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    Women fueling flag football's surging popularity: 'It's accessible and inclusive'

    At a sinewy 5-foot-3, Andrea Castillo looks like a soccer player — something she once was growing up in Panama. But it didn't take long to realize that "the beautiful game" wasn't for her. She was 12, just entering secondary school, when she gave up fútbol for the fledging sport of flag football. It proved to be a good move for the now 18-year-old, who this summer quarterbacked Panama to a ...
    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Sep 20, 2022 5 minutes
    In a step toward giving women even more opportunities to play football, the Charlotte-based National Junior College Athletic Association has announced women's flag football as an emerging sport in a joint effort with the NFL and Reigning Champs Experience.

    At a sinewy 5-foot-3, Andrea Castillo looks like a soccer player — something she once was growing up in Panama.

    But it didn't take long to realize that "the beautiful game" wasn't for her.

    She was 12, just entering secondary school, when she gave up fútbol for the fledging sport of flag football. It proved to be a good move for the now 18-year-old, who this summer quarterbacked Panama to a bronze medal in the World Games in Birmingham, Ala.

    "I think a lot about that," she said of the decision to quit one of her country's most popular sports for one that had little more than a cult following. "I've been growing with flag football. … I have had the opportunity to be in all these events

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