The Brine Girl's Soccer Tournament of Champions held in Burlington, Iowa had a team drop out of our event today and are looking for a team to replace them. We are one of the premier girl's soccer tournaments in the country and have 24 teams participate in this event from 8 different states. The date of the event for next Spring is April 25-26, 2008 and you will be in an 8 team bracket.

Our ideal candidate would be a team that is looking to compete against the best of the best as this is where our opening exists. We had over 40 colleges in attendance last year and the facilities are absolutely awesome. Our website is www.tournamentofchampionsonline.com and here is a list of teams that are in the event. The teams in your bracket would be the teams below that are numbers 1, 3, 4, 7, 14, 15, and 16.

For more information, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at qhssoccer@insightbb.com or contact me at 217-257-1103.

2008 Brine Tournament of Champions Participants

1. St. Thomas Aquinas – Overland Park, KS – 2007 State Champion and 3rd in a row. Currently ranked nationally #5 in the studentsports poll and #4 in the NSCAA poll.

2. Ft. Zumwalt West – O’Fallon, MO. – 2007 State Champion, currently ranked #32 in the studentsports.com national poll and #11 in the NSCAA national poll.

3. Incarnate Word Academy – St. Louis, MO – State runner-up to FZW and currently ranked nationally #37 in studentsports.com and #16 NSCAA.

4. St. Joseph’s Academy – St. Louis, MO. – 3rd place in state, traditional national power.

5. Visitation Academy – St. Louis, MO. – 4th place in Missouri small schools.

6. Glendale High – Springfield, MO. – Up and coming team from southern Missouri.

7. St. Teresa’s Academy – Kansas City, MO. – Traditional national power in Missouri. Won state titles in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

8. West Des Moines Valley – West Des Moines, IA. – Won class 2A state titles in 2005, 2006, and again in 2007. Had 43 game winning streak snapped at 2007 TOC. Ranked #6 in NSCAA region IV poll.

9. Bettendorf High – Bettendorf, IA - Traditional state contender from Iowa.

10. Burlington High – Burlington, IA. – One of our 4 developing program teams.

11. Mt. Pleasant High – Mt. Pleasant, IA. - One of our 4 developing program teams.

12. Macomb High – Macomb, IL. - One of our 4 developing program teams.

13. Lincoln Community High – Lincoln, IL. - One of our 4 developing program teams.

14. Grandview High – Aurora, CO. – Currently ranked #14 in studentsports.com in West region.

15. South Anchorage – Anchorage, AK. – State runner-up in 07, currently ranked #7 in NSCAA region IV poll.

16. Covenant Day School – Matthews, NC – North Carolina Private school state champion for 2007. Currently ranked # 14 nationally in the NSCAA national poll.

17. Normal West High – Normal, IL. – Lost in state quarterfinals to potential national champion Waubonsie Valley. Return nearly all players and will be one of the favorites for state in 2008.

18. St. Charles North – St. Charles, IL. – Traditional Illinois power from Chicago suburbs. State Runner-Up in 2004.

19. Homewood – Flossmoor – Flossmoor, IL – Strong Chicago area team with national pool players.

20. Lake Forest High – Lake Forest, IL. – Return strong nucleus of players including 2 national U-16 players, should they not opt to play full time club ball.

21. Horlick High – Racine, WI. – Strong Wisconsin program that traditionally in final 8 of the state tournament

22. Waynesville High – Waynesville, MO. – 17-5 in 2007 and only had 3 seniors on the team.

23. Whitefish Bay High – Whitefish Bay, WI – Finished 16-4-4 and made their state record 16th trip to the final 8 and also hold a state record 7 championships. They also have 3 runner-up finishes.