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Pastimes : DC Sniper - Theories? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (219)	10/11/2002 12:45:33 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2746

DC has become a soccer hotbed with men's and women's major league teams and thousands of youth teams. This weekend they were hosting a tournament for 372 girls' soccer teams, most of them from outside the region. And it has been cancelled. This struck me because I will be taking my daughter to a soccer tournament this weekend that she has been looking forward to for weeks.....and I can imagine how disappointed these girls are. It has become something which has severely interrupted the flow of everyday life for millions of people. washingtonpost.com The annual Washington Area Girls Soccer League tournament, which had been held last year despite the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was abruptly canceled Wednesday night. This weekend's tournament involved 372 teams, most of them from outside the region. Local hotel operators said the cancellation would cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. "Nobody's happy about it, but you've got some choices, and first and foremost we cannot guarantee [players'] safety," said league president Kathie Diapoulis. "Wouldn't it be a coup for this guy to set up in the woods around one of the locations and pop off one at my players, parents or tournament officials? I'm not willing to take that chance."