| Crews Control's Mark Schulze stepped onto the soccer field at Torero Stadium at California's University of San Diego. He was pumped and ready to go one-on-one with San Diego Spirit team member, Julie Foudy, but she was on the field that day, not as one of the world's m ost talented midfield soccer players, but rather to speak out against smoking. Mark was there to provide footage of Julie for PSAs that Homefront Communications was producing for SmokeFree Soccer, a national initiative co-sponsored by Tobacco-Free Kids and the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
A key message of Julie's PSAs concerned the efforts of the WUSA to keep stadiums smoke-free by not aedvertising or selling tobacco products at any games and by encouraging fans not to smoke in the stands or concourses. A second message addressed young girls, encouraging them not to strt smoking. "We would never be able to run around a field kicking a ball for 90 minutes if we smoked," says Julie. "Smoking's not cool, and it's not glamorous."
Mark says that Julie was fun to work with. "She is very down to earth, a really good person, and a great sport... even with a 2K light in her face."
Here are a few of Julie's other off-the-field accomplishments:
- donated half her "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" winnings to a U.S. Youth Soccer program
- was hired by ESPN as a color commentator for the 1998 NCAA Women's Final Four
- traveled to Pakistan to confirm that Reebok does not use child labor in making soccer balls
- was accepted into Stanford Medical School
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