University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Unveils Urso Memorial Match Logo
March 22, 2016 | Men's Soccer
Scheduled for 7:30 p.m., the match is the finale of a quadruple header featuring eight Division I men's soccer programs from the state of North Carolina.
The Kirk Urso Memorial Match is a rematch of the 2011 NCAA National Championship game. Urso, the 2011 team captain, led his Carolina squad to the title in his final collegiate match, a 1-0 victory over the 49ers in Hoover, Alabama.
Tickets to the Kirk Urso Memorial Match on April 9 are priced at $5. The admission price allows fans access to four games that day featuring High Point vs. Appalachian State at 12 p.m., UNCG vs. Campbell at 2:30 p.m., Wake Forest vs. Elon at 5 p.m. and North Carolina vs. Charlotte at 7:30 p.m.
A portion of all ticket sales, donations, merchandise sales, raffle and silent auction will go directly to the Columbus Crew SC Foundation's Kirk Urso Memorial Fund.
A 2012 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Urso made four consecutive NCAA Men's College Cup appearances. He was selected by the Columbus Crew in the first round (No. 10 overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. After appearing in six games for the Crew in 2012 before being sidelined by injury, Urso passed away suddenly at the age of 22 from an Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy on August 5, 2012.
In partnership with The Children's Heart Foundation, the Kirk Urso Memorial Fund sponsors an annual grant focused on the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of cardiac heart defects and sudden cardiac death in youth.
