Head Coach Devin Payton’s Maryland ODP 95 A Team, tournament champions!

The team won 5-1 over New Hampshire, 3-0 beating a tough East Penn team with 3 National team players on their squad, and Sunday the team won 1-0 over Virginia State team. The Maryland A Team scored 9 goals gave up 1. The Maryland ODP B Team also went undefeated and gave up no goals in their 3 victories over the June 6-7 weekend at Rider New Jersey ODP tournament. The scores were: game 1( 2-0 over Eastern New York, Game 2 Maryland B team won 5-0 Over Pennsylvania  West, Maryland B team won 6-0 over West Virginia. Team scored 13 goals gave up zero against!

The team played excellent and was the champion of the round group. The coaching staff included Head Coach Devin Payton & Assistant Coaches Andres Para –Jonathon Thayil were impressed and excited by the team’s success with such difficult playing bracket. “The kids played well together and moved the ball like young professionals in their matches” quoted from 2 regional staff coaches watching the team play against Eastern Penn & Virginia States. Now the team is looking forward to the College Identification Weekend , held July 15-18 in New Jersey where the boys play against another top 100 kids in their group to make the regional team squad which represents the best players from the states, from Maine down to Virginia.   The College Identification Weekend is specialized, intense technical and tactical training supplemented with match play, in a competitive environment highlighted by detailed instruction, for accomplished select and experienced varsity level players wishing to assess their abilities to play at the collegiate level.  Good luck to all the players and job well done!