McMillan AYSO Plus
Section 11 Soccer Tournament
Costa Mesa AYSO Region 120

12th Annual Event!!
Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and 31st, 2008

The McMillan tournament schedules are now available - click here

Everyone comes into a tournament with high hopes...hopes of playing well, matching up competitively with other teams, hopes of getting referees that make calls the way you see things, hopes of meeting coaches that are encouraging and helpful, but most of all, hope of having a good time...

So that's our hope for you, your family, and especially your players...we hope you look for ways to have fun and enjoy yourselves--we'll do our best to make it easy for you!

Tournament Director

Brian McMillan
1935-1997

Tournament News:

6/22/08  Application Package -- posted

I knew Brian McMillan.  He was a friend of mind.  It was 12 years ago that he gave me a special blue referee jersey and said, “wear it on special occasions”.  Another friend of mine, Joe Boustani, the Traveling Team coach at that time, came up with idea of having a tournament over Labor Day as a fund-raiser for his team.  He wanted to call the tournament the Brian McMillan Invitational.  It was a very small tournament that first year, with only two flights of girls and two flights of boys teams.  Two fields used were Balearic, and two fields at Estancia.

Brian McMillan was able to come out to the tournament that year with his wife Karen.  Brian was restricted to a wheel chair at that point in his failing health, but he commanded the same attention, adoration, and respect that he was known for.  It was a very special day, and the first day for the blue jersey.  Brian died a few weeks later.

Every year I’ve worn that blue jersey, on the annual occasion of our special tournament.  Brian's  reference to the players as little ladies and gentlemen remind me often that AYSO is about the kids and their developing bodies and minds.  It’s what we do now with these kids that will have very long and lasting impressions and impact—Brian understood that.  You can tell who else understands that when they say AYSO by spelling the letters.  Those who say it like a word leave out the “Y”, and as I say, “why” are we here?...for the Youth!

So I hope you enjoy your experience this year as we celebrated our tournament commemorating Brian McMillan.  To those who didn’t know Brian, this may have seemed like just another soccer tournament—but for those who knew or have since heard of him, this tournament is known as a celebration of what we do in AYSO—and thanks for celebrating with us!