46-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE GOALIE!? 🤯
Rory "Pops" Sanders, 46, is playing goalie for North Texas (@MeanGreenLax) this season, after enrolling at the school this academic year. He was convinced to join the team by his sons Wes, a 20-year-old midfielder, and Ethan, a 23-year-old defensive coach.
"I told him to come and try it out and see how he felt," Rory's son Ethan told @ntdaily. "So he showed up, and [Wes and I] just said, 'Hey guys, new goalie.'"
On Feb. 17, Sanders helped North Texas secure a 16-6 win over UT-Dallas. He finished the game with 8 saves and a .571 save percentage 🧱
(h/t @VarsityLacrosse)
My favorite story of the Women’s World Cup is these women succeeding in spite of the lack of resources they have. Their country needs to get behind them financially. The success of women in sports is often undermined by lack of investment.
Due to a lack of funding from the Jamaican Football Federation, the women’s team relied in part on two crowdfunding campaigns that have now garnered more than $100,000 to help pay for food, jerseys, equipment, and more.
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