ODP phase 2 tryouts

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How I read it -

We are going to have special tryouts for those that did not attend. Although we could have moved the stage 2 tryouts to the next week we believe that we are special and will continue to do as we please.

By all means anyone who was on ODP last year who wasn't able to make the stage 2 tryout please jump in if I am wrong.

2 weeks to decide when it took 4 days with 3x as many players seems suspicious at best.

A parent from last year, whose daughter attended only day 1 for stage 1, (and got an offer for stage 2 but didn't show up), is expecting the call.

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How I read it -

We are going to have special tryouts for those that did not attend. Although we could have moved the stage 2 tryouts to the next week we believe that we are special and will continue to do as we please.

By all means anyone who was on ODP last year who wasn't able to make the stage 2 tryout please jump in if I am wrong.

2 weeks to decide when it took 4 days with 3x as many players seems suspicious at best.

Exactly how I would read it.

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How I read it -

We are going to have special tryouts for those that did not attend. Although we could have moved the stage 2 tryouts to the next week we believe that we are special and will continue to do as we please.

By all means anyone who was on ODP last year who wasn't able to make the stage 2 tryout please jump in if I am wrong.

2 weeks to decide when it took 4 days with 3x as many players seems suspicious at best.

Of course they are going to take stronger players even if they don’t show up to the tryout. If your child plays on a high level club team, you should be very used to this process. Top players get offers for top teams well before any tryouts happen. This is not new.

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Of course they are going to take stronger players even if they don’t show up to the tryout. If your child plays on a high level club team, you should be very used to this process. Top players get offers for top teams well before any tryouts happen. This is not new.

Obviously though those players and their coaches failed the 1st rule of ODP...ODP comes 1st.

I really hope ODP pulls it's head out of its ass and at least invites even a cut down from stage 2. How can you compare players at 2 different sessions? Especially when they would be biased that the 1st group was subpar to what the 2nd is expected to be.

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Obviously though those players and their coaches failed the 1st rule of ODP...ODP comes 1st.

I really hope ODP pulls it's head out of its ass and at least invites even a cut down from stage 2. How can you compare players at 2 different sessions? Especially when they would be biased that the 1st group was subpar to what the 2nd is expected to be.

I don't mean to make your heads explode, but they give invites to kids who don't even go to tryouts. This happened in a previous year. The child not go to a single try out in stage 1 or stage 2 but still got an email with an invitation. This is when both stage 1 and stage 2 had two tryout days each. So this child did not go to any of the 4 tryout days and still received an invitation. I called BS to the parent when told this story. Then the parent pulls out the phone, shows me the email with the invitation and I was left speechless, pissed off, DEFCON 1 rage because my kid went to all 4 tryouts and did not get an invitation.

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I don't mean to make your heads explode, but they give invites to kids who don't even go to tryouts. This happened in a previous year. The child not go to a single try out in stage 1 or stage 2 but still got an email with an invitation. This is when both stage 1 and stage 2 had two tryout days each. So this child did not go to any of the 4 tryout days and still received an invitation. I called BS to the parent when told this story. Then the parent pulls out the phone, shows me the email with the invitation and I was left speechless, pissed off, DEFCON 1 rage because my kid went to all 4 tryouts and did not get an invitation.

Doesn't surprise me in the least.....Waiting for rich Karen soccer parent to start a class action suit over this.

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I don't mean to make your heads explode, but they give invites to kids who don't even go to tryouts. This happened in a previous year. The child not go to a single try out in stage 1 or stage 2 but still got an email with an invitation. This is when both stage 1 and stage 2 had two tryout days each. So this child did not go to any of the 4 tryout days and still received an invitation. I called BS to the parent when told this story. Then the parent pulls out the phone, shows me the email with the invitation and I was left speechless, pissed off, DEFCON 1 rage because my kid went to all 4 tryouts and did not get an invitation.

Correct, my son was injured one year and did not participate in any of the tryouts and got a spot anyway.

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They might as well change the program to ORP from ODP. R = recruiting.

Like I said several posts ago, this is the norm for youth soccer. I am not surprised.

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I don't mean to make your heads explode, but they give invites to kids who don't even go to tryouts. This happened in a previous year. The child not go to a single try out in stage 1 or stage 2 but still got an email with an invitation. This is when both stage 1 and stage 2 had two tryout days each. So this child did not go to any of the 4 tryout days and still received an invitation. I called BS to the parent when told this story. Then the parent pulls out the phone, shows me the email with the invitation and I was left speechless, pissed off, DEFCON 1 rage because my kid went to all 4 tryouts and did not get an invitation.

This is totally made up. Worse than Trump lies.

There are 12 year olds on this site.

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Correct, my son was injured one year and did not participate in any of the tryouts and got a spot anyway.

No, you don’t tryout, you don’t make it. It’s been this way for over 10 years.

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I believe this also. Thanks for posting.

I don't mean to make your heads explode, but they give invites to kids who don't even go to tryouts. This happened in a previous year. The child not go to a single try out in stage 1 or stage 2 but still got an email with an invitation. This is when both stage 1 and stage 2 had two tryout days each. So this child did not go to any of the 4 tryout days and still received an invitation. I called BS to the parent when told this story. Then the parent pulls out the phone, shows me the email with the invitation and I was left speechless, pissed off, DEFCON 1 rage because my kid went to all 4 tryouts and did not get an invitation.

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Of course they are going to take stronger players even if they don’t show up to the tryout. If your child plays on a high level club team, you should be very used to this process. Top players get offers for top teams well before any tryouts happen. This is not new.

This is 100% true. Its the way the soccer world works As my father said ‘life isn’t fair get used to it’. Been on both sides of the coin here the sooner you don’t let it bother you the better off you will be.

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No, you don’t tryout, you don’t make it. It’s been this way for over 10 years.

Sure it has you would know first hand right?

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No, you don’t tryout, you don’t make it. It’s been this way for over 10 years.

I wish you are right. Unfortunately you are not.

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I wish you are right. Unfortunately you are not.

They don’t have your contact info, they won’t grade your child, they won’t take them, it’s simple.

There’s too many kids, they’ll watch and grade. If you make it one year, and then regress, you won’t make it the following year.

I am right. It’s common sense. They can’t read minds, they don’t use historical scores. That’s conspiracy theory.

Wait, you believe in aliens right?