The Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla. -- A youth soccer team from Key west is expressing disappointment after their plans to play in a Cuban tournament were thwarted. The Key West Strikers is a boys' team made up of 11- to 13-year-olds. They had sought permission to travel to Havana, where they were invited to play in a tournament next month as part of the Cuban National School Sports Games.

But their petition was denied.">The Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla. -- A youth soccer team from Key west is expressing disappointment after their plans to play in a Cuban tournament were thwarted. The Key West Strikers is a boys' team made up of 11- to 13-year-olds. They had sought permission to travel to Havana, where they were invited to play in a tournament next month as part of the Cuban National School Sports Games.

But their petition was denied.">

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The Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla. -- A youth soccer team from Key west is expressing disappointment after their plans to play in a Cuban tournament were thwarted.

The Key West Strikers is a boys' team made up of 11- to 13-year-olds. They had sought permission to travel to Havana, where they were invited to play in a tournament next month as part of the Cuban National School Sports Games.

But their petition was denied.

U.S. officials rejected the travel request, saying it included excessive time outside the confines of the actual
competition, a breach of the policy.

Source: //www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/20/2274922/

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