Foregoing a Top Event for State Cup
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:01AM 
After pondering it for about a second after seeing our State Cup draw, I decided to pull the girls from the Arsenal Elite Invitational (Cincinnati, OH, April 27 - 28). It would have been a great event for us as many of the teams there would likely represent their states at Regionals in June.
However, we've been clear about our goal of representing Minnesota this year at Regionals, and there is no way I can sacrifice performance in our first game against Wayzata by attending the Arsenal event. The girls would have a tough, competitive weekend for sure in Cincinnati and that alone would have stopped me from taking them. Couple in the 12 to 14 hour bus ride after Sunday's game, rolling into MN sometime Monday morning, then playing at 8:00PM that night, would have been too much to ask.
The tournament is disappointed that we won't be making it, but the director understands our situation. The four other Bangu Tsunami girls teams are still planning to attend (U10 East Academy, U11 East Academy, U11 South Academy, and U12 East Academy) and it should be a very challenging and memorable event for all of them.
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