Placer U16 Boys Gain Valuable Experience in ODP Tournaments

Austin Bravo and Eric Bryant, from Placer’s U16 team, are members of the ODP Region IV player pool. Region IV consists of a pool of approximately 30 players from 14 Western States, of which 18 are selected to travel to interregional and international events. They traveled to Florida over the Thanksgiving weekend to compete in the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregional held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. Region IV was matched up against the other three United States Regions and they came home with a perfect 3 wins, no losses and a single goal scored against them. The tournament championship secured the team an invitation to play in Barcelona, Spain as part of the B92 International Tournament. Austin and Eric left on February 23 and spent 7 days in Barcelona before returning home on March 2. Their participation in the Orlando and Barcelona events gave both players perspectives on the sport they could only experience first hand and they both greatly benefitted from the high level competitive matches. Click here to read Austin’s trip reports.

Region IV in Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain
Austin - 3rd from right, back row Eric - 4th from left, back row