The Land O’ Lakes High School Unified Special Olympics Soccer Team will compete in the World Games later this month. And they’ll look good doing it.
Back row from left: Kyle Lufcy, Rufus Smith-Jones, Kyle Townsend, Tommy Guglielmello and Samy Frahm. Front row from left: Ordray Smith, Andrew Ahearn, Hassan Shehab and Joseph Tramel. Not pictured: Cameron Hilgenberg, Haley Eckel and Chris Hale.
(Courtesy of Linda Cobbe)
The team received their new uniforms on July 6, and they’ll use them on the field when they travel to Los Angeles for the Special Olympics World Games that begin on July 25.
The team leaves for the games on July 20, with a special send-off scheduled for noon at Land O’ Lakes High School, 20325 Gator Lane.
The team consists of seven Special Olympics athletes and five partners. Their progress can be followed on the team’s Facebook page, at Facebook.com/LolhsTeamUSA.
The team’s journey and progress will be updated via social media throughout the games, which end Aug. 2.
For updates, photos and video, follow the team on Facebook at Facebook.com/LolhsTeamUSA, on Instagram at Instagram.com/usaunifiedsoccer and on Twitter at Twitter.com/pascophotos.
