More on MN Elite's Tournament in Maryland

Another interesting perspective of MN Elite's tournament in Baltimore from the perspective of one of the players.  You can find the full article HERE.

Here's an excerpt from the piece:

Jake Woodring shooting

General Impressions: We went 6-0 in the showcase, and were the only undefeated team. Our team thought our hardest competition was going to be the two long island teams but we beat them 10-6 and 9-2. Our hardest competition were the Haymakers (6-3) and the Arizona Burn (8-7). I think this shows that there are new hotbeds showing up. It was good seeing that skill level was growing to other places and not just the east coast. I would have liked to play teams like Team Central and the CT Chargers, two teams that could really play the game well.

Our team: We got to bring the rising junior elite team there as well. Our team has been known to be the best team to come out of our state and I think we proved that this weekend by going 6-0. We had six kids make the tournament’s all-star game which is voted by the college coaches in attendance; Attackmen Al Barnhart (Blake School ’12) and Andy Dines (Westminster School ’12/Delaware Commit), Midfielders Jake Woodring (Eden Prarie ’13) and Taylor Topousis (Deerfield PG ’12/Dartmouth Commit), and Goalies Thomas Gilligan (Benilde-St. Margarets ’12) and Calder Sutton (Blake School ’12). All of them played great.