Actually, 4 '06s made the final 18 person roster...but yes, congrats and good luck to them and the team next weekend. They go up against Utah, Nevada, and Washington in pool play.
2006 - ODP Player Pool
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2 of them played up with the 05's with their respective clubs I believe, so that may be the difference.
oh canada
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When you try to force a process through and bend rules for your own benefit, things like this happen. There should have been complete transparency from the beginning...telling all original parents and families that they are going to form a team but they're not clear on if, where and when the team might play. Doesn't sound like they did this but I wasnt there. Then let the families decide if they want to dedicate the time and $$ to going. My hunch is more families would have said "no thank you." Another example of big organizations limiting decision-making/choice of families (the little guys). Their next round of invites will have a much lower response/acceptance rate. Fool me once...
silverback
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As a parent of one of the final 22 I’ll give my 2 cents. While it would have been great to see the team play together I don’t think this was ever promised. Regardless, my daughter thoroughly enjoyed the process. The camp and tryouts gave her a chance to play against some of the best players in the age group and make new friendships that will surely only grow in the future. It is not a perfect process and never will be (show me an ID process that is) but a great experience if kept in proper perspective (especially at the 06 age group). As for the $, I call sour grapes on the nay sayers here. For sure no one is getting rich off of these nominal fees, and again it was money well spent from our perspective.
Not sure it's fair to read this the way you are doing so. Just last year, at the 2017 ODP championships, Arizona brought two teams to the Boys 2004 division (Red and Grey):
http://tournaments.usyouthsoccer.or...-Championships/Schedule/2004-Boys/Division+1/
Looks more like US Youth Soccer decided to step in and change the rules when Cal South wanted to do it.
Perhaps USYSA originally allowed it because it thought Arizona would be the only state willing to do it given the travel costs for other states and because it thought Arizona deserved it for performing hosting duties. The worry, however, might have been that Cal South's second team might beat a bunch of other states' first teams.