"It hurts deep in the gut," Courage midfielder McCall Zerboni said. "We improved every week, every month. Everyone got better this year."
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"Frankly, I am perplexed as to why an agency that could afford these programs last year would claim it can no longer afford them this year after receiving a $53 million increase from taxpayers," said McCall. "This is an agency that received $700 million in taxpayer dollars last session."