On Tuesday night, the U.S. men's soccer team will play a game that carries seismic repercussions for the sport's immediate future in this country. And it will do so at Kansas City's Livestrong Sporting Park, a stadium tainted by an association with cheating that could not be more obvious.

The United States is a heavy favorite to at least tie Guatemala and guarantee a place in the next round of World Cup qualifying. A defeat could lead to elimination and an unthinkable disaster that would take years of head-scratching and reevaluation to fix.

On the subject of dilemmas, the fact that this game will take place in an arena that carries the trademark of the greatest cheat in sports history is one that could be solved far more easily.

Sporting Kansas City is an impressive Major League Soccer club that has built a beautiful venue, generated a loyal core of local fans and structured a team that is one of the finest in the domestic league.

When Sporting KC adopted the Livestrong name for its stadium in 2011, it did so for the right reasons and its hierarchy knew nothing of the extraordinary level of corruption and malfeasance the organization's founder, Lance Armstrong, would be accused of by his friends, colleagues, employees and a national anti-drug agency.

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But now it is time for a change, time to pull out the paint brush and give this great little stadium a quick touchup on the signage. Sporting KC has pledged to give $7.5 million to the foundation over six years. Yet Livestrong, for as much good as it does, now seems to have been built upon a lie and a personality cult, founded upon exploits that were not just the result of one man's intestinal resilience but, according to a deep and detailed report filled with damning evidence, by the evil genius of his twisted doctor.

Sporting Kansas City needs to get rid of the Livestrong name, and don't think for a moment that by doing so it would be turning its back on cancer in any way. One of the greatest myths put forward by the salivating posse of Armstrong apologists, who love nothing more than a chance to get heated and are swift with their insults and accusations, is that the yellow wristband is the only legitimate symbol for supporting the battle.

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Does ACS (American Cancer Society) Park sound so bad? Or Cancer Awareness Park? Or Cancer Research Institute Arena? Or CPF (Cancer Prevention Foundation) Field? And frankly, who cares how it sounds?

Because this should be about doing good, shouldn't it? A good that fights an evil. Not something that is good because it is cool, because it is linked with a champion athlete, but something that fights a killer disease with dedication and brainpower and science and will, albeit without celebrity accoutrements.

I believe Sporting KC should have ditched Livestrong when Armstrong first gave up the fight against USADA and it most certainly should now. One responder recently insisted my stance on this matter, voiced over Twitter, meant that I "hated cancer." It wasn't what he meant, but I most certainly do hate the disease of cancer.

I loathe, detest and despise it with as much passion as I can muster and without going into further detail, cancer is about as personal to me as it could possibly get. I hate it with totality and with fear. I hate it for what it does to individuals and their loved ones and for the fact that it can fight back even when seemingly defeated.

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