Soccer boosters keep eyes on goal

THE KANSAS CITY STARBY FINN BULLERS AND PETE GRATHOFFInformation due today on Johnson County proposalsWhen Linda Terrill hits the tournament highway with gymnast daughter Jamie, she packs her plastic.“You stay in a hotel room,” said the Leawood mother of three. “The kids are not driving themselves. So mom and dad go. And if mom and dad go, the other kids have got to go. You all eat. And you do all the other little fun things.“You start adding how much this stuff costs, and while it may not be the Super Bowl, it can attract some cash. We call it the American Express Card Tour.”Terrill, spokeswoman for a dozen Johnson County civic leaders pushing for a major-league soccer complex, wants to lure home the tournament cash now being spent in Omaha, Neb., Wichita and Chicago.She calculated the outlay for a single trip to St. Louis and came up with a figure close to $700. And her daughter was one of 500 children competing in the event.“Soccer,” she said, “is bigger than gymnastics.”