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2021 Target USA CUP Featured Team: Quad Cities Rush Soccer Club

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In 2021, Target USA CUP will welcome the Quad Cities Rush Soccer Club U12 Boys Team to the National Sports Center. The club hails from Moline, IL, a town near the border of Illinois and Iowa. The team is comprised of players from eight different cities and two states; Coal Valley, East Moline, Hampton, Moline, Rock…

Kick Cancer day at Target USA CUP raised over $2,600 to fight pediatric cancer

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Kelly Distad poses at the Kick Cancer HQ. (Aidan Berg/NSC) Wednesday, July 17 was Kick Cancer day at Target USA CUP. It was the second year that the tournament partnered with the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital to raise money to fight pediatric cancer. This year the initiative raised a total of $2,605.93 toward the…

End of an era for U19 players in their final Target USA CUP

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Joel and Audrey Thibert a have been a father-daughter and coach-player combination for many a USA CUP. (Aidan Berg/NSC) When students graduate from high school, a lot of things change. Whether they go to college or decide to do something else, they start to take on many more adult responsibilities and might lose track of…

The DeSarro family has to be Target USA CUP guest player all-stars

Daily Kick, USA CUP, USA CUP DownloadJuly 19, 2019247Views 0Likes 1Comment

The DeSarro family from left to right: Dominic, Hadassah, Remington, Gideon, Amanda, Benjamin, Matthew, Bella and Cecilia. (Aidan Berg/NSC) Target USA CUP is known for its ability to bring diverse people together to introduce attendees to new cultures, but it’s rare that the diversity comes from within one family. That is the case with the DeSarros,…

Target USA CUP photographer Garry Frankel raises awareness about cardiac arrest

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Garry Frankel (left) has formed a strong bond with Matt Johnson, the EMT who saved his life. (Alex Carroll) In the summer of 2010, paramedic Matt Johnson received an email from a man who said that Johnson had saved his life. The man wrote that, a year prior, Johnson was the lead EMT who resuscitated…

Former Target USA CUP players are back at the tournament, this time as coaches

Daily Kick, USA CUP, USA CUP DownloadJuly 17, 2019253Views 0Likes 0Comments

Shayne Griffin coaches his Milton Magic boys' U15 team Wednesday afternoon. In Target USA CUP’s 35-year history, the tournament has seen a lot of faces from around the world. However, two former USA CUP players are back at this year’s tournament—this time, in a coach’s uniform. Mark Abboud and Shayne Griffin paraded with their teams, Minnesota Thunder…