The Olympic Development Program (ODP) was created by
US Soccer around 25 years ago for two purposes:
1) To identify national team players early, at the youth level.
2) To provide development opportunities for these potential national team players.
To this day, these two core purposes, namely, IDENTIFY and DEVELOP for the national team, have not changed. However, many players have also come to associate ODP with improved opportunities for playing college soccer and getting college scholarships. This is because many college coaches work on ODP staff at the state, regional, and national levels and also most college coaches scout players at ODP events. College coaches consider a player’s participation in ODP as an indicator of talent and soccer ambition.
Here are the players who have made Olympic Development Program (ODP) from Athens United Soccer program:
Georgia ODP 2016/17Player PoolSaeJin Mallon
02
REGIONAL POOLLincoln Zemaitis
02
Eric Bravo
02
Zackery Quick
02
Mathew Lofton
02
Ethan Irwin
02
Georgia ODP 2015/16
Player Pool
Merryn Thompson
01
Georgia ODP 2014/15
Player Pool
Merryn Thompson
01
Boland Lekeaka
01
REGIONAL POOLPhil James
98
Cole Hasen
98
Aldo Martinez
98
Georgia ODP 2013/14
Player PoolNoah Allen
01
Boland Lekeaka
01
REGIONAL POOL
Georgia ODP 2012/13
Player Pool
William Crain 00 REGIONAL POOL, NATIONAL POOL, Atlanta United U17 DA
Mehran Ahmadipour 97
Gabriel Arcos 96
Georgia ODP 2011/12
Player Pool
William Crain 00
Mehran Ahmadipour 97
Lee Brackman 97
Gabriel Arcos 96
Henry Scott 95 REGIONAL POOL
Matthew Ward 95 REGIONAL POOL
Georgia ODP2010/11
Player Pool
Ashley Thomas 99
Andres Perez 99
Jack Rinkowski 99
Auston Rodiquez 99
Gilberto Rodiquez 98
Lee Brackman 97
Nick Morin 98
Garrett Walker 97
Ryan Vetter 98
Jordan Burst 94 REGIONAL POOL
Georgia ODP 09/10
Player Pool
Elizabeth Allen 96
Johnathan Scherzer U14 USSF National Team Pool