Article Written by Chris Dailey
The 2023 OPSM Summer Event Schedule has now been announced, with ID Camps, Professional Showcases, and Residency Camps taking place in Canada and the USA throughout July and August. With a wide array of events, opportunities are available for players to get discovered at the Academy, College, and Professional level.
Four ID Camps will take place this Summer, in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, and Charlotte. Targeting players aged 13-18, OPSM ID Camps provide young athletes the opportunity to showcase themselves in front of the OPSM Agency and Academy Coaches. The weeklong ID Camp includes daily training sessions and informative seminars, guiding players through the different pathways to take their game to the next level.
Following an extremely successful Off-Season Tour across Canada and the USA this past Winter, OPSM is excited for the next ‘Summer Transfer Window’ Professional Combine. hosted alongside NISA powerhouse Chattanooga FC. OPSM will return to Tennessee this Summer after a previous Pro Combine in 2022 in Chattanooga which saw multiple players selected for trials with professional clubs in USL League One, NISA, and in Europe. Coaches and Scouts from Professional Clubs from around the world will be in attendance to recruit the top talent at the event.
The OPSM Invitational Residency Program returns again to Ottawa this Summer, providing top players with the opportunity to showcase themselves in front of the OPSM Agency. Residency players live and train in a professional and organized environment, receiving training from the top coaches in the region and networking with OPSM Agency representatives.
OPSM is dedicated to giving more players across North America to chase their dreams at a professional contract and are opening doors that no agency or company in the field have opened before. These combines are a potentially life-changing event for many players who are given the once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase their talents in front of professional scouts who are actively searching for players.
The full OPSM Summer Event Schedule is as follows. To apply for your spot at an event, click here.
July 2-16………..OPSM Ottawa Residency Camp
July 21-23………Chattanooga FC Summer Transfer Window Pro Combine
July 24-27………OPSM Charlotte ID Camp (U13-U18)
Aug 1-4….OPSM Ottawa ID Camp (U13-U18)
August 5-7………OSU Ottawa Champions Showcase
August 14-17……OPSM Vancouver ID camp (U13-U18)
August 25-28……OPSM Toronto ID Camp (U13-U18)
OPSM recently released a new YouTube series detailing the process OPSM embarks in their journey of organizing a combine and attracting top talent to play in front of top coaches from around the world.
For the Toronto and Vancouver Pro Combines which took place this past winter, OPSM had over 400 applicants they had to narrow down into 60 players who were selected as the best of the best and granted the opportunity of a lifetime to play in front of professional scouts. Coaches from the USA, Canada, Finland, and other countries have traveled to Canada in order to see the immense talent on display at the event.
Thanks to their showings in these combines, several players were invited into preseasons with clubs in the CPL, USL, and in Europe.
Interviews with players such as Gabriel Balbinotti, a former CPL player attending the combine, detailed their journey at the combine and highlighted the difficulties they faced.
From playing with new players who don’t know one another’s tendencies to the pressure of playing in front of professional scouts, OPSM’s new series highlights the grueling, yet successful combine process that they run.
OPSM is dedicated to giving more players across North America to chase their dreams at a professional contract and are opening doors that no agency or company in the field have opened before. These combines are a potentially life-changing event for many players who are given the once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase their talents in front of professional scouts who are actively searching for players.
To watch Episode 1 of the new OPSM Combine Series, click here.
