Springfield MO Soccer

From the Missouri Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) website:

Tryouts for the Boys 1990-1992 State ODP program will be next Monday-Wednesday at Lake Country Soccer (details below). There are some basic requirements for anyone interested in pursuing the opportunities that the Olympic Development Program (ODP) offer. Here’s some detail from the MYSA website:

First, register online. Then, when coming to tryouts, bring a ball and water bottle, wear shin guards; do not wear any clothes or gear with your club name on it. You will receive two t-shirts to be worn at all tryouts. For parents: If you do not mail in payment and medical release form, bring those to the tryout also. For more information see ‘General Information’ and ‘ODP Calendar’.

Note that there is a cost of $115 that is required as part of the tryout. The other key piece of information is that all practices have been in St. Louis in the past so you will have travel costs associated with several weekend sessions that occur during the course of the year. Here are the tryout times and locations:

11/27/2006 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ODP Tryouts (1st. session) Boys 1990-1992 Lake Country, Cooper Field #2, Springfield
11/28/2006 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ODP Tryouts (2nd. session) Boys 1990-1992 Lake Country, Cooper Field #2, Springfield
11/29/2006 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ODP Tryouts (3rd. session) Boys 1990-1992 Lake Country, Cooper Field #2, Springfield

There are a number of players from the Region who have participated in the past. They include the following current members (chosen last Winter):

1990 State Pool
Graham Basecke, Springfield
Heath Melugin, Springfield

1991 State Pool
Ian Kennedy, Springfield
Devon Newport, Springfield
Ian Newport, Springfield
Will Palmer, Springfield
Skyler Russell, Springfield
Christopher Tombridge, Springfield

1992 State Pool
Stuart Beezley, Springfield
Ryan Collins, Springfield
Joseph Curti, Carthage
Sean Marren, Springfield
Alec Martinez, Ozark
Joshua Rose, Nixa

Good luck to everyone interested. I plan on coming out one of the evenings to get more acquainted with the process myself. I’ll see you there!