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32 CAL SOUTH ODP PLAYERS SELECTED FOR REGION IV INTERNATIONAL TOURS
February 22, 2008 – Italy. Spain. Costa Rica. Not the usual places you would find Cal South ODP players engaged in a soccer match. Not unless they happen to be on a team taking a special international tour, traveling to exotic places and playing some of the top teams in those distant lands.
Selected for inclusion by their regional coaches, 32 of Cal South’s top Olympic Development Program players will travel with their various Region IV squads over the next two months to take part in a series of four international tours. The first tour kicks off this weekend when the Region IV ODP 1992 Boys step off a plane across the pond in Spain, which they will be visiting along with the ODP squads from each of the other three US Youth Soccer regions, from February 23 to March 2. The teams will be taking part in an international tournament in Barcelona.
The next tours will have the Region IV ODP 1993 Boys visiting Costa Rica from March 22-31, and they will be followed almost immediately by the ‘93 Girls team from April 3-12. Finally, the ‘91 Boys will take in the homeland of reigning World Cup champion Italy from April 23 to May 2. They will be taking part in the Trofeo Nereo Rocco, a renowned youth tournament named after the famous A.C. Milan coach, in Gradisca d'Isonzo. In addition to taking part in a variety of games, the players will also be given plenty of time to take in the local atmosphere and do some sightseeing.
Overall, Cal South ODP players fill around 45% of the players picked to go on these tours. The full roster for each Region IV ODP touring team appears below. (Cal South players are in red.)
Spain Soccer Tour // February 23 - March 2, 2008 |
REGION IV ODP 1992 BOYS |
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Carlos Benavidez |
CS |
Austin Bravo |
CN |
Eric Bryant |
CN |
Jimmy Callinan |
CN |
Dustin Corea |
OR |
Ricardo Gonzalez |
CS |
Anthony Gooch |
CN |
Justin Hill |
ID |
George Malki |
AZ |
Jacob Nevarez |
NM |
Moises Orozco |
CS |
Nicholas Palodichuk |
WA |
Keon Parsa |
CS |
Marco Pineda |
CS |
Alberto Rosas |
CS |
Alan Rovira |
CS |
Dennis Sanchez |
NM |
Andrew Tusaazmajja |
CS |
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Costa Rica Soccer Tour // March 22-31, 2008 |
REGION IV ODP 1993 BOYS |
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Michael Ambrose |
NM |
Gregory Antognoli |
CN |
Angel Ayala |
CS |
Zach Deville |
CS |
Danny Flores |
CN |
Juan Gutierrez |
CS |
Neil Ignacio |
CS |
Kendall McIntosh |
CN |
Juan Mendoza |
CS |
Henry Rios |
CS |
Gabriel Rivera |
CS |
Anton Salazar |
CS |
Kevin Schaefer |
NM |
Keegan Smith |
CS |
Owen Steinwall |
AZ |
Brian Visser |
CN |
Adam Zepeda |
CS |
Sebastian Zuniga |
CN |
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Costa Rica Soccer Tour // April 3-12, 2008 |
REGION IV ODP 1993 GIRLS |
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Maha Abdallah |
CS |
Tessa Andujar |
CS |
Alex Bailey |
CS |
Miranda Cornejo |
CS |
Abby Dahlkemper |
CN |
Caprice Dydasco |
HI |
Kelsey Foo |
CN |
Jennifer Gonzalez |
CS |
Darcy Jerman |
CO |
Megan Kufeld |
CN |
Lo'eau Labonta |
CS |
Sandra Ley |
CN |
Marie Mackenzie |
CS |
Cate Parchinski |
CO |
Molly Poletto |
CO |
Vania Robles |
CS |
Haley Rosen |
CS |
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Italy Soccer Tour // April 23 - May 2, 2008 |
REGION IV ODP 1991 BOYS |
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Adedoja Akinsanya |
CN |
Eric Anderson |
CN |
Stephen Bagheri |
CS |
Dakota Collins |
CS |
Carlos Cruz |
UT |
Brett Finkelstein |
CN |
Brock Granger |
HI |
Adam Jahn |
CN |
Amobi Okugo |
CN |
Joey Pacheco |
CS |
Patrick Pacheco |
NM |
Christian Ramirez |
CS |
Juan Rivera, Jr. |
CS |
Nic Ryan |
CN |
Anthony Saliccia |
CN |
Devon Sandoval |
NM |
Jose Segura |
UT |
Jeff Strickland |
CN |
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