A charity soccer match on Wednesday evening hopes to raise funds for Krystal Johnson and her family in light of her recent cancer diagnosis. The match between FC Dallas 08 Boys and Solar McKinney kicks off at 7:00 pm at 1175 Municipal Way in Grapevine.

Local professional forward and select soccer coach, Jamie Lovegrove, is rallying a group of fellow soccer community members around one of his former players. Brek Johnson's mother Krystal was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in July after some back pain led to a doctor's visit that revealed a broken vertebrate, as well as possible tumors. After a series of tests that confirmed the challenging diagnosis, she had surgery later that month and has been in recovery ever since.

Jamie Lovegrove, wearing a batman shirt, celebrates a goal for the Dallas Sidekicks with #25 Nestor Hernandez. (2-14-19) (Michael Lark / Dallas Sidekicks)

Lovegrove's idea was to use the game to raise awareness about the family's challenges and spread the word about the GoFundMe account the family has set up to help with various costs that have arisen because of the disease.

Lovegrove, currently coaching FC Dallas 08 Boys, reached out to Matt McKinney, the coach of the Solar team Brek currently plays for. The two decided to help raise awareness of the family's challenges through soccer and they arranged for the time and place of the game.

The Johnson Family consists of Krystal and Brek Johnson, Krystal's husband Dusty, and Brek's brothers Tristin, Tate, Briton and Truitt, and sister, Brylee. After the initial diagnosis, Dusty Johnson engaged his local community, family, and friends through a variety of measures, including the GoFundMe account that has gotten an early positive response but still has a ways to go.

Lovegrove played for both the Fort Worth Vaqueros and the Dallas Sidekicks in their most recent seasons.

FCD '08 boys vs Solar McKinney boys

Exhibition scrimmage

Wednesday at 7pm

1175 Municipal Way Grapevine, TX 76051

Fundraiser for the Johnson family

3rd Degree writer emeritus Parrish Glover contributed to this story.