Nomar Garciaparra Goes For Goal

Nomar Garciaparra has not yet signed with a baseball club for the upcoming 2009 season, but he and his wife, Mia Hamm, will take to the soccer pitch this Saturday near Los Angeles.

The second annual Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge will kick off at 1:00 PM PST at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Saturday, 17 January 2009.  Tickets are $20.

The match will benefit the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Mia Hamm Foundation.  The mission of the Mia Hamm Foundation is to:

1) raise funds and awareness for marrow and cord blood transplant patients and their families, and 2) promote and help develop more opportunities for young women in sports.

Last year’s celebrities included Elizabeth Shue, Andy Samberg, Seth Meyers, and Tony Hawk.  Hamm’s team beat Garciaparra’s by a score 13-12.

For more information, visit the website.