BOSTON — Erotique Entertainment CEO Eric John is celebrating his recent participation in the Thomas Theurkauf Memorial Alumni Game at his alma mater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
According to a rep, the match is named for MIT varsity soccer class of 1979 player Thomas Francis Theurkauf, Jr., who died on September 11, 2001, in the tragic events at the World Trade Center. The match is held annually between a team of returning alumni and the current undergrad varsity squad at Steinbrenner Stadium on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Playing marked an incredible personal achievement for John, since he was severely disabled with COVID and then Long COVID from March 2020 through June 2023,” said the rep. “As of that time, John needed nearly daily physical therapy just to recover enough to perform normal activities, and it was thought he would be unable to ever return to even running, let alone competitive soccer.
“Yet through an incredible amount of disciplined work, John resumed playing full-field competitive soccer on his 54th birthday in 2024,” the rep added. “Leading into the 2026 alumni game, John was training for higher intensity match conditions.”
Added John, “Next year I will be much better prepared. I dealt well with the cross-country travel and the overall conditioning, and my game sense was certainly intact, but my finishing was undisciplined and my sprinting ability too limited. Next year I will know what to expect; I will train harder and be better.”
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