The Timbers and Thorns shared the soccer pitch for the first time Wednesday to help children and families affected by the war.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers and Thorns shared the soccer pitch at Providence Park for the first time Wednesday for a charity match to raise money for relief efforts in Ukraine.
More than 16,000 fans filled the stadium, helping raise more than half a million dollars in donations as they watched the mixed-team “PTFC for Peace” match. The money will go to UNICEF USA to help families and children affected by the war.
“We’ve been providing mobile medical supplies, medicine, hygiene kits, clean water. We have mobile medical teams that are serving people that are displaced from their homes,” said UNICEF USA president and CEO Michael Nyenhuis.
Yellow and blue filled the stadium and the Ukrainian National Anthem was performed before kickoff.
“It’s kind of emotional,” said Thorns fan Juliet Buckley, fighting back the …