Minneapolis United Soccer for the City

With the recent retirement of long-time MU great, John Sylvester, the MU Board of Directors and its Executive Director, Greg Wheaton are pleased to announce that they have hired MU coach, Lawrence Tsoi to lead the girls' coaches into another strong season.

John's Progress

As our family has continued to receive all of your support and prayers, we wanted to update you on John's progress.  We returned to the Mayo Clinic several weeks ago and were saddened to learn that the treatments John underwent this past fall were unsuccessful in treating his condition.  Through vigorous testing the doctors presented John with a probable and working diagnosis of ALS.  Due to the very nature of this condition there is not much else that they could tell us.  We know the statistics and the averages that are associated with ALS, but we also know that John is not the average patient.  He is young, active, and a fighter above all else.  We refuse to give up and have adopted a philosophy that the diagnosis does not mean the end, it is simply a challenge for us to overcome.  John and our family continue to live our lives to the fullest and enjoy every moment with our son, Gus, who gives us the strength to face this head on.  

Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts as we go forward.

All our love,

John, Tessie & Gus

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