Photo Gallery: 2011 MLS Desert Cup
Action from Major League Soccer's first Desert Cup at Hi Corbett Field, Saturday.
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
MLS 2011 Desert Cup
Saturday night's MLS Desert Cup was, in a snapshot, a unique and satisfying thing for a sports-starved region. The future could be brighter than a camera flash. Could America's largest minor-league town be the perfect place for Major League Soccer?
Carrying deli dinners in plastic foam containers, the New York Red Bulls boarded their team bus late Saturday night headed for home - well, Casa Grande. If Tucson has its way, they'll return soon.
Tucson turned out - for one night, at least - for a Major League Soccer. And now the idea is being kicked around to make the Old Pueblo a spring-training destination for professional soccer.