CHICAGO (April 15, 2007) - On May 12, Mother's Day weekend, the U.S. WNT will wear a special edition pink jersey to support breast cancer awareness. The match vs. Canada marks the first time the U.S. women have worn a special edition jersey. Tickets
In addition to the jersey, check out the other special products in the "Pink Collection" and don’t miss this chance to be a part of history while raising awareness for a worthy cause. Shop Pink
U.S. Soccer will be making a donation to support our partners (click for more info):
- Breast Cancer Snapshot -
• Most common non-skin cancer. • Second leading cause of cancer-related death in women (lung cancer). • While more common in women, a small number of men are afflicted every year. • Advances in prevention and treatment through research have driven the breast cancer death rate down since the early 1990’s in spite of the number of diagnosis rate increasing. • A woman has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer.
ABOUT U.S. SOCCER
The first USFA (now U.S. Soccer) Secretary General Thomas Cahill also doubled as the U.S. MNT program's inaugural head coach on a six-game tour of Sweden and Norway in 1916.
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