On Saturday, March 22, the New Orleans Saints hosted a kickoff occasion for the Mississippi Saints Ladies Excessive College Flag Soccer program. The occasion included an unboxing of brand- new uniforms and a media day photoshoot on the Ochsner Sports activities Efficiency Heart in Metairie, which additionally featured a shock look from Saints defensive finish Cam Jordan.

Mississippi is now the 14th state to sanction women flag soccer as an official sport. Their inaugural season will kick off this Thursday, March 27, with 12 excessive colleges taking part in this system. Brandon, George County, McComb, Oak Grove, Richland and South Pike will compete within the “Saints Black” division and East Central, Meridian St. Martin, Perry Central, Picayune, and Vancleave will make up the “Saints Gold” division. The video games will alternate between Picayune Excessive College and Southwest Mississippi Neighborhood Faculty in Summit, MS.

In January, the Saints and Mississippi Excessive College Actions Affiliation (MHSAA) introduced the sanctioning of woman’s highschool flag soccer in Mississippi, after the Saints efficiently launched a 10-team season in Louisiana final April.

Flag soccer is likely one of the quickest rising sports activities within the nation and will probably be formally included within the 2028 Olympic Video games in Los Angeles, led by efforts of the Worldwide Federations of American Soccer (IFAF) and supported by the NFL.