It also works that way for Development Boys. The Winter Pipeline designated boys do not need to attend any ODP camps. They automatically qualify, although at the Development level we are talking about a handful of kids.
How does a an amazing center or goalie at cadet level break through?
Do these boys play in the New regional championship tournament?
Suppose it implies automatic entry as it is the eval
by going to the camps or standing out at the club level so that the coaching staff wants them to be at the championships. They are not all pre determined. What i am getting at is, that there are not enough good centers and goalies that do ODP camps so the coaches have to look outside the camp to build a team. Good centers are hard to find here in the US. So if they are truly amazing and what the coaches are looking for the camp will get them in.
The teams have been made. Just another way to make money. Waste of time and money.
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@marco Are all the CA zones in fact participating in the CA regional? if so, how many boys would you estimate in total that will be participating in the tournament?
Yes, all the CA zones are at the CA regional.
I haven’t heard a total, but I can do some back-of-the-napkin math and guessing to get into the ballpark. My understanding is the regionals are loosely based on the PSW-SPA Evals from last year, in which each zone brought 3 teams of ~14 players for Development and Cadet. All five CA zones have A and B teams play at nationals in Development and Cadet.
For Development and Cadet, figure:
3 teams x 14 players x 5 zones each
For Youth, CEN and PSW only have a single team while PAC, SPA and CST/CCA each have two. I’m not sure how that will affect the math at regionals.
Is this a tournament format?
I don’t have any information on that yet.
The regional tournament (Coastal, SPA, and PSW) will be in February in San Diego.
Development: 36 field players and 6 goalies will be chosen from two zone camps.3 teams of 14 (2 goalies)
Cadet: 36 field players chosen and 6 goalies from two zone camps as well as from the December “Academy” Evaluation camp. 3 Teams of 14 (2 goalies)
Youth: 24 athletes chosen from two zone camps as well as 6 goalies as from the December “Academy” Evaluation Camp. 2 teams of 14 (2 goalies)
Note: There will a few athletes that could be moved up from various levels to help fill roster spots and/or if the coaches feel they’re too dominant for their age group.
Note #2: All the teams should be equally competitive at the reginal tournament.
Goal: For each level (Development/Cadet/Youth) to create two teams for ODP Championships in March in San Diego. Two teams of 12 field players and 2 goalies.
Next, a number of athletes will be chosen for the NTSC Camp for their various age group.
- Usually 70ish for Development and 55ish for Cadet and Youth–not including goalie selections.
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Good info - with the holidays coming up, any idea on when invites for the Regional Tournament will go out?
This is all very helpful - thank you!
Does this mean that these posted dates and locations for the regional tournaments will soon be revised? They’re showing January right now and different locations for different age groups.
Dates and locations are accurate based on the emails selected players received.
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It should be this week.
This is a separate event. I believe this event is for players that did not sign up for any ODP zone camps, but I maybe wrong. ODP Zone Regionals in California have always been in February.
You and I have some very different information. The ‘3 equally competitive teams of 14’ sounds like what I’ve been hearing, but not CST, SPA, and PSW only, and not in February. My understanding is that not only are PAC and CEN coming to the regional evaluation in January, but that invitation emails to some of the age groups in PAC and CEN have already been sent. I’ve also heard that CST has received invitation emails.
Is it possible you are thinking of a different, post-selection tournament that happens after the separated January evaluation tournaments that will be exclusive to CST, SPA, and PSW as a warm-up for nationals, and are mixing details of the evaluation events with that yet-to-be-announced tournament?
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Goodness, maybe another round? JFran, I love you but I’m hoping you’ve got bad info about February for these families.
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2026 CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (NEW)
BOYS: January 10-11
Development: Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa
Cadet: Southwestern College, Chula Vista
Youth: Oxnard High School & Rio Vista High School, Oxnard
GIRLS: February 28 - March 1
All Age Groups @ Woollett Aquatic Center & TBD Irvine, CA
2026 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS: March 6-8
Chula Vista, CA and surrounding area
So there’s a mandatory assessment event in ~ 3 weeks that requires travel (for many), and invitation letters haven’t yet gone out? Awesome
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