ONTARIO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U13 – U17

The Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) is a standards-based, youth high-performance league that combines top level competition with strict high-performance training and coaching standards. This innovative and exciting youth high-performance program is an important component of the overall movement to adopt the core principles of Long Term Player Development (LTPD) in Ontario and Canada. OPDL encompasses the U-13 to U-17 age categories, for both boys and girls.

OPDL represents young players’ early graduation to a genuine, high-performance training environment, targeting the top athletes in the province from age groups U-13 to U-17, constituting the highest level of competitive youth soccer in Ontario. OPDL requires license holders to provide a high-performance training program opposed to just offering another league to play in. The program’s key objective is to foster the growth of players across the four pillars of player development and offer an entry point into the provincial and national programs.

Players interested in becoming part of Rush Canada’s OPDL program should complete the trial form found throughout this website and one of our coaches will contact you with specific details. Trial periods are available throughout the year however the following dates are important to better understand who and when players are able to trial for OPDL teams for a season ahead.

- Phase 1 usually starts in September and ends in late October - Open to players who do not presently play in the OPDL.

- Phase 2 usually starts in late October and ends in February - Open to OPDL players who are considering other options.

- Phase 3 begins in February and continues until early April - Open to any player who has not committed to an OPDL team.

Between April and September we still accept Trial requests for youth players as long as they have not committed to another OPDL program.

Ontario Soccer Website

Rush Canada OPDL Trial request