Dallas Cup is the oldest international youth soccer tournament in the United States, celebrating its 28th year in 2007. Since its inception in 1980, Dallas Cup has played host to teams and referees from over 45 states, 100 countries and 6 continents. The tournament is held every spring from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Boys ages 11-19, participate in seven age groups. Dallas Cup entertains more than 160,000 spectators, watching teams from all over the world participate in an extremely intense, explosive and competitive tournament where only the best return home champions.The field of teams consists of approximately 40% international teams, 40% state-side teams and 20% Dallas area teams. Local teams that qualify for the tournament agree to host an international team and many are offered housing in the homes of local participating players in their age group. There is no cost to those taking part in the Dallas Cup HomeStay Program. The benefits of such cross culture exposure is unlimited. Players disregard any social, ethnic, religious or economic prejudices and walk away making friends for life through the love of the game...soccer.  

• Dallas Cup entertained more than 160,000 spectators during the week’s events
• 17,105 spectators on Opening Day, April 9, 2006 too see Manchester United FC (U19-Super Group) play Real Madrid CF (U19-Super Group)
• Over 4,000 participants & spectators traveled by air.
• Over 7,500 hotel room nights were occupied
• Over 120,000 restaurant meals were consumed during the tournament week by participants & spectators
• 1,600 local volunteers logged in more than 12,800 volunteer hours
• Over 120 minutes of national/international television coverage, including, ESPN, Fox Sports News-SW, Fox Soccer Channel, CBS Evening News w/ Bob Schieffer, GOL-TV, Univision, Soccer USA (Children’s Network), Manchester United TV, Real Madrid TV, Iraq National News, Turkish Television Network & Baghdad News Agency
• Over 10 hours of live radio coverage on local and national Hispanic stations
• 4,326,226 hits at www.dallascup.com in April 2006 averaging a little over 144,207 hits per day.

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