The OSA News Bulletin 
Ontario Teams Set For March Break Europe Tour
VAUGHAN, ON – The Ontario U14, U15 and U16 Boys and Girls Teams depart this week for their annual March Break international friendlies and training tour.
This year, the U14 & U15 Boys travel to Switzerland and Italy while the U14, U15, & U16 Girls and the U16 Boys travel to Spain.
The teams comprise athletes who are part of the Ontario Soccer Association’s Player Development Program which is designed to increase the opportunity for players to reach their full potential and ultimately be selected to one of Canada’s National Youth Teams.
The U14 and U15 Provincial Players were invited to compete for positions along with scouted U14 and U15 players for this season’s U15 and U16 Programs.
The player selections for the U14, U15 and U16 Programs were finalized last November with the each squad comprising approximately 25 players.
Players train four times weekly at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan, in addition to three satellite training centres in the West (London), the East (Ottawa) and in the North (Sudbury) which accommodate players traveling excessive distances.
The Ontario Soccer Association’s full time Coaches in the satellite centres trained twice weekly with those players unable to travel to the Soccer Centre on weekdays.
The season commenced in October and will conclude at the end of April.
Ontario Travelling Team Rosters
Reported by Kevin Small
Video by Wolf Ruck / OSA
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In all of the news that follows this article, there isn’t one report on how the Under 15 Girls made out.
Every other age group got relatively good coverage. Is there a reason for this?
Submitted by a concerned great uncle.
Thank you for pointing this out.
Team Ontario Game Reports are posted as they are received from the travelling teams. Usually, the OSA Representative accompanying the squad emails post-game reports to the OSA News Desk, sometimes the Team Manager or, rarely, the Team Coach provides the reportage.
Unfortunately, no Game Reports were received from the U15 Girls on their 2011 March Break Tour. Also, the U16 Girls Game Reports were posted directly to Facebook as the information reported was insufficient for posting as a “story”.
For more information, kindly contact the Staff accompanying these teams.