Team Blue and Red squads. Of the 36 players named to the two National Teams, 26 are US Youth Soccer ODP players.

 

Continuing its tradition of elite play, competition and player development, youth from the nation's elite player identification and development program, US Youth Soccer ODP, will train and compete in front of U.S. National Team staff, professional and collegiate coaches to maximize their exposure for selection to the next level of play. More US Youth Soccer ODP players have been called into Youth National Team camps than any other ID program, including 129 of 148 players called into U-14, U-15, U-17 and U-18 camps since September 2011.