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Teen soccer team rallies behind coach's daughter who has rare brain cancer
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A North Bay family - fighting long odds - has found unexpected help from a teenage soccer team. "We're going through a lot," admits soccer coach Chris Daly, whose young daughter is battling brain cancer. "But when you have people supporting you it's easier to get through hard times."Among several club teams he coaches, Daly guides a squad of 16-year-old girls. "I have them for one more year, then they're off to college," he said, as the North Coast Football Club 04' Girls ran drills behind him.During three years of competition, the players became aware of their coach's off-field challenges."Everything seemed normal at first," said spouse Amber Daly, recalling how daughter Blake developed flu-like symptoms at 11 months