Jamaica's 'Reggae Girlz' Near World Cup Thanks to $200,000 Crowdfunding Save

What do Bob Marley, crowdfunding and next summer's Women's World Cup have in common?

Jamaica's "Reggae Girlz" national soccer team and one of the coolest — and most overlooked — stories currently going on in sports

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Back in April, we told you about how the Reggae Girlz' biggest obstacle in qualifying for the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada may not be having the requisite on-pitch skill, tenacity and togetherness to make it. No, it may be a lack of funding

Without some serious donations to help pay for training, travel and accommodations, the team wouldn't have had nearly enough money to cover its expenses during its qualifying campaign, Garth-Anthony Savoury, the Jamaica Football Federation's director of marketing, told Mashable in April Read more...

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