Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2012)
– Mark Washo,
Managing Partner for Playbook Management International (PMI) Sports and
Entertainment Company and former President and General Manager of the
Washington Freedom, has announced
the final rosters for the women’s charity soccer game that will be
played at the Maryland Soccer Plex stadium field on Saturday, August 25,
2012. All net proceeds from the game will benefit the Michael Washo
“Art from the Heart” Foundation and DC Scores.
“The
response from the players and community has been greater than I
anticipated,” said Washo. “The event will kick off with a special meet
and greet at Not
Your Average Joe’s on Friday and we are very excited about the game and
some of the elements we have added. It will be a special night at the
Maryland Soccer Plex and the perfect environment in which to pay tribute
to many current and past professional women’s
soccer players from the WPS (Freedom), WUSA, WPSL and W league.”
Becky
Sauerbrunn and Lori Lindsey will play a special role in this weekend’s
activities, which will start off with a special meet and greet at Not
Your Average
Joe’s on Friday, August 24th from 5:00 to 6:00 pm.
Sauerbrunn will serve as the guest coach for the Celebration of Women’s
Soccer All Star’s squad while Lindsey will guide the Maryland Capitols.
Each will have final say as they will be provided
wireless microphones and will be commentating throughout the game.
Sauerbrunn and Lindsey will be available for autographs along with the
rest of the players after the game.
People
interested in the post-game festivities will need to follow Sauerbrunn
and Lindsey on twitter because they will be sending out the location on
Saturday.
Sauerbrunn can be found at http://twitter.com/
The Celebration squad will be stocked with many former Freedom players and
the first two players to commit back in July were former Freedom and US National team player
Cat Whitehill, and former Washington Freedom, Magic Jack and Boston Breakers player
Nikki Marshall. Former Freedom players joining Whitehill and Marshall include
Allie Long, Katie Jo Spisak, Nikki Marshall, Caitlin Miskel,
Joanna Lohman and former Freedom Future standout Tyler Lussi.
- KJ Spisak
- Cat Whitehill
- Diana Weigel
- Leann Champ
- Sula Lansaw
- Caleigh Savageau
- Emily Carroll
- Tiffany Gales
- Caitlin Miskel
- Joanna Lohman
- Nikki Marshall
- Zulia Menjivar
- Tyler Lussi
- Allie Long
- Lianne Sanderson
There
will also be two special guest players playing for the Freedom and they
are Melissa Penny and Danielle Olsen, both members of the Montgomery
County Police
Department. Fellow Officer Rob Grims will serve as an assistant coach
for the Celebration team helping out James Galanis and Becky Sauerbrunn.
- Jacqui Desjardin
- Amanda Lebo
- Bekah Munnikhuysen
- Danielle Malagari
- Jess Hnatiuk
- Erica Suter
- Rachel Lindenfeld
- Brittany Hadaway
- Jen Devarcis
- Laura Kane
- Anabel Jimenez
- Ali Andrzejewski
- Diana Barrera
- Allie Wilkerson
- Claudia Barrera
The
Beer Garden will once again be back and will feature Yuengling, Miller,
Coors while for the younger people Smoothie King and Dominion Root Beer
will be
just some of the offerings.
The primary benefitting charity is
Michael Washo’s “Art from the Heart” Foundation. Michael
Washo’s “Art from the Heart” Foundation was founded in April 2012 in
memory of Mark Washo’s father; its mission is to educate people on the
dangers to the
HEART from chemotherapy and radiation treatments for
patients battling cancer. DC Scores is an after school poetry and soccer
program serving underprivileged “at risk” DC Youth
The match will occur Saturday night during the Damascus and Seneca Youth Soccer August Cup Tournament
www.augustcup.com. Tickets for the Celebration of Women’s Soccer Charity match are on sale now online at
www.pmi.ticketsocket.com. For more information; please visit the official website at Facebook; Celebration of Women’s Soccer page (is
http://www.facebook.com/#!/Tyler Lussi
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