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 2016/17

Player                          Pool
SaeJin Mallon        02 REGIONAL POOL
Lincoln 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 POOL
Phil      James            98
Cole     Hasen          98
Aldo    Martinez      98  

Georgia ODP 2013/14

Player                           Pool
Noah Allen     01
Boland Lekeaka 01     REGIONAL POOL

Georgia ODP 2012/13

Player        Pool


Georgia ODP 2011/12