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Congrats to the 92's. Hard to believe this is basically the same team that had little success at region camp last year. If I recall correctly they didn't win a game. I have been really impressed with Coach Okpodu at the various ODP events the past several years and am not suprised by the outcome of this years team. Players and parents should consider themselves lucky to have him.



Soccer63, First of all, thank you for the congratulations. On the issue of this basically being the same team, there are actually only a handful (5) of players from last year on this squad. The difference is in the participation of top talent who had not come out before or may have come out one year and not the next. This is a prime example of what I and others have said about getting the players to come out and embrace the challenge to compete and train for a spot on their state team.

I should also mention again that two very talented players on the roster were not able to come at the last minute for personal reasons and another is still recovering from ACL reconstruction. This team will be ready for Nationals.