Can someone please clarify why PSW is named white and not blue? Thanks
This seems problematic to me. Maybe put month and year, but exact birth dates is public sharing of material personal information.
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Not sure what the concern is? Now you can send your favorite ODP player a birthday card. Every college team and USA WP posts âHappy Birthdayâ on social media for players. Do you want to remove the birthday from your drivers license incase it gets stolen? Maybe I am missing somethingâŚ
Identity theft can take many forms and you have whole fleets of individuals, bots and entities pursuing this every day. With just a name and birthdate scammers may open new accounts in your name. In other cases, fraudsters may use your personal information to open new accounts in your name with financial institutions, lenders, and/or credit card companies. Some scammers also create fake social media profiles to target your friends and family.
This past year a junior in college we know, went to apply for a credit card only to find out he already had three cards in his name.
Itâs not as benign as it seems.
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Reds vs Whites is more czarist Russia. Red vs Blue is US politics.
In the end, does it matter?
Rosters have been published (at last)
ODP Development teams ranked by average age.
| ODP Team | Average Age |
|---|---|
| PNW Boys Development | 14.03 |
| SWZ Development Boys | 13.79 |
| CEN Development Red | 13.76 |
| NEZ Boys Development | 13.75 |
| PAC Dev Red 2025 | 13.70 |
| CST DEVELOPMENT RED | 13.62 |
| HAW Boys Development | 13.62 |
| SPA Red DEV | 13.57 |
| SEZ Development Boys | 13.49 |
| CST DEVELOPMENT BLUE | 13.47 |
| Midwest Dev Boys | 13.44 |
| PAC Dev Blue 2025 | 13.37 |
| Mountain Boys Development | 13.36 |
| SPA Blue DEV | 13.35 |
| PSW DEVELOPMENT RED | 13.32 |
| CEN Development Blue | 13.32 |
| GLZ Development Boys | 13.32 |
| PSW DEVELOPMENT WHITE | 12.89 |
As luck would have it, the oldest team in Development faces off against the youngest team at 7PM on Friday.
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The 2025 ODP national championship tournament will be held this weekend in Northern California. The strict playing-time rules for this tournament favor teams that have deep rosters. The rosters for the PAC zone youth teams are as deep as any zone, including the SPA zone. This depth suggests that 2025 will be a good season for the top Northern California high school programs. Although a lot can happen between now and the start of the high school season, I believe Sacred Heart Prep and Miramonte are likely to finish in the top 3 to 6 and De La Salle and Campolindo are likely to finish in the top 10 in my unofficial end-of-season rankings. I predict Cathedral Catholic will finish third or fourth and Brunswick (if the California Interscholastic Federation allows them to participate in CIF tournaments) will finish in the top 10. If my too-early predictions are correct, there will be only four Southern Section schools in the end-of-season top 10. I canât remember the last time that happened.
With all due respect to the teams and players I didnât mention, here are my predictions, often wrong, for this weekendâs ODP youth tournament:
- SPA Red. Just one Class of 2025 player but a very good one: Taylor Bell (JSerra and Mission, Princeton). Two Class of 2027 players: center defender Logan McGann (Santa Margarita and SOCAL) and goalie James Love (Yucaipa and Rancho Tsunami). SPA Red has four players from JSerra, three from Newport Harbor, two from Corona Del Mar, and two from Santa Margarita. I canât remember the last time SPA Red didnât have at least one Mater Dei player. Jonas Ransford (JSerra Class of 2026 and Mission, âBig 4â?) is generally considered to be the best junior goalie. LH center Tyler Anderson (JSerra Class of 2026 and Mission, âBig 4â?) may have the highest ceiling of any junior. The SPA Red roster lists just one center and two center defenders. By comparison, PAC Red has two center defenders and three potential âBig 4â centers. Connor Ohl (Newport Harbor Class of 2026 and Newport Beach, âBig 4â?) is one of the top four or five juniors in the country. Iâm not sure why he isnât playing for SPA Red this weekend.
- PAC Red. Three Class of 2025 players and four Class of 2027 players: center defender Nathan Greenberg (Archie Williams and SHAQ), Brady Hassett (Miramonte and CCU), Will Maguy (Campolindo and CCU), and Ellis Culleton (Campolindo and CCU). Four PAC Red players play for CCU and three play for Atherton and Sacred Heart Prep. PAC Red is probably the fastest team in the tournament. It also has the most depth at center, with Gian Sarimsakci (St. Ignatius Class of 2025 and San Francisco Water Polo Club, Cal), Oliver Marcin (Sacred Heart Class of 2026 and Atherton, Stanford?), and Tristan Tucker (Miramonte Class of 2026 and Lamorinda, âBig 4â?). Marcin is one of the top 3 or 4 juniors in the country. Clay Carrington (Sacred Heart and Atherton, âBig 4â?) is as good as any LH attacker in the country. If it seems like goalies Murdoch Baker Matsuoka (Sacred Heart Class of 2026 and Atherton) and Will Corr (De La Salle Class of 2026 and Diablo Alliance) have been around a long time, itâs because they have been at least part-time starters since their freshman years.
- CST Red. Three Class of 2025 players, no Class of 2027 players, and five players from Channel Islands United. Channel Islands could surprise some people at the Junior Olympics. CST Red has three players from Oaks Christian, two from Mira Costa, and two from Buena. I canât remember the last time a CST Red team had only one player from Harvard-Westlake
- PAC Blue. Four Class of 2025 players and two Class of 2027 players. Keep an eye on goalie Jack Elder (Las Lomas Class of 2026 and Lamorinda). Elder, 6â7â, is fairly new to water polo but has drawn the interest of âBig 4â coaches. Iâm a little surprised Elder, Soren Jessen (Terra Linda Class of 2025 and SHAQ, Fordham), Sawyer Goldberg (Redwood Class of 2025 and San Francisco Water Polo Club), and Jake Carrera (Archie Williams and North Irvine Beast Boys, U.C. Davis) arenât playing for PAC Red. PAC Blue finished ahead of PAC Red last year. It wonât surprise me if that happens again this year.
- PSW. The PSW Zone has one team in the youth tournament. Seven of their players are from Del Mar. PSW is one of the two youngest teams in my top 8, with two Class of 2025 players and six Class of 2027 players, including center/attacker Kenly Axline (Cathedral Catholic and Del Mar) and center defender Jett Taylor (Cathedral Catholic and Del Mar). Axline and Taylor are two of the best sophomores in the country. LH attacker Eamon Bruhn (Cathedral Catholic Class of 2027 and Del Mar), 2nd team California/Hawaii All-American in 2024; and LH utility player Dexter Black (La Jolla Class of 2027 and La Jolla United) didnât try out for the team. PSW would be a top 3 or 4 team with Bruhn and Black.
- CEN. One of the older teams in the tournament, with eight Class of 2025 players and two Class of 2027 players. Goalie Harper Gardener (Rio Americano Class of 2025 and American River, UCLA) was a 1st team California/Hawaii All-American in 2024. Lucas Ruano (Rio Americano Class of 2026 and American River, âBig 4â?) is one of the best juniors in the country. CEN could finish anywhere from 6th to 8th.
- SPA Blue. Two Class of 2025 players, two Class of 2027 players, and one Class of 2028 player: Sean Anderson (JSerra and Mission). As noted above, I donât think there is much separation between the PAC Red and PAC Blue teams. There is more separation between the SPA Red and SPA Blue teams. SPA Blue could finish anywhere from 6th through 8th.
- NEZ. One of the two youngest teams in my top 8, with no Class of 2025 players, four Class of 2027 players, and one Class of 2028 player. Seven of NEZâs top 9 or 10 players play for Greenwich Aquatics and will play for Brunswick in the fall, including goalie Jack Lindberg, attacker/center defender Callum Walker, LH center Peter Saunders (Class of 2027), utility player Neveh Yechiely, and Jackson Shaw (Class of 2028). Shaw is one of the best freshmen in the country. James Faulhaber (Phillips Exeter Class of 2026 and LA Premier) is a solid center. NEZ could finish anywhere from 6th through 8th.
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Re PSW, the standout CCHS/Del Mar Center Defender is Jett Taylor (whose younger brother is Grayson Taylor, also CCHS/Del Mar).
It was probably an accident which has been corrected. The Public Rosters file available on the USA Water Polo site does not have the DOB information anymore, which is understandable. Interestingly, it does not have the graduation year info as well.
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Iâm good with that. For my part, any posted tables or charts I derive from DOB information will be in the form of aggregated information only. I have to follow similar guidelines when creating data products subject to the California Public Records Act.
These I consider inbounds:
| Youth Team | Avg Age |
|---|---|
| CEN Youth Boys | 17.45 |
| HAW Boys Youth | 17.40 |
| SWZ Youth Boys | 17.38 |
| Mountain Boys Youth | 17.34 |
| PAC Youth Blue 2025 | 17.33 |
| CST YOUTH RED | 17.26 |
| PAC Youth Red 2025 | 17.24 |
| PNW Boys Youth | 17.20 |
| MDW YOUTH Boys | 17.08 |
| SEZ Youth Boys | 17.07 |
| SPA Red Youth | 17.04 |
| GLZ Youth Boys | 17.04 |
| CST YOUTH BLUE | 17.02 |
| PSW YOUTH | 16.98 |
| NEZ Boys Youth | 16.96 |
| SPA Blue Youth | 16.83 |
| Cadet Team | Ave Age |
|---|---|
| CEN Cadet Blue | 15.33 |
| CEN Cadet Red | 15.38 |
| CST CADET BLUE | 15.41 |
| CST CADET RED | 15.55 |
| GLZ Cadet Boys | 15.61 |
| HAW Boys Cadet | 15.42 |
| Midwest Cadet Boys | 15.36 |
| Mountain Boys Cadet | 15.48 |
| NEZ Boys Cadet | 15.29 |
| PAC Cadet Blue 2025 | 15.38 |
| PAC Cadet Red 2025 | 15.58 |
| PNW Cadet | 15.29 |
| PSW CADET RED | 15.38 |
| PSW Cadet White | 15.36 |
| SEZ Cadet Boys | 15.54 |
| SPA Blue Cadet | 15.19 |
| SPA Red Cadet | 15.46 |
Can we have a special WPEX table at the bar at the Pleasanton Marriott where members can mingle? Kind of our own elitist society within the elitist societyâŚ
Cheers and good luck to all!
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If you plan to attend some of the games at this weekendâs ODP national championship tournament, be prepared for cool temperatures and some rain. Good luck to all of the teams.
Here are my predictions for the cadet tournament:
- SPA Red. SPA Red has six players from Mission, including Dylan Park (JSerra Class of 2028) and Christopher Koo (Class of 2029). Park is one of the best players from the Class of 2028; Koo is one of the best players from the Class of 2029. Five of the six Mission players on the SPA Red roster attend JSerra. Koo will make it six if thatâs where he decides to go. A seventh Mission 16u player, Sean Anderson (JSerra Class of 2028), plays for SPA Redâs youth team. I donât know whether Anderson will play for Missionâs 16u team in the Futures League Super Finals and Junior Olympics. If he does, Mission, CCU, Stanford, and Del Mar (if Kenly Axline, Jett Taylor, and Eamon Bruhn play for the 16u team) will be the four teams to beat in those events. SPA Red has two very good goalies: Oliver Aguero (Newport Harbor Class of 2028 and Newport) and Stefan Vukojevic (JSerra Class of 2028 and Mission). SPA Red doesnât list a single center on its roster. If SPA Red faces PAC Red in the cadet finals, PAC Red will have a significant advantage at center.
- PAC Red. Four of the Pacific Zoneâs top sophomores are playing for the PAC Red youth team: Will Maguy (Campolindo and CCU), Ellis Culleton (Campolindo and CCU), Brady Hassett (Miramonte and CCU), and center defender Nathan Greenberg (Archie Williams and SHAQ). Even without these players, the PAC Red cadet team is formidable. Their roster includes four Miramonte players, four CCU players, three Lamorinda players, and three Stanford players. For his age, Hunter Coleman (Menlo Class of 2028 and Stanford) is probably the most advanced American center since Ben Hallock. Coleman was a 5th team California/Hawaii All-American in his freshman year in 2024, scoring 141 goals. Goalie Ethan Wallace (Tamalpais Class of 2028 and San Francisco Water Polo Club) has âBig 4â potential.
- CST Red. CST Red has four players from LA Premier and three from Pride. Center defender/center Harry Siafaris (Harvard-Westlake Class of 2027 and LA Premier) is one of the best sophomores in the country. Christian Yonker (San Marcos Class of 2028 and Channel Islands United) is one of the best freshmen in the country. Ryder Bork (Oaks Christian Class of 2027 and Pride) will be the starting goalie for Oaks Christian in the fall. Jack Lansing (Oaks Christian Class of 2027 and Pride) is a promising LH center.
- PSW Red. As noted above, Del Marâs (and Cathedral Catholicâs) top three Class of 2027 players (Kenly Axline, Jett Taylor, and Eamon Bruhn) are not playing in the cadet tournament. Nevertheless, nine of the 14 players on the PSW Red roster are from Del Mar, including center Grayson Taylor (Cathedral Catholic Class of 2028) and Aden Shin (Bishopâs Class of 2028). Taylor and Shin are two of the top players from the Class of 2028. Liam Zarcu (Class of 2029 and San Diego Shores) is a promising attacker/center.
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It is a recurring issue with 6-8 scorers missing exclusions drawn. 60% of the centersâ job is getting thoseâŚ.they work hard. Seems to be an easy stat to collect. They also missed exclusions in the Youth showcases today. Hopefully, it will improve in the next couple of days.
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Questionable pool locations for NorCal. Seems odd when you have so many other pools with stands and facilities that are more robust all over NorCal.
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In case anyone from USAWP reads this. At this level of tournament, it should be expected to have:
- right scores on excel sheet: youth game last night spa vs cst ended 16:9 not 10:7
- Excel file updated close to real time after games end
- 6-8 to cover both Yourh pools. It seems they only cover one youth pool and not Livermore .
- Have an email or other mode of communication to get real time feedback
Thank You
Ideas:
- 6-8 and gols track every game in real-time. It would be useful if they create a tournament site with live scores for all game as opposed to an excel sheet that updates very slowly.
- how hard is to put together an AI tool that tracks stat based on transcribed gols broadcast rather than a human that needs to follow the game and punch 6 different stats . Cheaper , more scalable, and less errors. 6-8 tools gas so many errors . It is not the tool but the user and I can see that it is hard to track so many stats in real-time.
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