{"id":1579293,"date":"2024-03-27T13:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1579293"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:20:34","slug":"england-soccer-jerseys-no-names-alzheimer-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/england-soccer-jerseys-no-names-alzheimer-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"England Uses Soccer Jersey Stunt To Raise Awareness For Alzheimer's"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>England soccer players took to the pitch without names on the back of their shirts in the second half of their friendly against Belgium at Wembley on Tuesday for a good cause.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>In the second half of the friendly against Belgium at Wembley on Tuesday evening, England players returned to the pitch with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/soccer\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">soccer<\/a> jerseys that didn't bear the names that had been presented at the start of the contest. The aim was to support research into Alzheimer's disease.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Football Association (FA), the British soccer federation, had announced earlier in the day that &#8220;names will disappear from players' shirts when they return to the pitch after half-time, drawing attention to the way people with dementia lose precious memories, even the names of their favorite soccer players.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>The match was dedicated to the Alzheimer's Society as part of a charity partnership between the FA and the association. It is also a preventive action to encourage fans to learn about the symptoms of diseases that affect memory, to better detect them in themselves or their loved ones.<\/p>\r\n<p>These special shirts were sold after the match by the England team to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society and support research.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"eg-single-article__content\">\r\n<div class=\"eg-single-article__block-content\">\r\n<p id=\"par-6_6\"><strong>This post is originally from L\u2019\u00c9quipe<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"eg-single-article__sidebar\">\r\n<div class=\"eg-widget eg-best-in-widget\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England soccer players took to the pitch without names on the back of their shirts in the second half of their friendly against Belgium at Wembley on Tuesday for a good cause.\u00a0 In the second half of the friendly against Belgium at Wembley on Tuesday evening, England players returned to the pitch with 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