Vancouver Whitecaps FC is honoured to have Courtney Brake as Kid Captain of the club's home match against Montreal on September 13, as part of Major League Soccer's Kick Childhood Cancer awareness and fundraising campaign.
Courtney would share about feeling pain on her right side and swelling in her stomach area, but it never seemed to stop her from figure skating and daily activities. However, her family noticed that she would feel extremely hot and have trouble breathing at night. After visiting Fort St. John Hospital for a CT scan, Courtney was sent to BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) and diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma - a type of mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that develops most often in children or youth.