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Habermann blown away by aid from soccer community in fight against lymphoma

“I’m throwing everything I learned in my soccer career at it.”

Sven Habermann is drawing from the same strong will that helped him become a Canadian international and a champion goalkeeper with the Vancouver 86ers in his battle against Mantle cell lymphoma.

But just like in his playing years, he quickly found out that his whole team has his back.

“I was blown away by all the support. About 90% of the money raised was through the soccer community,” says Habermann.