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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Eurosport/SOCCER.COM, in an effort to help battle breast cancer, has decided to donate proceeds from the sale of the Voit special edition Mexican League pink "Victoria" soccer ball to the cause. Much like last season, Voit will showcase a pink ball during official Mexican League matches played from October 3rd through October 26th. Eurosport/SOCCER.COM will sell the special edition ball through its website http://www.soccer.com/voit and will donate 100% of the proceeds to http://www.kicksagainstbreastcancer.org , a non-profit organization based in Maryland.
"We are very committed to this cause and proud to see communities within our game come together to help in the effort to find a cure for a disease that has touched so many people," said Vicente Navarro, Director of Hispanic Marketing for Eurosport.
Louise Waxler, KICKS founder, echoed that sentiment: "KICKS Against Breast Cancer is grateful to have been given the opportunity to partner with these great organizations. Together we can spread the word and help make a difference in saving lives."

Founded in 1984, Eurosport/SOCCER.COM is the world's leading authentic grassroots soccer company. Based in Hillsborough, NC Eurosport/SOCCER.COM is the largest soccer-specialty retailer in the United States. Soccer.com has more than one million visitors per month, and the Eurosport catalog has the largest distribution of any U.S. soccer publication. In 2007 they launched Eurosport en Espanol in print and http://www.ESPANOL.SOCCER.COM on the web. Alongside soccer, Eurosport also operates leading on-line retail sites for lacrosse, and rugby -- http://www.lacrosse.com and http://www.worldrugbyshop.com .

Kicks Against Breast Cancer (KICKS) is a non-profit soccer organization, which promotes women's health and well being by emphasizing the importance of early identification of breast cancer and by providing essential resources to patients undergoing treatment. KICKS was founded in 1998 by Louise Waxler in honor of her friend Claudia Mayer who lost her battle to breast cancer. For more information, please visit http://www.kicksagainstbreastcancer.org .

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