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PHOTOS
2008 KABC Tournament
WASHINGTON FREEDOM AND PENN STATE
LOUISE WAXLER, CHARLOTTE MORAN, SUE RYAN
SOCCER MOMS!
PLAYER LUNCHEON
Breast cancer survivor ROBIN MILLER (CENTER) with daughter Kristen and sister Bonnie
BILL STARA conducting SOCCER MOM CLINIC
REGION I GIRLS ODP ADMINISTRATOR, CHARLOTTE MORAN
2008 Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament
Highlights
The 2008 KICKS Against Breast Cancer Tournament was held under a bright, sunny sky at the Maryland SoccerPlex on April 12th. After a full day of matches featuring some of the best schools on the east coast, the day culminated with a highlight match that featured the 2007 W-League Champions, Washington Freedom and the Penn State Nittany Lions. A crowd of over 1,000 cheered on their favorite teams. At the final whistle of the match, the Freedom topped the Nittany Lions with a score of 2-0.
Matches earlier in the day featured the U.S. Naval Academy, Old Dominion University, College of William and Mary, Stony Brook University, University of Virginia, Loyola College of Maryland, George Mason University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, Eastern PA Youth U-17 ODP Girls team, USYS Region I Youth U17 ODP Girls team, U17 CDSA Hotshots and the U17 McLean Freedom, USYS National Champions.
Midway thru the day, U.S. Naval Academy Coach and two-time Women’s World Cup Champion, Carin Jennings-Gabarra and MSYSA Director of Coaching, Bill Stara conducted the first Soccer Mom Clinic.
At this year’s player luncheon, Robin Miller, Administrator for the Washington Area Girls Soccer League and Charlotte Moran, USYS Region I ODP Girls Administrator, shared their own personal stories on battling cancer.
Fundraising efforts thus far have surpassed $40,000!! Thank you to all the teams, coaches, parents, and supporters. Donations to Kicks Against Breast Cancer can be made HERE!
Many thanks to Landon Donovan, Tristan Donovan and Donna Kenny-Cash for serving as our national spokes family for Kicks Against Breast Cancer.
And, a thank you to adidas soccer, for their continued support and sponsorship of our event!
WAGS Joins KABC in Collaborative Effort to Raise Awareness
Commemorative KABC Shirts Offered!
WAGS (Washington Area Girls Soccer League) has joined KABC by offering the official KICKS Against Breast Cancer shirt to its membership in honor of Robin Miller, WAGS Administrator who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is fighting the battle to beat this disease. This long-sleeve pink shirt is 100% cotton, has a 3” KABC logo on the front and a 3” WAGS logo on the back with the words….for Robin beneath the logo. Help support the fight against breast cancer and purchase your shirt, TODAY! Click HERE to order!!
Stanford University Hosts 3rd Annual Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament
US Soccer U16 National Team Joins Tournament on April 19, 2008
Stanford Cardinal Coaches Paul Ratcliffe, Jay Cooney and Sarah Kate Noftsinger will host for the third consecutive year, KICKS against Breast Cancer at Stanford University. Since the inception of KABC at Stanford, more than $10,000 has been raised to help fight in the battle against breast cancer. Joining the Stanford tournament this year is the U.S. U16 National Team!
This year’s tournament features:
Stanford University
Santa Clara University
University of Oregon
University of San Francisco
University of Washington
University of Cal, Berkeley
USSF U-16 National Team
D.C. United Breast Cancer Awareness Hats SOLD OUT!
United donates $10,000 to KABC
In October 2007, D.C. United produced the Breast Cancer Awareness Hat to help raise funds for KICKS Against Breast Cancer. The ultimate goal was to sell 1000 hats...this goal was achieved within one month!
KICKS Against Breast Cancer is grateful to have been given the opportunity to partner with such a prestigious MLS team - D.C. United. United believes and shares in our mission to raise awareness about the risks of breast cancer and has provided us with the opportunity to spread the word and to help make a difference in saving the lives of those we love.
Thank you to everyone at D.C. United for your generous donation of $10,000 to KABC!
'Help Save the Women You Love' Pin Project and Campaign
There may be no more terrifying moment in woman’s life than finding a lump in her breast. If she has to tell the people she loves...husband, parents, children, partner, teammates, colleagues, friends, sisters, brothers...that it’s cancer, all of those lives are changed forever. It’s a disease that affects everyone in a women’s life. The soccer community now has an opportunity to ensure that every year fewer and fewer women must have that terrible conversation.
 The Kicks Against Breast Cancer Pin Project is the American soccer initiative to help women living with breast cancer survive and thrive. The Campaign is "Help Save the Women You Love" with U.S. National Team and L. A. Galaxy star Landon Donovan, his mom, Donna Kenney-Cash and his twin sister, Tristan Donovan, serving as the Pin Project’s first spokesfamily.
"I competely support the efforts of the Kicks Against Breast Cancer campaign and I am proud to be the spokesperson. I encourage you all to support the efforts and continue to spread awareness about breast cancer. Let’s take care of the women in our lives!" - Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy and US National Team
 The gold soccer ball lapel pin with a pink enameled ribbon is available online. The pins are 10 for $30. Order many and give them to your teammates, players, coaches, parents, colleagues, friends and family. They each arrive attached to a unique message explaining the project.
The KICKS Against Breast Cancer Pin Project can only be successful with the help of the entire soccer community.
THANK YOU....
KABC participating teams
Kicks Against Breast Cancer Soccer Tournaments held since 1997 have raised more than $600,000! Thank you to all of our supporters and to the following teams:
University of Maryland
U.S. Naval Academy
College of William and Mary
Loyola College of Maryland
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Virginia
Old Dominion University
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Stanford University
San Jose State University
James Madison University
George Washington University
Clemson University
KICKS Against Breast Cancer
Honors the Memory of Claudia Mayer
The KICKS Against Breast Cancer Intercollegiate Soccer 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 10 years ago, donations and fundraising by participating teams has totaled more than $600,000. The funds have been used to assist with the operating expenses for Howard County General Hospital’s
Claudia
Mayer
Cancer
Resource
Center in
Columbia, Maryland . Since the inaugural tournament, many other businesses have joined in establishing additional fundraising events. Small in size but large in compassion, the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center is a service of
Howard
County
General
Hospital : A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine. It combines a comfortable, well-selected lending library and private, fully equipped salon all under one roof.
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