"To eradicate the virus, hopefully in our lifetimes," he said. "So that what Evelyn suffered through and what so many other families are suffering through and most importantly, the kids are suffering through.
"We're making traction. It's slow journeys. We were down the road, pretty far, with a pharmaceutical company on a vaccine, and unfortunately, that didn't come to fruition recently, so that was a setback for us. But our journey and the national CMV journey, and all the people that struggle through it, there's many setbacks [but] I'm always inspired by the confidence and the resiliency of our community. For every two steps we make, sometimes it feels like we get beat back three. But the women and the kids and the fathers and the families and supporters, they seem to rise and fight again. And then we're not going to be stopped."
Raiders offensive lineman Alex Cappa and Jordan Meredith will also wear cleats to raise awareness Sunday.
"Spy's always had a great relationship with players," Cappa said. "So it's a great opportunity for us to support him and his family. Obviously, it's a foundation that means a lot to them. They've been through a lot. So, I'm honored to wear them."
Before coming to Las Vegas, Spytek worked for the Buccaneers the previous nine years and members of the organization supported him by wearing footwear with the CMV logo on My Cause My Cleats games, including Cappa in Tampa Bay.
"It's, obviously, so personal to us and there's a vulnerability in putting it out there but also, not a lot gets accomplished in this world if you don't put yourself out there and you make yourself vulnerable," Spytek said.
"That's something my wife and I thought about when we started the foundation and we've said for over a decade now that there's people in life that see things like this and they do nothing. And there's people in life when they see opportunities like this, for lack of a better word, that do something about it. We're do-something people."