Met Oval Development Academy BU16 & 18 will be attending the Nike Friendlies December 6-9 2007 at the IMG Facility in Bradenton, Fla.

Final tryouts for the teams is Saturday  September 29 @ the Metoval  U-16 6:45 pm and U-18 8:15 pm

for more information go to www.metoval.org

The U.S. Soccer National Team staff designed the Nike Friendlies to maintain a focus on quality soccer and not results. As such, the Friendlies adopt a format consistent with U.S. Soccer’s Player Development Guidelines with no standings, a rest day and limited substitutions.

U.S. Soccer’s Nike Friendlies is an annual competition in which the best youth soccer clubs around the United States are invited to play high-level games that stress quality soccer and player development over wins and losses. Tournament standings are not kept during the competition, in which each team plays three 80-minute games over the four days. Club teams will play games on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, with Saturday reserved for marquee matches involving the U.S. Youth National Teams.

“For players wanting to be seen competing at an elite level, the Nike Friendlies is the most beneficial youth soccer event in the country,” said U-17 Men’s National Team Head Coach John Hackworth. “The Nike Friendlies has become one of the premier events in the country as it allows for optimal player development against high-quality competition. The advantages the players have taken away from this event over the past five years are tremendous and we are expecting the same will be true this year.”