Back in June 2008, Steve Nash held the first Showdown in Chinatown, a charity soccer event organized with NBA and world soccer stars to benefit children’s programs on 3 continents. The event is back and this year it will hit two locations. On June 24th The Showdown in Chinatown will hit Sarah D. Roosevelt Park in New York City and on September 19th The Showdown in Downtown will visit Vancouver at David Lam Park.

The event in Vancouver will benefit the Steve Nash Foundation. The Showdowns will feature international basketball and soccer all-stars: Steve Nash, Thierry Henry, Yao Ming, Claudio Reyna, Tony Parker, Adrian Mutu, Grant Hill, Giovanni van Brockhurst, Raja Bell, Ivan Cordoba, Baron Davis, Javier Zanetti and Chris Bosh.

For more information check out www.stevenash.org/showdown.