Da players can play odp

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The US Soccer scouts know the rules and would frown upon a DA player breaking the US Soccer DA rules to be at an ODP event.

We don’t even have US soccer coaches every age group is vacant

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The US Soccer scouts know the rules and would frown upon a DA player breaking the US Soccer DA rules to be at an ODP event.

Believe me it hasn't mattered to scouts at all, in fact, it has helped the player/s that have been seen multiple times by the same scouts (at odp events, DA events, and market training events).

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No one cares. And if you feel that your da player would in fact like to be doing ODP or HS but is sacrificing due to the guidelines...maybe reconsider what you are doing.

Suit yourself and you know what is best for your player but what the heck are they sacrificing for for youth soccer? We are not talking about food or shelter or education it some other essential item here. This is youth soccer...give your player some control over one of the few areas in a teenagers life that is not dictated by someone else

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From a different state but the gda rules aren’t enforced here for no high school play. Player on gda full time roster also played public high school soccer with no issue. Other gda rules are also not enforced. I don’t think anyone cares. I think the public high school players should get to play too. It’s not fair that only the private school players get to do both.

Totally agree. With all the rule breaking and rules only for some players, either go one way or the other. Either don't let anyone play HS regardless of the type of school and actually enforce it, OR go ahead and let everyone play. Some players will still opt not to play anyway. Or they could enforce the no HS rule for MLS players who aren't paying anything and let all the other DA players play HS if they want. Those MLS players are the vast majority of pro and NT prospects anyway; let everyone else make their own choices

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ODP needs a policy of having no current DA players.

This logic gets dragged up with DA players who are also playing on their HS team.

The rule is a DA rule. The only organization that can enforce the rule is DA. The only place the DA has jurisdiction to enforce the rule is within DA.

ODP has no rule excluding players based on league. Why would they be interested in enforcing a DA rule?

High Schools also do not care about the rules of other organizations whom they do not answer to.

I am deeply sorry that your kid did not make ODP because of a DA player though.

Thoughts and prayers.

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No one cares. And if you feel that your da player would in fact like to be doing ODP or HS but is sacrificing due to the guidelines...maybe reconsider what you are doing.

Suit yourself and you know what is best for your player but what the heck are they sacrificing for for youth soccer? We are not talking about food or shelter or education it some other essential item here. This is youth soccer...give your player some control over one of the few areas in a teenagers life that is not dictated by someone else

Then maybe they do not sign up to play DA because when they break the rules they hurt their DA team and club. But today's generation is about Me and Feel good in the moment.

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this odd playing DA AND HS is a florida thing. ask around anywhere else and it DOES NOT HAPPEN.. just another Florida shim scam

Because in Florida the HS season is over the winter but it is a fall or spring sport elsewhere.

Lots of DA kids play basketball during the winter because there isn't the impact with DA league games.

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Then maybe they do not sign up to play DA because when they break the rules they hurt their DA team and club. But today's generation is about Me and Feel good in the moment.

DA will deal with their rules if they care but all you need to know is they are not breaking any HS or ODP rules by playing.

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Because in Florida the HS season is over the winter but it is a fall or spring sport elsewhere.

Lots of DA kids play basketball during the winter because there isn't the impact with DA league games.

You sure about that. The DA rule implies a break for the soccer players and no other sports to be played during the break. The basketball season is rigorous and very long and any DA players would have to miss part of the basketball season and basketball playoffs.

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DA will deal with their rules if they care but all you need to know is they are not breaking any HS or ODP rules by playing.

Not so because HS teams want team players who practice with the team from the beginning in October and are available for every practice, game and playoffs that can run until the end of February. The same with ODP. ODP wants players who can attend all practices and events throughout the year. ODP does not want a player who shows up only during the winter break for themselves but not the benefit of the ODP team.

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You sure about that. The DA rule implies a break for the soccer players and no other sports to be played during the break. The basketball season is rigorous and very long and any DA players would have to miss part of the basketball season and basketball playoffs.

You cannot play HS soccer. There is nothing about other HS sports. This is a great misunderstanding.

The team rules of practice and playing time may be different but there is no DA rule that prohibits participation in HS sports other than soccer.

There are DA rules regarding participating in practice with the team but that is not enforced by the DA in as much as it gives the club a mechanism to server ties with a player who misses to many practices for whatever reason.

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Not so because HS teams want team players who practice with the team from the beginning in October and are available for every practice, game and playoffs that can run until the end of February. The same with ODP. ODP wants players who can attend all practices and events throughout the year. ODP does not want a player who shows up only during the winter break for themselves but not the benefit of the ODP team.

That is a team rule and player to player with a coach. HS sports over lap and coaches deal with it.

As far as ODP is concerned Club takes priority over ODP other than ODP events.

ODP is a selection process, for many kids to be selected for the next level a kid needs to perform each week in the training sessions. They need to be seen as much as possible. Frankly, other kids do not need to be seen as much for the coaches to make a determination. Just as some coaches only need a session or two to know that a kid isn't making it to the State Pool they can do the same with the players on the other side of the spectrum.

ODP sessions are really for all the kids in the middle who are the same.

If you stop to realize that ODP is NOT a team but a weeding process you'll feel better.

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Then maybe they do not sign up to play DA because when they break the rules they hurt their DA team and club. But today's generation is about Me and Feel good in the moment.

and the parents who encourage it.

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You cannot play HS soccer. There is nothing about other HS sports. This is a great misunderstanding.

The team rules of practice and playing time may be different but there is no DA rule that prohibits participation in HS sports other than soccer.

There are DA rules regarding participating in practice with the team but that is not enforced by the DA in as much as it gives the club a mechanism to server ties with a player who misses to many practices for whatever reason.

Yes. You can play other sports, assuming 1) you have the time 2) you have the energy. Just about any HS sport is pretty time intensive and it's inevitable there will be conflicts when you also have 4 DA practices and a game each week, often with a lot of travel. DA expects you to make soccer your first priority. Chances are your HS coach expects you to make their sport your first priority (in fact many states and schools have that as a rule). So while it "can" be done it doesn't happen often. USSF could give a crap about multisport athletes

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DA will deal with their rules if they care but all you need to know is they are not breaking any HS or ODP rules by playing.

Nor is it the job of HS or ODP coaches to enforce DA rules - they aren't their rules.