On July 16-20, soccer teams from across the world journey to the National Sports Center (NSC) to play in the 2019 Target USA CUP. Goals will be scored on every field throughout the five-day tournament, but in this year’s tournament, each goal will go toward a cause greater than a game outcome.
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One of the aspects that makes Target USA CUP so unique is the distinct international presence. Players, coaches and referees come from all over the world for the tournament, but there are still teams that create a buzz among the staff.
That is the case with Monrovia Academy, a girls’ 15U team from Liberia and will…
Target USA CUP wrapped up the weekend tournament today with lots of action. Champions were crowned, and we said good bye to some teams not staying for more action later in the week. Meet our Faces at the cup for Sunday, July 14, 2019.
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Many organizations descend on Blaine every year for Target USA CUP, but few are as ingrained in the tournament as the SOCCER.COM staff. Members of the online soccer gear store’s sales team set up a pop up location in the Adidas store selling apparel such as national team jerseys, game balls and footwear. And with…
It’s day two of Target USA CUP and everything was in full action. Group play was wrapping up, and playoffs were starting. While this is happening it’s time to introduce more of the players, referees, staff, and fans that make Target USA Cup happen. Meet our 2019 Faces at the Cup for Saturday, July 13.…
A Tokiwagi player passes a ball Saturday morning (Claudia Sinclair/NSC).
Tokiwagi Gakuen High School’s players practice twice every day on a dirt field outside of Sendai, Japan. They don’t practice on dirt because they have no grass—they do it because Head Coach Abe believes the ball is harder to control on dirt, even though they have…
