4-Year-Old Fan Designs Jersey for Revs' Fight Childhood Cancer Match
Brock Nowicki attended Tuesday's training session to meet players and show off his design.
The New England Revolution had some special guests on Tuesday as Brock Nowicki and his family attended the training session.
Brock, a West Greenwich, R.I. native, was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in 2023. After undergoing surgery and receiving chemotherapy and radiation, the four-year-old is cancer-free, though he’ll continue to be monitored.
This week Brock revealed the numbers he designed for the special jerseys the Revolution will wear on Sept. 28 as part of the club’s annual Fight Childhood Cancer match. The jerseys will be auctioned off after the game, with all proceeds benefitting the Izzy Foundation.
“Really cool that he could design a jersey and the numbers and that we will actually wear that jersey,” head coach Caleb Porter said. “Obviously, the Izzy Foundation, we are really glad to partner with them. Hopefully, we make a lot of money for their foundation and for kids like Brock.”
After showing off the shirt, Brock kicked around with the players on the field. He also got signed items and a picture with the team.
“It's really special,” Will Sands said. “It’s an incredibly inspiring story. He’s been through something that most of us probably will never experience something like that. Just the toughness that he shows is an example to all of us. So, it's very inspiring and I’m honored to wear the kit that he designed.”
The Revs, who defeated CF Montreal 5-0 last weekend, are pushing to make the post-season. Sitting two points below the playoff line with ten games left, every match matters.
That said, Tuesday’s visitors were a reminder of the challenges that others face.
“It is great to be reminded that life is bigger than a soccer match,” Porter said. “To hear Brock's story, the journey he's gone through having brain cancer and having to get chemo and radiation, a little three-year-old dealing with that, his family – his mom, his dad, his brother, and his sister having to deal with that.
“Life is definitely bigger than soccer and it is good to put it in perspective, to see his journey and to see this little boy who has now come through it, and he's living a normal life. He is a Revs fan and we were able to make his dream come true today.”