On Thursday, Sept. 11, the New England Revolution will participate in Operation Soccer Ball, a humanitarian effort to spread universal goodwill by distributing soccer balls to children in Iraq.
 
All fans attending the Revolution’s Sept. 11 match against Chivas USA (7 p.m., Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.) are encouraged to bring deflated soccer balls for donation at each of the Gillette Stadium gates.
 
Each ball will be delivered to an Iraqi child who does not have the means to obtain a ball to play the world’s game.
 
With this effort, Operation Soccer Ball aims to spread camaraderie and friendship between nations and provide hope to the people of Iraq through the “universal language” of soccer.