Soccer Bonanza: Woodbury Teams at Schwan’s USA Cup Tournament in Blaine

Article by Jay Corn

More than a dozen soccer teams from the Woodbury area will be competing in this week’s Schwan’s USA Cup Tournament in Blaine—the largest youth soccer tournament in the Western hemisphere.

The Woodbury soccer teams will be among the more than 1,000 squads from 17 countries and throughout the U.S. playing this week.

Divisions are divided into age groups (U9 to U19) and teams in the older brackets have been selected to play in this year’s tournament by earning an invite.

Olympic-style Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for Tuesday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the National Sports Club.

The following are a list of teams from the Woodbury area registered for the 2013 Schwan's USA Cup:

• East Ridge Raptors (Boys U9)
• East Ridge Falcons (Girls U9)
• MTA ECNL (Girls U9)
• Woodbury Bartosh (Girls U9)
• Woodbury Bidgwood (Girls U9)
• Woodbury Wizards (Girls U9)
• Woodbury Shock (Boys U10)
• MTA 03e ECNL (Girls U10)
• MTA 03e USYS (Girls U10)
• Woodbury SC Tovar (Girls U10)
• Woodbury RazzMaTazz Royals (Girls U11)
• Woodbury Jabulani (Boys U12)
• Woodbury Revolution (Boys U12)
• Woodbury Blue Wave (Boys U13)
• Woodbury SC Sounders (Boys U13)
• East Ridge Raptors (Girls U13)
• Woodbury Galaxy Premier (Boys U14)
• East Ridge Raptors (Girls U17)

Games are scheduled on each of the National Sports Complex 48 fields through the week, and championship games for each age bracket will be played on Saturday.

Webcasts for games played on the two main fields, as well as of the Opening Ceremonies, will be available online at www.usacup.org.

A professional soccer game between the Minnesota United and Edmonton on Wednesday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m.