Ridgewood Soccer Saturday Raising Money For Cancer Charities

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Hundreds of soccer players will use the "beautiful game" to raise money for cancer research.

The annual Super Soccer Saturday will feature six games at Ridgewood High School Sept. 15.

All proceeds will be donated to two charities: Michael Feeney's Best Day Ever Inc., a Ridgewood-based nonprofit created in memory of Michael Feeney, a Ridgewood boy who died of Ewing's Sarcoma in 2013 when he was just 10, and The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center. The cancer center was selected in honor of Jeff Yearing, the former Ridgewood High School soccer coach who is battling multiple myeloma. (See related: Ridgewood Soccer Coach Jeff Yearing Continues To Battle Cancer)

The boys' and girls' freshman, junior varsity, and varsity teams will play against Bergen Tech from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Ridgewood Soccer Association and Maroons Soccer Club will accompany the varsity teams onto the field during pregame ceremonies.

The New York Red Bulls freestyle Street Team will perform during halftime of the varsity games.

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