PHOENIX - Four soccer players from the Metro area helped the Iowa 1997 Boys Team place second at the ODP National Championships in Phoenix this month.

Iowa lost to California South, 4-2, in a PK Shootout in the championship match.

Alexy Boehm of Marion, Sameeullah Jung of Cedar Rapids, Jordan Webb of Cedar Rapids and Hunter Wong of Cedar Rapids played for Iowa. They all compete for the Cedar River Soccer Association.

Teams from Pennsylvania, North Carolina, California and Iowa participated in the national tournament.