Thursday, April 6, 2006

 

GERMANTOWN, MD -- The W-League Washington Freedom will be featured on Fox Soccer Channel Sunday, APril 9 as part of a doubleheader from the 10th Annual KICKS Against Breast Cancer College Tournament and the 2nd Annual SHUT-OUT Cancer College Soccer Classic. 

The matches, to air live from the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Maryland on April 9, will feature the University of Virginia versus the Washington Freedom in a women’s game at 5:00 pm ET with the University of Maryland, last year’s NCAA men’s national champion, versus the DC United Reserves at 7:00 pm ET. 
 

Twenty-two of the top men’s and women’s collegiate soccer teams are scheduled to participate in the 10th Annual KICKS Against Breast Cancer College Tournament and the 2nd Annual SHUT-OUT Cancer College Soccer Classic. Proceeds from the events will be split between the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults and the Howard County General Hospital’s Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center in Columbia, Maryland, both non-profit organizations supporting individuals affected by cancer.

The KICKS Against Breast Cancer College Tournament was established in honor of Claudia Mayer, a friend of tournament director Louise Waxler (WUSA/Washington Freedom) who passed away in 1996 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.  Since the inception of the tournament nine years ago, donations and fundraising by participating teams has totaled more than $350,000.

The SHUT-OUT Cancer Men’s College Soccer Classic was added last year with additional proceeds to benefit the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.