The U11 East Girls (Coached by Andy Kaasa and Tim Bunnell) won the U12 C1 East/South Regional playoff game 1-0 over Prior Lake on Wednesday night to advance to the U12 State Tournament.  The girls scored 2 minutes into the game from a corner kick that was volleyed into the net.  The girls worked hard defensively and had solid goalkeeping to see out the 1-0 win.

With this win, MTA will have 3 of the 6 teams in the U12 State Tournament.  The U11's will be in the opposite bracket at the U12 State Tournament from the U12 East group.  The U12 East play the U12 West in the first game in their bracket. 

Good luck to all the MTA teams this weekend at the State Tournament.

The 99e age group will be starting off their fall season at the most prestigous U12-U14 tournament in the country by attending the Eclipse Challenge Cup August 13-15.  This tournament is by invitation only and the Minnesota Thunder Academy is the only Minnesota club who receives an invitation to this event.  The tournament will feature the following teams at the U12 age group: Ohio Elite (OS),OP Eagles (OH), Carmel United (IN), Michigan Jaguars (MI), Michigan Hawks (MI), Vardar(MI), Albertson SC (NY), PDA (NJ), FC Stars of Mass (MA), Eclipse (IL).  

MTA's U14's (97 Blue, current U13's) will also be returning to this event where they were semi finalists last year and finalists the year before.