CAL SOUTH SPANS THE GLOBE
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.