MLS W.O.R.K.S. launches campaign to support relief

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Funds raised in online auction to be donated to Red Cross




NEW YORK — MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, on Tuesday announced a league-wide campaign to support the American and Canadian Red Cross disaster relief efforts following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last week.

Donations can be made in the United States by texting REDCROSS to 90999 or donating online at RedCross.org or in Canada by texting ASIA to 30333 or donating online at RedCross.ca.

MLS fans will also have the opportunity to bid on autographed memorabilia at www.MLSsoccer.com/works. Funds raised from the online auction will be donated to the Red Cross disaster relief fund


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J-League Season Postponed Indefinitely

Inter Milan’s Yuto Nagatomo used the high-profile setting of his team’s Champions League match against Bayern Munich on Tuesday to send a message to his countrymen


Officials of Japan’s soccer league on Tuesday postponed all games until mid-April as the country struggled to recover from the string of disasters sparked by last week’s earthquake. On Monday, they had wiped out the J-League’s schedule until the end of March.

“There’s no telling when we can restart the league again,” Shigeru Ibata, the president of the top club Kashima Antlers, was quoted as saying. “The situation is getting worse by the day.”

With the country now facing a potential nuclear catastrophe, it is unclear when the season will resume. In some cities, it is unclear how it will.

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