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Philadelphia Union goalkeeper John McCarthy has head shaved by young cancer patient

Cameron shaves John McCarthy's head at the hospital! #TeamCameron

Posted by Philadelphia Union on Monday, June 8, 2015


John McCarthy hasn’t seen the field in an MLS game in a few weeks, but that doesn’t mean the Philadelphia Union goalkeeper has stopped looking good off of it.


The Philly native visited Cameron McCarthy – no relation – at a Delaware hospital on Monday, with the seven-year-old Ewing Sarcoma patient giving the Union backstop quite the buzz cut.


Nice job, Cameron – that’s some serious style.


John McCarthy surprises Cameron at the hospital! TeamCameron

Posted by Philadelphia Union on Monday, June 8, 2015



McCarthy debuted the new look in a friendly against PDL affiliate Reading United on Tuesday, a 1-0 Philadelphia win.