{"id":910,"date":"2017-07-07T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/?p=910"},"modified":"2017-07-19T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T16:48:46","slug":"2017-global-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/2017-global-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Global Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-913\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/CNT-Maribor-Slovenia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/CNT-Maribor-Slovenia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/CNT-Maribor-Slovenia-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s our favorite time of year&#8230; the 13th annual European Global\u00a0Challenge will return to Pula, Croatia on July 11th \u2013 14th, 2017 to host u17 and u22 divisions\u00a0from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got 10 teams from the US currently on pre-tours in Europe. 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