July 15, 2003

Blaine soccer tournament

Jayne Solinger - Reporter

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What's billed as the largest youth soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere is underway this week at the National Sports Center in Blaine. The Schwan's USA Cup hosts over 800 teams from 30 states and 18 countries. Handling the tens of thousands of athletes and spectators requires the services of over a thousand volunteers. Dan Barnes of Maple Grove is one of them. He's been taking the week off to attend the tournament since it started 19 years ago -- first as the coach of his sons' team, then as a volunteer. He says it was the sport of soccer itself that first drew him in.

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