A group of players in Halifax, Nova Scotia were out playing soccer for a few hours on October 16 when an unexpected rainstorm started. The group was understandably miffedafter all, who wouldn’t be?but their annoyance seemed a little greater than usual. You see, the group had been playing for 17 hours, and had been planning to stay out at least another 25 in order to beat the world-record for longest soccer game (42 hours, 5 minutes, 1 second).The team did give it their best shotfive players fell to injury before the players decided that the conditions were too dangerous. Some good did come out of the eventthe players were raising money for breast cancer, and their early estimates put the proceeds at over 20,000. The players should be able to hold their head high with that result, even if they didn’t meet their initial goal. After all, there’s always next weekend.

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