2003 US Youth Soccer
National ODP Championships
The 5th Annual National ODP Championship tournament was held in Las Vegas, NV on March 19-22, 2004. The championship is sponsored by adidas. The event brought together the Regional champions from each of the US Youth Soccer regions to determine a national champion. The results from the Region I teams are given below and a complete summary of the entire tournament can be found at the US Youth Soccer website.The US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships brings top male and female youth players in the United States to match skills with one another. The Championships offer players an incentive to continue their participation in the state's and Region's Olympic Development Program, which seeks to enhance and accelerate their growth through a variety of competitive elements. ODP identifies and develops youth players throughout the country to represent their State Associations, Region and the United States in national and international competition. The US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships spotlight the future U.S. Soccer stars and allows exposure to national team and college coaches.
Region I 1988 Girls
The 1988 Girls from Connecticut opened their play with a 3-2 victory over the Region III team from Illinois. Illinois began the scoring in the 39th minute but Connecticut came back in the 65th minute with a goal from #12, Katie Schoepfer. Illinois scored again in the 73rd minute, but Katie Schoepfer again equaled the match in the 75th minute. Lindsay Shean put away the game winner for Conniecticut in the 79th minute.
In the championship game, Connecticut took on the Region IV team from Washington state. Washington opened the scoring at the 23rd minute and scored again at the 53rd minute going on to win the championship 2-0.
Region I 1988 Boys
The 1988 Boys team from Eastern Pennsylvania played their first game against a strong Region IV team from California South. Cal-South struck first in the 2nd minute of the game and Eastern Penn came back with a goal from Eric Sava in the 3rd minute of the second half. The teams went back and forth through regulation time and were in the closing minutes of the second overtime period when Cal-South scored the golden goal to win the match, 2-1.
Eastern Penn played the Region III team from North Carolina in the consolation match. Eastern Penn's Karl Reddick scored first for Eastern Penn in the 20th minute but North Carolina scored in the 65th and 67th minutes to win the consolation game, 2-1.
Region I 1986 Girls
The New Jersey 1986 Girls first game was against the Region III North Texas team. North Texas scored at the 15th minute and again at the 34th minute to given the Texans a 2-0 win over New Jersey.
In the consolation match, New Jersey took on the Missouri team from Region II. Jennifer Redmond scored in the 42nd minute to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead and New Jersey held on to that lead for the rest of the match to win the consolation game.
Region I 1986 Boys
The 1986 Boys from New Jersey took on a determined Region II team from Michigan in their first game. The first half of the game saw both teams just missing the net and the game remained scoreless until the 66th minute when New Jersey's Kevin O'Connor found the back of the net. Both teams continued to battle for another goal, but the score remained 1-0 in favor of New Jersey at the final whistle.
New Jersey faced another strong team in the championship match playing the Region IV team from Colorado. Colorado opened the scoring in the 25th minute but New Jersey equalized at the 29 minute with a goal from Tom Gray. Colorado scored their second goal at the 37th minute and went on to score two more goals in the second half to win the championship 4-1.
