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The Red Bull/Nolan Showcase adjusts to changing times

By Sheldon Shealer
ESPNRISE.com

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Red Bull/Nolan Showcase continues to grow; just not in the way event organizer Jay Fitzgerald envisioned. This year's girls' high school soccer event features a record 27 teams, but only two out-of-state squads. "This year, with the economy the way it is, we were not able to get the star-power, exciting California teams, and that's too bad," said Fitzgerald, the coach of Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, Texas. "But the number of teams excites me, and the quality is good." The Nol ...

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