The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce that U14 Girls Elite player Paige Franks and U16 Girls Elite player Susanna Friedrichs have been selected to the U.S. Youth Soccer Girls ODP National Training Camp. Franks and Friedrichs will participate in five days of training and scrimmages alongside invitation-only players from all four regions at the Reach 11 Complex in Phoenix, AZ January 27-February 1, 2014.
The National Training Camp will offer players the opportunity to work with some of the nation’s top coaches to improve their playing abilities. The camp will focus on highlighting players’ individual talents as well as providing them with new tools and ideas through challenging daytime training and small-sided games. The camp aims to enhance players’ problem solving skills within the game, and better their technical and tactical abilities.
US Youth Soccer ODP, established in 1977, is the original Olympic development program in the United States. Formed to identify a pool of players in each age group from which a National Team could be selected for international competition, selected players are exposed to the nation’s top coaches from collegiate institutions, U.S. Soccer and the professional leagues. Programs exist in each state and with competitions such as the US Youth Soccer ODP Championships, Interregional Training/Competition, Regional Camps and International play. US Youth Soccer ODP continues to lead the way in elite player identification and development. US Youth Soccer ODP is an approved program of the U.S. Soccer Federation.
