"This was a fantastic weekend of soccer for our team. It is awesome to be able to play against teams from outside our region and see different competition. I am always amazed at the schools that travel to this tournament. There was very high level soccer. I spoke to several college coaches that were here watching players. Eric does a great job with organizing. Everything went very smoothly."

Tim Richardson - Lee's Summit North Head Coach

"The HOA Classic was a great experience for our team. It gave us the opportunity to play very high-level competition from around the country, and provided momentum to move forward and continue to improve in our season. Very nice facilities, organization, and communication from tournament director. We were very pleased with this tournament.”

Kalyn Reinhardt - Jenks High (Jenks, OK)

"I am the father of one of the Cherry Creek HS, Colorado players that had the good fortune to participate in the inaugural year of the "Heart of America Classic" tournament held in Kansas City, MO last week (April 9-10,2010).  As my daughter has been playing competitive soccer for a number of years and attending tournaments in many US cities, I would like to congratulate you on hosting an event that ranks with the best!  The level of organization, professional manner in which the tournament was conducted, quality of support personnel (referees, trainer, etc.) and excellent teams populating the brackets was as good as I have seen.  The facilities where the matches were held were superior:  Rockhurst University and UMKC fields, seating and parking were user friendly, an important plus when playing so far from home."

"I want to thank you for everything and look forward to this becoming one of the "go to" events for Prep girls."

Bradley Pomeroy - Englewood, CO.

"This was a great tournament for us. Despite the toll of playing 3 games in 24 hours, the level of competition was strong, officiating was acceptable, and it was very exciting to have the opportunity to play teams from outside our area. Our players benefitted from this experience and we will be a better team later on this season as a result of our involvement. Everything went smoothly- games were on time, fields were great!"

Tim Richardson - Lee's Summit North Head Coach