United Soccer Leagues opened the Super Y-League’s (SYL) Olympic Development Program (ODP) National Camp today at Ed Radice Sports Complex in Tampa, Florida. The Northern Virginia Majestics are well represented on the elite chosen with nine attendees, including two U13 players that started as adversaries at a very young age.
No strangers to competition, Majestics Autumn Berry and Meghan Cox began their soccer careers on opposite sides of the pitch at age four. Although Cox holds Majestics veteran status over Berry by two seasons, the pair became teammates and close friends in 2005 when Berry moved to the NVSC Jr. Majestics 94 from a rival club. The duo was selected to the National Camp after completing the 2008 season on the U13 Majestics, their second in Super Y-League after they both played up the previous year.
Joining Berry and Cox at SYL ODP National Camp, Northern Virginia players Jeannine Molleda (U14 Majestics) Myranda Emery (U15 Majestics), and Logan Knowles (U16 Majestics) earned honors for each of their previous season’s play. Christina Anderson enters camp in her fifth year in the Super Y-League, including two National Finals appearances on the U13 Majestics in 2005 and 2006. Northern Virginia ODP Camp attendees Ellie Mills, Eryn Hurley, and Denesha Soto are in Tampa for the second time in four months, reaching the semifinals of the SYL North American Finals last November on the U17 Majestics.
Selections from the 2008 season were made from the identification system by the Super Y-League National ODP Scouting Staff. The selection process was then finalized by the ODP Staff Coaches, and assembled by the USL office.
Northern Virginia football Club, comprised of both the Northern Virginia Royals (male) and Northern Virginia Majestics (female) USL teams, is represented by the club record of both thirty-two players in the SYL ODP Camp pool and five teams in the 2008 North American Finals. Nineteen players from the Royals and thirteen players from the Majestics Super Y-League programs comprise Northern Virginia’s representation.
