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About the Tournament of Champions
The Tournament of Champions features the state and league
championship teams in seven competitive categories from the Midwest Region's 14 state associations. These
categories include Men's, Women's, Men 0/30, and Women 0/30 division, Men U23, Women U23 and Coed Division.
The tournament has grown to be one of the two largest such events in the Midwest annually, including between 30-40 teams in
certain years. Envisioned by Joe Rodrigues (past Regional Director, Region II), the TOC began in 1980 to provide competition
between the best teams in each of the States of the Midwest Region. The men's competition is open to Midwest (Region II)
State Champions and Runners-Up. All of the other competitions are open to any league champions from the
region. Following the long illness and death of Joe, the tournament was renamed in honor of its founder to be the
Joseph L. Rodrigues Tournament of Champions.
Each tournament division has a traveling trophy which is returned to the tournament
the following year, until teams from a State have won the trophy three times, at which time, the trophy is retired.
In the late 1990's, the regional council decided to honor noteworthy members of Region II by naming the traveling trophies
for them. Presently, the four trophies honor the following: Men's Open; Joseph L. Rodrigues; Women's Open, Flo
Dyson; Men's 0/30, James Carson, and; Women's O/30, Julie Ilacqua.
Who Can Enter the Tournament of Champions
The tournament is open only to affiliated teams
within the Midwest Region of USASA and recognized by their State Association, National or Regional Leagues as:
Men's
Open Division
a. the State, Regional or National League Champion
b. the State, Regional
or National League Runner-Up
c. the winner of the previous year's tournament
d. the
runner-up of the previous year's tournament
e. and, if needed to round out the competition, a team designated
by the host State Association.
Women's Open Division
a. the State, Regional or National
League Champions
b. the State, Regional or Natioanl League Runner-Up
c. the League Champions
d. the winners of the previous year's tournament
e. the runner-up of the previous year's
tournament.
f. and, if needed to round out the competition, a team designated by the host State Association
Men and Women's U/23 and Coed Divisions
a. the State, Regional
or National League Champions
b. the State, Regional or Natioanl League Runner-Up
c. the
League Champions
d. the winners of the previous year's tournament
e. the runner-up of
the previous year's tournament
f. and, if needed to round out the competition, a team designated by the
host State Association
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2009 TOC Recap
Thirty teams, in four divisions, participated
in the 2009 Region II Tournament of Champions in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Again, a wonderfully hosted event for Region II by the
State of Indiana. In the Men's Open Division, Louisville Soccer Alliance of Kentucky defeated Ohio North's Cleveland
Croatia to secure the championship trophy. In the Men's Over-30 division, the 2009 holders, Fort Wayne Sport Club (Indiana)
lost in the final game to Drita SC (Michigan),
A round robin schedule in the Men's U23 division resulted in
1790 Cincinnati (Southern Ohio) being declared the champion with the Dynamo SC (Indiana) finishing second. The Women's
Open was won for the 2nd year in a row by the Kansas KC Dynamo who defeated the Michigan Burn in the final game. All these
teams secure an automatic berth into the 2010 Tournament, by virtue of their results in the 2009 event.
2010 Tournament of Champions Information
This years Tournament of Champions will be held at Lost Nations Sports Park in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17-18, 2010. Updated entry forms, hotel information and other pertinent need-to-know
information will be posted soon. But, if you need an answer to a question asap, contact our Tournament of Champions commissioner,
Bill Davey.
Past Tournament of Champions Winners
Click here to view all winners of the Tournament of Champions
2009 Tournament of Champions Entry Form
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