MN Girls Winter Tourney News

Since the girls blog shut down, I haven't heard much about the girls team winter tournament plans. Please use this post to let us all know how the MN girls teams are performing at Winter events.

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2008 State Cup

With the February State Cup meeting coming around, its time to create a post about MN State Cup. Should be an interesting tournament with some of the team and player movement and all of the hard work put in by players so far this winter.

Were Back

I hope everyone had a good week off. Lets try to keep the bickering to a minimum and focus on exchanges opinions and ideas.

MN Club Scene

With the successful and exciting conclusion of the High School state tournament, we can now turn our attention to club soccer. I’m sure many teams are already training and preparing for holiday tournaments, spring tournaments, Midwest Regional League and even State Cup.

Please refrain from using this post as a place to attack players, coaches and clubs. I know that many are getting tired of seeing threads turn into exchanges between angry people. Try to focus on the positives in youth soccer and the contributions of clubs, coaches, parents and MYSA.

Barker Resigns from MYSA

Thanks to those who forwarded the email about Ian Barker. For those who do not know, Ian Barker has resigned as Coaching Director for MN Youth Soccer. Here is the MYSA communication:

Date: November 14, 2007
To: MYSA Club PresidentsMYSA Club DOCs
From: MYSA President Bob PorettiMYSA Executive Director Candace Daley

Ian Barker is resigning from MYSA effective December 2007. Ian has been MYSA’s Director of Coaching and Player Development for the last ten years and will be missed greatly. Ian’s love of soccer and kids has always been evident by his dedication of time and talent, his energy and his unswerving commitment to youth soccer. We wish Ian well as he takes some time off before pursuing other career opportunities in the future.

Ian has been known in soccer circles as strong advocate for improving soccer in MN and for developing players through ODP. Ian's leadership and commitment will be missed.

2007 MN High School Soccer State Champions!

Congratulations to that champions and all of the players, coaches and fans that qualified for the State Tournament!

* Anoka High School – Boys AA Champion
* Duluth Marshall HS – Boys A Champion
* Lakeville South HS – Girls AA Champion
* Totino-Grace HS – Girls A Champion

Brackets can be view here:
* Boys A bracket
* Boys AA bracket
* Girls A bracket
* Girls AA bracket

2007 Individual Soccer Awards

Congratulations to the 2007 individual award winners. All are excellent choices and deserve the awards for their outstanding efforts and success in high school soccer.

Coaches Association Mr. Soccer

• AA - Colin Monestario (Wayzata High School)
• A - Keido Poure (St. Bernards High School)

Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year

• Keido Poure (St. Bernards High School)

Pioneer Press Player of the Year

• Mike Hutton (Apple Valley)

2007 Boys Sections

Some highlights and predictions for the 2007 Boys Soccer Sections. I don’t know all of the teams and section well, but I’m taking a shot. Best of luck to all the teams, coaches, fans and parents!

Click on the section links below to see the MSHSL brackets and scores!

1AA - #1 Lakeville North – LN is the class of this average section and should win it.
2AA - #1 Eden Prairie – only Edina in the final should make this section tough for EP. EP wins the final though.
3AA - #1 Apple Valley – one of the toughest sections – AV and Burnsville in the final and it should be a barn burner – Eastview could be the surprise in this section
4AA - #1 Hill Murray – this section demonstrates the parity in soccer this year – no great teams here, but the top 5-6 are capable of winning it. Toss up.
5AA - #1 Osseo – surprised Osseo gets the top seed. This is a strong section and any of the top 5 teams could win it. I predict #3 Champlin Park wins it.
6AA - #1 Wayzata – probably the strongest section with any of the top 5 teams capable of winning it and doing well at state. Even though Wayzata has been scoring goals of late, I predict St. Louis Park wins it.
7AA - #1 Anoka – probably the best job of seeding by the coaches. Only Anoka, Coon Rapids and Blaine have a shot to win it. I say the semi-winner between Coon Rapids and Blaine beats Anoka in the final.
8AA - #St. Cloud Apollo – Traditionally out state teams get clobbered at state. Apollo should win the section.

1A - #1 Rochester Lourdes – this is a big section with 16 teams, but I can see anybody putting up much of a fight against Lourdes.
2A - #1 Mankato West – looks like a Mankato West v Mankato East final.
3A - #1 Blake School – I guess this is a good section for Class A, but really not many good teams. Blake and SPA should get to the final.
4A - #1 St. Paul Humboldt – what a great season for the boys from Humboldt! Congrats! This section has 4 good Class A teams in Humboldt, St. Bernards, Mahtomedi and South St. Paul. I say Mahtomedi over South St. Paul in the final.
5A - #1 Totino Grace – has teams that have historically been strong Class A schools, but not this year. This section is tough to figure out. Even #5 Mpls Edison has a chance to win it, although it should be Totino…don’t bet any money on this one.
6A - #1 Benilde – should be Benilde, Orono and Breck are the class of this section. I predict Orono in an upset in the final over Benilde.
7A - #1 Duluth East – hands down Duluth East rolls through the final.
8A - #1 Hillcrest Lutheran – just like AA, the winner of this section probably will not fair well at the state tournament.