Tuesday Kicks: Cal South Mega Donation & More
Playing a little catch-up -
*The 2018/2022 USA Bid Committee has received its largest donation so far - $100,000 - from Cal South.
From the press release:
Cal South teams have captured 28 youth soccer national championships this decade. The high level of play throughout their leagues has produced more than 30 percent of U.S. Men's and Women's National Team members. Cal South's State and National Cup are the two largest and most prestigious youth soccer tournaments in Southern California featuring more than 2,000 teams. Off the field, Cal South is engaged in several urban outreach initiatives throughout Los Angeles and runs the annual Soccer Nation Expo, the largest free soccer family expo in the United States, held each year at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
*The WPS All-Star game partners - with the U.S. Coast Guard? The Coast Guard will also present the Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year Award next year.
*Preseason poll: Cal State Dominguez Hills men to win, women finish second in the CCAA South.
*Pepperdine plays at Cal State Fullerton at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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