<P> Blondes vs. Brunettes powderpuff football games are played in cities across the United States . Proceeds from the event are donated to The Alzheimer's Association . The annual contests were started by Sara Allen Abbott whose father, Texas State Representative Joseph Hugh Allen, died of Alzheimer's disease in 2008 . Looking for a way to raise funds for The Alzheimer's Association, Abbott organized a powderpuff football game in tribute to her father, a lifelong football fan . The games are currently played in over 20 cities throughout the United States . The increasing popularity of the game in the Dallas area resulted in moving the 2012 game to the Cotton Bowl where it could accommodate a larger crowd . </P> <P> On July 29, 2014, the Cotton Bowl hosted a soccer match between Real Madrid and A.S. Roma which was part of the 2014 International Champions Cup and AS Roma won the match 1 - 0 . </P> <P> Early in their existence, the Dallas Tornado played two seasons of professional soccer in the Cotton Bowl . They spent their inaugural year, 1967, as a franchise of the United Soccer Association and 1968 as members of the North American Soccer League, in the Cotton Bowl before moving first to P.C. Cobb Stadium, and then on to other venues . The Tornado played for 15 years and used a total of six different Dallas - area stadiums before finally folding after the 1981 season . </P> <P> The Dallas Burn of MLS (rebranded as FC Dallas in 2005) called the Cotton Bowl home for its first 7 seasons, between 1996 and 2002, as well as for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, before opening their own stadium, formerly named Pizza Hut Park, in Frisco . </P>

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